I Want To Lay the Very Best!

256 – Brand New Dating Pool

They'd heard the pitch a few times now, so they just nodded their way through it so they could get to the actual gym challenge. The water park theme meant the Gym was already packed to the gills with couples and families here to enjoy taking the edge off the heat. The Trainer section was just a small private part of the park, sectioned off from the public. Brandy would have thought harder about how that might affect the trial, but she couldn't because she was thinking about Shark Ladies.

Unfortunately, her team had noticed that right away.

"Bunny Ladies and Shark Ladies," Sparky explained to Morgan as they entered the Gym. Unlike most Gyms, the Water Gym was entirely open-air. It's not like rain was an issue after all. "Brandy has the mega hots for them both."

"Very different types there," Morgan said, tapping her chin thoughtfully. "I wonder what's the connection?"

"You know!" Brandy whined, but it was no use. They were ignoring her to do their bit.

"Bunny Ladies are famously sex-crazed," Morgan continued as Calcine swiped Brandy's Poké-dex over a turnstile to let them into the Trainer section of the Gym.

"While Shark Women love to press humans up against walls and ravage them," Morgan said, lifting Sparky over the turnstile so she could enter as a criminal. The Gym likely didn't care, but it was nice to see Morgan and Sparky getting along better. "Sex and Violence. I just can't help but wonder what about all that appeals to Brandy."

"It's a real mystery," Calcine nodded and gave Brandy a sly smile. "I think we've done a good job of expanding her horizons, but it seems you can't ever get over your first crushes."

"Cherry was the nicest girl you'll ever meet, and we never had sex once!" Brandy huffed. "You're all terrible."

"This Gym's trials are based on baring your heart." Sparky said, "So we must know why you love Shark Ladies so much! We can't go in unarmed."

"Well, maybe she likes the thrill of being threatened with teeth," Morgan mused. "A fear thing."

"Our Brandy isn't afraid of anything except upsetting us," Calcine said, "Though maybe there is a bit of a thrill to the danger of it all."

"It's not because they're scary." Brandy sighed. "It's embarrassing! Do I have to tell you?"

All three descended on her, hugging her from all sides in a big squeeze. Morgan's soft feathers, the crackling fuzz of Sparky's fur, and Calcine’s warm and firm body. A buffet of different sensations and, in that press, a feeling of safety. They used to tease her terribly, and they still did, but they were learning when it was bothering her and had to stop. That they could all do it together, without a signal, was just a sign of how well this team was coming together.

Brandy hugged them all back in turn. Then she did another round to boop each one on the nose, Morgan going cross-eyed in indignation, Sparky giggling, and Cacline grabbing her wrist and sucking on the finger. The last one made her heart hammer in her throat for a hot second.

"Okay, okay," Brandy said as she dried her wet finger on Calcine's skin. She was hot; it'd evaporate off quickly. "I'll tell the story, but then we're doing the trial. I mean, look at it!"

Brandy waved her hands at the trial area. Every Gym had one before you met the gym leader to help weed out people who weren't ready. This one was an absolutely giant swimming pool with big, colorful slides and diving boards. There were even bright neon lights and cute little stands with some treats. It looked absolutely crazy, like a whole funfair had crashed into the side of the Gym, and they'd just had to theme it up to be watery.

A few lockers were right by the entrance, and a comically huge arrow-shaped sign pointed to them. "Get dressed appropriately!" was written on it in glittery font, and a picture of a cute-looking cartoon shark wearing a life ring around her waist and waving her flippers towards the lockers.

"I don't see any Pokémon," Calcine said, "Even I'm curious about this; tell us quickly while we dress. Then we'll smash this thing."

"Very quick then," Brandy said, "I had all the Sharpy books when I was a kid. I'd read them over and over." Brandy said, "It's about a Sharpedo who everyone finds scary but just wants to help."

"Cassidy took me to one of the movies," Morgan said as she looked the locker up and down for any tricks and then gingerly opened it. Inside were a whole host of swimsuits. Wetsuits, one pieces, bikinis, and more in all different sizes. They even had a few wraps in case a Pokémon was there whose body defeated their usual system. "I didn't actually watch much of the actual movie."

Everyone knew movie theaters were for kissing, so that made sense. Brandy had been taken to the movies so many times by her old school friends, who she now knew definitely didn't just want to be friends. Ugh. If all honesty about what was in her heart was going to be embarrassing, no wonder Maple had warned her this Gym would be brutal.

"They're really good. I just want Pokémon to be happy, and the idea of a Pokémon doing their best to help everyone they meet? That was a big deal to me. I tried to be like her; if I can be half as good as Sharpy, then I'd be proud!"

"You are," Calcine said. "I think we're all hard proof of that."

"She's even won me over," Morgan smiled as she looked through the swimsuits with Calcine, "We used the L Word."

"Latex?" Sparky piped up. "I don't think they'll have those as swimsuits."

"No-"

"Leather! Kinky"

"Brandy, smack her for me."

Brandy did give Sparky a swat on the rear and got a high-pitched excited squeal and a little wiggle back into her hand as a reward. If she wanted to tame this bratty bug, smacking her wouldn't do it.

"You're all unfairly cute." Sparky giggled, "What's a bug meant to tease when you're so sweet? Who'd have guessed Brandy had a super wholesome reason for her shark love? What about bunny girls?"

"They fuck so hard." Brandy bit her bottom lip wistfully. "I've seen so much Bunny Luv porn, she's just relentless."

"You seen her post-evolution stuff?" Morgan said, "I hear she's really got her fire back."

"SHE EVOLVED?" Brandy gasped, "We have porn to watch after this."

"The beautiful duality of Brandy." Calcine smiled as they picked the team out some matching one-piece suits and held them up. Black with a white stripe, like an Orca.

"Not bikinis?" Brandy asked. "Don't we want to be alluring for a Water Gym?"

"I don't think these swimsuits will last long," Calcine replied as she began pulling her shirt off. "At least this way, they won't come off with one bite."

"Oh..." Brandy gulped. "Yeah, maybe something to chew on would be good."

They'd all changed fast so they could watch her do it, and she could feel their eyes on her as she began to strip. It was strange; they'd seen her naked so many times, but something about the focus made it intensely embarrassing. But in a nice way? The burn on her cheeks was there from love, and their hungry stares made her feel both desired and a little in danger.

Maybe their shark theories weren't entirely unfounded, but she was sticking with it being pure.

It was a tight fit, probably on purpose. Calcine was certainly watching with fiery eyes as Brandy tried to squeeze herself into the one-piece, but it was Sparky who made the first move. The little bug was suddenly pressed against her back, pawing at her breasts and helping stuff her into the swimsuit. This opened the door for Morgan and Calcine to help, pushing and prodding at her. All of them getting handfuls of skin and just kneading away at her body, teasing out whimpers and gasps. Shameless! But loving.

"This isn't what I expected from the famous Brandy Joyce, but I'm enjoying it," someone said in a deep, spine-tingling growl. Everyone froze with a handful of whatever they had their hands on. She sounded close. Really close. All their eyes turned slowly up to look at the Pokémon lying over the top of the lockers, balanced carefully on her rather generous and very squished-down chest.

Blood-red eyes with black sclera drew attention, but her smile gripped it firmly and demanded silence. It wasn't just sharp-toothed; it was downright deadly, a grin filled with rows and rows of razor-sharp fangs.

"Sh-shark lady..." Brandy whimpered, and the Sharpedo flicked back her bob of blue hair, flashes of white hair from the underlayer rippled like waves.

"Call me Ziggy. If you do well and entertain me, you might even find out why." she licked a tooth with her long, thick tongue and then blew a kiss to Brandy. "Trust me, it's worth the discovery."

Brandy was short of breath, oh no. She was even hotter than she'd imagined. Even her partners hugging her couldn't steady her thumping heart.

"What's the challenge?" Morgan asked, "Do we have to fight you?"

"Ha! I think I'd lose that fight. No, this is a gym about baring your hearts, so it's only fair you start by showing me you know each other well." She spread an arm out, her shifting body showing she had a blue fin on her back with two notches cut into it. Brandy wanted to squeeze it so badly. "Your challenge is to have the most fun you can together."

"That's it?" Sparky said. "These goofs are always fun."

"Not just fun. The most fun." Ziggy repeated. "I'll be your judge; if you can make me want to join in, then you pass, and I'll show you how to get to our Gym Leader."

Right. Brandy hadn't noticed the lack of a second door until Ziggy pointed it out, and it raised a good question. How did they get to the next area? There had to be a trick to it. If they could work it out themselves, maybe they wouldn't need to impress Ziggy.

But she wanted to. Brandy really wanted to. So, the most fun possible it was. What would they all find the most fun to do? Sex seemed an obvious answer, but they did that plenty. Clearly, they needed to dig deeper.

Brandy looked at her three partners and smiled. The challenge was to spoil her lovers rotten. That? That she could do.