Getting Close to Zeraora

The sight before him was so vivid, yet it felt somewhat dreamlike to Xia Chen.

It was a Pokémon that looked like an upright-walking cat, possessing every virtue a feline Pokémon could have—

A sleek, athletic body, snow-white fur, an instinctively adorable face, a long ponytail-like tuft of fur trailing down from between its shoulders, soft and bouncy paw pads, and wary, uneasy eyes.

Even the harshest critic of beauty would have been unable to find a flaw in the appearance of this creature, as though Arceus had sculpted it personally.

Any Trainer with a weakness for good-looking Pokémon would surely fall for a Pokémon like this at first sight.

This was Zeraora's charm—the only Pokémon in Xia Chen's eyes capable of surpassing Lucario and Greninja, two immensely popular Pokémon, in sheer coolness.

He truly had not expected to encounter a Zeraora here—and an even rarer Shiny Zeraora at that.

Then again, Zeraora was a Mythical Pokémon that had debuted in the Sun and Moon generation, so appearing in the Alola Region was perfectly reasonable.

Sure enough, insisting on finding this place's Totem Pokémon had been absolutely the right choice.

Xia Chen sighed inwardly, while Zeraora, on the other side, was starting to feel uncomfortable under the human's stare.

His gaze was strange.

Unable to describe it with words like "admiring" or "burning," Zeraora could only barely settle on the word "strange."

"Zeraora. (Human, you can state your purpose now.)"

Seeing that the human still was not speaking and was only staring blankly at it, Zeraora finally could not hold out any longer. It shifted awkwardly, then spoke.

"Sorry, sorry. I've never seen such a cool Pokémon before, so I got a little carried away."

Xia Chen said sincerely, "Before coming here, I thought I'd find a Kommo-o or something.