Chapter 1 – The Shinji Family (1)

"Daddy time to wake up" A 10 years old girl with midnight short blue hair with onyx eyes wearing a white top with frills and three pink flowers on it and a pink skirt with a black belt called out.

A man with plum purple hair in bed groaned as he rolled over with his face facing the window. The little girl pouted and then had a mischievous grin and slowly took a few steps back, once she was a few feet away from the bed where her father is still sleeping she ran up and jumped on him.

The man snapped his eyes open by the sudden impact on him, he looked and saw the similar onyx eyes and groaned while the girl giggled.

"Maria, how many times do I have to tell you, don't do that again" the man asked as he slowly sits up once his daughter, Maria climbed off of him.

"Well, daddy for your information, it has only been two times only" Maria replied with a few giggles. The man rolled his eyes and yawned, he glanced at the clock and it read 8:00 am, he sighed and got out of bed and said "Alright I'm up, I'm up. Now will you leave? I need to change missy"

Maria beamed a large smile and ran out of the room, leaving the man with a small smile as he made his way to the bathroom that is connected to his room.

"Maria did you go wake up daddy?" a woman with long midnight blue hair tied into a pony with blue eyes wearing a black shirt with frills and jeans with apron on asked Maria.

"Yes, mommy; daddy is up" Maria replied as she helped her mom with setting up the table for breakfast. The woman smiled as she continued to cook the two eggs that she is currently cooking at the moment, while Maria went to prepare the pokemon food in the garden once she finished setting up the table.

Two strong arms hugged the woman from behind and the woman smiled, "Well, good morning to you too Paul" Paul nuzzled the woman's neck and kissed as well.

"Good morning troublesome" Paul greeted as he continued to leave some kisses on 'Troublesome's neck.

"HEY! We're husband and wife now! Get my name right! It's DAWN!" Dawn exclaimed as she turned around, Paul chuckled at her outburst and hugged her tighter.

"Alright, troublesome"

Dawn pouted and turned around again and focused on finishing the breakfast, Paul noticed her pouted face and smirked, he then planted a kiss on her cheek. Dawn then smiled and then placed the two eggs in a plate with two bacons.

"Daddy!" Paul turned around and bent down and opened his arms while his daughter ran into his arms. Paul smiled and picked her up and kiss her forehead, "Hello little princess"

Maria beamed a large smile while Dawn was placing the last plate on the table. "Alright you two come and eat" Maria cheered and Paul carried her to her seat and sat next to her facing Dawn and so the Shinji family started to enjoy their own morning breakfast just between the three of them.

Maria went to the living room while Paul and Dawn were doing the dishes. Maria pouted at the TV screen and switched it off and ran out to the garden leaving a confused Dawn and Paul about her actions. "Hmm…" Maria kneeled in front of her pokemons with her arms crossed while she stares at them.

"DADDY! Could you please help me with training?" Paul glanced at his daughter and sighed.

"Maria, if you want, you should battle your mom. She's the top coordinator in the Sinnoh region" Paul said as he watched his daughter.

"Yeah.. but I heard Sara and Ryan also does gym battles with their uncle and many of their combinations comes from that" Maria explained.

"Speaking of them, you didn't get the chance to see their contest battle last time right?" Dawn asked as she placed the dishes away. Maria nodded while Paul looked away guilty knowing that he was the reason why his daughter didn't get the chance to watch her best friends battle due to his battle with the battle frontier, the pyramid king Brandon.

"I bet Reggie record it down for you" Paul said as he sat next to his daughter and his Honchkrow flew to his side. As Maria was about to say something there was a door bell. "Coming!" Dawn called out and went to the door.

"Daddy?"

"Yes?"

"I heard about your past of how you treated pokemons from Uncles Drew, Ash and Gary" Paul got tick marks when he knew that his friends told his daughter about his past.

"Is that true? What they say about you treating them harshly?"

Paul sighed and said "What they said is true, but at that time I was still looking for my own style of pokemon battling and was too concentrating of overtaking uncle Ash and your uncle Reggie"

"So you love them?"

"Of course Maria, they've been my partners for so long"

Maria smiled and hugged Paul, Paul smiled at his daughter and hugged her back. "Am I interrupting some father and daughter bonding time?" A voice asked. Paul and Maria turned around and saw a man with long light plum hair tied in a low pony tail with a simple orange shirt and jeans.

"UNCLE!" Maria cried out as she stopped hugging her dad and ran towards her uncle. Reggie bent down and opened his arms as his favorite niece ran into his arms and hugged him. Reggie laughed and scooped her up, while Paul was gritting secretly but got up to greet his brother.

"Long time no see Paul"

"Right Reggie"

"Seems like you've been doing well ever since your marriage and being at the top of the battle frontier"

"Yeah, still haven't decided on a badge and the way of battling but everything is well" Paul said

"Paul, are you just going to have your brother standing there?" Dawn asked once she placed a tray of cups, plates, tea pot and a plate of biscuit. Maria started to move around and Reggie took the sign of letting her go and Maria ran into the house to help her mother with setting up an afternoon tea party with her family and uncle.

"Well… get inside Reggie, don't want to be killed by my beloved thank you"

Reggie laughed and made his way back inside the house to the living room.

"What brings you here?" Paul asked

"Just here to see you, Dawn and Maria. Nothing more nothing less" Reggie replied.

"I see"

"What's the matter with you Paul?"

"Huh?"

"Your badge isn't ready yet, trainers are waiting for you"

"That…"

"Don't worry Reggie, I'm designing Paul's badge" Dawn said

Reggie smiled and glad that his brother is finally with the woman that he loves and that he doesn't need to burden anything on himself. Maria sat on Reggie's lap and when Reggie looks down at her Maria smiled brightly and Reggie smiled back.

"AH! That reminds me, I have some recordings for you Maria"

"REALLY!?" Maria asked in interest

Reggie nodded and grabbed his bag out and some video tapes in his hand.

"Here, these are all the contests of Ryan, Sara, Rose, Dylan and Daniel that you missed out"

"Yay! Thank you Uncle Reggie! Love you so much!" Maria screamed out as she hugged her favorite uncle and took the bag to watch the videos.

"Stealing my little girl aren't you Reggie?" Paul asked as he glared at his brother, Reggie just gave a small laugh and drank his tea while Dawn was giggling. The rest of the day of the Shinji family was bright and warm, with the conversation between the two brothers and Dawn while their daughter Maria is watching the videos.

Maria: Hello everyone, please review for Suariel thank you and do not worry, she isn't going to give up on her current story "Will you still love me" she's going to write two stories at a time but one might take a while to update but please do bear with her.