Brad couldn’t believe that Pinkie Pie had somehow managed to score tickets to something like this. He wasn’t just looking at a boat; he was looking at one of the most illustrious cruise lines of all time, making it difficult for him to believe that he was actually going to step foot on one of these in his lifetime. The hull was the purest, cleanest white imaginable, which ascended almost to where Brad couldn’t even see the sky anymore while stretching as wide as an entire block of a Canterlot City neighborhood. Everything about it, from its design to its bourgeois passengers screamed that this was only a ship for the most elite people in Equestria.

As he was gawking at the craftsmanship of the vessel, however, he saw something moving out of the corner of his eye, but when he looked over to see what it was, the image disappeared in a flash. Just as soon as he was about to start looking around, however, an announcement projected from the boat’s speakers, making even the loud ocean hush under its booming sound.

“ALL ABOARD THE S.S. ZEPPLIN! IF YOU COME IN LATE, I’LL BE IRAAAAAAATE!”

He could focus on stuff that probably wasn’t real later, but if he didn’t get on the boat now, not only would he be screwed on a once in a lifetime opportunity, but he also wouldn’t be able to get to Cloudsdale Island. “You ready, Meloetta?” he asked with a smile, turning towards the psychic-type pokémon on his shoulder.

“La metta!” she replied with a joyous smile. Then, with one foot in front of the other, Brad made his way onto the S. S. Zepplin.

Brad had made it probably twenty minutes into the cruise before he felt seasick and needed someone to rub his back for him while he barfed into a trashcan. It was definitely not one of the highlights of his career, being stuck in his quarters while people in fancy clothes were partying it up on the ship, eating fancy foods and doing whatever else rich people do. Finally, after about an hour of feeling nauseous without moving his body, he decided to wipe the bile from his mouth, stand up tall and grab this cruise experience by the balls. This cruise would only take one day before it landed on Cloudsdale Island, and by Celestia’s testicles, he was going to enjoy himself, darn it!

“Alright, Meloetta! I think that’s enough feeling sorry for myself for one day. Why don’t I take you downstairs and repay you for rubbing my back for the past little while?”

Meloetta put her eighth note hand to her mouth in confusion before turning around, bending forward and spreading herself below, seemingly misinterpreting what Brad was saying. “La mel?”

“What? No! I mean, probably later, yes, but I actually meant something nonsexual for once!”

Meloetta quickly blushed and levitated herself onto Brad’s shoulder, combing through her green hair in embarrassment while refusing to look Brad in the eye. “Mel la…”

“Don’t make me feel bad, Meloetta! Now I feel like the only thing I ever let you do are pokémon battles and sex. I mean, those are basically the only things I ever do nowadays, but I still feel like I should be letting you experience more than just that!”

Right as soon as Brad finished talking, however, a loud voice began to talk over the intercom, speaking so loud that high-pitched feedback surrounded his voice. “THANK YOU ALL FOR SAILING WITH THE S.S. ZEPPLIN! THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN, IRON WILL, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE ALL ONE HUNDRED PERCENT SATISFIIIIIIED! IF YOU HAVEN’T CHECKED OUT THE BANQUET DOWN ON DECK, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE, AND IF SOMEONE TAKES THE LAST HORS D'OEUVRE, GIVE THEM WHAT THEY DESEEEERVE! That is all. Thank you again for sailing with us today.”

Turning to the pokémon on his shoulder, Brad chuckled and said, “Seems like we have an idea on what to do first, huh, Meloetta?”

“La meeeel,” she replied, licking her lips as saliva trailed down her chin.

Brad had just barely managed to find where his room was with the shoddy map of the boat given to him when he boarded. Getting to the banquet downstairs was going to be another headache that he wasn’t particularly excited for, making the dreadful thought of the food being gone by the time he arrived creep into his head. He probably looked more out of place than normal as he rushed through corridor after corridor, jetting past passengers wearing haughty clothes, seemingly informed on where everything was with no problems navigating the ship. Hopefully people weren’t judging him too much, even though he was obviously a lowlife teenager in street clothes who was bound to start trouble somehow.

Finally, though, he had managed to get himself through the maze of cabins and into the main deck, where throngs of people were gathered and socializing with each other, yucking it up about their fixed mortgages and other similar haughty affairs. Then, in the middle of the room, he spotted what he had been searching for: a complete bar with glass plates and food that stretched from the portside to the starboard side of the boat. Of course, he would have to blend in somehow to get food without receiving paralyzing glares from the people around him, but there was no way he was going to be missing out on those delicious-looking chicken tenders.

“What are you doing?! Get down!”

“But I want some of the strawberry cheesecake!”

Brad quickly looked over his shoulder, checking to see if there was someone stalking him again, but all he saw was an overweight lady with a dress one size too small giving him the stink eye. “Mel la mel?” his pokémon asked him confusedly, making him turn back around and put another helping of french fries on his plate while everyone else ate miniature deviled eggs.

“Sorry,” Brad mumbled. “I thought I heard someone.”

“You see?! He can hear us!”

“Probably because your mouth is so big.”

“Your vagina is so big!”

“...What does that even mean?”

Brad then turned around again, just to make sure the woman behind him hadn’t eaten someone who was talking through her stomach, but sure enough, that one lady was all he saw, and she was rolling her eyes in aggravation. “Do you mind?” she asked in an upper Manehattan City accent.

“No, have all the diabetes you’d like,” Brad replied, allowing her to reach over to grab some cheesecake. Just as he passed by her, however, he made eye contact with three girls, all pressed against the woman’s back, hiding perfectly from his view had he not walked in that one direction. Brad looked back again to make sure he was seeing things correctly, but sure enough, that woman was so wide that she legitimately managed to hide three adult woman just by standing there. “Hey, Team Siren. Bye, Team Siren.”

He was hoping that by acknowledging that they existed, they would get embarrassed and run off again, even though secretly he knew that there was no way he would ever get that lucky.

“Prepare for nipples!”

“And make it triple!”

“Sorry,” Brad interrupted, walking away from the girls as they struck elaborate poses. “Can’t talk right now. Too busy eating. I’ll play with you girls when we land in Clouds--”

“Do not interrupt our motto!” Adagio exclaimed, making eyes all around turn towards him. If these delinquents didn’t leave him alone, there was a chance that Iron Will could have him thrown off the boat with nothing but a life jacket. He had to get out of this somehow.

“Hey, can we not do this right now? I feel like I already have two strikes even though I haven’t even done anything yet.”

Adagio folded her arms and chuckled, seemingly even more determined to ruin his day now that he had said that. “What’s the matter, trainer? If you’re so afraid, you might as well just give us that Meloetta you’re carrying.”

“Yeah, I’ve already beaten you guys twice, so what makes you think this time will be any different?”

“Oh! I’m so glad you asked. Sonata, why don’t you show him? Sonata? Sonata!!”

As soon as Adagio turned around, she noticed that the blue-haired chick, rather than getting ready for battle, was stuffing her face with the desserts section, looking back at their leader with whipped cream all over her face. “Oh. Were we supposed to start battling right now?” she asked. “Couldn’t we just like, enjoy the cruise for a little bit?”

“Yes!” Brad exclaimed. “I am on board with that. No pun intended. We should make her temporary leader of Team Siren.”

“Awwww! That’s so nice!” Sonata replied. “You hear that girls? This guy says that I should be leader for today.”

“Uhhh, my name is Brad. Do you girls still not know that?”

Unfortunately for Brad, however, Adagio groaned loudly, basically reaffirming that he wasn’t going to be enjoying the cruise for too much longer. “Sonata! Show him!”

“Alright! Alright! Fine.” Then, pulling out her pokéball and throwing it out into the middle of the ship deck, she shouted, “Go! Noivern!” and unlike before, her pokémon had grown to a much bigger size, stretching its long wings out with two giant speakers for ears.

“How do you like that, Brad?” Adagio asked sarcastically. “Now, if you give us that Meloetta of yours, we’ll leave you alone and let you enjoy the rest of your cruise.”

Brad sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. “And what happens if I don’t give up my pokémon?”

“You already know the answer to that,” Aria chimed in. “Let’s have a battle. Loudred! Go!”

“Chatot! Go!”

The other members of Team Siren quickly threw out their pokéballs, revealing the familiar chatot and loudred that he had battled before lined up next to Sonata’s noivern, causing the passengers on the ship to gasp in surprise. “Uhhh, just for the record, this is all in self-defense!” Brad shouted for everyone to hear, knowing that at least half of them wouldn’t believe him. “I just want everyone to know that I am not the instigator here! I’m the victim, and I always have been. Kirlia! Lopunny! Go!” Once Brad threw his own pokéballs out into the middle of the deck, the crowd of people who had encircled the action gradually scooted back to allow Brad’s lopunny and kirlia onto the stage, followed quickly by Meloetta.

“So that’s what you wanna do?” Adagio asked, putting her hands on her hips. “Just don’t blame us if someone gets hurt. Chatot, Noivern, Loudred! You know what to do! Use round!”

“Meloetta! Put one of them to sleep with sing! Lopunny! Avoid it with a bounce attack! Kirlia! Use heal pulse on Meloetta so she can stay up front!”

Then, with all the attacks ordered, a loud boom erupted from Team Siren’s pokémon, making the passengers as well as Brad cover their ears while Meloetta jumped in front, trying to take the brunt of the damage. Then, as Lopunny jumped into the air while Kirlia started healing up her teammate, Meloetta opened her mouth to release her song, starting with Loudred and fortunately making it fall asleep with one song.

“Good job, everyone!” Brad shouted. “Now, Meloetta, use psychic attack on Loudred! Lopunny, same target!”

“Chatot! Echoed voice on that Meloetta!”

“Noivern! Bite it!”

The first attack came from Lopunny, who managed to propel herself off of the roof of the ship, making the boat rock slightly before she crashed down onto Loudred, making several people fall over. Meloetta, however, was doing her own part, sending a psychic blast into Loudred that made its snot bubble disappear while its eyes opened up, spinning in circles. For the first time, Aria’s pokémon was actually the most useless, but the other two were still a problem.

Chatot’s attack hit next, sending another loud blast into Meloetta’s ears, followed by a sharp bite from Noivern’s jaws, making Meloetta cry out in pain. “Keep healing her, Kirlia!”

“Ugh,” Adagio grunted. “I’ve had just about enough of that one. Sonata, could you take care of that while Chatot handles the others?”

“Ummmm, I thought I was the leader today?” As Sonata put her hands to her hips, however, Adagio scowled angrily at her, making clear who the real leader was. “Alright, already! Noivern! Hit that kirlia with air cutter!”

“Veeeeeern!”

Kirlia immediately braced herself, but within seconds, a fierce blade of wind came crashing into her body, sending her backwards with a loud cry.

“That’s it!” Adagio shouted. “While Meloetta isn’t guarded, hit her with a double round!”

Before Meloetta could use one of her own attacks, however, Noivern and Chatot surrounded her on both sides, releasing their loud soundwaves, coursing through Meloetta’s body. “No!” Brad yelled. “Lopunny! Dizzy punch!” Lopunny then started spinning on her heels, getting ready to punch, but by the time she had landed a hit on Adagio’s chatot, the damage had already been done. Meloetta then fell to her knees, too weak to continue the battle

Just as Adagio was beginning to smirk, however, her chatot received one final punch, sending it backwards onto the floor, motionless in exhaustion. “Chatot! No!” Then, turning towards Sonata, she said, “I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it’s all up to you now.”

“Ohhhhh, so suddenly I’m the leader now? I think I’m going to take a minute to enjoy this.”

“SONATA!”

“Fiiiiine! Noivern, use boomburst!”

“Get out of there, Lopunny! Bounce attack!”

Lopunny quickly crouched down, setting herself up to jump into the air, but as soon as she made eye contact with Sonata’s noivern, it blasted a wave of sound, hitting not only Lopunny, but also filling the entire deck with noise. People quickly fell to the ground, holding their ears, including Lopunny, although she was dealing with the hardest part of all. Plus, with a pokémon as strong as Noivern using one of its most powerful attacks, it only took one direct hit in order to knock her down, leaving her too weak to battle anymore.

Brad quickly turned towards his Kirlia, but somehow, miraculously, she was getting back up to her feet. “What?” Brad gasped. “Did her attack miss you?”

“Kirlia kir!” she shouted, facing the enemy noivern.

“Then let’s finish this once and for all! Draining kiss! Now!”

“Bite it, Noivern!”

The two pokémon charged towards each other, both with their mouths wide open, but once the noivern reached Kirlia, she planted a kiss on its cheek, sucking its power away from it. Sonata’s noivern yelped in pain, breaking free of the kiss to bite down on Kirlia’s arm, making Brad flinch before he noticed that even though she had received a direct hit, she still looked like she could take more.

“One more draining kiss, Kirlia!”

“Kir kirlia!”

“Oh, no!” Sonata shouted. “Use… uh... explosion?”

Noivern looked back in confusion while the other two members of Team Siren slapped their hands to their faces, shaking their heads with disappointment. Meanwhile, Kirlia took this opportunity to place one more kiss on the dragon-type’s cheek, making her entire body glow white, illuminating a good portion of the ship deck. People all around, including Brad, seemed to release awed vocalizations as not only did Noivern’s body take a massive hit, but also the pokémon kissing it seemed to grow to twice her normal size, if not more! Finally, once the light dimmed down, Noivern fell to the floor, leaving the only pokémon standing Brad’s Kirlia.. Or rather, what it had turned into.

“No way…” Brad said. “Kirlia? Did you evolve again?”

“Gaaaardevoir,” it replied with a nod, making Brad jump into the air as everyone applauded, some even whistling joyously as Brad had seemingly won the battle. He couldn’t believe that people were actually supporting him rather than complaining about what could have been an absolute disaster, but that feeling quickly disappeared once he saw an enormously buff dude in a sailor outfit.

“ALRIGHT! WHO’S THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR ROCKING THIS BOAT?! I WANT NAMES!” Almost instantaneously, Brad pointed to the three girls in matching outfits, quickly followed by everyone else on the ship deck, eliciting a huff and a growl from the ship captain. “YOU CAUSE TROUBLE, I’LL MAKE IT DOUBLLLLLLEEEE!”

Then, the captain managed to grab all three girls by the collars of their shirts and started walking towards the starboard side of the ship, quickly followed by the crowd of people gawking amusedly. Finally, with a large windup, the captain threw all three of them off the boat, followed by a rapidly silencing “””YOU WILL ADORE TEAM SIREN!””” and a subsequent splash. Once the captain turned his back, everyone immediately backed away, just in case they accidentally blocked him, leading him into another one of his catchy one-liners.

Brad could celebrate with his new gardevoir later, but first he needed to make sure he actually made it to Cloudsdale Island, preferably not in a lifeboat.

It was no wonder they called it the S.S. Zepplin! Once Brad got to Cloudsdale Island, the entire city was covered in a dense fog, making it seem like he was legitimately walking through clouds. If he remembered right, though, the island was more like a mountain in the middle of the sea where a volcano had erupted, made an island and made a subsequent volcano on top of it. Basically, he figured that he was going to have to do some hiking if he wanted to make it to Rainbow Dash’s gym in time to get back to his ride back home… or ever.

“Alright, Meloetta. How the hell do you think we’re gonna get to Rainbow Dash’s gym?”

“Did you say Rainbow Dash’s gym?”

“Yes, I conveniently did say Rainbow Dash’s gym,” Brad replied before even looking back to see who had spoken to him. Upon turning around, though, he was met with the face of a little girl, but the weird part was, he actually recognized this little girl from Canterlot City. “Scootaloo?”

“Brad?” she said in just as much perplexity. “What are you doing here?”

“I’m an adult and can make my own choices without the need of supervision, which makes me wonder what you’re doing here.”

“I’m… here to see Rainbow Dash. I’m going up to her gym.”

Brad should have guessed, especially seeing as how much the little squirt idolized Rainbow Dash in high school. “Wait a second! Isn’t today supposed to be a school day?”

“Do you want me to show you how to get there or not?”

It wasn’t like Brad was going to tell anyone about her playing hookie to see her friend across the freaking ocean, although if he continued to make her think he would, he could probably get some more perks, supposing she even had any. “Alright,” he said, holding out his hand. “You show me how to get to Rainbow Dash, and I won’t tell Miss Cheerilee that you snuck out of school.”

“Do you even still talk to Miss Cheerilee?”

Yes. He did. On more than one occasion. For sex. Nobody could find out about that. Before Scootaloo could turn the tables on Brad any further, however, he quickly allowed Scootaloo to take the lead, walking behind her as the two made their way up the giant canyon.

The trip up the mountain, however, was a lot further than Brad had originally anticipated. At first, he thought that since a young, teenage girl could make the trek, it would be no problem for a strong young man like Brad, which he immediately realized was not the case after about ten minutes. While Scootaloo was yelling at him to hurry up, Brad was busy trying to catch his breath, both due to the amount of exercise as well as the lack of oxygen that came from the climb. He legitimately thought that he was going to run out of energy, get stranded on top of the mountain and see an articuno to alert him of the little hope he had left when suddenly, a building began to take shape amidst the clouds.

“Is that it?” Brad asked, feeling hope for the first time since they landed on the island.

“Yup! Isn’t it awesome?!”

“I have no idea. With all these clouds in my face, I’m honestly surprised that I was right and that it wasn’t just a colorful rock.”

“Well, hurry up and come see for yourself!”

The sprite, young girl then hastened into a sprint, running up the rocky path as if she were in a track meet. As he began crawling on the floor, though, Meloetta jumped off of his shoulder, floating in front of his face while encouraging him like a cheerleader. “Thanks for the support, but I really don’t think that’s gonna help this time.” Meloetta then put her hand to her chin before a figurative lightbulb went off over her head, and once Brad had finished heaving pathetically, he looked up to see Meloetta bent over, stretching her lower parts right in front of his face.

“La meeel~!” she said with a wink, giving Brad the energy he needed not just to get back up to his feet, but to begin chasing Meloetta up the path, both of them laughing hysterically until they reached the doors to the Cloudsdale Island gym. It was just as Scootaloo had said: awesome. The majesty of the building was unlike what he had seen from any gym before, its arched roof surrounded by flags and large window panes, and as if by design, there was even a rainbow stretching right above the building itself.

As fantastic as it was, however, Brad had come to fulfill a mission, to get the loyalty badge, and he wasn’t about to earn it by gawking at a building with his dick in his hands. Finally, as he walked into the gym’s doors, he saw that the interior was a giant runway that outlined the perimeter of the arena and led up to a staircase where the gym leader stood. Of course, Scootaloo got to say hi to her first, but once the girl in the blue flight suit looked down to see who else had walked into her gym, her eyes went wide before shifting into a cocky grin.

“Long time no see, Brad,” the gym leader said, rapidly making her way down the steps. “You’re kinda far away from home, don’tcha think?”

“Well, you know,” Brad said, giving her a cocky grin of his own, “I was in the neighborhood and thought--”

“What’s her name?”

Rainbow Dash put her hands on her hips as if to solidifying how right she was, which Brad responded to by folding his arms smugly. “I actually came to see you, Rainbow Dash.”

“Whoa. Really? I mean, you didn’t just come for us to…”

“What? OH! No, no, no, no, no. I mean, don’t get me wrong, you’re a nice girl and all, but I would not walk up that mountain just for…” He wanted to finish his sentence, but seeing Scootaloo at the top of the stairs made him immediately change his mind. “Anyway, I came to challenge you to a gym battle.”

Rainbow Dash stood there in silence for a couple moments, waiting to hear the punchline, but once she realized that Brad had already delivered it, she couldn’t hold back her laughter. It was so funny to her, in fact, that not only did she lean over, holding onto her sides in hilarity, but she even fell backwards, rolling around on the pavement while Brad asked himself why he wasn’t used to this by now.

“Ohhhhh Braaaaad,” she said, getting back up to her feet. “You’re too much sometimes. But seriously, what brings you to Cloudsdale?”

“Uhh… the loyalty badge?”

This time, Rainbow Dash didn’t laugh. Instead, she furrowed her eyebrows, seemingly insulted that Brad would even allude to challenging her to a gym battle. “It’s not as funny the second time. Look, I don’t know who put you up to this, but I don’t joke around about gym battles! I don’t know if you think I’ll go easy on you or if you think I’m just plain weak, but I’m not about to let you treat me like a joke!”

“Whoa! Relax, Rainbow! Before you get all pissy, you might want to look at these.” Every time Brad opened up his jacket, the sight became more and more admirable, especially considering the fact that he now had a new badge that was one of a kind, not claimed by anyone but Brad. With Rainbow Dash’s jaw now falling to the floor, Brad let go of his jacket pocket and pulled back his cap. “You were saying?”

Rainbow Dash shook her head. “OK, I admit, I didn’t expect that, but I still don’t know if you’re ready to challenge me yet. Applejack and Fluttershy might be good gym leaders and all, but you’re talking about probably the best new gym leader in Equestria!”

“Then you should have nothing to lose by accepting a challenge from someone like me.”

Both trainers then stared each other down, allowing silence to befall the gym until Rainbow Dash snapped her fingers, summoning her biggest fan down the staircase. “Yes, Rainbow Dash?”

“Scootaloo, can you be our referee? Not that I’ll need one, seeing as how I plan on sweeping his team.”

“Absolutely, Rainbow Dash!”

Then, with even more energy than Brad thought she had before, she took off towards the referee box while Rainbow Dash walked to her own side of the court, keeping her cocky grin as she stared Brad down. “You know,” she began, “I was the fastest student at CHS, and I made sure that all my pokémon were quick enough to almost keep up with me. That’s why I chose flying-types, the fastest type of pokémon there is!”

“Keep talkin’, Rainbow!” Brad said as he made his way to his own side of the arena. “You’re just giving me more and more ideas on how to beat you.”

“Pssh. I could let you use three pokémon at once and you still wouldn’t be able to beat me!”

Brad then opened his mouth, but was quickly stopped by Scootaloo. “That’s against the rules, Brad. It has to be one on one.” The teenage boy sent an annoyed glare at Rainbow Dash, who smugly shrugged her shoulders before both of them turned their attention back to Scootaloo. “Are both trainers ready?”

“Awwww yeaaaaahhh!” Rainbow Dash said, pumping her fist.

“Ready!”

Scootaloo raised her arm, signaling the beginning of the match. “Challenger Brad vs. Gym Leader Rainbow Dash! Begin!”

“Talonflame! I choose you!”

As soon as Scootaloo put her hand down to start the match, Rainbow Dash wasted no time throwing her pokéball into the arena, releasing a white light that took the form of a predatory bird. It was mostly red up to the edge of its wings with a black color on the tips, matching perfectly with the embers it emitted with each flap of its wings.

“Flaaaaaaaame!”

“Talonflame is one of the most awesome flying-types that exist!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed with vigor. “It can reach over three hundred miles per hour when hunting prey, which made it the obvious choice to be on my team.”

Brad had to think about what he would do first. Steenee obviously would be no match against this pokémon, and if Rainbow Dash used mostly flying-types, there was probably no way he’d be able to use her in the battle at all. “How many pokémon are we using, Rainbow?”

“How does three sound? I think that should be enough to prove how unstoppable I am.”

Three worked perfect. It not only made it to where he wouldn’t need Steenee to enter the battle, but it also left his three strongest pokémon to be the ones he could use against her. Then, pulling a pokéball from his belt, he pushed the button in the center and threw it out onto the field, shouting, “Gardevoir! I choose you!” Once the light from the pokéball finally diminished, a human-like pokémon with slender features appeared in the air, floating above her side of the arena.

“Ha! Is that really the best you can do?”

“What? Why is this a bad choice?”

“Don’t you know that fairy-type moves aren’t very effective against fire-type pokémon?”

“...Because that makes total fucking sense!” Rainbow Dash then began giggling hysterically, making Brad blush in embarrassment. “Quit it!”

“OK, Brad. I’ll tell you what. If you somehow manage to beat me, I’ll make this trip worth your while.”

“And what if you win?” Brad asked, dreading what Rainbow Dash would ask in return.

To his surprise, though, Rainbow Dash put her hands to her hips and tilted her head to the side, befuddled as to what Brad meant. “Uhh… If I win, then I’m awesome?”

“Huh… Really? OK. That works.”

As Brad was busy looking for a downside in this one-sided deal, however, Rainbow Dash pointed her finger towards Gardevoir and shouted, “Talonflame, start off with flame charge!”

“Talon!”

Rainbow Dash’s bird then began glowing with fire, circling around the arena until with incredible speeds, it smashed into Gardevoir, sending her back a couple feet, although not doing too much to hurt her. Talonflame, meanwhile, was now flapping its wings twice as fast, making the embers from its wings fall to the floor like it was raining fire.

“Gardevoir, you alright?”

“Gaaaardevoiiir,” she responded, nodding her head.

“Awesome! I did a little studying into your move pool on the boat, and I think I’ve found the most powerful move you have. Now, Gardevoir! Use future sight!” Gardevoir then began to glow a blue aura, releasing the energy into the air to form round, blue crystals that soared through the air… and disappeared into a dozen black portals, leaving Talonflame completely unharmed. Brad waited for a second to see if anything was going to happen, but after it looked like Talonflame was going to get another attack in, he stomped his foot in anger. “What the hell! Did you rig the arena or something?!”

“Pfft. You really thought that future sight would work that quickly? It’s called future sight for a reason, you know. In the meantime, though, I’ll have Talonflame finish you off quicker than it can land! Talonflame, use steel wing!”

“Talon… FLAAAAAAME!”

Gardevoir backed up a little bit, but it was immediately struck by the bird’s wing, which had turned into a metallic silver, sending Gardevoir flying much further back and receiving a much heavier blow than the last time. Gardevoir seemed to be OK, although she was much slower getting up this time as she held around her waist in pain. Brad had no idea Talonflame could use steel-type moves, which just happened to be one of Gardevoir’s weaknesses. If he didn’t figure something out this turn, he might not get another chance to do any more damage.

“Your turn, Gardevoir! Use psychic!”

Gardevoir then responded by glowing a blue aura, stretching her arms out as the glow around her brightened until her arms flung forward, releasing a psychic wave of energy straight into Talonflame. The bird pokémon flailed in the air, surprisingly overcome by Gardevoir’s attack, but quickly recomposed itself, making Brad wonder whether there was anything else he could possibly do to beat this thing.

“Finish it off, Talonflame! Use brave bird!”

“Flaaaaame!”

Talonflame then soared up to the highest point of the gym before flipping backwards, heading in a collision course with the floor before lifting itself up at the last second, flying at mach speeds parallel to the floor until finally, it landed a critical blow against Gradevoir, knocking her backwards until she fell to the floor, seemingly unable to get up. Everyone waited for a few more moments to see if she would be able to take at least one more hit, but it was obvious that she had had enough for this battle.

“Gardevoir is unable to battle!” Scootaloo announced, holding her hand up towards Brad. “Brad is now down to two… what the huh?!”

Just as Scootaloo was about to call the round, however, the ceiling opened up, revealing several black holes shooting out crystal orbs that slammed down onto the arena. Talonflame tried its best to avoid the attack, flying in unnatural patterns as the sky rained down the future sight attack from earlier, but there was no way it would be able to avoid all of them. Finally, the bird fell down to the floor, taking a full pummeling of all the crystals crashing down on top of it, and when the dust cleared away, Talonflame was just as motionless as Gardevoir.

Brad and Rainbow Dash then turned towards Scootaloo, who quickly composed herself, pointing her hands in both directions. “I--I mean, Gardevoir and Talonflame are unable to battle! Both trainers are now down to two pokémon!”

Brad breathed a sigh of relief, summoning Gardevoir back to her pokéball while Rainbow Dash snickered cockily. “Not bad,” she said, “although you have to admit, you got pretty lucky there.”

“Yeah, yeah. Just send out your next pokémon.”

“Alright, but you asked for it!” Upon returning Talonflame to its pokéball, Rainbow Dash immediately threw out its replacement. “Crobat! I choose you!” Then, once Rainbow Dash’s pokéball landed into her side of the battlefield, a purple bat with four wings emerged into the arena, flapping at an even faster pace than her last pokémon. “Your move, Brad,” Rainbow finally said, folding her arms with a smug grin.

“OK. You wanted to use my weakness last time, so I’m going to use your weakness this time! Meloetta! Go!”

“La mel!” Meloetta then jumped off of Brad’s shoulder, entering the arena while floating in the air.

“Crobat! If he thinks he can use typing to his advantage, let’s teach him a lesson! Use bite!”

Before Crobat even made it to her side of the field, however, Meloetta flinched in fear, probably too anxious from her recent run in with Team Siren to be able to face another bite head on so soon. Then, Crobat got off not one, but two bites, making Meloetta scream in pain from how much damage it managed to do to her.

“Fuck! Psychic attack! Before it gets another one off!”

“Laaaaaaa mel!”

With Crobat already in close range, Meloetta quickly got off a psychic attack, hitting Rainbow Dash’s pokémon at point blank range, making it squirm in the air with pain. It appeared that Meloetta’s one attack did about as much as Crobat’s two attacks, which actually put Brad at a disadvantage considering how much faster Rainbow’s pokémon were compared to his.

“You’re doing great, Crobat! Now, use confuse ray!”

“Cro! Bat! Bat!”

Then, opening its mouth wide, Crobat released a loud, sonic wave, making Meloetta’s eyes grow wide. She didn’t seem to rush to get away from the attack, nor did she seem like she was too paralyzed to move. Instead, she just stood there, looking Crobat in the eyes until its voice faded, leaving Meloetta shaking her head to try and fight off the effects she underwent.

“Meloetta! Are you alright?” Meloetta jumped, turning towards Brad, then to Crobat, then to Rainbow Dash, seemingly unaware of who was its trainer and who was the enemy. “Shoot! Meloetta, snap out of it!”

“Don’t listen to him, Meloetta!” Rainbow Dash shouted. “You need to attack yourself!”

“Mel?” Meloetta said quizzically, pointing to herself.

“That’s fucking stupid, Meloetta!” Brad shouted. “You need to remember me! Use psychic on Rainbow Dash’s Crobat before it can attack you again!”

“Crobat! Use bite attack!”

Meloetta still looked unsure of who she was supposed to trust, but once she saw Crobat opening its mouth wide to land another bite, she reflexively glowed a bright blue aura, jumped backwards and released the psychic energy forward, making Crobat flail again. Rainbow Dash looked on in disbelief, a little too confident that her confuse ray would work to her advantage, but with Meloetta getting her attack off before Crobat could bite her one more time, the bat pokémon fainted, too exhausted to carry on the battle.

Scootaloo, though, seemed more surprised than anyone. “Whoa! Did that really just happen?” As she looked on in wonder, however, both trainers turned their attention towards Scootaloo again, making her snap back to reality. “Oops! Sorry. Crobat is unable to battle! Rainbow Dash is now down to one pokémon!”

Rainbow Dash growled as she summoned Crobat back into its ball, making Brad feel like for once, he had the advantage. Meloetta had taken a beating, but so long as she didn’t stay confused for much longer, he would be able to use her to finish the battle. He might not even need to bring Lopunny out at all, or, at least that’s what he thought.

“That’s it, Brad! No more games! Ninjask! Go!”

Rainbow Dash then threw a pokéball out into the arena, but when it finally opened up, there was seemingly nothing that came out of it. Everyone but the gym leader looked on, waiting for something to happen until out of nowhere, a huge bug appeared right in front of Brad’s face, making him stumble backwards as it seemingly teleported to different spots in the gym. Pulling himself back up to his feet, he stammered, “W-what is that thing?”

“That fastest pokémon alive! Not to mention it’s also a bug pokémon, which I see working out pretty well right here.”

“Oh, shit! Meloetta! Relic song!”

“Don’t waste any time, Ninjask! X-scissor, now!”

While Meloetta was still debating whether or not she should even listen to her trainer, however, Rainbow Dash’s bug pokémon zipped to the other side of the arena in a flash, placing an X-shaped mark on her body before anyone could even see what happened. Meloetta was struck silent, standing with her eyes wide and her mouth low before finally, she fell to the floor, completely motionless.

“Meloetta is unable to battle!” Scootaloo called, raising her arm towards Brad. “Brad is now down to one pokémon!”

He couldn’t believe how fast her pokémon was, even for a trainer like Rainbow Dash. It would move from one end to the other so fast that nobody could see it until it decided to stop moving. He obviously couldn’t use Steenee this time, which would be at a huge disadvantage considering its bug/flying-type, leaving only one logical choice left for him to use.

“Here we go!” Brad shouted, returning Meloetta to her ball and throwing out his last hope. “Lopunny! I choose you!”

“Lop lop!” she cheered, bouncing back and forth on the battlefield.

Rainbow Dash quickly fell backwards, holding onto her gut as she laughed. “Is that really the best pokémon you have left? A rabbit?”

“I wouldn’t underestimate her if I was you,” Brad replied with a smile. “Lopunny! Use bounce!”

“X-scissor!”

Before Lopunny could propel herself off of the ground, she was immediately hit by the same attack it had used on Meloetta, although Lopunny would be able to take more than one of those. In the next instant, Lopunny soared into the air, reaching the same height that Talonflame had when it used its brave bird attack in the first round and pushed off the ceiling, soaring down to attack at its full power.

Rainbow Dash could see that Lopunny was going to do a lot more damage than Ninjask had done, making her suddenly panic to find some way to keep her pokémon alive. “Harden!”

“Ninjask!”

Then, before Lopunny could land her attack, Rainbow Dash’s ninjask quickly covered itself with an extra layer of chitin, making the blow a little less painful, even though it obvious barely survived a one-hit knockout. Ninjask was now buzzing back and forth, seemingly too weak to move at the speed that it had before, which, granted, was still much quicker than Lopunny was.

“Now, Ninjask! Finish it off with giga impact!”

“Nin! Nin! JASK!”

Ninjask then disappeared at supersonic speeds yet again, but once it reappeared, it collided straight into Lopunny’s chest, sending it flying across the gym until she landed lifelessly on the floor. Brad held his breath, waiting for Lopunny to get back up, even though she was honestly lucky just to still be breathing after an attack life that. As Brad kept his eyes close on Lopunny, Rainbow Dash nodded towards Scootaloo, who then lifted her arm towards Brad.

“Lopunny is unable to battle!” Scootaloo called out. “Gym Leader Rainbow Dash is the win--”

“HOLD ON A SECOND!”

As if hearing Scootaloo making the call that would end the match was some kind of secret way to give Lopunny the energy she needed to continue fighting, the rabbit slowly got back up to her legs, not bouncing like before, but still holding a fighting position. Nobody could believe it, especially Scootaloo who pulled her hand back and hesitantly said, “N-nevermind! Keep going.”

“What?!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed, dumbfounded that Lopunny was somehow still in this. “No way! She just called it!”

“Not until my pokémon is unable to battle, and it looks like she can handle one more hit. Isn’t that right, Lopunny?”

“Lop looooop!”

Rainbow Dash was now shaking with fear, turning towards her pokémon and shouting, “Quick! Use another X-scissor!”

Ninjask, however, just turned back to face Rainbow Dash, looking too weak to attack again. “Ninjask. Ninjask.”

“Oh, no! I forgot you need to recharge!”

“Finish it, Lopunny! Dizzy punch!”

“Loooooooop!”

With Ninjask still too tired to get out of the way, Lopunny spun on her heels, sending a curved strike into Rainbow Dash’s pokémon, making it cry out in helpless agony. Then, with Ninjask on its last breath, Lopunny sent one final critical hit into the bug-type’s thorax, sending it soaring into the ceiling where it stuck with a splat. Then, it gradually fell back down to the battlefield, crashing into the ground with spirals spinning where its eyes should have been.

This time, when everyone looked back at Scootaloo, there was no questioning the outcome, despite how much things had turned around in the last couple seconds. Still, the youngest girl waited longer than she should have, just to make sure there was no way that Ninjask was getting back up, but with all hope lost, Scootaloo pointed her hand in Rainbow Dash’s direction, raising an eyebrow in confusion. “Ninjask is unable to battle. The winner is… Brad?”

As soon as the call was made, Brad stuck his arms out like an airplane and ran into the arena, doing circles around his pokémon while cheering loudly. Both Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo cringed, feeling somehow more upset by the loss after seeing how energetic it made the blue-haired teenager. Then, pulling out her pokéball, Rainbow Dash summoned Ninjask back inside, reaching into her flight suit to pull out a metallic badge in the shape of a rainbow lightning bolt coming out of a cloud.

“Alright, Brad,” she said, seemingly with aggravation. “I’ll give you your badge, but you have to stop being an idiot.”

“Just my badge?” Brad asked, calling Lopunny back to her pokéball and looking back at Rainbow with a smug grin. “I don’t think that was our agreement.”

“What are you talking ab--” Then, her eyes went wide as she suddenly remembered what they discussed at the very beginning of the match. “Oh, horse feathers.”

“What? What is it?” Scootaloo asked, running up to the two older trainers while bouncing on the balls of her feet. “Tell me!”

Rainbow Dash scratched the back of her head awkwardly. “Uhh… Sorry, Scootaloo, but you’re gonna have to leave for this one.”

“What?! But I came all the way here from Canterlot City!”

“And I’ve told you a hundred times not to come here on a school day!”

Scootaloo growled internally, giving both Brad and Rainbow Dash a scowl before walking back towards the entrance of the gym. “Fine, but our boat doesn’t leave for Manehattan City until tomorrow, so I'd better see you before then!”

“Fine! Whatever! Just go!” Brad wasn’t sure whether or not she was ever going to leave them alone, but soon enough, she huffed her way out of the building, leaving the gym all to themselves and whatever they wanted to do. Well, more like whatever Brad wanted to do, seeing as how Rainbow Dash was rubbing her arms with her face glowing a bright red. “So… w-what did you wanna do?”

“Tiny titties!!”

“Ugh…” Rainbow Dash’s shoulders drooped. “Why did I even ask?”

“What’s the matter, Rainbow? You scaaaaared?”

The gym leader jerked back, somehow offended and nervous about the question Brad had just asked. “What? No! I’m not scared of anything!”

“Then take your top off.”

Rainbow Dash’s face was beginning to grow redder than Big Mac’s, although her face went from surprise to annoyance as she began to unbutton her flight suit, mumbling as she did so. “Ugh… You’re even worse than Zephyr Breeze.”

“Come again?”

“Here!” Before answering Brad’s unneeded inquiries, Rainbow Dash threw her top into Brad’s arms, making him hold the fabric as she reached behind her back, seeking to unhook her bra. He wasn’t sure why she even wore a bra in the first place, seeing as how her chest was probably a size AA, but as the straps began to fall down her shoulders, she quickly covered her nipples, looking away as she threw her bra into Brad’s arms. “There. I’m naked.”

“Prove it.”

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow, gawking at how she was supposed to prove how she was naked any more than she already had, even though deep down she knew exactly what he meant. With her eyebrows furrowing again, she released her hands from her breasts, revealing two mosquito bites on her chest as she began to pull down her trousers, which were shielding--unbeknownst to him--a pair of rainbow underwear. The gym leader’s cheeks were steaming, refusing to make eye contact with Brad who didn’t know whether to feel arousal or hilarity from her barely-shielded private area.

“Say a word and you die,” Rainbow said, still avoiding eye contact.

“Fine. I won’t.”

Then, to Rainbow Dash’s total surprise, Brad reached around the gym leader’s back and fell to one knee, giving him just the height he needed to place Rainbow Dash’s nipple into his mouth as he sucked her tenderly. The gym leader quickly fell forward slightly, allowing her nipple to be reached more easily from the position Brad was in, sighing from the unexpected feeling of pleasure she was experiencing. While Brad licked in circles around her areola, Rainbow Dash ran her hand through Brad’s blue hair, combing it back while her legs began to squeeze together down below.

“You enjoying this?” Brad asked cockily.

“Shut up. Keep going.”

Brad did not hesitate to follow instructions, moving his lips passionately along her breasts, sucking tenderly at her nipple while his other hand moved up to her other breast. Once his other fingers began twiddling with her spare nipple, however, Rainbow Dash let out another sigh, this one slightly louder and more feminine than the one that came before it. She was now holding Brad’s neck tighter, arching her chest even deeper into Brad’s mouth as he suctioned on her tit, gently pinching the other between his fingers. The sensation was becoming so pleasurable for Rainbow Dash that it was almost creating an itch that she needed to take care of, but as if she were mentally connected to the boy at her chest, he quickly dragged his fingers down Rainbow’s smooth abs until they halted at her cameltoe, where he gently began to massage her folds.

Rainbow Dash bit her lip and squeezed her legs tighter, trying not to show how aroused he was making her, despite her innate desire for him to keep going causing her legs to shake. Then, just to make the feeling even more unbearable, Brad spread his fingers apart, stretching out her labia underneath the thin, rainbow fabric in between each circle he rubbed. Having about as much as she could take without moaning vehemently, Rainbow then grabbed Brad by the shoulders, lifted him to his feet and stood on her toes to lead Brad into a passionate kiss. Meanwhile, however, he never stopped moving his fingers around her lower lips, causing her to release feminine gasps, even with her mouth trying desperately to dominate Brad’s.

“You can give up any time, Rainbow,” Brad said as he pulled away for air, just to be brought back into the embrace of Rainbow Dash’s lustful lips. Her tongue was now dancing around Brad’s, running circles in his mouth the same way Brad was running circles around her crotch, making her legs so weak that they threatened to give out at any second.

With frustration on her face, Rainbow Dash pulled away from Brad, folding her arms both to shield her chest as well as to vent her resentment. “Fine. You can take them off.”

Brad chuckled. “Don’t mind if I do.”

As he stuck his thumbs inside the leg holes of Rainbow Dash’s panties, his mouth seemed to hang from his jaw, dropping further along with the fabric shielding Rainbow’s private area until finally, they were down to her knees. Even though the sight of her wet, hairless slit brought waves of nostalgia back into his mind, it still felt like he was seeing it for the first time, contrasting the feminine beauty to her otherwise tough demeanor. It was so enticing, in fact, that he couldn’t help but run his tongue up between her folds, causing Rainbow Dash to shriek in surprise, squeezing her legs closed and pulling Brad back up to his feet.

“OK,” she said with a blush. “Maybe I’m a liiiiiiittle embarrassed.”

“Really? Of that?”

Rainbow Dash scoffed. “I’m allowed to be, aren’t I?”

“I mean, you’re allowed to be, but that’s just gonna make this next part really awkward.”

Rainbow Dash froze, suddenly backing away in fear at Brad’s creepy facial expression. “Uhh… what were you planning on doing, exactly?”

“This!”

Then, catching Rainbow Dash completely off guard, Grad grabbed the gym leader by the waist, flipped her upside down and held her up against him, putting her butt and womanhood right next to his face as Rainbow Dash flailed her fists into his legs.

“Put me down! Put me down!”

“Trust me, Rainbow, you wouldn’t like that at this angle. In fact, since you’re down there, my pants are feeling a little tight. You wouldn’t wanna help me with that, would you?”

He couldn’t see Rainbow’s face after that, but he could still hear her groaning in displeasure. “Seriously?”

“Uh-oh! I feel my hands slipping!”

“Alright! Alright! Just hang on!” He then waited for the gym leader to undo his belt and remove the bottom half of his clothes, staring anxiously at Rainbow Dash’s cunt while trying his hardest to hold himself back until the moment was right. Finally, he felt his jeans fall down his legs along with his boxers, which were being tugged at forcefully until his penis popped out of his shorts, hitting Rainbow Dash in the face. “Ow.”

“You alright down there, Rainbow?”

“Yeah… Just poked my eye is all.”

Brad held back a chuckle. “With what?”

“Ugh! Can you put me down now?”

“You knoooow… It’s kind of a shame that I’m free-balling right now with my dick all alone like this. It would be really nice if some brave, caring woman were to give it shelter.”

Silence.

“In her mouth.”

Silence.

“Your mouth.”

With another grunt, Rainbow Dash grabbed Brad by the shaft and placed him into her mouth, making Brad feel a sudden jolt of eroticism between his legs. Finally, without having to detain himself any further, the blue-haired teenager dipped his face between Rainbow Dash’s thighs, lapping up her nectar as her folds clenched around his tongue.

Rainbow Dash seemed unnaturally good at this, rubbing up and down Brad’s shaft while her mouth pushed in and out, bobbing her head at the perfect rhythm. The trainer on the other end, however, had never done vertical 69 before, and although he was enjoying both the sensation of Rainbow’s tongue dancing across his cock as well as the taste of her natural lube quenching his thirst, he was also scared of losing his grip in the heat of the moment. Fortunately, though, the harder Brad grabbed around Rainbow’s waist, the more avid she became on his dick, slipping her tongue from his dillhole and down his cowper’s gland before circling around the head of his penis. On the other end, Brad could taste how much Rainbow Dash was enjoying this as a thick, white liquid gradually made its way out of her opening and into Brad’s mouth, which he licked up happily.

As Brad’s tongue found its way into her most prized pocket, however, Rainbow Dash squeezed her legs around Brad’s neck, pulling him in deeper with her thighs as he happily flicked her clitoris some more. The more aroused he made her, however, the more her hips flexed, causing him to accidentally run his tongue all the way up to her butthole, which he gently prodded before making his way back down to Rainbow’s vagina. It was obvious that based on the stimulation Brad was giving Rainbow in her own private parts, she was having that much harder of a time keeping her mind on satisfying Brad’s pleasure center. Then, once he felt like she was taking advantage of him while forgetting her part of the deal, Brad stuck even more of his length into Rainbow’s mouth, causing her to retaliate by sticking her finger into Brad’s anus.

The feeling was so unnatural. His automatic instinct was to get her to pull it out, but he couldn’t deny that there was also a sensation to it that he had never experienced before. Soon enough, Brad was moving his tongue over to Rainbow Dash’s anus while Rainbow pushed her finger deeper into Brad’s, feeling around for his prostate while Brad ran circles around her opening. The more Rainbow explored him in the back, the more Flash moved his tongue across Rainbow’s lower border, stretching from her butt to her clitoris as he wildly crossed his tongue all over her body, just from the sensitivity he was feeling below. It was like the gym leader was pressing a button that activated a newfound pleasure center he had never experienced before with her mouth still bobbing back and forth against his dick.

He didn’t know if he would be able to last much longer, mostly because he had never felt anything like this before. Knowing the end was near, he quickly moved his attention to Rainbow Dash’s nub, flicking his tongue back and forth while trying to bring her as close to the edge as he was.

“Q-quit it!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed, pulling her mouth off of his cock with her hand moving in lieu of her lips. “You’re gonna make me c-c-cuhhhhh… N-nevermind!”

Brad, though, had no intention of listening, instead using this as an excuse to work even harder to push her over the edge, which seemed to already be working. Her mouth was no longer sucking Brad off, instead now being used to scream passionately, going octaves he had never heard from Rainbow Dash’s mouth as both of her hands sought to punish Brad for what he was doing to her. He knew how close she was, and when she finally lost it, his mouth would be there to take it all in. He was also on the verge himself, however, and if he was going to experience that blessed taste of Rainbow Dash’s orgasm, he was going to have to move faster.

Then, once he felt his balls clench up, he used all the adrenaline in his body to send hard, violent flicks up Rainbow Dash’s nub, making her scream so loud that her voice threatened to give out at any second. Over and over again, he slapped her womanhood with his mouth, pushing his tongue deeper against her folds as Rainbow finally flipped the switch inside him, causing him to explode into her mouth mid-scream. They were both experiencing an orgasm at the same time, only Brad was feeling it in two places at once. While the holes in Rainbow Dash’s body contracted and pulsed, the other trainer felt himself throbbing from his cock while his anus gripped tighter around Rainbow’s finger, pushing down in the link between his pleasure centers. Even though Rainbow was getting an unexpected facial with an even more unexpected level of semen, her body expelled fluids like a puddle, which Brad quickly drank up, hoping that she would release even more.

Finally, though, both of their orgasms came to a halt, leaving them out of breath, covered in bodily fluids, and smelling like ass. Brad had to be especially careful putting Rainbow Dash down, forgetting how weak his limbs would be after experiencing a full-body orgasm. Fortunately, though, as he spun her back around, she landed straight on her feet, finally allowing the cum to drip down the opposite side of her face, which she immediately wiped off with her hand. As soon as she remembered how sticky the liquid was, however, she cringed, holding it over the floor while it stuck to her hand.

“Ewwww. Gross.”

“You know what else is gross?” Brad asked, trying to get his jeans back up to his waist. “Putting your finger in a man’s butt. It doesn’t matter how good it feels! He loses a piece of his manhood when you do that.”

“Well, what else was I supposed to do to get your cock out of my throat?”

Brad shrugged, lacing his belt through the loops once more as he weakly got back up to his feet. “I guess that’s a good point. Hey, should I go tell your little friend that she’s allowed to come back in?”

“Uhhh, no, unless you help me clean up this mess you made first.”

Brad looked down at the ground, feeling more impressed with himself than anything for how much seed he was able to release in one session. “Got it,” he replied. “I’ll tell her she’s not allowed back in ever again.”

“Wait, what?! You’re just gonna leave?!”

“It’s what I do best.”

He was sure Rainbow Dash was getting ready to start yelling something at him, but before she even got the chance, Brad tap danced his way out the doors of the gym, feeling the cool breeze of the top of the mountain. He would have a long ways to go to get back down to the ship, but Rainbow Dash had a lot of cleaning up to do before she could catch him, especially since she was still probably naked.

Finally, with one foot in front of the other, he made his way down the mountain on his way to his next quest, with a shiny new badge inside his jacket. He had no idea who the gym leader in Manehattan City was, but whoever it was wouldn’t be any more of a problem than the others had been.

For once, Brad was on his way to a new city where he didn’t know a single person, which was exactly the kind of adventure that he’d been waiting for.