Pokemon legends arceus: life in the present

10. tag battling and a new companion

-colosseum-

Mc: greetings everyone and welcome to the tag battle competition. im the mc and the mayor of this town. the rules are simple, each round is a tag battle but your teammate will be randomized. when your numbers are paired find your parnters and strategies how to win.

Akari: that would explain these cards

Irida: i hope we become tag partners akari.

Akari: i hope so too but its unlikely

Mc: and now without further adue here is the roster *points up*

and then screen turns on and the numbers appeared on the bracket

Akari: lets see im number 5 and my partner is 15

Irida: aaaw looks like we didnt to became partners

Akari: there there good luck

Irida: thanks

and then we went to look for our tag partners

i looked around i saw ash and pikachu on his head hold the 15 card and then i walk up to him

Akari: hey ash, looks like we're partners *hold up my card*

Ash: oh cool lets win this

Akari: right

???: great i figured you be here

i turn to see a guy with purple hair and a fierce look

Ash: paul! what are you doing here

Paul: to train of course.....

i could tell that ash doesnt like paul very much by the way he's talking to him

Paul: well may the best person win

paul walks off

Akari: so what his deal?

Ash: well you see......

ash told me how rough paul train his pokemon

Akari: mmmmmm his methods does seem excessive. i can see why you dislike him

Ash: yeah.....

Akari: come lets prove training and treat them like friends can win

Ash: right

after the first day and we made it to the next round.

-pokemon center diner-

Irida: im surprised that we became tag partners dawn

Dawn: suprised me too

Juniper: [i'll say, this totally not like in the anime]

Akari: whats wrong juniper?

Juniper: i'll tell you later

Akari: ok

we ate dinner and head up to our room for the night and then

Akari: ok juniper, can you tell us what on your mind

Juniper: well you see in the anime ash was supose to team with paul in the tournement and dawn with that connor guy

Akari: really?

Juniper: yeah and during the tournement paul releases chimchar because of he got afraid of its opponent's zangoose

Akari: will it get stronger with him

Juniper: yeah

Akari: i wonder he'll beat me?