Hello there readers I'm back and first I would like to thank Behind Sapphire Eyes and Xweetok331 for reviewing my story you don't know how much that meant to me. So thank you so much guys. Secondly I'm sorry about how long it took me to update but if a month is reasonable time to make a chapter then there was no need for me to apologise. To answer Behind Sapphire Eyes's question yes there will be romance been Ash and Dawn but don't expect them to be making out in the next chapter or two. It will happen slowly over time. Now just to clear a few things up a pokégear in this story is basically a mobile phone. Pikachu may stay the way he is but can change depending if people like him or not. Now without further ado here is the next chapter of Pokémon DP hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon

Ash's POV

"For the fifth time Dawn you have weaken the pokémon then throw the pokéball."

"I know what I'm doing Mr Ash Ketchum. Just because I'm a new trainer doesn't mean you get permission to lecture me all the time." I was trying constantly to tell Dawn that she should listen to an experienced trainer like me than go around doing her stupid mindless thing which she calls catching a pokémon. As our argument went on the buneary Dawn was hoping to catch slipped away unnoticed. This sparked an even more stupid theory by Dawn saying that I was responsible for the buneary escaping. Brock and Pikachu sighed and sat down. This was going to take a while.

It was nice and early summer's morning the dew was still dripping off the green leaves and grass making the magnificent valley sparkle like an emerald. I had decided to go and teach Dawn how to catch a pokémon. After Brock's amazing breakfast (as usual) we set off to find some pokémon. But the more important reason that I had set off and done this in the first place was to find out what was wrong with me when I was near her. The sweaty palms, the blood pressure rising did she have some sought of temporary flu that only was in effect when you were around her. But now I can see my body must be tensing up for another intense argument. It was the day after we had decided to travel together in Sandgem Town pokémon centre. I had just signed up for the Sinnoh league and Dawn had signed up for the Grand Festival as well. We were now on our way to Jubilife City for Dawn's first pokémon contest.

"Pika Pika chu chu Pikachu. (This is the second time Ash has had a chance at getting a girlfriend and he's blown it on the first day.) I took a huge sigh of relief when I realised Dawn didn't understand anything that Pikachu just said, but what Pikachu is saying is true. Back when Misty, Brock and I travelled together, near the end of our travels in the Johto region. Brock started trying to get me a girlfriend. I said I wasn't interested (which is still true). He didn't bother with Misty but when we started to travel with May he was trying constantly to "hook me up," Which was his term for getting me a girlfriend. I resisted and decided to play dumb when Brock asked me any of "those" kinds of questions. But he knew that I knew what he was talking about. We had just started to understand bits of what pikachu was saying so when he made a comment it went unnoticed but by the end of our trip in the Hoenn region we could basically understand what he was saying and boy when he finally realised we could understand him he constantly taunt me about the girlfriend stuff. Now Brock and Pikachu love to tease me about how I'm not interested and how I haven't had a girlfriend yet.

"I know what mean, he didn't even try." Sighed Brock

"Pika Pikachu. (well at least she has lots of things in common with Ash.)"

"Like what."

"Pi pi pi pikachu. (Well she's really stubborn, she can't catch a pokémon for shit, Ash couldn't either in his first few days of being a Pokémon trainer. The list goes on.)" It went on and on I was taking insults from Dawn and cheeky comments from Brock and Pikachu. I was going to blow when we all saw a creature jump out of the bushes.

"Buneary" it looked like the same one from before. Dawn's eyes lit up, this was her chance. I stepped in front of her while calling Pikachu over. He walked over ready for a fight. Before she could argue I said.

"This is how you catch a pokémon." She step back and began to watch without complaint. Maybe she did have some respect for me.

"Alright Pikachu let's start this off with a quick attack." Pikachu ran as fast as it could towards the pokémon but the buneary didn't want to battle it looked shocked that the yellow mouse even began to attack. Pikachu stopped right in front of buneary.

"Pika chu chu? (eeerr what's wrong?)" The buneary blushed at the question then used its fur to cover up its face did a little dance and lent on pikachu. I couldn't believe my eyes this buneary had fallen for pikachu.

"Awwww Buneary really likes pikachu." Dawn clapped her hands together and stared at the buneary with romance lover's eyes. The buneary blushed even more from Dawn's comment.

"Buneary doesn't just like pikachu she loves pikachu." Brock's emotional comment stirred Dawn even more, she obviously loved romance. It was my turn, pikachu was going to get it.

"So pikachu it looks like we've finally found you a girlfriend." Brock and I cracked laughing on the floor while Dawn stood there looking confused. Pikachu was relieved that Dawn didn't get the inside joke.

"Pi, pika, pika pi. (You know buneary; see that trainer over there with the long blue hair. Well you see she would really like to have you travel with us if you let her catch you.)" Ash knew exactly what pikachu was thinking he had known him long enough. Pikachu knew that pokémon had their pride. They tested trainers to see if they were worthy enough to be captured by them and obviously if the trainer defeated the pokémon and caught them then they had pasted their test. So Buneary was obviously going to challenge Dawn to a battle. Knowing Dawn she was going to get her ass kicked by the buneary and pikachu would never have to deal with her again. I must admit it was a cunning plan but I had my doubts. To Pikachu's surprise the buneary just went up to Dawn and bounced straight into one of her empty pokéballs. There was a sudden pause no one could believe what just happened.

Yes! I caught a pokémon." She leaped up into the air and danced all around us singing.

"I caught a pokémon, I caught a pokémon." Pikachu was still shocked about what just happened. We decided to pack up and start travelling again to the next city.

Dawn's POV

Ash is really really sweet I feel so bad for getting angry at him and even though it was all my fault that I couldn't catch a buneary he's been helping me out heaps to make up for it. I'm still really happy about the odd occasion where buneary just jumped into the pokéball but I still caught it which is pretty cool. I think I should go cheer up Ash because he still hasn't caught a pokémon in Sinnoh and thank him for what he's done as well.

"Hey Ash I just like to say thanks for what you've done. For, you know the help you gave me."

"Oh, no problem Dawn anytime."

"Sooo have you decided what pokémon you wanna catch in the Sinnoh region?.

This sparked a conversation that could have gone for an eternity. It seemed like we were the best of friends as soon as we met but the arguments stopped us from seeing that. We came across a tattered suspension bridge that had twenty years of mould growing all over it. Ash being the daredevil he is decided to test the suspension bridge. He took little steps at first until he got more confident about how much stress the bridge could take. He was just about to call us over to him when suddenly out of nowhere a staravia swooped on Ash. It was warning him to get out.

"Let's go Pikachu we need to take this thing down to get across."

"Pika Pika!" The staravia started to dive again.

"Go pikachu thunderbolt" A streak of electricity charged straight for the starling pokémon. It hit its mark bring the staravia down.

"Finish it with volt tackle." The electric mouse charged straight at the limp bird. When the attack hit the pokémon was out stone cold. Ash quickly threw a pokéball and the problem was over.

"Whew that was a close one." He chuckled thinking the danger was over.

"Look out behind you." The group of starly the staravia was trying to protect came rushing out to attack for what he had done to their leader.

"Get off the bridge" Brock and I shouted. The starly had started to gnaw away the rope holding up the bridge.

"Quickly, quickly come on." Brock and I chanted. He sprinted to us out of fear for his life. To late the starly had pecked threw the rope the bridge had began to fall.

"Jump Ash!" Ash threw pikachu to us who landed safely next to me. He then jumped reaching for the end of the cliff, just to miss it by a millimetre. I instinctively grabbed his hand to save him from plunging to his death. As soon as I grabbed his hand the full weight of him surprised me. I lost balance and fell with Ash down to our defeat. As we fell I could hear Brock screaming our names and pikachu saying its name in panic. Ash was the first react he grabbed me tight.

"Go staravia, Help us out." He shouted as he threw the red and white ball into the air. The black and white bird materialised right before our eyes. Staravia quickly realised the situation, grabbed onto Ash's hand and flapped its wings as fast as it could. We were still falling but because of staravia we started to slow down. We still landed quite hard but not enough injure us.

"Ow!" we both said as we hit the ground. The staravia landed next us and collapsed in exhaustion and panted desperately trying to get some air into its body.

"Thanks staravia have a good rest." He returned the pokémon to its pokéball. I looked over to Ash his hand was pouring out litres of blood by the second.

"What happened?"

"Staravia has claws on its feet. It didn't mean to hurt me but it had to dig its claws into me in order to grab my hand." I took my first aid kit out of my bag and started to tend to his wound.

"Thanks for trying to save me Dawn. It may not seem like much to you but it really brought me to my senses. If you hadn't grabbed me I wouldn't have thought of bring out Staravia."

"No problem Ash." He was just trying to comfort me. He was basically saying it's the thought that counts. I finished treating his wound and looked up towards the sky. I couldn't see anything above us. The world looked completely different from down here. The crevice was slimy and damp. It was obvious that a river once flowed through here but most of it had dried up. There were still puddles near our feet that reflect the darkness above our heads.

"Brock!" I shouted almost scaring Ash. No answer next I checked my pokégear to see if I call Brock to see where he'd gone. Knowing how far we fell I wasn't surprised when I saw the empty reception bar. We were in unknown territory, miles from help and I still wasn't scared of the looming dangers that were in front of us. The reason was I had him as he hugged me saying it was going to be alright, he made all my fears go away.

Well did you enjoy it let me know by reviewing the story. Since it's the Christmas holidays I'll be going away for a while so don't expect an update till near the end of January early February. If you have any ideas or comments about this story don't be afraid to let me know in the reviews. Now finally before I sign off I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Bye.