The Meme! Still Accepting!
Hinata was so excited to go on his adventure when he finally came of age to receive his first Pokemon. His sights were set high on becoming the Champ of the Kalos region and snatching that title from Ushijima! His starter was the fire type Fennekin!
Hinata never knew Kenma before he went on his journey, they’d grown up in different towns so they’d hardly had a chance of actually meeting. So Hinata thought his battle with Kenma was just going to be a normal one where he’d win with those handful of Pokemon he’s been training. In the end Kenma won.
Kenma was a trainer with a pair of Espurr who were a lot stronger than he thought they were. Hinata was ecstatic to meet a strong trainer when the others he’d met so far hadn’t gave him an adequate challenge. He may have crowded him a bit with a lot of questions and excitement after the battle ended.
Kenma held no aspirations to take on the champ like Hinata so after a few days together and an exchange of numbers they went their separate ways.
However, Hinata always stayed in touch as he always updated Kenma when he one a new gym battle and when he finally beat Ushijima and took his title. Kenma on the other hand wasn’t even in the same region anymore.
In the end I can see Hinata retaining the title of champ for a while before having him being beaten and losing the title, Kenma on the other hand I can see wandering and learning about Pokemon instead of trying for any Champ positions.