Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

After Snorlax and Aipom spent nearly an hour teaching Raichu, Raichu finally learned the basics of Focus Slam and Mega Punch. Although it's not yet proficient, it can at least exert some of the power of these two skills. Breaking a Pineapple Berry is no longer a difficult task for Raichu.

Night was just beginning to fall when Ash took Raichu back to the cake shop. Dawn, Brock, and even Tiffany and Tamaki, who had returned earlier, were all waiting for him with worried expressions. It wasn't until they saw Raichu that they seemed to realize something. Then came the moment when Tiffany and Raichu recognized each other.

.......

"Thank you so much... I never imagined that this child would actually leave this place to find the Thunder Stone in order to shatter the Eggplant-Pear Fruit, truly..."

As Tamami spoke, she stroked Raichu's head, her eyes revealing a sense of relief and affection.

Although Gummy Bear's sudden departure did cause them a lot of trouble, the thought that Gummy Bear left to become stronger because of her grandmother's idea made all the complaints they should have said stuck in their throats and they couldn't say them.

"It's nothing, I just happened to run into it on the way and pointed it out. It's nothing."

Ash said this, but then he noticed the suspicious looks from Dawn and Brock. Their eyes seemed to say, "You just went out for a walk, didn't you? How come you ended up bringing back someone else's Pokémon?"

I don't know.

Xiao Zhi promised that he really didn't have any other thoughts at the time; he was just walking along and bumped into it, so what could he do?

"Anyway, thank you so much, whether it was bringing the gummy bear back for us or teaching it Mega Punch and Focus Slam... I just happened to go and collect a lot of pineapple berries with Pikachu this afternoon. If you don't mind, I'll try making a new flavor of cake now. Please have a taste."

"Of course I don't mind!" x2

Before Xiaogang could even speak, Xiaozhi and Xiaoguang shouted it out in unison.

What does a cake made primarily from burnt eggplant fruit taste like? Ash and Dawn, who have never tried it before, are determined to eat it, even if it means risking their foodie pride.

"Then I'll go make dinner. After dinner, we can have Grandma's cake as dessert," Zhu Shi volunteered.

Xiao Gang, of course, wouldn't miss this opportunity to curry favor. Just as he stepped forward to take Zhu Shi's hand and make a heartfelt confession, the scoundrel suddenly emerged from its Poké Ball and quietly squatted in place, staring at Xiao Gang with its dead fish eyes, waiting for its move.

Xiao Gang: "......"

Feeling the murderous aura emanating from behind, Xiao Gang could only chuckle awkwardly before raising his hand and saying, "I... I'll help too. I have a little knowledge of cooking."

"This humble student..."

"You're so realistic."

Ash and Dawn couldn't help but make this comment when they saw Brock's appearance.

Dinner passed quietly in this cheerful atmosphere.

.......

The next morning.

Since there were no extra rooms in the cake shop, Ash and the others slept in the living room.

As the first rays of sunlight streamed in through the window, Xiao Zhi frowned, opened his eyes, and mechanically got up, yawning. He quickly washed up, then picked up his backpack and went outside to start tidying up.

"Ha~"

Xiao Zhi yawned again. Although he went to bed early and slept well yesterday, he still felt a little sleepy.

When sleeping in the wild, Ash usually likes to put all his Poké Balls in his backpack so that he won't accidentally crush them while sleeping. However, he has to rummage through his backpack to take all the Poké Balls out every morning after waking up, which is a bit of a hassle.

Of course, Ash isn't training Pokémon right now. After all, there's not much open space around the cake shop, it's still early, and even Pikachu is still sleeping. It's clearly not the time for training.

What he had to do was just like his daily routine of eating and sleeping: take out his Pokémon Watch to check on the hatching progress of the egg that Mr. Teruyuki, the general manager of the Pokémon Watch Company, had given him.

After all, they were waiting for him to send back data every day, and this data was related to the updates and replacements of the Pokémon list, so Ash certainly wouldn't be careless about this.

However, just when Ash thought the data on the Pokémon chart would remain calm as always, a thin line suddenly appeared in his eyes that was pulsating violently.

"Hmm? This..."

Looking at the changes in the data on the Pokémon chart, Ash once again pulled out the instruction manual and began reading its contents.

"The data started fluctuating...moving erratically in a wave-like pattern, which means...it's about to be born?"

Xiao Zhi paused for a moment after reading the explanation.

According to the instructions, the Pokémon egg should hatch in less than three days.

"The baby is about to be born..."

Ash transmitted this information to Teruto via the Pokémon Watch while opening the protective compartment of the Pokémon egg and gently stroking the egg that was securely placed inside.

Compared to the somewhat cold feeling before, the egg now seems to be emitting a warmer sensation. If you close your eyes and feel carefully, you can even detect a slight swaying inside the egg.

It seems that it's not far from hatching.

"I'm really looking forward to it, I wonder what Pokémon it will be..."

When I asked him yesterday, Teruaki's answer was still "I don't know." But compared to when he handed me the Pokémon egg, his tone yesterday when he said "I don't know" was noticeably more excited, or rather... expectant?

It's obvious that the other party has already figured out what the Pokémon inside the egg is, but he just doesn't intend to tell me yet.

This is really...

"Oh well, we'll find out when the time comes."

As Ash said this, he began to put the backpack he had rummaged through back into place. Just then, as Ash's hand passed over a bag in the backpack that should have been empty, he felt a hard texture inside.

With a hint of doubt, Ash unzipped the bag, and the next second, a look of surprise flashed in Ash's eyes.

"This is......?"

.......

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