Me: I didn't think the last chapter was THAT bad! But readers didn't seem to like it. Sorry about that guys. (drops head in shame)
Paul: it figures why they would be reading this at all it's so bad!
Dawn: PAUL! Shut up! You're so nasty!
Brendan: The readers don't like me! (Mocks shame)
Dawn: Ha! They like Ikarishipping more than…whatever the shipping for May and Brendan is. Oh yea Hoenshipping.
Me: DUH! Its and Ikarishipping fanfic! I only added Pearlshipping to get a story line started.
Ash: Hm thanks a lot. (Sweatdropps)
Me: you're perfectly welcome Ash. Hope this chapter makes it up to all my readers (it is nice and long) and please send in reviews or I will stop writing, it's hard to write when Paul here is bugging you to stop and very few people to go.
Ash sat on the rock with his arms crossed. Brendan is May's new boyfriend?! How can that happen! I thought Drew…well he is a sissy. I don't blame May actually. And Dawn said Brendan is my biggest fan! I didn't know I had any fans! Maybe I have fan girls too! Hehehehe! Oh wait I still like Dawn.Why can't I control my feelings? This sucks!
As Ash sat there thinking all this Dawn helped Brock finish cooking and thought to herself Hm, Ash is going to all cocky now knowing he has fans. It's all going to go to his head. Whatever it's his problem. I do feel a little guilty though… Dawn went and sat next to Ash after handing Brock the pot back.
"a- oh right you can't talk." She teased him. Glaring, Ash stuck his tongue out.
"Ha! I don't seem to remember your name!" she teased again. He glared again.
"Was it Andrew, Allen, Alex, Alec, Ashes-" Ash opened his mouth but Dawn cut him off.
"UH-UH-UH! I said Ashes not Ash." She covered her mouth.
"HA!" he said out loud.
"Oops!" Dawn laughed. "Well now I can talk to you so shhh until I finish."
"Fine." Ash said shifting positions so he sat cross-legged on the rock facing Dawn who was leaning on the rock.
"Ash…do you really like me or where you just saying that because of Paul. Because I heard you talking to Brock and you said you didn't want me hurt, so I figured you were just making it up that you liked me to get me away from him. Then when Brendan came along you seemed to be more…apprehensive. We are just friends anyways. Like I said May is his girlfriend but I have no idea why she likes him."
"No Dawn, I…did at first lie but now I do like you, even if you like Paul…I just have to accept it I guess…"
"But you do know that someone does like you right?" said Dawn looking at him sideways.
"What? Who?" he said falling off the rock. (Anime style!)
"Wow! You really are dense!" Dawn laughed as he got up and stood next to her.
"hehe?" he said blushing. "But who is it?"
"It's…" but she was cut off by a loud Bang as Brendan crashed through the trees behind them.
"Brendan?" asked Ash.
"A-A-Ash! Ash Ketchum! H-H-H-Hi! I was just uh…going to…uhg...bye Dawn see you next time I bump into you!" he said and retreated through the trees and out of sight.
"Ok?...BYE BRENDAN!" she called out waving.
"Anyways…who is it Dawn?" Ash asked her.
"Oh right sorry Ash it's…" she hesitated not sure of weather her friend would mind. Probably not.
"DAWN!" Ash whined.
"What did I say about whining Ash Ketchum!" she said annoyed. He looked guilty. "It's Melody! DUH! Brock told me that she kissed you, and what about Latias! Her too! Zip the lip and think about a different girl/pokemon for now!" Dawn finished regaining her pissed attitude. Ash zipped it up at once thinking about Latias.
Flashback
As Misty, Brock and Ash sat in the boat leaving the city, Pikachu spotted someone running to catch up to them. As he asked the driver to pull over Ash stepped out and the girl came running over.
"Hey," he said greeting her. She wiggled a paper and Ash responded "Hmmm?" She handed it to him and he accepted it. The without warning the girl leaned in and kissed him gently on the lips. This left Brock amused and Misty jealous. When they broke apart the girl nodded and ran away back into the city. Ash called out "Hey…uh!" but she didn't hear him. "Bye." He whispered.
End of Flashback
Ash got up and started digging through his bag. He pulled out the paper Latias had given him that day. He opened it up and smiled sadly. The picture was of him with Pikachu on his shoulder smiling. Ash let a single tear fall and quickly wiped it away rolling up the picture again. He made a mental note to have it framed and then he gently placed it back in his bag. Dawn noticed this and walked over. She gently placed a hand on his shoulder.
"See…you're fine, just dense. You don't need to like me." Then she pulled Ash to his feet and wrapped him in a hug. Ash began to tear up again and hugged her back pulling his cap down to block his eyes. When Dawn pulled back she smiled at him. Ash looked at Dawn. Her cheery and go-lucky attitude was contagious and he began to perk up a little.
"You're right Dawn. I'm sorry. Friends?" he said.
"That's a stupid question!" she said smiling and giving him a high five.
(Later) As the sun began to go down and everyone was finishing the meal Brock had made (including Paul who was silent) Dawn sighed. Her attention had been split between watching Ash in concern and Paul in adoration. She had noticed Ash was dreaming ….probably about Latias or Bianca and Paul gets cuter everyday! She sighed again. Then excusing herself she wandered and lay in a clearing near campsite. As she sat with her arms around her legs watching the stars twinkle, she thought about her stressful day. She had escaped a fire, fixed (as much as possible) Ash's density problem, survived a whole visit from Brendan, and suppressed Ash's crush on her until it eventually disappeared, all the while crushing on Paul.
"A day in the life of me, Dawn Summers." She said out loud.
"I know, you must have a pretty exciting life. Is it always like this?" Paul asked coming out from the trees Dawn had left earlier. He sat next to her and stretched out his legs putting his hands out behind him for support and looked up. Dawn glanced at him and smiled.
"Hello? Anyone home?" he asked looking at her and waved a hand in front of her face.
"What? Oh sorry but no not really my life is usually just boring." she said snapping out of her daydream. "It usually consists of Ash, contests, Brock, contests, Piplup, contests, Ambipom, contests, Buneary, contests-"
"Ok! I get it." Paul said and smiled slightly.
"Oops! Sorry. I must have rambled." She apologized blushing lightly. Paul looked at her and his smile widened a little. To Dawn it still looked like a frown and she commented on this.
"That's all you can do to smile?" she teased. "You have to open your mouth wider." She said pulling up the corners of his mouth with her finger tips gently. He pushed her hands away and she lunged at him. They fell onto the grass and he said
"I'm smiling! I'm smiling!" and the both erupt into laughter. Dawn gazed down into his eyes, not even noticing the awkward position they were in, and he gazed into hers. Paul murmured something Dawn didn't catch so he mumbled it a little louder breaking eye contact.
"Get off troublesome…" he said gently pushing her off and she slide into the grass beside him with her knee still touching his thigh. Blushing she pulled away quickly. She smiled his tiny smile at this and pulled her back over to him. He gently slid her onto his lap and they gazed up at the stars. The song "Amazing" slid into Dawn's mind and without realizing it she began to sing it quietly.
"The morning cold and raining dark before the dawn would come,
How long in twig light waiting longing for the rising sun,
Oooh oooh,
Oooh oohh," Paul sat in awe at her voice and listened.
"You came like crashing thunder breaking through these walls of stone,
You came with wide eyed wonder into all this great unknown!
Oooh oooh,
Oooh oohh." She continued
"Hush now don't you be afraid,
I promise you, I always stay,
I'll never be that far away I'm right here with you." Paul sang in his deep voice.
They both sang the refrain:
"You're so AMAZING! You shine like the stars,
You're so amazing! The beauty you are,
You came blazing right into my heart,
you're so amazing you are, you are!"
Dawn continued,
"You
came from heaven
shining Breath of God still flows from you,
The beating heart inside me
Crumbled at this one so new
ohoh
ohoh
"
"No
matter where how far you wander
For a thousand years or longer
I
will always be there for you
Right here with you"
Paul sang and then they continued their duet.
"You're so amazing you shine like the stars
You're so amazing
the beauty you are
You came blazing right into my heart
You're so amazing
you are..."
"I
hope your tears are few and fast
I hope your dreams come true and
last
I hope you find love that goes on and on and on and on and on
I hope you wish on every star
I hope you never fall too far
I
hope this world can see how wonderful you are" Sang
Dawn in a whisper and then they finished the duet.
"You're
so amazing you shine like the stars You're so amazing the beauty you
are
You came blazing right into my heart You're so amazing...
You're so amazing
you shine like the stars
You're so
amazing the beauty you are
You came blazing right into my heart
You're so amazing you are...
You are ohhhhhh…"
They finished and Dawn turned to Paul. He whispered to her
"You are a wonderful singer Troublesome…" and then he leaned forward and kissed her.
Dawn felt like she was floating but slowly broke the kiss. He looked at her quizzically causing Dawn to erupt into giggles. He tried to say something but she put her finer to his lips and shushed him. Then she leaned in and kissed him again. Then Paul said
"Do you remember my brother Reiji?"
"Yes…why?" she answered curiously.
"Well I live in Veilstone and your group is heading there right?"
"Yes…"
"Well I was wondering if you would come over to my…er…house, if you don't mind Reiji. It would only be for an afternoon and we could maybe do something together." He asked blushing. Obviously asking a girl on a date was not an easy everyday thing for Paul Shinji!
"I would love to now let's head back to the campsite. Ash and Brock will get worried and think we have-" she cut herself off realizing what she had implied and then blushing the most scarlet color imaginable she turned and tried to stand up, anything to get herself off Paul's lap and off the topic. Instead she just tripped and landed in and even more uncomfortable position on top of him. Her weight had pushed him into a laying position and she blushed even harder (if possible at this point) and stood up quickly beginning to walk. Paul brushed off the whole thing and stood up. He ran after her.
"So it's a yes?" he asked her.
"It's a yes." She replied still slightly pink but relived he had let it all just slide. He slipped his fingers into her hand and they walked back to the campsite together.
Me: There you go! I can't wait to type about the afternoon they spend together, and don't worry Reiji doesn't have a big part. I added a little bit of Altoshipping because it's AWSOME! And I added this song because it slipped in to my head so why not Dawns?
Dawn: I like it anyways. By the way Paul, you have a nice voice.
Paul: (barley blushing) no I don't.
Dawn: yes you do. (scoots closer to him)
Paul: hm… (also moves closer)
Me: Nnnnnnnn! I will not have you two making out I my room! Go into the bathroom if you want to! Only I can do that here! OUT! (shoves both Dawn and Paul into bathroom and locks door.) Heheheh! Evil me! Find out what happens to them next time in the intro. Bye for now!