Ash vs Paul Round 2

*One day...*

Ash and Tomo did some training; they learned that the Pastoria Gym's specialty was water type Pokemon. Ash decided to use Luxio, Roselia and Zangoose and Tomo decided to use his Pikachu, Sunflora and Octillery. Dawn was admiring her Aqua ribbon.

"I can't believe I won my second contest ribbon." She told Brock.

"Well you better believe it Dawn." Brock said. "And this will mean you won't doubt yourself as a coordinator again, will you?"

"No." Dawn replied. "After what happened at the Wallace Cup, I won't let anything crush me again."

Brock was happy to hear that and so was Piplup.

Suddenly's Ash's second Buizel came out of it's Poke Ball and he began shouting at Ash.

"Hey Ash, what's up with Buizel?" Dawn asked.

"Buizel wants to battle." Ash said. "He's just about to evolve."

"You see Dawn." Brock said. "Sometimes when a Pokemon is about to evolve it develops strange behavior. Sometimes they really want to battle, like Buizel now. Other times they run away to evolve somewhere and sometimes they become weak and aggressive."

"Oh." Dawn said.

"Alright then Buizel." Ash said. "As I'm training Luxio, Roselia and Zangoose for our upcoming gym battle you can battle them. We'll soon evolve you into Floatzel." Buizel was hoping that would happen.

"Like that would do anything." A voice said.

It was Paul. Of course Ash wasn't happy to see him, but he remained polite.

"What brings you here Paul?" Dawn asked.

"I'm just here to train my Pokemon and to find new Pokemon for my team." Paul answered.

*'All you'll be doing is catching them, scanning them and releasing them.'* Ash thought.

Paul turned to Ash.

"I saw you participating in the Wallace Cup on TV." He said. "Especially that battle between Buizel and Lanturn. That was no different than how I had Chimchar battle in the Hearthome Tag Team Tournament."

"Excuse me Paul." Ash said.

He remembered that tournament.

"But there is a big difference between those battles. 1. I didn't cause Buizel to be seriously injured from attacks like you did with Chimchar and 2. I didn't abandon Buizel like you abandoned Chimchar." Paul just snorted.

"The sooner your Buizel evolves, the better." He rudely said.

Suddenly a stream of water hit the ground in front of Paul; it was from Buizel. He and Ash were angered by Paul's comment.

"I suggest we battle and that way I can kill two birds with one stone; help Buizel evolve and show you what he can do." Ash said.

Buizel spoke out as if to say 'yeah'. Of course Paul found this to be annoying, but seeing Buizel's spirit made him agree to battle.

Ash and Paul took their places to battle while Brock served as the referee.

"Oh boy." Dawn sighed. "Why am I not surprised that Ash would want to battle Paul when they meet up again?"

"Well Dawn." Tomo replied. "Wouldn't you battle Paul too if he made a rude remark about your contest performances?"

"Now that you mention it, I would." Dawn admitted.

Ash's Buizel went out to the battlefield and Paul sent his Electabuzz out onto the field.

"I'd like to see how your Buizel fares against my Electabuzz." Paul said.

Dawn didn't like the look of this.

"This is how Paul battles." Brock said. "We should not interfere."

"Thunder Punch." Paul told Electabuzz.

"Counter with Ice Punch." Ash told Buizel.

Thanks to Ice Punch, Buizel was able to protect himself.

"Buizel, use Dig." Ash said.

Buizel dug underground. Electabuzz waited for Buizel to emerge, and then he appeared behind Electabuzz spraying him with Water Gun. Water Gun didn't do much damage, but it did surprise Electabuzz.

"Electabuzz Thunder!" Paul commanded.

Electabuzz fired a thunderbolt from the sky.

"Use your tail Buizel." Ash said.

Buizel used the same Iron Tail move he used against Lanturn in the Wallace Cup to help against Thunder. It did help a bit, but Buizel still took some damage from Thunder. Of course Paul wasn't impressed.

"Now Buizel, use Swift." Ash said.

Buizel fired several white stars that hit Electabuzz.

"Electabuzz, Brick Break." Paul said.

Electabuzz struck Buizel really hard with his hand.

"This battle is a waste of time; I can win this in a couple of seconds." Paul said.

"Don't think you've won yet!" Ash shouted back. "Buizel and I aren't done."

Suddenly Buizel glowed and he evolved into Floatzel. Ash was happy that Buizel evolved. He checked his Pokedex and saw that Floatzel now knew Ice Fang, Crunch and Focus Blast.

"Okay Floatzel, show Electabuzz your new Focus Blast move." Ash said.

Floatzel fired a Focus Blast, but Electabuzz used Thunder Punch to counter it. Electabuzz and Floatzel glared at each other.

Just then Paul called out to stop the battle, surprising everyone.

"Hey, what are you stopping the battle for?" Ash asked.

"Because there's no point continuing it." Paul answered.

Ash and Floatzel were irritated. Paul returned Electabuzz and left without even saying goodbye to the gang.

"Paul is as rude as ever." Tomo said.

"I can't believe he wanted to end the battle like that." Dawn said.

"It's no good complaining about it now, because when we next meet and battle each other I'll show him no mercy." Ash said.

He wasn't going to let Paul off that easily.