Bewilder Forest

Not long after Ash captured Turtwig, the gang took a break from traveling and had some lunch. Ash was checking out his new Turtwig with the Pokedex. It said that his Turtwig was male and he knew Tackle, Withdraw, Razor Leaf, Bite, Absorb and Synthesis. He also knew the move Dig which was unusual because Turtwig and it's evolved forms don't learn Dig. But Ash was happy with his new Pokemon and couldn't wait to use him in battle. Turtwig still liked to affectionately bite down on Ash's head because he liked him a lot.
Suddenly Paul appeared.
"You certainly appear out of nowhere don't you Paul?" Ash asked.
"I'm just on my way to the Oreburgh Gym." Paul said.
"I'm going there too." Ash said.
Just then Paul saw Ash's Turtwig and like usual Paul spoke rudely about it. He didn't think it was anything special. This angered Ash.
"I take it you're going to tell me you have a Turtwig too and yet yours is way better than mine?" Ash questioned.
He'd been through this before; trainers boasting about their Pokemon that Ash also had. Paul just huffed.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" He said.
Ash gritted his teeth in anger, but didn't say anything about Paul's insult. 
"Since I'm sure you're here to capture more Pokemon Paul, we'll leave you to your business while you leave us to our business." He said.
"I don't have time to mess with you anyway." Paul replied, then left.
"What was that about Ash?" Dawn asked. "When you looked really angry at Paul, I thought you were going to pick a fight with him or something."
"Listen Dawn." Ash said. "When you have a rival who likes to insult you or your Pokemon, it isn't best to let your anger get to you. I know that because my old rival Gary used to insult me and my Pokemon in the past, and one time I challenged him to a Pokemon battle. But I lost my cool and concentration due to my anger. So if you let your anger get to you Dawn, you will lose concentration in the end."
"Ash is right Dawn." Brock said. "That can happen."
"Okay." Dawn said, getting the message.
After lunch the gang walked to the entrance of a forest. Brock took a look at the map guide.
"Uh oh." He said. "It says here that this is Bewilder Forest and it also says that wild Stantler live here."
"If Stantler live in there we better be careful, otherwise they will subject us to illusions." Ash said. 
He remembered a incident involving Stantler in the Johto Region.
"What should we do?" Dawn asked, worried.
Ash told Dawn not to worry because he planned to use his aura to keep a look out for Stantler if they were close.
"If we run into any Stantler I'll let you know immediately." Ash said.
He already explained to Dawn what he could do with his aura, so she was willing to trust him. The gang then entered the forest.
As the gang walked through the forest, Ash shut his eyes to use his aura. Thanks to that they managed to avoid the wild Stantler.
"Your aura certainly is very handy." Dawn said.
"I take it was hard to practice this power, huh Ash?" Brock asked.
"Yes. Riley had me practice aura in my surroundings and my other aura abilities every day." Ash nodded. "It took four months to get everything right."
"Wow." Dawn said.
Thanks to Ash's aura the gang made it out of the forest without being hypnotized by the wild Stantler and running into any wild Beedrill.
Suddenly they ran into Paul again.
"I'm surprised you managed to get through this forest with Stantler living in there." He rudely said.
"For your information Paul." Ash said, irritated. "Brock, Tomo and I met Stantler back in the Johto Region and we know Stantler has Hypnosis in it's move set." 
Paul wasn't impressed after hearing that.
"Caught any new Pokemon Paul?" He asked.
"If you must know yes." Paul said. "I found a Ursaring which proved it's worth to be on my team. The Stantler I caught proved to be worthless as it only knew Tackle."
In other words Paul released Stantler not long after catching it.
Ash wasn't happy to hear that, but he had no desire to argue with Paul.
"What about you?" He asked Ash. "Still clinging onto that Turtwig of yours? If you are you are just wasting your time with it."
Ash was enraged; he hated when someone insulted his Pokemon.
"That's it!" He shouted. "I'm not letting you continue insulting my Turtwig. I'll battle you with my Turtwig and show you it's not worthless."
Paul thought it would be a waste of his time, but he agreed to battle only to see if Ash's Turtwig was worth it.
Ash and Paul assumed their places to battle.
"Hey Brock." Dawn said. "What compelled Ash to battle Paul."
"Paul pushed his luck too far." Brock informed her. "Ash hates when his Pokemon are insulted."
"Wouldn't you hate someone continuing to insult your Piplup, Burmy and Ariados, Dawn?" Tomo asked.
"Actually yes I would." Dawn admitted.
Ash sent out his Turtwig and Paul sent out a Chimchar to battle.
"Uh oh, fire beats grass." Dawn said.
"Don't worry." Brock said. "Even when your opponent has a type advantage, you can still find a way to overcome it. Ash always find a way in situations like this, so watch closely Dawn."
"Tackle." Ash told Turtwig.
Chimchar tunneled underground with Dig to avoid it.
"Use Dig as well Turtwig." Ash said.
Turtwig tunneled underground in pursuit of Chimchar.
Paul was startled that Ash's Turtwig knew Dig, but he merely scoffed.
"Get out of there." He said.
Chimchar resurfaced and started looking for Turtwig.
Just then Turtwig came out of the ground and prepared to use Bite. Chimchar reacted with Scratch.
"That Chimchar is strong." Tomo said. "I'd enjoy getting a Chimchar like that."
"Razor Leaf." Ash told Turtwig.
Chimchar burned the leaves up with Flame Wheel and tackled Turtwig.
"Turtwig, you okay?" Ash asked.
Turtwig was okay, but felt weak.
"Chimchar, Flame Wheel again." Paul said.
Chimchar charged towards Turtwig at high speed with Flame Wheel.
"Tackle it Turtwig." Ash said.
Turtwig and Chimchar tackled each other, but Flame Wheel was stronger and Turtwig was thrown back before fainting. 
Ash lost to Paul this time around.
Ash picked Turtwig up.
"You did great during your first battle, Turtwig." He said. 
Turtwig was touched by his kindness. 
Chimchar was happy with his victory and jumped up and down.
"Enough." Paul told it to stop.
"This is nothing to be proud of." He said, returning Chimchar.
Ash felt like Paul never said a nice word in his life. He then turned to Ash.
"As I said, your Turtwig isn't much." He rudely said.
Ash frowned in response.
"Turtwig and I may have lost to you this time Paul, but next time we encounter each other I'll be a lot stronger." 
Paul paid him no mind and left.
Ash turned to the others.
"Guys." He said. "Paul's a rival I'm never going to befriend."
Brock and Tomo agreed as did Dawn. So upon his first loss to Paul, Ash knew a lot of work had to be done with his new Turtwig.