Lisa played with the fabric of her dress. She tried to remain calm but she was sure that her rabbit heartbeat could be heard by everyone.

"Calm down Lisa," She mentally chided herself. "It won't do good to freak out now." Sarah got skittish whenever Lisa did, a bad trait to have when your trainer's someone like her.

"And now the winner of the Hyper Coolness Contest is…." The announcer's voice boomed and Lisa felt faint. All her work for the past few weeks, all her sweat and blood, would it make a difference in the end?

"Lisa Mishima and her Breloom, Sarah!" The crowd exploded into applause at the words, but Lisa barely noticed. She was still shocked that she had actually won.

"Loom, loom!" Sarah nudged her, bringing Lisa back down to earth.

"You're right, Sarah." Lisa looked down at her friend. "We should get going." With renewed resolve, she marched up to the front of the stage. "Thank you!" She gave a long bow before accepting the ribbon.

The crowd grew even louder, but this time Lisa felt less sick and smiled for them.

"Thank you!" She called out to the crowd. Sarah struck a few poses while they applauded, and Lisa couldn't help but laugh. She had done it!

"Lisa, Lisa!" As soon as she exited from the contest hall, Twelve rushed and gathered her in a giant bear hug. "You were amazing, bae!"

"I didn't think you'd be able to make it back in time from your gym battle in Mossdeep!" Lisa gave him a quick peck on the nose. "How'd it go?"

"Ah Petra was caught a little off-guard," Besides him the Mightyena was deeply engaged with the Breloom. "I need to do some more training with her and Sid. But enough about me-" He turned back to face her. "You were stunning, I think I saw five more people fall in love with you just from that performance."

"I'm surprised I didn't faint!"

"Don't worry, I'd have caught you." Twelve puffed out his chest in a show of mock arrogance.

"From up in the nose-bleed section?" Lisa raised an eyebrow in suspicion and gave a quiet giggle.

"Even the nose-bleeds." His curls bounced to and fro as he nodded. "So what comes after this?"

"Master Rank." She gasped as it hit her. "Dear lord, I'm gonna participate in the Master Rank!"

"You are soooo talented! I can't believe it." Twelve played with a strand of her hair. "Someday people will ask me how I could be Lisa Mishima's boyfriend." He kissed the strand of hair before tucking it behind her ear.

"No they'll ask me: How did you end up dating the Champion of all of Hoenn?" The flurry of compliments would have probably continued if a stray flash of light hadn't interrupted them.

"Lisa! Lisa! Tell us about your latest win!" A mic was thrust right into her face, and for a minute there she saw stars.

"Hey get back here! She looked behind the stranger's shoulder to see Nine growling at him. "I told you Ms. Mishima wants some alone time!" He shoved the stranger away, but more were surrounding them.

"Lisa! Lisa! What Pokeblocks do you feed Sarah?"

"Any new arrangements you're working on?"

'Who is your biggest rival now that you're eligible for Master Rank?" Lisa felt sick from all the lights and crowding faces. She couldn't do this, she just couldn't-

"Is that Steven Stone?" A female voice cried. As the reporters looked away, Nine wrapped his arm around her and they ducked out of the crowd. Once they were a respectable distance away, Twelve joined them, a smirk painting his face.

"That was a good trick, Twelve." Lisa let out a sigh of relief.

'Why don't we continue this conversation after some food?" Nine suggested, and the two nodded in sync.

"That's great, Nine! How many badges do you have to get now?" They had ordered some pizza and decided to catch up from the last time they met.

"Just Wallace now," Nine wiped his mouth with a napkin. "But that will be hard, Terry is my strongest and he's a fire type." He adjusted his glasses some. "We'll need to do some training."

"Haha that gives me enough time to catch up to you!" Twelve laughed as he took a bite and chewed. "I'll be right on your heels."

"Don't eat and talk at the same time, that's bad manners." Lisa scolded, but he only shrugged in reply.

"Just remember I'm not stopping for anyone, not even my brother." A strange glint appeared in Nine's eyes as he stared at Twelve.

"Anyway..." Lisa tried to break the tension. "The next Master contest is in Lilycove."

"Oh when is it?" Twelve was distracted from the staring contest as he turned to face her.

"About a month," Lisa scrunched her nose as she did some calculations. "If I give myself a week of travel time and another week for sightseeing, I'll have two weeks to train here!"

"Hey we should stay and train here together, the three of us!" While a life of a Pokemon Trainer or Contest Participant was great, it could be lonely. The trio only got to see each other whenever their paths happened to cross. Quality time was hard to find.

"Sorry, but I'll need to do some training on the East Coast." Nine turned to Lisa. "I'll have to leave tomorrow if I want my team to stay in shape."

"Oh,"

"Don't look so sad," Nine ruffled her hair. "At least you'll get some alone time with Twelve.

That made the couple smile, and Nine couldn't help but laugh.

"You can stay for how long?"

"A week, then I'm back in Mossdeep."

"That settles it then." Lisa smiled. "We do our training and then meet in Lilycove again in one month. Sound good?"

"Sounds good!"

A.N. I imagined Lisa in a Pokemon Contest while playing Omega Ruby and it was too cute to pass up!