How I Met Your Mother. A Pearlshipping Fic

How We Meet

"Rhyhorn is unable to battle! Thewinner of the match is Quint!"

"and with that, Quint Stone and his amazing Seviper move on to the top 16 of the Kanto Pokemon league tournament! This spectacular talent of Pewter city has been burning up the scene with his dynamic play style! Surely, he will make it far in this competition!"

"Awesome," was the only words Paul could get out of his mouth after watching his old friend perform on the big stage. After a pleasant dinner, the Ketchum family gathered around their large screen TV to catch the matches of this year's Pokemon league tournament, mostly because Quint was in it this year. Paul and Quint were great friends, despite the 5 year age gap, due to the closeness of their own fathers.Visiting Brock's home was always fun for the kids, thanks to the fact that Brock had 9 kids. That meant there was no shortage of playmates for them to keep busy with, never-mind all the cousins they had. Ash and Dawn were grateful for this, due to them being old children and thus no blood cousins for them to meet and greet. In fact, Paul and Nina saw the Stone siblings as their own cousins, as do they see their parents' friends as aunts and uncles. But Paul was closest to Quint who acted as something of a older brother to the boy, so he wouldn't miss a chance to see him perform on the big stage.

He was on the floor, stomach first, with his little sister sitting on his back. Next to them were three Pokemon: Pikachu, Buneary, andPiplup, cheering on their friend Seviper. Behind them all was Ash and Dawn relaxing on their green couch. She was laying back, a bowl of

popcorn on her stomach, with her feet in his lap. They both watched as Ash gently massaged her sore feet.

"Quint's really doing awesome."

"Kid's come a long way, son." Ash remembered when he first saw Brock's son battle. All he saw was untapped potential and a drive to succeed.Looking at him now, with his deep purple hair, bronze skin, and those patented squinty, he was so much like both of his parents it was scary.

"I'm sure Brock and Lucy are proud of him. To think, he's the same boy who use to run around my ankles all the time," Dawn commented, totally relaxed due to her beloved's skill hands.

"He only did that because he was trying to look up your dress."

"He was not!"

"Hun,he's Brock's son." Ash and his kids shared a look. That's another thing the Stone boys got from their gym leader father: a love of women. And Quint was not immune to this. Brock's second oldest was perhaps Dawn's biggest admirer, proclaiming his  eternal love and devotion to her, as well as warning Ash that he will steal her from him one day. Ash sometimes wonders if that's what's secretly driving him to be a Pokemon trainer: to one day surpass him as a master and take Dawn from him. The former is more possible than the latter.

"You may have a point," admitted Dawn.

"Nina knows the truth." The girl stuck her tongue at her brother's statement.It brought up memories of her time with the Stone twins. A year older than her but already so girl crazy. They would chase her around every time they visited, talking about how cute she was.