So not much of an authors note at the beginning of the chapter, but there will be a bigger one at the end explaining a few things, so just look of that. Anyway, thanks as always to The King of Emerald for being better reader, and letting me use his characters. Note, I do not own Jason and Em. Who's Em you are asking? Keep reading. Anyway, enjoy!
Wes:
Nayru the Kirlia (Friend Ball, shiny)
Faye the Cutiefly (Level Ball)
Zero the Type: Null (Luxury Ball)
Sakura the Milotic (Lure Ball)
Egg (Permier Ball)
Rose:
Bagon (Great Ball)
Brionne (Poke Ball)
Rockruff (Fast Ball)
Maple the Pikachu (Love Ball)
Egg (Ultra Ball)
Jason:
Too many to count. Don't ask again.
A few weeks had past since the visit to Paniola Ranch, and while not all of the gift eggs had hatched since then, most of them had. Jaun was holding onto a Chickorita, who was snuggling with him while sitting in his lap. Chole was petting an alolan Meowth, who was batting a ball of yarn back and forth. Lillie had a Comfey now, which floated next to her in the air. Wes and Rose's eggs remained unhatched, however, and were currently sitting in their cases next to Rose, who was watching a battle with Maple in her lap, along with the other students.
Standing on one side of the field was Wes and Nayru, with Sakura sent out and battling against a Magneton, which was hovering in the air. Across the field was a student from another class, wearing a pair of blue capris and a white t-shirt, "Magneton, Thunderbolt!" The three-eyed magnet contraption obeyed, sending out a jolt of electricity that shocked Sakura, who gasped in pain. Sakura, however, opened her eyes shortly afterwards, still standing after that attack. "W-what!? How is she still up!?"
"Sakura, Scald!" Wes commanded. Sakura nodded, letting out a jet of boiling hot water, which slammed into Magneton with tons of force. The electric steel type still hovered back into the air after that, but a giant, red mark was on a part of his body, which looked to be irritating it.
"Burned, huh?" the opposing trainer hissed. "Thunderbolt, one more time!" Magneton let out another bolt of lightning, which struck Sakura and almost finished her off, but the serpentine Pokemon was able to get back up after that and face her opponent. "W-what is going on? She's a water type, that should've done it!"
"Milotic are known for being defensive creatures," Jason explained, who was referring the match. He looked over at Wes after that, awaiting his move.
"Sakura, Recover!" Wes commanded. Sakura nodded, being surrounded by a white glow which healed some of her wounds, a shimmer of light radiating off her as the move ended.
"Oh no you don't!" the trainer hissed. "Magenton, Thunderbolt!"
"Sakura, Protect!" Wes commanded. Sakura surrounded herself with what looked like a green barrier as the Thunderbolt attack was sent flying to her. The electric move hit the barrier, not affecting the serpentine Pokemon. Magneton faced its opponent after the attack, but suddenly fainted, falling to the ground as the burn damage took the last of the metallic Pokemon's health.
"Magneton is unable to battle," Jason stated. "Sakura wins, so the victor is Wes." Wes walked up to Sakura and petted her, the water type cooing a little. Meanwhile, the other trainer ran up to Magneton, checking the magnet Pokemon. While this was going on, Jason looked over the students who were watching in awe at what had happened. "So, as you can see, not always does having a type advantage against your opponent guarantees your victory. There are many factors to take into account when you are battling, moves being the most important part."
"And here I thought we were just being dismissed to watch a battle," Rose sighed, with Maple nodding.
Jason smirked at that, "Of course you weren't dismissed." He then looked at his watch. "Which reminds me, back to the classroom with you all! We have a guest that we need to be meting up there in right now. Move it."
With some groans and other various noises, the students began filing back into the school building. Wes followed right behind them, recalling Sakura into her ball. They made their way back into the classroom before finally Jason arrived last, turning towards them. "Now, as you are all aware, the sight of the next two trials for Wes are Rose are on the other side of the island. We will be heading that way to allow them a chance to partake in the trials, but take note, even though we will be staying in the Hano Grand Resort," he then glared as he looked around at all his students, "this is NOT a vacation."
"Would a little bit of relaxing kill you?" a student asked sarcastically.
"And that is a detention for you," Jason growled, before turning to Wes and Rose. "While we are going there mostly for Wes and Rose's trials, we will still be having classes as normal. One lesson will involve the study of Pokemon in a volcanic environment, while another will involve Battle Royals, due to the Battle Royal Dome being not far from the location we will be staying. We will be heading out tonight, and the first lesson will be tomorrow. On Saturday and Sunday, you will have field work due on Monday about the jungle not far from where we are staying, and we will be leaving Monday morning to return here, so don't treat this as a vacation."
"That's hardly fair!" a few students were saying. Wes, Rose, Jaun, Chole and Lillie all were looking uncomfortable as the other students complained. Finally, Jason had enough, and grinned a devilish smirk.
"Fine then, maybe anyone who wants to complain about it can get the HOTEL BILL sent to their parents," Jason coldly said, glaring at them. Everyone froze at that. The Hano Grand Resort was not cheap, and none of the students wanted that kind of bill to land in their parent's lap. "I thought so. This isn't a vacation, it's for school work. Akala Island is just too big for us to make continuous trips around it, so we had to make do. Thankfully the hotel gave us a discount, but they have no issues with charging any student who misbehaves and goofs off full price! Be lucky we're taking you guys on this trip at all, it wasn't easy gathering the money to take you all… originally we were just going to rent Wes and Rose a room and let them go by themselves."
By ourselves, Rose thought, blushing madly at the thought of her and Wes having to share a room. "Uh, p-professor? W-we aren't really g-g-gonna share a room, a-are we?"
Jason looked over at Rose, before seeing the blush on her face. "Well I could always arrange it..."
"NO, IT'S OK!" Rose screamed without a second thought, covering her mouth and blushing larger. All the students were staring at her in confusion, especially Wes. Jason, meanwhile, was laughing.
"No, you aren't sharing a room together," Jason stated. "No co-ed rooms allowed, this is a school function. We already got your room assignments, so don't worry about that."
"You're mean, professor," Rose pouted, glaring a little.
"Anyway, I think we delayed this long enough," Jason stated, waking over to the board and writing the schedule. "Today is Tuesday, so we will be spending the rest of the day traveling to the Hano Grand Resort. Wednesday we will be studying the habitats of volcano residing Pokemon at the Wela Volcano Park, only the base of course. Thursday we will be taking a field trip to the beach to study Mareanie habitats and behavior, this is where Wes and Rose will return to the Wela Volcano to partake in their trial. On Friday, we will be going to the Royal Avenue so that we can study Battle Royals with… the Royal himself," Jason rolled his eyes at that. "Finally, the weekend will involve a independent study taking place in Lush Jungle, and Wes and Rose partaking in the second trial."
"Sound good," Rose confirmed, being the only one that was writing the schedule down. "Missing the Mareanie lecture is a shame, but at least we can partake in the Lush Jungle study, even if we will be doing a trial at the same time."
"Why are you sad about missing the Mareanie lecture?" Wes asked, looking at her confused. "They eat Corsola, what else is there to know?"
"Enough," Jason said before Rose could say anything more. "Now, we're going to be having you guys travel to the Hano Grand Resort in a bit of a different way, of course anyone that wants to opt out can, and Kukui can take you on his boat… now for our special guest to come in and tell you all about Mantine Surfing."
The door to the classroom opened, and in walked a guy wearing a pink polo shirt and tan pants. "Good morning, students." Upon seeing him, Maple's eyes lit up, and she instantly dashed off Rose's desk and ran up to the man, who grinned upon seeing her. "Hey, little dudette! Still catching some big waves?"
"You… know Maple?" Rose asked, having stood up and walked up to them.
"Maple is your name now, huh?" the man grinned, hugging Maple, who returned the hug. "Yeah, this pikachu showed up one day watching me surf. She seemed interested, so I taught her how to surf, and ever since then she's been shredding some big waves. She also learned the attack itself, which is pretty cool if you ask me."
"You taught a pikachu how to use surf, which is pretty much impossible to do," Rose pointed out, with everyone else also looking very confused. "How did you even manage to do that?"
The surfer shrugged, handing Maple back to Rose, "I dunno. I was just trying to teach her how to actually surf, not use the attack. Speaking of, I'm here now to teach you guys how to surf. I am known as the head of the Surf Association, and I am going to introduce to you guys the art of Mantine Surfing!"
"I've heard of this before," Jaun noted. "The people in Alola use Pokemon to help them out, and Mantine allows the locals to travel from island to island if no boat or other mode of transportation is available, or just for fun."
"That's right," the boss said, nodding. "There are many tricks you can do while surfing such as the Huntail Spiral, the Lanturn 360, and the Primarina Twist! But enough rambling about it, it's better to get you guys down to Heahea Beach and show you! We se up a special course to go right to Hano Grand Resort, so you aren't crossing the ocean to Ula'ula Beach or anything like that, instead you will be surfing within sight of Akala Island and heading right towards the resort, while I will be in the water to make sure you guys are ok."
"I will be in the air on a ride Charizard," Jason noted. "That way, I can spot anything the boss misses."
"But we wasted enough time explaining," the surfing boss grinned widely. "Let's go!"
XxXxXxX
Jason, true to his word, was soaring in the air on his ride Charizard, keeping an eye on the students below. Many of them were struggling to get the hang of it, but in particular Wes and Rose were having the easiest time, with Maple and Nayru assisting in anyway they could, though Wes was showing off a bit too much for his own good again, having just done a Starmie 720, one of the most difficult moves. Before he could think too much into it, however, his phone rang, and upon looking at the caller id screen, he answered immediately. "Hello, Em."
"Hey, boo!" Em greeted, causing Jason to pale a little. She didn't go right for the "boo" pet name unless she wanted something from him. "So… when am I getting the invitation to Alola?"
"Of course that's why you're calling," Jason shook his head. "Look, right now we are heading out for a big field trip to the other side of an island, so maybe now-"
"Is a good time," Em immediately cut him off. "You're on Akala Island heading towards Hano Grand Resort, right?"
Jason paused, his normally calm face replaced with one of slight confusion and worry. "You're above me, aren't you?"
"Catch me if you can!"
"Wait, no!" Jason shouted into the phone, but a click told him it was too late. He looked up in panic, seeing a falling girl recalling a dragon Pokemon into a PokeBall. Wasting no time, Jason instantly pocketed his phone and had the Charizard ascend up towards her, catching her with ease, though he looked at the girl with a mixture of panic and fury. The girl in question, though, gave him an ecstatic smile, her short, wavy green hair whipping a bit in the wind while her blue eyes flashed in mischief. Since it was a lot warmer here than in Kalos, she had opted for a red crop top and a denim skirt.
"ARE YOU CRAZY!?" Jason snapped, glaring at her.
"Yeah, for you," Em replied, and before he could say anything, her lips connected with his. When she parted the kiss, Jason had turned a bit red, still somewhat glaring at her but the gaze had also softened.
"Do not do that in front of the students," Jason warned her.
"No promises," Em grinned, looking down as Jason grit his teeth. "So, those are your students, huh? Quite an interesting bunch… does that one have a shiny kirlia?"
"That is Wes and his kirlia, Nayru," Jason explained.
"So that is the infamous Wes you've been complaining about," Em said with wonder. "So, which one is Rose?"
"The redhead with the pikachu," Jason explained, and upon seeing Em's look of confusion, Jason continued. "Special pikachu, can use surf. And before you ask, I haven't asked her about evolution. I don't think she's one to pull a Red and leave it unevolved though."
"That dude would seriously benefit a bit more from an alolan Raichu," Em stated. "Still, can't wait to meet them!"
"You aren't going to tell embarrassing stories about me," Jason ordered her.
"Where is the fun in that?" Em replied, pouting.
"I can switch the Cinccino into my party when I am there, you know," Jason stated, smirking. "And her favorite habit still is tickling."
Em blushed and pouted more, covering her sides instinctively, "Jerk."
"I love you too."
Some time passed before Jason and Em finally landed on the dock just outside of Hano Grand Resort, watching as a few of the students began dismounting from their Mantine at the beach side. Not to Jason's surprise, one of them was Wes, who instantly spotted Em and headed over, along with Rose who was also looking at Em curiously. "Who's the girl?" Wes asked in confusion, pointing at Em.
"This is Em… my girlfriend," Jason replied. Wes and Rose both blinked, looking from Em, back to Jason, and back again in rapid succession. Jason sighed, irritated at the two of them, "Yes, she actually is my girlfriend."
"How?" Wes asked, flabbergasted.
Before Jason could reply, Em snickered. "Believe me, I wonder that myself sometimes."
"But you're the one that said yes!" Jason turned to her, flabbergasted.
"Oh, I was teasing, you know that," Em grinned and winked, causing Jason to look annoyed. As the two of them 'fought', Rose and Wes leaned closer to one another to whisper back and forth.
"Can you believe he has a girlfriend?" Wes asked.
"I can't, he seems way too introverted to have a girlfriend," Rose replied.
"Do you think he lost a bet?" Wes asked.
"Maybe she did something really cool that caused him to freak out," Rose suggested. "She does look pretty capable."
Em suddenly turned to them, causing them both to snap back to standing up straight, and make it look like they had just been observing the entire time. This didn't get past Em, though, who smirked and walked up to the two trainers. "You wanna know how he asked me out, don't you?"
"Em, no!" Jason immediately said.
"Em, yes!" Em grinned. "Well it starts with a Pokemon named-"
Jason immediately covered her mouth, looking at Wes and Rose with a mixture of fury and panic. "And that's all the time we have you two make sure the other trainers get on the beach safely wait in the lobby I'll be there in a moment to direct you to your room assignments!" He said all this quickly, while dragging Em away, who looked as though she was struggling to say what she wanted to say.
"What's a Xerneas?" Nayru asked, looking up at Wes and Rose.
"Beats me, is that what she was about to say?" Wes asked, pulling out his black PokeDex. "Hmm, no data? Must be really rare."
"Or legendary," Nayru muttered, looking after Jason and Em.
"Do you know, Rotom?" Rose asked, pulling the red device out of her purse.
"Nope," Rotom sighed. "I am not sure what that is."
"Maybe we can dig up some info on the internet later," Wes noted, pocketing his PokeDex. "Come on, let's make sure no one drowns trying to get off their Mantine."
XxXxXxX
"Arg, how hard it is to find a Pokemon on the internet!" Wes groaned in frustration. He was sitting in the room he shared with Jaun, though the taller trainer had left to do some independent study, as Wes was being a bit loud with all the searching he was doing.
"Well, if it's legendary, it would be censored information, wouldn't it?" Nayru asked. "That's what they did to the Groudon and Kyogre."
"Yeah, but you can still find information on the Hoenn crisis if you know where to look," Wes sighed, closing his laptop. "I give up. I'm going to just ask them in the morn-" Before he could say another word, the egg that he received from Paniola Ranch had begun to suddenly glow. He dashed over to the egg and looked in wonder at it, setting it on the floor and removing the plastic case so only the cushioned base remained. A knock was heard on his door, and Nayru hovered over and opened the door, revealing Rose who was also holding her egg, which was also glowing. "Yours to?"
"Yeah," Wes nodded, watching as Rose walked over and set her egg down near Wes's. The two trainers sat on the floor and stared in wonder, along with Nayru and Maple, who were also watching with internet. Suddenly, both eggs began to morph, transforming. Rose's Pokemon was revealed first, with a small, blue, canine like Pokemon sitting on the cushion looking at her with red eyes, a black mask surrounding them as part of the fur. The baby Pokemon had black legs and torso as well, with a blue tail and yellow fur around the next like a color, with rounded bumps on the back of the forepaws.
"That's a Riolu!" Wes gasped.
"Allow me!" Rotom desk cheered, displaying a picture on his screen. "Riolu, the Emanation Pokemon. It can discern the physical and emotional states of people, Pokemon, and other natural things from the shape of their aura waves."
"Wow, a fighting type," Rose said in wonder, picking up the baby. "Hello, Riolu!" A small bark came from the creature, who nuzzled against Rose's face.
Wes's egg morphed next, revealing a small chick like Pokemon with stubby orange wings, and a body covered in yellow feathers, along with a flame like orange crest on his head. Two thin legs with four toed feet, three in the front and one on the back, were revealed as the baby stood up, opening his beak slightly in wonder.
"Awww, so cute!" Rose squealed. "Rotom?"
"Torchic, the Chick Pokemon," Rotom stated, displaying a picture of a Torchic, though unlike Wes's the colors of orange and yellow were swapped. "Torchic has a place inside its body where it keeps its flame. Give it a hug—it will be glowing with warmth. This Pokémon is covered all over by a fluffy coat of down."
"Wait, why is Wes's Torchic different than the one on the screen?" Rose asked, doing a double take between the newly hatched chick and the image on Rotom's screen.
"I believe it is the same phenonium that occurred with Nayru," Rotom desk explained. "I am not sure what you humans call it, however."
Wes, at that, picked up his Torchic. "Well, I know someone who knows." He walked out of the room, holding his Torchic in his hands, the bird nuzzling him with affection as he walked. Rose, Nayru and Maple followed after, with Rose holding her Riolu. Finally, they got to the room Wes was looking for, and with three sharp knocks later, the door opened.
"Yes, what is it-" Jason asked, before his eyes widened with shock at the sight of Wes's Torchic. His mouth fell open in awe as he stared at the bird, who just clicked his beak, confused at the older boy.
"What's with my Torchic?" Wes asked, confused.
Wes had unleashed the floodgates, as Jason looked at Wes with an expression that only told Wes he was holding back hellfire. "Really? You have Nayru, who is a Pokemon with a different color then normal one of her species, and you are asking me 'what is up with my Torchcic'?"
"I thought she was just a cool mutation," Wes replied.
"While that is true," Jason growled through his teeth, his anger leaking out of him. "I didn't think you were stupid enough to not know what the proper term is!"
Rose was about to speak up, as she did not know either, but before she could Wes took a step forward, glaring at Jason. Unlike Wes's other glares at the boy, which were out of annoyance, this one was genuine anger. "I grew up in a household where my overprotective mother claims to have been found washed up on a beach holding me, with my father nowhere to be found. Excuse me for being a bit sheltered and naïve about some things!"
Jason blinked at that, his anger dissipating instantly. The sound of glass shattering rang in his ears for a split second before he immediately squashed that memory. "Sorry… what you are holding is a Shiny Pokemon. There used to be a 1 in 8192 chance of ever even seeing one. However, due to overbreeding and people manipulating the gene pool of Pokemon, there's about a 1 in 4096 chance that you will see one… and you have two. You're lucky… almost too lucky."
"Really? Sweet!" Wes grinned, looking at his Torchic. "Now, what to name you…"
Jason blinked again, shaking his head. "Most people I know that would encounter or hatch a shiny would scream in excitement. I never knew someone that would just say 'sweet'."
"I'll call you Inigo!" Wes cheered, walking off. Rose bowed to Jason, muttering something about being sorry to disturb him, before chasing after Wes. Jason shook his head at them, before looking down at Nayru, who was still standing there with Maple, both Pokemon looking at him curiously.
"One more question," Nayru asked. "What's a Xerneas?"
Jason's eye twitched at that, but his expression didn't change. "A legendary Pokemon from the Kalos region. That is all you need to know. Don't ask again."
"Okay," Nayru nodded, running off after Wes and Rose with Maple hot on her heels. Jason sighed and shut the door.
"I heard a bit of that," Em said, walking around the corner. "That was a bombshell, huh?"
"I… never knew he didn't have a father," Jason admitted. "Guess we both come from broken households…"
"Well, you can bond with him later," Em noted. "Come on, I want to cuddle."
"First things first," Jason grinned evilly. "Nayru heard Xerneas' name come from you, which is enough for me to declare that you told them, and you know what that means." He held up a Love Ball, which instantly made Em pale. "Cinccino tickle time."
"... I love you?"
"Not gonna save you."
"But BloodWingd, Wes has two shiny Pokemon now! That's not fair!"
Life isn't fair, reviewer, get used to it. But if you WANT to know why Wes had two shiny Pokemon, I'll give you the short answer. Wes's team is based off my favorite Pokemon, and actual Pokemon I have. Want to see all my shinies? I have quite a few, including Gardevoir and Blaziken.
"But BloodWingd, Wes is OP now!"
Is he? Shiny Pokemon are just reskins of existing Pokemon, they don't add any power or anything to the Pokemon. If anything, they're entirely pointless. I just like Gradevoir and Blaziken's looks when they are shiny better.
"But BloodWingd-"
Say anything else and I'll send Jason's Cinccino on you.