*I've gone through an edited my A/Ns because I'm really annoying and ramble too much* XD

Hey guys! :) Here's the first multi-chapter fic I'm posting
Just so you know, I'm putting the main characters as Dawn and Paul but all of the shippings in here are going to be pretty EQUAL! (There will be a little special Ikari part at the end~)

And without further ado...I shall shut up and let you read. :D
After the disclaimer: :p

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon.

"Alright, class, please settle down," Professor Juniper kindly requested to the boisterous group of teenagers before her. A warm smile was spread across her face while she patiently waited for them to comply. About fifteen seconds later, it became clear that they were taking their good old time to follow directions, if they were going to at all. The warm smile faded as the thirty-year-old woman scowled at the disobedient high schoolers that were, unfortunately, her class.

"Ohmigosh, so did you hear?" A usual chatty, gossiping blunette asked around in her group of friends. "Leaf is so crushing on Gary!" One of the girls with long, chocolate hair and side-bangs blushed furiously at this remark.

"Wow. That's such old news, Dawn. You must be short on gossip lately." A brunette with shoulder-length hair pointed out.

"You're right! Ahahaha, you're onto me, May." She confessed.

"Shut up, guys! Who said it was true?" The girl with long brown hair defended. "Why don't we talk about something else…like…the weather? I heard there might be a rain shower later on." She tried. The others in the conversation stared at her in boredom. "Oh! Here's some news, Misty has a huge crush on Ash!" She proudly added.

May and Dawn sighed. "Everyone knows that, Leaf." They deadpanned.

"NO, I DO NOT! QUIT SAYING THAT!" The redhead that was sitting with them ferociously denied as she took out a mallet from seemingly nowhere and proceeded to whack her three friends over their heads with it.

Then, across the room, there was another particularly loud cluster of students.

"Hey, Drew, do you think Paul has any emotion?" A raven-haired boy questioned a boy with unnatural-looking green locks curiously.

Drew tilted his head to the side. "Hm, I'm not sure. I've always wondered myself." He flicked his hair as he turned his head to make eye contact with a spiky-haired brunet to his left. "What do you think, Gary? Have you ever witnessed any emotion coming from Paul?"

Gary snapped out of his trance from staring at a girl for too long and blinked as he thought over Drew's question. "Hmm…He has to have some emotions. He is human after all, right?" And then there was a new question to debate. The three boys conversing with each other took a moment to stare at their subject who sat just a couple of feet away from them. His head was down as he tried to focus on his work and his purple tresses, which reached just below his chin, covered his face.

Drew snapped his fingers. "He must have emotions because we've all seen him angry!" He declared his breakthrough to his fellow peers.

"That's right!" Ash realized. "He gets mad at me all the time!" He glanced at Paul. "Do you think he can hear us?"

Paul's fist slightly tightened on his grip on the pencil which he wrote with, nearly piercing the paper.

"I feel like it might not be such a good idea to be discussing this with him right in front of us, guys…" Gary sheepishly mentioned. He was stricken with fear along with his two other friends. "I have a hot date tonight, I cannot be killed!"

Drew and Ash sweat-dropped at his reasons to be avoiding a murderous Paul.

"Hey, guys, I don't think he can hear us!" Ash stupidly remarked, full of glee. "Otherwise, he probably would have said something, right?"

Drew and Gary were about to duck for cover, knowing that an annoying Ash always pushed Paul to his limits when the teacher interrupted once again.

"ALRIGHT YOU STUPID KIDS, SHUT UP, ALL OF YOU, UNLESS YOU WANT EXTRA HOMEWORK EVERY SINGLE LAST DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!" Professor Juniper finally yelled in a menacing voice that caused every single student in her large class to quiet down. Her warm smile instantaneously reappeared. "Thank you. Now, it's time to assign your partners for the big project that's due next Friday!" She cheerfully declared.

The entire class groaned in disappointment.

"ALRIGHT THEN, IT'S DUE MONDAY! YOU WANT ME TO MAKE IT SATURDAY? BECAUSE I WILL!"

The teenagers shrunk in their desks in fear, knowing very well she somehow would.

"Okay, I've picked out your partners for you," She paused slightly, waiting for just one exasperated sigh. Luckily, no one piped up. "I'll just read them off the list now." Professor Juniper sweetly said.

The class waited silently, some in anticipation, and some in boredom or grief.

"Sapphire and Ruby, Flint and Lola, James and Jessie…" The Professor continued to list several more pairs. She flipped a page over to reveal the last four pairs on her list. "…Drew and May, Misty and Ash, Dawn and Paul, and, lastly, Gary and Leaf."

The last four pairs listed sat in shock with their mouths gaping, except for Paul who just scowled as always and muttered, "Hn." in annoyance.

"I can't believe Professor Juniper paired us up with those guys." May moped alongside Misty, Dawn, and Leaf down the crowded school hallways.

"Why are you so sad, May? You know you have a huge crush on Drew." Leaf pointed out.

"I do not!" May snapped. "Working with him is going to be complete hell!"

"Well he certainly likes you." Misty said. "I mean, he gives you roses like every day! You're lucky."

"Oh, please. He's such an arrogant jerk and he teases me all the time! He would never like me." May decided. Leaf, Dawn, and Misty sweat-dropped at her last remark.

"May really is dense, huh?" Dawn made a side comment to Leaf and Misty, who nodded in response.

"WHAT DID YOU GUYS SAY?" May demanded.

"Oh, nothing." Dawn smirked and shrugged her shoulders, feigning innocence. "So Misty, aren't you happy you got paired up with Ash? Maybe sparks will finally fly when you guys are alone together for so long." She winked at her.

Misty blushed furiously. "Of course I'm not!" She quickly said. "Ash is so dense that our project will take forever! I'll probably get stuck doing all of the work."

"At least Ash will try to help you! Twenty bucks says that Gary is going to cancel working on our project for an 'emergency date'." Leaf bet.

The other three thought for a moment. "I'm not going against that bet." May admitted and nodded with Misty and Dawn in unison.

"What's an 'emergency date'?" Dawn inquired to Leaf.

"Apparently Gary is such a player that he 'needs to go on dates frequently to survive'." Leaf rolled her eyes in disgust. "He supposedly has a 'medical condition' that has to do with it."

"Wow. Oh, so what about you, Dawn? How much pain do you think you'll be in studying with a cold, emotionless rock?" Misty joked.

Dawn shrugged indifferently. "I don't know. Paul is pretty smart. Maybe it won't be that bad."

"I bet it won't!" May smirked mischievously. "Because you so have a crush on him."

"No way!" Leaf and Misty exclaimed in shock.

"Yep," May said knowingly. "Every day in seventh period, I catch her checking him out. I only noticed it since we got new seating assignments and now I sit next to Dawny here!" She teased.

Dawn blushed faintly and smiled. "Shut up, guys. I don't like him."

"You don't seem to be denying it too much." Misty pointed out. She glanced up at one of the digital clocks on the wall. "Shit! I'm gonna miss my ride! My sisters tend to not wait up for me when they pick me up." She rolled her eyes. "I'll talk to you guys this weekend, kay?"

"Bye, Misty!" Dawn, May, and Leaf called after their orange-haired friend.

"It's 2:30 already?" Leaf realized. "Ugh! I'm gonna miss my bus! Text you guys later!" Without another word, she hurried off down the hall and towards the line of busses outside.

"Seeya, Leaf!" Dawn and May hollered as the brunette ran off.

"So what's the topic of our project again?" Dawn made conversation as they walked down the hallway.

"Professor Juniper said that each of us in class has a different Pokémon type topic, and that everyone's topic is going to be posted on her page on the school's website by 3:00 PM today." May repeated what she had heard last period. "Maybe you should've been paying attention instead of ogling at Paul." She teased lightly.

"Shut up! I was not!" Dawn fought off another blush.

"You weren't what?" A monotone voice overheard their conversation. May and Dawn jumped slightly as they realized that their respective partners for Professor Juniper's project stood a few paces away from them.

"Shit! What are you guys doing here?" May asked as she and Dawn held a hand over their chest, recovering from the surprise.

"This is our school, May. It's only natural that we would be here. Speaking of which, no profanity at school." Drew added nonchalantly and flipped his hair. A faint crowd of fangirls in the background 'oo'ed and 'aah'ed at his casual action.

May rolled her eyes. "That's obviously not what I meant."

"Yeah, why are you guys just randomly standing in our path listening to our conversation like stalkers?" Dawn asked.

"I wouldn't waste my time stalking you two." He replied haughtily. "Unfortunately I had to come here to see Maple about our project-"

"Then why's Paul here?" Dawn folded her arms.

"I needed to talk to you about our project." He responded bluntly.

"Yeah, we both decided that we want to get this project over with as soon as possible so, Maple, you can come over to my place right now to work on it." Drew offhandedly mentioned. He grabbed May by the wrist and started to tow her away down the hall before she could object.

"What the hell? This is kidnapping! Let me go, Hayden!" May struggled as she was effortlessly dragged away. "I have to go home and have my afterschool snack! I was going to eat ramen!" She whined as if they weren't already causing a scene.

Dawn sweat-dropped. "That's what she's so worked up about?"

"Troublesome," Paul said abruptly. "You can come over to my house later so we can finish the project." He turned on his heels to leave.

"Oh can I?" Dawn argued. "Who said that I was free? Maybe I'm busy later on."

"Too bad. I want to get this project over with." He bluntly stated. "I'll pick you up around six."

"Oh, so it's a date?" Dawn taunted playfully.

"No." Paul coldly responded as he walked away, not once turning back.

"Hmph." Dawn mumbled. "I'd like to think that you have emotions, but I'm not even sure if you have a heart, Paul." She said under her breath. "Well, us four girls are going to have fun working on this stupid project with our wonderful partners." She sarcastically sighed.

The first chapter is going to be a bit shorter than the rest so ya know! :D

If you have time, I hope you review and tell me how it was!
(I'm new to the whole multi-chappy thing so I'd love to improve!)