Chasing After A Legend

Catching Up With Family

"Human talking"

'Human thinking'

"Talking in a Flashback/Memory"

"Pokémon talking"

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"Ms. Daisy! You're still here?" a voice swooned.

Daisy stopped dead in her tracks while her spouse looked at her in confusion. The Sonezakis weren't exactly expecting any company on their walk that morning. "Who...?" Bill began, only to come up short when he saw a young bluenette, standing in front of Daisy.

"A-Ah, yes..." Daisy awkwardly greeted. "Dawn, right...?"

"Uh-huh!" Dawnnodded. "It's great to see you again!" Then she paused and looked to the side shyly. "Oh, I... well, wanted to apologize for yesterday." She missed Daisy blinking in surprise. "I know I was acting totally crazy... and probably really annoying too." She laughed in embarrassment. "But yeah, sorry for the freak out. It's just that it's not every day you meet a contest superstar, right?"

"Oh, that's what she's here for," Bill muttered under his breath.

Daisy nodded in appreciation, taking on a more relaxed expression. "It's no trouble at all," she assured them, even though it was a bit of a lie. She could certainly appreciate the fact that the girl was thoughtful enough to apologize. "What can I do for you?"

"Well actually, you see, I've been a Coordinator for a few years now. I'm here in Pallet Town for Ash, but I'm also thinking of tackling the Wallace Cup that's gonna take place in Kanto soon. If you don't mind, it would really mean a lot if you could give me some... advice..." Dawn's words died out, and her smile vanished. Her eyes seemed to be looking past Daisy, and whatever it was she saw made her shake and take a step back

Bill and Daisy looked at the girl, and then each other, before they turned around and saw what all the fuss was about. And they saw red.

Indeed, back turned to them and walking away was the quiet protagonist himself, Red Akai. From the nonchalant pace he was walking, it didn't appear that he knew they were there, much less notice that he was currently the subject matter of a certain Coordinator's horror show. Dawn was taking deep breaths to try and compose herself. Bill and Daisy were in a bit of state of shock, seeing him... well, outside. Granted, it was still early in the morning, but that didn't mean that the streets of Pallet would be empty. In fact, there were a decent number of people already outside starting their day.

Then again, it looked like the reclusive Trainer had nothing to worry about, seeing as no one paid much attention to him, as far as the couple knew.

Bill turned and looked at the younger girl again, confused at their alarm. "I'm sorta scared to ask, but did somethin' happen with Red n' them?" A similarly confused Bill muttered to Daisy.

"After Red and Ash's battle," Daisy turned and murmured to her husband, "that girl, Dawn came to the scene with me. She tried to confront Red, and... let's just say it didn't go well..."

"Ah... So should we... should we not talk ta' him?" Bill nervously asked.

Daisy sighed. "Don't be ridiculous, honey. Just because he's gotten rough around the edges doesn't mean he isn't still our friend-"

"N-no! Stay away from him!" Dawn suddenly gasped.

Bill and Daisy looked to see the bluenette even more tense than before.

"That man, he's..." The Sinnoh native gulped. "He's evil...!"

"Oh, him? No, he was just having a bad day."