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Rayquaza didn't say more, too shellshocked for it.
Taking pity on him, Angus took a bottle of whiskey and extended it to the god of atmosphere, who emptied it like a drowning man.
"Ooookay, what did I miss?" said a voice that made everyone jump a bit.
It was Landorus, looking relaxed and cheerful like he hadn't been in a long time.
And wearing a freaking Alolan shirt.
"You missed being the weirdest thing we saw today," snarked the terror twins.

"Married?! Happily?! And Kyogre is expecting?!" yelped Landorus once the story was finished.
"Don't make me repeat it again..." moaned Rayquaza, nursing the bottle of whiskey like a life preserver.
"But... how?! Gods can't procreate!"
"Well, apparently, they did," grumbled the snake-like god, still not over it. "You'll see by yourselves. They're coming."
"They're coming?!" exclaimed Bill.
"I was too shocked to have a conversation, but I did tell them that Arceus and the Forces were back too. And where you were. As I left, they said they'd come, just the time to prepare..."

Said time was of a few hours.
The Big Arms Inc boys, in spite of being used to knowing gods, were a bit nervous.
They all had heard by Al the myths of the perpetual feud between these two, of the cataclysms it caused and of how it could have been worse without Rayquaza to put the kibosh on it.
So there was some trepidation.
Finally, they arrived, through the pathways of lava and of ocean, hidden through their own illusions.
And Arceus couldn't believe his eyes.
Every time he saw them in the past, they had been at best glaring daggers at each other, at worst trying to kill each other with such violence they almost looked like mindless beasts.
But here, right now, they were side to side, hand in fin, and with smiles so wide and bright there could be no doubt on what Rayquaza said.
"Hi all!" exclaimed happily Groudon.
Arceus boggled even more. Everything past told him that the god of lithosphere did not do "happy".
"It's so good to see others!" said Kyogre.
The goddess of hydrosphere neither.
And yet, he had it under his very own eyes.
The other gods too.
And the Big Arms Inc boys too.
They all stared in shock at what was supposed to be impossible.
"Sheesh, nice welcome," snarked Groudon. "We-"
A sudden gasp from his wife cut him off.
"Kyogre! Honey, you're okay?!"
The audience boggled even more at that "honey".
"I'm fine, just the kids who got a bit rowdy," reassured "honey".
"I'd rather check," replied her husband as he searched in the luggage they brought (yes, they brought luggage) and got a huge ultrasound scanner.
Kyogre rolled her eyes.
"Groudon, we had a check barely a week ago."
"We have no idea how pregnancy works, excuse me if I worry!"
The tone made it clear it wasn't the first time they had that argument.
At seeing Groudon struggle with preparing the machine, Sankt's professional instincts overcame his flabbergastment and he stepped forward.
"Sir? Let me take care of this, I'm a professionnal doctor."
"Huh? Oh. Well, I wouldn't be against it, but I think it'd be difficult for you to..."
What Groudon alluded to was very obvious: the "patient" and the scanner were far too big for this doctor.
"Oh, that's not a problem," commented Sankt as he called upon Bill's power.
It was the two gods' turn to be shocked as they saw this Incineroar grow taller, swell with muscles, become as big as them, then even bigger...
Groudon stared as he watched Sankt delicately lift effortlessly his wife, now fitting in the palm of his hand, and begin the scan.
"I confirm, we have triplets. And while they look like nothing I ever saw, they seem in good health."
"Er... Good, good," stammered a flabbergasted Kyogre.
The inversion of roles finally shook the others out of their stupefaction, leading Arceus to ask the question that burned his mind.
"What the hell happened?!"
"I can ask you the same! A mortal that outgrows and outpowers a god?! And so casually?! How-" yelped in disbelief Groudon.
"You first! We're more numerous!"
The couple (Sankt had put down Kyogre and shrunk back to normal) seemed to only really notice now the Big Arms Inc boys.
"Who are-"
"I said, you first!"
"Hey, I think MY question is more important, no?!"
Arceus sighed. He had a point.
And thus, he began anew to tell his story.

Art by  talegas
Original here: https://twitter.com/LetMeSeeTalegas.....67470203478017
Sankt © me
Incineroar and Kyogre © Game Freak