Lianna and Keith rushed down to the beach behind the Rangers. Everyone stopped short when they saw the panicked girl on the beach. Pokemon were circling her while turning around.

"We have to clear this mess up!" Barlow said.

"What happened to these Pokemon anyway?" Crawford asked.

"They look like they could be dancing…" Elaine muttered.

"They're friendly and docile usually! They're not like themselves!" the owner of the Starly, Pachirisu, and Munchlax said.

"Please! Do something! Hurry!" the girl on the beach yelled.

"Okay, people, listen up! Crawford and I'll capture the Shellos! Luana, Keith, and Lianna! You three catch the other Pokemon! Keith and Lianna, capture your targets just like you learned at school!"

Everyone rushed down to the beach, but the owner of the Starly, Pachirisu, and Munchlax stopped Lianna.

"They're good Pokemon, really. I don't know what's gotten into them. Pachirisu, Munchlax, and Starly… They're all adorable and reliable, too. Why, if I were a Ranger, I'd be honored to have them all as my Partner Pokemon. Yes, indeed, they're that good! I beg you, please calm them down."

"Don't worry, sir. We'll calm down your Pokemon."

Lianna saw that Keith captured the Pachirisu and Luana was working on the Munchlax. She shrugged and captured the Starly. Everyone finished their captures quickly and the Pokemon were calmed down.

"How's it going, people? Your captures successful?" Barlow asked.

"You bet, Leader! How about you, Luana?" Crawford said.

"I got hung up a little at the start, but I managed. How about the students?"

Keith looked over at Lianna and Starly, then down at the Pachirisu he captured.

"We students succeeded with our captures, too!" Keith told her.

"There appears to be no injuries to the Pokemon or people." Elaine told Barlow.

"Good work, people! The Pokemon seem to have calmed down, too. They're good to go. Let's release them."

Everyone released the Pokemon they caught and turned to the boy who first brought them down.

"Thanks for saving my girlfriend!"

He walked over to his girlfriend and hugged her.

"I'm so happy you're safe."

Keith walked over to Lianna and placed an arm around her. She blushed and looked away.

"Pretty crazy day, huh?"

Lianna nodded and looked around. Barlow walked over to the two Ranger students.

"Well, we're done here. You two head back to the Base. We'll clean up the sandwiches as a way of apologizing for the prank."

The two nodded and started heading to the Base.

"I can't wait to tell Elita about this. Her 1-day Internship was so boring! At least, that's what she told me."

"You know, I'm really happy that Rhythmi and I managed to break you out of your shell."

"Why?"

"You're so much more…fun and talkative. I like you better this way."

Just to tease him, Lianna moved closer to his side.

"You didn't like me before?"

Keith's face turned red and he began stammering and stuttering.

"Uh…w-well, I uh…O-Of course I liked you!"

When he saw Lianna's cheeks turn pink, he fully realized what he said.

"O-Only as a friend, th-though!"

He saw her face fall the tiniest bit and his hope started rising.

"Why the sad face?"

"No reason."

He noticed how she wasn't looking at him, which made him smile.

"Really? Why won't you look at me?"

He managed to catch a glimpse of her face and saw it was bright red.

"Uh, because…"

Keith pulled her off the path and over to some trees.

"Lianna, tell me the truth."

"We have to get back to-"

"Or we can say we took a wrong turn. There's something I have to know."

The two sat down and Lianna looked up at him.

"What do you want to know?" she asked.

"I want to know how you feel about me."

"You're my best friend. You and Rhythmi."

"That's all? Because, lately I've been getting the feeling that you might like me a bit more than that."

Lianna blushed and looked at the ground.

"What made you think that?"

"That day a few weeks ago when you almost kissed me."

Lianna's head snapped up so that her eyes met his.

"Correction, Keith. You almost kissed me."

Keith leaned back against the tree he was sitting in front of.

"Well, then I guess I should have said 'You didn't fight it when we almost kissed a few weeks ago.'"

Lianna looked up at the sky and fell back onto the ground.

"Lianna, do you know why I tried to kiss you?"

She shook her head, making Keith smile.

"I can't believe you don't get it."

Lianna sat back up.

"What do you mean?"

"Think about it, Lianna. What does it usually mean when a guy goes to kiss a girl?"

He could see it running through her head, and then a bright red blush took over her face.

"Do you get it now?"

Lianna nodded and looked at him.

"Does that mean you…like me?"

Keith nodded and moved closer to her.

"That's exactly what that means."

He planted a short, sweet kiss on her lips and stood back up. He held out a hand and pulled her to her feet. She was blushing even more than she had been, and it got worse when he put his arm around her.

"Lianna, tell me. How do you feel about me?"

"I…I really like you, Keith."

The two continued walking to the Base. Once they got there, they went inside and saw Barlow standing there.

"Hey, you two! What took you so long?"

"We took a wrong turn." Keith said.

Barlow laughed.

"Well, that's no problem. Everything has been cleaned up and put away. Your 1-day Internships are done. It was great meeting the two of you."

They both nodded and went back to the School. Keith's arm moved from Lianna's shoulders to her waist.

"So, Lianna, I have something to ask you."

"What is it?"

"Yoo-hoo! Wannabe Rangers!"

The two turned around and saw Rhythmi running over.

"Hey! How was your day?"

"As soon as we got there we were assigned a mission." Keith told her.

"What was it?"

"Sorry, Rhyth. It was top secret. We can't give out any details." Lianna said.

Keith tightened his grip on her, pulling her closer. Rhythmi pretended not to notice.

"Fine then! I had a pretty good day, too. Except Professor Hastings kept calling me Misery for some reason."

Rhythmi shrugged and looked at her watch.

"We better get back to the School."

All three walked back. As soon as they were inside the building, Rhythmi grabbed Lianna's wrist and pulled her to their room.

"Lianna, what was up with Keith today?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, when you guys turned around, he looked kinda annoyed with me. Did I interrupt something?"

When Lianna blushed, Rhythmi squealed.

"Tell me everything that happened today!"

"Well, Keith told me he likes me, he kissed me, I told him I like him. On the bridge, he said he was gonna ask me something, but you walked over, so he couldn't."

"Oh, I'm sorry!"

"It's fine, Rhyth."

"But he was gonna ask you to be his girlfriend! And I interrupted!"

"Rhythmi, it's fine. I know Keith. He'll ask me tomorrow."

Rhythmi nodded.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. I better get some sleep. Tomorrow is graduation! I want to be well rested!"

Lianna nodded.

"Yeah, me, too. Good night, Rhythmi."

"Good night, Lianna."