The two TMs mentioned in this chapter ARE able to be learned by Lorne and Corbin so please, go to bulbapedia, search Snivy and Sandile and check it against the TM Moves bit. As always, credits to EspeonofShadows for the rules!

Chapter Four: The First Gym Battle

"Are you ready, Lorne?" I asked him as we stood outside the Striaiton City Gym.

He nodded. "Yes. I want to be strong for this. I'm grateful you bought that TM for me."

I smiled at the thought. I had used some of the money Darren had put into my bank account to but the TM40 - Aerial Ace. At least then he would have aslight advantage over a Fire type. After a little practise with Corbin, whom I had bought the TM59 Incinerate as an advantage against Grass types.

"You know what they say," he added. "'When the going gets tough, the tough get going'."

I frowned. "My version is 'when the going gets tough, the tough reload'. The tough have guns."

He chuckled and we took our first steps towards the Gym. When we walked in, we were met by an older man in a suit.

"Are you here to challenge the Gym Leader?" he asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, are they around?"

He nodded. "Head for the back. They've got another challenger at the moment so you might be able to get a few pointers."

"Thanks," I told the guy and headed for the back of the Gym.

To my surprise, who would be battling but my friend Cheren.

Where Bianca had chosen Oshawott and I had chosen Snivy, Cheren had chosen Tepig. To my surprise, it was the same Tepig I had met the day I chose Lorne.

Battling against the Panpour, she was doing pretty badly.

I smiled. Cheren had always been quite ambitious in his battling but when he was doing badly, he lost his cool. Water types were wicked against Fire types and he was currently losing.

"Amber, use Flame Charge!" Cheren ordered.

Amber the Tepig charged forwards, covered in flames, and smashed into Panpour moments before it let loose a Water Gun that gave a direct hit.

"Amber is unable to battle!" the referree called. "The Gym Leader Cress and his Panpour River win!"

"Amber, return," Cheren said to the Tepig and turned. "Riley!"

"Hey, Cheren," I smiled. "What an epic fail that was, huh?"

He pouted and looked at Lorne. "I see you chose a Snivy," he mused. "Good looking Pokemon."

Lorne raised a brow. "I'm powerful too, four-eyes."

I snickered. "Lorne, leave him alone. Cheren's an old friend of mine."

"Like Bianca," he added. "Bianca I liked. This guy will have to earn my opinion on him."

Cheren raised his brows. "He's a bit snippy."

"No more than you," I retorted. "Are you going to stick around and watch me win?"

He shrugged. "Might as well see how it's done," he shrugged and sat as Lorne and I walked onto the battle field.

"Well well!" Cilan, the greenette, smiled. "Another challenger!"

"Yeah," I called. "I challenge the Striaiton Gym to a battle."

"Hot damn!" the redhead, Chili, smiled. "My turn to battle. Since you chose a Grass type as your starter, you'll be facing me, Chili, and my Pansear, Charrah!" He threw a Pokeball and a female Pansear appeared.

The Pansear was about five-four with a red quiff in the vauge shape of a flame. Her skin was slightly redder than other Fire types and she wore red harem pants with a red tail coming out of the back. She also wore a yellow crop top and gloves with a pair of red pumps. Her eyes were amber-coloured.

"Let's battle!" she grinned happily.

Chili smirked. "One-on-one battle. Pick your Pokemon."

I looked at Lorne. "Do you want to make good use of that TM I bought?"

He nodded and jogged onto the pitch. "Bring it on!" he called.

"The battle between Riley McCabe from Nuvema Town and Chili the Gym Leader has no time limit. Begin!" the referree shouted.

"Charrah, use Fire Punch!" Chili called.

Fire engulfed Charrah's fist as she ran towards Lorne.

"Lorne, dodge and use Vine Whip!" I ordered.

Lorne shifted and became momentarily invisable with his speed. He slammed his vines into Charrah from behind, knocking her into the dirt.

"Now, use Iron Tail!"

He obeyed, whipping out his dagged and slamming it into Charrah's side as she tried to get up. She flew towards Chili and landed on her feet, fairly bruised but still standing.

"Charrah, use Flamethrower!" Chili cried.

A heroic burst of flames came from Charrah's mouth and headed for Lorne.

"Counter it with Leaf Tornado and dodge around!"

Lorne's dagger came out and swirled in a massive circle, creating a whirl of leaves and ducking around the attack until he was at Charrah's side.

"Now, use Aerial Ace, close range!" I called.

He struck hard and fast, hitting Charrah hard moments before a white light engulfed him.

"He's evolving!" Cheren informed me.

"Yes!" I grinned, punching the air when I saw that Charrah was out cold.

Within the light, I watch Lorne grow taller and a little broader, his hair style changing. When the light faded, I saw that Lorne had grown to five-eleven and filled out a bit. He was more muscular but not in a body builder sense. His hair had changed so that it was slightly longer and thicker, a slightly darker green. He now had a ponytail held by two gold bands around the bottom. His clothes had changed, too - he now wore a pair of darker green jeans and trainers, his vest baring a fluer-de-lise marking on the longer collar. There were now four chains linking the two halves of his vest with a deeper yellow long-sleeved T-shirt underneath. He was gorgeous.

"I...evolved?" he breathed, looking down at now-gloved hands. He looked at me and smiled. "I'm getting stronger."

"You are," I grinned, giving him a high five when he came over. He hugged me tight against his chest and kissed my hair. "We're quite the team."

"We are," he agreed.

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"So, now you know Leaf Tornado, Aerial Ace, Iron Tail and Vine Whip," I mused after scanning Lorne that evening.

Corbin, who sat at my side, sighed. "I'm not very strong but I'm hoping you can help me get strong, Lorne," he said.

Lorne ruffled Corbin's hair like a favourite uncle. "Don't worry, Corbin. With Riley's training, it won't be long until you evolve now. I promise."

There was a knock at the door and I got up to answer it. A friendly-looking girl was being it.

"Hi, am I bothering you at all, ma'am?" she asked politely.

"No, of course not," I smiled. "What's up?"

"I was wondering, are you a Trainer, ma'am?"

"Yes."

"Would you like to enter a competition?" she asked with hopeful eyes. "You draw a ball and you get a Pokemon egg depending on its colour."

I nodded. "Okay."

She hand up a box with a hole in the top big enough for a ball and a hand to come out of. I put my hand in and dug around for a moment, Corbin and Lorne looking over my shoulder in anticipation. I pulled out a silver ball.

The girl squealed. "Omigosh!" she giggled. "Ma'am a silver is second place! You've won a Larvesta egg!"

"Awesome!" I grinned, handing her the ball. "When to I pick it up?"

"If you would like to wait ten minutes, I can fetch it now or I can leave it with the Nurse Joy at the desk for you to pick up tomorrow morning."

"I'll wait ten minutes for it," I agreed. "Thank you very much!"

"It's okay," she grinned. "I work at the Day Care just out of town and we've been inundated with Pokemon eggs that Trainers don't want so we've been running this competition to get them Trainers."

She left and came back ten minutes later with an amber-coloured egg with emerald patches on it. "Here you go!" she smiled. "I can tell you're a very loving Trainer, ma'am, so I'm glad to give you that Larvesta egg. May you always be a brilliant and loving Trainer!"

"Thank you," I smiled and closed the door. "Wow, guys, it looks like we're going to have a little Larvesta on our team soon."

"A new friend!" Corbin cheered.

Lorne nodded and stroked the egg. "Larvesta are Bug and Fire types. They grow into Volcarona when they evolve and they're legendary for their abilities sexually speaking. They're powerful, too." He took the egg carefully and placed it into a smaller, empty pocket on my bum bag. "It should be safe there."

I nodded and smiled, returning Corbin to his Pokeball. "Anyway, I think you deserve a reward for working so hard today," I grinned, taking off my T-shirt and shorts, laying back on the bed.

He gave me a wicked grin. "Good," he said and pulled down my thong. "I'm going to enjoy my treat."

"Hey," I giggled. "I'm meant to be rewarding you, not the other way around."

He smirked. "I want to reward you for making me stronger though Riley." He leaned up to take off my bra, spilling forth my breasts. "A Trainer only makes her Pokemon stronger, gives them a will to battle, to get stronger for their Trainer." He nipped my left nipple playfully. "All I want is to be strong for you, Riley, because you're my Trainer and because you're turning into my friend as well." He nipped my right nipple this time. "I'm starting to think...What if you hadn't chosen me? Would your starting Pokemon still be as strong as you've made me? Would they be as happy with you as I am?"

"I doubt I'd be happy though," I mused. "I've spent most of my life in Darren's shadow, just trying to be like my brother. It's the reason I wanted a Tepig - so I could finally beat him when I got stronger."

"Because he has a Serperior," he added, stroking my hair back. He smiled sadly. "But you chose me because that Tepig was female."

"That's the only reason," I sighed as he licked a circle around my navel. "But I'm glad it was the reason."

He smirked and nudged my legs apart. "You're a beautiful human, Riley. Not many human girls are attractive to me but you are."

"I'm your Trainer, doofus," I teased as he ran his finger through my wet folds, making me shiver. "I'm meant to be attractive to you."

He laughed huskily and used his thumbs to spread me open. "You're already practically dripping."

"That's because you're hot enough to melt hell," I breathed as he swirled his tongue around my clit.

He chuckled and tongue-fucked me for a minute before returning his attention to my clit. I moaned aloud at his talented tongue on my pussy and ran a hand into his hair. When I came, it was so hard I actually squirted into his mouth, crying out my pleasure.

He smirked and leaned up to kiss me. I tasted the provocative saltiness of my juices in his mouth, his tongue dancing with mine. He was getting to be a much better kisser, too - perhaps that was part of the whole get-stronger-get-better-at-sex deal.

"I love the way you taste," he whispered against my lips. "Like honey dripping down my throat and flowing over my tongue."

I shivered with delight as he sank into me, his cock almost two inches larger than before and thicker. He filled me completely, letting me feel every inch of him against my inner walls. I knew my Snivy was passionate, but I had never expected him to be so passionate as to be like this with me.

He thrust hard into me, hitting my G-spot and rubbing my clit in harmony. His mouth was going wild on my neck, leaving tiny love bites as if to stake his claim. The licking and nipping were almost too much combined with his insistant thrusting and rubbing on my clit. I climaxed - twice - before he shot his load deep inside me, biting down hard on my shoulder.

As we lay spent, I realised that there was nowhere else I would rather be than right there with my best friend.

Next chapter, we'll be meeting N! Except it's my twisted bi-sexual N. Mwahahahaha...