The twelfth day of the journey to Sinnoh, sunny.
After flying over the ocean for a week straight and taking quite a few detours, he finally caught sight of the continent's coastline without incident.
This was probably the Sinnoh Region. He did not rush to find a local to ask for directions. Instead, he had Fearow land by the shore, planning to have dinner with the Pokémon first.
Over the past week, Fearow and Pelipper had taken turns flying, exhausting the two little ones. If they had been flying on their own, riding the wind and gliding would not have consumed much stamina. Carrying a person was another matter entirely.
With Darkrai back, dinner became lively again. Every Pokémon greeted Darkrai, shared their food, and welcomed its return.
"Kekekeke," Gengar said, patting Darkrai on the shoulder and grinning strangely, indicating that it would look after its little brother from now on.
Gengar was now Champion-level, so saying it would protect Darkrai was no exaggeration. However, Darkrai would catch up soon enough. Without the Champion-level bottleneck, breaking through to Champion-level was only a matter of time.
"Lucario." Lucario had joined later and did not know Darkrai, but it still greeted the other Pokémon. Still, Darkrai gave it an unpleasant feeling. It was not exactly evil, just uncomfortable.
"Scizor." Scizor was itching for a fight. It had wanted to challenge a Legendary Pokémon for a long time, and it felt completely confident that it could defeat Darkrai now.
A near-Champion-level Scizor challenging a Darkrai that was not even Senior Elite level was a little too much like bullying. Its request for a battle was denied, and it flexed its pincers somewhat impatiently, its resolve to challenge Legendary Pokémon undiminished.
Yu Hai could only let Regice, Regirock, and Zapdos play with Scizor. Those