Yea that summary sucked, sorry. Anyway hi people! First fic and hopefully planning to go far with it if you like, so sit back and enjoy. But first I guess I should get started with this thing.

Disclaimer : I don't own pokemon but I do own Damian, Andrew, and the other cast of people i've spawned in my head just waiting to get a chance to shine.

Their Lives Intertwine (hey! a rhyme!)

It was a regular day as Shinobu was training out on route 4. "I can't believe I won my first badge." She thought as she took out her custom made box containing her Boulder Badge she had won from the Pewter City's Gym Leader. She thought it would be Brock she had to face but it turns out it was his father. He said Brock was out to become the world's best pokemon breeder.

She flashbacked on her gym battle and remembered how her Mankey took on his Geodude and Onix and won with a series of Low Kicks and Karate Chops. "I still cant believe I won this." She thought again as she blushed, remembering when he handed it to her. "Im sure the rest will be though for sure, or mabey he was just going easy on me...if I faced Brock then I probably wouldn't even have this badge now." She thought as she looked at her pokeballs. Ivysaur, her first pokemon she had ever since he was a Bulbasaur at Professor Oak's lab, Raticate, the only Rattata that stood out to her amongst the many. He was quiet at first but he's now getting used to the team and gaining Shinobu's trust every second. Mankey, where she found near the Pokemon League, the spunky little pig monkey made it's impact on the team. Last but not least was Beedrill. Caught when she was just a Weedle, Shinobu was surprised of how easily she evolved into a Kakuna, and last her final stage. Shinobu was training for her upcomming match for Cerulean City's Gym Leader Misty but eventually she could see her pokemon were getting tired so she went to the pokecenter.

"Thank you Nurse Joy!" She waved as she exited the center.

"Bye Shinobu! Feel free to come back anytime!" She yelled after her.

"Ok I will!" Shinobu said as she headed back towards her usual training spot on route 4, but as she approached the area, she could already see a little boy battling a Shandshrew. "Oh...I guess he's training here...i'll go find another place." She said as she turned around on a quest to a different route.

"Cool!" The young boy said, making Shinobu turn around. "I got her!" He said as he held up a pokeball and made a little happy face.

"He's so cute." She thought as his face actually made her smile, something she hasn't done in a while. She was set that he was going to train there since he was just standing in the middle of the grass. "Oh, he's gonna be here for a while, i'll leave." She thought but she then noticed his face. He was staring at his newly caught pokemon, he should have been full of joy right? But he was staring at his pokeball in a monotone, serious manner, transfixed on some thought. She then saw him clench the ball and made a low growling noise. "I wonder whats wrong with him, but...I better not interrupt, he might get even angrier." She thought as she looked for another route. She was about to head up a bridge when she heard a familiar voice shout.

"Yo! Shinobu!"

"Oh no." She thought as she already knew who it was. Kentaro, her obnoxious friend who's always considered them as rivals.

He always tried to do everything better than her and would always rub it in her face if he did. "Hah! It's because your a fragile girl!" Would what he would always say. An eighteen year old mildly fit tanned brat. He came up to her in a white expensive looking suit that sparkled in the sunlight each time he moved, accompanying it was a matching black tie and dress shoes that completed his pricy wardrobe. His coffee brown hair swayed with each step he took as he approached her.

"Hey Shinobu, your still struggling back here? Hah, how sad. I just caught a bunch of strong pokemon so you better be ready!" He said as he threw a ball in the air.

"Not again." She thought.

"Ok," A young boy thought as he entered a pokemon center in cerulean city, "Now that Sanshrew's added to my team i'll-"

"Oh hi Damian! I see your as busy as ever training?" The lovely nurse asked him as he approached the table.

"Yup! I caught a Sandshrew!" He said happily as he held up the ball of which it contained.

"Well congratulations Damian. Lemme guess, need to be healed right?" She asked with a smile.

"But of course." He said in a sarcastic charming voice.

"Your too funny." She said placing his pokeballs on the tray. "You kinda remind me of someone too..." She said thinking to herself who was it.

"I do? Who?" He asked.

"Ummmmm, well I can't really remember, but the good thing is your pokemon are fully healed." She said giving him the pokeballs back.

"Cool, thanks Nurse Joy!" He yelled leaving the center.

"Bye Damian!" She yelled back.

Now Damian was about to head back to his training spot but he spotted two trainers battling near a bridge. "Oh cool a battle!" He thought as he peeked from the side of the pokecenter. From his view he saw a boy and a girl, although he couldn't make out her face he still saw the boy throw a pokeball up in the air. Then a white light popped out of the pokeball, revealing a Pigeotto.

He then saw the girl throw out a pokeball and the light revealed a Beedrill. "Woah! These aren't normal pokemon people around here have. But still...that girl's at a disadvantage." He thought as he battle waged on.

"Ha! A Beedrill! Well at least you got what it takes to raise it to its final stage, but that doesn't matter, Pigeotto! Sand-Attack!" He yelled as the pokemon kicked up a hurl of sand at Beedrill.

"Dodge and use Fury Attack." Shinobu said to her pokemon as the bee flew over the hurling sand, only being hit by a section of it and lunged at the bird, jabbing him five times.

"Now Poision Sting." She added as the bee unleashed a barb that headed towards Pigeotto.

"Now! Use Gust!" Kentaro said as the Beedrill missed clearly due to the sand and got blown back hard due to the bird's attack.

The pokemon let out a cry and rolled back to Shinobu.

"Please Naru, you have to keep fighting." She told her Beedrill as she watched her struggle to get up. "Now let's try another Furry Attack okay?" She asked as Beedrill nodded and lunged at Pigeotto again, this time striking with accuracy and speed. Shinobu watched in joy as Kentaro watched in terror as Beedrill jabbed with a left, then a right, then another left sending the bird back with a powerful blow, then lunging again slamming the bird with a right hook.

"Pigeeee." The swirly-eyed bird uttered.

"Damn." Muttered Kentaro as he reached to his pokeball and returned his Pigeotto.

"That was just a warm up! Now go Charmander!" He yelled as his starter pokemon came out of it's pokeball and got into position.

"Now Ember!" He yelled as Charmander spewed out fire towards the helpless Beedrill.

"Gotta think of something fast." Shinobu thought as she figured out something. "Nice job Naru, return!" She said as the bee nodded happily and the red light engulfed her in time to save her from the fire.

"Psch, whatta baby, running away when things get rough." Kentaro exclaimed brushing the antenna strand of hair he had sticking up into another direction as Charmander nodded with him.

"Whatever," Shinobu muttered, "Go, Sarah!" She yelled as the pig monkey came out.

"Ember!" Kentaro yelled giving the Mankey no time.

"Quick, Karate Chop." Shinobu told her pokemon as she nodded and headed straight into the fire with her arm outstretched, cutting through it with ease, eventually slamming in Charmander sending it sprawling on the floor.

"C'mon get up and use Ember again!" Kentaro yelled as his pokemon struggled to get up and the process was repeated.

"Just like last time Sarah ok.?" Shinobu said as the pig monkey nodded again and charged with her arm outstretched, cutting through the fire again heading towards Charmander.

"Now jump out of the way but don't lose your target!" Kentaro yelled as the Mankey approached but Charmander jumped out of her way and unleashed an upsidedown airborne fire stream from behind, landing right on Mankey's back, spraying it on the ground.

"Sarah! You have to get out of the fire!" Shinobu yelled as she watch her pokemon engulfed in the inferno.

"Maaankeey." The pokemon uttered rolling out the fire in time.

"Now Karate Chop!" Shinobu yelled as the pig monkey lunged towards Charmander.

"Uhh, wait no!" Kentaro exclaimed as he watched his pokemon get hit hard and slammed onto the floor, uttering a defeated cry.

"Dammit! Return!" He yelled as his Charmander got sucked into the pokeball.

"Nice Job Sarah!" She exclaimed as she returned the dancing pokemon to its pokeball. "Now go...Senpai!" She said as she tossed her pokeball, revealing an Ivysaur.

"Ivysaur!" Her starter yelled happily as he turned around and faced her.

"Go Abra!" Kentaro yelled as his Abra became visible.

"Aaaabraaaa." The pokemon said as if asleep.

"Senpai! Use Leech Seed!" She yelled as her Ivysaur launched the seeds from his back.

"Teleport!" Kentaro yelled.

"Abraa." Responded the pokemon as he teleported just in time behind Ivysaur, dodging the seeds.

"Ouick, use Vine Whip!" She said as Ivysaur's vines extended out behind him to reach Abra.

"Use Teleport again!" Kentaro yelled but unfortunately, not in time as the vines slammed Abra into the air, it wasn't until then when Abra teleported.

"Now extend them and swing them in a circular motion!" She yelled as her Ivysaur nodded and did exactly that.

"What's she doing?" Kentaro thought, but his question was answered soon enough as his Abra appeared only to be slammed down in a split second by Ivysaur's vine.

"Good job Senpai!" She said as she hugged him and he made some sort of a purring noise. "Now return." She said as she held out her pokeball.

"Ivy." He said as he allowed the red light to bring him back into the ball.

"Useless useless!" Kentaro said as his pokeball sucked up Abra.

Staring at his last pokeball, Shinobu was reminded when she saw the little boy staring at his.

"Don't let me down." Kentaro said softly. "Now go! Rattata!" He yelled as the pokeball revealed the small rodent.

Shinobu couldn't help but giggle.

"Hey why are you laughing! You hardly do that too so there better be a good reason!" He demanded sharply.

"Oh nothing, it's just your making fun of me saying i'm struggling when," She paused, "Go Jr. Senpai!" She yelled as the pokeball revealed to be an even bigger rodent. The shadowy figure looked over at it's former self as the former self looked up at it's future self.

"What the! A Raticate!" Kentaro yelled as his pokemon cowered back.

"Well aren't you surprised." She teased mockingly while giggling.

"To tell you the truth I am actually surprised of her. She was once the little kid that was so shy around others, always apologizing even if it wasn't her fault, well sure she's sort of still like that but ever slice she started her journey...she's changed, for the better too." He thought to himself as he smiled.

"What?" She exclaimed while blushing.

"Oh nothing little Shinobu." He said.

"Oh yea? Well Jr. Senpai! Hyper Fang!" She yelled as her pokemon went in for the attack and pounced on the younger version, sinking it's teeth deep into Rattata.

"Rattata!" The poor mouse yelled as her rat pokemon returned next to Shinobu and they all watched the poor thing fall.

"I know it cant fight after that." Kentaro said softly.

"Oh! Im so sorry Kentaro! I'll take it to the pokemon center right away if you want me to." Shinobu said realizing what she had done, making her pokemon feel sorry as well.

"Shinobu...I lost, you won, its my responsibility. Just take this warning." He said as she and Raticate listened.

"You cannot feel sorry for the people you defeat, just imagine if I won, what do you think I would have said to you?" He asked her. "Here." He said as he handed her the prize money "You beat me right?" He said as he stretched out his hand.

"...Right!" She said as she took it.

"Heh, guess I better head to the pokecenter pronto." He said returning his Rattata. "Oh yea," He said with his back facing her, "Dont loose that fighting spirit you have." He finished as he started to walk off.

"Huh?" She thought to herself as she saw him stop.

"Oh, you should see Bill up that way you were heading, he has some rare pokemon so it'll help your dex out like it helped mine. Take this as well." He said throwing back a device back at her. "Its a Fame Checker, it tells you what you heard and seen about famous people, so keep in check cuz im gonna be on there soon. Buh-Bye." He said as he walked off.

"That was...nice of him." She thought until she noticed her Raticate next to her. "Oh, you did a great job as always, all of you did. Thank you." She smiled petting her pokemon.

"Raticate." He said happily.

"You ready to move on?" She asked with fire burning in her heart.

"Ratciate!" He yelled as he got back into his pokeball and she headed towards the bridge.

"Oh snap that was the crazy battle!" Damian thought in his head as he noticed Kentaro heading his way. "Uh oh, I better be of to train Sandshrew." He said as he headed to his spot. "Man I cant stop thinking bout what I just saw!" He thought happily. "I mean I dont understand! She had a Beedrill! He had Pigeotto! He should have won easily! But he didn't! Beedrill won! What! She's good, I hope I meet her again." He thought as the process of the barrage of pokemon, then rushing to Nurse Joy began.

Time Later

"The nerve of that guy!" Damian said as he looked back at some guy on the floor. "Hey you wanna be a member of Team Rocket! Your real good you would be top notch at that place cmon cmon go join blahblahblah." Damian muttered as he approached a camper in the grass. "Hey you wanna battle?" He asked him.

"Hah, believe me I would but my pokemon aren't feeling to well." He said gloomily.

"Huh, how come?" Damian asked.

"Her, she trashed us." He said as he weakly pointed to his left.

Damian looked over to see a girl starring at the river. "Hey I know that girl!" He said.

"You do? Then it's probably best that we didn't battle even if my pokemon were in top shape. If you know her then your probably strong too." He said with a shudder.

"Heh, well I wouldn't say strong." He said with a smile rubbing the back of his head. "Perhaps average."

"Hah, yeah you say that now but in a battle I bet you kill." The camper said.

"Heh, weeeell I dont know." Damian said with a smile as he walked over to the girl. A young girl, about twelve or thirteen with short blue helmet-like hair with short parted bangs that lay at her milky white forehead. A turquoise sleveless hoody like garment with a pink exclamation point in the middle and a longsleve undershirt, bare legs with short navy blue socks and brown shoes was the figure standing before him. She looked like she was thinking about something as she started into the river.

The young boy walked up to her slowly trying to get her attention, "Umm hey." He said softly.

No response.

He walked closer, "Hiiii person!" He said cheerfully.

Still no response.

"Hey what you looking at?" He asked leaning next to her to take a peek.

"Aaahh!" She said startled as she backed up and tripped over the ledge. "Aaahhhhh!" She yelled falling into the water.

"I got you!" Damian said as rushed over to her and grabbed her outstretched hand, pulling her back in time. Only he pulled to hard causing her to topple over him.

As time passed in silence...

"Sorry!" They both yelled as she got of him, blushing. She looked over to see him rubbing his head clumsily. A little lightly dark skinned young boy, with spiky hair spiked everywhere. Wearing a black tee shirt with a slightly longer white T underneath it, blue baggy jeans and matching black shoes with white stripes on the sides. "Hey i've seen him before!" She thought to herself as she remembered him at her usual training spot.

"Ummm, you guys ok?" The camper asked from a distance.

"Uhh, yea!" Damian yelled back as he got up. "Heh, sorry bout that." He said with a smile as he held out his hand towards Shinobu.

"It's...no problem." She said as she took it and helped herself up.

"Heh...ummm o yea I saw your battle, that was crazy! With your Beedrill, Raticate, Ivysaur, and Mankey!" He said happily.

"You...you saw that?" She said embarrassed.

"Oh yea I saw that! Man your probably like the best pokemon trainer out there, next to my brother that is." He said smiling.

"Oh...well thanks, ummm I also saw you catching a Sandshrew on route four..."

"Hah! You saw that, cool. Oh, did those people over on that bridge ask you to battle them then some guy wanted you to join Team Rocket?" He asked pointing over to the bridge.

"Yes, they did that to you also?" She asked him.

"Yeah, but luckily my pokemon knocked his one's out." He said with a confident smile. "Judging by your skill im pretty sure you did that to him too right?" He asked again.

Shinobu couldn't help but to smile, "Mabey." She said shyly.

"Cool then you must be strong, I wanna battle you!" He said grabbing one of his pokeballs.

"Ummm, this is kind of a bad time, we were just training so my pokemon aren't exactly at their best.." She said.

"Oh," Damian said a little disappointed, "No prob, we'll just go back to the pokemon center then." He said hoping for her approval.

"Uhh, sure." She said. Truth is she didn't really like to battle, sure her pokemon were injured but she's not the type to normally go around fighting others. But judging by Kentaro and this little boy's actions, she will soon have to become a different person to survive.

"Cool! Then let's be off! Oh, my names Damian." He said as they passed the camper, waving in the process.

"Bye guys!" He yelled after them.

"Bye!" They yelled approaching the bridge.

"My name is Shinobu Maehara." She said as they passed all the trainers on the bridge sneering at them.

"Nice name, what are you doing here in this city?" He asked her but before she could respond, a voice he was far too used too called out.

"Hey Damian!" A voice said causing the duo to look back.

"Oh joy." Damian said dully as the figure approached. A dark-skinned fourteen year old boy with tall waved back hair, light blue glasses, a black open vest jacket over a white undershirt, with matching black jeans and shoes was this mysterious person.

"Hi Andrew." Damian said dully.

"What are you doing with a beautiful girl like this?" He said approaching her as he picked up her hand and kissed it. "C'mon you dont need to be with a loser like him. You should follow me." He said looking concernly in her eyes making her blush deeply.

"What are you doing here Andrew!" Damian interrupted, voice slightly irritated.

"Heh, well after that girl Misty refused to go out with me I had to beat her for her badge, very easy of course." He said as he opened his vest revealing a Boulder and Cascade badge.

"You...beat her...al...ready?" Damian asked dumbfounded causing Andrew to laugh that annoying laugh he always hated.

"Hell yea kid shes too easy, reminds me of when I beat you not to long ago." He said with a smirk.

"Oh yea! I wasn't even ready! You just came out of nowhere and challenged me! But now your going to pay!" He said as he reached for his pokeball and threw it in the air.

To be continued.

Author's Notes: Well how'd ya like it? First fic so dont slaughter me with your words yet, although they can help me to get better...so keep it minor if you have problems. And yes for all you anime fans out there that's Shinobu from the ever so popular yet somewhat unknown Love Hina! (couldn't you tell from her poke's nicknames?) Anyway, you could just google image search her up along with Kentaro just in case you didn't get a good mental image of them because I suck at character descriptions. As for Damian well...I would draw him but I REALLY suck at that as well so yea hopefully i'll get better in both writing and drawing (doubt the latter) so you can keep up with them throughout their journey. But yes please R&R so I have motivation to keep going. Cyuuz for now!