"Ahhhh…you know, it is nice to relax once in a while," Irida said as she stretched out on a chair she and Akari had lugged out to the beach near Jubilife Village. Akari had for herself, of course, and the two were taking a break from their respective jobs to relax a bit. "Plus, it's actually really temperate here! Not too hot like everywhere else!"

"I agree!" Akari cried out as she sat next to the Pearl Clan's leader, although she would contend that the weather was actually a bit chilly. "Do you come here often?"

"Unfortunately, no. It's hard to get time away from my responsibilities in the Pearl Clan. Even if me and Adaman see more eye-to-eye these days, some members of the clan still don't get along with the Diamond Clan."

"Yeah, it sucks," Akari lamented. Going so far back in time had turned out to be a blessing in disguise, not just for the missions Akari went on or the Pokemon she met, but because of how many lovely people there were. The politics of the Pearl and Diamond clans were a bit above her head, and honestly she thought it was all a bit stupid, but she was happy that Irida and Adaman could at least tolerate each other now. "Still, I'm sure you're handling it well."

Irida nodded. "Indeed. At least when I do get time to relax, I get to spend it with the savior of Hisui~" Irida drew out the last part in an attempt to tease her friend.

As always, the attempt failed. Akari closed her eyes, smiled, and leaned back. "Drink it in."

Irida laughed. "So what have you been doing since then? Just working on the Pokédex for Laventon?"

"For the most part. I picked up a few other hobbies. It's nice to have some real free time now."

"What kind of hobbies?"

Irida noticed Akari visibly blush. "Well, y'know, rock collecting and stuff..."

"Rock…collecting?"

"Mhm, mhm, that's it," Akari assured her. "Well, that and some other things. Just keeping myself occupied."

What Akari left out was her other recent past time. Mai, Arezu, Sabi; her recent 'foray' into the Diamond Clan had come with not just her work with the Pokedex, but her growing interest in the same sex. Adaman's looser, more forward-thinking approach to the clan's problems meant that the girls over there were more receptive to a bit of flirting, and especially receptive to a bit of naive yet earnest seduction. It was fun, but sitting across from the far more conservative and uptight Irida, Akari felt like a bit of a dirty slut.

"Akari, are you okay? You have a…weird look on your face."

Akari waved her hands and laughed. "Nothing, nothing! Just, thinking, yeah..."

Irida hummed, and leaned back in her chair again, stretching one more. "Alright then." She stared out at the water, the cool, calming, Pokémon-free water. "Have you been able to see Adaman lately?"

Akari winced. Way to twist the nerve, Irida. "Uh, yeah. Everything is going great over there. Very gushy - Good!"

"Gushy?" Irida questioned with alarm on her face.

"Nothing!" Akari insisted before realizing she had to change the subject. "Malli was making a painting of Electrode, yeah, it was really neat."

"Akari, are you sure everything's okay? You're acting kind of…strange," Irida questioned.

Damn it, Akari thought. Irida could be indecisive, and she hada few other problems on top of that, but she could be really observant sometimes. "Okay, err, Irida, have you ever thought about getting a boyfriend?"

"I-I mean…I am expected to produce an Heir for the Pearl Clan at some point, otherwise the position may go to someone else, but…why are you changing the subject? Did…something happen with Adaman?"

"I'm not dating Adaman!" Akari immediately insisted. "I just... y'know, it feels a little weird talking to you about it considering the whole 'heir' thing but... sometimes the thought of getting a boyfriend, like, grosses me out."

"I mean, I don't blame you, some men are…handfuls…" Irida shook her head. "But aren't you worried about the continuation of your bloodline?"

Akari looked at her feet. "I mean, not like it's worth much. I just think, well, that girls would be... nicer, for that stuff."

Irida laughed. "Ah, if only that was something we could do. N-Not that I'd want to, let's be clear, but it's interesting in theory, right?"

Akari laughed too, but the awkwardness as she looked up to Irida said a lot to the Clan leader.

"Akari…why are you…you know if something's bothering you, you can tell me, right?" Irida asked as she gently grabbed her hand.

"I am, well, gay, Irida."

"Um…you're happy? How is that bothering you?" Irida asked, completely confused.

Akari pulled her hand away and chuckled. "No, not 'happy' gay, like, I like girls, Irida."

"I…don't understand. Yeah, I like girls too, that's how we became friends isn't it?" Irida asked, still confused on what they were talking about.

"No, no, Irida, not like... 'like' girls, I want to, y'know," she made a pointer finger motion with one hand, then an O with another hand, and then pushed her finger inside of the hole.

Irida stared blankly. "What's that mean, exactly?"

"Fuck's sake," Akari exhaled. "Okay, Irida, let's say you meet a guy and you really love this guy. What do you wanna do with him?"

"Marry them?"

"And, like, kiss them and stuff, right?"

Irida slowly nodded.

"I would like to do all of that stuff, but with a girl."

Irida stared for several moments as she processed what the girl said, and then shook her head. "Wait, wait, wait…you want to…k-kiss…other girls?!"

Akari's blush grew stronger as she fondly remember Sabi's soft lips. "Hehe, yeah~"

At first, Irida didn't speak, but after a few moments, she began to laugh, softly at first, before loudly. "HAHAHAHAHA! Ahhh, okay, okay, you almost got me, that's very funny! Ha!"

Akari's face turned into one of confusion. "I... got you?"

"Y-Yeah! I mean, two girls k-kissing or doing…" She shook her head. "I'll admit, it's a joke I've never heard before, but that's certainly…f-funny!"

"What's so funny about it?"

"Because…um…d-didn't you come up with the joke?"

Akari tapped her fingers together. "It's not a joke..."

Irida froze. "I-It's not…?"

Akari looked directly into Irida. "No, Irida, I'm being serious."

Irida's face flashed through several different emotions before she leapt to her feet. "WH-WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"

Irida felt a little bad about the look of shock that came across Akari's face, but she stayed strong even when Akari replied. "What do you mean!?"

"Th-That's not normal! That's…that's…THAT'S THE GROSSEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD!"

Akari laughed a bit from pure shock as she stood up. "Excuse me, what? No way, no way..."

"Whoever created our world made it so men and women were supposed to couple up and mate! Thats literally why they have the parts they have!" Irida cried. "Two girls getting together is…it's just…it's not right! They don't fit together the same way!"

"Well," Akari began, although her voice crack gave away to Irida how much she hurt even more than the few tears that were coming to her eyes. "I thought you'd be nicer about it. You're my friend, Irida, friends are supposed to support each other!"

"I do support you, but I can't support something that goes against NATURE!"

"Fuck you," Akari spat. "I try to be a good friend, and help you with your Clan, and you treat me like this! That's... that's what's not right!"

"Akari! I…" Irida shook her head. "L-Look, it's fine! I'm sure this is just…a phase or something, I'm sure if you just found a good man, you would see that-"

"Fuck you," Akari repeated as she spun around and stamped her foot. "I hate you!"

Irida winced. Maybe she'd been too…mean. Of course, she'd meant everything she said, but with something like this, yelling about it and being so forward wasn't going to help. If she could find a way to show Akari how she was wrong…maybe by setting her up with Adaman?

Either way, she knew that if she was going to do anything, she had to comfort her friend, before she ran off and did something stupid. "H-Hey…I'm…I'm sorry…" she said softly as she walked up and, after feeling awkward for a moment, gently wrapped her arms around Akari. "L-Look, how about we…uh…calm down a bit and talk this over, okay?"

Akari pulled Irida's arms off of her, spun around, and smacked the girl so hard that she almost blacked out. The world seemed to freeze for both of them as Irida crashed down onto the sandy beach, a red hand mark already forming on her cheek.

"Wh-Wh-Wha…" Irida cried, her hand trembling as she brought it to her face. She'd been attacked by Pokemon before, but this was…

"Heh... hehehhe..." Akari chuckled, before raising her foot and planting it down onto Irida's sternum; driving the air out of her torso.

"A-Akari-!" Irida gasped, clutching at her leg.

Akari crouched down and placed her knees on either side of Irida's torso, keeping her from squirming away. The Pearl Clan leader looked up and saw the strangest look on Akari's face; she was still laughing a bit, but her eyes were like steel. Cold, strong, penetrating. Her hands gently wrapped around Irida's neck before she spoke. "You're right, Irida, you should be extremely sorry."

"A-Akari…? What are you doing?"

"Do you know how Pokemon mate, Irida?"

"Y-Yes? A-A male and a female get together and they have sex…"

"And you know, there's something really funny about that, Irida. It's all natural. Isn't that funny, Irida?"

"I guess?"

"I'm glad you think so, because I'm going to show you 'natural~'" Akari exhaled before she pressed down, almost crushing Irida's windpipe from the weight of her body. Irida clawed at Akari's hands as the exhalation trapped in her lungs fought to access the air that was supposed to be sucked in through her mouth.

"Y'know, some Dark types prefer doing this with corpses~" Akari exhaled with a kind of joy that Irida found pants-wettingly terrifying. "Maybe that's the kind of 'natural' you're talking about~?"

The Pearl Clan leader could barely concentrate on what Akari was saying, her vision beginning to go dark as her thrashing became weaker.

Finally, Akari let go of her neck, leaving behind a pair of red handmarks to match the one settling in on Irida's cheek. The girl stood up and watched Irida inhale and exhale deeply, shock being the only reason she wasn't screaming for help and trying to crawl away yet.

"Wh-What…do you want from me…?" Irida asked when some of the shock began to wear off.

Akari felt conflicted. On one hand, she had absolutely overreacted. Irida was a product of her Clan, and it was wrong to hate her for how she felt. She apologized, and perhaps, with honest communication and time, she'd be at least publicly accepted. She was also a good ally, and a dear friend, and something pulled at Akari's heartstrings to see her look so scared and wounded.

On the other hand, that same look was hot as fuck. Nothing in Akari's entire life was comparable to the sheer erotic joy she felt knowing that Irida was afraid and hurt, and a dark voice within her said that she should do more. In fact, it felt like her entire body wanted more. She stepped closer to Irida and looked down at her.

"Start by apologizing."

"I-I'm sorry for overreacting…"

Akari nodded her head. "No, that's not what you should be apologizing for." To add to her point, she slammed her foot down on Irida's shin, sending a rush of pain up her leg. "Try again."

"I-I'm sorry for being mean to you!" Irida cried as tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Good enough, but I'm still not happy," Akari replied as she leaned down and grabbed the length of rope that held the Pearl Clan Emblem-shaped garment on her waist to her shorts. She untied the rope and tossed it to the side. "In fact, I'm extremely angry with you, Irida."

"I-I should be angry with you!" Irida cried. "You're the one who just nearly killed me!"

"It's your fault," Akari insisted before she grabbed Irida's shorts and began pulling them down her shapely legs.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" Irida screamed as she tried to kick at Akari.

Akari grunted as she managed to pull her shorts over the Pearl Clan leader's knees. "I'm taking your clothes off."

"WHY?! TH-THE VILLAGE IS RIGHT OVER THERE, STOP! STOP!"

Akari chuckled a bit as she pulled Irida's shorts completely off, exposing her fundoshi. Oddly enough, the thought of being discovered excited her. Maybe it was the thought of someone seeing the Pearl Clan leader looking so pathetic and helpless. "I'm going to rape you, Irida."

Irida's face was a deep red as she tried to pull herself to her feet, her hands sliding between her legs in order to hide her undergarments. "WH-WHAT?! WHY?! Y-YOU CAN'T! WE'RE BOTH FEMALES, YOU CAN'T JUST-"

Akari smacked Irida again, with similar force to the first time. As she crumpled to the ground, Akari took the time to take off the large bands she wore around her wrists. "I think I can do whatever I want to you. It's 'natural' for strong things to take what they want."

"SH-SHUT UP! Stop! I know what I said, but you're taking it too far! Those are Pokémon, we are people! We're different!"

Progress, Akari thought with an internal chuckle. She kneeled down and planted her knee on Irida's stomach to brace her as her top was pulled over her head, knocking off her headband in the process.

"FOR PALKIA'S SAKE, STOP AKARI!" Irida shouted as she reached back and threw as hard of a punch into Akari's leg as she could manage.

Akari stumbled and winced from pain, then she saw pure red. She let out a groan of frustration and began trampling Irida's flawless body, covering her stomach, chest, legs, and arms with stomps and kicks while the Peal Clan leader descending into sobbing apologies and pleading for mercy. Every blow reduced Akari's anger and boosted her pleasure until, after kicking Irida between the legs for the first time, she stumbled back and began laughing again.

"This is... amazing~" she exhaled as she looked down at the sobbing girl. Every bruise and scrape on her mostly-nude body was like accents on a beautiful painting. Akari had half the mind to take some photos of the girl so that she could masturbate to them later.

Irida twitched and writhed on the ground as every movement caused pain. "A-Akari…" she said weakly, trying to raise an arm.

"Yes~?" Akari asked, joy evident in her tone as she began undoing the rope around her own waist.

"I don't…want to be…friends…anymore…"

Normally, such a statement would've hurt Akari deeply. Now, she only laughed again as her clothing began falling to the ground. "Is that so~?"

The clan leader managed to pull herself up onto her arms, not even looking at Akari as she wheezed in pain. "I-I'm…I'm going to…gahhh…"

Akari removed her underwear first, shivering as the gentle sea breeze wrapped around her most sensitive spots. There was a special kind of excitement to knowing that the village was just nearby. Anybody could decide to relax for an afternoon at the beach and watch the Pearl Clan leader be treated like the disposable slut she really was. Akari marched over to Irida and grabbed at her underwear. "You're going to do what, Irida?"

Finally, Irida looked over at her and weakly grabbed her wrist. "I…n-no, please, don't!"

"Let go," Akari protested as she began pulling Irida's underwear off, exposing her soft ass and adorable pussy to Akari's needy eyes.

Irida thrust one hand over her groin, face burning as she used the other to grab her underwear, trying to pull it out of her former friend's grasp, even through her pain.

Akari used one hand to pry Irida's hand away, abusing her desire to cover up her most sensitive spot to pull her underwear the rest of the way off.

"P-Please, Akari, stop, I-I'm sorry! I'm so sorry, just please don't do this! I don't want to do this!"

"I didn't want to do this anyways, but you made me upset. It's really your fault," Akari 'argued' as she reached towards Akari's top; the last remaining piece of her modesty.

Irida tried to scoot away as she put a hand on her chest, trying to keep her wrappings on.

"I really liked you, Irida," Akari continued as she dueled with Irida's hands for the linen wrappings. "You were a good friend. And then you ruined it."

"YOU. BEAT. ME. UP. You almost killed me! HOW DID I RUIN THINGS, YOU LUNATIC?!"

Akari managed to get a good handful of Irida's wrappings, and before the girl knew it, her chest was exposed on the beach. "You acted like I was disgusting, and now you're surprised that I'm disgusting?" Akari chuckled as the last remnants of Irida's dignity fell to pieces at her sides.

Now naked, Irida had never felt such shame in her entire life. She scooted away as much as she could, doing her best to cover herself as her body barked in pain. "I said I was sorry! I was ready to listen to you, and then you beat me up, like I wasn't even human!"

"Sorry isn't good enough!" Akari yelled at Irida before sending another kick flying between her legs. Her hand covered up most of the blow, but the kinetic force transferred into her pussy was more than jolting to the girl.

Irida had to take a moment to breathe. "Wh-What do you want from me then?!"

"Right now, I want to fuck you," Akari replied rather bluntly as she dropped to her knees and grabbed Irida's knees. "After I punish you, then maybe we can talk about our feelings, okay?"

Irida began to sob. "P-Please, anything but that…I-I don't want…I don't want my first time to be with a girl! Please!"

Akari couldn't help but smile as she pried Irida's legs apart. "Why not? Do you still think I'm disgusting? Don't you regret anything?"

"E-EVEN IF IT WAS OKAY, I'M NOT INTO WOMEN!"

Akari slid forward until, even if Irida could close her legs, they still would've just wrapped around Akari's waist. "Tell you what, Irida, I'll be nice. I won't penetrate you, that way, you still have your virginity."

Irida's sniffles subsided a bit. "Y-You…you mean it?"

Akari smiled again, but this time, Irida, in spite of herself, felt some kind of comfort. "Of course, you're still my friend~" Akari replied as she grabbed Irida's hands and moved them off of her pussy.

Irida tried to swallow down her absolute disgust at how Akari was staring almost hungrily between her legs, an expression a woman should never have while looking at another woman.

Akari lowered herself a bit as she also laid back, adjusting herself until her wet pussy made contact with Irida's.

Irida felt sick at what she was looking at. "Wh-What…what are we…?"

Sex~" Akari replied as she began grinding against Irida's pussy, sending ripples of strange pleasure through her core.

Irida felt a gasp leave her throat as she felt…good? It felt wrong though, so wrong that bile rose in her throat. Yet she couldn't deny that some part of her felt good, even as she mostly just stared, unsure what to do.

Akari's words only added to the vile mixture of thoughts in Irida's head. "That's right, you're having sex with a girl. You're just as horrible as I am~"

"Y-You forced me into it!" Irida cried. "What do I even…do…?" Every jolt of pleasure felt like worms in her stomach.

"You grind back!" Akari replied as a moan escaped her lips. Knowing that, even if Irida got to keep her virginity in the most technical sense, she was raping the homophobic girl filled her with a unique form of pleasure.

Irida whimpered and slowly began to shift her own hips to match Akari's. The pleasure instantly felt boosted, even as more disgust filled every inch of her body with every ounce of pleasure she felt. She was even growing wet, her body betraying her.

"Maybe you're just like me~" Akari purred as she felt Irida put some effort into it.

"Please stop talking," Irida asked as a shudder wracked her body. She could feel something beginning to build inside her, something familiar that she hated herself for.

"I think I'm going to cum, you're so good at having sex with girls~" Akari replied.

Irida nearly threw up right then and there as her own familiar pleasure built inside her as well.

Akari threw her head back and laughed. "Maybe I'll have to fuck you like this often, would you like that~?"

"I'd rather never see you again…" Irida said quietly as she simply continued shifting her hips, that pressure getting stronger and stronger.

"Hmm, you're right, maybe I'll be seeing more of Adaman~" Akari taunted before letting out another long exhale of pleasure.

"A-Adaman? Why?"

"Well, you don't want me around, I'm sure he'll appreciate me much more than you do~"

"I…I thought you said…" Irida decided to shut up. Maybe if she saw Adaman and got together with him instead, it would make her come to see reality. But for Irida, it was becoming harder to think as her climax was rapidly approaching, her movements slowing down.

"And then I'll give him Palkia~"

Irida froze. "Wh-What?!"

Akari chuckled as she began rocking against Irida's pussy, almost like she was getting off on Irida's shock more than the actual act. "That's right, I'll hand it over to him and I'll let them have it forever~"

"Y-You can't! He…I-I bet he'd just turn it down anyway! Since it's not the god his clan follows! He's a nice guy, he'd give it back and tell you to give it to me instead!"

"I'm sure~" Akari replied, and her confidence rocked Irida more than Irida was possibly comfortable with.

"Wh-Whatever! He'd turn it down! I…I know he would!" She resumed shifting her hips, having lost some of her arousal from that statement, but quickly building it back up, and trying to ignore the panic in her head, not that she didn't have enough of it already.

"I don't think he would~" Akari added, even as her voice grew breathier and shakier.

"HE WOULD!" Irida cried, before she gasped. She was on the brink.

"Sure, sure~" Akari replied as her orgasm came more gently, a slow build that contrasted with the shattering emotions rocking Irida's body.

At nearly the same time, Irida experienced her own climax, gently gasping as she let it out, before settling down and laying back onto the ground panting as it leaked from her.

Akari untangled from her former friend and cackled. "You just came from having sex with a girl~!"

"Please stop…please never mention this again…" Irida asked as she curled up into a ball.

"I won't, after all, no one will believe you~" Akari teased as she crawled across the sand to find her clothes.

"Mmmmmm…" Irida whimpered, wanting to just fall asleep so she could wake up and forget this ever happened.

Akari watched the girl as she got dressed. She looked so pathetic, so broken. Before today Akari never could've imagined Irida looking this vulnerable, this damaged. It was so beautiful to the girl, and somehow, that felt like the least insane thought she had that day.

"I never want to see you again…" Irida said quietly.

"That's sad," Akari replied with a chuckle as she retied her jacket.

Irida didn't have a response, deigning instead to lay there in sad silence.

Akari got ready to leave, but not before stepping beside Irida and planting a foot on her head. "Are you sorry?"

"I already said I was…"

"Good," Akari said, before stomping on Irida's head. The sand cushioned the blow enough, but she still felt like her head was caught in some kind of explosion. With that last bit of disrespect, and with Irida in no state to follow, Akari walked off the beach feeling better than she ever had been, for better or worse.