Okay, SORRY! I'm a terrible person. I don't update early enough, I will punish myself… or Sasuke. I'll get a Sasuke plushie and PUNISH HIM!

So, this is a little shorter than the other chapters, but hopefully it'll make up for itself. Again, I'd really like thank you for the support I'm getting. You guys are awesome, I never had 14 reviews in the first two chapters of my other fanfics. Merry Christmas!

Chapter 3

Paul dropped Dawn off his back carelessly. Dawn landed on the ground violently and groaned. Her face was so hot that she could swear that she saw smoke coming from it. And worse, she couldn't see any red color on Paul's face, which meant she was the only one embarrassed by the whole thing.

"Well, see ya," Paul closed abruptly as he began to walk away.

"Um, HELLO? WAIT!" Dawn called.

He turned around and looked at her expectantly. A pale girl with large, but terrified blue eyes' reflection appeared in Paul's eyes. Dawn was in a dark forest with no direction, and the girl's emotions were flying by the looks of her. The radiant butterfly of Twinleaf's wings had been delicately plucked off. She was falling fast now and her only base for hope was Paul.

Seeming to realize all of this, Paul came to a decision.

A firm, but cold reached out and grasped Dawn's wrist. Soundlessly, Paul led her into the very depths of the forest. Dawn was fairly surprised. She hadn't realized this was what she wanted, but it must have been it, because she began to feel better after that.

They went through the same process of when he first led her. (Remember, back in chapter one?) Paul would try and act like the Flash and walk at a brisk pace, and Dawn would have to run to keep up. She didn't comment, because she was afraid he might leave her alone again. Plus, he was being really quiet.

"Hey! Captain Eyebrows! Where are we going?" Dawn asked.

Paul frowned, "We're looking for food. Aren't you hungry?"

"Oh," Dawn touched her stomach, "I thought that was just worry. Yeah, I'm hungry. Kind of hungry for Chinese food actually…"

He stopped and turned to her, "Do you see a Chinese restaurant?"

"Actually yes," Dawn replied pointing forward. Paul turned.

Sure enough, down the pathway they had been walking was a small stand. The stand looked like a cubicle, covered with red curtains. The sign read "CHINESE TAKE-OUT!" in big letters, obviously done with a PokeSharpie. The opening in the front showed two people. Was that there before? Paul quizzically looked at it, but joined Dawn and ran up.

The man with bright blue hair wore large glasses, and a red Chinese outfit. He had a large mustache on, "Well, hello little children!" he turned toward his associate, "And you said there wouldn't be any business out here. You silly willy!"

The woman who matched the man except with her large pink hair in a bun laughed, "Oh ho ho HO! I am a silly willy! Do you two want any Wan Ton Soup? It's fresh." (These guys are creeping me out…)

Dawn beamed, "Mmm! That sounds deliciouso! Sign. Me-"

Like a natural reaction, Paul pulled Dawn behind him and answered, "No thanks." He hugged her close to his back and began to step away.

"MMUTMIWAFFEEDCHIMEDE," Dawn's muffled voiced came, which probably meant, "But I wanted Chinese!"

"Move to Plan B," said a scratchy voice.

At that moment, Dawn's wrist was grabbed again, and Paul and Dawn shot off. Even with those disguises, Paul knew exactly who they were, and if he was right they were in no condition to fight (from his opinion anyway.)

"GET 'EM!" yelled Meowth popping up from under the stand. Jessie and James threw off their disguises and began to chase the two trainers. Paul nervously looked back and saw them, and then he started to frantically look for a bush to duck behind. Only trees were in sight.

Dawn stopped and turned, tugging Paul back, "Piplup! Come out!"

Piplup practically jumped out of Dawn's Pokeball and stood in front of the two defiantly. Dawn and Paul gave each other coy smiles, and then returned to the fight. Paul searched his pocket for a quick-throw Pokemon.

"Weavile! Come on out!" Paul cried as he threw his ball.

Weavile and Piplup looked at the opposing team that had just caught up with them. Team Rocket stared at the two trainers nodded at each other and called out their Pokemon: Seviper and Carnivine.

Seviper was a purple snake with gold striped across its head. When stretched out, it was far taller than Weavile and Piplup. It had a menacing tongue. Quite poisonous, Seviper was not to be trifled with, although Ash and his friends had beaten it many times before. It was controlled by Jessie, which was partly why it would always lose.

Carnivine was a monstrous thing twice the size of Piplup and Weavile. It was green, and stood on vines for legs. It had ferocious teeth the size of a shark's, and had leaves for arms. Even though it looked very scary, this particular Carnivine, owned by James, was extremely lovable. It would constantly attack James with hugs.

"CARNIVINE!" James called, "BULLET SEED!"

Carnivine was not listening. It turned towards James immediately and jumped on him, biting his head. James jerked and tried to forcedly pull him off, but nothing would work. It was Jessie's turn, "Seviper! Poison Tail!"

Seviper rushed toward Piplup.

"Piplup! Bubble beam!" Piplup, hearing this command, rushed toward Seviper. It opened its mouth and flew back as bubbles charged at Seviper. The multi-colored bubbles hit the snake before it could make the attack Poison Tail.

Paul had to be included too, "Weavile! Icy Wind!"

Weavile blew an icy gust of wind toward Team Rocket. Jessie and James could barely make a comment before they were frozen solid.

"Icy," Dawn commented, "I feel like I have that kind of breath when I chew minty gum!"

Paul rolled his eyes and led her away from the frozen enemies. Dawn asked, "Do you think they actually had Chinese food?"

"Rather not go back. Could be booby-trapped or something."

"Yes, because Team Rocket is so smart like that," Dawn replied.

Paul grinned evilly and turned to her, "Am I…rubbing off on you? That was very sarcastic."

Dawn stuck up her nose and walked past him, "Now is certainly not the time for you to start flirting with me. We need to find Ash-urm-And Brock too!"

Paul ran back up to her, "I am not flirting. And, though I don't really care, you do know that Ash feels nothing for you, right?"

Dawn gave Paul a killing look, "What do you know about relationships? You treat your Pokemon like dirt; you're rude to Ash every time you see him-"

"Hmph!" Paul grabbed Dawn's shoulders and pulled her close, "You're just a little girl, what would you know about relationships?"

Oh my goodness, PAUL'S GOING TO EAT ME! Dawn thought realizing how close Paul had pulled her. Her back was touching his chest. Yeah, that close. So close that if Paul whispered in her ear, it would send chills down her spine. Bad. Her face was turning a deep shade of red, "Let me go, you jerkface!"

"Actually, I'm kind of enjoying this. You're miserable and embarrassed; it's hilarious," Paul chuckled, "What if I licked you? How would you react?"

"IF YOU LICKED ME? WHAT? THAT'S SO RANDOM!"

Paul's tongue slipped out of his mouth and landed on Dawn's cheek. She began to twitch and shake. Paul's tongue felt like it was burning, Dawn's cheek was so hot. It quickly retreated and Dawn fell on her knees.

"Paul…are you sick or something? That was really out of character," Dawn muttered, calming down. Paul said nothing. (Don't worry, it's not OOC, there's an actual reason. Surprisingly.)

She stood up and acted like nothing had happened. It probably had to do with hormones, Dawn chuckled quietly, "Let's just forget about whatever that…was… And find Ash! Oh, and food, but mostly Ash!"

Paul followed Dawn at a distance. He was confused. His heart was aching and beating quickly at the same time. He was sweating mightily and he had no explanation for why he had acted so…odd. It was like a random spasm of another character. Paul felt sick. This feeling is so annoying, he thought.

They kept walking through the forest, searching endlessly for berries or anything edible, really. There was a huge space in between them that kept growing every five or six minutes. Dawn looked back every once and a while to see Paul holding his head, like he was extremely dizzy or something. After the third time of looking back, the blue-haired girl couldn't take it any longer.

"Hey, are you okay, eyebrows?" She asked him.

"I'm fine!" Paul retorted angrily, "I don't need you to care! I can look out for myself!"

"Sheesh, it was only a question."

"Dawn, I'm sorry. You're really my only friend."

"Well, no need to yell-Wait, what?" Dawn asked.

Paul continued, "And that's why I will follow you to the end of the earth."

Paul's eyes looked misty and half-awake. Bags hung under his eyes and he was in a hunch position. A creepy smile was placed on his face. He didn't look like the overpowering Paul Dawn knew. He looked more like an entranced boy. Was he just tired? Dawn didn't know, but she was still terrified and began to back away slowly.

"That's all we needed to hear!" A woman's voice came from in the sky.

Dawn, who had backed up enough to hit a tree, looked up as a gust of wind began to mess up her hair. A woman, in a tight-fitting, black suit with green hair tied in a ponytail, loosely held onto a helicopter. On the blue helicopter were the initials "T.A." in large, white letters. The copter started to descend to the two Pokemon trainers.

As soon as the copter landed in between Paul and Dawn, a red light began to flash on Paul's neck. Instinctively, Dawn pulled out Aipom's Pokeball and held it in front of herself. The mysterious woman stepped off the helicopter and started to head toward Dawn. The woman had odd make-up on that made Dawn shiver.

"Who are you?!" Dawn yelled.

"Vanessa of Team Aqua. You're coming with me," the not so-mysterious woman cooed.

"Wha-Wait, why me? Why is Paul's neck flashing? Why is he acting so weird? WHAT IS GOING ON????"

Vanessa moved swiftly, and before Dawn could even blink, she had Dawn held up by her shirt. Dawn dropped her Pokeball as she was held in the air. Vanessa answered, "The Optimized Obsession Chip controls you boyfriend now!"

"Let me down! And he's not my boyfriend!" Dawn screamed, kicking and screaming.

"Thanks to the Optimized Obsession Chip on his neck, he thinks he is!" Vanessa laughed. She pointed to Paul's neck, "This ingenious device controls the human brain to act the exact opposite of the human's character. Now he'll follow you everywhere!"

"OH NO! HOW WILL I GO TO THE BATHROOM?"

"You'll have no time for that!" Vanessa laughed evilly. Suddenly, she ran with Dawn back to the helicopter and flung her in. She called the captain of the copter to ride off, and slowly it flew back up into the air. Though Dawn had become unconscious, one thing still bothered her?

Why did Team Aqua want Paul to follow them?

Ha ha… Optimized Obsession Chip. OOC…Ha. That's awesome.