Me - I know I haven't completed the other one yet but I really wanted to start this one.

Paul - So finish the other one, I'm sure no one wants to read another Ikarishipping.

Me - And why wouldn't people want to read another one? They're really popular.

Paul - Because this one is stupid.

Me - It is not!

Paul - Is too.

Me - Is NOT!

Paul - Yeah, it is.

Me - =[

Dawn - Anyway, DemonicAngel owns nothing Pokemon, just the story we will be staring in. ^-^

"Damn it Paul!"

Our heros continued with their adventure from SnowPoint City and headed to Ash's next and final gym battle. It was a beautifu day, there wasn't a cloud in the sky and the sun was just over the horizon.

"I'm so sick and tired of that damn attitude of yours!"

And it wasn't long till they met up with our favorite prune haired trainer, that yet another quarrel was started between the the two.

"And exactly how many times are we going to keep to go through this conversation?" The expresion Paul had on his face consisted of boredom and irritation.

"What!"

Clearly this event had become too consistant and predictable.

"Ash that's enough!"

And it seemed that Paul wasn't the only one to think so. The raven haired trainer turned to see his female companion, clearly upset, hands on her hips and the breeder kneeling next to her with the pokemon, Piplup and Pikachu.

Her expression shifted from anger to sorrow as she continued. "Ash, I know you always want us to support you in everything and we do but,"

"But this has gone on long enough!" Brock had stepped in front of Dawn, his body language and tone of voice made it clear that this wasn't like all the times before.

"Please try to understand our position."

"It doesn't matter what you do or say," Dawn's eyes were so hurt as she explained, "nothing is going to get threw that thick skull of his." In this instant, Dawn felt like a mother telling her 6 year old son that his favorite hamster had just died.

Even Paul was skocked by the sudden outburst of truth his friends were expressing at that moment, but there was no expression on his face other than the normal scowl as he stood there.

"I know this isn't what you expect us to be telling you, but this is no time for you to be stuborn." The breeder's words were rough and heavy.

Ash said not one word as his friends continued. He hung his head in anger, hands balled into fists as his whole body shook. Every word was soaked in and he so desprately tried to control his emotions. Never in his life had he been told to stop being himself, to stop trying to help others and explain what he thought was the better way to do things. And he most certainly did not expect these words to come from his oldest friend and the bubbley coordnater that always agreed with him.

At that very moment, Ash had never felt so alone, so down.

"This is stupid I'm outta' here." Paul listened to everything that was said, he turned to walk away from the trio of trainers.

Ash had looked up to see Paul's back to everyone just as he stopped to face them one more time. All hope and life had been stripped from Ash's eyes, he was so emotionally exhasted that he had no clue what was giong to come out of Paul's mouth.

All eyes were on Paul as a smirk spread across his face.

"You know, you should really take your friends advice and stop trying to change every little thing for the better." With that he turned and walked away.

All Ash was able to do was stare after the purple haired trainer. That is until he felt a hand on his shoulder, turning to see his female companion with so much hurt and worry in her eyes.

"Come on Ash," she said in a soothing voice, "we better get going if we want to get to the Pokemoncenter before night."

He knodded once and followed his friends down the trail. He knew why they did this. All they did was knock him out of this fantasy about Paul becoming their friend. They cared enough for the trainer to bring him back to reality. From the first moment they met the plum trainer, they all knew deep down that his attitude towards people and pokemon wouldn't change for a simple reason like Ash.

~Back with Paul~

The sun was setting just ahead of him and the wind was begining to pick up. Dark clouds were rolling in fast over the mountain as an eerie presence began to settle in.

'I don't like the look of those clouds.' Paul thought.

Unknown to the trainer, something was watching him from the shadows of the forest around him. It stared after him with bright pure white eyes, watching his every move.

Just ahead of him through the trees, he spotted a cave opening. Without hesitation Paul sprinted for the shelter. Once inside, he peered out and noticed the wind had picked up quite a bit and it had gotten rather dark.

'Damn, looks like I'll have to wait out the storm here.'

"Magmortar, stand by." A bright beam of red light shot out of the red and white ball in the trainers hand. A large red and yellow fire pokemon appeared ready for his orders.

"Use Flamethrower to start a fire."

He turned around and unleashed his attack on a pile of stacked dry wood.

"Now return." The same light engulfed the fire type and it was brought back to the sphere.

"You don't compliment your pokemon on a job well done?"

"Who's there?" Paul yelled as he scanned the area his hand on one of his pokeballs, but there was no one in sight.

"My dear child, what do you plan to do with that?" The voice was that of a woman, soft and smooth like velvet and it echoed all around.

"This, Electivire stand by for battle!" Just like that, a large yellow and black pokemon emerged, ready to face his enemy.

"Electa!"

"Foolish boy, how can you possibly wish to hurt what you cannot see?" There was hints of laughter and amusement in her voice. It only made Paul more mad.

"Grr, Electivire use Thunder on the entire area!"

"Electa-VIRE!" A large electric surge of power came from the pokemon as everything in and outside of the cave was targetted. Many wild pokemon fled the scene as the weaker ones were instantly KO'ed.

There was smoke everywhere and the only light came from the fire, Paul was unphased by the attack as he wiated a responce from the woman.

"Now was that suppose to scare me?"

"What! How the hell are you not phased by that attack?"

"Simple," she appeared through the smoke as if it became her. The woman was a good 6 feet tall with pale ash white skin. Her hair floated all around and merged with the surounding smoke, making it hard to tell which was which, it flowed over her covering the right side of her face. Her eyes were a brilliant white that glowed with a pure sheen. Her gown was a soft misty blue that ressembled more of a robe than a dress, that also blended well with the dust.

A smirk appeared on her soft smokey grey lips as she continued her words, "It never hit me."

"Why you lousey bi- . . who the hell are you anyway?" The trainer asked through gritted teeth.

"Hmm," she put a finger to her lips pretending to think, "I guess I can tell you."

"Then talk!"

"Gladly." She spread her arms out wide, bringing one in in a bow, "I am a guardian, young trainer. Your's to be exact."

"What on earth makes you think I sould believe you? And who the hell said I needed one to begin with?"

"You shouldn't, and no one said, however here I am."

"You're so full of crap you know that?"

"And you're a rude little leach." Her voice remaind calm and collected.

"Grr, I'll show you rude. Use Thunder punch now!"

"Electivire!" The large electric type rushed forward at the woman. She didn't panic nor did she move, she didn't get ready to dodge, all she did was smile.

A sudden bright white light flashed from the guardian, Electivire was stopped in his tracks and pulled back into his pokeball.

"What the hell did you do?"

"I really don't believe in violence but if you keep this up I might have to break my rule."

"Too bad. Ursaring, use hammer arm!"

"GRRAAAAARR!" The giant bear appeared from the red light and lunged at his target head on.

"You don't learn do you?" Her smile returned and the bright light came back. Ursaring was stopped by the blinding light but quickly recomposed himself and carried out the attack. However he made no contact as the woman was no longer there.

An ear piercing scream was heard from the bears' trainer through the light, and panic overcame the pokemon. The scream was so loud and heartbreakingly painful, it could be heard for miles around.

Just as our heros were going to enter the Pokemoncenter, the scream had travelled to their ears.

"W-what was that?" With Piplup in her hands Dawn turned to her two companions.

"I'm not sure but it sounded like it was in pain." Brock said looking at Ash who nodded in agreement.

"Ya, let's go check it out."

They all sprinted to the direction of the sound, unknown to the owner.

The light disapeared along with the gaurdian. As Ursaring looked around for the woman he noticed his trainer was gone as well.

The large pokemon stood at the mouth of the cave scanning every inch of the area, but his trainer was no longer there. The storm outside had ceased making it a clear, calm night as the full moon provided the light over the trees.

All of Paul's stuff was still there, at the spot where he stood lay his blue and black jacket. The bear was in mixed emotions of fear for his person and anger at the ghost woman for having something to do with his disappearance. He walk over to the piece of clothing on the ground and thought it best to pick it up.

With sharp eyes the large pokemon noticed movement. Anger and confussion flooded his body, there was no way a wild pokemon could have past him and entered the cave, even with all the chaos. And here, under the clothing of his human, a dumb little pokemon saught shelter.

Ursaring's reaction was swift, he removed the jacket and was about to strike but stopped dead in his tracks.

There was somethig off about this pokemon. It was a tiny little thing, no bigger than a water bottle. Yet, just looking at it haulted the attack of a very feared creature. It was curled up in a little ball, Ursaring took a closer look, it was different all right.

It looked just like any other of its kind except for a few crucial stand out spots.

All yellow, not out of the ordinary, but where it was suppose to be black on this pokemon was an off shade of purple, violet more like. There was a small patch of fur longer than the rest on its head. And where the pink was suppose to be was instead a light blue.

A sudden realization snapped, why Ursaring was unable to harm the pokemon there in front of him.

It wasn't a pokemon at all. Though his appearance might suggest otherwise, this tiny pokemon was in fact Ursaring's trainer. It was it made a little more sense. That flash, the scream, and the disappearance of Paul. What ever that witch did to Paul, it made him into this. The scream was him changing.

As he slept, Paul was being accompanied by the Guardian. Her voice remained steady but firm. There was no light, the entire area was blacker than the night without the moon.

"Young trainer, you have gone on long enough with a very nasty attitude. Untill you choose to change, you will be sentenced to a life as another. If you wish to return to your former form, a trial will be presented for you to complete."

From the dark of the scenery, there appeared three bright little flames. Each one was a different color. The one on the left was a kind of light green. The one in the middle was a very pretty blue. And the last was a bright red.

"The three candle flames you see before you, represent the three topics needed for you to return back to normal. The green represents kindness, you need to learn how to be king to those around you. People and pokemon are deservent of the care and generosity you have. However you need to learn what it is to begin with.

The blue represents friendship and family. Though it's true that your pokemon respect you, you need to learn how to see them as your friends. They work just as hard as you do, maybe even more just so they don't make you disappointed. They aren't just pokemon, and you need to realize that. And they aren't the only ones that you need to consider.

The last one represents love. You need to learn how to love those you care deeply for. But to fully learn this, you need to love another and they need to love you back.

So, Paul Shinji. I leave you now to make your choice. Choose to change for the better, or stay in this state for the rest of your life."

And with that, the Guardian was gone. And there Paul stayed to await his fate.

Ursaring's body felt so heavy. What was he to do now that his trainer was no bigger than his foot? It was all rather exhausting.

There was something outside. A sound had caught the bear's attention.

"Ash, Brock. It's too dark out here. I'm sure whatever it was is gone."

A female's voice. But who was she talking to?

"Dawn is right Ash. It's too dark and if there was something out here that needed help, we wont be doing any good if we're all tired."

"We should head back, tell Nurse Joy what we heard so she can tell Officer Jenny."

There was a strange familiarity the voices had, but Ursaring couldn't quite put a paw on it.

"I suppose you both are right."

!

There we go. That was the voice of Paul's rival. The one with the strong Pikachu. And the others are his companions that travel with him.

"So let's go already. This place is starting to give me the creeps." Dawn was huddled against Brock, Piplup in her arms, shaking

That gave Ursaring an idea. A way to help Paul, was to seek help else where.

"Alright then, let's go." Ash said walking toward his friends.

-rustle, rustle-

"AH! W-what was that?" Dawn hid behind Brock, clutching Piplup tighter in her arms. The poor thing was gasping for air.

"Pikachu, get ready!" Ash comanded. Pikachu leaped off his shoulder ready to battle.

"Pika!"

-rustle-

Brock shined the light in the direction the sound was coming from. And all three spotted two bright red eyes in the shadows of the trees. Brock angled the light to see the owner.

"IT"S AN URSARING!"

"AAHHH!"

Now both the coordinater and the breeder were frighted.

"Pikachu, Thunder bolt!"

Pikachu was about to do as he was told but recognized the Ursaring right away.

"Pika-pi." Pikachu shook his head no, pointing at Ursaring.

"What is it Pikachu?"

"Ash, that Ursaring looks familiar." Dawn was still frightened but moved closer to get a better look at the pokemon in front of them. "I-I think it belongs to Paul"

"I think she's right, otherwise Pikachu would have attacked it."

"Pika." Pikachu nodded, saying Dawn and Brock were right.

They all looked to Ursaring, who nodded too. He lifted his paw and motioned for the group to follow. Pikachu did without hesitation and the others followed suit.

Ursaring led them to the cave that he and Paul took shelter in.

"Ursaring, why did you bring us here?" Ash asked looking around.

The others were just as curious when they saw the fire and all of Paul's stuff there but no Paul.

Ursaring looked to all of them before turning around to pick up Paul's bag. He took it over to Ash and handed it to him.

"Ursaring, what are you doing? This is Paul's bag." Ash asked confused and concerned.

Ursaring didn't give a respond but went back and picked up the belt that had the rest of Paul's pokemon on it.

"Ursaring, stop!" Brock stood in front of the giant pokemon with as much worry as Ash. "What's going on, where's Paul?"

Ursaring closed his eyes and handed the breeder the belt. He turned around but was stopped by a petite hand on his arm. He looked over to see the young female.

"Ursaring," you could see the gentle worry in her eyes and voice. "Where is Paul?"

The bear just shook his head, not even looking at her.

"Did something happen to him?"

No responce.

"Well we have to go look for him!" Dawn was heading to the exit but Ursaring stopped her. "Ursaring, we need to find him! If he's in trouble we can help!"

He shook his head 'no' and pointed to the jacket.

"Dawn, maybe Ursaring is saying that if something did happen to him we can't just leave his pokemon and stuff here." The breeder was trying to piece everything together. "Odds are, if we leave someone can come in here and take his stuff and pokemon. If we bring them to the Poke`center we can ask Nurse Joy to send them to Reggie in Veilstone City. Then we can look for him on our own."

Ursaring nodded, he liked the idea of sending everything to Reggie. But how was he gonna explain that Paul is right here with them?

"Okay then," Ash shifted Paul's backpack over his. "If that's the plan then we best get moving. Celestic Town is just down the road and we don't need it getting any later than it already is."

Dawn and Brock nodded in agreement. Ash went over to put out the fire and Dawn picked up Ursaring's pokeball and Paul's jacket.

"Hey Ash, don't put that fire out yet."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because we're missing a pokeball."

"No we're not Dawn, I have them all right here and you have Ursarings'."

Dawn looked at him like he was crazy.

"Yeah, Dawn. That's all six, so can I put the fire out now?"

"Not yet."

Ash and Brock looked at each other confused, then looked back to Dawn.

"Do you guys remember Paul catching another pokemon?"

Again they were confused.

"No, why?"

"'Cause there's an adorable little pokemon here under his jacket."

They both went over to Dawn to see what she was talking about. And sure enough, she was right.

"That's a Pichu!" All of them were surprised to see it. There was no way Paul, of all people, would have such a cute pokemon.

"Hey guys, I think he's waking up."

That's the first chapter. I hope you all like it,

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