Augustine Sycamore boarded the large green cruise ship, excited and yet underwhelmed. He had wanted to take a vacation for a while, after the summer camp and work and such. He was exhausted, so tired that he realized if he didn't take a break he'd be forced into a sleep induced coma. And so here he was. The plan was to go to the other side of Kalos and back, a two day trip.

Getting in took a wave of a ticket along with a grin and people immediately let him on. His eyes scanned the large outlook of the rolling, calm waves.

"Hello sir, I am Evan, here to direct you to your room."

A young bellhop ,with striking red hair, smiled up at him and waved his hand before pointing it towards the elevator. The young man had said that Sycamore would be roomed in the penthouse, and the ride up was full of Sycamore thanking Arceus for his connections.

" The captain had wished for you to have the best room available. If you need anything, please do not hesitate to ask."

The second large door shut with a click. Sycamore was impressed with the luxurious pent house style room, furnished with two couches, a large television set, a circular dining table, just about anything one could want in a home, and a little extra. He set his sweater and hat upon the coat rack and decided to explore the bedroom.

He was greeted with a queen sized bed, vanity, set of drawers, another television set, and … an unpacked suitcase? His eyes scanned the contents and he quickly deducted that a woman was also sharing the room with him, but where was she? He walked over to the window, that took up almost an entire wall, and gazed down at the people. Which one could possibly be rooming with him?

An idea struck him and he raced out the door, down the hallway almost tripping before he realized that he was still in public, and had to maintain his image. There were ALWAYS busybody's and gossip lovers. He walked breezily towards the bellhop who had assisted him before and asked,

"Excuse me sir but have you let anyone else into my room?" The young man's eyes clouded with something Sycamore couldn't catch before he frowned,

"No sir I haven't, I'll go check with the captain," He rushed away before Sycamore could even ask who the captain was. Oh well, Sycamore would just have to talk to the other person later.

He walked back towards his room and changed into his swim trunks, excited for a swim, he had seem the pool on deck when searching for his room-mate. His form was lanky yet toned so he had no problem with leaving his shirt and just running to the pool. His garchomp lay perched on a rock sunning herself as Sycamore climbed up the diving board. Seeing someone there he patiently waited. The person stood there for a minute yet to move, and he grew impatient, clearing his throat. The woman turned and Sycamore's lips twitched into a smile.

"Aurea Juniper is that you?"

The woman in question nodded grinning, as he looked her up and down. Her skin was somewhat pale, which just complemented her light brown hair, her figure was somewhat curvy and thin clad in an emerald green one piece, she reached his chest which meant she was a little more than 5 feet, and her eyes were an odd cyan. He walked out to greet her, forgetting that they were on a diving board, slipping, and causing them both to fall into the pool.

His vision was clouded by water as he came up for air, he gasped and looked for Aurea. They had fallen into the twelve foot area which meant he couldn't even stand. He swam over to the 6 foot area, and crashed into another body. Once again he came up sputtering and face to face with Aurea , well more like face to chest. He panicked they were in the five foot area which meant he could stand, she how ever could not. Sycamore grabbed her waist and held her up against him. Aurea let out a squeak before wrapping her legs around his waist automatically, and throwing her arms around his neck.

"Well," she said looking up at him, a light blush covering her cheeks, matching his no doubt, "That's one interesting way of saying hello."

His cheeks darkened in embarrassment, as he set her down on the pools edge.

"Relax Augustine it's fine.", she laughed. Augustine let out a chuckle and pulled himself out of the water, seating himself next to her.

"I didn't expect to see you here Aurea when did you get here?"

"A few days ago. I've been out and about so I'm only ever on the ship at night." He smiled, he could relate to being overworked.

"Ah, well I just got here, needed a nice vacation, I felt like my head was going to explode."

"I know the feeling." She frowned and nodded grimly.

"So what brings you all the way to kalos?" Augustine questioned.

Aurea raised a brow,

"Me? Kalos? Augustine what are you talking about? This is a world wide cruise ship. I'm on this ship to study Staryu, Starmie, Horsea and all-why do you look so confused?" Augustine's mind raced to answer her questions as his face contorted into a somewhat horrified expression. He got up and walked briskly to the ships indoors area, Aurea grabbed a swimsuit cover and trailed behind him. He looked over the map that showed the ships route and indeed found that the ship made several stops beforehand and would not be returning to Kalos for another few weeks. He thought had about what he was to do before turning around and explaining the...predicament he was in.

"So you're telling me you thought this ship, full of people from Unova, Kalos, Sinnoh, Johto, Hoenn, and Kanto, only went to the other end of Kalos?"

"Essentially yes, look I thought they were tourists or something. The ship won't be returning to Kalos for weeks and my assistants will be very mad,but on the bright side, I get and extended vacation." Augustine held his chin in his hands as he thought, walking next to Juniper, who looked down worriedly.

"Augustine this can tear a really big hole into your research plans and data, you need to find some way to figure out a solution." Aurea said. Augustine frowned but relented and called up his assistant, a young woman with glasses and wavy blue hair appeared on screen.

"Look I may or may not have boarded a world wide cruise accidentally, and we're headed to Unova, what can I do?" Augustine blurted out the sentence, like a kid about to be scolded by his mother. Sophie sighed and adjusted her glasses.

"Well professor this will severely-"

"Aurea already lectured me, I understand that I have responsibilities in Kalos."

"Hi." Aurea waved at the screen.

"Hello!", Sophie said brightly before frowning angrily at Augustine, all business, ", Professor you have three options, jump off the ship and swim all the way back to Kalos," Augustine scowled at the joke," Get off on the next stop and catch a different cruise or plane back to Kalos, or continue your research in Unova." Augustine brightened at the last option, why didn't he think of that?

"You're right! I can search for Mega evolution stones in Unova, and see if any other pokemon can mega-evolve there, while you can learn and handle the responsibilities of being a professor in Kalos! Brilliant! Call you later! Goodbye!" He turned off his holocast before Sophie had time to say anything.

Augustine whipped his head around and eyed Juniper who was shocked, and then became stern.

"Augustine, that's not funny. Do you even know what you're going to do?"

He smiled,

"I'm going to travel with you of course!"

"What?"

"Aurea your type of work is mostly field work so why can't I just travel with you. You know your way around, didn't you say you and your father were backpackers? We can collaborate! When-"

"-IF-" Aurea interjected. Augustine continued on determined to get his plan to work,

"-I find mega evolution stones, there will have to be some very interesting pokemon and ruins somewhere around the area right? You can study those while I look around, please?" She looked away deep in thought as Augustine practically begged her.

"I ... don't see why not." She said slowly drawing out her words. Augustine grinned from ear to ear as she smiled tentatively.

"Well if you want I can treat you to dinner as a thanks" Her smile grew and she grabbed his arm dragging him back out to the open area of the ship, showing him some of her favourite stalls.

The two sat down at a small table enjoying creamsicles, lemonade, and sushi. Miccino, Garchomp, and Accelgor sat under them eating their food as quickly as possible, barely taking time to breathe.

"So, Aurea what do you want to do tomorrow?" Augustine asked between bites of spicy tuna.

"Well I already gathered two days worth of data so..." Aurea trailed off, "I don't really know."

"We can go to the tournament they're hosting here."

She stared at him inquisitively, the melting creamsicle running down her hand.

"I didn't know they were even hosting a tournament."

Augustine held out a napkin and then pointed to the posters hanging on the stall behind her. She frowned and took the napkin, dabbing delicately at the stained tablecloth.

"Well either way Augustine I'm not much of a battler..."

"I'll do it if you do it." He cut her off, as She tried to steal the sushi off his plate, but failed as he used his own chopsticks to slap hers away.

"Fine," she said, "But, we're practising a bit before the battles tomorrow." Augustine sighed.

"What would you do without me?"

"Probably rot alone in my luxury suite, with my pokemon turning to dust."

Augustine frowned, as he sparred with Aurea, she had beaten him. For the third time in a row. Which honestly was sad. The only time he had won was with garchomp and that was because he had mega evolved garchomp. He wasn't very good with froaki or fenneken, he wasn't familiar with the moves enough to really develop a strategy. Aurea though really just put him to shame, she had amazing strategy, he could tell she thought better on her feet, and somehow was capable of moving a lot during the battle without panting like a lillipup.. He ran his hand through his sweaty hair,

"Good job Aurea.", She beamed,"But," and dropped her stance, crossing her arms in annoyance," You only have two pokemon."

"Well the form said you only need two pokemon at least three at the most." She stated matter-of-faculty.

"I know but here," Augustine handed her a pokeball,"Use my Fenneken a fire type should be able to help with your offensive moves."

Aurea frowned but took the pokeball, she pulled out her pokedex.

It was much smaller than Augustine's and much less flashy, seemed like that so it was more portable. Her eyes scanned the information on it's top screen before it lowered and she returned it to her pocket.

"One more battle?" she asked, holding up the pokeball he had given her.

The ride up the elevator was short, and quiet, with both professors tired from the multitude of battles, so tired that neither noticed the other walk into the same room as one another. Or get into the same bed.

* Hello! First let me say that this is a rare ship and I would love to hear if anyone else does ship it! If you are currently reading my old story I'm sorry to say it has been discontinued :(. I didn't really have a plan for it so ... yeah hope you enjoy! R&R!