Johnny started to panic. "Oh, you…um…ah…hehe…" He almost passed out.

"Steven! What are you doing?!"

Steven and Johnny looked at a man walking up to them, who had a pink Mohawk and a black suit. Steven sighed. "Sydney, what do you want?"

Sydney sighed. "As powerful as he may seem, you can't battle him yet. He's only beaten Liza and Tate. He still needs to beat Wallace, then us."

"Then I challenge him."

The three of them turned to see a man in some sort of sailing costume. The man walked over to them and looked at Johnny. "I, Wallace, Gym Leader of Sootopolis, challenge you!"

Johnny smirked. "You really think you can beat me?"

Wallace looked him over. "I like the confidence, young man. Now back it up!

The two took their position, Steven and Sydney joining the audience. The ref looked at both of them. "Six-on-six full battle, standard rules. Understood?"

They both nodded, and the announcer said, "Well, it seems this new challenger is now fighting Wallace, the most powerful Gym Leader in the region! Will he pull through?"

"Begin!"

Wallace smiled and threw a Ball, summoning a heart-shaped Pokémon named Luvdisc, and Johnny threw a Ball, summoning Qemors. The Manectric stood proud, and Wallace said, "You may have the first move."

Johnny nodded. "Qemors, Discharge!"

Qemors unleashed electricity, and Luvdisc barely dodged and got close to Qemors, who used a Flamethrower to back it up quickly and hit it again with a Wild Charge. "Luvdisc, use Attract!"

Luvdisc winked at Qemors, who blinked and started panting. Johnny sighed and said, "Discharge?"

Qemors blinked again and unleased electricity, which KO'd Luvdisc. Wallace blinked. "How'd that work?"

Johnny shrugged. "Attract doesn't always affect the Pokémon. Next?"

Wallace chuckled and threw a Ball, summoning a seal-like Pokémon named Sealeo, and Johnny called back Qemors, exchanging it for Makit. "Makit, Force Palm!"

The Hariyama charged at Sealeo, who shot it with an Aurora Beam, cutting its Attack and barely hanging on. "Force Palm again!" Makit charged, and Sealeo leapt up, coming back down with a Waterfall onto Makit, who grabbed it, slammed it to the ground, and KO'd it with another Force Palm. Wallace sighed and called back his Pokémon. "You are very powerful."

Johnny nodded. "Thanks."

"Look, obviously you're kicking my ass. So how's about we change this to a three-on-three and shorten my suffering?"

Johnny nodded. "That's okay with me if it's okay with the ref." He nodded, and Wallace threw his third ball out, summoning a pale serpent with a blue-finned tail named Milotic. Johnny called back his Makit and threw out his Pilopis and said, "You better hope this is as good as you think."

Wallace smirked. "Milotic, Blizzard!"

Uh-oh. Milotic summoned ice and wind and shot it at Pilopis, who only got caught on the edge, but enough to freeze it in place. Johnny gulped. "This could be bad…"

Wallace laughed. "But it's about to get worse! Dragon Pulse!"

Milotic readied a purple beam from its mouth and shot it at Pilopis, who couldn't dodge thanks to being frozen. "Pilopis!" It lied on the ground, and the ref raised his hand. "Pilopis is unable to battle!"

Johnny sighed and called it back, throwing out Makit. "Force Palm!"

It charged at Milotic, but Wallace smirked, and when Makit got close, Wallace called out, "Hydro Pump!"

Milotic shot a force of water at Makit, who rolled under it and hit Milotic, grabbing it, slamming it a few times, then hitting it with a Force Palm again, almost KOing it but not quite. Makit noticed this and threw it straight up. As it came back down, Wallace called out, "Use Hydro Pump to break the fall!"

It did, and Makit got caught in it, almost getting KO'd. Milotic charged at Makit, who gave it a look and hit it with a Smelling Salts, KOing it. Wallace sighed and hung his head, walking over to Johnny and handing him a Rain Badge, which was three drops of water together. "Damn, you're good. Good luck against the Elite Four."

Johnny shook his hand. "Thank you." The crowd cheered, and Johnny turned to accept the applause and noticed Sydney and Steven had left. He saw Flannery in her same spot, cheering loudly, and he smiled.

The Elite Four and Champion match would be held the next day, so Johnny and Flannery went back to their room, Flannery still giddy. "I can't believe you beat Wallace!"

He was pacing around the room and looked at Flannery. "I know! It's awesome."

She smiled and looked down. "I think something this incredible deserves a reward…" She walked up to him and kissed him, and they enjoyed that simple pleasure for a minute. Flannery moved Johnny's hands so that he was hugging her, and one of his hands went up close to her shirt. He tugged up on it, and she chuckled and stretched her arms up. He chuckled and quickly pinned her to the bed, tickling her armpits. She started laughing hysterically, and Johnny grinned. "That's what you get for raising your arms!"

He understood from her laughter "I thought you wanted to take off my shirt!"

He shrugged. "Maybe some other time, cutie." He stopped tickling her and kissed her again, and she just lied on the bed.

She looked at him. "Who ever thought we'd be here…"

He lied next to her and chuckled. "Our parents. They most likely could tell we liked each other."

"True enough…hey, is it hot in here, or is it just me?" She took off her shirt, revealing a fiery red bra. Johnny blinked, and she said, "Yeah, really hot…" She stood and took off her jeans, revealing the same color panties. She turned to Johnny, who was blushing like mad. "You okay, Johnny?"

He nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine…it doesn't seem that hot in here."

She walked over to him slowly, and he took a breath as she climbed on top of him, tracing a finger down his stomach. "How about now?"

He shrugged. "Kinda…" She kissed him, and he took hold of her, his hands moving up to her bra strap, until she suddenly said, "Hold on."

He took his hands off, and she took a breath. "I...I'm sorry, I'm moving fast. I'm sure you're liking it, but…I gotta slow down."

He nodded. "I understand. This is all new."

He got off her bed and onto his own, and they both got comfy in their beds. "You still look cute."

She chuckled. "Night, Johnny."

"Night, Flannery."