Wes sighed as he lifted Rui's suitcase and put them on the carrier cart, stretching soon afterwards.

"Is this all of your luggage, sir?" the bellhop asked as he put the last of Rui's suitcases on the cart.

"Yes, I believe it is. You can take those into the room now. Here you go," Wes said as he put a twenty dollar bill in the bellhop's breast pocket.

"Thank you, sir," the little man said as he rushed up to his guests' room.

"Oh Wes, isn't this beautiful?" Rui asked as she began gazing around the hotel.

"Should be. It's a five star hotel. Jameson said it's the best one in the region."

Rui slid her herself into Wes' arms and kissed him warmly on the lips.

"Baby, our vacation begins now."

"I thought it began when we got on the plane?"

"It did. Now we get to have some fun," she said as she kissed him again, "What do you say to a little swim?"

"That depends. What kind of swim and where?"

"Regular good ole swimming in our private pool."

Wes thought about it for a minute. He looked down at his best friends.

"Hmm. What do you guys think?"

Umbreon and Espeon shared a glance before giving their trainer a solid nod. Plusle did the same, only she did it several times.

"Then it's settled. We go swimming," Rui said as she gave her boyfriend a quick peck on the check.

"Yeah, but it's late. We just checked in a few hours ago. Can't we go swimming tomorrow afternoon?"

"I just got a better idea. How bout we go skinny dipping in the lake across the hotel?"

Wes arched his left eyebrow. "Now I know you've lost your mind."

"I'm serious. It's dark out. Nobody would see us. And even if they did, it'll be that more fun. We can get caught. That's the great thing about skinny dipping."

"Exactly. We can get caught. I don't want a repeat of what happened when we were in Pyrite."

"We won't get a repeat."

"How do you know? I'm still a little sore about what they did. Plus, it's late. The water would be freezing if we went outside. Not to mention the fact that you are insinuating we go all Commando," Wes said as he folded his arms.

"Okay, okay. No skinny dipping. But I do wanna do something in the water before we go to bed."

Wes smiled as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Alright then. How bout we go upstairs to our Jacuzzi. We can keep our bathing suits on, and then settle in for a little snuggling and cuddling later. And then we can both give each other a massage."

"Ooo, me like," Rui said as she gave her boyfriend another kiss on the lips.

"You know, you kiss me every five minutes."

"So, I enjoy kissing you," she said, giving Wes a long sensual kiss for emphasis.

It was a while before he responded.

"I'm not complaining, I'm just saying that you do."

Rui smiled. She removed her arms from around his neck and started for the staircase. "I'll see you upstairs."


A dark figure stood outside the hotel as he looked inside through the window, staring at the hero how had traveled from Orre and his fiery haired girlfriend. He pulled out his cell phone.

"Hey, boss?...he's here…in the hotel lobby right now. When should we make our move?...yep…pokémon's with him and that aura seeing girl of his…not yet?...okay…I'll alert Snakes and Diggs…yes, I know, you won't have to worry about the empty nest for much longer…yes….I know what to do…"

He closed the phone and stuck it in his pocket, looking at the two people in the lobby once more, before sprinting off towards his battered black motorcycle in the direction from where he once came.