Pokémon: Ash's Sinnoh Reset

"So, Ash, you came from Kanto region, which is so far away... It must have been hard."

After getting to know Dawn briefly, they started walking and chatting along the way. During the conversation, Dawn learned a lot about Ash's situation, so she said with emotion.

"It's okay, it just feels far away. After traveling, you'll feel that this distance is nothing."

When communicating with Dawn, Ash basically took the attitude of a senior. Whenever Dawn encountered something she misunderstood or didn't understand, Ash would carefully explain or introduce it to her. To Dawn, who hadn't officially started traveling, Ash seemed to know everything.

"Pika~ka~"

"Aipom~"

Just then, Pikachu and Aipom made untimely noises.

Ash looked down and saw that their bodies had begun to sway. They were obviously hungry. Originally, Pikachu and Aipom could rely on the goal in front of them and use their willpower to suppress the feeling of hunger, but now it seemed they had reached their limit.

"Are they hungry?" Dawn couldn't help but ask, looking at the miserable state of Pikachu and Aipom.

"Yeah, after all, we didn't eat much on the plane. We were going to find a restaurant nearby to eat after buying things."

Speaking of this, Ash was already preparing to say goodbye to Dawn, but he didn't expect Dawn to immediately suggest when she heard Ash say they hadn't eaten, "In that case, do you want to come to my house to eat? Anyway, my mom is planning to cook, and I have a lot of Pokémon food at home. There should be some that Pikachu and Aipom like to eat, right?"

"Pika!"

"Aipom!"

As soon as they heard Dawn say that she had Pokémon food at home, their spirits immediately perked up. Speaking of which, there was also Pokémon food in his backpack... It was just a little strange to eat it directly on the street. If they really wanted to eat quickly, they should just find a store nearby, right?

But.....

"Then we'll intrude."

Seeing that Pikachu and Aipom's minds were no longer here, Ash simply went along with their plan. Anyway, he had only been to Dawn's house as a guest once before. He was still lucky to get this opportunity again.

"No problem! My mom will definitely welcome you too! And I also have a lot of things I want to ask you, after all, I'm leaving for a trip tomorrow and I'm a little nervous."

"Tomorrow, huh..."

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"No, nothing, I just thought of something else."

Ash smiled and changed the subject. In fact, when he heard Dawn say that she was leaving for a trip tomorrow, he had already planned to find out what time it was now. Although many of his past memories had become blurred, Ash would never forget the troubles he encountered when he first arrived in the Sinnoh region.

Pikachu, who got lost because of Team Rocket.

The encounter with Dawn.

And her charred bicycle.

Speaking of which, Dawn's bicycle should be saved if he did it again, right? Thinking this, the pressure on him was also reduced a lot. After all, Pikachu ruining bicycles seemed to have become a routine in the previous few regions, but his wallet didn't want to become depleted because of this strange thing.

....

"Knock knock~ Knock knock~~~"

"Coming, coming~~"

In Dawn's house, Johanna was sitting on the sofa watching TV, waiting for Dawn to come back from buying things. Just as she was wondering if Dawn had been gone for too long, there was a knock on the door.

"Speaking of which, you didn't bring your keys again? Really, can't you be more careful? Isn't that right, Glameow?"

"Meow~~"

Glameow, who was sleeping on the table, only waved its tail lightly after hearing Johanna's question, indicating that it had heard it. However, it didn't seem to be answering Johanna's question. Seeing this, Johanna just shook her head, didn't say anything else, and walked to the entrance to open the door for Dawn.

"Click—"

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

"Sorry to bother you, I'm Ash from Pallet Town in the Kanto region." Ash smiled awkwardly and greeted Johanna.

Johanna: "???"

Wait, what's going on here? I asked you to go out and buy something, how can you bring someone back?

"Um... sorry, can I trouble you to wait here for a moment?"

Johanna said this to Ash with an apologetic expression, and then pulled Dawn into the house and began to question her.

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

"Here, soy sauce."

"Ah, thank you... no! Now is not the time to talk about this!" Johanna pushed away the soy sauce that Dawn handed her and asked, "Speaking of which, what's going on with that child named Ash? Is he a friend you knew before? How come I've never heard you mention him?"

Dawn: "Because I just met him today."

Johanna: "Doesn't that make it even stranger... Although you're not exactly socially phobic, you shouldn't be a social terrorist, right? Why would you suddenly think of bringing a boy you met for the first time home to visit? Could it be that Dawn you..."

"Don't guess randomly!" Dawn whispered, grinding her teeth angrily, "Because Ash gave me something, and then I saw that he and his Pokémon hadn't had lunch yet. As a reward, I invited him over!"

After speaking, Dawn took out the Poké Ball stickers that Ash had given her and showed them off to Johanna.

"Eh~ is that so... If that's the case, I can understand, but that child is too nice, right? Even if he's not a coordinator, this is a prize he finally won, right? He just gave it to you so easily... Could it be that Dawn you did something..."

"Ahhhhh! Please don't ask! Can you let people in? We'll never finish talking if we keep talking like this!"

Dawn knew that if her mother continued to talk about this topic, they wouldn't be able to finish it all day, so she immediately interrupted the topic, and without asking Johanna's opinion, went to the door and invited Ash in.

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