Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

After the plane landed smoothly on the Sinnoh continent, Ash walked steadily out of the cabin with Aipom and Pikachu, officially stepping onto this familiar land.

"Hmm~"

Ash took a deep, almost greedy breath of the air, then spread his arms wide and shouted, "Sinnoh region! Here I come!!"

"Pika~!"

"O~ki!"

People near the airport looked at Xiaozhi with a sense of nostalgia, as if to say, "This is what youth is all about."

Aipom and Pikachu responded excitedly to Ash's high spirits.

After all, it's only natural to feel excited when stepping into a completely new and unknown land.

Being able to openly express one's thoughts in such situations is something to be envied.

"Let's go! Let's become the strongest together!"

"Pikachu~!"

"O~ki!"

Pikachu and Aipom didn't think much about what Ash meant by those words; to them, Ash was simply announcing his dream.

However, how far he is from his dream depends on what he gains on this continent.

However, Pikachu, perched on Ash's shoulder, noticed that Ash's expression seemed different when he went to Johto and Hoenn.

Her overall demeanor seems to have changed... or perhaps she's become more mature and composed?

Although Ash's words only conveyed confidence, Ash has always been confident.

He was unwavering in his dream of becoming a Pokémon Master, so Pikachu didn't think too much about it.

"But before that..."

Ash turned to look at Aipom, and under its fearful gaze, he picked it up and took the hat off Aipom's head, putting it on his own.

"I need to take care of your business first. By the way, when exactly did you sneak into my backpack? And how did you manage to stay hidden from me and Pikachu... Wait?! So, what's in my backpack...?"

Ash suddenly realized that things didn't seem to be quite the same as he had imagined.

So he immediately put Aipom and Pikachu on the ground and opened his backpack.

Sure enough, because the long-tailed monster was coming in, it took out the clothes and some food from the backpack.

I just don't know when it did all this. It must have been done before boarding the plane, right?

Why wasn't this Pokémon detected by security while it was in the backpack? Or did the security personnel simply think that putting a Pokémon in a backpack wasn't unusual?

"Thanks to you, I have to go buy all these necessities again... Honestly, if you wanted to come with me so badly, why didn't you just say so? Why are you hiding like this?"

Ash complained, but Aipom's expression didn't seem to suggest that it had done anything wrong.

In short, it had a "sorry, I was wrong, but I'll do it again next time" attitude. Xiao Zhi didn't know what to say about this "what's the use" attitude, so he could only let it go for now.

“O~KIKI~!”

Seeing that Ash didn't blame him, Aipom became lively again.

After Ash finished packing and stood up, it jumped back onto Ash's head and then snatched Ash's signature hat and put it on its own head again.

Seriously, why does Aipom like this hat so much?

Ash was somewhat exasperated by Aipom's actions, but since it had truly been "a long time" since they last met, he wouldn't hold a grudge against Aipom; as long as it was happy, that was all that mattered...

Just like the choice it made back then...

Thinking about this, Xiao Zhi still felt a little regretful.

It's not just Aipom; it includes Pidgeot, Primeape, Butterfree, Larvitar, and Lapras...

If possible, Ash would certainly prefer that they could always stay by his side and follow him toward becoming the strongest.

But there are always so many unfortunate situations in the world, and Butterfly found her true love.

The dragon returned to its clan.

Yukira, on the other hand, returned to her mother's side.

Ash was quite pleased that they were able to find their own home and return to their original groups.

But Ash still feels somewhat resentful about situations like those involving Aipom and Primeape...

Pidgeot's situation is rather special. Hopefully, when I go back next time, the Pidgey and Pidgey it led will have found a new leader.

"By the way, is there a Pokémon Center nearby...? I need to get your Poké Ball over here first, I can't have you two standing on my shoulders the whole time."

"OKI!"

Aipom still showed no remorse, seemingly believing it could stay outside indefinitely until it retrieved its Poké Ball and was taught a lesson about the harsh realities of the world.

Xiao Zhi sighed softly and didn't linger there any longer. Instead, he walked towards the location near the airport where there was a floor plan.

After such a period of adjustment, Xiao Zhi's mindset has also changed.

Although he didn't know why he had traveled back in time, nor whether he would suddenly travel back again in the future, since he had already returned to the past, the thing he needed to do was very simple, and there was still only one thing—

That is to become a Pokémon Master!

Compared to the regrets of the future, Xiao Zhi still cares more about the regrets of the past...

This time, he doesn't intend to lose to Shinji and the others again, nor does he intend to end his Sinnoh journey by falling in the semifinals.

Now that he's been given a precious second chance, he's determined to do his best...

For him, the most valuable thing about starting over is his memories and experiences from over the years.

Compared to the fully mature training methods used in the past, Ash's current approach to training Pokémon still has many shortcomings.

If he can properly address these shortcomings, I believe he will be able to force out and defeat all of his Pokémon in the competition, and not just be able to see Darkrai and Latios.

So, are all the remaining Pokémon that guy's Pokémon also Legendary? Or maybe he only has the first two Legendary Pokémon? That would be so disappointing...

With high hopes for the future, Ash finally embarked on his newest journey.

Lost in his fantasy, he didn't notice that in the distance, a hot air balloon shaped like a cat was slowly flying behind him.

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