HAPPY IKARISHIPPING DAY~~~

(all in Dawn's POV)

"..." saying

Italics pokemon talk

Bold is thoughts

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"Hey Piplup, it's been awhile since we separated from Ash and Brock, hasn't it?" I asked my faithful starter pokemon.

Yeah. I miss them.

"Me too. But on the bright side we have gotten far on our travels and made a lot of progress don't you think."

Yup

I'm Dawn Berlitz. I'm traveling by myself in order to achieve my dream of becoming a Top Coordinator. I have a new team and I am currently re-entering the Sinnoh Grand Festival. I use to travel with Kenny except that I came to realize he had a crush on me. I told him that if I wanted to learn more about pokemon it would be better if I traveled by myself. But that wasn't the case, I just didn't want him to continuously ask me out. Yes he has already asked me out but I always turned him down. Suddenly I bumped into something really hard and fell on the ground.

"Hey watch where you're going." I shouted.

"I could say the same to you."

Wait a minute, I know that voice anywhere. It couldn't be... I looked up to be greeted by a scowling face. Yup it's Paul Shinji. Ugh why did I have to bump into him?

"Are you just going to sit on the floor?" He asked.

"Aren't you going to help me up? It's what a real gentlemen would do, you know," I replied. I was quite surprised when I saw him hold out his hand. I just stared at it like an idiot.

"Well do you want my help or not." Typical Paul. I reached out and grabbed his hand. Paul hauled me up and made sure I was stable on my feet. For some reason, I felt my heart rate increase.

Paul was wearing a dark blue t-shirt underneath a black sweater with a hood, like his old sweater, the zipper was half way up. He was also wearing black shorts that reached up to his knees and black and blue boots. Unlike his old clothing, these seem to perfectly fit his figure, which clearly outlines his muscles. Wow, he's hot. Wait what, I did not just think that. Errr. I shook my head to clear my thoughts.

"So Paul, what brings you back to Sinnoh," I asked trying to start a conversation.

"....and you are?" Did he seriously not know who I was?!

"My name is Dawn." I replied a little irritated by the fact that he doesn't remember me.

"Don't remember."

"YOU LITTLE JERK HOW CAN YOU NOT REMEMBER ME? I USED TO TRAVEL WITH ASH AND BROCK. WE USED TO BUMP INTO YOU WHILE TRAVELING. HOW CAN YOU NOT REMEMBER?" My face was all red from anger, or that's what I kept telling myself. I was actually really close to Paul's face and I noticed somethings like his smell and how soft and kissable his lips look and how cute he is- wait I did NOT just think that, right? There's something wrong with me. I mean Paul cute, yeah right.

"Oh you're that Troublesome girl."

"Why you-"

Hey Paul let's hurry and get to the next town an umbreon said. I knew what an umbreon is so I didn't really need my pokedex, but I have never seen a blue umbreon.

"Hey Paul, why is your umbreon blue?"

"It's a shiny umbreon."

"Wow that's so cool. Want to meet my pokemon?"

"No I have to go." And with that Paul walked away.

"Where are you going?" I asked. For some reason being around him made me feel happier. Do I, maybe, like him? Well I must admit he has become a lot cuter since the last time I have seen him, and no one else makes me feel this way. Maybe I do like him. I wonder if he likes me back?

"Hello, anyone home."

"Huh, what?" I asked.

"I asked you if you wanted some lunch?" Wow that's the first I heard Paul offering to take someone to lunch. Then again, I haven't seen him in a year so maybe the cold hearted bastard has changed.

"Sure thanks. Hey Paul?"

"Hm."

"You changed from the last time I saw you. Before you use to insult Ash and hurt your pokemon. Looking at Umbreon, she seems happy to be with you." I said looking at the little dark type pokemon skipping happily next to her trainer.

"Ever since Ash beat me, I changed. I now respect him as a trainer and his battle style. I still push my pokemon but not until they can't battle anymore. I also give them break once in awhile." Paul replied. But I wasn't really focusing on what he said. Well I did hear him and I'm happy he changed, but something else caught my attention. My eyes seemed to linger on his lips again. I just want to see what it feels like to kiss him.

"Hey are you listening."

"Yes." I said rather quickly. Good thing he didn't notice.

At the Pokemon Center

"Hey DeeDee." Great Kenny's here. Kenny came up and gave me a big smile.

"Hey Kenny, what do you want?" I replied ignoring the nickname. That took Kenny by surprise.

"Is something wrong, DeeDee?"

"No."

"You sure? You usually blow when I call you DeeDee." This was one of the reasons why I left Kenny. He constantly calls me DeeDee and whenever I don't get mad he just keeps calling that until I do. Ugh he is so annoying.

"Hey Troublesome, who is this? Your new boyfriend?" Paul replied. He had a sexy smirk on his kissable lips... I shook my head again.

"For the last time. My. Name. Is. Dawn. D-A-W-N!!" I screamed into his face.

"Hey DeeDee, who is this jerk?"

"Kenny this is Paul. Paul this is Kenny."

"So Paul, what are you doing with my Dawn?" Before Paul answered I blew.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'YOUR DAWN'? I DON'T BELONG TO YOU, KENNY!! IN FACT I DON'T LIKE YOU LIKE THAT! I ONLY LIKE YOU AS A FRIEND AND THAT'S ALL WE WILL EVER BE!!!" I huffed in anger. Right now I didn't care if I hurt his feelings, he wasn't considerate of mine anyway. Kenny looked shocked as did Paul. I guess neither of them thought I could tell someone off. I smirked.

"Come on Paul. You said you were going to take me out for lunch, right?"

"Yeah. So what do you want to eat?"

"Hey, wait. Dawn please tell me you're not serious about going with him?"

"And why not, unlike you, Paul doesn't try to flirt with me or ask me out whenever he wants to."

"But Dawn, I'm your friend and he's a jerk."

"Don't ever talk about Paul like that, got it? As for the friends part, I can't be friends with someone who doesn't accept my decisions. Unless you accept the fact that Paul and I are friends or you meet the wrath of my Typhlosion." I said dangerously quietly. Kenny turned really pale and left without a word. I looked over at Paul and noticed that he still seemed shocked about what just happened.

"Hello anyone there?" I said.

"Huh?"

"I thought we were having lunch?"

"You never answered where you wanted to go."

"Right, well there is a cafe around the corner. They sell the best pastries. We could grab a coffee and get to know each other." I replied, giving Paul a wink. Sadly he seems as dense as Ash when it comes to love.

"Alright lets go." And with that we walked to the cafe.

At the cafe

I ordered a cappuccino and a chocolate cake and Paul only ordered a black coffee.

"Hey Paul, can I ask you a question?"

"You just did, Troublesome."

"You know that's not what I meant." I said rather annoyed that he would actually use that sentence.

"*sigh* What do you want?"

"Why did you ask me to lunch?" This question was bothering me for a while. I mean I know Paul has changed but he still doesn't seem the type to invite anyone over for lunch.

"To thank you."

"Thank me?"
"I knew you forgot. Remember that time when I was challenging the Battle Frontier, you supported me and cheered me on. Your cheer helped me believe in myself as well as my pokemon, also helping me win against all the frontier brains."

That's right. I saw him a month after Ash and Brock left. He thought he wasn't going to be able to defeat Brandon and was about to give up. I feared that he was going to give up being a trainer all together, until I helped by training his pokemon and cheering him on. I can't believe I forgot about the one time Paul let me in.

"Paul, I'm sorry I forgot, and your welcome. I was really happy when you won against Brandon."

"No problem, anyway what's the deal with your brunette haired friend?"

"His name is Kenny and to be honest I don't know. I've known him since we were younger, and we were best friends. I also saw him during my travels with Ash, he wanted to travel with me but I refused. Until Ash and Brock left I decided to travel with Kenny. But I regret ever traveling with him. He started flirting with me and asking me out and he wouldn't stop with calling me 'DeeDee'. It came to a point where I couldn't stand him any longer." I said looking at Paul. Paul seemed to have a relaxed face and drank his black coffee. His lips looking moist after he licked the coffee off. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME, I'M TURNING INTO GARY!!!!

"Hey Troublesome aren't you going to eat your food?"

"My name is Dawn, and yeah, do you want some?" I asked holding my fork to his mouth.

"No thanks."

"Come on just one little bite." I gave him puppy dogs eyes and pouted. "Pretty please."

"Fine." As Paul came towards my fork, i moved it away and captured his soft lips.

"Mmphf-?!" I was extremely happy to finally taste his lips. They were better than I had imagined. When I ended the kiss, I looked to see that Paul's face has erupted to a nice dark red color. OMG, he looks so cute. I squealed silently. When Paul came to his senses I thought he was going to be mad with me, so I braced myself for the worst.

"...w-what was that for?" Paul asked shyly. He looked away to hide his adorable red face again.

"Well I love you and your lips just looked oh so kissable." I replied kissing him again to prove my point. This time Paul deepened the kiss. His hands wrapped around my waist as my hands were wrapped around his neck. We stopped when we needed air.

"I love you too." Paul said.

"So aren't you going to ask?"

"Ask what?"

"If I wanted to be your girlfriend and travel with you, idiot" I said smacking him behind the head playfully.

"What makes you think I want you to be my girlfriend and travel with me?"

"Well for one thing you said you loved me and for another do you really think you don't want that to happen even after we kissed?" I asked raising my eyebrows with a smirk present on my lips. Paul just turned away, his tan cheeks dusted with a pink blush, he had a pout on his lips and he even made an adorable "hmph". I couldn't help but pinch his cheeks.

"Whatever. So troublesome, do you want to travel with me and be my girlfriend?"

"No."

"No?! But wh-"

"You have to kiss me to convince me." I said with a wink. I just couldn't get enough of his kisses. He was such a good kisser and I just loved the feeling of his lips over mine. Paul leaned down and captured my lips. We stopped when we needed air again.

"Now I'm convinced." I replied kissing him one more time before we went back to the pokemon center, hand in hand.

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So again HAPPY IKARISHIPPING DAY

Yeah I know it's terrible, sorry. -.-'

~Blaze