Lost again.
When Totem Raticate woke from its daze, tears of frustration streamed down its face.
After so many years as a Totem Pokémon, this was only the second time its rat army had suffered such a crushing defeat at the hands of anyone other than the Gumshoos clan.
And both people had used remarkably similar methods.
Shame.
Utter humiliation!
"Ratta!"
Totem Raticate sprang to its feet and glared furiously at Baimu and Hydreigon.
Their leader's anger gave the Alolan Raticate and Rattata hiding in the caves the courage to rush out and hiss up at the pair.
"Now they've got their fur up?" Baimu said in surprise.
Totem Pokémon were undoubtedly at the top of the island's Wild Pokémon, and they possessed intelligence close to a human's.
Being defeated by Hydreigon in a single move in front of so many followers had probably left it feeling humiliated.
But Hydreigon didn't care about any of that.
"Hraaagh!"
Its roar shook the air, sending translucent ripples through it.
The Alolan Raticate and Rattata tensed, fear showing on their faces.
Hydreigon hated opponents who didn't know their limits. Sore losers were even worse.
It had only one way to teach the likes of them what reality was: force.
As for baring their teeth—
They could do that in their dreams after it knocked them out!
"Roar!"
Hydreigon aimed all three of its massive heads at the sky, preparing to unleash Draco Meteor a second time.
At the familiar sight, the rat horde grew restless.
Totem Raticate was more incensed than ever.
"No need to attack. Land."
Baimu's voice interrupted it.
The energy Hydreigon had only begun to gather abruptly dissipated. It turned its head in surprise. "Hraa?"
The ground was full of creatures glaring at them.
Going down would be walking into