It was hard for me to believe that in my hand was a real Pokeball. Not the kind that was sold in stores as toys or collectibles but a real one, the kinds that were used to capture Pokemon in the games and show.

Paul seemed to have quite a few on him, most likely for when he wanted to capture multiple Pokemon and scan them for their moves before deeming if they were strong enough to add to his team. Surprisingly the only Pokemon Paul seemed to have on him at the moment was Elekid and Chimchar. His other Pokemon were probably with his brother, which meant that Paul wanted to focus training on the ones he had just recently caught.

Resting against a tree in a forest, I took out Paul's Pokedex and used it to scan what moves Chimchar and Elekid already had on them.

Elekid was definitely on a different level from Ash's Pikachu, I noted, learning that Elekid's moveset was Thunder, Protect, Brick Break, and Thunder Punch, with Static as his ability. Hopefully there wasn't a four move only limit like in the games because that would suck.

Setting Elekid's Pokeball aside, I checked Chimchar's next. Chimchar's moveset was Ember, Flame Wheel, Scratch, and Dig, with Blaze as his ability. Don't worry Chimchar, you're with me now, not Paul, well the real one anyways. With me training Chimchar instead of Paul, I was certain that I would be able to do what Paul could not and master Blaze along with fully evolving Chimchar into Infernape.

Chimchar would definitely become one of my strongest Pokemon alongside Paul's Torterra. I enjoyed using Chimchar in the games as it was my favorite Sinnoh Starter Pokemon. Leveling up and training was most likely going to be different than from what I was used to in the games. I doubted that experience points existed in this world compared to the games.

If only it were that easy to train powerful Pokemon for the upcoming Sinnoh League.

Unlike in the games, I was going to have to defeat other trainers and win the Sinnoh League in order to challenge the Elite Four and Cynthia. The only challenge in the Sinnoh League would be Tobias and his full team of legendary Pokemon. The only Pokemon on his team that I knew he had was Darkrai and Latios while the other members of his team were a complete mystery.

That was going to be a very interesting battle indeed.

Still, the Sinnoh League was a long way off and unlike Ash, I wouldn't have to deal with any distractions while training my Pokemon and winning Gym Badges. I was going to need to become even stronger than what Paul's level was at when he competed in the Sinnoh League.

That meant catching even more powerful Pokemon than the ones Paul caught during the show like that shiny Metagross…

I want that Metagross.

It never made any sense why Paul didn't catch that Metagross when Ash and his friends learned about how strong the Metagross was.

Anyways, time to figure out where I am. Hopefully we weren't too far off from when Ash arrived in the Sinnoh region. I was going to use Ash as my stepping-stone to test out my Pokemon on and to crush his dreams of becoming a Pokemon Master.

Searching through Paul's bag, I sighed in relief when I found another device that wasn't a Pokedex. It looked like a wristwatch with a logo on it. Hopefully it could tell me what my current location was.

Sadly Paul's Pokedex did not have the map function like it did in the games. The device when it turned on showed the entire region of Sinnoh on the screen and displayed my location on the map. Messing around with the device, I finally figured out how to zoom in and learned that I was currently on Route 202, near Sandgem Town.

That meant that we were definitely close to the start of the show and my first rival battle with Ash. Unlike Paul who had experience with Pokemon battles in this world, the only experience I had were in the games and they were completely different than from the show. Hopefully the Pokemon that were on hand would be enough to crush Ash's current team.

And unlike Paul, I wasn't much of a competitive player in the games, more like a casual player, focusing only on completing the game.

Why were we even near Sandgem Town in the first place?

If I remembered correctly, Paul was there searching for a strong Starly to add to his team. I never understood why he released it when it was a lot stronger than his Murkrow. If I caught the same Starly that Paul did, I was definitely going to keep it and train it. Staraptor was another Pokemon that I used on my team on my Platinum game.

What other Pokemon were here that was worth adding to my team?

Brock's Croagunk, I suddenly remembered. His Croagunk would certainly be handy on my team for the first Gym compared to whatever Pokemon Paul used alongside Elekid and Chimchar.

I want that Croagunk.

It was decided, Croagunk would be my first capture in this world before Starly. Sorry Brock, but you're going to have to find someone else to pull your ears when falling for women.

Time to create some ripples in the storyline.

Standing up, I placed Paul's device in the jacket and slung his bag over my shoulder, slipping my arm through the strap.

Bonding with Chimchar would have to wait. Right now I wanted to catch Croagunk and add it to my team. Knowing how powerful it was, like Ash's Pokemon, Croagunk would go to waste if Brock caught it.

Croagunk definitely fit Paul's character of catching powerful Pokemon.

The only problem was finding it.

Might as well start near the stores to see if it was lurking anywhere there.

Time to catch myself my first Pokemon in this world.

Man I'm beat.

Turns out that looking for a wild Pokemon was a lot harder than I thought it would be. Unlike in the games where you just had to run around in circles in the patches of grass, a Pokemon only appeared out in the wild if it wanted to be found. Well this was an unfortunate setback.

If only Paul had a flying-type Pokemon on him than it would make things a lot easier to search for Croagunk.

However I didn't feel like contacting Paul's brother at the moment, as I was worried that he would notice that I was not Paul. Even though that was the truth. It was starting to look like I would have to go with a Starly first to search for Croagunk.

Why couldn't searching for a Pokemon have been like in the games? Then again it was probably to prevent trainers from having too many Pokemon at their disposal or something like that.

It made me more and more impressed with Paul and his ability to catch and raise strong Pokemon he found in the wild. No doubt many other trainers caught Pokemon that were at a beginner's level unlike the ones Paul was able to catch.

Makes me wish that the Pokedex showed locations of where you could find a specific wild Pokemon. Compared to the games, the game Pokedex was more advanced than the ones on the show.

Only Paul's Pokedex seemed to be more advanced though that may just be because of Ash's incompetence as a trainer, who didn't know how to use all of the functions of a Pokedex he was given.

Not to mention that the writers of the show always reset Ash's experience and Pikachu's level to zero whenever they started a new adventure. Thank whatever being that put me here that I was not thrown into this world as Ash.

Though I also wasn't a huge fan of Paul, he was still a more competent trainer than Ash was. Even if his training methods and recruitment process was a bit harsh. He was just like the gamers who played the games though, always catching and training the strongest Pokemon they could find or breed to compete with against other players.

Ugh and now I'm hungry.

As I thought about eating, I couldn't help but wonder if Elekid and Chimchar needed to eat. Knowing Paul, most likely that they did.

Taking out their Pokeballs from my belt, I pressed the center button, enlarging them. Wonder how these two will react when being let out for something that is not training.

"Chimchar, Elekid, come on out!"

Tossing them into the air, a flash of white light erupted from them, materializing the two Pokemon right in front of my eyes. The first one to materialize was Elekid.

Like most baby Pokemon, Elekid was small, with a yellow rounded body, with black stripes. His arms were bulkier in comparison to his body, with three claws on each hand and two stripes on its arms, wrapped all the way around them. On his head were two horns protruding upwards like the prongs of a plug, with holes on their sides. On its chest was a lightning bolt shape marked in black, with two rows of black markings on each side. His legs were all black with its feet being round and toeless.

Elekid as I recalled from the anime would become one of Paul's main battling partners, using it throughout his journey and fully evolving it into an Electivire for the Sinnoh League. I aimed to do the same, only this time I would also have Infernape by my side as one of my main battling partners.

Next up was Chimchar, who appeared beside Elekid, looking around, wondering what they were called out for. Chimchar was about the same height as Elekid and resembled that of a chimpanzee. His fur was a shade of orange while his face, outer ears, underbelly, hands, and feet were a light yellow. His ears were larger in comparison to his head and were red inside. He also had red markings surroundings its eyes, a swirl-like symbol on its chest, and a swirly crest of hair on its head.

It was almost hard to believe that this little guy would become the badass Infernape that had a very powerful Blaze ability. Like Ash, Paul was also a lucky S.O.B for owning two Sinnoh Starters on his team and was a fool to release Chimchar. He no doubt regretted that decision in the end when he was defeated by Infernape in the Sinnoh League.

That was not going to happen this time. No matter what needed to be done, I was going to do whatever it took to make Chimchar's power mine and use its Blaze ability for myself, not for Ash. Even if that meant doing things that Paul wouldn't usually do.

"Elekid/Chimchar?" Both Pokemon looked at me, wondering what their task was for today.

Well this was awkward.

It was already strange enough for me to be seeing both Pokemon in the flesh rather than as pixels on a screen. To think that I would soon be seeing a whole bunch of other Pokemon in the flesh and dealing with them all on a daily basis, not to mention Paul's other Pokemon that were with his brother.

I was definitely not looking forward to that.

"Time to eat."

There was a store nearby that looked like to be a supermarket and hopefully they wouldn't be too expensive to buy stuff.

Motioning them to follow, I headed over to the building when I stopped, shocked to see the Pokemon that I had spent the entire morning looking for, resting outside the building.

Are you kidding me!?

This guy was going to regret wasting my time when I could already have a Starly or some other new Pokemon on my team by now.

"Elekid use Thunder on that Croagunk!"

Pointing at the small frog-like creature, Elekid cried out before aiming at his target. Spinning his arms he began to generate electricity around the prongs on his head before firing it at Croagunk.

"Croa?" Turning in surprise, Croagunk leaped out of the way, barely dodging the attack while the sidewalk took the brunt of the attack.

"Chimchar use Dig!"

"Chimchar!" Letting loose its claws, Chimchar struck the ground with them, burrowing its way into the earth.

I was catching this Croagunk no matter what! Two against one was an unfair battle, but this was a wild Pokemon and I wanted to catch a Pokemon before the day was over. Even if this Croagunk was the one that Brock caught in the show.

"Elekid use Brick Break!"

"Ele-kid!"

Lunging forward, sparks began to form around its arm as it charged forward. To my surprise, Croagunk countered it with its own Brick Break, the arm glowing as both attacks collided, covering both Pokemon in smoke from the explosion of their attacks.

Now would be a good time for Chimchar to attack.

"Croa!" Launched into the air and clearing the smoke was Croagunk, sent flying from Chimchar's punch, who had emerged from underneath it.

"Good work, Chimchar! Elekid finish it off with Thunder!"

"Chimchar?" Chimchar looked at me in surprise while Elekid began to spin its arms, generating electricity and firing it at Croagunk.

"Croa!" Croagunk cried out in pain while it was electrocuted from Elekid's attack before crashing into the ground.

Now was my chance!

Taking out a Pokeball from my belt, I enlarged it and tossed it, hoping that I didn't miss the target. Luckily the Pokeball hit its mark and sucked Croagunk inside, falling to the ground and swirling to each side as I waited for the outcome of the capture.

If this were anything like the games, it would only take three shakes before a successful capture, but sometimes it was different in the show.

Both Chimchar and Elekid surrounded the Pokeball, waiting to attack incase Croagunk escaped from its capture.

Finally after what felt like an eternity the Pokeball stopped moving and dinged, signifying a successful capture. Chimchar and Elekid relaxed while I walked over to the Pokeball and picked it up.

You're finally mine, Croagunk. Alongside Chimchar and Elekid, Croagunk would be useful in their first Gym Battle.

Taking out my Pokedex, I messed around with it before finding the function that let it scan the Pokeball for what moves Croagunk had on it.

Croagunk's moveset was Poison Jab, Poison Sting, and Brick Break, while its Ability was Anticipation, and its gender was male. Not bad for my first capture in this world. This Croagunk would be a great addition to my team.

"Looks like we've got ourselves a new member." I shrunk Croagunk's Pokeball and clipped it onto my belt then stuffed the Pokedex back into my jacket.

"Not bad you two and nice timing with that Dig, Chimchar."

"Char?" Chimchar looked up at me, surprised by my praise while Elekid had a confused look on his face.

It was then that I remembered I was Paul, having forgotten all about it during the heat of the battle. Paul never gave any praises to his Pokemon and used them only as tools for battle. He also never took the time to bond with any of his Pokemon.

There goes my first screw up for the day and it was only the first day since I had arrived in this world in Paul's body. Doing this whole cold and ruthless act was not working for me. Now what am I going to do?

Reaching down I patted Chimchar on the head. "Chimchar?"

"Come on, let's go get something to eat. You two have earned it."

"Ele-kid!"

Looking over at Elekid, I could tell that he was trying to figure out what was up with mine or Paul's sudden change in character. No doubt Elekid had been with Paul longer and knew him better than Chimchar did.

"I'm still me, Elekid. I will become the strongest, no matter what it takes."

It was the only response I could come up with at the moment and hopefully Elekid would accept that. Paul had his way of doing things and I had mine, but we both had the same goal and that was to become the strongest.

Taking out Elekid's Pokeball, I pointed it at him. "Return, I will let you out when it is time to eat."

A beam of red light shot out from the Pokeball towards Elekid, engulfing it in the red light before sucking it inside. I shrunk it and then clipped it back onto my belt.

"You too, Chimchar."

"Chimchar." Chimchar returned back inside his Pokeball and I sighed in relief when I was alone, clipping Chimchar's Pokeball to my belt.

Sooner or later I was going to have to deal with the matter and there was no point in waiting out. I was stuck here as Paul and even though I could accept his method of releasing Pokemon that were weak, there was no way that I would be able to treat them the way that Paul did.

They were real creatures in this world, not like in mine where they were just pixels on a screen. I needed to come up with an excuse to tell Reggie and Paul's Pokemon why some of Paul's methods had changed. Sure I was going to still catch and keep whatever strong Pokemon came my way, but that was where my similarities with Paul ended.

Reggie would probably be the first person to notice that something was up since he knew his brother better than anyone else in this world. Looks like I would be calling him a lot sooner than I had planned on.

Yeah, I know that I'm overreacting, but it was impossible for me to keep up this act forever. It was better for me in the long run if I dealt with this matter early on than wait until it was too late.

The only problem I had was what I should say.

But first, I need to get something to eat.

Here we are with chapter two, and I'm honestly surprised with the response I got for the first chapter. A lot more than what I thought it was going to be. I was hoping to make this chapter longer but decided to end the chapter after SI-Paul caught Croagunk.

I hope this chapter wasn't too disappointing as like I said before, this is only being written for fun and also my first time writing a story in first person.

SI-Paul's Pokemon Team:

Elekid (M) Ability: Static. Moves: Thunder, Protect, Brick Break, Thunder Punch

Chimchar (M) Ability: Blaze. Moves: Ember, Flame Wheel, Scratch, Dig

Croagunk (M) Ability: Anticipation. Moves: Poison Jab, Poison Sting, Brick Break