Gengar and Alakazam were best buddies. They often teamed up with Eevee, an adorable-sounding but terrifyingly strong random teammate, to play ranked matches.
Today was no different. They just hadn't expected to get stuck with a lousy teammate named Hoopa.
Hoopa had dragged them down and still had the nerve to talk back, even picking on sweet little Eevee.
Alakazam and Gengar couldn't stand it!
They switched on their mics, ready to set a meeting place and fight it out!
But after the match, Hoopa seemed to have lost his nerve. He didn't add them as friends or invite them into a room to keep arguing.
The two buddies figured Hoopa was all talk and paid him no more mind.
They were about to cheer up the dejected Eevee and get back to happily climbing the ranks.
Whoosh!
When the light of Teleport appeared before Gengar and Alakazam, both Pokémon froze.
Xu Mu patted Arceus and sent out Greninja and Charizard at the same time.
"So you're the ones who wanted to fight my Hoopa?"
Greninja and Charizard looked ready to tear into them. Worse, Xu Mu had used Teleport to track them straight to their home.
Gengar and Alakazam lost their nerve on the spot.
"Hu!"
[It wasn't me! It wasn't me!]
"Gar!"
[Me neither... It really wasn't me!]
Both Pokémon waved their hands frantically, claiming it must have been their younger brothers and had nothing to do with them.
Hoopa suddenly popped out from behind Xu Mu.
"Mmm, it's them! Hoopa remembers their voices!"
Cosmic Ring in hand, Hoopa hurried forward to identify the culprits.
Greninja grinned when he heard that.
"Gren!"
[Got it. Little Master, why don't you take Hoopa back first?]
Greninja cracked his knuckles and fixed Alakazam and Gengar with a cold stare.
"These two