Ash Ketchum stepped down from the ship and onto solid ground.
He smiled as he looked at the city around him. He was back in New Bark Town in the Johto Region. It had been about five years since he was here last. The town had changed considerably in those few years; it had gone from being a small village with a few residents to a bustling port city. Well, city might be a bit of a stretch, but it certainly was no longer just a place where new trainers stopped to pick up their first Pokémon.
"Pikachu!" Ash's best friends and lifelong partner happily took in his new surroundings. For the past two years, the seasoned partners had been pa