Master's Favorite

Favorite Pair

The mega-gardevoir stood with elegance and pride in the center of the arena. Around her were the cheers of the crowd. Before her was a blaziken, her enemy. Behind her was her trainer, confident in her skill and power.

The mega-gardevoir took in a deep breath.

The challenger shouted to attack. With blazing speed, the blaziken jumped towards the gardevoir to unleash a bone breaking kick. It had to finish the gardevoir now or it would be too late.

The challenger had done her homework. Coming with a battle plan for each of the trainers pokemon and his favorite strategies. Things did not all go the challenger's way, but she was still able to obtain a powerful lead. Only to smash head first into the brick wall that was the mega-gardevoir.

This gardevoir was not something that could be overcome with simple tricks. Still, even she was nearing her limits. Another hit could be all it would take to bring her down.

To the gardevoir time seemed to slow.

In a maneuver her trainer had her practice thousands of times the gardevoir twirled her body to the side. The blaziken's flying kick missed her by centimeters.

The blaziken's eyes widened. The crowd gasped. The trainer smiled.

The gardevoir screamed. It was not an act of terror or panic. It had purpose. It was alien and beautiful. It was loud and direct. The scream smashed into the blaziken's unprotected side with the force of a freight train.

The blaziken was blasted clear across the ring. Impacting the arena wall with a sickening crunch, it fell to the ground. The challenger flinched at the sound.

A moment passed. The blaziken was still. The referee raised his hand and declared the match over.

The crowd burst into applause. The challenger rushed over to check on her blaziken. The trainer walked to stand by the gardevoir as officials in uniforms went to check on the downed pokemon. Quietly, he complimented the gardevoir on her performance.

After checking on her pokemon the challenger approached the two. "Will he be okay?" the trainer asked.

"Yes, it was not as bad as it looked," the challenger shook her head. "You're gardevoir's a monster."

The gardevoir curtsied in response to the perceived compliment.

"Yeah," the trainer replied, "she is the best."

The two shook hands before the challenger went to join her injured pokemon out of the arena.

"That was an amazing performance," the trainer said. "Any ideas on how we should celebrate?"

The gardevoir glanced up at the crowd. Next to a wildly cheering girl a blonde lady calmly clapping made eye contact with the gardevoir and gave her an encouraging nod. The gardevoir told her trainer that she would tell him later.

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The trainer and the lady stumbled into the bedroom. Together, kissing and groping one another they made their way across the room. The lady pushed the trainer over onto the bed.

Standing over the trainer, the lady smiled. "Do you mind if we try something a little different tonight?" the lady asked as she pulled a set of fluffy pink handcuffs out of her purse.

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Gardevoir's body trembled. Her heart felt like it was going to beat a hole out of her chest. Standing in a closet she knew this was the night that everything changed.