Well, my first story… I'm a huge fan of Ikarishipping so I decided to start with that… I'm still a novice writer, so I know my story may not as flow as well as I liked, but hopefully I'll get better with practice!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Pokemon franchise and never will… Boohooo…

Silver Tears

Chapter 1: The Battle

Locked in combat, 14 year old Ash Ketchum was in the middle of a Pokemon battle with his rival, Paul, an 11 year old trainer. Watching their battle was a navy blue haired 10 year old female coordinator named Dawn, and a 19 year old breeder named Brock. Both trainers were on their last Pokemon, Ash's Pikachu and Paul's Torterra.

Ash made the first move "Pikachu, use Iron tail now!!!"

Pikachu rushed toward Torterra at blinding speed.

Paul responded calmly as usual, "Torterra, counter with Hyper Beam now!" Torterra responded by unleashing a huge blast of pale, yellow energy at Pikachu.

"Pikachu, dodge it quick" Ash commanded. Pikachu jumped and started spinning in mid-air. It then struck Torterra with its tail for a powerful blow.

"Ha, looks like you got too cocky, Paul," Ash taunted.

"Keep dreaming… Torterra shake it off!!" The giant, continent Pokemon shook off the blow as if it were nothing. "Now, Leaf Storm!!!" Paul commanded. A powerful storm of sharp leaves slashed at Pikachu.

"Hang in there, Pikachu!!" Pikachu was shaken by the attack, but wasn't hurt badly enough. "Great! Now, Volt Tackle" Pikachu started charging at Torterra.

"You must be noobier than I thought," Paul taunted, "Torterra, Earthquake"

Torterra unleashed a savage quake.

"Believe it or not, I'm not that stupid," Ash smirked. "Pikachu, jump and use Iron Tail!!!"

Pikachu jumped, and the speed from Volt Tackle and the power from Iron Tail made it a powerful hit.

"PIKA," Pikachu cried as the deathblow slammed Torterra.

"Torterra, Hyper Beam" Paul called out

Pikachu, being too close after Iron Tail, was vulnerable and was hit by the powerful blast.

The fierce battle ended in a tie, both Pokemon fainted.

"Tch, you got lucky," grunted Paul, as he was about the walk away.

"Um…" her voice was quiet, but clear. It was Dawn, and she was blushing furiously.

"What…" said an irritated Paul.

"Uh, well, there's something I always wanted to tell you." Dawn was talking in a shy, quiet tone.

"Go on." Paul said as if bored.

"I… ALWAYS LIKED YOU!!" Dawn said, with a little more confidence.

Paul smirked coldly. "You troublesome, little girl, what do you expect me to do about it, like you back?"

At the harsh words, Dawn became heartbroken.

Ash became quite pissed at Paul. He grabbed Paul by the collar. "Hey, no need to hurt her, she was just expressing her feelings for you."

"You shouldn't be talking, noob." Paul smirked coldly.

"Yeah, well, this noob kicked your butt." Ash was becoming very frustrated.

"Meh, I wasn't trying that hard anyways" Paul said, ignoring Ash's rage.

With that Ash almost lashed a punch at Paul, but was stopped by Brock.

"Now now, let's stop arguing," said Brock. He was always the voice of reason, so Ash stopped, but he was still glaring angrily at Paul.

"Well, see ya." Paul walked away, not noticing a depressed Dawn staring at the ground.

Night time

At night the three kids set up camp. Brock was about to cook, he was an excellent cook. Dawn looked up at the starry night sky, stroking her Piplup. She was very depressed.

"She looks really down…" Ash said to Brock quietly

"Hey Dawn, dinners ready…" Brock called out, hoping to cheer her up.

Dawn responded gloomily "I'm not hungry… you guys go ahead and eat."

"Come on Dawn, just forget about it." Ash went up to her to comfort her. "You're a growing girl and you need you dinner."

"Paul did have a point there though…" Dawn said sadly. "I am a troublesome girl, and he's also a really good trainer, but I'm just a beginning coordinator."

"Oh come on, just ignore him, Paul's a jerk anyways…" Ash said in a soothing tone, but his eyes flashed angrily at the thought of Paul. "I'm sure you'll find another guy you'll like."

Dawn thought in her head He doesn't understand… Paul's the only person I ever liked.

Dawn went on the rest of the night staring at the starry night thinking about her depressing day while the two boys ate dinner, looking worried about Dawn.

Well… That's it for the first chapter… It's not very long, but I hope everybody liked it… I know it's not great, but like I said, I'll probably get better with experience…

I'd appreciate all reviews and any helpful criticisms on how to better my writing…

See ya for now!!!

Honou