Heartbreak Warning

The private beach in front of the resort hotel.

Perhaps because non-guests weren't allowed in, it was rather quiet.

Only the waves could be heard washing against the shore.

Wasn't this where May met Drew? Baimu looked around, but he couldn't quite remember.

"What a wide-open space! It's perfect for practicing Pokémon Contest performances!"

Dawn stood a short distance away with her arms spread wide, as if embracing the sun and sea. Brave and confident, she was always full of energy.

She could be a little careless and scatterbrained, though.

Right now, the sea breeze felt so good that she had nearly forgotten why she'd come to the beach. Piplup had to remind her.

"Pip! Piplup, Piplup!"

Piplup tugged at Dawn's shirt and glanced at Mawile, making her frown repeatedly.

"Maw!"

Mawile looked to her Trainer again, hoping he had an idea.

Baimu looked surprised. "Do you really need to ask me? Just tell him you're not interested and to leave you alone. Or tell him you can only be friends. You could even give him a 'nice penguin' card and say he's great, but you two aren't right for each other.

"Or make it simpler and beat him up, like you used to do to the others on the team—wait, since when did you get so polite?"

He remembered how Mawile never hesitated to show how she felt. When the Deino had been living at home, she'd made her objections perfectly clear.

She rolled her eyes at him. Why else? She didn't want to cause him trouble.

If she beat up Piplup, he'd complain that she'd started a fight for no reason.

Hmph!

As if Baimu had room to talk!

Of course.

Part of the reason was that she couldn't figure out what was going on with Piplup. Did