Night fell.
With guests visiting, the Sunshine Gym had become considerably livelier.
Garchomp and Kommo-o, the undisputed mainstays for this Masters Tournament, were diligently studying the Technical Machine.
"Graa?"
Little sis, what's wrong with you?
Kommo-o had only let out a small yawn before Garchomp's death glare startled her wide awake. Her eyes focused once more on the Milotic dancing enthusiastically on the screen.
For the first time in a while, Riolu wasn't traveling. Instead, Riolu stayed at the training grounds, where Cynthia's Lucario was testing how much progress Riolu had made lately.
Even through a thick wall, the sharp sounds of their collisions could be heard from time to time.
Miraidon continued living up to the lazy dragon persona, dutifully taking on the responsibility of guarding the gym's entrance.
Of course, if someone actually tried to come in, Miraidon probably wouldn't react at all...
Everyone has something to do. How nice, how nice.
After looking around the gym, Qingyu had originally planned to watch a movie with Eevee.
But when he returned to the living room, he discovered that Cynthia was already sitting at one end of the couch, with a blue Eevee evolution and a brown Eevee lying symmetrically on either side of her.
Seeing Qingyu approach, Cynthia quickly shifted over to make room for him and said with a smile,
"Eevee has pretty good taste. All the movies Eevee's been watching lately star Diantha. They were huge box-office hits in both Unova and Kalos."
Qingyu paused, then looked up at the television screen.
The woman on-screen was none other than the Kalos Region's newly appointed Champion, Kalos's young star actress, and a popular actress at Unova's Pokéstar Studios-
Diantha!
Ever since he first saw her in XY, Qingyu had felt that this Champion had drawn quite a