James noticed Arcanine's detection of something, and soon Poochyena started getting worked up too. Poochyena ran to the evolved fire type's side, and houndour soon followed. With the three Pokèmon clearly on edge, Riolu tried activating it's aura abilities to see if danger was coming.

"Riolu..." Riolu said softly, having no luck as his aura ability hadn't developed up enough.

"Poochy... yena... Poochyena!" Poochyena barked, not seeming to care that she e didn't look that threatening, in terms of size. 

"Houndour! Houndour!" The pre-evolved fire/dark type barked, almost in sync with the other two Pokèmon. 

"In my experience, my Poochyena and Houndour rarely gang up like that. Especially with another's pokemon. Something's wrong." James observed, tensing a little as the trio of Pokèmon carried on.