Summary: Paul's a hot headed guy who normally only cares about himself and doesn't really care much about his Pokemon, but when he meets Kairi, things begin to change for him and the two begin a journey that neither one were expecting. Kairi learns things about her past that she never knew existed. Paul trying to find his meaning in life and Kairi looking for her missing father who she hasn't seen in years. The two are then thrown together into one unbelievable journey after another that they couldn't even dream of. A PaulxOC fic.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Pokemon anime or the Pokemon Adventures manga. I don't own any characters in this, so if you sue the only thing your getting is a dirty laptop.

Kairi was sitting in her room, watching Professor Oak's lector on TV that night. It was about Pokémon care. He even added a few of his poems that he was well known for. She laughed at his latest one. It was just the funniest thing she had ever heard. She didn't even notice the time though. It was starting to get pretty late.

Just then her mother screamed at her that it was after eleven at night and to get her butt to bed, otherwise she'd be late getting her Pokémon from Professor Oak the next morning. Not wanting to make her mother mad at her, she turned off the TV. She then went and brushed her teeth, and put on her pyjamas, and got ready for bed.

Kairi, climbed into bed, and turned on her radio to listen to while she slept. She was listening to a rerun recording of Professor Oak's radio talk show. On the nightstand, right beside the radio laid an open Journal. The first entry was already written in the Journal. It said:
Today, is my 12th birthday. Two years ago on my 10th birthday, I had begged my mom to let me go on a Pokémon training journey, like she had done, at that age, but seeing as how I didn't take very good care of Glameow back then, she refused to let me go. But, today on my 12th birthday, she finally gave in and decided to let me go.

What a shocker that was. Now maybe I can look for my father, who I don't even know anything about. He disappeared when I was a baby. Do, I have any other family besides my mother? Well, I don't know. Mom hates mentioning them.

Anyway, I start my journey tomorrow. I can't wait. My mom wants me to be a Coordinator like her, but I wanted to be a Trainer, so to make her happy I will be both, if I can do both at one time. Anyway, I have already decided to choose Squirtle, as my starter. It's so cute! Anyway, see ya, Professor Oak's lecture is getting ready to come on TV. He will be talking about the starting Pokémon he's giving away tomorrow.

Our scene then switches back to Kairi who was listening soundlessly to the radio as her eyes begin to drop. It wasn't until after midnight when she fell asleep. The next morning she woke up with the sunlight shinning though her window in her face, and Glameow scratching on her bed. "Ah! Glameow stop that!" She told her mother's Pokémon.

Glameow gave a little, "Meow," as she left the girl's bedroom.

Kairi looked over at her alarm clock, which was still blazing music out of it. "Oh no! It's 11:00, in the morning! I'm late!" And not even bothering to get dressed, pack her things or even bath, she just slipped on her shoes and ran out the door not even brushing her long brown hair, which looked like a mess.

Kairi ran down the street in her pajamas. "Must get to the lab!" She told herself as she ran. passers-by stared at her strangely as she passed, watching the funny girl run down the road in her pyjamas. They thought this was the funniest thing they ever saw. A few Pidgey in trees chirped at her as she passed.

Kairi then tripped over a rock in the road and fell into the mud. Now besides still being in her pyjamas she was also covered in mud and soaking wet from it. Still Kairi got up and continued running. She could see the lab ahead of her now, "Please! I don't care if it's not Squirtle. But please have something left," she panicked as she ran up to the lab's doors, only stopping to catch her breath.

She then reached up and rang the doorbell, which said, "Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, Poke, Poke."

A minute later Professor Oak answered the door. He saw Kairi standing there still in her pajamas, "Well, well, Kairi. Are you here for your Pokémon, or are you here to spend the night?" He asked her. He held his nose as he said this. Kairi did smell very badly from having fallen in the mud on the way here.

"Very funny," Kairi says rolling her eyes, as she entered into the lab.

"I'm afraid all the starters have already been claimed Kairi. Well, there was one that was stolen. The last one..."

Professor Oak was interrupted by a boy, very tall compared to Kairi with short blue hair and an attitude, "Was taken by me," the boy smirked.
"Who are you?" Kairi asked him.

"The name's Paul. And you must be Kairi. Ha! Only a weak person would be late getting their first Pokémon. And look, you didn't even change clothes this morning, and you smell awful," Paul said, insulting Kairi.

"You know you're not very nice," Kairi told him. She then turned to the Professor, "Please! You have to have one Pokémon at least. I'll take anything," Kairi begged.

The Professor thought for a minute, "Ah! Yes," he snapped his fingers, "I do have one left but it's kinda violent though. Are you sure you want it?" He asked Kairi.

"Yes, yes! Give it to me please!" Kairi begged even more.

"Very well, but don't say I didn't warn you," he said as he went up to the lab table and pressed a button. A Poke Ball rose up out of the center of the table. It had pictured on it the shape of a bolt of lightning. He handed the Poke Ball to Kairi. Then in a flash of golden light out popped a little yellow Pokémon. It looked like a cross between a rabbit and a mouse. It had a lightning bolt tail, just like the picture on the Poke Ball, brown strikes on it's back, it's ears were tipped in black and it had black beady eyes and red circles on each cheek.

"Pikachu," it said as it came out of the Poke Ball.

"Pikachu, that's its name," Professor Oak told her.

"Wow! How cute," she said getting closer.

Pikachu glared at her and sent a Thundershock her way, "Pika pika," he warned her to stay away.

"I see your getting off on a great start Kairi," Paul said, sarcastically.

"Well, excuse me," Kairi said rolling her eyes as she thought, 'Jerk!' She stuck her tongue out at Paul as he left the lab to begin his journey.,"That was very rude," she sighed. Pikachu glared at Paul's retreating form. How dare he speak to Kairi that way?

"Oh, dear. He left before I could give him, his Pokedex and five Poke Balls," Professor Oak sighed. "Kairi could you take them to him?"

Kairi sighed again, "Well, if I have to I have to. I will be heading that way, anyway," she sighed, as she also took her own Pokedex and Poke Balls, "Come on Pikachu let's go," she said as she exited the lab, Pikachu right behind her.

The first thing Kairi did was stop by at her house, so she could change clothes. Pikachu waited for her downstairs, with her mother as Kairi took a bath and changed clothes. She was now in her normal attire, which was a black sleeveless shirt with a blue tank top over top of it. And she wore a red short-short skirt. She wore white shoes with a red lightning bolt design on each side of the shoes, and blue socks. She wore black wristbands and had a white and red hat on her head. Kairi grabbed her yellow bag and after packing her things ran downstairs. All this had taken her a few hours, "I'm ready, Pikachu," she told the mouse type.

"Pika pika!" Pikachu demanded rudely. Kairi had taken a long time up there in her room and Pikachu was pissed off.

"Hey! Don't give me that look, Pikachu. I went as fast as I could," Kairi sighed. She was starting to think, Pikachu didn't like her too good, "Come, we better go and find Paul now before he gets too far."

"Who's Paul?" Her mother asked her.

"Just some stuck up, guy who I met at the lab," said Kairi.

"Oh! I see," her mother giggled.

"What's so funny!" Kairi demanded.

"My daughter's finally got a boyfriend," her mother grinned.

"MOM! It's not like that. He forgot his Pokedex and five Poke Balls at the lab. And Professor Oak asked me to take them to him. That's all!" Kairi tried, defending herself. She was waving her arms in front of her face, "Really!"

"Sure, honey," her mother let out a few more giggles before she stopped. Well, after all this was how she'd met Kairi's father the first time. The two had met as beginning trainer and coordinator and after getting to know one another went on a journey together, where they fell in love. And eventually they were married, and had Kairi. But then Kairi's father left stating he had a huge company to run and was going to make billions and they've be rich. But Kairi's mother turned him down and even divorced him when she found out how he was treating Pokemon, to reach his goals. It was just so wrong!

"Mother!" Kairi said, all of a sudden, waving her hand in front of her mother's face.

"Oh!" Her mother said snapping out of her daydream, "Well, I guess you better get going then, before he gets too far."

"That's what I've been trying to tell you now for like thirty minutes. You kinda spaced out there. Are you ok?" Kairi asked her mother, this look of concern on her face.

"I'm fine dear. You should be off now," the woman told her daughter.

"Are you sure your ok?" Kairi asked.

"Yes! Yes! I'm fine," said her mother, rushing Kairi and her Pikachu out the door. And then closing the door.

"Ok," Kairi blinked in confusion as she stood there on her porch staring at the closed door. Pikachu shared her look of confusion as well. The girl and her Pikachu then decided they might as well head off now. The two headed for Route 1.

As soon as they got there they heard a voice saying, "Your not what I'm looking for. Be gone."

"That could only be, Paul," said Kairi. Her and Pikachu went up to him, "What do you think your doing!" She demanded, noticing Paul releasing a Starly he had just caught.

"That's none of your business!" Said Paul.

"It is when your abandoning a Pokemon you just caught," she demanded.

"If you're so concerned, why don't you take it," said Paul.

"Yes, I think maybe I will. Come on Starly, you don't need him!" Kairi said, as she grabbed the Starly's Poke Ball out of Paul's hand in an angry tone. She returned Starly to her Poke Ball. Paul got ready to turn and walk away when Kairi called out, "Wait!"

"What is it now?" Paul asked her, as he turned around to face her.

"You left your Pokedex and Poke Balls at the lab. I don't know where you found that Poke Ball, but here," Kairi handed Paul his Pokedex and Poke Balls. She realized he must have just found a Poke Ball laying around on the route and used it.

"Thank you," Paul said, putting the stuff into his bag. He then turned and walked away.

'Did...Did he just thank me!' Kairi wondered, confused. She watched Paul as he walked away, hands on his hips.

"Well, are you coming?" He suddenly asked out of the blue.

"What do you mean?" Kairi asked him.

"Were both heading for Viridian City, right?" Paul told her.

"Yes, I guess we are," Kairi told him.

"Well, we might as well, go together since were both heading there anyway. Just don't slow me down," Paul told her. He then turned and walked away at a fast pace.

"Hey! Wait up!" Kairi called out. She ran to catch up with him.

"Pikachu pika pika," Pikachu said as he ran up catch up to both, Paul and his trainer.

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"Ahhhh! What a great day this is, today. Feel the nice fresh air, Paul," Kairi grinned, stretching both her arms out in the air and yawning.

"Hn," Paul replied not really saying anything, as the two of them continued on their way, heading towards Viridian City.

"Paul! Are you even paying any attention, to me?" Kairi said as she turned around and stopped all of a sudden glaring at Paul, hands on her hips.

"Hn," Was her answer from Paul again. It seemed like Paul's mind was elsewhere at the moment.

Of course since Kairi had been walking in front of Paul and she stopped all of a sudden she didn't realize the situation she was in. Where Paul wasn't really paying any attention to her, he didn't stop walking when she did. And as a result slammed right into her. The two of them then fell right slam onto the ground, him on top of her and Kairi on her back. The way this looked, if anyone was to come by it would look like the two were getting ready to have sex.

"What do you think you're doing!" Kairi screamed at Paul. She had this huge blush on her face as did Paul. Well, at least NOW he was paying her attention.

Paul also shared a similar blush on his face as well. He just got up onto his feet dusting himself off, not even bothering to help Kairi up,"Well, you shouldn't have stopped all of a sudden in the middle of the Route."

"Well, you should have been paying more attention! Didn't your parents teach you manors!" Kairi demanded as she got to her feet, shaking her fist in anger at Paul. Now her face was turning red in anger.

"Didn't I tell you, not to slow me down?" Paul told her, in anger,"Next time this happens I'm leaving you behind."

Now Kairi was way beyond pissed off,"Whyyyy you!" She reached out and slapped Paul across the face in anger. For a moment there Paul looked like he was going to get mad again. But instead he just touched his hand to his face and smirked at her. Kairi had a lot of guts to slap him like that and he was very impressed. He was also somewhat attracted to the brown haired girl, but he'd never admit it though.
'Is he smirking at me?' Kairi wondered,"Now what's your problem, huh!"

"Nothing," Paul said as he turned around and begin walking off. Kairi and Pikachu ran to catch up with him.

"Hey! Wait up!" Kairi called. Just then she tripped over a Cranidos,"Oh! Sorry about that," she told the Cranidos. But it looked mad. It leaned in to charge at her with a headbutt attack.

Kairi screamed as she squeezed her eyes shut and waited for the impact. It never came,"What are you, an idiot? When a wild Pokemon's charging at you, you just don't sit there screaming your head off," Paul told her.

Kairi opened her eyes and noticed, Paul had picked her up, getting her out of harm's way just in time,"Well, excuse me for having a twisted ankle," Kairi said rolling her eyes.

"What!" Paul said, sounding shocked. Apparently he hadn't noticed that Kairi had injured her foot. And for a moment he had this look of concern on his face, like he was worried about her. He actually sit Kairi down gently on the ground. He then turned around and faced the Cranidos who had already turned around and started charging back for more,"Perfect! Just what I've been looking for. This one's mine," Paul smirked. He pulled out a Pokeball,"Turtwig! Stand by for battle!"

There was a bright flash of light as a green looking dinosaur looking Pokemon with a leaf on its head appeared,"Turtwig!" He cried as he appeared from his Poke Ball.

"So, Turtwig was the Pokémon you got at the lab," said Kairi.

Paul smirked at her, then turned towards the rampaging Cranidos and said,"Turtwig, use Energy Ball!"

Turtwig built up energy from his mouth in the shape of a green looking ball of light. And just as Cranidos was right on him he let it fly,"Turt WIG!" The attack hit the Cranidos sending him sliding across the ground. But he was far from out.

"Cran!" Cranidos cried, as he leaned down and ran at Turtwig using a Zen Headbutt.

"Dodge it and use Vine Whip to toss Cranidos!" Paul ordered.

"Turt! Wig!" Turtwig cried out. He jumped into the air making Cranidos' attack miss him. He then used his Vine Whip attack to grab Cranidos around the middle. With a loud cry, Turtwig threw Cranidos into the air, making him land on his side.

"Dos!" Cranidos screamed painfully as he landed on his side. Paul smirked at the Cranidos. It was still not knocked out. Normally it takes a lot to impress Paul. But he was very impressed by this Pokemon. He couldn't wait to begin training it.

"Razor Leaf!" Paul called out.

"Turtwig!" Turtwig screamed. He jumped up into the air at his trainer's command and sent a lot of razor sharp green leafs down at Cranidos, at a fast speed. The attack hit cutting into Cranidos' body. You could see blood linking out of his many wounds, as the leafs cut him.

"Now! Come down with a Tackle attack," Paul ordered. Turtwig came down head first hitting the Crandos on top of his head cracking its head some. Wow! Looked like that would hurt later. However Paul didn't realize his mistake he had made though. A Cranidos has been known to have a head as hard as diamonds, so as a result Turtwig fell off of Cranidos and shook dizzily as he moaned in pain. His eyes went all swirly. Both Pokemon fainted,"Weakling," Paul grunted as he called his Turtwig back into his Poke Ball and then threw an empty ball at the Cranidos.

The Cranidos was sucked up into the Poke Ball in a bright flash of light. Paul waited as he watched the Poke Ball shake, a red light blinking in the center as it shook. It shook three times before it finally dinged, signaling Paul had captured the Cranidos. He went over and picked up the ball attaching it to his belt,"Come on. Let's go," he told Kairi.

"Uh…haven't you forgotten something?" Kairi asked him.

"What!" Paul snapped.

"Twisted ankle, remember," Kairi reminded Paul, as she pointed to her foot.

"So? Take care of it yourself. I don't have time for this. I'm leaving," Paul turned around and started walking away.

But then the girl's Pikachu ran out in front of Paul,"Pikachu! Pika pika!" Pikachu demanded in an angry tone of voice, stating that if Paul just left Kairi there injured by herself, she'd probably be attacked by a wild Pokemon and get hurt even worse.

Paul heard sobbing behind him. He turned around and looked and saw Kairi crying, tears in her eyes. He then all of a sudden felt a tingle of guilt run up his chest for leaving her hurt and not doing a thing about it,"Damn!" Paul cursed,"I don't have time for this," he sounded annoyed as he quickly pulled the first aid kit out of his backpack and went and sit down on the ground next to Kairi,"Take off your shoe and sock," he ordered.

Kairi nodded as she reached down and pulled off her shoe and then her blue sock, the tears of pain still rolling down her face. Paul grabbed her foot and looked it over,"Well nothing seems broken, but you'll have to stay off of it for the rest of the night," Paul told her. He took out some bandages and wrapped up her ankle.

Kairi watched Paul work, the whole time thinking,'So, he does have a soft side, after all.' After Paul finished his work, he put the first aid kit back up into his backpack. He then pulled Kairi to her feet, after the shoe and sock had been put back on. She moaned in pain and cried out.

Paul rolled his eyes in an annoyed manner,"Here," he said, turning his back to her and leaning down. Kairi climbed onto Paul's back and wrapped her arms around his neck, where he reached around and held the girl in place. He then started walking to Viridian City.
"Pika pika chu," Pikachu ran up to Paul and jumped onto his shoulder.

'Just great! Now I'm like that dork, Ash! I got a damn Pikachu, on my shoulder! And on top of that I'm giving a girl a piggyback ride!' Paul screamed in his mind as he continued walking. Paul saw the gates of Viridian City ahead just as the sun started to set,"See how you slowed me down, Kairi. It took us all day just to get to Viridian City, when it should have taken only a few hours," Paul told her.

Kairi was in too much pain to argue back with him right now. So she just thought,'Jerk! It wasn't me, it was the Cranidos. You're the one who decided you wanted to catch it.' Paul walked towards the Pokemon Center with Kairi still ridding on his back, and her Pikachu on his shoulder. There was a wanted poster of Team Rocket on the doors to the Pokemon Center. Paul ignored the poster as he made his way into the center. The automatic doors opening up as he walked towards them and went inside.

"Welcome to the Viridian City, Pokemon Center. I'm Nurse Joy, how may I help you..." Nurse Joy from the counter started to say, when she noticed the girl on the boy's back,"What happened!" The pink haired woman in the ponytails and nurse's outfit asked. She noticed Kairi seemed like she was hurt, very badly.

"We were attacked by a wild Cranidos on Route 1. Kairi tripped over it and twisted her ankle," Paul explained to Nurse Joy.

"Oh no! I knew Officer Jenny should of put the warning on the route too," the nurse sighed.

"What warning?" Paul asked her.

Nurse Joy pointed at the poster beside the counter. It said,"Warning! Beware of Cranidos on Route 1. These Pokemon are very vicious and have been known to attack even humans. Be very careful."

Paul was beyond pissed off now,"Why didn't we see this warning as we were entering the route from Pallet Town, huh!"

"The wind must have blew the sign away. We've been getting a lot of heavy winds lately," Nurse Joy told Paul.

"Blew away!" Paul screamed in anger,"Tell her she should be more careful about how she sets up signs! Someone could get hurt!"

"Like me?" Kairi asked him.

"Shut up! I'm complaining right now!" Paul screamed.

"Well, excuse me, for living!" Kairi finally argued back.

"And another thing," Paul said, turning back to Nurse Joy.

"Yes, what is it?" Nurse Joy asked him. Her ears were ringing somewhat from Paul's hollering at her.

"Could you look after our Pokemon, and give us rooms for the night?" Paul asked her.

"Sure I can," the kind nurse smiled. Pikachu jumped up onto the counter and Paul reached around and grabbed Kairi's Starly's Poke Ball and handed it along with his two, to the nurse. She then handed them two room keys. The rooms were numbered seven and eight. So, that meant there rooms were right next to each other,"Ok, so your Pokemon will be ready within fifteen minutes."

Paul thanked Nurse Joy as he took the keys and carried Kairi up to one of the rooms and sit her down on the bed,"I'll bring you your Pokemon," he told her.

"Thank you Paul," Kairi told him.

"Hn," Paul said as he left the room. Kairi then got dressed into her pyjamas which was hard to do sitting down but she managed to do it. She then pulled some juice out of her bag and then she pulled out a Aspin and took it, for the pain in her ankle. She kept on replaying the scene over and over again in her mind. She then fell back onto the bed and fell asleep instantly. About fifteen minutes later Paul came back knocking on her door,"Kairi?" He called,"Can I come in?" There was no answer. Paul opened the door a crack and noticed she was sleeping. Pikachu pushed his way in and grabbed Starly's Poke Ball from Paul and ran over to Kairi. He placed Starly's Poke Ball into her bag and curled up at Kairi's feet and went to sleep.

"Hn," Paul said, as he closed the door back. He then made his way to his own room, where he then stripped down to nothing and took a bath in the private bathroom that was in his room. The sun had already set now and it was dark outside. Paul sit in the tub wondering,'Why? Why did I help that girl anyway? All it did was slow my journey down. It's not like me at all to help someone. Am I going soft? Ever since I lost to Ash in the Sinnoh League have I lost my touch?'

See, Paul wasn't really a beginning trainer but had decided to start all over again from scratch in the Kanto Pokemon League, after he had lost the Sinnoh League he wanted to start a new journey. He had left all of his Pokemon behind with his older brother. Even his Torterra who was his original starter in Sinnoh when he was just a small Turtwig. Then he had gone off to Kanto while Ash went to the Unova region. But when Paul got to Kanto and met Professor Oak, he found out that Professor Oak was carrying the starters from all the regions. And right away he requested a Turtwig. All that was on Paul's mind as he washed. He then got out of the tub and dried off and changed into his boxers and went to bed, hoping that this time things would be different.

Hey, I'm sorry I missed your request for a buffer post. Hopefully you could use another one and I'm not -too- late.  ^.^  Keep up the good work!  We need more creative writers here!