The Pokemon Parable's (One-Shots)

Unforseen Love

Universe - Anime AU
P.O.V. - Third Person
Mature Themes - N/A
Artwork By Suwamoto (DeviantART)

"Here you go Mister Shirogai" Nurse Joy smiled at the young Lavender-haired male she returned his Pokemon to him. "Your Pokemon are fully rested. I apologise for the long wait, your Pokemon were quite tired..."

Paul merely took his Pokemon back in one quiet motion, before he bowed down to the nurse, not bothered by the long amount of time it took her to heal all his Pokemon. He mustered a tiny smile for her

"It was not a bother ma'am; thank you for your service" He replied with a forward yet respectful tone to her before releasing the three Pokemon with him; Chimchar, Elekid and Ninjask. They all let out a small battle cry, however received no response from their trainer. Paul gestured the Pokemon over to a small, one seat table where he proceeded to make their afternoon meals from scratch. Though he was a vicious, unforgiving trainer when it came to the heat of battle that pushed each and every Pokemon to their absolute limit, he wasn't a 'bad' trainer per say, at least to the Pokemon. He fed and groomed them exceptionally well and gave them all equal attention, however he lacked visible affection for them all. Nonetheless, despite his rigorous and sometimes ruthless training and battle style, the Pokemon still stayed loyal to him for differing reasons; some yearned for the challenge of his harsh methods, others viewed it as their way to becoming stronger than ever before, and some simply just wanted to be with a travelling trainer. Regardless of their reasoning, they were all brought together by this one human, and though he was unusual in their eyes, the pros of him outweigh the cons. At least, for now...

"Here" Paul placed three food bowls down on the floor, one for each of his Pokemon, who all dug into their food happily. Elekid, the only female of the group, picked up her food bowl and jumped up on the table, joining Paul as he patiently waited for his meal to arrive. She did this every day, wanting to catch the attention of her strict trainer, one she looked up to. He was the first thing she saw when she hatched; to her, Paul was her parental figure, her guardian. She enjoyed his company despite the lack of affection and never saw a problem with the training methods he utilises. Elekid let out a small cry of affection to her father-like figure as she looked up at him, her eyes sparkling. Paul sighed in frustration - though he admired how tough and persistent Elekid was, he disregarded every form of affection she attempted to give him. He despised it, however he knew Elekid was only a baby, thus he treated her with much more care than the others

"Elekid, off the table" He told her in a stern voice. Elekid cocked her head to one side, then beamed that her trainer was giving her attention. Paul narrowed his eyes

"Elekid, off the table" He repeated in a much more stern and ominous tone in an attempt to intimidate her. Once again, Elekid only smiled, letting out an affectionate cry. Paul finally sighed, his patience gone as he picked Elekid up and gently placed her back on the floor with the other Pokemon, before he brushed the food bowl off the table without a care, spilling its contents. Chimchar and Ninjask looked over to the baby Pokemon in intrigue, pondering what she was trying to do. The young Pokemon twitched a little out of frustration as she picked up her food and tried to grab her guardian's attention once more. As she climbed onto the table, she noticed Paul's focus had drifted to something different; Instead of patiently awaiting his meal to arrive, he was watching something occurring on TV

"And our next rookie contestant, all the way from Twinleaf Town is Dawn 'Hikari' Yoakei!" Elekid raised an eyebrow and glanced at her trainer; He was watching a Pokemon Contest Spectacular, something Elekid knew he despised, however that was not the only odd thing - there was someone familiar onscreen; Dawn, they said it was? Elekid narrowed her eyes, remembering that the girl had watched a battle between Paul and another trainer beforehand, the very same trainer that had begun to grind her trainer's gears. Elekid huffed, confused on why Paul was even eyeing off both something and someone that irritated him so much, but he said nothing as he was mesmerised...