Josh was excited. This was going to be his first truly fast ride on any of his Pokémon since banging his arm up in Megalopolan prison last Spring. Craggro, his own Hisuian Arcanine, let out a loud howl as the Champion waved toward his Ranger friend. "Hey, Yuina! There you are," he greeted her, Braver and Craggro both standing tall, but not much taller than Kano. "Thanks to Entei, I'm recovering a lot faster than I thought I would. How you been?"

To help in the search, Josh brought out the rest of his six fire Pokémon: four Pyroar, including two Illumina ones that Yuina had yet to see. The four saddled lions faced Celebi's bearer, Nala's and Kovu's resplendent fur making them look like gods of the feline species...

Before Josh could apologize, Yuina had already recalibrated her device. "What are you searching for? Sounds like Infinity Energy reading if Kovu and Nala set them off," he speculated, hoping the two new leaders of his pride didn't inconvenience her too much. "The king and queen of my pride get to absorb the power of a Crystalbloom as part of their coronation. Aslan didn't make it back from Sootopolis. He... drowned." What a horrible way for a fire-type to go.

Yuina would later answer his question. "So it is Infinity Energy related," the Gym Leader replied, Kovu and Nala walking toward Yuina's piece of technology with curiosity. "I ended up finding out the hard way that my suit could no longer sync with Nala after her coronation. It seems that like with Mega Evolution, Crystalbloom technology and Sygna technology reject one another."

The two would be looking for Illumina Pokémon, it seemed. Fascinating. With every answer seemed to come two more questions; such was the scientific method. "Have you noticed an increase in Crystalblooms appearing in the wild?" he asked. "Illumina Pokémon don't really appear in the wild much. If they've started showing up, they must be growing on their own again."

"Illumina and Mega Evolution are also incompatible," Josh added from experience with his Absol. He, Matt Vice , and Isaac Merlo had discovered that firsthand long ago, the Crystalbloom powering the Illumina phenomenon shattering to pieces once Twilight was forced to Mega Evolve. "You can't deny the sheer power of either, even though the Illumina phenomenon isn't--"

He was going to say "well-understood" when Yuina began trembling. The golden phantom was impossible to ignore. Even Craggro was paralyzed with awe, refusing to move in the presence of the mighty Arcanine whose size dwarfed even Braver. Sitting astride such a creature would be uncomfortable without a doubt, so big that it was doubtful one could even wrap their legs around the top of its back. "What is that?!" Josh asked his seemingly distressed friend, though she may not have been able to hear over the golden Arcanine's deafening HOWL.