Ikarishipping Fanfiction

Chapter 2: Different Strokes for Different Blokes

As Ash and the gang continue on their way to Jubilife City and Dawn's next Pokemon Contest, they stop in the forest to have a bite to eat. While Ash, Dawn, and Brock get ready for lunch, Aipom finds some fruit to eat.

"I got it." Aipom stated as she grabbed the piece of fruit with her tail in the treetop. Just then she heard Piplup.

"Hey Aipom can I have some please?" Piplup asked while jumping around on the ground below Aipom.

"Nope! Haha!" Aipom taunted. Just then she hit her head on the branch above her. The fruit fell out of the hand on her tail and into Piplup's mouth. "Hey that was mine!"

"Well you wouldn't share!" Piplup snapped. Just then Turtwig comes in to try and break up the fight.

"Hey you guys calm down." Turtwig stated. Aipom and Piplup gave Turtwig a cold glare.

"Stay out of this!" Aipom and Piplup yelled as they slammed Turtwig into a close by tree. Piplup and Aipom began to fight and made a huge collision that Ash and the gang could hear. Everyone started to run towards the noise and noticed the fighting.

"Hey you two cut it out!" Ash stated.

"Stop your fighting right now!" Dawn demanded.

"Funny, this reminds me of when Kenny and P.J. used to fight." Dawn thought.

Turtwig then tried to stop the fighting but he was hit with multiple attacks by Piplup and Aipom. Out of frustration Turtwig unleashed a strong Razor Leaf attack on both Aipom and Piplup.

"You can't treat my Piplup that way!" Dawn yelled at Turtwig.

"Hold on Turtwig was only breaking them up." Brock explained.

"Of course Turtwig thank you." Ash thanked. Turtwig then jumped on to Ash's head and chopped on tight causing Ash to fail around. "I think you're the best too but let go of that."

"Pathetic." A male voice said from behind the group. They all turned around to see who it was.

"It's Paul." Dawn stated. "You sure pop out of nowhere know don't cha."

"I'm just out here doing a little training to get ready for my Oreburgh Gym battle." Paul explained.

"What do you know I'm going there too." Ash stated.

"That's after my contest in Jubilife City, Ash." Dawn corrected.

"Coordinators are just weak excuses for trainers." Paul stated.

"Excuse me?!" Dawn yelled.

"You heard me loud and clear." Paul stated back.

"Well why don't we have a battle and will see how weak this coordinator is!" Dawn snapped.

"I won't lose to this jerk." Dawn thought.

The group walked to a nearby waterfall where the battle would take place.

"Ready to go Piplup?" Dawn questioned. "Don't let your guard down for even a second."

"Right." Piplup responded.

"Chimchar stand by for battle." Paul commanded as threw his pokeball out on to the battle field. His Chimchar landed in front of Paul ready to battle. "I'll give you the first move."

"With pleasure Piplup use Peck!" Dawn commanded. Piplup started to run towards Chimchar as his beak began to glow.

"Dodge it." Paul stated. Chimchar dodged the attack by jumping up. "Use Scratch." Chimchar quickly appeared in front of Piplup, too close to dodge. The Scratch landed a direct hit.

"Piplup use Bubblebeam!" Dawn yelled. Piplup fired the Bubblebeam at Chimchar.

"Dodge by using Dig!" Paul commanded. Chimchar then dug into the ground.

"He doesn't know I have the upper hand." Dawn thought.

Dawn just stood there not giving any commands.

"What is she doing?" Ash thought.

"Come on Dawn what are you doing?" Ash yelled to Dawn.

"It's coming up behind you!" Dawn warned Piplup. He then ran towards where Chimchar would exit. Chimchar then came out of the ground and looked for Piplup who was right behind him. "Now use Bubblebeam!" Piplup landed a super-effective hit on Chimchar.

"I forgot only I know that she can sense Aura." Paul thought

Just then a net came by and scooped up Piplup. Everyone looked up to see who it was.

"Team Rocket! Let go of Piplup!" Dawn yelled.

"Piplup's not in here its Pikachu." Meowth said.

"It's not Pikachu it's the twerpette's Piplup." Jessie points out.

"Where's your aim Meowth?" James yelled.

"Ember!" Paul yelled. Chimchar's Ember blasted Team Rocket into flames but, didn't blast the balloon. "Do you mind we are trying to have a battle."

"Now there's a twerp of a different color." James stated.

"And here I thought Ash was pathetic." Paul stated.

"Excuse me?!" Jessie yelled.

"Piplup use Bubblebeam!" Dawn yelled as Piplup struggled to get out of the net. He used the Bubblebeam and ripped the net and Piplup came flying down.

"Help Me!" Piplup yelled as he fell to the Earth below. Dawn caught Piplup and ran closer to the edge of the cliff.

"Ash!" Dawn yelled.

"Right, Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" Ash commanded. Pikachu let out a strong Thunderbolt on Team Rockets balloon which blasted them off into the sky. The after blow blew Paul and Dawn clean off the cliff. Ash and Brock grabbed Paul's wrist who grabbed Dawn's wrist.

"Hang on!" Brock yelled.

"Piplup I want you to climb up to where Ash and the others are and hurry." Dawn stated as Piplup began to climb up Paul's back and stood next to Ash and Brock. "I can't hold on much longer!" Dawn grasp on Paul was beginning to slip until she let go and fell into the rapid river below.

"Oh no Dawn!" Ash yelled. Paul then let go of Ash and dove into the water after Dawn. Before she fell into the water the choker that P.J. gave her unclasped and started to float above her. While Paul was diving in he noticed the choker floating next to him in the air.

"My choker." Paul thought

Paul grabbed the choker and plummeted into the water below. He could Dawn bobbing in and out of the water trying to catch some air. One time Dawn went under and didn't come back up. Paul began to worry. He dove under the water to see it he could find Dawn. Sure enough he could see Dawn's lifeless body go with the currants. Paul grabbed Dawn and held her close.

"There's got to be a way out of this currant." Paul said to himself. He then noticed a bit of beach up ahead, carried Dawn bridle style out of the water and placed her gently on the sand. Paul then took out the chocker he mailed to Dawn out of his pocket. He looked inside the locket to see if the pictures were ruined. Fortunately the pictures weren't damage at all. Paul closed the locket back up and placed it on Dawn's perfectly folded hands.

"I still remember the first day I met he." Paul thought

Flashback

It was an early morning at the Twinleaf Town Nursery, we find Paul hanging upside down on the jungle gym. He then spotted Dawn on the swing set with Kenny and Leona.

"Hey Dawn, why don't we ask P.J. if he wants to play with us?" Leona suggested as she hopped of the swing set.

"I don't think that's a good idea Leona." Kenny stated as he hopped of the swing set as well. Dawn, who basically heard nothing about the conversation, kept on swinging.

"Hey guys look how high I am!" Dawn yelled as she began to swing higher and higher. She then lost control of the swing and she flew of the swing set and started to fly toward the jungle gym.

"Oh no Dawn!" Kenny and Leona yelled as they tried to reach their friend before she would hit the ground. P.J. saw Dawn plummet towards the jungle gym. He then swung right side up and started running towards Dawn. He then caught Dawn in his arms as Dawn looked up to see P.J. dark eyes meet her cerulean blues.

"Are you okay?" P.J. questioned as he set Dawn carefully onto the ground as her feet touched the wood chips. Dawn then leapt into P.J.'s arm and gave him a big hug.

"You just saved me! Thanks P.J.!" Dawn yelled as she hugged him. P.J. began to blush as Dawn hugged him. When she let go Kenny and Leona were running towards them.

"Thank goodness you're okay Dawn." Kenny stated as he ran up to his friend.

"I'm fine. No need to worry!" Dawn replied with a big smile on her face.

"Whenever you say not to worry is when I worry the most." Leona complained. All of them began to laugh and Paul and the others became good friends.

Dawn began to toss and turn and then shot up and looked around to see where she was.

"Where am I? What happened?" Dawn started to question as she looked around to see where she was. "Oh great I'm stuck with you." Dawn scowled.

"Hey it's not so great being stuck with you Troublesome." Paul snapped back.

"What did you just call me?!" Dawn yelled. She then noticed that her chocker was missing. "Wait, where's my chocker?!" Dawn screamed loud enough to wake up a sleeping Snorlax.

"Relax, its right here Troublesome." Paul stated as he handed her the small black chocker. Dawn grabbed the chocker to see if anything had happened to the pictures inside.

"It's all right." Dawn stated. She then took of her scarf and put her chocker back on and her scarf. Paul then stood up and started to walk away. "Hey where are you going?" Dawn stated as she watched Paul walked away.

"Well I actually want to get out of this forest before nightfall." Paul answered as he continued to walk away from Dawn.

"Fine Mr. Rude. I guess I'll find my way out on my own." Dawn stated as she turned around facing the other way. She then started to walk away into the forest. Dawn walked for a long while until her stomach began to growl.

"Man I am so hungry." Dawn whined. She then noticed an apple tree a few feet in front of her. "Awesome find!" She yelled as she reached for an apple. A few minutes later she heard a loud roar that was coming close. She heard footsteps and then a large shadow came. "Ursaring!" Dawn screamed. She dropped the apple and started to run out of the forest. She finally got out of the forest and noticed Ash and Brock in the opening.

"Hey Dawn!" Ash yelled not yet seeing the Ursaring. Ursaring's head then came over the hill and was charging at everyone.

"Ursaring!" Ash and Brock yelled. Everyone started to run away from Ursaring.

"Out of the way!" Paul yelled as he stood in front of the group. Everyone split up but Dawn tripped and fell to the ground. The Ursaring was right above Dawn and was about to shoot a Hyper Beam.

"Chimchar use Flame Wheel!" Paul commanded. Chimchar crossed in front of Dawn so that Hyper Beam wouldn't hit her. Paul ran up and grabbed Dawn's wrist and pulled her away from Ursaring and Chimchar. "Now use Ember!" Chimchar spat out little fire balls at Ursaring.

"Alright Poké ball go get it!" Paul stated as he threw the Poké ball towards Ursaring. The Poké ball caught Ursaring and wiggled three times. Ursaring was successfully caught. Paul walked up to the Poké ball and scanned it.

"This one isn't too bad. I think I'll keep it." Paul stated. He began to walk away.

"Hey what about our battle?!" Dawn yelled.

"It would be a waste of time. I'm outta here." Paul said.

"Hold on! Before you go tell me something." Dawn stated. Paul stopped cold in his tracks.

"What?" Paul snapped.

"An old friend of mine lives in Veilstone City. Do you know a person named P.J.? Or at least someone who was called that in his past?" Dawn questioned.

"Crap. She wants to know about P.J. I guess I have no choice but to lie." Paul thought.

"No." Paul replied coldly. He walked away as our heroes continue their journey to Jubilife City and Dawn's first Pokémon contest.