Ok, well odd as it may seem this is going to be a Darkstreaking fic. (Paul/Gary)

This is my first time writing this pairing so bear with me. I don't really find a lot of these so if I mess up it's because I don't think I've ever actually read one.

Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon or any of its characters.

Chapter One

Beep beep beep beep beep….. Gary Oak's alarm went off. He sat up. First day of school already…. Summer went by pretty fast. Yawning, he forced himself to get out of bed and get dressed. As he went down to breakfast, he lazily ran his fingers through his hair.

He walked into the kitchen, simply grabbing an apple before getting his backpack and heading out the door. He had to pick up Ash before coming to school, and if he knew Ketchum, he probably slept late.

He knocked on Ash's door, waiting for his friend. When the door finally opened he came flying out. "Hey Gary! How was your summer?"

"Fine I guess. Didn't really do anything interesting."

"That stinks. Ready for school again?"

"Guess. You better watch out for battling class, Ashy-boy! I had a lot of time on my hands this summer and I came up with some strategies that will leave you wondering what happened!"

"As if, Gary." Ash smirked. Suddenly he froze before running back towards the house. "I FORGOT PIKACHU!'

Oh his forgetful friend. When Ash finally got back and they continued their walk to school, they saw Dawn and Misty on the other side of the street. Waving, they crossed to join them.

"How was your summer?"

"Good, but I'm glad to be back to school!" Dawn said happily. Misty nodded with her, smiling. Barry joined them about a minute later.

They arrived at school, walking inside to find their assigned lockers. Finding his, Gary dropped off some of his books before glancing down at his schedule. Great! I have battling first. He smirked. He knew this year he was finally going to beat Paul. All he had to do was get past Torterra first….

Well, he'd figure that out later. He knew Ash was just as determined as he was to get the title of best trainer in the school. He also had the same stupid problem. Paul and Torterra.

One of the main reasons Paul was so good was that he basically had no social life. He spent all of his time studying and training, keeping up an incredible GPA and at the same time remaining top of the class in battling. Oh, speaking of Paul there was the dark shadow himself.

Ash was walking next to him, trying in vain to get him to pay attention to his newest battle strategy. Pikachu was beginning to look annoyed at the purple trainers uninterested look. This was not going to end well….

Paul and Ash always managed to get into fights. Whether it started with Pikachu shocking Paul or Paul beating Ash at some sort of battling thing. Gary sighed. Please, not within the first hour of school!

The bell rang, signaling home room. Together they all arrived in Mr. Peters classroom. Misty and Dawn were sitting together talking, Ash had given up on Paul and was having a conversation with Barry. I was sitting alone though I was debating joining the conversation with Barry and Ash. Paul was sitting alone in the corner, reading quietly. He walked up to Barry and Ash, trying to comprehend what they are talking about.

Battles. Figures. They were arguing over who would win in a battle between them. Amused, Gary sat down to listen.

"Come on, Ash! I have a better attack then you, I would knock you out within a few hits!"

"Defense can be useful too-"

"Not if I'm faster."

"Like that's true."

"Oh yeah Ketchum, we'll see about that!"

"Partners today during battle class?"

"Yeah!"

He is just about to join in to try and stop the ridiculous fight when Audrey enters the room. She is the second best battler in the school, right under Paul. Though Paul is often considered a jerk, she is much worse. She is more arrogant then him and when she does win, which is quite often, she will gloat for days at a time. Paul and her have never gotten along, and even with their daily battles with Paul coming out on top she insists that she is the better trainer.

Gary cringed as she walked past him. She is wearing a lot of perfume and flashy clothing, her usually brown hair dyed blond. She walks up to Paul, sitting down in the desk next to him. He does not even glance up from his book, simply raises an eyebrow. Everyone turns, waiting for the fight that is sure to follow. Gary looked up… two minutes until the bell rang. The teacher would be here soon. He turns back to them.

"Paul?" she says smirking. "How was your summer?"

"Hmph.'

She growls angrily having been ignored before reaching out her hand and beginning to play with his hair, going back to her stupid cheesy smile as she does. He pulls back abruptly, glaring at her therefore giving her the attention she wants.

"How's Torterra doing?"

"Fine. Not like it's any of your business."

The way that the school was organized was you mostly used your starter for battles, leaving the rest of the pokemon in lockers. Paul's starter was Torterra and hers was an Arcanine.

She growls again, reaching into her purse and pulling out a pokeball. "I'm going to beat you this year." When he doesn't answer she simply says, "I'm your partner for class today. Got it?"

He shrugs and goes back to reading. Satisfied for now, she backs off, relaxing into her chair. At this moment are homeroom teacher Mr. Peters walks in. After taking attendance and going over the rules about having our pokemon at school, he lets us go to first period. Multiple teachers teach battling. There is Nurse Joy, who is the school nurse for both humans and pokemon, who teaches us about how to care for our pokemon. Strategy is taught by Professor Brandon. Despite Paul being one of the best strategists in the class Brandon and him do not get along. Defense is taught by Mr. Byron and attack is taught by Lt. Surge. Finally, at the end of class, battles would commence, all the teachers supervised that.

They are split into small groups, Gary's consisted of Ash, Paul, Audrey, Barry, Misty and Dawn. He smiles realizing that Ash, Barry, Misty, Dawn and him got put in the same group. They are sent to attack first.

"Release your pokemon." Lt. Surge said sharply. "I want no messing around. I also don't want any of your wimpy rivalries. I also don't want any crap about you 'already knowing' this or that. Got it? Cause you babies have no idea what's going on…" He claps his hand. "I said release your pokemon!"

Everyone releases their pokemon except for Paul. He raises his hand.

"What?!"

"There is not enough room for Torterra. With all the other pokemon out that is. Can I release it over there?" He points away from the crowd of people. Lt. Surge nods sharply. He walks over and releases Torterra.

The large green turtle stretches before relaxing. It glances up at its trainer, expecting instructions. Lt. Surge continues.

"Today we will be practicing physical attacks. For example, tackle, takedown, any punches etc.. Divide into partners and begin training."

"Uneven number." Paul says from his spot across the room.

"Respect, Mr. Shinji, now, Gary why don't you join Paul and Audrey over here?"

He nods before making his way over to the two rivals.

"Now, the instructions are only going to be said once so listen carefully. Take turns using one physical move at a time on the opponent. One. Then use your judgment on how much damage the pokemon took."

Gary nodded. Simple enough. He turned back to his partners.

"Torterra can take both of you." Paul says, turning to his giant pokemon. Audrey raises an eyebrow but shrugs. Gary nods again.

Gary had released Blastoise. Not sure who was to make the first move, he waited. He didn't have to wait long.

"Arcanine. Extreme speed now." The orange and red pokemon flew towards Torterra, slamming into it. Paul didn't even flinch. Torterra, slightly dazed quickly shook it off and looked up at Gary, ready.

"Blastoise, use ice punch!" Paul grits his teeth this time but Torterra takes the blow, shaking it off.

Lt. Surge came over to watch and saw this. "Torterra is well trained. Is it's attack as good as its defense?" He smirks at Paul. Paul glares back before turning to Torterra.

"Crunch." The pokemon did as it was told, grabbing Blastoise's leg. Blastoise yelped and tried pulling back but the grip was too hard.

"Ok. Keep working on that baby."

Paul growled at him as he walked away before turning back to Torterra. They spend the next few minutes continuing to practice. They then move onto defense. Paul passes in flying colors. Finally they arrive at strategy.

"I am Professor Brandon. I will be teaching you about pokemon strategy this year…" The spent the rest of that section taking notes. Finally, the battles.

Ash and Barry tie, disappointingly. Misty beats Dawn but they just laugh as they return their pokemon. Gary battles some other kid from one of the other groups. Paul had beaten Audrey. The bell rings signaling the end of class. Returning their pokemon, they all head out. They go to three more periods before lunch.

As Ash walked to lunch, he passed through the senior hallway. Many people avoided this hallway because it was known of the senior's short temper and low tolerance for younger students. He was almost oblivious to this and simply ignored any glares that were sent his way. As he went he saw Paul standing next to his older brother Reggie. He froze when he realized they were arguing.

He couldn't really make out what they were saying but he was pretty sure most of the yelling was being done by Paul. Something about… having to study instead of fooling around…. Ash was confused. Reggie was like Paul, always had straight A's, top of his class, why would Paul need to tell him to stop fooling around? Sure, Reggie was a lot looser than him but still…

Suddenly a group of seniors walked up the arguing brothers. They obviously wanted to talk to Reggie. He notices and smiles sheepishly at Paul before turning to them. Furious, Paul turns around and starts walking towards Ash, not noticing him.

"Paul!" Ash yells running towards the purple haired trainer. Paul turned to face him before realizing who it was and continuing to walk.

He tries to keep walking but Ash stands in the way. He's about to ask Paul what he's doing in this part of the school if he's not going to lunch when a teacher walks up.

"Mr. Shinji, can I please see you in my office?"

Ash noticed that Paul went oddly pale at this, turning and swallowing hard. Whispering, he replied, "Yes sir."

Confused, Ash watched as they walked away, entering Mr. Faulk's classroom a minute later. Shrugging, he headed off to lunch.

End of the first chapter. Let me know what you think so far with a review.

Sorry the start is a little slow. I'll be getting more into the plot next chapter. Thanks.