Yeah I know it's been a while since I updated so let me apologize. I've been really busy but I'll try to update more faster for now on. Anyways I'm sorry to Poor Accountless Reviewer, I'll get to your what if later cause I'm really stuck but I will make a what if for you eventually. But this what if is from an anon so I hope you like it. And don't forget to request your own What If.

What if Paul was a nice guy

It was a bright and sunny day, the sun was out and it radiated over everyone. Starly were flying overhead and everything was going perfect. Ash, Brock, and Dawn were walking towards Oreburgh City in hopes of winning a badge from Roark, the gym leader of that town. After a few hours of walking the trio decided they were gonna take a break and have some lunch.

Brock started cooking his stew as Dawn and Ash went with each other to find some berries. Pikachu was on Ash's shoulder while Piplup was on Dawn's.

"Hey Dawn do you see any berries around here?" Ash asked.

Dawn looked around her and up at the trees but sadly she saw none, "Sorry Ash I don't see any."

Ash shrugged his shoulders, "Oh well...wait do you hear that."

Dawn stayed quiet as she tried to hear what Ash was talking about. She vaguely heard what seemed to be a battle occurring a few yards away. "Yeah it sounds like a battle's happening."

"Lets go check it out," Ash said while running towards the sound.

"Wait up!" Dawn yelled as she followed.

Ash ran to the source of the sound and after a few seconds of running, he reached a clearing in the woods and was surprised at what he saw. A kid around Ash's own age was battling a starly with a chimchar.

"Alright Chimchar, finish it with ember," the trainer ordered. Chimchar shot balls of fire at the starly. The attack hit the starly straight on and the starly cried out as it plummeted to the ground, already unconscious before it even hit the ground.

The trainer pulled out a poke ball from his pocket and threw it the unconscious starly. The pokeball hit the starly dead on and sucked it inside. After a few seconds of shaking the pokeball made a 'ding' noise and the pokemon was now the property of the trainer.

The trainer stood there for a few seconds until he turned and faced the area that Dawn and Ash were hiding in. "Is someone there?" the trainer asked.

Ash and Dawn walked out from the bushes and greeted the trainer. "Hi I'm Ash and this is my best friend Pikachu," he said as he pointed to the pikachu on his shoulder.

"And I'm Dawn and this my friend Piplup," she explained with a smile.

The trainer picked up his newly acquired pokemon and spoke, "My name is Paul, and this is my buddy Chimchar," he replied with a grin.

"So Paul, I'm guessing you're a trainer?" Ash asked.

"Yeah, it's my dream to be the best pokemon trainer in the world." Paul then looked at Chimchar, "But as long as I got this guy by my side I'll be happy."

A grin appeared on Ash's face, "So how about we have a friendly battle between Pikachu and Chimchar?"

Paul looked at his chimchar, "Are you up for another battle chimchar?" Chimchar agreed with a smile and a nod of the head. "Alright Ash, we accept."

Ash and Paul stood on opposite ends from each other as their battle began. "You ready Paul?'

"Yeah lets do this. Chimchar use Ember," Paul ordered. Chimchar shot balls of fire at Pikachu.

"Pikachu dodge and use quick attack," Ash commanded. Pikachu easily dodged the attack and hit Chimchar with it's quick attack.

"Chimchar are you okay," Paul asked as Chimchar stood up again with a nod. "Alright use Flame Wheel." Chimchar surrounded itself in fire as it ran towards Pikachu.

"Alight Pikachu hit it head on Volt Tackle," Ash yelled. Pikachu surrounded itself in electricity and hit Chimchar head on. Pikachu easily overpowered Chimchar and sent Chimchar flying back.

"Chimchar!" Paul screamed as Chimchar hit the ground. Paul ran to his pokemon to find it knocked out and bruises all over it.

Ash and Dawn ran to Paul's side, "I'm sorry Paul I didn't think that Pikachu's attack would hurt him so much."

"Yeah but Chimchar did do great though," Dawn added.

Paul let out a deep sigh, "It's okay Ash, but I really need to find a pokemon center," Paul explained. "I need to heal some of my pokemon."

Ash nodded his head in agreement until he had an idea, "Hey Paul we were on our way there anyways. So how about we travel together?"

Paul was shocked by Ash's offer, "You two want to travel with me?"

"Well and our other friend Brock as well. But how about it? It could be fun?" Dawn explained.

"What do you say?" Ash asked with his hand held out.

Paul stared at the hand for a second and then started to grin, "Alright Ash I will travel with you guys." Paul said as he shook Ash's hand.

Dawn blushed at the notion of Paul joining them, 'Hopefully he's not as dense as Ash, and that he'll understand the signals I'm giving when I wear my cheer leading outfit,' Dawn thought.

As the three started to walk back, they started talking about different things, "Hey Paul, wouldn't be weird if we battled each other in the Lily Conference?" Ash asked.

Paul laughed, "Come on Ash don't be dumb. I mean what are the chances that me and you actually compete against each other. There are thousands of trainers out there and there's only two of us."

Ash thought for a second but then spoke, "Yeah I guess you're right, besides we'd probably lose to some crazy strong guy with two legendaries."

A puzzled look appeared on Paul's face, "Come on that's not gonna happen, I mean the only time that's gonna ever happen is in a stupid kids cartoon."

Ash was suddenly relieved, "Yeah that makes sense, but I thought legendaries weren't allowed in major pokemon league competitions?"

Paul shrugged his shoulders, "Life's a crazy world Ash. Think about it, there's probably somebody out there right now writing about us in a stupid fanfiction."

Ash stopped walking, "What's fanfiction?"

Paul let out a deep breath, "I'll tell you when you're older."

Well there you go, the new chapter of What If. I was planning on having a scene where Ash and Paul were battling in the Lily Conference but that would have made this one shot twice as long as it is now. But I hope you liked the last scene it took only a couple minutes to write that part. This what if is not my favorite but I thought it was decent enough to post.

Anyways review, request your own What If, and I'll post them as soon as possible.