They celebrated the New Year at Blue's house.
Heiduo was very happy.
But Umbreon was not happy at all.
Because it could not maintain its human form for long periods at Blue's house.
Normally, it liked to wear nothing but an oversized T-shirt that nearly reached its knees, showing off its long legs that it probably had not possessed in its previous life. It looked quite cool and breezy.
Of course, its underwear was transformed too. It was too lazy to put any on and found it troublesome, so it was easier to simply turn it into part of its body.
But walking around Blue's house like that, with Blue's parents there as well, really was not appropriate.
For this, it begged Gardevoir for ages and even encouraged Lugia to join in, hoping Gardevoir would take them back to the Gym and only bring them over again at mealtimes.
Gardevoir did not want to pay it any attention at first, finding it troublesome. But after being pestered to the point of annoyance, it had no choice but to agree.
In truth, it also bore the daily responsibility of sending Heiduo's other Pokémon to Mt. Silver.
Blue's house was small, so Heiduo could not let them out often. Staying inside Poké Balls for too long made them feel stifled, so he could only toss most of his Pokémon onto Mt. Silver.
As for the more special ones, like Charizard, Heiduo had it return to its old home, Charizard Valley, for a while.
Miss Kiko was more than welcoming, and she was quite interested in this strangely colored Charizard from the Dragon Graveyard.
The other Charizard also gave Heiduo's Charizard an especially warm welcome, particularly the males.
The rejection of Shiny members of the same species that appeared in some fanworks or