Note: I don't own Pokemon

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Key

Bold text = Pokemon moves / Pokedex entries

***** = Curse word (insert whatever) (though if it has a letter before the * then there's already a curse word in place)

"(text)." = Meowth translates Pokespeech

Italic text = Flashbacks / Emphasis

'Italic text' = Thoughts

"Italic text." = Telepathy

***** = Curse word (insert whatever) (though if it has a letter before the * then there's already a curse word in place)

"(text)." = Meowth translates Pokespeech

Paul landed in Unova and couldn't get the light feeling inside him as he walked off the pier.

He looked around the first of the Unova region, and honestly looked as any port anywhere else, but there seem to be something else he couldn't get what though.

He managed to find the lab of the region's professor though, kinda hard not to notice as it was one of the biggest buildings in the town.

"Boonie."

He nearly blew a gasket as he heard that one word spew out of some blond haired kid's mouth next to Ketchum.

He was a jerk sure, and if it wasn't for the raven teen, he'd never realize that(or at the very least not till Reggie grew some back bone and told him).

Because of the teen his Chimchar evolved to a better Pokemon then he ever could as a trainer. He even reconciled with the ape for a bit before leaving the Sinnoh league.

Yet he never stooped this low, not even going as far as 'pathetic' to the teen.

If there was one thing he didn't like, it was jerks who had the nerve to say such words like that.

"My f****** pleasure newbie." Yeah, he wasn't gonna let this slide.

"This will be a one-on-one battle between Paul of Veilstone City and Trip of Nuvema Town!" Professor Juniper says as she stands as referee.

Ash sat on the back steps of the lab, Meowth and Pikachu whispering to each other on his left.

"I don't get it, just why would Paul want to face a beginning trainer? He's got way loads more power and experience then Trip."

As he mutters on the confusion, he glances at Paul's side to see him bring out Electrivire, "Wow, and here I'd thought he go with Magmortor."

Sudden in a flash of white from one of the pokeball's on Ash's belt comes Crogunk to sit on his right.

"Woah Croagunk?! What you doing?" Ash exclaims.

Meowth translates as Ash only gets back croaks, "He says, "(Heard a battle going on, thought I'd see it)."

Ash sighs, "Well it's just some newbie here in Unova named Trip battling Paul."

Pikachu nods, "(Yeah, he called Ash a 'boonie' and now Paul is battling Trip to pay for that.)"

Ash turns a bit red and turns to the mouse before puffing his cheeks and turns back to the battle, "He isn't! He's probably had a long flight or whatever, and decided to have a battle to wake himself up."

Meowth rolls his eyes, "Please," Electrivire sends small shockwaves on the battlefield, "He's playing with the blondie, I mean look, the two aren't even breaking a sweat with those tiny volts." He chuckles, "But look on the purple twerp's face, he's keeping the urge to destroy the blondie so he doesn't hurt the starter."

"(Yeah it seems so, the fire in the boy's eyes show no mercy, yet his actions only due to the snake being a youngling.)"

"Okay big deal...that doesn't mean he can't be holding back just because of Snivy and nothing more."

Meowth groans, "Ugh, here I'd thought you'd stop being so oblivious!"

Pikachu chuckles, "(That is, or he's just trying to deny said feelings because he doesn't think Paul feels the same even though he so does.)"

Ash now groaned as well as the three Pokemon beside him laugh as his face grows more red.

Meanwhile the battle finishes up, in a surprise blast of electricity, with clearly Paul winning the thing.

After both trainers return their Pokemon, they alongside Ash and Professor Juniper (Croagunk already returned in his pokeball, Pikachu and Meowth back on Ash's shoulders) headed up to the entrance of the lab once more.

Ash was confused though, forgetting the talk he had with his Pokemon, as Paul seemed now a bit more cold-hearted then he saw before with Trip...was something said in the battle he didn't hear?

"Good luck gentlemen, and be sure to fill up the pokedex and have a safe journey!"

Ash waves to the professor goodbye, while Paul bows, and Trip leaves with a flick of his hand in goodbye.

"So Paul, ready to face Unova?"

Paul doesn't speak for a bit, but soon his cold look turns neutral, before him smirking at the raven teen.

"If that's all Unova's got, then we got this league in the bag."

Ash and his Pokemon shoulder duo laugh, even getting a chuckle from Paul(though Ash assumed he was hearing things).

Though as they headed down the route towards the first gym of the region, Ash didn't notice the concealed Pokemon following invisibility from behind.