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A Champion Time For The Heart Ch36 The Galarian Star Tournament

(Just for the sake of keeping track, Leon is wearing the outfit he wears when he becomes the Chairman in cannon and reader is wearing the dress above. Neither images mine,etc. I also don't know Peony's wife's name and just giving her one for the story, Petunia. Pic of your dress is above as well

Leon's outfit

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Your Outfit

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Getting to know Oleana was cuffed and taken away finally by Officer Jenny filled you with joy. And Leon had to struggle to get your form away from the scene..before just giving up, picking you up bridal style, and walking away with Sonia right behind him. That finally made you freeze up and stop from you being carried away like a princess. When you were finally put down he convinced you to just let Kabu and Officer Jenny handle things and have lunch with them before the day was out. His treat. Oh. ..Well since he was offering- You accepted and then there after went back to the hotel and your room. You had something important to do. Once in your room you finally let lose Silver from his pokeball. A smile gracing your face as the shiny inteleon made his way out...before you had to look up at Silver. The inteleon shook his head before blinking and looking down at you and for a moment both of you were silent. ...before Silver brought his hand up to his head's height and going straight across until he stopped above your head and stared between his white hand and your head to compare his now obviously taller height. He certainly was taller. He looked even taller than Leon and Raihan did. ...And then he chuckled at how small YOU were now compared to him.

"HEY!" You frowned when he patted your head and you pushed his hand away. "Don't try that with me! Just because you're tall now that doesn't mean I'm not boss anymore." In a very human fashion Silver held up his hands still chuckling and you crossed your arms. "Well...I guess you are taller. That part's true enough."

"Inta?" He cocked his head at you.

"What? Are you waiting me to praise you?" He nodded and you sighed before chuckling yourself. "Alright." Your hand reached over to pat his shoulder. "You did do good out there. Really good. Wasn't expecting -" Your other hand gestured to him. "-this but I'll take it. But at least I won't have to carry your butt through crowds anymore. My poor arms couldn't take it any longer." Silver have an undignified grunt and you chuckled at his response. Yep. Still the same Silver. "Just kidding." You then stopped and paused for a second ...before throwing up your hands in frustration and yelled out startling Silver and made Zen raise a brow. YOU FORGOT TO TALK TO LEON DURING LUNCH!! You were so shocked and made over seeing Oleana again it completely slipped your mind! "ARCEUS DARN IT!!!"

To say it was an interesting rest of the week was an understatement. Day by day went by and you did a few things. Mostly hanging out with Sonia when she offered or the guys when they weren't busy as they had a lot to tell you and fill you in on. Of course they were stopped by people. Like..A LOT of people who asked for pictures, autographs, questions, to talk- And it just reminded you just how popular they had gotten. Good for them. They deserved their titles as heroes and gym leaders/professors in training. It was nice to be able to just do domestic small things together like the old traveling days. Including a cute little shoppe that sold pokemon themed items and in the end you walked out clutching a cute sobble plushie to your chest with a small bag of trinkets. Silver didn't cause trouble and Zen seemed to not be as agressive as the zangoose articles you've read stated. Soon the days lead up to the weekend and you were woken up by the same thing. Lots of commotion early in the morning and you raced to take a shower and look presentable. Today's the day. The day of the Galarian Star Tournament. The same thing happened when you were all heading towards Rose Tower. A massive crowd in the front of hotel when you (followed by Silver and Zen) followed everyone out to the front of the hotel and plenty of taxies to take you all to the Wyndon Stadium. This time you managed to catch a ride with Gordie, Raihan, and Marnie. Marnie sitting beside you and the boys sitting across from you three. Gordie certainly seemed surprised to see a giant Inteleon and Zangoose sitting casually in the seat in front of him, but didn't say anything when you all took off. You excitedly looking at them with a smile.

"So you're going to be battling today huh?"

Raihan nodded. "Yep. Dunno who with though." At this you gave a confused look at him. "Oh. Right. You aren't battling so the officials didn't tell you. We're going to be paired up with a partner for the battles and double battle against two other people."

"Really?" Well that was news to you. "You should be good at this then since you're an expert at these kinds of battles. Do you know who you're partnered with?"

He shrugged. "Dunno. The match ups were all picked at random by the Chairwoman herself so I could be paired up with anyone from Leon to one of your friends. We should know by the time we get there."

It felt like an eternity when in reality it might've only been twenty to thirty minutes for you all to arrive at the stadium. And the first thing that hit you other than the sounds of the corviknight's wings and the whooshing air was the fact that there seemed to be the faint sound of something you've grown familiar too now. The sound of a GIANT crowd. Ah. You knew that all too well. One look out the window confirmed the same looking scenario that greeted you at the Champion Cup with the cheering crowds and there was Wyndon Stadium in all it's giant Pink glory. Ah. Such fond memories along with one involving the Chairman you had hoped to forget. Landing in front of the building you all got out and along with everyone filed on towards the entrance and into the stadium and into the same room you recognized from the last time you were here with a league staff behind the desk in the middle of the room and guess who was right there waiting for you all? LEON! Well him and a few others you had never seen before. One was an elderly man about Opal's age in a green jacket and long white eyebrows and copper-brown eyes. A girl with bubble gum pink hair and a bow in her hair that looked like a butterfly. ...But it was two that really made you freeze in your tracks. The first one was a blonde man with glasses with what must've been THE biggest top hat you had ever seen but that wasn't the strangest bit. What really caught your attention was the six or seven pokeballs that perfectly floated around his head without falling...HOW WAS HE DOING THAT!? But the most thing that caught your attention was the fourth person who was chatting with Leon with a big smile.

.....

IT WAS CHAIRMAN ROSE!!

Or at least..it seemed so at first. He certainly looked similar to Mr. Rose but upon further staring there was complete differences. This man was a bit thinner around the stomach than Mr. Rose, his mustache and beard was a different style, and he had a complete buzzcut. But the biggest difference was his voice. His voice sounded completely different compared to Mr. Rose. Which is why this couldn't be Mr. Rose. You ended up sighing in relief before Leon turned his head and noticed you before smiling and waving.

"Hey, Y/n! I was expecting to see you here soon!"

You gave him a small polite smile. Maybe you FINALLY you'd be able to talk to him. "Uh..Yeah."..before silently pointing at the man next to him. "Who's your friend?"

His face lit up. "That's right. You never met before." He also gestured to the smiling older man. "Y/n, this is Mr. Peony. He was the Steel Type Gym Leader before he retired and it was changed to the new Poison Type Gym." His smile grew wider. "He was also Champion once."

Your eyes widened before looking back at the smile man who chuckled at your reaction and smiled at you. "Yep! 'Steel Peony' is what they called me! Nice to meet 'cha!"

His smile and body language was very positive and honestly helped to relax you more. You didn't get the strange feeling from him whenever you spoke to Mr. Rose. "Really?!"

The man, Peony, nodded. "Yep! ...Well that was before I retired from that position too. Because of that the old Champion before me had to come back out of retirement as well to take over the position before Leon defeated him."

"And that would be Mustard." Leon again pointed over and you turned to see where he pointed at. It was the other, much older man who Gloria was excitedly talking too and seemed to be introducing Kabu too. ..Wait. THAT was Mustard?! The one Leon said was the former Champion and who helped to train Gloria?? "He owns the training dojo over on the Isle of Armor. It's been a big help to train the new gym leaders and help Glory grow out of her shell!"

..You silently pointed towards them before looking back at Leon surprised. "So wait. You somehow got two ex-champions one of which is also an ex-gym leader, and two other new gym leaders here as the guest fighters??"

Leon nodded. "Yep! And Hop too!"..He then paused and hummed looking down a bit. "And well there's...two other uh...'surprise' guests too but they haven't shown up yet." He then coughed and went back to smiling as if he didn't look nervous beforehand. "But yes! The Battle Tower was to show Prince Lear how strong the future leaders of Galar can be, now he gets to see the power of the past and present all together!"

You smiled. "Hey! I think that's a great idea! I can't wait to see you guys out there!" You guessed that blonde man and the pink haired woman who you saw earlier must've been the new gym leaders Leon mentioned before since he said two guests were late which couldn't be the others you saw since they were already here when you showed up. "But who's the other guys?"

Leon grimaced instantly and he didn't answer you at first...but you would soon very, very, VERY much regret even asking that question. Because the question answered itself with a voice.

"Well, well, well,~" A voice behind you made you completely freeze up upon instantly recognizing it. And in front of you Leon gave you the most guilty, apologetic look he could ever give to you.

No.

NO!!

ABSOLUTELY NOT!! IT COULDN'T BE!! IT JUST COULD NOT!!..Wincing with a grimace you slowly looked over your shoulder and instantly wished you had just excused yourself, pretended you didn't hear them, and went off to hide behind Raihan. Because standing there were two brothers. In red and blue suits. With weird hair shaped like a sword and shield.

OH NO!!

"If it isn't Ms. Y/n. It seems your talents have only grown greater since we last met. I would expect no less from one whom we ourselves call a celebrity," the man in the blue suit spoke with a large smile before dramatically placing a hand to his chest. "It is I, Sordward!"

"And I, Shielbert," his brother added.

...You shot a glare at Leon who guiltily looked away. What were THEY doing here!? Well they answered your thoughts when they both bowed.

"A dandy duo of celebrities, former royalty, and as so it happens the sponsors of the Galarian Star Tournament! Just so it's clear, being a sponsor means paying a jaw dropping sum of money. The truth is we have both been assisting in getting this tournament off the ground for quite some time now."

"This is how we seek to atone for the terrible troubles we've caused for the people of Galar. And naturally we'll be participating in the tournament too of course. Though it's hardly surprising you did not notice us, Ms. Y/n. We always lose in a first match for whatever reason."

And they both laughed standing back up, and you again shot a glare at Leon who smiled nervously at you. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING LETTING THESE TWO COMPETE!?

"However it's getting to the point where I would like to at least have some victories to speak of!"

"If all we do is lose what was the point of using our considerable clout as sponsors to join in?"

You gave them the most deadpanned look you could muster. Screw your life. First Olena then a Mr. Rose scare and now these guys. This couldn't possibly get any worse.

"So seeing as that is the situation-" You nearly shouted as Sordward had the audacity to grab your hand and hold it with a smile. "You and I together are sure to be able to reach new heights of glory, Ms. Y/n."

TAKE THAT BACK!! NOW IT COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE!! You flinched as Shielbert grabbed your other hand sending a strained annoyed smile at his brother.

"Forgive me but I must disagree, Brother. It is I who shall share the victor's stand with Ms. Y/n."

"Hmm. I see, Dear Brother."

"Hmm. Indeed, Dear Brother."

SCRATCH THAT TOO!! SCRATCH!! THAT!! T O O!!! THIS WAS WAY WORSE THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT IT WAS!! In your panicked mind you shouted one thing that you hoped would save your sorry butt.

"I-I'M NOT COMPETING!!" The loud tone of your voice clearly caught the two off guard as they blinked at you as did a couple others....And all of sudden you felt a waft of angry daggers shooting into your side as gold eyes widened. And then narrowed at you. "I-I'm just here to watch everyone else b-battle! S-So no match up pairs with either of you two!"

"That's right," Leon added with a small frown. And you jumped when two hands suddenly grabbed your shoudlers, with that same strained smile you saw him have earlier that week he gently but firmly moved you a few steps back making your hands slip from theirs. What was with that look?, "And you're forgetting you two are already paired up with someone else by the Chairwoman."

After a silent moment the two of them looked at one another silently.

"Oh. Well I guess that does change things a bit, but it certainly doesn't lessen our joy at seeing you again. Doesn't it, Brother?"

"Indeed, Younger Brother! We're very glad to be in your prescence yet again.~"

You scrunched up your face and thought you'd die from cringe at this point. Arceus! If you were real too just like Silver now, PLEASE SAVE ME FROM THIS!!

"Oh hey! There's Hoppy!"

"Gah!?"

You yelped as Leon suddenly literally picked you up before turning and placing you back down in Hop's direction still with a strained smile. "I don't think you two have talked today. Why don't you go over and say hi while I escort these two gentlemen to join the others?"

Thank you, Leon! Taking the chance to leave while Leon distracted the troublesome two, you took the chance to leap away and scramble through people towards your way towards Hop. Thankful to be away from THAT mess! ...But STILL frustrated you missed another chance to talk to him about your problem! UGH!! But you also didn't want to be around those brothers so you'd wait for an opening for now. You went right up to Hop and who was happy to start a conversation with you and you definitely didn't want them to have an excuse to talk to you again. You were just talking to him when someone else walked up you two from behind and you stiffened at first dreading it was one of the troublemakers.

"*ahem* Forgive me for interrupting when you two seem so intent on leaving the rest of us out." And then the man revealed himself as he stopped beside you and Hop...and you sighed seeing it wasn't Sordward or Shielbert. It was that blonde with the tall top hat and magic flying pokeballs. "But I don't believe I introduced myself yet. I'm making it a habit to introduce myself to everyone here if they are to be my fellow gym leaders."

A flash of realization flashed in Hop's golden eyes. "Hey. You're Avery right? From the Master Dojo?"

"As I would expect from one related to the Champion. You clearly have an elegant mind and formidable memory," the man, Avery, complimented Hop with a smile.

"An elegant...what?"

"I have redoubled my training efforts since my last defeat at Gloria's hands you see. And my efforts were rewarded gloriously!" He proudly pressed a hand to his chest in a Bede-ish fashion. "You are looking at the chosen leader of the Psychic Gym!"

Psychic gym? Galar didn't have- OH! He must've been one of the two new gym leaders. "Congratulations." You offered him with a small smile.

He chuckled. "Well our gym is still in the minor division and the Chairwoman is still working on creating the designs for our gym badges, but you can feel free to praise me some more. It's perfectly deserved of course."

"That really is amazing. I hope you keep working your way to the major division."

"Hop, rest assured that I will bring my best performance to this competition. I will be a fearsome challenger to face down."

"Suddenly I'm feeling all fired up for this. If everyone's taking it that seriously, I don't want to be the one to lose!"

"Just what I like to hear! I look forward to battling both with and against you dear Hop!" he then turned his gaze to you..and blinked confused for a moment. "Oh. Pardon me. I don't think I've met you yet. Are you one of the other gym leaders or trainers perhaps?"

You shook your head. "Neither. I'm just here to watch." At that he looked surprised. "A couple of my friends are competing and I was invited by Leon. I don't think I'd be good in battles anyways. I wouldn't want to subject Silver to that. He's already been through that earlier this week. You can call me Y/n."

"Oh, I see." ...Avery then smiled and bowed to you, his hand reaching up to tip his unseemly large hat towards you. The pokeballs still bobbing around like a beach ball in the water. "Well then it's a pleasure to make the acquaintance of an elegant lady such as yourself. I do hope you enjoy the show."

"Thank you." The way he complimented you might've been considered 'flirty' but he didn't come off like that. Unlike the dunderhead duo and Prince 'Charming', Avery seemed to just ..talk. If that made sense. He also complimented Hop no problem so you didn't mind too much. "Good luck out there."

"All right, Everyone! Sorry to keep you all waiting!" Leon's voice shouted over everyone and you all looked over towards the Champion who smiled hands on his hips. "Now that everyone's acquainted I believe it's time we get to the important announcements out of the way. First thing's first. I want to say a quick thank you to all of you for coming running when I called. I really wanted to explain this in person because I wanted to be sure I could get across to you all how great this idea is. We hope to represent Galar to it's fullest potential! Not just to Pasio but for everyone around the world!" His smile widened more as he cleared his throat. "That being said the Chairwoman is entertaining his majesty now with everyone's families in the V.I.P. balconies." his hand pointed upwards. "Therefore I'll be the one to read off the listed pairs she decided to write up herself." In a moment the staff member next to him held up a piece of paper to him which Leon took. "Thank you!" His golden eyes happily glanced over the paper. "Now as for everyone's paired partners. ...Milo! You'll be battling out there with Nessa! Kabu will be with Peony. Bea and Gordie. Melony with Allister. Piers! You'll be with Marnie! Raihan's with me. Mustard will battle with Opal. Avery with Klara! Gloria shall be with Bede-" Leon looked up briefly hearing Hop yell another what from somewhere to the left of him. "*ahem* Hop. You'll be with Victor. And finally Sordward and Shielbert shall be with one another. Any questions?" He was met with silence so he nodded and handed the list back to the staff member. "Now then. We have ten minutes before we put on the show. I suggest everyone head to the locker rooms and prepare before we meet back with our partners. The announcer's going to be telling who battles who as the rounds go on. Good luck and let's all give the audience a Champion Time!"

With that everyone split to head towards the locker rooms except for you obviously since you weren't battling and instead decided to walk back up to Silver and pry him away from the poor staff member trying to shoo the inteleon off of his remanding breakfast. And someone approached you again. You felt him before you saw him. Whipping your head around and sighing in relief when none other than Leon stood there looking at you. And you smiled. Phew. It was just him. Unfortunately..those weren't the only eyes you felt on yourself because when you looked past Leon, your stomach dropped. Great. The weirdo duo were staring at you again. Looking like they wanted to talk. Great. These guys would just NOT give up! Arceus what would make them go-..You paused..before looking at Leon who seemed confused at your reaction. You looked between the three men for a moment before an idea dawned on you..that made your face flush a deep pink. Ooohh no. No. No! You couldn't do that- But it was either that or deal with whatever 'courting' they tried to spring on you. Seeing your expression he turned his head to look behind himself only to snap back around when you grabbed his arm. His eyebrows rocketing up as you stared at him.

"Leon." Soft hands grabbed his cheeks and he froze as you stared directly into his eyes. "Win for me will you?"

And then you leaned up standing on your tiptoes, and Leon felt his eyes bulge out of his head when your lips met his cheek in a kiss. A very quick kiss that only lasted a second before you stepped back and released his face. Red flooding your cheeks as silence set in and the two of you stood there until a cough made both of you jump and turn to a Staff memeber who looked between the two of you awkwardly.

"Well...Now that I have your attention." the man cleared his throat awkwardly before gesturing towards you. "I was told to escort the young lady up to the V.I.P balconies there. If we don't leave we'll be late to the battles."

Leon opened his mouth, looked at you, closed it, put a hand on his cheek where you kissed him with his face going red, then gave that confident smile, nodded, turned around and slowly began to follow after the others. You however refused to look back at anyone. Only grabbing Silver by the arm and pulling him along after the staff member who showed you into the elevator and up you all went followed by Zen. You were expecting to see that room with the windows you were in when the Gym Challenge was present but you were surprised when he didn't. Instead leading you a level higher than that and rose a brow before he lead you through a door finally to the outside..and your brows rose in awe. This wasn't just a balcony. THIS WAS AN ENTIRE FLOOR!! Empty except for a few seats/tables and a long table with more fancy looking food along with so many people. On second glance you noticed that they all must've been the gym leader's families because Mrs. G and Mrs. L was there along with Hop's grandparents. All of Gordie's younger siblings. All three of Raihan's triplets. Felix..and four other people you've never seen before. Two women with what must've been their children. One with reddish-brown hair and blue eyes wearing emerald earring, green shirt, and white pants. Next to her was a small boy with the same hair and eyes no older than nine or ten years old on a phone. The other mother and child pair were right across from then with the mothers talking. The other lady had sandy-blonde hair with a red shirt and jeans and green eyes. Next to her was a girl Hop's age who looked bored. Same green eyes as her mother and sandy-blonde hair that faded to a bright pink hear the end. They must've been some of the guest star's family. You busied yourself by following Silver and grabbing yourself some food from the table before Mrs. L ended up noticing you and inviting you to sit down at the table with them which you happily accepted. It was nice to be able to sit down and talk to familiar people and try to take your mind off the kiss earlier. Oh boy. You'd have to apologize to Piers later for that one later and explain your actions. From where you and Silver were sitting you finally saw the Prince. He was sitting with the Chairwoman at a table closest to the barred off edge and his chair was pointed to where he had a perfect view of the field and giant stadium TV below without standing or straining his neck to look down. Food in front of him, a fancy glass in his hand, his body guards standing on either side of him, his own..Waiter!? A man in a waiter uniform was right there already hurrying to replace anything the prince finished as the Chairwoman calmly sat in front of him. Guess she really did go all out to please the prince. You did pause when Prince Lear looked up from his drink over to your table and it took you staring at him for just a little bit to realize he was staring directly at YOU. Which made you pink in embarrassment. Prince Lear giving an amused smile before holding up his glass to you and taking a drink. You used the excuse of eating and Mrs. L talking to you to look away from him. Maybe Leon would get another kiss sooner than you thought. Five more minutes passed and you were about to get up to get another drink when a high pitch speaker noise sounded out amongst the crowd noises below you and the announcer's voice piped up.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES! WELCOME TO THE OPENING OF THE FIRST EVER GALARIAN STAR TOURNAMENT!!" The crowd cheered. Faces turned towards the field. And attention was FINALLY away from you. It was enough to make you cry in relief. "THE DAY HAS ARRIVED AND THE EXCITEMENT IS IN THE AIR!! PAIRS OF TWO SHALL BATTLE AGAINST EACH OTHER BUT ONLY ONE CAN COME OUT ON TOP!! WHO WILL IT BE!? LET'S FIND OUT BY GETTING THE FIRST ROUND MATCH STARTED!!" Oh? The first match already? Guess they didn't want to keep Prince Lear waiting too long because he was fully focused on the field now. "THE FIRST MATCH OF ROUND ONE WILL BE OUR OWN TOP GYM LEADER AND CHAMPION AGAINST SPECIAL GUEST STARS SORDWARD AND SHIELBERT!!" It was then a smile crept up onto your lips. Oh you were FULLY going to enjoy this. The crowd cheered and Leon and Raihan walked right on out to challenge the weird hair duo who also showed up.

"Let's put up a fight worthy of showing to Ms. Y/n."

"It goes without staying, Older Brother! Such is our noble duty."

Leon's smile strained again and his hands gripped the pokeball in his hands increased. Raihan picked up on this and gave his friend a look.

"Hey. Are you alright?"

"Mm hm. *INHALE* Never better! Let's just give everyone watching a Champion time!"

"PLEASE TAKE YOUR PLACES!! POKEMON READY!! SET! GO!!"

It wasn't surprising that the weirdos lost to them which made you as pleased as punch as the rest of Round One flew by. Avery and Klara vs Melony and Allister. Avery and Klara won. Bea and Gordie vs Gloria and Bede. Gloria and Bede won. Milo and Nessa vs Piers and Marnie. You perked up..and were nearly jaw dropped at the ferocity Piers shown against the others. Piers and Marnie won. Mustard and Opal vs Kabu and Peony. Mustard and Opal won. Hop and Victor got an automatic win since they didn't have anyone else to battle against. With a small break between each battle to repair the fields.

"THERE WILL BE A TWENTY MINUTE BREAK FOR FIELD REPAIRS AND TO ROSTER THE NEXT FIGHTING PAIRS!! FOR THE MOMENT PLEASE STAND BY!" Twenty minutes passed by fast before the fields were repaired and the second round started. "THE SECOND ROUND OF THE TOURNAMENT IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!! THE FIRST MATCH OF ROUND TWO WILL BE BETWEEN PIERS AND MARNIE AGAINST AVERY AND KLARA!! PLEASE TAKE YOUR PLACES ON THE FIELD!!"

Both fighting pairs met each other on the field. Both looked at one another. Avery before Marnie and Piers before Klara.

"POKEMON READY!! LET'S GO!!" And thus the second round went underway. Avery and Klara vs Piers and Marnie... Piers/Marnie won. Raihan and Leon vs Mustard and Opal. Raihan and Leon won. Gloria and Bede vs Victor and Hop. Victor and Hop won. "THAT'S IT FOR ROUND TWO!! THERE WILL BE ANOTHER BREAK BEFORE WE START UP ROUND THREE!!" Well another twenty minutes went by fast as you got yourself some more food and chatted more with the ladies at the table. "ALRIGHT FOLKS!! ROUND THREE SHALL NOW BEGIN!! BATTLERS TO YOUR STATIONS!! GET SET!! GO!!" Piers and Marnie vs Raihan and Leon. Raihan and Leon won. You did feel bad for Piers and Marnie, but they had made it all the way to the second to last round which was great compared to everyone else. Victor and Hop had another Automatic win considering there was no one else for them to battle against either, which means Hop would finally be able to have a chance to battle against his brother just like he wanted. So that was good. "THAT'S IT FOR ROUND THREE!! THE FINAL ROUND SHALL BEGIN AFTER THE BREAK!! WILL THE CHAMPION AND TOP GYM LEADER BE DETHRONED FROM THEIR PLACES OR WILL THEY SUCCEED IN KEEPING THEIR TITLES!! WE'LL BE BACK AFTER THE BREAK!!" Amazing how fast another twenty minutes could fly by. By now it was nearly dark as the sun pushed through the skies. "THE FINAL ROUND WILL NOW TAKE PLACE!! PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR CONTESTANTS!!" An uproar of cheers sounded out as the last four battlers walked out onto the field. "READY YOUR POKEMON! BATTLE SET!! BATTLE BEGIN!!" Victor and Hop vs Raihan and leon.... Leon and Raihan won. Not that you were surprised but you did feel a little bad for the boys. "MATCH OVER!! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!! THE WINNERS OF THE GALARIAN STAR TOURNAMENT ARE THE UNBEATABLE CHAMPION AND THE STRONGEST LEADER IN THE STADIUM CIRCUIT!!"

THE. CROWD. ROARED!! Cheering and clapping for the two strongest trainers in all of Galar as the two men waved to the crowds in their victory. Even Prince Lear was slowly clapping his hands to their success but something was on your mind. You stood up and Silver and Zen followed you as you slowly stood up, excused yourself, and left the balcony. You wanted to see Leon, and you found him after nearly twenty minutes of waiting, walking right into the lobby beaming ear to ear and happily chatting with Raihan before he stopped noticing you were standing there smiling at him. The next thing you knew he was beaming ear to ear happier than a rapidash with a bunch of sugarcubes and you were being picked up and swung around like you weighed nothing. What met you when he placed yourself back down was a smile that crinkled the corners of his eyes.

"I won for you! See? I kept my promise!"

You shook your head from the sudden spin he gave you and blinked. "Uh. Yeah! You sure did! Congratulations. But uh...You didn't really promise me anything."

"Maybe not but I did meet up with what you asked!"

You smiled. "Um..Y-Yeah. Speaking of which I also wanted to ask you something else. Do you think we can talk for a-"

"Leon." Both of you looked behind you and talk about bad timing. Behind you was both the Prince with his body guards and the Chairwoman who gestured for Leon to follow her. "Would you please follow me? I have something I want to discuss with you."

Leon nodded before looking to you with a smile. "Hey. Don't worry! We can talk later ok? I promise we can when I pick you up for the after party! Just wait for me at the hotel!"

"But-" He patted your shoulder and walked around you towards the others leaving you standing there watching as they left, before you groaned out in frustration. NOT AGAIN!!

Your flight back to your hotel room from the stadium felt like a blur and before you knew it you were already ordering room service, having dinner, showering, then falling down on your bed and letting the Sandman take you to dream land. It was late-ish into next morning when you woke up groggily and began the morning routine of getting up and making yourself look presentable and throwing on some comfy clothes before relaxing and kicking back on the bed and switching on the tv mounted on the wall. You had hours to wait until Leon picked you up so you could relax or try to relax your nerves until then and just watch TV. You had settled on some action movie Silver excitedly pointed at and the both of you just sat on the bed having ordered breakfast watching the movie as Zen curled up at your feet. It couldn't have been more than an hour when a knock came at your door. It was in the middle of a big chase scene between the protagonist and police when you heard the bangs and had turned to the door confused. ..Who could that be? A glance to the clock showed you it was five thirty seven, not even time yet. Too early for it to have been Leon. Maybe he wanted to talk to you before the party? ..Oh Arceus you hoped it wasn't those weird hair duo. Oh! It was probably room service here to collect your breakfast dishes. If that was the case you had better let the maid come in and collect the dishes. Getting up from your spot on the bed, you walked over to the door and opened it expecting one of the staff members but instead met with two familiar faces instead. There was two women before you. One with orange hair and the other with dark hair with blue highlights...It was Sonia and Nessa. Sonia had paused with her hand up clearly being the one who knocked on the door the three of you stood there in silence for a moment before you spoke.

"Sonia?"

"Uh..Y/n." She lowered her hand blinking. "Hi. Um..You're not Raihan."

"Last time I checked I wasn't." You rose a brow. "Why?"

"O-Oh.." She awkwardly reached a hand up to her neck in a Leon like fashion. "I uh was hoping he'd lend me some of his Goodra's goo to take back home and study before everyone left but I guess I must've gotten the wrong room. S-Sorry about that. My bad totally."

"It's alright." You then turned to Nessa. "But what are you doing here?"

"I'm helping Sonia actually. She's great with science but not so much with make up," Nessa said rather bluntly which earnt her a glare from Sonia.

"Hey! I made my smokey eye look like a fire's ashes one time!"

Nessa chose to ignore her friend's comment and instead spoke to you. "I also never got to thank you for the save earlier this week. Victor would've been defeated on the second round if you hadn't lent us a hand."

"It's no problem," you confirmed as Nessa rose a brow and looked you up and down, "Silver's really strong now so it's no big deal-"

"What are you wearing?" You blinked at Nessa as she gestured towards your clothing. "Those look like something you'd wear to a picnic with your grandma."

"Oh." You looked down at your comfy pants and the shirt with a pikachu print on the front. You didn't think you looked that bad. "My...clothes?" Both looked at you. "What?''

"Aren't you supposed to be going with Leon tonight to the Prince's farewell banquet?"

"Um. Yeah actually but that's not for a couple hours still. Why?"

"Are you serious? This is as important as a Gala or a wedding," Nessa insisted frowning, "You're telling me you're planning on wearing lazy day clothes to that? With Leon?"

You opened your mouth before looking down to yourself again before back up at them. "Well it's not like I have much choice. I don't have any fancy clothes."

Both stared at you for a long moment before looking at one another silently as if talking to each other telepathically, before Sonia nodded and both looked back to you. You didn't like those looks.

"You have the nemuk?"

"You know a model never goes anywhere without it."

"...Nemuk?"

"Nessa's Emergency Make Up Kit. She never leaves home without it. Luckily for you we're here to help you."

"....What- GAH!?"

In an instant two sets of arms pulled you from your doorway and you were pushed back inside. It was all a blur as you were sat down in a chair and they pounced at you like a cat to a mouse. You managed to shout a hey before Sonia pulled your hair from the lazy bun it was set in before Nessa placed down what must've been a massive pink suitcase on your bed next to you before opening it up revealing a make up crew's DREAM of make up, brushes, nail polish, and products that'd put a salon to shame. As Sonia wrestled to pull a brush through your locks Nessa quickly left before soon returning from her room down the hall, returning with a few outfits in her arms. By then Sonia had already prepped your head for any styling they might do to it before you were pushed back up onto your feet and turned to face the two. You only got a 'What the' out before a sparkling green dress was held up in front of your body to which they both scrunched up their faces at before shaking their heads no. Repeated two other times before a flash of purple was held up and smiles were beamed at your worried looking form. Fast forward fifthteen minutes later and there you were. Squeezed into a purple sparkling ballgown with white heels with a purple gem necklace slapped over your neck to complete the look. Your hair slightly curled and framing your face in a way it wouldn't without a proper stylists' touch. And you were staring at nothing as Sonia attached some kind of fancy purple bedazzled hair clip to your hair and Nessa with the precision of Leonardo Da Vinci started putting on make up on your face. Which you struggled to hold still for.

"Ah!" Nessa sternly held up a mascara brush to you. "Hold still. I need your lashes not your eyeball."

You groaned. "How much longer until you're done?" You mumbled through the lip stick.

"Just one lash away if you'll hold still for one moment. AAAAnnnnddd THERE!!" She pulled away from your eye as you blinked lowering the mascara and smiling. "I'm all finished." She beamed and they both stepped back looking at you as you looked at them from the bed. Even Silver was blinking at how different you looked now.

"You look so pretty, Y/n!," Sonia gushed, "You're gonna knock Lee dead!"

"I doubt that," you mumbled. !?

Nessa had grabbed your arm again pulling you up and already pushing you towards a mirror on the wall. Stumbling to follow her in your heels. "Well look for yourself!" She said before pushing you in front of said mirror and you froze as soon as your f/c eyes hit the reflection.

Staring back at you wasn't you..At least not the you you were used to seeing. Soft hair framed your beautiful face as the bedazzled hair clip sparkled from the light. The purple dress you were wearing sparkled and looked beautiful with the little lace and design on the side of the waist. If it wasn't for the fact you knew this was a mirror, you would've thought someone else was staring back at you. You still stared at the reflection before looking around to the two women behind you and a pattern ensued. Of you opening and closing your mouth like a fish and looking between the mirror and them as if any second the Cinderella in the mirror would disappear. You repeated this process so many times you feeling dizzy. Until there was another loud knock at the door. Making you yelp and jump and stagger, almost falling over on the heels Nessa insisted on you wearing before you stared back at the door along with everyone else. You stood there for a moment before the knocking picked up again but louder. Your eyes snapped over to the clock on the wall and your eyes widened. It was seven o' eight in the afternoon. KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!! And you felt your stomach drop. There could only be one person who that could be.

"Crap!," you hissed to yourself. Tap, tap, tap. "Crap. Crap. Crap, crap, crap!" You staggered towards the door still trying not to fall over in heels with your arms out for balance. Again the door knocked a little bit louder than the first two times. "COMING!! Coming!" You shouted finally getting to the door, reaching out, taking a breath, grabbing the doorknob...and then slowly opening it.

The door opened with a loud CCCCRRREEEEAAAAKKK noise from how slowly you opened it and once you peeked out you were hit with the over powering smell of...Roses?? Yep! As soon as you opened the door you face was attacked by a giant bouquet of roses. Purple roses- Wait- You looked up and you froze. Because staring back wide eyed and slack jawed at you, and you also stared back Leon was wearing a long red coat with a black collar and white tie with shiny gold buttons on the front along with tanish-white pants and polish black boots. But what really surprised you was the fact that he wasn't wearing his signiture hat at all letting you see him without it for the first time without it.

ABSOLUTELY HANDSOME.

You both continued to stare at one another before Sonia coughed behind you making the two of you flinch and Leon finally react. "Beautiful- AH! I M-MEAN-" Your face flushed and he cleared his throat seeming nervous all of a sudden before attempting (and failing-) to compose his own red face as he spoke. "I mean you look great! T-That dress really brings out your eyes!" The roses were held out to you. "H-Here. I got you these."

You blinked...before slowly taking the roses from him. "Oh..I-.." You stared at them before shaking your head and giving a friendly smile. "T-Thank you! They're beautiful! I-I didn't know they came in bouquets this big...Or in this color. I didn't know roses could be purple."

He coughed and averted his eyes before nodded and reached a hand up to rub his neck. "Yeah. There's this flower shop around the corner Melony told me about who specializes in personal bouquets for their customers. I figured it was only proper to get you an official bouquet. After all this is our f-f-f-first y-yknow?" Was he nervous. He certainly looked it with how red he was and a few beads of sweat formed on his forehead. "B-But i-if you don't like the roses I-I can take them back and g-get you a different color instead! I j-j-just got m-my favorite color in instinct!!"

"N-No! It's ok! I love them! They're lovely." You coughed and turned your eyes down red faced as well. "T-Thanks. You look...beautiful too- AH!! HANDSOME!! H-HANDSOME!! Y-You look really handsome!!"

"T-Thank you."

''Y-yeah."

You both continued to stand there awkwardly for a long time without eye contact. Before Leon eventually coughed and offered his arm to you. "So should we head out?"

"Uh..Sure. L-Let's go."

You turned really quick and threw the roses towards Sonia who caught it for you. Silver perked up before standing up and followed after you as you half walked half staggered your way out the door with Leon who walked off in your direction. Zen grumbled before slinking off the bed and waddling after you all. As soon as the two of you disappeared Sonia turned back to Nessa.

"Well I don't know about you but I think that went well."

"Oh good." Nessa turned back to Sonia. "Then it's my turn to make you look beautiful for tonight."

"Sure-...Wait. What?"

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