The Champion and The Professor

Chapter One

"Pro…Profess…Professor…I…l…love…you…" muttered a young woman in her sleep as she rolled over to her left side. A blush plastered itself on her face as she continued her slumber.

'"You what?" asked Professor Sycamore, as he stared at Serena with a mixture of surprised and embarrassment on his face.

Serena looked down at the ground for a moment to gather her thoughts before she answered him. "I…I love you! I have since the day we first met in Lumiose City. When I saw you standing in your laboratory waiting for me, I felt my face flush up and my heart skip a beat," she replied, keeping her hands clenched up against her chest, her face reddening at her own words.

A moment of silence filled the air around them as they stood next to the Anistar City sundial. A chilly evening air fluttered by as Serena waited for the Professor to respond to her feelings. But after more time passed them by, she began to feel scared that he didn't feel the same way for her; that her decision to share her feelings was wrong.

A tear streamed down her face as he turned his back to her. "I KNOW I'M NOT OF AGE YET, BUT WHEN I AM I WANT US TO BE TOGETHER!" she exclaimed, crying uncontrollably.

Professor Sycamore turned around suddenly as Serena continued to bawl loudly, rubbing her eyes frantically. He walked over to her, closing the gap between them and pulled her into a deep and loving hug. "Serena, please don't cry Ma Cherie," he said as she stopped crying and looked up at him curiously. He smiled down at her for a moment before cupping her face in his hands. As he bent his face down to hers as she asked, "Do you love me too?" At that moment his lips connected with hers in response to her question, as she reached up to his face. He grunted as he felt her hands brush lightly against his face as she moaned lightly while his hands slowly ran down her back.

But as soon as they had begun their kissing, he pulled away and said, "Oui. And when you are of age, please come see me at my laboratory so we can continue this properly."

She felt a sudden shudder flutter throughout her body when he said that before she said, "Ok, I promise."'

"SERENA! IT'S TIME TO GET UP! DON'T MAKE ME SEND TALLONFLAME UP THERE!" exclaimed Serena's mother from the downstairs kitchen cooking Serena's breakfast. Her mother had been worried about her daughter ever since she returned home exhausted from battling trainers non-stop up at the Kalos Pokemon League.

It had been two years since Serena became the Kalos region's Champion as well as the night that she confessed her feelings to Professor Sycamore at the Anistar City sundial. With her eighteenth birthday coming up in three days, she had a lot to think about as she stayed with her mother in Vaniville Town.

"Ugh! I don't want to get up!" she moaned angrily from her bed, pulling her blankets up to her face.

"I know you want to keep on dreaming about your lover boy Professor, but its time to get up! Or should I just eat all of this food and let Tallonflame blow you out of bed?" her mother asked, as a crashing sound resonated from Serena's room and travelled down the stairs to the kitchen.

"I WAS NOT DREAMING ABOUT HIM AGAIN!" Serena exclaimed, stomping around the kitchen before settling herself at the counter with her breakfast.

"Again?" her mother asked, a mischievous smile creeping on her face as Serena's face began to burn red at realizing her mistake. She choked on her toast as her mother burst out laughing. "Oh relax sweetheart! I'm just teasing you! But you really need to not talk in your sleep if you don't want me to poke fun at you," her mother said, patting Serena on the back to help her cough up her toast. Serena said nothing to her mother but instead threw a menacing scowl at her as she continued to eat her breakfast. "It's been three weeks since you came back home and you STILL haven't told me why," her mother said, folding her arms across her chest.

"Alright alright, I'll tell you as long as you STOP making fun of me. You're supposed to be my mother not my sibling!" Serena said, taking a sip of her glass of Razz Berry juice. Her mother leaned against the edge of the counter, waiting for Serena to finally tell her why she came home randomly one night. Serena finished her juice then said, "At first I came home because I'm stuck in a rut with being the Kalos League Champion. I don't find it very challenging when I can defeat every trainer that comes my way with a single hit. I even tried to switch to my lower level Pokemon and I can still knock out a trainer. Plus its really boring just sitting up in the Champion's room all alone until a new trainer comes by."

"What about the members of the Elite Four? Don't they visit you?" her mother asked inquisitively.

"No, not any more. They used to at first but now they just stay in their rooms. I've asked them before if they hate me or something but they all said that they didn't hate me, they just couldn't take me out anywhere they went because of my age," Serena replied, taking a bite of her last piece of toast.

"Well there you go then! Everything will be resolved when you turn eighteen in three days!" her mother exclaimed happily.

"Yeah but I still feel bad for my opponents. I remember being like them and working really hard to take on the Elite Four and Diantha, it was an amazing thrill but hurts most when you loose," Serena said as a sudden thought dawned on her. "DARN IT! I NEED TO TALK TO DIANTHA ABOUT SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT!"

Serena ran to her room frantically looking for her strappy purple purse, digging through it looking for her Holo Caster. "AHA! THERE IT IS!" she exclaimed, finally finding it in the very bottom of her purse. She turned it on and dialled out to Diantha's Holo Caster.

"Oh! Well hello there Champion Serena!" said Diantha as a holographic image version of her lit up Serena's room suddenly.

"Hi Diantha. Listen can I ask you a favor?" Serena asked, while also trying to collect her thoughts.

"What is it dear?" Diantha asked worriedly. Just then another voice sounded out on Diantha's end of the conversation saying, "Who's that? Is it Rina?" Serena knew that voice all too well to belong to her friend Shauna.

As quickly as she had heard Shauna's voice Serena was soon face to face with her friend through Diantha's Holo Caster. "Hey Rina! You look different. Where are you and why does you hair look so ratty?" Shauna asked, eyeing Serena carefully.

"I'm staying at my moms house for now and I just got up," she replied, grabbing her hair and pushing it down flat. Again more voices joined in on the conversation from Diantha's Holo Caster, this time all of them being male voices. "Hey Rina!" "Rina! How's it hanging?" "How come you didn't tell me you were home Rina? We are neighbours after all!" Serena laughed embarrassedly at the Holo Caster but was pulled out of her laughter by a smooth, French male voice suddenly. "Serena? Mon Ami? Is that you?" All of the other voices stopped chattering at his words and before Serena could even come close to flattening out her hair, the image of Professor Sycamore took over from Diantha and Shauna.

"Y…yes…h…hello Professor," she managed to squeak out while holding her hair down bashfully.

"You don't need to be so formal with me, Mon Ami! Please call me by my first name, Augustine," he said happily.

Serena felt her face redden at his words as she thought about all the times she would use his name while she would touch herself at night. To use his name in a casual conversation seemed embarrassing for her. She wrapped a strand of hair around her finger embarrassedly before saying, "O…ok…Augustine…how have you been?" Just then a thought hit her as she asked, "Wait! If you guys are all together, where are you right now?"

Professor Sycamore put a finger up to his face in thought at her question before answering, "We're at a café in Aquacorde Town." But before he could say any more, Serena blurted out, "Stay there! I'll be right over! Just give me…ten minutes to get dressed!" She then turned off her Holo Caster and began to race around her room, frantically looking for something to wear.

With all the crashing and yelling coming from her daughter's room, Serena's mother thought her daughter had evolved into a Gyarados. "What is with all that commotion up there?!" her mother exclaimed angrily, walking over to the staircase just as Serena ran down at her. "Sorry mom! But I have to go! I just found out that my friends, Diantha and Professor Sycamore are just one town over and I need to get over there right away!" Serena exclaimed as she ran down the stairs, passed her mother, stopping at the door for a moment to get her boots on. She snapped her rollerblades to the bottom of her boots before slinging her purse over her left shoulder. She put her hat on and opened the front door as her mother said, "Be careful sweetie!" "I will! See you in a while mom!" Serena said, happily skating off down the front pathway of her house and down the way to Route One.

"Hey guys!" she exclaimed as she ground her skates to a halt just inside the Aquacorde Town gates, waving excitedly to the group before her. She unlatched the roller skates off of her boots before walking over to her friends. Shauna waved excitedly to Serena as Serena took in the scene before her. Tierno had his Pokemon dancing team out of their Pokeballs showing off their moves with Trevor watching them happily. They all stopped their performance as Serena walked over to the table. Calem sat at the table next to Shauna smiling happily as Serena stopped at the head of the table next to where Diantha and Professor Sycamore sat smiling just as happily at her.

"Mon Ami Serena! You made it! And on time too!" Professor Sycamore exclaimed glancing at his watch for a moment before standing up from his seat. He walked over to Serena smiling happily, both of his arms extended out at her as her face began to heat up. 'If I don't hug him, everyone will know something is up between us,' she thought as she looked up at him for a moment before helping him close the gap between them. She wrapped her arms around his slender waist, as she felt her face heat up hotter than ever. Before anyone could see her face, she pulled him to her roughly, burying her face in his chest. He let his hands rest on the small of her back causing her to squeak suddenly in the open part of his shirt.

"Don't worry I won't do anything to you until you've come of age, Ma Cherie," he whispered to her forehead before placing a small quick kiss upon it. He rested his chin on the top of her head as he said, "I promise, I will be very sensitive to your needs and make sure you are safe just as you are now." She looked up at him, her green eyes sparkling happily as his gray-blue eyes looked to her warmly. 'I love this girl. I don't care what other people will think or say about our relationship. I just hope she feels the same way about me. I'm going to make her birthday a day, and night, to remember,' he thought as he tightened his grip on her waist.

"Oh Augustine, I can't wait until my birthday comes," she said, snuggling closer to his chest again, smiling happily as he hugged her back.

"AHEM!" Diantha exclaimed to the happy couple in front of her as everyone else gawked at them with their mouths wide open. Serena quickly peeled herself away from Professor Sycamore embarrassedly as Calem exclaimed, "SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU TWO BEEN TOGETHER?!" Everyone else stood in absolute silence waiting for Serena to explain what was happening at that moment.

"Ok, ok. Well everything happened like this," Serena said, motioning everyone back to the table they were all sitting at upon her arrival. Her friends obliged to her, sat down at their seats and listened with baited breath as she recounted the night she confessed her feelings to Professor Sycamore.

After what felt like an eternity passed by, Serena's story came to an end with her friends still gawking at her, while Professor Sycamore placed a hand on hers reassuringly. "Alright, go on. Tell me your worst opinions about this," she said, sadly looking down at her lap, her hands balling up into fists on her lap. Professor Sycamore moved his hand away from hers as he looked to her friends as he thought, 'They don't agree with our union. She's going to break down if they don't say anything I just know it.'

"WELL ITS ABOUT TIME!" exclaimed Tierno and Trevor at the same time. Serena stared at her friends uncertainly before asking, "What do you mean?"

"Well, that day we all met up at Professor Sycamore's lab, we all noticed something about the way you were presenting yourself," replied Calem for his friends.

"Yeah! I thought I was going to see you get a nosebleed every time the Professor would speak to you," Shauna said, nodding thoughtfully.

Serena kept her face hidden from her friends as she thought back to the day Shauna and Calem spoke of. A smile crept onto her face as she grabbed hold of Professor Sycamore's hand once more, squeezing it tightly. He looked to her thoughtfully as she finally looked up at him first before turning her attention to her friends. "Alright you got me. But are you guys ok with, well," she began as she quickly looked to Professor Sycamore embarrassedly before continuing, "Are you guys ok with Augustine and I being together after I'm of age?"

"Of course we are!" Shauna exclaimed happily as everyone else nodded in agreement.

Diantha took a sip of her tea before saying, "I'm especially happy that Augustine FINALLY found some one to love. And here I thought you'd be married to that lab of yours instead of finding a woman." She grinned from her tea cup as he scowled at her.

"I'm glad," Serena said, choking back tears before continuing, "I'm glad that you guys, my friends, approve of this. I honestly didn't know what to do if you guys were opposed to it." She stood up from the table as everyone watched her bow in front of them while saying, "Thank you so much! I love you guys too!"

Serena's friends, Diantha and Professor Sycamore all smiled back happily but then a thought occurred to Calem making him ask, "What about your Pokemon? Do they approve too?" Serena stood up straight and thought for a moment about what Calem just asked her. But then her Pokemon released themselves out of their PokeBalls and stood in front of the group of people, each of them smiling happily, with Mewtwo being the only one nodding thoughtfully.

"Looks like there's your answer Calem," said Professor Sycamore as he pointed to Serena's Pokemon happily.

"You guys approve of this too?" Serena asked in a daze as she walked over to her Pokemon, who continued to smile happily at their trainer.

"Chari!" exclaimed her Charizard happily. "Ban! Greni! Phan! Lap!" chimed in the rest of her team, with Mewtwo continuing to nod thoughtfully.

Serena burst out into a run at her team with her arms outstretched happily as they met her mid-run for a group hug. "I love you guys too," she said, smiling happily while a few tears of joy ran down her face.

As Diantha watched the happy scene in front of her, a thought hit her suddenly. "Oh! Serena darling, wasn't there something you wanted to talk about with me? Hence the initial call on my Holo Caster earlier which led to you meeting us here?" she asked as Serena pulled herself away from hugging her Pokemon.

Serena stood thinking for a moment about Diantha's question then realized that she had forgotten about why she originally rushed over to her friends. She returned her Pokemon to their respective Pokeballs, turned to face her friends and said, "Yeah, sorry about that! Got caught up in the moment." She scratched the back of her head bashfully before walking back to her seat at the table. She sat in her chair as Professor Sycamore took up her right hand in his left, smiling happily to her. She smiled back before turning her attention to Diantha.

"I wanted to ask you if you would be willing to come back to the Pokemon League as it's Champion," she said, dreading hearing a negative answer from the once proud Kalos League Champion.

"Why do you want to give it back to me after two years of holding it?" Diantha asked as everyone else looked to Serena thoughtfully.

Serena looked to everyone sadly before replying, "Well I'm just getting tired of beating every trainer that comes my way. I feel really bad that I can't just throw the battle and let them win. I'd give anything to work a normal job somewhere else and not battle anymore."

Diantha nodded thoughtfully then said, "Hmm…I understand what you're saying but I can't just take it back. And if we battle, you'd probably win again."

"Why not battle Calem for it?" Shauna asked, grabbing Calem's hand and giving it a loving squeeze. Calem looked at Shauna, smiling sweetly then turned his attention to Serena. Serena mean while took notice of Shauna and Calem's display of affection and smiled happily at her friends. "That's actually a great idea! So long as Calem can beat you though," Diantha said, taking a final sip of her tea and placing it back on the table in front of her.

"Ok, but just a one on one match. And we can choose each other's Pokemon just to be fair," Serena said, standing up from her seat as Calem followed suit.

"OH! I'll do commentary!" exclaimed Shauna excitedly jumping up from her seat.

"And Augustine and I will be the judges!" Diantha said, standing up from her chair while clasping her left hand on his right shoulder, gripping it suggestively. He looked to Diantha's hand then up to her face, smiling warmly to her before saying, "Sounds like fun, I'm in." He stood up from his seat, grabbing Diantha's hand and pulled it off his shoulder.

Serena watched Professor Sycamore and Diantha's exchange as she felt a slight 'pang' of pain in her chest. 'I know they've been friends for years, but are they more than that? Is he just leading me on to spare my feelings? Now I don't want my birthday to come,' she thought as Professor Sycamore turned his attention to her, smiling just as warmly to Serena as he had with Diantha. She brought a balled up fist up to her chest and looked at the ground sadly. Professor Sycamore looked at Serena's sad expression and wondered what had brought her down suddenly.

"Serena? Mon Amour? Are you ok?" he asked her, grabbing her right hand with both of his. She quickly pulled her hand away from him before he could even come close to touching her. She smiled weakly at him before replying, "I'm ok, thank you for asking." She walked away from him, leaving him standing by the table with a mixture of sadness and confusion. "Now lets get this battle started!" she said, trying to steady her heart with a new topic.

'Does she hate me? No! That can't be it!' Professor Sycamore thought desperately as he looked over to Diantha for a moment. 'Did she see Diantha grab my shoulder? Is she jealous of Diantha? That must be it! She's not even looking at Diantha while Diantha is telling her and Calem the rules to this match. Oh Serena, I love you not Diantha. And Diantha knows how much I love you. I can't wait for your birthday to come now, I will spend that day, and night, proving my love to you I swear it,' he thought, determinedly as he stood next to Diantha, ready to judge his lover's Pokemon match.

"Bon chance Mon Amour!" he said, happily waving at her as Diantha threw him a scowl.

"Ok, you're not judging," she said to him as he looked at her dejectedly.

"What?! Pour quoi pas?!" he asked with a hurt tone to his voice.

"Because it's a match between your lover and her friend. You're too close to her to judge her in a match. Now go on back to the table with Shauna, Tierno and Trevor!" Diantha said, shooing him away.

He took a moment to think about it then looked over to Serena who had begun to laugh at him. "Oh Augustine, she does have a point," Serena said, smiling happily at him which brought warmth to his heart once again. 'I love it when she smiles,' he thought as he walked away from Diantha and sat back at the table with the other kids.

"Alright! Let's do this battle!" Serena exclaimed, determination laced itself in her voice as she held her Pokeball at the ready. Calem did the same as they began their battle.