Pokémon: I, Xiaozhi, return to the beginning

Over the land of Shinnoh, flights from Golden City in the Kanto region to the suburbs near Futaba Town in the Shinnoh region are running in an orderly manner.

Perhaps because it was a weekday, there were less than half of the people in the huge cabin, and a teenager named Ash was sitting by the window, hanging his head as if he was sleeping, and a creature that resembled a yellow rat was also lying on the boy’s shoulder at this time, sleeping with him.

“Hmm… Well?

The boy’s eyebrows trembled slightly, as if he had slept enough, and as if he realized something, he opened his eyes, and the first thing he said after opening his eyes was not a complaint or satisfaction about the state of sleep, but—

“Here, where is it?”

He frowned, not knowing where he was, after all, he had the impression that the Pokémon Master Challenge was still taking place at the last moment, but now he was not on the stage of the competition, but in an unknown place.

Although it was easy to tell from his surroundings that he was in an airplane, he had great doubts about why he was here.

“Pikachu?”

Ash felt the movement on his shoulder, turned his head slightly, and saw his old partner Pikachu lying on his shoulder and sleeping peacefully, as if he was already very tired.

Seeing this look, Ash quickly kept quiet, but the next second he seemed to have missed something, and began to cough lightly.

This voice?

He thought with a frown.

His voice did not sound thick, but there was a sense of youth, with such doubts, he quickly looked out the window, and through the cover of a cloud, he finally saw his current appearance.

This is… I… No, this is me before!

A moment of panic flashed in Ash’s pupils, and the reflection of the glass showed not the appearance of himself in his twenties, which he was already familiar with, but his appearance when he was not grown up more than ten years ago.

Dreamland? Or is it back in time?

He tugged at his cheek in disbelief, and the severe pain almost made him cry out, but he quickly regained his composure after noticing Pikachu in the afterglow of his sight. It was clear that this was not a dream, and the constant pain on his face told him that the place he was in was reality, which meant that he had traveled back in time.

In the Pokémon world, although it is not a common thing to travel through time and space, it is not unusual for Ash, after all, he has traveled dozens of times from the beginning of his trip to the Pokémon Master Challenge, and the number of crossings is even more than the number of times he has flown in a plane.

It’s just that unlike the previous crossover, this time there are no hints of crossing, no events encountered, and he doesn’t know if he has any tasks, and he doesn’t know if he will return to that point in time and continue to complete the Pokémon Master Challenge, which is still missing.

“Whew~”

Ash took off his hat and scratched his hair a little irritably, his expression when he sighed maturely did not match his immature appearance now.

“I’m really unwilling…”

he whispered, looking at the scenery outside the window, his thoughts confused for a while.

It is clear that he is only one step away from becoming a Pokémon master, as long as he defeats the Dan Emperor again, he will succeed, but why would he cross at this time? What is the meaning of this crossing?

He couldn’t understand.

This kind of endless crossing made him very puzzling, in Ash’s opinion, even if he wanted to cross, at least one reason had to be given, right? Just like you did in the beginning, who are you trying to help? Or do you experience something as a witness or participant?

The goal is clear when there is a reason, otherwise who can afford to raise the spirit for the sake of an ethereal factor that has not yet been determined? Even if he was born an optimist… The feeling of losing just one step away from his dream, he really didn’t want to experience.

”

Huh~~”

“Huh?”

At this moment, Ash seemed to hear something coming from the backpack he had placed on the seat next to him, and he lifted the backpack with some doubt.

A bit heavy.

He thought so.

With a little curiosity and apprehension, Ash slowly unzipped the backpack, and then a stretch like an arm… Tail? Leaning out from the inside, this subordinate really startled Ash, and the hand carrying the backpack unconsciously loosened.

The backpack fell to the ground, and then there was a mournful cry from inside.

“O~ki？！”

“Huh?”

Familiar voices, must have been heard somewhere.

Ash first started thinking about this sound, but then he reacted to what that strange tail was.

“Long, long-tailed monster hand?!”

With an incredulous voice, Ash called out the name of the Pokémon hidden in his backpack.

“O~ki？”

After hearing Ash’s shout, the long-tailed monster hand got out of his backpack, and with a smile on his face that seemed to never fall into a low voice, even after he was discovered, the long-tailed monster hand still did not feel embarrassed or apologetic. Under the gaze that looked a little confused in the face of Ash, it just smiled and jumped onto Ash’s other empty shoulder, and then stretched out its palm-like tail to snatch Ash’s hat and put it on his head.

“pi~pika~？”

This movement naturally woke Pikachu, Pikachu opened his eyes and looked at Ash, and then turned his head to see the long-tailed monster hand grinning at his teeth, and the only bit of drowsiness left in his mind was instantly cleared.

“PI~ka？！”

Pikachu fell off Ash’s shoulders in shock, and after falling to the ground, he rubbed his ass while staring at the long-tailed monster hand with Ash’s same eyes, as if to ask why he was here.

“O~kI！”

The long-tailed monster jumped on Ash’s head and lay on his stomach in the next second, continuing to make a face at Pikachu, looking triumphant, like a child who saw his own prank success.

……

Long-tailed monsters, so here it is….

The long-tailed monster hand is “friendly” interacting with Pikachu, but Ash’s thoughts have drifted to the continent below the window.

In the Sinnoh region, he will never forget what happened in this region.

This is the area where he first fully matured in a Pokémon battle.

This was the first time he had completely transformed bonds into power.

This is the area where he has sent veterans to an official league tournament for the first time.

It was his first time winning the semifinals.

It was the first time he was closest to victory.

This is….

For the first time, he was in an area where he really felt unwilling from the bottom of his heart after a league tournament.

And now he has future experience and memories, although many memories of the Sinnoh region are already a little blurry, but it doesn’t matter… In this way, you can experience the original feeling with a new mood.

It’s just that?

Huh? Did I fly to the Sinnoh region in the first place? How do I always remember that I came by boat?

Ash, who was sitting in his seat, fell into a whole new puzzle.

…….