Pokemon Sword and Shield: Reader x Piers x Raihan

New Champ!

"And this year's winner is... the fairy gym!"

You sank to your knees and stared at the screens, you and your team of pokemon lit up the stadium as the fairy anthem played. Your first year ever winning the biggest fight of leaders. You had beaten every single one, even the notorious Raihan. It was truly a dream come true.

"Y/N! You did it!" Milo came running over to you and scooped you up, twirling you around while hugging you. You giggled and wrapped your arms around his neck, ecstatic that your best friend was as happy for you as everyone else. Your team of pokemon happily hopped around the two of you. You couldn't have done it without Clefable. As pink and glitter confetti rained down, you and the rest of the competing gym leaders headed back into the locker room, the rest of them silent with slight "Congratulations" being mumbled here and there. You were too thrilled to care, you cleaned out your locker for the season, stuffing everything into your gym bag and making sure you had all of your pokeballs. This was truly a dream you thought as you started walking out, the fans outside of the stadium giving you pats on the back and asking for autographs. You started feeling overwhelmed with it all, quickly trying to push your way out of the crowd. Suddenly you felt a hand on your waist, leading you out of the crowd quickly. You looked up and saw Piers, the dark type pokemon leader beside you, pushing through the large crowds.

"Hey winner." He said as you finally made it out onto the road to get back to your gym. It was a long way to Route 6 from the main downtown area.

"Hello Piers, how are you?" You sidestepped from his grasp and looked up at him. He was busy taking his hair down as the two of you walked side by side.

"I'm decent enough. Just got my ass kicked by some fairy princess though." You blushed at his use of curse words and nodded. Piers was easy to beat due to his lack of Dynamaxing but you still felt bad.

"Yeah, I'm sorry about that."

He chuckled and elbowed you, blowing it off.

"You were meant to win this time, it's perfectly okay."

You smiled at him and continued walking in silence. The two of you were honestly a sight to see. You were both in your street clothes so it was even more out of place than usual. Piers had on a pair of black ripped skinny jeans and a random band t-shirt, some of his various tattoos showing. You on the other hand had a white and pink floral dress on with a pair of chunky white platform heels. You were very sparkly and he looked very grim. But, it was okay. You liked the way he dressed and he had complimented you many times before so it seemed okay.

"Would you like to grab some dinner to celebrate?" He asked, nervously rubbing the back of his neck.

You smiled and nodded, thrilled by his offer.

"Of course! I would love to."

Piers grinned and pulled out his phone, checking the time.

"It's already getting pretty late so how about we pop over to the water area and grab something there?"

You agreed and the two of you did a small detour to head towards the reign of Nessa. She was the only other female gym leader and the two of you got along very well. She was so very kind to you and even taught you how to swim and care for water pokemon.

"So, uh, how tall are you actually?" Piers asked, making light conversation as he looked down examining your shoes. They added around 4 extra inches to your small height.

"I am 5'0."

He snickered under his breath and turned away so you wouldn't see him laughing.

"How tall are YOU?"

He rolled his eyes and chuckled.

"6'1"

Now it was your turn to laugh.

"Isn't your best friend Raihan 6'8?"

He lightly hit your arm and pouted. It was no secret that Raihan and Piers had a severe tension between each other. Why? No one really knew. You even had your theories that they didn't even know. You thought it was humorous in a sense due to their natures and attitudes being vastly different. You were kind of glad that Raihan hadn't tried to help you instead of Piers; He was a nice guy and all but he was very intimidating.

"I didn't think you were that small. Aren't you like 23?"

You glared up at him and nodded. Yes you were a full grown adult but you couldn't help how tall you were. How could you? You hadn't ever evolved.

"At least I'm not going on 30."

Piers laughed and rolled his eyes.

"I can't believe such a prissy princess could say such a thing."

You stomped ahead of him and turned around to face him.

"I'm not prissy! I just like cute things!"

He laughed even more stopping in front of you, grabbing your wrist.

"No need to yell, pretty girl."

Your face turned bright red as he let go of your arm and walked ahead of you.

"You coming?" He called back to you.

You shook your head clear and dashed after him, finishing the long journey and hitting the sea soon after. It smelled wonderful and felt equally as such. You really had to come here more often, it was beautiful and made you feel all warm.

"After you." Piers said as he opened the door to the nicest restaurant in town.

"Thank you." You bowed slightly and walked in, the recaps of all the battles covering the screens across the bar.

"Well hello there new gym champ!" The waitress said and bowed.

"Hi there." You gave a small wave and waited for Piers to come up behind you.

"Right this way you two." She said and led you to a small table in the back. It was dimly lit and felt quite cozy.

"Wow, I should win more often if you get such a nice table."

You smiled and nodded, looking out into the harbor. It was already dusk and the street lamps were turning on. You sighed as you thought about walking home in the dark.

"Here we go, champion, this is our special for tonight." A large selection of fish and lobsters were set in front of you and Piers.

"Okay, yes, I definitely need to win."

You laughed as the two of you began digging in. The food was immaculate and tasted like heaven. You hadn't had seafood in so long you almost forgot what it tasted like. You held a light conversation with Piers as you ate, conversing about the clips that were being played. Luckily your meal was on the house, even Piers' after light convincing and you were out into the night again.