Miharu rolled her eyes at the palpable drama and tension in the air, as well as Raike's bad change of conversation, especially since she had already asked everyone before too.
"I have already introduce myself," said Miharu, still petting Sei who was purring, "But I suppose I can introduce myself again. Mizushima Miharu, gym leader of Pallet Town. This is Sei, my Espeon. If anyone needs a ride to the library, I have several pokemon that can help including Sei."
Sei seemed to perk up at her name before nuzzling Miharu's hand which was still, almost absentmindlessly, petting her. Miharu put the other hand in her pocket. "With the cloud issue, it reminds me of a problem that I had saw in a Distortion World. Perhaps the two are related, but there are only two entrances to the Distortion World. One of which is gone and the other one is protected by a maze. It seems to change every hour so if we were to go there we would have to be quick in going through the puzzle. That is if we-"
Miharu was cut off from the phone ringing. She sighed before excusing herself, picking up the phone as she left, Sei following behind her. However, she forgot that her phone was on speakerphone so everyone could hear the other person yelling;
"WHERE ARE YOU MIZUSHIMA MIHARU?!" Miharu flushed and put the phone off of speaker phone, speaking rapidly and softly. After a few seconds, the flush was receding rapidly and she closed the phone with a sigh. Sei nuzzled Miharu's leg in comfort. Miharu walked back to the group, the blush coming back to her face.
"I apologize for my friend's...exuberance," said Miharu. "I had left the gym, and a whole bunch of challengers, for this call without any warning. I imagine that a lot of people are quite upset with me."
Miharu paused. "Either we go to the library first, we go to the Turnback Cave first, or we split up. If we are to split up, then I suggest teams. And obviously we have to split Kris and Anthony up." The sarcasm evident. "What does everyone think?"