Ash has recently started his journey into Sinnoh region with his Pikachu and the a long the way he met up with His longtime companion Brock eventually rejoins him and soon they met a girl named Dawn who joins them on the journey since she was trying to be a Pokemon coordinator with her Piplup who entered Pokemon contests and Ash met Paul who was a little more cold but distant who became his rival and they end up going to Pokemon gyms for ash to earn his badges to go to the Pokemon league but Paul has his own path but he does cross paths with ash and his friends