Under Aerodactyl's intimidating presence, the Kabuto all flattened themselves against the ground.
Even the naturally vicious Kabutops held its temper in check under the influence of the affinity granted by Yong's Great Matrix Heart ability, though it stood warily to one side.
Kabutops and Kabuto!
Yong looked at the two little dinosaurs beside him, delighted. He had no idea why a Shieldon, which mainly lived in certain ruins in the Sinnoh Region, had appeared on a small island in Hoenn, much less alongside a Tyrunt, but that hardly mattered.
It was good news either way.
When Aerodactyl used Flamethrower again, Yong frowned at the scene before him.
On the ground behind Kabutops lay a little blue-and-gray dinosaur.
"That's... Cranidos!"
Cranidos!
Yong's eyes narrowed slightly, and the joy in his heart gradually faded.
Clearly, this Kabutops had been hunting, and its targets were the three young dinosaurs. If he hadn't appeared, not only Cranidos but Tyrunt and Shieldon might also have died beneath Kabutops's twin blades.
After all, Tyrunt and the others no longer had their own herds, nor any parents to protect them.
These few before him might already be the last survivors. Judging by their size, even if they had awakened naturally from fossils, they couldn't have been awake for very long.
Yong stepped forward, shielding the two little dinosaurs behind him, and said loudly to Kabutops,
"Kabutops, I know I shouldn't interfere with what you do. After all, this is nature's law of survival. But I'm still asking you to spare these two Pokémon. They might be the only survivors of their herds!"
"Kabuus~!"
Kabutops hissed low, glanced back at the Kabuto behind it, and shook its head.
"Kabu!!!"
Yong understood what it meant. He took off his backpack, pulled out a large quantity of Pokémon food and