Author's note: Hello guys! This is the last chapter of Decision! It happened few years after Wallace and Winona's wedding. I hope you will enjoy it. Feel free to review. Thank you!

Chapter 4: Professor

"Professor Birch?"

Sapphire lifted her head. She wasn't used to her new title yet. People always mixed her up with her father. He still worked at his laboratory and Sapphire was his assistant. She had graduated last year and while she was still too young to take fully the position as Pokémon Professor, her father planned to pass down his position one day. This week, he was in Kalos for some meetings with other professors leaving his daughter in charge of the lab. A throat clearing caught Sapphire back to reality.

"Sorry, I'm not used to be called like that yet." Sapphire smiled, a little embarrassed.

Sapphire wore a navy blue shirt with a khaki shorts and sandals. Of course, she also wore her white lab coat. Her clothes were actually very similar to her father's. Sapphire's hair got longer. She still has her bangs and the rest of her hair was tied within a hair clip. Thankfully, her fangs were not visible anymore. Her fangs coming from her mouth would terrorize new trainers. But sometimes when she broad ginned or got mad, her little fangs showed up.

Her assistant smiled back. Even if the assistant technically worked under the senior Birch, Sapphire mostly worked with her. Moreover, her father said it was a good experience for Sapphire to have her own student.

Her assistant tended her some papers. "Here, some papers from. Seems to be a report about your Professor meeting in Kanto, last month. "

It was a surprise for Green and Crystal when they knew that Sapphire became an unexpected Professor from their Pokédex Holders group. Sapphire took them and read quickly.

"Crys senpai is always good at writing reports." Sapphire smiled. Her assistant got curious.

"You used to be a Pokédex holder right? You probably have met all the other ones from the other regions… I am so envious." Her assistant said with admiration.

Sapphire grinned and walked to her desk. "Yeah, we became good friends."

She picked up a picture frame and showed it to her student. The picture was taken after the Battle Frontier crisis. The Kanto, Jotho and Hoenn dex holders were reunited for a group picture. It was taken after Emerald won the Pokédex holder tournament. Sapphire showed another picture taken in Sinnoh with Platina, Dia and Pearl during her study year. This picture was taken on Platina's mansion, where they had a party. On the picture Dia was munching a piece of the cake he baked. The third picture frame was taken when she met her Unova and Kalos juniors for the first time. It was taken in Lumiose City in front of the Prism Tower. It was the first time that Sapphire went to a big city. On the picture, Y held X back who looked very annoyed and embarrassed. In the other side of the picture, White and Black smiled happily.

"You are so lucky, Professor!"

Sapphire grinned and put her hands on her waist. "Being a Dex holder allowed me to travel all around the world. Next time I have a reunion with them, I will bring you with me. Then you can meet them in person."

The assistant's eyes widened. "Really? Thank you Professor!"

Her assistant put back the picture on the desk. Another picture that Sapphire had not showed caught her eyes. She got closer and recognised her mentor and another Hoenn Dex Holder. Sapphire noticed her student's sudden silence and gave her a shy smile.

"You know him, right? He's on TV a lot." Sapphire said.

Her assistant nodded. "That's Ruby, former Top Coordinator and current Petalburg Gym Leader. And he also used to be a Dex holder like you, Professor."

Sapphire nodded. Ruby decided to follow his father's steps and became the Petalburg City Gym Leader. Norman was proud of his son and gladly lent his gym to him. A smile grew gradually on her assistant's face.

"And he is also your boyfriend… Ah sorry! I mean, your husband." She said with a teasing tone.

Sapphire blushed and shook slightly her hand. It has been few years now that she is dating Ruby, but for her, she still felt like the first time. She grinned at her assistant and showed her left hand. Her assistant smiled and stared at Sapphire's ring finger. Her ring was simple but fancy. A silver band with a sapphire gemstone was in the middle.

"You know, he actually proposed me few years ago during a wedding. At that time, I was still a student." Sapphire laughed.

Her assistant laughed as well as they moved away of the desk. Sapphire crouched to look at her starter Pokémon: Treecko, Torchic and Mudkip. Today she would hand out one of them to a new trainer. Since her father was on a business trip, she was charged with this task. She still remembers when she got her first Pokémon. She can't wait to give the same joy to new trainers. Torchic came closer and jumped to her arms. Torchics always had a special bond with Sapphire. Treecko and Mudkip also came closer to her, looked envious.

"Come here." Sapphire opened her arms. The grass and water-type Pokémon ran to her arms. Sapphire laughed. Pokémon always brought her happiness.

"Listen to me." Sapphire said while the trio looked up at her with curious look. "Soon, you will get a trainer who gonna to take care of you. You will go to adventure, meet new friends and see new places. A lot of good things will happen to you. Your trainer will be your best friend. They will do everything for you, so do your best to protect them as well."

The Pokémon trio nodded but looked sadly at each other. Sapphire did a small smile.

"Don't worry, you will meet each other in future. Like my Chamo, Zuzu and Sceptic!"

The Pokémon looked reassured as they nodded and jumped from Sapphire's arms. She stood up and skimmed through Crystal's report. Being a professor had its advantages and inconvenients. Advantages such as being able to study and discover new Pokémon. She found happiness in being close to Pokémon. Plus, she got to travel to different regions to meet other Professors and observe Pokémon from their natural habitats. The inconvenience was the paperwork. With her father out of town, Sapphire had mountains of paperwork on her desk. Writing reports and filling out forms wasn't her forte. Fortunately, her assistant was a major help. Without her, Sapphire would have drowned in reports.

"Professor, a trainer is here!"

Sapphire raised her eyes from the report and put it back on desk. She approached a young boy who just turned ten. She assumed he was the new trainer.

"Hi! Sorry to keep you waiting." She said with a practiced smile.

"It's alright, I wasn't…" The boy was cut off before he could finish.

"Welcome to the World of Pokémon! My name is Sapphire Birch!" She gestures to the three starters next to her. "These are what we call 'Pokémon'. This world is large inhabited by creatures known as Pokémon. We humans live alongside Pokémon, at times as friendly playmates, and at times as cooperative workmates. And sometimes, we band together and battle others like us. But despite our closeness, we don't know everything about Pokémon. In fact, there are many secrets surrounding Pokémon. To unravel Pokémon mysteries, I've been undertaking research. That's what I do. And you are?"

The boy stared at her quizzically. "Are you alright?"

Sapphire sweatdropped and felt embarrassed. She looked at her assistant.

"I overdid it, right?" Her assistant nodded. Sapphire laughed nervously and itched her neck.

"Sorry, I am new at this." Sapphire said. "What's your name?"

"Emil."

Sapphire smiled and showed him the trio Pokémon who were playing. They stopped when they saw the new trainer. The boy come closer to them and felt excited.

"Here are Pokémon. You can choose one of them. Treecko is grass-type, Torchic is fire-type and Mudkip is water-type." Sapphire explained.

"Hello…" Emil said shyly as he crouched. Sapphire mimicked him. The Pokémon trio looked curiously at the new trainer. Treecko was the first one who went closer to Emil. Seeing that he wasn't harmful, Treecko climbed on his arm and went to his shoulder.

"Look like Treecko likes you!"

Emil nodded and rubbed Treecko's cheek. The grass-type Pokémon smiled.

"I like him, professor." Emil said. Sapphire grinned.

"Then you can have him. He is your first Pokémon, please take care of him." Sapphire tapped Treecko's head. As she stood up, her assistant brought her a Pokédex and some Pokéballs. Sapphire thanked her with a nod.

"Here, this is a Pokédex. It gives information about all Pokémon in the world. It's a sort of handheld electronic encyclopedia device. It will help us to have more informations about Pokémon too. Please take care of this." Sapphire explained. She put the Pokédex and some Pokéballs on his hands. "And here some Pokéballs which allow you to catch Pokémon. Do you know how to catch a Pokémon?"

Emil shook his head. Sapphire looked at her assistant and asked her to teach him. She gladly accepted. Before they exited the lad, Emil turned back to Sapphire.

"Thank you so much Professor! I hope I will become a great Dex holder like you!"

Sapphire smiled and waved her hand. Handing Pokémon gave her a nice feeling. She can't wait to meet the two other dex holders. Becoming a Professor was really her vocation.

"Ruby, come out." Sapphire said.

"How do you know I was there?" Ruby said while showing off from his hidden place.

"Your scent is too strong! Stop putting so much perfume!" Sapphire scrunched her face.

"Eeh, your wild sense of smell is still so strong!"

"Shut up, Prissy boy!"

Ruby smiled and gave her a hug. She smelled like berries and Pokémon. Even if he saw her a few hours ago, he missed already her.

"The new trainer looked very happy, Sapph'. Good job at handing Treecko."

"Thank you" Sapphire said and gave a small smile.

Ruby reminded the day he got Zuzu. It was very different from Emil's situation. He ran away from his house and met Professor Birch, who was attacked by some Medhyenas. Then Sapphire saved him. Ruby smiled at the thought of young Sapphire in her leave and grass clothes. And now, she was a Professor in proper clothes. Time flies.

"What are you doing here?" Sapphire asked.

"It's lunch time, so I was wondering if my beautiful wife would like to have a lunch date with me." Ruby said with a sweet tone.

Sapphire smiled widely and then kissed Ruby's cheek. "Let me finish one thing before."

She went to her laptop and started to type on the keyboard.

"Oh Arceus, you are using a laptop!" Ruby teased.

Sapphire threw a dead glare to her husband, but kept typing. Ruby laughed and looked at Torchic who was running after Mudkip, because the water-type pokemon used Water gun on its friend. The two Pokémon were sort of depicted his relationship with Sapphire. Sometimes he wondered what would happened if their childhood accident didn't happened. It would be different. But he knew that he would still love Sapphire.

"I'm done" Sapphire said as she closed her laptop.

She walked next to Ruby and took his hand. Outside, she whistled Pilo, so they can flight to their usual spot to have lunch in Slateport city. Sapphire gave a challenging look to Ruby.

"I have an idea! Let's have a battle after lunch! It has been a while I didn't kick your ass!"

Sapphire smiled widely, revealing her cute fangs. Ruby couldn't help but smiled. He kissed her forehead.

"My pleasure, Wild girl."

I have the headcanon that Sapphire will lose her accent as she became a professor. But she still have it when she gets angry or very happy. I hope you enjoy this story. Again, thank you UUCMaster for beta read my chapter. Thank you for giving me idea to improve my story!

I plan to write another fanfiction with Ruby and Sapphire as main shipping again (my OTP). The story will take place in another universe and this time, the other dex holders will be more present! A thanks for eveyone who reviewed, favourite and followed this story!