Rainy Night Pursuit

On the thirty-seventh day after returning to the Orange Islands, Xiao Yu.

A light rain drifted down from the sky, fine as silk. White mist curled through the mountains and forests surrounding the Lakeside Cabin, and the mountain silhouettes flickered in and out of the haze like a paradise on earth.

Yu Hai had returned to Mikan Island yesterday afternoon.

Days of intense competition had left him exhausted, so he had not stayed at the Gym for dinner and had gone straight back to the Lakeside Cabin.

Early in the morning, Yu Hai woke from his sleep and found the view outside the window shrouded in fog. Raindrops occasionally tapped against the glass. He pushed open the window, and damp air rushed toward him as fine strands of rain blew into the room with the wind.

After getting up early, he first prepared food for the Pokémon, including the replica Pokémon he had not seen in a long time.

Back when the Fire-type, Grass-type, and Water-type Starters had been the three great leaders, after one Blastoise followed him, he had entrusted the Lakeside Cabin to Charizard and Venusaur.

Now, it seemed the cabin was completely intact, and the Pokémon cabins were safe as well. Charizard and Venusaur had managed things rather well. At the very least, they had not burned down the cabin while fooling around.

The Pokémon were eating breakfast while he sat beneath the eaves and began eating his own. He gazed at the lake blanketed in white mist and breathed in the moist air. The rainy mountain scenery before him possessed a unique charm.

"Umbreon." Umbreon finished breakfast first, lightly leaped onto Yu Hai's lap, and began grooming her fur. Then she lay down contentedly, stretched lazily, and slipped into a light doze. On a rainy day