Florian wiped a bead of sweat off of his head as he returned his Tinkaton to its Pokeball. "Wow, Rika, that wasn't easy. You're a great Trainer."

Florian made sure to give all of the praise he could to the Elite Four's Ground Type expert. After all, even if Florian didn't expect the Elite Four to be easy, this individual had sure given him more than his fair share of trouble.

"Thanks. I have to extend that to you as well. You're pretty good for your age. I think you'll make a great Champion-level trainer," Rika complimented him back as she recalled her fainted Pokémon and held out a hand to shake.

Florian shook Rika's hand, but she noticed his head tilt a little and a quizzical expression come across his face. "If I may, could I ask you a question?"

"Of course! What is it?"

"Isn't Rika a girl's name?"

Rika blinked for a moment before chuckling. "Ah, I'm actually a girl. I know I look and dress masculine, but I am a woman. Don't worry, a lot of people make that mistake."

Rika watched as he blinked a few times, looked her up and down, blinked again, did the same 'scan,' and then shook his head. "Nuh-uh."

"I…what?" Rika asked in confusion. "What do you mean 'nuh-uh'?"

"I don't believe you," Florian replied as he stepped back. "I mean, you might be trans or whatever, but you're not, y'know."

"Uh…I think I'm well aware of my own gender, whether I was born as one or not. I am female, and have been since I was born," she scolded, still holding a calm expression with a growing annoyance just underneath.

Florian shook his head indignantly again, which only made him seem even more like a bratty little kid. "I don't believe you."

"Why not?!" Rika cried. "Is it really that hard to believe?!"

"Yeah?" Florian replied as if it was clear as day. "I mean, well, look at you."

Rika looked down at herself. She'd always thought that even with the masculine outfits, her curves were at least somewhat visible.

She also knew that she didn't need to get so upset about a random kid messing up her gender, but something about the way he so confidently denied her bothered her.

She turned to the side and did her best to puff out her chest. "You see these? I do have a pair, you know!"

Florian turned to the side and made the same motion, and to her despair, it did look as if he had a very petite chest. "Big deal."

Rika snarled, and soon, her anger was beginning to take over and make her act irrationally. So, despite knowing it was wildly inappropriate for a number of reasons, she pulled off her tie, flicked down the straps of her overalls, and pulled up her shirt to reveal the bra she had on underneath. Her face was red as she stared at him, but she didn't back down. "There! See?!"

"Dudes can wear bras too, big deal," Florian dismissed, even waving his hand and turning away from her as if she had presented him with rotten food or something similarly revolting. "And I'm not into dudes."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!" Rika cried as tore off the shirt and looked down. She'd always thought she had good enough breasts despite their size, but this little brat was making her more self-conscious than she thought possible.

"F-Fine," she said, and slowly reached behind her back to undo the small bra and, after taking a moment to slip the straps down over her shoulders, removed the article and set it down. She had to make a conscious effort not to cover up her chest as she presented it. "There! Happy now? See? I've got boobs!"

Florian opened his eyes and once again gave her the same dismissal. "I don't see 'em."

This time, Rika was absolutely flabbergasted, and she blurted out. "Are you fucking blind?!"

"No, but if you wanna prove that you're a girl so much, well..." Florian trailed off as he was thinking. "I can think of one thing that girls have that guy's don't. No guy has it, actually."

"You…you little…" This brat was really going to make her strip nude, wasn't he?

Some part of her deep down began to wonder if he was doing it on purpose, but she began to second-guess herself. He was really young, so she wasn't sure if he would even have those kinds of perverted thoughts yet. Plus he seemed so blindly confident that it seemed real.

"Ugh…okay, look…if I do that and prove it to you, you can't tell anyone else, alright?"

"Why would I?" he replied with enough neutrality that she couldn't tell if he was implying that nobody would want to see her nude or if he just genuinely couldn't think of a reason to tell anyone that he'd seen a member of the Elite Four completely naked.

Rika snarled as she started unbuttoning her overalls. She genuinely couldn't believe she was doing something so inappropriate, and she felt no small amount of shame as she unzipped them and slowly pulled them down. Once they were down to her ankles she pulled her legs out, while keeping her shoes on, and once they were off, she stepped closer. "O-Okay, look. There's no bulge here, right? So you can tell I don't have anything down there, so I'm clearly a girl."

"It looks like there's one in your panties," Florian replied as he pointed to the spot where the cloth came to a tight fit over her labia.

"Th-That's just…uh…" Rika's face burned as she both wasn't sure she would be able to get through explaining what that was nor would he likely even understand. She let out a resigned sigh as she knew she had no choice. She slowly reached up, hooking her thumbs into the waistband of her panties, and slowly slid them down her legs. She had to once again fight her urge to cover up as the panties went all the way down to her ankles and then off, before she placed her hands behind her back so she wouldn't be hiding anything as her entire body was on display. She even closed her eyes so she wouldn't have to look at him as she felt a mixture of anger, shame, and embarrassment.

"Th-There."

Click.

Rika opened her eyes and saw him holding up his Rotom Phone, a lecherous smile on his face as click after click of the phone went off. "Alright, I definitely see it now."

For a moment, Rika didn't react as shock froze her body completely stiff. "Wh-What…?"

Florian whistled and pocketed his phone before walking past her. "Thanks! Have a lovely day."

She stayed still for a long while before her body began to tremble, starting off small before eventually growing into an uncontrollable shaking as she turned to face the now closing door.

"I am going to murder you!"

And so she ran after him, got easily caught by the next Elite Four member, and was suspended for several weeks. The entire time she was being led out, she cursed Florian out while he simply grinned at her.