Thank you to The King of Emerald for being my beta reader, and thank you to pokemonking0924 for reviewing both chapters 14 and 15.

This chapter is one that I've been looking forward to writing for a long time, even though it is a fluff chapter mostly as not a lot goes on. Despite that, however, it was a hard chapter to actual sit down and write. Not sure why but I finally got it out thanks to some help from Emerald.

Anyway, enjoy the chapter!

Wes:

Nayru the Gardevoir (Friend Ball, shiny)

Faye the Cutiefly (Level Ball)

Zero the Type: Null (Luxury Ball)

Sakura the Milotic (Lure Ball)

Inigo the Combusken (Permier Ball, shiny)

Blake the Eevee (Moon Ball, shiny)

Rose:

Shelgon (Great Ball)

Brionne (Poke Ball)

Rockruff (Fast Ball)

Maple the Pikachu (Love Ball)

Riolu (Ultra Ball)

Salandit (Luxury Ball)

"Well, that's out of the way," Jason sighed, marking the final paper that was in front of him with a 100, which of course had Rose's name at the top. In the chaos of yesterday's Shiny Eevee fiasco, he had almost forgotten to grade the papers he had the students write on Pokemon Breeding and Egg Hatching, since everyone's egg had hatched at the point and he felt they were experienced enough in the topic to write an essay. He shuffled back through the papers, a small smile of pride filling his face as he finally found Wes', which was very well written and only had a few grammatical errors, a solid 95 written in red donned the top right corner.

"Boo," Em's voice suddenly said, causing Jason's smile to fade as he sighed, putting Wes' paper neatly on top of Rose's and turning to Em, who was pouting and looking at him with her signature wanting look. "Let's go to the beach today!"

"I can't, Em," Jason replied with a bit of sorrow in his voice, pushing the papers a bit to the side and pulling out another sheet with the lesson plan on it. "I need the students to do review today, we got a test in two days and I want to be sure they understand the material."

"And you can't do that tomorrow?" Em sighed, wrapping her arms around Jason, her chest pressing into his back. "Tests are usually better reviewed the day before, right?"

Jason flipped the page over, showing the lesson plan for tomorrow as well, trying his best to ignore her advances. "It's a lot of material. We practically have to dedicate two days to it to cover it all. I'm sorry, Em, but to be fair your arrival was… unplanned. I can't just go against what Kukui wants to do, lord knows I did with the Eevee thing. Thankfully, he was understanding and even put two questions about Eevee on the test, but I can't really do it again."

Em pouted at this. "Fine," she muttered, walking off briskly to the bathroom. Jason sighed, making a mental note to himself to apologize to her later. He read over the lesson plan for today and tomorrow, and his expression went from one of determination to one of boredom. Did he really want to subject the students to this much review? After all, many of them had been getting outstanding results on the assignments so far, especially Wes, who had gone from being the worst student in the class to somewhere within the top 5, only really passed by Rose, Juan, Lillie and Chole. Just as he was debating on making tomorrow the only review day just for suggestions and not the entire test, he heard the bathroom door open.

"Guess I'll just have to go myself then," Em mumbled just loud enough for Jason to hear. Jason turned to her and his jaw dropped in shock. Em was standing there with a black and yellow bikini on, which showed off every curve she had on her body very well. Jason's face began to turn a bright shade of red, his brain on overdrive at that moment as he tried to process what he was seeing. Just one look, and he knew that the outfit was a size too small for her. Em, seeing this, took advantage of the situation, turning her body a bit to show a side view to Jason, looking sheepishly at him. "You like? It was a gift."

Jason immediately looked at the lesson plan for the day, to Em, and back again. He then immediately shoved the lesson plan off the table and onto the floor, stood up and cleared his throat, attempting to sound professional. "You know what? The students have been doing very well on these past assignments, so I think they get the material. Relaxing their minds will help them retain the material better, and I think too much review will do more harm then good. I'll just give them the day off today, and tomorrow we can just do a review day where I go over the questions the students have."

That's what I thought, Em thought to herself, as she smiled at Jason in a devilish manner, who was trying to look anywhere but at her.

XxXxXxX

Jason cleared his throat at the students gathered in the hotel lobby, looking at them all in turn before he sweat dropped. All of them, even Wes, had the text book open as they sat on the floor in front of him, ready for the review. "Uh, not that I don't appreciate your eagerness, but... change of plans… we're going to the beach."

"Huh!?" every student gasped in shock, looking at Jason as if he was not the person they knew.

Jason sighed, knowing this was going to be their reaction. "Hold on, this isn't what you think. Studies have shown that too much work is damaging to the mind, and you guys have been working so hard these past few weeks that… well, you need to take it easy. I don't want to shove all this review at you and not have any of you understand it when it comes time for the test. Plus, you all have done a great job recently that I figured it was a bit of a reward as well. Here, at the very least I got these to hand back." Jason began passing back the Pokemon Breeding essay, which Wes looked stunned at, seeing his 95 in the top. Rose looked over at Wes' essay grade in stunned silence, impressed by what she was seeing.

"Wow, Wes, that's amazing," Rose beamed, looking at him with glee. Maple cheered as well, leaping on Wes' shoulder in a makeshift hug.

"I gotta admit master, that is impressive," Nayru commented, also beaming with pride.

"So, there you have it," Jason said, clapping his hands together as most of the students looked at their papers, each one stunned at the grade they got. "I figured this would serve two purposes. The first was a reward for your outstanding work, and the second would be to recharge your brains for the test. Now, I have two conditions for this… the first is you guys should all let your Pokemon join in on the fun, the second… none of you tell Kukui."

"Why not?" Wes asked, confused. "Isn't he joining us, or is he on another one of his errands?"

Jason's eye twitched at that. His 'errands' were of course the Battle Royal, though he couldn't say that outright. "He will be joining us tomorrow for review, but he doesn't know about this. Promise me that none of you will tell him about this, or-"

"I won't tell," Rose suddenly said, which shocked everyone, especially Jason. Normally, she was such a work-aholic that the thought of taking a break was baffling to her. "Besides, I've been getting headaches from all the work I've been doing. It would be nice to take a day off."

"Yeah, and besides, who doesn't want to relax rather then work?" Wes commented, grinning. The other students were all nodding in agreement, each one getting excited as the reality of a day off was sinking in.

Jason blinked at that, but smiled all the same, "Well alright then. Your assignment today is… grab your swim suits and be at the beach!" No one needed to be told twice, and about 30 minutes later every single student and their Pokemon were down at the beach right by the hotel resort. It was pretty barren other then them, as most other travelers were heading home that day. Jason eventually showed up to take attendance, holding a beach umbrella and chair under one of his arms. Following after him was Em, and her sudden appearance made almost every guy's jaw drop, save for Juan and Wes. Jason had to reprimand several of the guys checking his girlfriend out, threatening them with detention and a 'extra, painful lesson' if they didn't stop. Finally, he got done with attendance and sat in his beach chair, the umbrella positioned just right to block the sun from both him and Em, who was setting up a towel to lie on next to him.

"You don't need to get jealous you know," Em snickered, grinning a bit at Jason.

"Jealous? Who. I have no idea what you're talking about." Jason denied with a hand wave, putting on a pair of sunglasses and relaxing. He took out a Premier Ball and sent out Spirit the shiny eevee, who joyfully rubbed her master's arm in affection before curling up on his lap.

"Right," Em chuckled, lying down on the towel. "We both know you're the jealous one in this relationship, admit it."

"I admit nothing," Jason declared, turning to watch the students as they goofed off. He did notice that while everyone was having a good time, Wes and Rose in particular were off to the side, their Pokemon out but not really doing much. Blake was at Wes's knees as he was kneeling in the sand, facing Rose who was sitting there calmly, her eyes locked on Blake, who was looking nervous.

"Come on, Blake," Rose said in a cute voice. "I won't hurt you."

"Rose is a friend," Wes said coaxingly. However, Blake ran behind Wes, peering out from his spot back at Rose, very intimidated by her. "Huh, didn't know you gained the ability Intimidate when you wore that bikini."

Rose blushed at this, covering herself with her arms. "You're not funny." She sighed, her blush fading at her looked sadly at Blake. "Still, I didn't think he would be this intimidated by everyone."

"He's shy, that's all," Wes said, petting Blake who seemed to relax at that. "He just needs time to get used to all this."

"Still, I wish we could do more to help him," Rose said sadly, standing up. "I'll go talk to Jason, maybe he has some advice."

"Great, here comes Rose," Jason muttered, sighing. "I hope it isn't something about homework... does she even know the meaning of 'a day off'?"

Em was instantly off her towel and was walking away from him, heading in Rose's direction. "Let me handle this", she said to her boyfriend, before intercepting the bookworm of the class. "Hey Rose, ole buddy, ole friend. How can I help you?"

"Uh, I need to ask Jason about-"

"Anything you need to ask Jason I am sure I can answer just as well," Em confidently said, placing an arm around Rose and almost forcefully turning her to face away from Jason. "I did travel with him and have almost as much experience, y'know."

"Uh, ok," Rose nodded, a bit weirded out but convinced none the less. "It's about Blake. I was just wondering if Jason… or you… had any advice on helping him overcome his shyness."

Em thought for a moment, tapping a finger on her lower lip. "Well, shyness isn't something that one can just overcome, especially with someone trying to force you to. If you really want to help Blake, the best thing you can do is act natural, heck even not really paying Blake too much mind might help ease him by taking the spotlight off him."

"Spirit seems fine though," Rose noticed, beginning to turn to look at Jason though Em immediately pulled her closer to prevent this.

"Spirit is also just a baby, therefore is much more trusting and adaptable," Em pointed out. "Just give it time. Besides, I'm sure Nayru and Inigo being there also is helping more than you might realize." Em looked over and pointed at Nayru, and when Rose turned to look she could see two said Pokemon playing with Blake, who was enjoying himself much more around the alternate colored teammates of his.

"Alright, thanks Em!" Rose cheerfully said, beginning to walk off. However, she was stopped suddenly by Em placing a hand on her shoulder. Rose looked over to see Em glaring at her, her false happy demeanor instantly gone.

"Listen to me," Em coldly said, in a tone Rose never thought possible for the bubbly, giggly girl. "This is the last day that I have to spend with my boyfriend before I go back to boring old Kalos for my job, and I do not want any more interruptions, got it? If you come over here again before the day is over, I'll show you what my Salamence can really do. Are we clear?"

"…crystal," Rose half muttered, half whimpered, brushing Em's hand off her shoulder as she hastily walked away, her eyes widened with shock. Em smirked watching her walk off, turning with a spring in her step as she walked back over to Jason, who had his sunglasses lowered on his nose as he watched her come back.

"I'm the jealous one in this relationship, huh?" Jason commented, watching as Em lied back down.

"I admit nothing," Em stated, closing her eyes and relaxing.

"You don't have to admit anything, I know what I saw," Jason smirked, eyeing her as he pushed his sunglasses back up.

"Look who's talking, Mr. 'I'm gonna give you detention and an extra, painful lesson if you don't stop staring at my girlfriend'."

"They're bickering again," Chloe noticed, looking over her shoulder at Jason and Em.

"What else is new?" Lillie asked, playing with Shiron, only looking up as she heard Rose's footsteps in the sand. "What's with you?"

"I was threatened, and I am not sure how to react to it," Rose muttered, blinking a bit as she processed what Em had said to her.

"Did you give Jason the flirty eyes?" Wes snickered, appearing from nowhere.

Before Rose could say anything, Lillie chucked a bit. "I think she's more likely to give that to you, Wes!"

"Lillie!" Rose shouted with a deep blush, storming after the blonde, who giggled and ran off, leaving Wes blinking and staring after them in confusion.

"What I want to know is how Em got that kind of figure," Chloe muttered, looking over at where Em and Jason were sitting (but not for long as to not piss off one of them). "I mean, no wonder why all the guys... save you and Juan, are checking her out."

"No idea how, but it's obvious that our... distracted classmates aren't the only ones that noticed", Juan said, shrugging. "Apparently, Em's a model."

"A what!?" Rose and Lillie immediately shouted, appearing as if from nowhere, startling Wes and Chloe and causing them to embrace for only a moment.

"Here," Juan muttered, handing over a copy of Kalos' latest fashion magazine.

"...why do you have that?" Wes asked, looking weirded out.

"It isn't mine," Juan immediately said, though no one believed him. He began flipping through it until getting to a certain section of the magazine, holding it up for his four friends to see. "Look here, and please don't ogle it too long."

They all looked at where Juan was pointing, and sure enough Em was the model in the image before them. Splayed out on a bright red towel, she wore a bikini that seemed to fit her perfectly; despite being dark blue in color, the bottom piece was lined with white frills, and the light seemed to hit her perfectly, showing off not only the fashion, but her curves as well, seeming to make her slightly-pale skin glisten.

"Okay first of all, I call hax on her figure," Rose muttered, puffing her cheeks in a bit of jealously.

"I call hax on the bikini," Chloe said, also looking jealous.

"You think our sarcastic, cynical teacher wouldn't have someone like this as his girlfriend, but there ya go," Juan muttered, putting away the magazine and walking off to where his towel was.

"I have... several questions," Lillie said, looking back over at where Jason and Em were.

"Same," Wes admitted, scratching his head. "Though you three shouldn't be that jealous. You all could give Em a run for her money."

This caused all three girls to instantly blush, and Rose to once again cover herself with her arms. The scene was not missed by Juan, who came back and only had to see the expression on all three girls' faces to know immediately what had transpired while he was gone. "I hate you."

"What'd I do?" Wes defensively raised his hands in denial.

"That should be illegal," Chloe muttered, blushing heavily (though she seemed to be on cloud nine for a bit).

"You should be ashamed Wes," Lillie pouted teasingly, the first of the girls to recover from Wes' complement.

"Yeah, I mean you don't complement all the girls in the room at once," Chloe said, having finally recovered as well. "That's just jealously waiting to happen."

Wes blinked, clearly lost. Juan, in response only sighed. "I think if Wes had an ability... it would be 'Oblivious'," he muttered. This caused Lillie and Chloe to giggle, as they raced off. Juan sighed, following after them, leaving Wes and Rose alone.

"Y-you think I look good?" Rose asked, sitting down on the beach, trying to hide that she was STILL blushing.

"Well, yeah..." Wes admitted, blushing as well, as he took a seat next to her. "I always have."

This didn't help Rose's face, which only got redder when he said that. "R-really?"

Before either of them could say anything else, another squeak got their attention, and the two Trial Goers turned to the source. Blake, having gotten his fill of playing with Nayru and Inigo, had wandered over again, hopping nonchalantly into Rose's lap before collapsing, his eyes drooping in sleepiness. Nayru gave a chuckle as she approached, not needing to read their minds to know what happened. "Sorry, Master, but I think our newest friend played a little too hard... poor guy's about to pass out."

"I'm stunned that he adapted to Rose so fast though," Wes said, looking over at Blake, who nuzzled Rose's leg in affection.

Nayru only smirked at this, turning and muttering under her breath, "Well, you know what they say... sometimes Pokemon take on the feelings and thoughts of their trainers."

The rest of that day was spent between Wes and Rose in a bit of an awkward silence. The two of them had no idea what to say to one another. Wes had just admitted that he thought Rose was good looking, and even an oblivious guy like him knew that was a big deal. Rose's thoughts were racing at 100 miles per hour, trying to figure out what exactly it all meant... as well as the fact that he also gave the same complement to her competition... though she wasn't sure why she thought that way, especially towards Chloe.

Finally, the sun was starting to go down, turning the sky into an orange/purple hue. Jason sat up from his position, stretching before clapping his hands hard, managing to catch the attention of most of the class before shouting. "Okay, guys! Pack up, it's time to head back! Gotta be up bright and early tomorrow if we want to get over all the review material!"

The class groaned, but did as they were told, packing up their things before starting to head back. As Jason got his stuff together, he felt a tap on his shoulder, and turned to see Em looking at him with a gentle smile.

"Thanks for the great day", she said honestly, her hands behind her back. "I wish I could've taken more pictures, but at least I got a lot of good memories."

Jason, for once, gave her a soft smile in return. "That makes me happy, hon. I'm sorry I couldn't have spent more alone time with you." He pulled his own towel up, wrapping it around his neck before looking at her again. "Next time... maybe we can actually plan a time for you to visit so we can go on vacation together."

At that, the green-haired girl shuffled a bit on her feet. "I gotta start flying back tonight, so I'm not going back to the hotel... and all my stuff is waiting for me at the pokecenter... so..." She looked into his eyes, puckering her lips a tiny bit. "Since I won't see you until next time... can I get one more goodbye 'present'?"

Immediately, the brunette boy blushed heavily, a look that was not common for him. Before he said anything else, he glanced to his right, where the rest of the class had congregated, looking at them both expectantly. Many looks of astonishment and awe littered the crowd, as well as several looks of jealousy, from both boys and girls alike.

"Class is dismissed, so you should be back at the hotel", Jason said with a slight glare.

No one budged.

"As in NOW."

Still no one moved, although a couple kids in the back shuffled a bit.

"As in LEAVE US ALONE OR DETENTION FOR A MONTH."

In an uproar of panic, suddenly the entire class began running back, looks of panic on their faces as no one wanted to witness Jason's wrath first-hand at that. He gave a sigh, looking back at Em, who was trying really hard not to laugh. "What's so funny?" he said with a glare.

"Even after months of not seeing you... you still haven't changed one bit", Em said with a smile, before wrapping her arms around his neck, holding him with a loving gaze. "And that... makes me happy."

Jason rolled his eyes a bit, chuckling finally. "Shut up", he told her, before pulling her closer, his lips locking with hers in a final kiss, the sun slowly dipping beyond the horizon.

XxXxXxX

"I... I've never run that fast in my life!" Rose panted, sweat dripping from her forehead and onto the floor outside of the hotel.

"Y-you know Jason... he meant it," Chloe huffed, sitting down and trying to fan herself off. "W-where is Wes?"

"HOW DID I GET UP HERE!?" a sudden shout echoed from inside of the hotel. The class shuffled into the hotel lobby, and looked up to see Wes clinging onto a chandelier, a look of fear in his eyes.

"How did you-" Rose began to ask.

"I LITERALLY JUST ASKED THAT!" Wes shouted, shaking a bit as he looked down.

"Nayru?" Juan asked, looking over at the shiny, though she only bore a look of amusement on her face.

"Where is the camera when you need it?"

"NOT FUNNY!" Wes shouted at his Pokemon, shaking the light fixture a bit in his anger, though he immediately stopped over as it rocked.

"Nayru, please," Rose asked.

"Alright, alright, but I am holding this over his head for awhile," Nayru sighed, levitating the boy down from the ceiling, a look on her face that practically told him that he was going to be hearing it from the psychic type meant it when she said she was going to be mentioning it for a LONG time.