Nice chapter. Lisa's Pokemon seem to be getting a lot stronger with that training. I noticed that Lisa still hasn't read the letter from the Johto Ministry of Justice. Maybe the surprise at her house is a whole bunch of Cop cars in her front lawn.

On the Ho-oh subject, maybe when Ho-oh said his name isn't Ho-oh, he was speaking literally. His NAME isn't Ho-oh, that is just what breed of pokemon he is. He probably has a name that he calls himself. For example, not every Pikachu's name is Pikachu. There could be a pikachu named Bob, or Carl. Maybe Ho-oh's name is The Great Golden Sky Flying Thing, or Inferno?