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3 reviews already! Thank you, darkflame414, Hollywing, and Ikarishipping fan! Can you believe this was my first attempt at sadness and broken hearts? I sure can't, but since it is, I'm forced to.

For fans of the Sinnoh Elite Four: Beware of jokes involving Flint and/or his afro! I'm a fan of Fire Pokemon, and a fan of their users(even Flint and Blaine) but some characters are just too easy to make fun of.

As for the question of a sequel, maybe, when this one's done.

Worse than that? Gardenia and Volkner had been together for a few months, and managed to keep it secret from not only their fellow gym leaders, but challengers and the Pokemon League. Since he heard this, Roark had been really worrying his Pokemon.

Any Pokemon close to its trainer will likely be able to tell if said trainer was mad, sad, or happy. If the Pokemon was a Gardevoir, or any other psychic-type for that matter, it would probably share these emotions. Of course, Rampardos was not, so he, Geodude, and Onix took it in turns to spy on Roark over the next few days.

"Geodude, I see you," said Roark, catching the armed boulder in the act of spying. The rock got the anime sweat drop.

"Geodude," he said nervously. (TRANSLATION: "Hi, Roark.")

The gym leader didn't reply. Geodude found that the perfect cover for sneaking out of the room. Onix, about to take over the spying-on-Roark, made a mental note to force a Pokemon with fingers to call Byron to talk some sense into his son.

(Eterna City)

Gardenia hugged her boyfriend. "Are you sure you can't stay for a little while longer?" she pleaded.

The blond looked away. "Well, maybe a few hours more, but I can't leave my gym alone forever. And I definitely don't want to pull Flint away from his Elite title to replace me."

Gardenia shuddered at the thought of the afroed Elite member left alone for a week. She couldn't - or perhaps she didn't want to - imagine what would happen if he became Sunyshore's gym leader permanently.

Volkner didn't pretend, like Roark would have, not to notice. "Exactly," he said.

(Snowpoint city)

Just as Roark used quiet as an antidote to heartbreak, Candice used music. For example, the speakers in the gym, which used to be playing songs like "Bubbly" and "Realize" by Colbie Calliat, was now playing different songs. Mostly country, as that has so many songs about breaking up with boyfriends/girlfriends. Currently, the track was Taylor Swift's "Should've Said No."

Of course, one challenger who had come back for a rematch had asked about it, but it only made Candice put her entire heart into defeating the poor girl again. Her Ponyta didn't stand a chance against Medicham.

"Sorry about that," said Candice after the battle, "but a Gym Leader's job is to do the best we can to win."

The challenger nodded. "We'll just have to fight harder next time!" Never mind the fact that this was the girl's second rematch.

Candice sighed and sat down on the gym leader's side of the arena, never minding that she was wearing a skirt that could easily get dirty. Her anger at Gardenia had faded, mostly because she had replaced it with anger at herself. If only she had been a bit quicker on asking Volkner out, he wouldn't have fallen for Gardenia at all. Or even if he did, at least Candice would have these happy memories to help heal her after the break-up. She mentally cursed herself for being too slow, and tried to think of any happy memory.

She looked up to see the gym's referee staring at her.

"Is everything all right?" the referee asked.

What should she say? Oh, no, ever since my best friend stole the guy I have been in love with for nearly two years my life has become my own personal hell? Candice was not the kind of person to say that. She could think it, she could mean it, but she had an image to protect.

"Stomachache," Candice lied. The disbelieving look proved she was no liar. "All right, I was up late again."

That one was actually bought. Candice wondered how Roark would explain himself to his father if Byron ever found out about it.

The thought made her giggle, a sound that wasn't often heard nowadays.

Yes, I know that part with Roark sucked, but Candice is much more interesting, as she actually goes places other than a mine, underground, and her gym.