The night forest is full of beautiful melodies, and the Growl and Bug Buzz of insects and birds can be heard everywhere.
Although these sounds are not Strange to Dawn, who lives in a small town, she inevitably feels that it is somewhat special when she hears them in the Forest.
"Can't sleep..."
Lying in her tent, tossing and turning, Dawn couldn't fall asleep.
Maybeit was the excitement of traveling abroad, or maybeit was because of what happened at noon today.
The quarrel with Ash, and the tangled words about the future that Shouji said, were deeply engraved in Dawn's mind.
She felt a trace of remorse for the former, because she knew that she was just throwing a tantrum at the time, but her personality shouldn't be like this.
Even with Conway and the others in the past, Dawn had never made such a move.
If asked for the reason... besides the excitement of traveling abroad making her style of doing things more daring, Dawn really couldn't think of any other possibilities.
Turning around, Dawn looked at the Piplup sleeping soundly beside her, who, for some reason, even in its sleep, held its head high.
Dawn couldn't help but sigh, then got up and quietly walked out of the tent, intending to take a walk outside.
"Hmm?"
To Dawn's surprise, when she came outside the tent, she saw Ash's back in the distance, with Pikachu lying on his shoulder, seemingly asleep.
What is Ash doing there?
Dawn was a little puzzled, then slowly walked towards Ash's location.
Under the moonlight, Ash gazed at the night sky, thinking about the past.
Today's "reunion" with Shouji and the words he said made Ash miss the past a bit.
Although traveling back to Sinnoh surprised him, he felt like his mood hadn't adjusted very well on the other hand.
"Still too childish..."
Putting aside Pokémon training, just talking about daily life, he didn't even know what he was arguing with Dawn about at noon today.
Logically, his mentality should be mature enough, he shouldn't be bickering with Dawn, right?
Could it be because he hasn't had such an experience for too long?
Ash couldn't help but think.
Before he traveled through time, he stayed alone in Mt.
Silver for a very long time in order to obtain the title of Pokémon Master.
That
time, he almost cut off all contact with the outside world and devoted himself to endless training every day.
Also, in less than a week after he went into Shelter, he went directly to participate in the Pokémon Master Challenge, and even left in a hurry before he had time to say hello to his former companions.
If Ash's first half of the journey was full of laughter, then the second half of his journey was only the loneliness that he had to experience in order to reach the strongest.
Maybe Ash felt the familiar feeling of the past today, which is why he was messing around with Dawn....
"Ash, why are you here at this hour? Can't you sleep?"
"Huh?"
Ash, who was still immersed in his own world, didn't expect to hear Dawn's voice behind him.
When he turned around, he saw Dawn looking at him with a twisted expression, as if she had something to say.
"I'm a little sleepless..." Ash scratched his head and said, "Didn't something happen at noon? I've been thinking about those things, so I can't fall asleep for a while."
"That thing..."
Dawn's body stiffened for a moment.
In her opinion, Ash must be thinking about her torment.
Yeah, who told me to be so unreasonable at that time? Not to mention Ash, even Dawn herself couldn't stand it after she came back to her senses.
"I'm sorry! I was too torment back then!"
"Huh?"
After Dawn apologized for this, Ash first made a questioning sound, and then Dawn heard it and asked back in confusion.
"So what are you thinking about...?" Dawn asked tremblingly.
"I was just thinking about what Mr.
Shouji said.
By the way, Dawn, are you sleepless because of such a trivial matter..."
"What do you mean by trivial matter?! This is a very important matter! I will feel guilty if I don't make it clear!"
"So... sigh, never mind, I feel like if I keep talking, it'll turn into what happened at noon again."
"Yeah..."
Dawn responded with deep agreement, and then naturally sat down next to Ash, watching the night sky with him.
"So, is that all you wanted to say? There's really nothing else?"
"No... I think..." Dawn hesitated, still unsure of her own thoughts.
Hearing Dawn say that, Ash could only continue to ask: "
So, there's still something you want to ask, huh?"
"Yeah.
" Dawn nodded.
Under Ash's gaze, she finally asked the question she had been wanting to ask since earlier.
"Do you think that's just how argue while traveling? It feels a bit childish."
"We are kids anyway... um... never mind I said that."
Ash noticed Dawn's eyes starting to sharpen halfway through his sentence, so he stopped joking and answered her question seriously.
"It's perfectly normal to argue while traveling due to differences in opinions~ Speaking of which, Dawn, you're actually doing alright.
Back when I was traveling in the Kanto region, my companion was a pure violence enthusiast.
Whenever I argued with her, I was always the one who ended up suffering."
After Ash finished speaking, he even pretended to cover his head, as if someone was really going to hit him.
Seeing Ash's appearance, Dawn finally laughed happily, seeming to have let go of her worries.
"Well~~ If that's the case, then I'm relieved~"
"Relieved about what?"
Watching Dawn get up and stretch with a relaxed expression, Ash had to ask.
"If that's the case, then I can argue with you without worry in the future~ Anyway, no matter how miserable you get, Ash, you won't be worse off than before, so I won't feel any pressure~"
"Who feels relieved about being able to argue in the future... How strange."
"No problem, just like that! I have a solution anyway!"
Dawn raised her index finger and gently waved it in the air, saying:
"Anyway, every time we argue in the future, let's just come out of the tent to apologize on the same night like we did today~ That way, there won't be any hard feelings, right."
"Huh? So, Dawn, is your thought process a little too..."
"Anyway, it's settled! I'm going to rest now~ Good night~"
Dawn seemed genuinely happy that she had come up with a clever solution, and she skipped back to the tent.
Watching Dawn's back, Ash just smiled helplessly.
Sure enough, this was the Dawn he remembered.
Although she usually seemed a bit careless, she was also very thoughtful.
In short, she was someone who inexplicably started to get sad or...
"It's really troublesome, isn't it? Pikachu..."
"Pika~"
Pikachu, who was perched on Ash's shoulder, changed its posture and murmured in response.