When dinnertime came, after checking a travel guide for the lakeside resort, May, Cheryl, Ash, and the others went together to an upscale establishment called the Seven Star Restaurant.
It was said to be the only seven-star restaurant in all of Sinnoh, and its most luxurious, which was how it had gotten its name.
Its distinctive feature was that before dining there, guests had to take part in a Double Battle against the restaurant's battle-loving owner and his fiancée. Only after winning would they be invited inside to eat.
Having to win a battle to enter a seven-star restaurant-the place certainly had its gimmicks down.
So every Pokémon Trainer who came here and heard about it teamed up with someone to take on the challenge.
But looking at the moonlit sky, Xia You somehow suddenly lost his appetite. Rather than joining the fun, he took his Umbreon for a short stroll around Lake Valor on his own.
More importantly, he was afraid that if he went, even using his weakest current Pokémon, he would beat the engaged couple so badly they would shut themselves away!
Walking beside the lake, he somehow found himself suddenly thinking of Sabrina and Erika beneath that moonlight.
People said they missed their loved ones most during holidays. Though it was no holiday now, having things grow lively around him again still made him think of them.
In this world, Sabrina and Erika were undoubtedly both his family and his lovers. The livelier things grew around him, the lonelier he often felt inside, and he longed to reunite with them.
Especially when low, mournful music drifted over from somewhere, stirring his heart even more.
I really want to go back to them...
Unfortunately, he also knew it was not time yet.
But it would not be