At the edge of town, Su Bai recalled Braviary and took a Ponyta taxi home with Cynthia.
As soon as they stepped inside, Su Bai let out all his Pokémon.
"Come on out, everyone!"
Pikachu, Arcanine, Gengar, Eevee, Totodile, and the Braviary he had just caught.
Counting the unhatched Dratini, Su Bai already had seven Pokémon.
One of them was even a pseudo-legendary.
Pikachu, Arcanine, and Gengar all happily crowded around Cynthia when they saw her.
"Hello, everyone. I've missed you too."
Cynthia let Pikachu climb onto her shoulder and nuzzle her, leaned against Arcanine, and rubbed Gengar's big belly.
Then Cynthia let out her own Pokémon.
Garchomp, Lucario, Glaceon, Spiritomb, Jangmo-o, and Dreepy.
To make room for Jangmo-o and Dreepy on this trip, Cynthia hadn't brought Gastrodon, Roserade, or Togekiss.
Arcanine was an old acquaintance of the four heavyweights, especially Garchomp.
Now that Arcanine also had the Dragon type, Garchomp felt even more like a kindred spirit, and Arcanine trotted over, head bobbing.
"Woof!" (Aun...)
Garchomp immediately shot Arcanine a death glare.
Arcanine hastily changed the greeting.
"Woof!" (Hello, big sis.)
Garchomp couldn't be bothered with the big, dopey dog and went off to rest.
Arcanine did, however, have a lovely chat with Lucario.
Gengar floated over to Spiritomb, grinning and trying to strike up a friendship.
Spiritomb was happy to entertain Gengar too. The two eerie ghosts chuckled away, one going "hee-hee-hee," the other "keh-keh-keh."
It really felt like stepping into a haunted house.
Eevee cautiously approached Glaceon, thinking this big sister was so pretty.
Little Eevee didn't realize how cute Eevee was too. Glaceon smiled and nuzzled the little one, making Eevee shiver in fright.
As for Totodile...
Realizing none of the others could be messed with, Totodile went to find the two babies, Jangmo-o and Dreepy.