Ash gulped. He was an experienced trainer, but battling the feared Team Skull boss was no small task. After Lillie grabbed the knife and two straws, he carefully cut the donut in half, and Lillie put the straws in the drink. When Lillie saw Ash cutting the doughnut, she refused and insisted he have all of it. He needed the energy anyway. Ash wasn't reluctant at all, and began chowing down.

"Damn, does this kid always have this kind of appetite?" Guzma said.

Lillie was a bit hesitant to answer, due to Guzma's language, but she replied with a "yes". Guzma sweat dropped.

After the half-drink, and the full donut, Ash stretched and was ready for a battle. Guzma grinned, and they exited the restaurant.

After walking for a little, they reached a large section of field that was perfect. Just flat, so nothing interfered with the battle.

"Are you ready?" Guzma said. "Just saying this now, but this is a 3 on 3 battle!"

"You betcha! Let's start this off with Litten!"

"Golisopod, beat him up!"

The two Pokemon stared at each other, perhaps analyzing the situation.

"Litten, Fire Fang!"

"Use Protect!"

The Protect immediately stopped the attack.

"Sucker Punch, go!" shouted Guzma.

Before Ash could call another command, Litten was hit hard and fast by the move. Litten stuttered around a little before collapsing.

"Argh, Litten return! I choose you Rowlet!"

Ash was planning to use some Flying type moves, as Golisopod was weak to those moves. However, Guzma saw this coming, and switched out with a Masquerain. Despite being weak to Flying, Rowlet was weak to the type as well, and Masquerain only took 1/4 damage from Grass Type moves.

"Use Air Cutter!" shouted Guzma to the Bug/Flying type.

"Use Leafage!"

Guzma smirked as the attack did a pathetic amount of damage. He probably didn't even know it did only 25% of the regular damage. "What a noob" is the thought that kept running through his head. What did the guardians see in him anyway?

"Use Leafage over and over again!"

He could see Masquerain did seem to have some trouble seeing...

"Use Peck!"

Masquerain already had a weakness to that type, but being blinded by tons of leaves didn't make the situation any better. Masquerain stuttered around before fainting.

Guzma was furious. He threw Golisopod in, and started with a First Impression. Rowlet almost managed to dodge but still got hit.

"Rowlet, use Peck!

"Use Sucker Punch again!"

Golisopod managed to land the Sucker Punch, but was automatically switched out because of his Emergency Exit ability. His Pinsir was brought in.

"Pinsir, use X-Scissor!"

"Rowley, use Fly!"

However, Rowlet didn't fly fast enough, and got caught in Pinsir's pinchers, and had the move used on him.

"Finish him off with Superpower!"

Pinsir unleashed the Fighting-type move, and despite lowering his Defense and Special Defense, and also not being very effective, Rowlet was Knocked Out in no time.

"Arghh!" Ash couldn't mess this up in front of Lillie! Wait, did he think that? Was he trying to impress Lillie? He shook that all off, and trusted in Lycanroc, because it was his final Pokemon.

Guzma was wide-eyed when Lycanroc was brought in. "What the hell happened to him? Does he have a disease?"

"This is Dusk Forme Lycanroc." Ash said with a smile from ear to ear.

"Lucky" Guzma said under his breath "Now, Pinsir use Superpower again and again!" Guzma knew Pinsir would last long with his type disadvantage. Pinsir managed to deliver 2 Superpower attacks before being Knocked Out. Each Trainer was down to one Pokemon.

"Golisopod, let's do this for the win!"

"Lycanroc, use Rock Tomb!"

"Let's give him a First Impression!"

A hard and fast First Impression made Lycanroc stumble around. He fell and had swirly eyes. Guzma was the winner.

"Boy, you betta take dat L son!" Guzma said while laughing hysterically.

Lillie was here, but Ash couldn't hold it in.

"FUCK!"

Lillie almost seemed to flinch at the anger Ash had boiled inside of him. He did not take losing well.

"Dang son, you soft, you know dat? Learn type matchups! And those guardians must be some bull to see potential in ya!" Guzma said.

"Shut up." Ash said while- crying?

Guzma left in joy and glee.

"Come on Ash, let's go. It's 7:00, we haven't had any dinner, and I'm not sure we'll make it back on time. Let's just spend the night at a Pokemon Center, OK? Lillie said to a depressed Ash. Ash only gave a head nod.

At the Pokemon Center

Lillie just finished her video chat with Professor Kukui to inform him that her Ash and her were spending the night at a Pokemon Center. Kukui said he would pay online, and Ash and Lillie got their rooms. It had only one bed, so they had to sleep together. Lillie's cheeks turned bright pink at the thought.

Ash healed up his Pokemon, and the two went out to get a quick bite at Blitzle's Blitz Bites Fast Food Restaurant. Ash cheered up there because of the X-Tra Large shake he ordered. They went back to their room at 9:30. They didn't bring anything with them, and the clothes they were wearing now were dirty.

"What are we going to do?" asked Lillie.

"There is nothing we can do unless we take our clothes off..." Ash trailed off.

"We could, um, do that." said Lillie very timidly.

"Do what?"

"Take our clothes off..."

"But we would be in underwear?"

"Oh."

Ash thought and thought, and nervously accepted Lillie's decision. To sleep in underwear. In the same bed.

Each stripped down to only their undergarments, Ash wearing white boxers, and Lillie wearing white, lacy underwear. Ash got a huge bulge in his pants from this, and Lillie simply stared at it.

"Um, we should go to sleep." Ash said.

"Oh! Uh, right!" Lillie responded, snapping out of the bulge in underwear trance. They went over to the bed, took a last look at each other's bodies, and pulled the covers up.

"Ash?"

"Huh?"

"Good night."

"Good night to you too, Lillie."