Andy opened her mouth to tell Harry to find the one he was linked to, and then thought better of it. She held out a hand without even looking at the thieves.

"Give me one of those," she said, waiting to be handed one of the belts. If any trainer could break the balls, then she would be the first to test that theory for them.

Eclipse handed over one belt to her, giving the other two to Belle. Belle picked a ball at random, looking at it for a few moments before looking over at Andy.

"I know they were in the wrong but god this feels so wrong."

"Maybe a little," Andy allowed. Her 'revenge' switch had been flipped, and she really didn't feel that bad about what they were going to do. Just to cover all her bases, though, she glanced at the group of shinies that had gathered several yards away. Most of them flinched slightly when she looked at them. "Do any of you actually legitimately belong to them?" she asked.

None of the shinies raised their hands, but one other bishi did, a normal-colored one that Belle didn't recognize. Another bishi, this one female, stepped up next to him.

"One for each?" Belle guessed. When the two nodded, she sighed. "Alright. Pick out your balls unless you want to be released."

The two moved forward slowly, watching the trainers carefully, and eached picked a ball from the belts.

Once the bishies rescued themselves, so to speak, Andy plucked the first stolen one off of the belt. Before she could give herself a chance to second-guess herself, she dropped it on the ground and stepped on it until it broke. She glanced at Belle.

Belle shrugged and opened the ball, snapping it in half that way. One by one, as the balls broke, the bishis started heading away from the area.

Andy kept snapping bishiballs until there were no more. Then she dropped the empty belt. The thieves hadn't been sent back to the real world, since they'd each had a bishi that wanted to stay, but all the rest were released and free to go. Harry had already come back over to her, waiting to be recaptured. He figured he had it pretty good as part of her group. No sense in leaving that just yet. Andy pulled out a spare ball of her own and captured him again, letting him out immediately. Then she blinked when she realized a couple of the other shinies hadn't left yet.

Belle noticed that too and blinked. There were a couple still just standing around in a little group watching the two. She recaught Mouse and let him out again as soon as she could. And then went back to her perusal of the shinies left.

Andy was a bit surprised that any of the shinies had hung around at all. None of them really caught her interest, though, so she didn't make any move to catch them, and glanced at Belle.

Belle blinked when she saw a shiny Ezio, and had to double-check. His hair was a few shades lighter, and his eyes were almost gold instead of green-brown.

"You want to come with?" she asked, looking at him. He shrugged eloquently, and she rolled her eyes. "It's a yes or no question, not a philosophical debate."

His lips quirked at that. "Si."

"Alrighty." Belle tossed a ball at him and looked at the rest of the group; a shiny she didn't recognize, and a couple others. None of the others came forward, though, just watching the group. She didn't think she saw anyone else she really wanted, so she looked at Andy.

"Isn't a shiny Assassin kind of an oxymoron?" Andy asked after a moment, looking between Belle and the new Ezio. "Kind of defeats the purpose?"

Belle snickered. "Only kind of. Besides, he's not that noticeably different. Not like aforementioned sparkly vampire-fairies."

Ezio blinked at that. Oooookie dokie then. Perhaps his initial assessment had been wrong...

Andy snorted.

"Point," she replied. "But still. Kind of an oxymoron." She paused for a second. "How will he and Niko react to one another?"

Belle shrugged. "Dunno. They're both ninja-ish."

"Hey!" Ezio looked highly offended at that.

"But I think Ezio is in general easier to get along with and less paranoid."

"Thank you, bella."

"See what I mean? He's nicer."

"He's a flatterer," Andy corrected. "There's a difference." She paused. "It'll be interesting to watch when they both simultaneously decide to spar with one another, though." Because she was fairly sure it would happen.

"Oh I'm buying front row seat tickets to that," Belle said with a grin. Because she fully expected that to happen too. It would be... educational, at the very least.

Andy snickered.

"You would sell tickets to that, don't deny it," she teased. Now that the crisis was over, she was much more relaxed.

"Yeah, I would. Most definitely. And popcorn." Belle grinned. "But that's okay, because any fans would be interested and you know it."

"Of course they would be," Andy replied. Absently, she checked her belt and relaxed when all of the balls were there. "Anyways, what say you to going to town for a bit? Might be nice after all... this."

"Definitely. Hot shower, electricity, and supplies sound good right about now. Plus guards." Belle shivered briefly before she double-checked her own belt. Just to be doubly sure. Because now she was paranoid.

"I hear that," Andy agreed. She took a moment to check the map on her dex, and then released Temmy. "Here there be dragons," she belatedly warned Ezio.

"What?" Ezio blinked at that, startled.

"Yea, you see the big Temple dog?" Belle nodded to Mouse, who looked at Thomas with his best "really, I'm innocent" eyes. "The animals only get bigger than him."

Ezio's eyes widened. That he had not been anticipating.

"I have three dragons and a giant cat," Andy commented as she climbed up Temmy's harness. She shot Harry a look before he could disappear. "And you, don't go anywhere, we need to see how well you and Bob fly. After this, you can disappear if you like."

Harry opened his mouth to protest, and closed it again. He doubted he would win this one.

"You too, Ezio."

Ezio blinked and looked at the dragon. "I do not like flying."

"Hey, you managed with Leonardo's flying machine."

"That was different! And I was a fool to do so."

"Too bad. Everyone flies at least once."

"Really, we always test how well newcomers fly," Andy commented from Temmy's back. "For future reference. It's come in handy before." She grinned. "Don't worry about falling or anything. Temmy will catch you."