Lucario swiftly turned around, seeing who was behind him. Mika squeaked, startled. "How do you know when I'm behind you?" she whined.
"I can sense your aura," Lucario answered, crouching to Mika's height.
"Aura...?" Mika echoed. "What's that?" Lucario thought for a moment, as if he didn't know how to explain. His eyes brightened with an idea. Lucario's right paw suddenly had a blue wavy glow around it. It almost looked like fire.
"That's aura," Lucario said. "It's power that people radiate around themselves." Mika's large green-brownish black eyes widened as large as they could as she observed the aura around Lucario's paw. The aura suddenly disappeared. "Some people and Pokemon and manipulate aura," Lucario continued.
"Can you?" Mika asked. Lucario replied with a simple nod.
"Can anyone else?" Mika asked. Questions wouldn't stop. Lucario glanced over his shoulder.
"Riley can," he said. "And Momo can sorta."
Mika was amazed at all of this. It seemed that everyday she learned something new with Lucario. She wondered what else he could teach her. There seemed to be so much.
"Lucario, can you teach me how to control aura?" she asked. Lucario chuckled and shook his head. "I'm actually still learning myself," he admitted with a smile.
Mika's heart sank a bit. She didn't let it bother her, though. Riley called Lucario's name. Lucario walked over to him and they exchanged a few words. Lucario's expression became shocked and his eyes saddened a bit. He nodded at something and walked back over to Mika.
"Mika," Lucario started. Mika looked up at Lucario. She was a bit worried at what he had to say. "I'm leaving Alamos Town tomorrow to go back where I live with Riley and Momo." Mika's tail drooped and her smile faded. She didn't realize how quickly time had passed. She remembered how her father had the same problem with Kyuukon. Her mother had to go train with her trainer every so often and she became stuck between her trainer and Darkrai. Mika didn't want that to happen to her.
-----"I'll be leaving tomorrow morning," Lucario said. He patted Mika's head and smiled. "Why don't we play today before I go?" Mika smiled a bit and nodded.
For the rest of that afternoon, Mika and Lucario played and battled a bit with each other on the playground. Some of the garden Pokemon joined, which made it even more fun. Before Mika knew it, though, it was nighttime and she had to go back home. She fell asleep with her parents, but had to remind herself before so that she had to wake up early so she could see Lucario one last time.
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That morning, Mika woke up before her parents. The sun was rising slowly over the horizon. She quietly stepped out of her home and into the garden playground. Dew covered the grass, making it cold and wet. Starlys and Pidgeys and such chirped in the distance as the Kricketots' jingling came to an end.
Mika ran out of the garden, looking for Lucario. She hoped she hadn't missed them. She ran across the streets, pasts houses and lampposts. Nobody was outside at all. She felt like she was on an adventure, exploring a part of Alamos Town she hadn't explored before. Soon she saw Riley, Momo and Lucario grouped together with a few bags. Mika ran faster to catch up with them.
"Lucario!!" Mika shouted as she ran. The three of them turned around and saw Mika. Lucario told something to Riley and Momo and he walked up to her, stopping her with his paw.
"Hey, Mika," Lucario greeted. His voice sounded tired but his eyes were happy to see Mika.
"I-I came to say goodbye," Mika said. She looked up and Lucario who smiled. He patted her head.
"Perhaps we'll see each other again," Lucario thought out loud. "Anyway, I gotta get going. Bye, Mika." Lucario turned around and caught up with Riley and Momo.
"Wait!" Mika called. "Lucario!" Lucario didn't hear her. Mika's heart lurched as he and his friends walked out of Alamos Town.
"I love you..." she whispered under her breath, her eyes tearing up.
