Dragonair and Dratini, including the shiny Dratini, had just settled into the ranaoki inally thought they'd have temperaments simir tonite—calm, docile, and a little naive.

  But he never expected just how mischievous and pyful they'd turn out to be—except for the shiny Dratini, who was retively well-behaved.

  In just a few days, the ranch was in chaos thanks to their antics.

  They would chase the Gogoat, trying to eat their grass dumplings, fly around while tugging on clothes, and even try to burrow into Diglett holes, getting stuck at the entrah no way out.

  Oime, while Naoki was fishing, they even snuto the water and hung a Magikarp on his hook!

  He thought he had hooked something big, but when he reeled it in, it was just a Magikarp flopping around using Spsh.

  Not only that, they got creative and started hanging gss bottles ier, broken boots they found from who-knows-where, and even themselves on his fishing line!

  One evening, Zack came by to pick up supplies and witnessed Naoki pulling a Dratini out of the ke with his fishing rod.

  Zack was stunned and excimed that Naoki's fishing skills were unmatched—he could even caton like Dratini! He fidently predicted Naoki would domihe uping fishing petition.

  After some effort, Naoki expihe situation to Zack, but Zack was still amazed. He ehat he'd never seen a rancher capable of raising a whole group of rare Pokémon like Dratini and Dragonair.

  Naoki could only sigh in response.

  To prepare for the uping fishing petition, Naoki had been diligently practig his fishing teiques.

  After finishing his daily work on the ranch, he'd grab his fishing rod ao the river to practice.

  Sihere wasn't mutertai on the ranch, apart from watg TV, fishing had bee his go-to way to pass the time. He often found himself sitting by the water for hours.

  Today was another new day, and Naoki grabbed his fishing rod, ready to fish by the river again.

  However, when he saw the eager Dratini and Dragonair following him, Naoki's eyebrow twitched in frustration. Gritting his teeth, he said, "No! If anyone hangs a Magikarp, gss bottles, or broken boots on my hook again today, I'm sending them straight back tonite Isnd!"

  Upon hearing this, the Dratini and Dragonair immediately dropped their pns to "help" with the fishing and backed off, deg against sneaking into the water.

  Naoki pihe white nose of one Dratini and poi the shiny Dratini swimming calmly in the ke. "Why don't you learn from him? Look how well-behaved and obedient he is!"

  The Dratini looked at the shiny Dratini, then at Naoki, and cheekily made a face.

  Naoki sighed and called out, "Dragonite, e over and take care of your nephews and nieces!"

  Dragonite, looking i, thought to itself that it had no real way of trolling these naughty kids, but it still obediently walked over and grumbled, "Ouch…"

  Leaving the Dratini and Dragonair in Dragonite's care, Naoki fidently grabbed his fishing rod and headed to the ke.

  Koraidon siderately put the small stool aside, while Cyclizar held a transparent bottle filled with red liquid in its cws.

  Naoki sat down, took the bottle, and unscrewed the cap. A rid mellow aroma of bck tea wafted through the air, immediately filling his senses.

  This was no ordinary tea—it was the specialty bck tea from Kitakami Township.

  He took a sip, sav the soothing warmth. After snag on melon seeds for days, his throat had bee a bit sore, and this bck tea erfect for relieving the dryness a. Plus, it tasted fantastic, so Naoki found himself drinking a few cups daily.

  "Alright, you two, off you go! You'll scare the fish away if you stand around here. Go py!" Naoki said with a wave to Koraidon and Cyclizar.

  The two Pokémon happily scampered off, finding a sunny patch of wn nearby where they could bask in the warmth.

  Naoki gnced back a few times and saw Dragonite now dealing with the mischievous Dratini and Dragonair. Though they were quite the handful, their arrival had certainly made the ranch feel more lively.

  The Dratini and Dragonair seemed to be having the time of their lives.

  'What's Dragonite Isnd?' They had probably fotten all about it for now.

  Naoki chuckled to himself and shifted his focus back to his fishing.

  On the grassy bank across the river, a group of Psyduck were lounging uhe shade of a tree, their ess on full dispy.

  Naoki noticed them, but then, several Psyduearby suddenly panicked and scattered.

  He blinked, puzzled. 'Was I that scary?'

  Meanwhile, oher side of the ranch, Dragonite—who had been tasked with watg over the young Dratini and Dragonair—let out a quiet sigh of relief.

  Dragonite's eyes wandered over to Naoki, who was calmly fishing by the river.

  To be ho, Dragonite had initially feared the arrival of the Dratini and Dragroup. It worried that Naoki might focus all his attention on training them intonites, leaving it behind. Dragonite wasn't particurly skilled at being cute or pyful like the mischievous little ones, and for a while, it had beeremely anxious, fearing its position in Naoki's heart might be repced.

  Every time Dragonite saw Naoki iing with the baby Dragonairs and Dratinis, it couldn't help but imagine a future where the new Dragonites surrounded Naoki, leaving it abandoned in the er, drawing circles in the dirt with its tail.

  The new dragons ugh, but the old dragon cries.

  But thankfully, Naoki hadn't dohat. He tinued g for all the Pokémon on the ranch with the same love and attention as before.

  This left Dragonite feeling both reassured and a bit envious.

  The f part was knowing its p Naoki's heart remained high, higher than the Dratini and Dragonair. But what made Dragonite sigh was seeing how much affe Naoki gave to Koraidon and Pawmo—he evehem sleep o him every night!

  Well…

  Dragonite sighed quietly to itself.

  The weather wasn't the best that day; the sky was gloomy and overcast. Naoki, still fishing, gnced up and suspected it might rain soon.

  Sure enough, as he reeled in his third catch, a sudden thuorm rolled in with almost n. The rain came p down.

  Naoki quickly grabbed his iron bucket and dashed back to the ranch, huddling uhe eaves with all the Pokémon to wait out the storm.

  Pokémon of all shapes and sizes gathered in a row uhe narrow shelter, making the space feel even more cramped.

  Looking at the se, Naoki thought to himself, 'It looks like expanding the house is being a y.'

  His gaze shifted to the rain-soaked farmnd. After the crop harvest, he'd have saved enough to expand the house. He wao tact Kelly, the builder, immediately to get started. The hops were already ripe, and ohe new house was built, he could officially begin his brewing business.

  But there roblem—building a fully funal two-story house would likely take at least a month, judging by Kelly's pad the help of Machamp.

  'Where would I stay during that time?' Naoki pondered. Staying in a hotel in town seemed unrealistic.

  After some thought, Naoki decided that the best solution was to buy a rge tent a up on the ranot only would it serve as temporary housing, but it would also give him a p out uhe stars with his Pokémon.

  Yes, perfect!