This is my first 1st person perspective story, read and review

Yaoi, Boy x boy, if you don't like that don't read it

Rating may change in later chapters

Ash:
My eyes scrunched closed as sunlight started beaming into my face. This was not the way I wanted to start my morning at all. Of course this whole journey was not exactly what I expected. When I had came to Unova I had been taking it easy, hanging out at moms place for a bit. I had done it all, been to all the regions I had heard about, fought in the Pokemon leagues, won dozens of gym badges, and caught god knows how many Pokemon. And through it all I had Pikachu. Blinking a bit to get rid of the after glow the sun had left, I looked down at my sleeping bag. There he was, nestled against my chest without a care in the world, a gentle breeze played on the top of his head that poked out of the sleeping bag, his ears twitching to a dream he was having. I let him be for a moment as I gathered my senses, he deserved a bit of a break after the humiliation we had dealt with these last few weeks. I knew we had gotten out of practice since our little vacation, but to think we could ever loose to a Starter Pokemon...poor Pikachu wasn't the same days after. Sure it was out of our control that some legendary Pokemon decided to screw with Pikachu's electrical charge, but honestly losing to a rookie was beyond sad.

Not just any rookie either, he had to be an arrogant little prick, snapping pictures at us like we were some tourist attraction. And then he had to pick up some stray girl, Iris. she was a ten year old with huge black hair that she never combed, tied unceremoniously in the back in something that vaguely resembled a ponytail. She obviously had some kind of crush on me, I had seen the signs before, but I never really was interested in that kind of thing. Pokemon, battling, meeting new people, that is what I found interesting. I wasn't like Brock, who had Ogled after every girl with a pulse, including all the Nurse Joy's and Officer Jenny's, I knew I would find someone eventually. I didn't even notice it when I was ten, but looking back four years later, I can see why Misty had left.

I wasn't sure about the others Brock and I had hung out with, but he knew Misty really liked me at one point. Now that I was fourteen my mom had started prodding me into looking for girls to go out with, especially when I was taking it easy at the house. Something in me just wasn't interested though, like it didn't feel right to go cruising for ladies like Gary was. I noticed something, laying there looking at the trees and sky from my sleeping bag...

Iris wasn't there. I couldn't fight my grin as I played with Pikachu's ear, trying to coax it to wake up. Pikachu yawned, blinking and smacking its mouth in the cutest way as he rubbed his eyes with his little paws. He looked up at me from my chest, pushing himself up with his paws and kissing me good morning

"Pikapi~"

"Morning Pikachu...guess what" it cocked its head to the side, still standing on my chest on all fours

"SHE isnt around...you want to jet before she gets back?"

Pikachu's eyes squinted at the word "She", He didn't like Iris from the get go, and I didnt get why until she had started talking. Sure she was trying to be nice and all...but she was annoying, there was no other way to put it. Even though she was Ten she looked down on me like I was the kid, like I was the one without all the experience, like all my traveling had meant nothing to this tree hopping little runt who kept a Pokemon in her hair.

That alone kind of grossed me out, I mean a Pokemon hanging out on you sholder was one thing, but to be able to use your hair as a sac to hold a Pokemon and god knows what else...it was weird. I didn't want my next traveling companion to be some annoying little girl, Pikachu and I wanted to get away, I had even told her to leave before, but she just.. wouldn't.

Pikachu jumped off me and shook itself on the grass, slowly getting itself awake as I gathered up my stuff. I was acting like a total newbie around Iris too. Her little comments were making me forget the basics, like battling a Pokemon before trying a poke'ball, make sure it is alone before you make your move to catch it, find a place where you can use your environment to your Pokemon's advantage, all that stuff was just flying out of his brain with her chiding and comments of "being just like a kid"

I had had enough, and Pikachu looked like he was ready to go to blows with that...Axyew or whatever it was called, that thing that stayed in her hair liked to get Pikachu riled up. Slinging my backpack over my shoulder, I lowered my arm, allowing Pikachu to run up and rest up on my sholders, his familiar weight comforting to me.

"alright, now if I read this right we should be their pretty soon, just an hour or so" I was almost dreading that Iris would come into the camp while we were leaving and tear me a knew one for treating her like that. I wanted to feel bad, but I just wasn't in the mood for company like hers, and poor Pikachu was fit to be tied when ever that pair was around.

Pikachu was feeling down though, memories of our past failures were obviously drifting through is cute little head now that he was awake. It weighed on me too, but we needed to get into gear, Striaton City was the first city with a gym in the Unova reigion, and we needed to be in top form for this fight.

"Isn't this exciting Pikachu?" I asked, getting its attention off of the thoughts that made its ears droop "It will be our first gym battle in months, I want to do our vary best today"

"Kaa...pikachu" it tried to sound happy, but it was still a little down.

"Dont worry, they are no match for us, we will beat them and send them flying like Team Rocket" I made a pose and a strained face, mimicking James voice "TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN..." Pikachu stifled little giggles at that, which encouraged me to go one step further,

"Prepare for trouble!" Pikachu got off my shoulder as I posed like Jesse, trying to make her sultry voice, I shifted poses, I could almost hear the background music that trio liked to have playing in the background, the epic orchestral music that was so unfitting yet perfect for them

"Make it double" I held my new Pokedex like one of the many roses James seemed to carry around, Pikachus paws went to its mouth, its eyes watering with glee, I had seen this done so many times it almost surprised me how easy it was to get into character

"To Protect the world from devistation" I knew this speech by heart

"To unite all peoples with our nation" I darted back and forth, simultaneously playing both roles, Pikachu's face was growing redder with each new pose, it held back its giggles at my ridiculous yet spot on movements,

"TO DENOUNCE THE EVILS OF TRUTH AND LOVE"I extendend my arm out, looking wisfully in the distance in true Jesse mannor, then whipped off my hat and posed like a military man, deepening my voice

"To extend our reach to the stars above" I shifted again making my voice waver like an opera singer posing like a ballerina as I yelled "JESSE~" and then looked feircely over at Pikachu, trying to get James almost flirtatious expression down pat as my little buddy was on its side pounding the ground saying "pi..pika...pi" and shaking its head in laughter

"JAMES" I was totally into character now, I had to finish the whole thing, part of me wanted to rip off my clothes to see if I had a white uniform underneath

"TEAM ROCKET BLAST OFF AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT" back to James "SURRENDER NOW OR PREPARE TO FIGHT" pikachu leaped in front of me and did his impression of Meoth

"PIk ka CHU!" we posed for a good fifteen seconds, almost seeing fireworks and explosions going off behind us to bring a big finale to our speech before we flopped on the ground laughing, I couldn't even breath as i hugged pikachu

"you made an awsome Mioth"

"PIkapiii" He smiled at me, beaming with happiness

No wonder they loved saying that speech, it was so invigorating. After I had recovered a bit I bolted up "RIGHT, we are going to that gym, and were going to win!"

Pikachu leaped up, totally excited now "PIKACHU!"

Well it had worked, my friend wasn't thinking about anything other than victory and how ridiculous team rocket was. In high spirits we made our way down the hill. After a few moments I started whispering random lines from the Rockets motto, sending pikachu into a fit of giggles on demand. We were like that all the way until I saw the tips of tall buildings

"I can see Striaton City!" I exclaimed, sounding more excited than I actually was "My first Unova Gym battle! lets give it all we've got!", keeping that energy going so Pikachu could be revved for the gym battle.

I had seen so many cities now that this was just another place, but still I needed to prove to myself that I hadn't totally lost my edge, that I still had a chance to be a Pokemon master. "Pika Pika!" he squeaked, nussling my cheek affectionately, as if to say "thanks for making me feel better" I scratched him under the chin and then dashed to the city, pikachu crying out in joy "PIKACHUUUUUU!"

Dent: (called Calian in the anime)

I was NOT having a good morning. Our customers were particularly lively at the Gym/Resturaunt My brothers and I ran. Not many people came by to do a Pokemon battle at our gym, so we had to do something to make a quick buck. Of course, With our dashing good looks it was obvious that we needed to profit off of it to keep our little gym running. So we opened a nice little restaurant, wooing the local girls as we served them our finest cuisine. I was the chef, who now operated an entire staff in the back, instructing them to season everything to perfection...

but our new people on staff..

Ugh, they were total Morons.

The had no idea about flavors and aromas, how using the right seasonings could change an ordinary dish into something truly divine. I had to get out of there after I fired the dish washer...

lets just say I was glad I didn't let that man near our customers food. My brothers agreed, saying they need some shopping done anyway. While I would of normally taken offence to being an errand boy, I made an exception for this morning. Bag in hand, some loves of bread and ingredients for our personal stock rattled at the bottom, I took to window shopping, Admiring the new styles they had on display. Some of the clothes on the manikins looked absolutely breathtaking, and if I were a woman I would not hesitate to burst in their to take it...

but this boy was no tranny. Sure I was gay and all, but I was way to suave to be caught in a dress. Sometimes I wonder if I would ever find someone with the right...aura about them, the right flavor...I wasn't going to just sleep with anyone, I needed my perfect match, the person that would make this dish complete.

thinking this always made me comb the streets for potential boyfriends, today was no exception. I never saw anyone interesting of course, and I didn't have my hopes up today...that is until I saw someone walking aimlessly among the crowd with some kind of yellow pokemon on his sholder. Oh my god, he was...

he was perfect. those pants fitted to his body in the most sumptuous way, and his blue tee-shirt looked adorable on him. I had never seen anyone dressed like him before, but his back was turned, so I couldn't see his face. He turned to the side as some pedestrian walked by, I sidestepped, keeping my eyes glued like an idiot to that spot. I bumped into a girl, who at first looked upset, but when I looked into her eyes and apologized she grew flustered and her eyes glowed bright as she gasped

"DENT...can I have your autograph" She breathed it almost like she was saying "I wanna have your babies"

A little annoyed that this woman was distracting me, I hastily signed her shirt with a marker, she clutched the ruined fabric like a holy item and skipped off. I combed the streets again, trying to find that guy...

He looked a bit younger than me, probably fifteen or something...

I was nineteen, an adult...

But who ever that was, I needed to see if there could be something there. And then I spotted him...

with a girl...

Some girl who wouldn't know fashion or hygiene if it hit her in her face. Worse, a Pokemon was poking out of her hair...

HER HAIR, that just wasn't sanitary, what was she, JANE OF THE JUNGLE?

Ash

I was a little lost in this huge city, people were bustling about, nudging my sholders and almost making Pikachu fall off. This was a typical city alright. I preferred the quiet most of the time, but there was something exciting about this place.

"I Wonder who the gym leader is" I voiced, getting Pikachu's attention off the crowds and noise, it started to look antsy in this busy environment "Wonder what Pokemon we'll battle against!"

I revved up my voice, getting Pikachu excited again, I needed it to be in top form, it was my strongest Pokemon and my dearest friend, the only one who had been with me the entire time

"Oh man Im so STOAKED" Hehe..never used that word before, but it worked, Pikachu was smiling happily at my energy

"This is going to be great!" I fist pumped the air, looking like a total idiot in the middle of the busy commuters, who were getting annoyed with my little speach

"LETS GO!"

"PIKA PIKA" A breath of air stroked the back of my neck all of a sudden

"So tell me, Where's the gym?" who was talking to me? The voice was familiar, Pikachu turned first, its ears instantly flopping and I felt a little growl emit from his little body. I spun around, and there SHE was, Iris, the girl we had left.

She looked at me with those annoyingly knowing eyes, like she was better than me in every way.

"Whoa Iris" I sounded more surprised than I wanted too, she had her hands on her hips, staring me down with those judging eyes, her hair looking even more ridiculous in the City than it did in the woods. It took me a moment to even register the question she had asked, because I had a dozen of my own.

First being, HOW DID SHE FIND ME!

second, Why oh Why did she not get the hint that I didnt want to hang out with her arogant ten year old self.

She had obviously over heard my little Speech, and that meant that she thought I was some goof who randomly made loud exclamations of being "stoked" in public. I sighed, looking sheepishly around for the gym, as if it was going to be five feet away from me

"Um..the gym..lets see..." How was I going to get rid of her anyway, she seemed to have the same luck team Rocket had of being where ever I was at...

god that would be a nightmare. She turned to the side, spreading her arms and shrugging "Already to go but you don't know where your going..." Iris sang in almost a pitying way to me, and then placed her hands back to her side as Axu poked out of her hair

"..Just like a kid..." Oh my god I wanted to strangle this kid, why wouldn't she leave me alone, I had a gym battle to go too. It didn't matter that I didn't know where it was, its called getting "directions", something I was quite good at. I didn't need HER to find a gym. her Pokemon chimed in "Uu Uu Uu" what ever he said was aimed at Pikachu, whose fur bristled with silent rage, his cheeks puffed up, electricity crackling from the two identical red dots on his face. Axu wasnt disturbed at this, he simply ate an apple Iris had hidden somewhere...

probably that hair of hers...ugh

A voice called over to us, who was this? "HEY An Axyew" I turned to the voice, a man was walking towards him. He wasn't quite like anyone I had ever seen before. First thing I had noticed was his voice, It was really...

what was the word I was looking for...

James had it in kind of an exaggerated showmanship kind of way...

kind of..suave I guess. The word felt weird to me, I had never thought of anyone as "suave ". He had green hair, and his demeanor reminded me of May's boyfriend Drew. He was taller than Drew though, and he felt a bit more casual than that boy, despite wearing a vest and button up white shirt. He looked kind of like a waiter with his form fitting black pants, shiny shoes and cuffs that were a smidgen too big on his lean arms. He was definatly in shape...

I was kind of disturbed that I was noticing so much about him...

He was looking at Iris's Pokemon, admiring it with focused eyes. I wouldn't of been surprised in the least if he was a Coordinator about to to participate in a Pokemon Contest nearby, he had the feel of someone who appreciated the beauty of something than raw power alone.

The green haired gentleman put his hand to his chin, closing his eyes in seeming rapture of seeing Irises Pokemon "Soft skin as Fresh as new grass, tusk like newly sprouted young shoots, and a future that's as limitless and bright as the early morning sun, The perfect partner for a young lady that seems at ONE with nature" I fought a smirk, I'll say she's at one with nature all right, there was a twig poking out of the bottom of her ponytail.

Iris smiled, clearly charmed by this man "Wow, thanks so much" good, maybe she'll follow this guy around..

I almost sounded bitter, she really was wearing me out.

"Axu Uuu" replied her pokemon. The Man turned to me...

and our eyes met. I am not one to be startled by peoples appearances by any means, I mean look at HER. but..

those eyes were something fit for a Pokemon, not a human. They were just TOO green, almost like they were glowing. It reminded me of leaves you would see in the middle of spring, fresh and healthy and kind of transparent, letting the sun beam through them.

Why was I using such flowery terminology about this guy?

He looked over to Pikachu "huh...a Pikachu?", and those eyes widened as he took in a breath. I could see that the speech he gave about Axyew was a little forced..but he was genuenly interested in my little buddy. The mans faced Glowed as a big smile grew on his face, a really charming smile...

DAMMIT why was I thinking like that!

"IT's a Pikachu!" I was frozen in place, I felt like I had been paralyzed by some Pokemon attack as he walked over, rapping his hands around Pikachu's waist and lifting it off my sholders. I didn't like people doing that, but for some reason I didn't mind.

"This is the first time I've seen one up close" he breathlessly exclaimed, turning Pikachu around like some precious find in an antique shop. It was getting a little flustered being manhandled like that

"hello there" he cooed, Pikachu scratched the back of its head with its fore paw and nervously said "Pika Piika.." as if he was saying " um..hi"

He placed Pikachu into my arms, and I instinctively hugged the Pokemon close to me, still looking at him. I didn't even know his name yet. He put his hand to his hip

"You got yourself a rare Pokemon you know?" he sounded impressed, openly eyeing me up and down as if to see if there was a clue to how I got Pikachu in the first place. I hugged Pikachu tighter, pressing him against my chin

"well...were from..Kanto, My names Ash" Oh my god, was I stuttering? "Pikachu is my special partner" special partner, where did that line come from? Pikachu raised its paw and happily exclaimed its name as it rubbed the top of its head into my chin, it was happy to be held so tightly.

Dent

KAWAIII! he was absolutely delightful. The way that Pikachu looked nestled in his embrace, looking shyly at me under that hat of his, this Ash was like a dream come true. I couldn't stop looking at him, those delicate fingers that poked that came out of his gloves, his slender and exposed arms, and comfortable yet stylish clothes. Not to mention his face, he had huge eyes, and and with them half closed like they were it really exemplified his lashes.

Oh and that "special partner" line made my heart almost melt...

Dam girls, they always got the good ones, even this little urchin girl.

I kept my cool though, I was good at that after years of handling my customers. "How do you do" I said, bowing slightly like I would to one of the girls I was entertaining "My name is Dent" I looked looked under his hat, making sure we had eye contact. My eyes were my biggest feature, I wasn't going to let that go to waste...

Even if this girl did have him, I bet I could woe him over to my way of thinking

"..a pokemon connoisseur"

Ash's eyes fluttered with confusion, he obviously had never heard the term before. That didn't surprise me, we weren't as well known as Coordinators or breeders. "Pokemon...Connoisseur?" I could tell he wanted to sound all strong at the moment, but SOMETHING was making his voice waver...

that was a good sign, a good sign indeed

"whats that mean?" I was just blown by the flavors of his expression,

he was confused

interested

uncomfortable

slightly excited

it was a medley of emotion fit for a meal. he pressed his Pikachu closer to him, slightly turning from side to side, he looked kind of like a boy holding a stuffed teddy bear, god it was so cute!

And then Amazonian preteen goes and spoils the scene by sticking her face in the frame.

To be honest I had even forgotten she was there for a moment, I had just used her pokemon as a conversation starter.

"Of course" she sighed "what a kid..." well wasn't she just the bitchiest little thing, honestly why was this gem from Kanto hanging out with her.

Ash's eye flickered over to what-ever-her-name-was, and I saw the spice of annoyance and fustration, with a dash of hoplessness thrown in the mix. Hmm...

Maybe he was getting ready to call it quits with his little girlfriend, that was not the look you gave your lovey dovey soul mate. I raised my hand in true host fashion, striking a pose I had practiced regularly at the restaurant, Ashes eyes drifted back to me

"I'm not surprised at all" I assured him "Its not a job known much outside of the Unova region" I was pleased to see I had Ashes rapt attention, The girl on the other hand was flicking her attention between the two of us...

ooo, did she see our compatibility too?

I continued on, closing my eyes an remembering the wording I had practiced for such a question "I use my knowledge and ability to judge the compatibility between Trainers and their Pokemon, I then help them form closer relationships" I looked over at Ash, who took in every word of what I said, caught his eye and winked at him...

Did I see a blush? Good signs indeed!

"and that is the job of a Pokemon connoisseur" Ash raised up his Pokemon, brushing its cheek against his as he held him, darting his eyes about sheepishly

"so...what do you think about Pikachu and me.." he seemed to calm himself and flashed a smile at me "Im sure you'll say we're perfect"
Oh I would definitively say he was perfect. that smile was like the sweetest and softest of pastries, the kind that just felt like a cloud when you bit into it and savored light flavor and rich texture.

His pikachu brightened at Ash's comment, happily cooing "Pikacuuu~"

The girl was starting to not look happy with this conversation at all. She was growing increasingly more uncomfortable at her boyfriends reactions, but that only made me happier. It meant I wasn't imagining things, that I had a witness...

fashion challenged as she was...

To the signs of a blossoming crush. "Why Are YOU Wasting Youre Time With That!..." she exclaimed, she wanted to leave! She felt threatened, she should too, I had just got more affectionate looks from Ash than she had received the entire conversation. "Dont you remember why we came here?"

Ash seemed to snap out of a little haze he had going on...

god that was cute, I think I might of dazzled him.

"Oh..yeah...guess your right" he lowered his pikachu back to where it was before, pressed against his chest "So..Dent...do you know where the Striaton City Gym is?" strength grew in his voice, determination and a battling spirit present behind his cute face "I'm here to challenge it"

Boy did I like how my name came off his tongue, I wondered sheepishly what he would sound like gasping my name instead...

The thought alone got me vary excited

"I see...that explains it" he was a trainer from Kanto, it would make sense that he would travel to other areas, but this girl was from around Unova, meaning they only met recently...

I winked at Ash and pointed in the direction of the Gym "I'll take you there, Follow me"

Ash:

What Was WRONG WITH ME!

All of a sudden I couldnt even string a sentence together.

First Iris shows up and ruins the mood of the day, and then Dent comes in and I turn into some...

I dont even know. I was in a daze, I had no idea what was going on. I needed to pull myself together for this gym battle. I could figure out what the hell was going on afterward. Iris was uncharacteristically quiet, she wasn't saying I was a kid or even looking at me. she looked deep in thought, kind of keeping her distance from Dent and me...

I then noticed I was walking really close to Dent, closer than I should of been, why didn't he complain about his personal space being invaded. I backed up a bit, Pikachu was looking at me funny

"Pika pi" he always sounded like that when he asked if I was alright

"Im fine Pikachu..I think maybe the sun's getting to me is all..." Before I knew it we were at a huge building, one of the more extravagant Gyms I had been too

"Here we are" Dent exclaimed, spreading his arms to display the structure.

"Awesome" I said, finally my voice sounded normal, I was going to fight a gym leader! There was almost a nostalgic feeling in that idea, even though I hadn't been away from travelling that long. I charged at the door, even if Iris was going to call me a kid, I wasn't going to hold back one bit, I was going to show my presence right at the get go, dazzling the gymleader and catching him off guard, then beating him gloriously with Pikachu at my side, all that imaginary flooded through my mind as I threw open the door

"LETS BATTLE!" I yelled, not even waiting to look inside, Pikachu cheered with me...

And we were stared at by a restaurant full of people.

It was a restaurant...

People dining on good looking meals, chatting with each other, some of them giggling at Me for making such an odd entrance.

Was I tricked?

Did Dent trick me?

Why would he do that?

He didn't seem like the kind of guy that would do something like that. I thought he was a nice guy, a Pokemon Connoisseur who helped people get closer to their Pokemon, I had liked the sound of that so much.

"Huh...hold on" Iris voiced slight disbelief "this is the Striaton gym?" Two waiters zoomed up on either side of them. One had flame red hair that stuck up like some hero in a Shonen manga and the other had dark blue hair that draped over one eye in a sophisticated emo fashion.

"wha..." Dents hands pushed my back through the door "Please, make yourself at home" Completely dumbfounded I was lead to a table and sat down by Dent. I didn't resist him one bit, my body just was all to willing to go where Dent wanted me to go, and that kind of disturbed me.

The red haired waiter approached me, looking down with a pen and paper "So are you ready to order?'

Order? I hadn't even known I was going to a restaurant, I was ready for a gym battle, not a cheeseburger! The blue haired man came on the other side, these two were like Ninja's I swear, I could almost hear the "swoosh" of their movements "May I start you off with something to drink" they seemed interested in me for some reason...

and then I realised why...

In this entire restaurant there was not a single male besides the waiters

"No thanks..I think..."

I was going to say I think I made a mistake coming in here, that I was tricked into being sat down, but I was interrupted

"Change your mind? I highly recommend the Soda pop"

I waved my hands in front of my face signalling with all I had "No thanks, not thirsty"

I was getting flustered with Dent and these two others crowding me like this, the red haired boy leaned in "Alright, we have a reasonably priced lunch menu" I turned to him, man why did they have to act so nice! "Not hungry either"

They peppered me with recommendations, using phrases like

"our special for today is..."

and

"If your not interested in soda pop..."

I also noticed the girls in the restaurant were whispering about ME. and I distinctly heard the words "NOT..COOL" Oh I thought I was going to die, this was turning into a disaster, I really REALLY was starting not to like Unova one bit. Its gyms weren't where people said, strange legendary Pokemon were messing with my winning streak, ten year olds were calling ME a kid, and now I was getting bombarded with questions on what I wanted to eat when I hadn't even intended on coming to a restaurant!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAarrrrgh!" I yelled, surprised at my own anger "I JUST WANT TO HAVE A STRAITON CITY GYM BATTLE!" My voice had echoed across the entire room, yet no one was really taken aback by my sudden outburst.

Far from it, All the girls jumped up out of their chairs, huddling together, their food forgotten "Gym Battle?" Oh man...these were fangirls. Gary used to have alot of them tailing him when he was traveling around, and these girls were obviously just like them. but I really didn't care at this point, I wanted to get out of this place, it was just too weird for me

"That's what I said...I think this is a good time for me to go, come on Pikachu" we were going to walk out...

when the lights cut out

I am not going to lie. When the lights shut off my first reaction was a giant eye roll. Why?

Because this was classic Team Rocket Maneuver, I was half expecting to hear their motto to be blared from a megaphone on top of some ridiculous contraption to try and steal Pikachu YET AGAIN. Yes this would be a perfect end to the day, a good old tussle with those losers. I spun around, looking over and seeing the waiters and Dent walking in unison. I just realised they were the same height...

brothers perhaps?

Dent's voice echoed through the room, obviously linked to some hidden speakers

"Alright then Ash!" He spun on his heal just as a light fell on him, he winked at me..why was he winking at me all the time? It made me feel weird

"I'll grant your request" Girls started squealing, I had a strange feeling when he said that, like my insides were jumping.

The Red haired man started talking, a light fell on him as well "You are a challenger, so we will give you a welcoming as warm and pleasant as the noon day sun" More squeals from the girls ensued, My ears were starting to hurt, Their sounds were coming up like popcorn, randomly sounding off at an alarming rate.

The third light fell on the blue haired man "No, I think we should be calm, like a refreshing glass of water..chilled of course" at his voice, it was all over, the girls were fit to be tied, some were even swooning now at these men. I didn't get it, they werent all that! I mean...

Ah whatever,I just wanted to get fighting already, get out of this city, it made me feel funny.

Dent

Oh he was vary frustrated and confused, probably about more things than one. I am not going to lie when I say that it looked delicious coming from him. All his little emotions were so pure and real, it was the difference in using old and store bought ingredients and ones directly from the garden, the flavor just doesn't compare.

"This is the Striaton Gym" I said, prompting my brother, who moved in right on que

"And the three of us.."

Finally my blue haired sibling moved in "..were triplet brothers"

We then spoke in unison, something that came natural to us since childhood

"And were the gymleaders"

"Three brothers? And all three of them are Gym Leaders" Exclaimed Iris, stating the obvious beautifully"

"NOW ITS SHOW TIME" Man I loved this part, when the wall opened up in the dark room, a white light emitting from behind us like we were rock gods or something similar. Ash's eyes squinted, but I could see they were looking my way, oh I was going to be the victor in this match, even if he did win the gym badge.

Ash was shocked at the display, his mouth hung open as the walls pulled away revealing the gym's battlefield, but that is what the pay of a gym leader plus all the revenue from hosting the ladies of this city could bring. Ash slowly walked forward, looking up and about at the massive room, almost like he had never seen a gym before.

"So..." I prompted, making Ash turn to face me "...now is the time to choose your opponent" I could almost guarantee that he was going to pick me, he was already having such conflicting emotions about everything, so it only made sense that he would want to vent his fustration in a gym battle against yours truely.

"Im choosing?" He asked, his eyes darting away as he met mine "That's right!" I said, winking at him "you can choose Me, Or Chille" I waved my arm over too my red headed brother at the mention of his name "...Or Cress" pointing to my other brother. "You can battle any one of us. Our rules state that if you win against the one you choose you earn the Trio badge"
We threw out our pokemon like we always did, I added an extra flourish when I threw out Pansage.

Ash whipped out his Pokedex and looked at them all, getting basic info on them while we waited. Ash looked up with a gleam in his eye, that fighting spirit I had seen earlier

"I wanna battle...All three of you!"

Didn't see that coming, he was actually going to make it harder on himself? ooh that was intriguing, I could not wait to see what he is like in the battlefield