Mika felt much more free and happy travelling than being close to his birthplace. It wasn’t home. It never really was, as there was nothing there for him but bitter memories and sadness. Even so, he did felt the need to return sometimes, maybe because Sinnoh was the place where he had started and because there were many things he did enjoyed about the many ruins and cities.
He was making his way to Hearthrome City, when he happened to cross paths with another trainer. He was a bit distracted, and he had always been the clumsy and distracted type, so it was rather often that he bumped into people. But not always did people suddenly went for a fight because of that.
Throwing his eyes to the ground as he heard the other commenting on them, he reached to his own poke-balls as well, not wanting to be caught of guard. His own Mimikyu had moved forward in the meantime, stepping between the stranger and Mika in a defensive manner.
“I ain’t want no trouble, but I won’t pull my punches if you go for it”
While the route stalker in him was raring and ready to go, the budding researcher in him immediately froze at the sight of the Mimikyu, swaying slightly in it’s Pikachu disguise and acting obviously protective.
His heart froze and then his heart melted.
“Aww, what a cutie!” He kneeled down so as to get a better look at the rare Pokemon - well, it wasn’t native to Unova or Sinnoh, and so it was fairly rare? Not rare in the traditional sense, but….
“We can battle later, sure, but wow, where’d you found them! They look to be in excellent condition, for not being regional!” Kyouhei looked up at the trainer, eyes glittering happily.
Awakening due to the noise he was now making, his Superior popped her head over his shoulder, out from under his coat which hid her form unless you were looking for it, and eyed what she saw as a rival trainer with wariness.
Traveling really was the best experienced. While Unova was supposedly the region of adventure, it being a relatively new area, to Kyouhei it was the other regions that were a mystery.
Sinnoh, for instance… how to say… the element of the unknown made the brunet giddy with excitement. All the ruins, from the Solaceon ruins to whatever was going on in Celestic Town, he’d never experienced something like that before!
The veteran star exhaled loudly, already looking around Route 209 to determine the best way to avoid all the trainers - not that Kyouhei had anything against battling, but he wanted to get to Hearthrome City so he could meet the resident Gym Leader - it was only polite, after all!
Absentminded, due to his thoughts wandering to the gym leader’s preference - Ghost types, immune to normal type attacks, while Normal types were immune to Ghost types, how strange - he ended up bumping into someone.
“Hey, too bad.” Automatically, Kyouhei reached toward his poke-balls, smiling without restraint. “I suppose you want to battle now, seeing as I technically met your eyes just now? Sorry for bumping into you!”