Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

"So Ash, you've come all the way from the Kanto region... That must be quite a journey."

After a brief introduction to Hikari, they started chatting as they walked. During their conversation, Hikari learned a lot about Satoshi and then remarked with some emotion.

"Actually, it's not that bad. It just feels very far. But once you start traveling, you realize that distance is nothing at all."

When communicating with Dawn, Ash basically acted like a senior. Whenever Dawn made a mistake or didn't understand something, Ash would carefully explain or introduce it to her. To Dawn, who hadn't officially started her trip yet, Ash seemed to know everything.

"Pikachu~"

"OKI~"

Just then, Pikachu and Aipom made an untimely cry.

Ash looked down and saw that their bodies had begun to sway, clearly because they were hungry. Pikachu and Aipom could suppress their hunger with willpower by focusing on the goal at hand, but now it seemed they had reached their limit.

"Are they hungry?" Xiao Guang couldn't help but ask, looking at Pikachu and Aipom's miserable state.

"Well, we didn't eat much on the plane, so we were planning to find a restaurant nearby to eat after we finished shopping."

Ash was already preparing to say goodbye to Dawn when he heard Ash say they hadn't eaten yet, but Dawn immediately suggested, "In that case, why don't you come to my house for dinner? My mom is planning to cook anyway, and I have plenty of Pokémon food at home. I think there are some that Pikachu and Aipom would like to eat, right?"

"Pickup!"

“OOKI!”

Upon hearing Xiaoguang mention that she had Pokémon food at home, the two immediately perked up. They did have Pokémon food in their own backpacks... it was just a bit strange to eat it on the street. If they really wanted to eat quickly, they should have just found a restaurant nearby, right?

but.....

"Then I'll take my leave."

Seeing that Pikachu and Aipom were no longer interested in the place, Ash simply went along with their plan. After all, he had only been to Dawn's house once before, so he was very lucky to have this opportunity again.

"No problem! My mom will definitely welcome you! And I also have a lot of questions for you, since I'm going on a trip tomorrow and I'm a little nervous."

"Tomorrow...?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing, I was just thinking about something else."

Ash smiled and changed the subject. Actually, he had already been wondering what time it was when he heard Dawn say she was going on a trip the next day. Although many of his past memories had become blurry, Ash would never forget the troubles he experienced when he first arrived in the Sinnoh region.

Pikachu got lost because of Team Rocket.

My encounter with Hikari.

And her bicycle, which was charred by electricity.

If he could do it all over again, Xiao Guang's bicycle should be saved, right? Thinking about it this way, he felt a lot less pressure. After all, it seemed like Pikachu breaking bicycles had become a common occurrence in the previous areas, but he didn't want his wallet to become empty because of such strange things.

.......

"Bang bang~ bang bang~~~"

"Here it comes~~"

At Xiaoguang's home, Caizi was sitting on the sofa watching TV, waiting for Xiaoguang to come back from shopping. Just as she was wondering if Xiaoguang had been gone for a little too long, a knock came at the door.

"Speaking of which, you didn't bring your keys again? Honestly, can't you be a little more careful? Isn't that right, Charming Meow?"

“Ni~ya~~”

The charming cat, who was sleeping on the table, simply waved its tail to indicate that it had heard Ayako's question, but it didn't seem to be answering her question. Seeing this, Ayako just shook her head and went to the entrance to open the door for Hikaru without saying anything more.

"Click—"

Ayako turned the doorknob, and the door opened with a crisp sound. However, just as Ayako was about to remind her daughter to be more careful in the future, she discovered that there was a boy standing behind her daughter.

"Excuse me for bothering you, I'm Ash from Pallet Town in the Kanto region." Ash greeted Ayako with a slightly embarrassed smile.

Caiko: "???"

Wait, what's going on? I asked you to go out and buy something, how come there are extra people coming back?

"Um... excuse me, could you please wait here for a moment?"

Ayako said this to Satoshi with an apologetic expression, and then pulled Hikari into the house to start questioning him.

"Hey, what's going on? Didn't I ask you to go buy some soy sauce?"

Here, soy sauce.

"Ah, thank you... No! This isn't the time to talk about this!" Ayako pushed away the soy sauce Hikaru offered her and asked, "By the way, what's the deal with that kid named Satoshi? Is he a friend of yours? I've never heard you mention him before?"

Xiao Guang: "Because we just met today."

Ayako: "Isn't this even stranger...? While you wouldn't call yourself socially anxious, you're not exactly a social terrorist either, are you? Why would you suddenly think of bringing a guy you just met to your home? Could it be that, Hikaru, you...?"

"Stop making wild guesses!" Xiao Guang said angrily through gritted teeth, "It's because Xiao Zhi gave me something, and then I saw that he and his Pokémon hadn't had lunch yet, so as a way of repaying him, I invited him over!"

After saying that, Hikari took out the Poké Ball sticker that Ash had given her and showed it off to Ayako.

"Eh~ I see... In that case, I can understand. But that kid is too kind, isn't he? Even if he's not a Trainer Coordinator, this was a prize he worked so hard to win, right? And he just gave it to you so easily... Did you do something, Hikari...?"

"Ugh! Please stop asking! Can we let others in? This is going to go on forever!"

Hikari knew that if her mother continued on this topic, they might not finish talking about it all day, so she immediately stopped the conversation and, without asking Ayako's opinion, went to the door to invite Satoshi in.

.......