I caught a Pokémon

At least when Xia You goes to the Kalos region and then from Kalos to Sinnoh, this round trip will give her ample time to adjust and challenge Generation of Gods again.

"I understand!" With that thought, Ash breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile. "That's perfect. After I finish the challenge here, I'll go home for a few days. If we calculate the time, maybe we can even go to Sinnoh together!"

At this moment, Xiao Sheng glanced at his older sister.

"Sister, are you going to Carlos with Mr. Xia You too?"

“Of course,” Xiaoyao said with a smile. “Actually, Xiayou asked for my opinion a few days ago, and I promised him that I would go back to Kalos with him. After we rest there for a few days, we will head straight to Sinnoh.”

"Huh? Is that so?" Xiaosheng quickly said, "Then I'll..."

But before he could finish speaking, Xiaoyao interrupted him.

"No!" May knew what he wanted to say and refused him directly. "After Ash finishes challenging the Battle Frontier, you must return to Hoenn immediately!"

"Why!?" Xiaosheng protested. "If you can travel, then I can continue to travel too!"

To everyone's surprise, Xiaoyao shrugged and said, "This wasn't my idea, but what Mom and Dad said. When I spoke to them the day before yesterday, they told you to come home right away, but I just forgot to tell you."

"how so……"

Xiao Sheng's face immediately fell. Although he was somewhat unwilling, he had no choice but to obey since his parents had already given the order.

Leaving the now-pitched mountaintop, the group bid farewell to Kamishiro and Sotaro and returned to the Pokémon Center.

Upon arriving, after a quick lunch, Ash took his Pokémon and eagerly began devising a strategy. Meanwhile, Xia You and Xiao Yao sat in the restaurant, chatting with Nurse Joy while waiting for Ashida to deliver his Pathfinder Certificate.

Fortunately, Ashida arrived shortly afterward.

Upon meeting Xia You, he handed her a thick, exquisitely presented certificate.

"Mr. Xia You, this is the pioneer's certificate for the battle zone. Please keep it safe."

After receiving the certificate, Xia You looked down at it.

I must say, it's really well made. On the red, yellow, and white background, there's a large Battle Frontier icon, and on top of that icon are the seven symbols you've earned. At the bottom, there's your name and the date you received the certificate.

Overall, it's really good.

"Thanks, I'll keep it safe."

Xia You handed the Certificate of Exploration to Xiao Yao for safekeeping, then stood up and said to the people around him, "Now that I have obtained the certificate, my business here is over, so we should take our leave."

Hearing him say that, Xiao Gang, Xiao Sheng, and Miss Joey all stood up and looked at him and Xiao Yao with complicated expressions, together with Ashida.

For Ashida, Xia You was the one he was most reluctant to see leave.

He genuinely hoped that Xia You could stay in his battle zone.

When he first saw Xia You arrive here, watched him win every battle, defeating his pioneering brains one after another, collecting all the symbols, and finally defeating the Gods, he admired Xia You more and more.

Seeing him leave again now fills me with a myriad of emotions.

Compared to him, Nurse Joy didn't think so much; she was just reluctant to see a Pokémon 'superstar' leave her side, feeling that the meeting was too short.

As for a narrow victory...

Upon learning that he was about to return to Hoenn while his sister would continue her travels, he felt a pang of envy. Now, seeing the two of them leaving, he suddenly felt abandoned and wondered when he would see Xia You again.

Of the group, only Xiaogang's mood remained unchanged.

Because he will be going to continue his adventure with Ash in the next region, even if they part ways now, they will have the chance to meet again in the near future. So for him, this is just a simple temporary farewell.

Most importantly, unlike Xiao Zhi, he doesn't have such a strong friendship with Xia You.

For him, Xia You was a friend, but not a particularly close one.

"Mr. Xia You, please take care. If you have the chance, please come back to Guandu for a visit. Our War Zone will always welcome you!"

"Goodbye, Mr. Xia You!"

"Big sister, remember to keep in touch with me often when we get to Sinnoh!"

After waving goodbye to the others once more, Xia You and Xiao Yao walked out of the Pokémon Center. As Xia You released Charizard, the two of them flipped onto the dragon and flew away from Fennel Valley as Charizard flapped its wings and soared into the sky.

In the blink of an eye, the entire canyon disappeared behind the two of them.

And their next goal, just as Xia You had just said, was to leave Kanto and head to the Carlos region.

For him, it had been too long since he left, and it was time to go back and see the place where he first came from and lived.

Of course, we should also take a look at some people we haven't seen for a long time.

But before that...

Xia You took a break and sent messages to A Quan and Huo Yan.

After a long period of preparation, the two of them and the newly formed special operations team were ready to go. Xia You decided to let them go ahead and set up an outpost in Sinnoh to avoid wasting time.

……

After leaving Fennel Valley, the fire-breathing dragon flew south.

With only a pair of wings, the Charizard cannot cross oceans and fly over the deep sea to reach other regions. Therefore, the most urgent task now is to find a larger port or airport.

The closest place to them was undoubtedly Changqing City.

It seems they will likely be traveling by plane for this trip.

However, Viridian City is quite a distance from Fennel Valley. Although Charizard is very fast, it was already afternoon when they set off from the Pokémon Center, so they flew until dusk without reaching the city.

Since she had nothing else to do, Xia You didn't travel at night. Instead, she patted the Charizard, signaling it to land in an open area.

He glanced back at Xiaoyao and said, "Let's spend the night here."

Xiaoyao naturally had no objection to this.

The two jumped off the Charizard and released several Pokémon to help, and the tent and campfire were quickly set up.

It was at this moment that Xiaoyao offered to cook dinner.

Seeing Xiaoyao's confident expression, Xia You couldn't help but chuckle.

How could he not know how good Xiaoyao's cooking skills are?

Although she's a food enthusiast, her skill level is basically the same as mine, or maybe even slightly better.

But it's not much better.

Take the Poké Blocks she made, for example. Although May named them "May's Delicacies" and "May's Delicacies No. 2," only her own Munchlax could eat them, and there were even instances where they wiped out her entire Pokémon party.

The reason she dares to offer to cook now is simply because she asked Xiao Juan for some cooking tips during her free time in Yuanzhu City, and felt that she was capable again, so she volunteered.

But this is good too, at least I can have some peace and quiet.

Anyway, as long as the food is edible and won't cause food poisoning, it's fine. Since she wants to try it, I might as well go along with it.

Who knows, with some training, we might actually train a great chef!

"Okay, then I'll be looking forward to it!"

Xia You left a few Pokémon there to help May prepare the ingredients and assist her, while she carried a water bottle and headed to the nearby river.

Since he had chosen to camp, the water source must not be too far away. He had already locked onto a nearby river as soon as he landed. However, because there was no flat ground near the river, the Charizard landed a little further away.

But it's only a 6 or 7-minute walk.

Carrying his water bottle, he walked around a small grove of trees and came to a winding river.

The river in front of me was clear and flowed gently, neither too shallow nor too deep, seemingly a tributary of a larger river.

Just as I opened the kettle lid and was about to fill it with water, a woman's voice suddenly rang out behind me.

"It's you."

The woman's voice was very distinctive; it sounded very capable and concise, without much variation, and it seemed... very familiar...

Puzzled, Xia You turned her head and saw Cai Dou, who was carrying a backpack and all alone!

"Cai Dou?" Xia You raised an eyebrow upon seeing her. "What are you doing here!?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that when they parted last time, Aya seemed to have said that she would come to the vicinity of Kanto Indigo Plateau to challenge Shiba, one of the Elite Four. He never expected that they would actually meet here!

What a coincidence!

"I've come here to find Shiba."

Cai Dou stared into Xia You's eyes, and whether it was her imagination or not, Xia You's usually calm voice seemed to have changed a bit.

"Haven't you found him yet after all this time?"

Cai Dou first shook her head, then nodded: "I made an appointment with him to meet here tomorrow."

As always, Cai Dou remained expressionless, and even her tone was indifferent. However, Xia You knew that this was just her personality, so she didn't mind.

"Tomorrow?" he simply asked. "So, you're going to fight him here tomorrow?"

"Yes."

"What a coincidence..." Xia You shook her head with a wry smile, then glanced at Cai Dou's backpack. "Are you looking for a campsite? My campsite is not far away. Do you want to come with me?"

Thanks to their previous friendly meeting, Xia You and Cai Dou became friends. Therefore, after hearing Xia You's question, Cai Dou thought for less than a second before nodding.

"Ok."

Chapter 910 Wind and Rain

Xiao Yao, who was busy cooking dinner in the camp, never expected that Xia You would bring back a woman when he went out to fetch water!

Upon hearing the footsteps of two people, she looked up in surprise and saw a beautiful woman who was slightly older than her and looked very capable standing next to Xia You.

Eh?

This is……?

Upon seeing this woman, Xiaoyao immediately recalled seeing her in the battle arena before; her name seemed to be... Ayako?

When they got closer, Xia You introduced them.

"Haruka, this is Ayame. You've met before, but you haven't really gotten to know each other, right? Let me introduce you. She's the Gym Leader of the Strom Arena in Strom Town, Galar region, and also a very skilled karate master. Um, she's also my friend."

After introducing Cai Dou, Xia You turned around and began introducing Xiao Yao.

"Rainbow Bean, this is May, my travel companion and a Coordinator. She just won second place in the Kanto region tournament a few days ago."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoyao quickly put down her kitchen utensils, her eyes sparkling with curiosity as she greeted Caidou.

"Hello, I'm Xiaoyao."

Just as Xia You had said before, although Cai Dou had met Xiao Yao before, her attention was entirely on Xia You and Xiao Xia at the time, and she didn't pay much attention to this girl. Now, for the first time, she was seriously looking at her.

It has to be said that although the little girl in front of me is not the same type as Xiaoxia and seems a bit quieter, they have one thing in common: they are both very beautiful, belonging to the category of pretty girls.

This also made her very curious about where Xia You got to know so many beautiful girls.

"Hello, I'm Cai Dou."

"What are you doing here, Miss Aya?" As soon as Haruka spoke, she suddenly remembered, "Ah! I remember now, you came here to challenge Shiba, one of the Elite Four!"

“That’s right.” Cai Dou nodded gently, then looked around but didn’t see Xiao Xia. She asked curiously, “Where’s Xiao Xia?”

Xiaoyao smiled and said, "Xiaoxia has returned to Cerulean City and taken over the Cerulean Gym."

After the two greeted each other, Xia You said to Xiao Yao, "Cook more food, because Cai Dou will be staying with us overnight."

"I...I understand!"

With outsiders present and the food being prepared by herself, it was a completely different feeling from cooking for herself and Xia You. This caused Xiao Yao's pressure to increase dramatically, and she couldn't help but become nervous.

Taking a deep breath, she forced herself to calm down, then picked up the kitchen utensils with a tragic expression and began preparing dinner.

Seeing that Cai Dou only had a sleeping bag behind her, while she and Xiao Yao were sleeping in a tent, Xia You couldn't help but ask for her opinion.

"My tent is very big, and it gets quite chilly in the mountains at night. Would you like to come and sleep in our tent tonight?"

When this was mentioned, Cai Dou naturally thought of that night when the man in front of her touched her by mistake.

Memories that had been buried deep in her heart were all awakened at this moment, causing her ears to turn slightly red.

"No need, I can sleep in my sleeping bag tonight."

Hearing her refusal, Xia You didn't mind. After all, he knew that men and women shouldn't touch each other. Even though they had become friends, staying in the same tent was still a bit too intimate.

The suggestion I just made was merely a polite gesture.

While Xiaoyao was cooking, Xiayou and Caidou sat on a rock nearby and started chatting.