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GRACIDEA

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FENCE

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Abilities

Like all Gijinka, Naomi is not fully human, either. Naomi retains the vulpine ears and tail from her pokemon counterpart - a Fennekin. A pure fire pokemon, Naomi is resilient to flames and has less trouble handling the heat itself and as a whole. Unfortunately the girl gets.. Really hot, really fast, and the fact that Naomi's not all too fond of heat provokes her to release that heat through other means; let it be randomly spewing out embers or otherwise; or she'll just whine about how hot it is; and the girl already has that heat tolerance. That being said, Naomi inherits a Fennekin's (or general fire type's) natural body heat, nearly radiating it outwards to others. In short; that just makes her a walking heater. Hell, she'll probably turn your pool into a hot tub. Even though she can swim, Naomi naturally does horribly around water attacks, along with rock and ground. Naomi naturally does the best against the grass and steel types, and is immune to her own burns. However, this doesn't mean she's completely immune to fire; if anything, she can only faintly resist flames in general. [break][break]

As a Fennekin gijinka, Naomi is capable of minor manipulation over fire. She tends to play around with the occasional ember here and there, and isn't scared to literally play with fire. However as she is in the first stage of it's evolution; her control over fire is minimal. Though she can start a flame at the tip of her finger and occasionally conjure up an orb of flame, she can't do anything as strong as a damaging flamethrower as of yet; therefore she's pretty.. Well, weak to say the least. That being said, she's incapable of controlling the spread of fire, and fails to compress it if the fire spreads too much. As a result, she has terrible control over her own abilities. That being said, after what happened in her previous years, she's refrained from using fire in areas with flammable objects to begin with. However as far as moves go, under pressuring circumstances, she's capable of creating enough fire to boost herself with a flame charge or a fire blast; but anything involving too much fire tends to burn her out. [break][break]

That being said, Naomi has access to the few psychic abilities that Fennekin does. She's capable of using psychic to a minimal extent, picking up only one object at a time so long as it's not much heavier than she is. Said psychic is usually used by her to grab things from afar when she's too lazy, or when she's in dire need of it, she'll use it to throw someone off of her. But to be fair, she's never used it on people all too often. When being used, her eyes have a distinct golden glow to them; a passive effect of using the skill. [break][break]

Naomi can also be seen snacking on a twig - yes, she snacks on a twig. Surprisingly enough, a twig is enough to give her the same energy as a full blown meal can. This helps her binge through the day without breaking a sweat, as her body is given a temporary rush of energy. However, this by no means counts as a decent meal. Unfortunately, Naomi tends to skip meals under the guise of eating a twig, using that as an excuse if anything.



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So I'm tired of all the pain, all the misery inside

Heeeeelloooo?~ Does this woooork? Woohoo! Interview time! So uh.. I don't really like, know what this is for and all but I'm guessing it's the whole "hey! Lets get to know you!" sorta thing, right? Wait, I was right? WOO. Okay. So. Wait, what am I here for again? OH. RIGHT. INTERVIEW. GOTCHA. Yeah, I'm all good. Peachy, really. Okay, okay-- WAIT. HOLD ON. Before we start! This is.. Gonna be between us, right? Like.. No one's recording this? No one will know? Because if someone finds out, I'm gonna get really, really mad! Like, really, really, REALLY mad! [break][break]

Get it? Got it? Good![break][break]

OKAY. SO. Heya! My name's Naomi! Naomi Stirling! I uh.. Wow. This is actually harder than I thought. My English name is Naomi, but I also have a Japanese name, since my mom was Japanese and all. I actually learned some from her, too! Oh. Right. Name. Mirai! Mirai Stirling, but uh.. I always feel weird when people call me by that. So just call me Naomi! Or Nao. I mean, Mimi works, too. Honestly; as long as you don't use Mirai. I absolutely love the name and all but.. Yeeeeah.. I still really, really don't like using it because I'm too used to Naomi now. SO. NOW THAT WE GOT THAT ESTABLISHED.. Where do I start? I was born in the Sinnoh Region; you know. With all the.. Different places and towns, yeah? I was born and raised by the Gracidea--... Yeah. The Gracidea. Not in a town, not in Sunyshore, but it was right smacked on the border of the Gracidea fields where the shaymin roamed. Pretty cool, right? See, my dad used to live in Jubilife City, while my mom was part of the Radio thing in Kanto. My mom and dad met while on the job, and phew! Did those sparks fly or what? They hit it off so fast, I could have called a home run with that! They started working together way more often, and eventually they got together and settled down. You know; get married, have a family and all that adorable stuff~[break][break]

But I guess that doesn't answer why I'm living in the Gracidea, huh? Okay. Basically, my dad is part of a long line of a family. Loooong line of psychic gijinka. My dad was actually an Alakazam Gijinka, so hell was he smart! At some point though, he and my mom decided to leave the radio and showbiz for the sake of being able to raise a family. I'll toss in the fact that my dad also comes from a line of uh.. Self proclaimed guardians of Shaymin, I guess. Our family's lived in that house for generations so when my dad finally married, he chose to take over as the little guardian in the place of my late grandpa. We moved in, and he learned some things about the adorable pokemon! Lets see.. Then I was born! I know, it's a miracle-- I'M KIDDING. I'M KIDDING. I'M NOT THAT EGOTISTICAL I PROMISE-- but yeah. I was born and about two years later, my little sister, Eden, was born. And from there, we all lived as one, biiiig happy family! [break][break]

... Where are they now?[break][break]

Uh.. I'll tell you, later. Shh shh now, sate your curiosity~

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And I wish I could live feeling nothing but the night

Lets see how far back I can remember... Back when I was first born, I think my mom was actually expecting a boy or something. My mom and dad probably thought I was gonna be a boy, which is why they spent some time trying to prepare for a baby boy rather than a baby girl. I mean, it's not like a minded, really. All I know is that I was given a ton of attention from both mom and dad, since neither of them worked too often. See, mom and dad both stopped with their radio stuff so that they could spend more time together, and with me! Wasn't that sweet of them? Sometimes mom and dad would go to work though, but only because they turned out little old house into a pastry shop. I know, pretty awesome, right? But you can imagine just how much business you get in the middle of literally no where-- Not a lot. Which is why mom and dad often made their own pastries and had it trucked off somewhere else; you know, to advertise and all. I remember that while Mom was pregnant with Eden, I'd be trying to roll the dough all by my self! Though, dad would just kind of.. Shoo me off. Totally not fair, but I guess I wouldn't want a kid messing up my pastries, too. [break][break]

It took a while, but mom and dad finally started generating revenue. Like, we were actually getting money! Could you believe it? I thought the day would never come![break][break]

Pff-- Hah! I'm kidding, again~ They worked really hard, so the three of us were really happy when we could finally pick ourselves up. Plus, Eden came around at a really good time, too. Eden came around when mom and dad were finally financially stable - or well.. She was like.. Two at the time. Like, two years after she was born, business actually started booming; and we started doing deliveries. See, with dad being a psychic gijinka, he'd usually just teleport out and away to sell the things. Or sometimes he'd be shipping them off with bird pokemon and etc. It was actually really, really fun! It was usually around this time where they would stop putting me outside and actually let me watch people do things in the kitchen. Sometimes, dad would be baking cookies and let me steal a couple chocolate chips from the bag while he was making the batter. Hehe~ But it was usually him trying to teach me how to make it. A bit after things started picking up, Dad used the time he was working to teach me how to bake things for myself, since I'd always try to steal some of the food for the customers. He's the one who saved his business from the hungry little cookie monster! Hehe~ Or, so he called me that. Daddy's Little Cookie Monster. But yeah, cookies were the first thing I learned how to make. And you wanna know what's great? How I could actually make it! Like after the first couple tries, I was able to make them myself, and they tasted just like Dad's cookies! I was really, really happy for that! Soooo I kind of went behind dad's back to tell mom. Always told me to keep it a secret from her, and it was at that moment where I found out why. Mom actually SCREAMED. LIKE. LEGIT SCREAMED. Said something about the child's safety, and then you have dad apologizing. Said he'd never do it again. With his fingers crossed behind his back. [break][break]

I tried so hard not to laugh. [break][break]

So when mom wasn't there, my dad would be teaching me how to bake. The basic things, ingredients, teaching me what does what and what to add if I wanted a specific flavour. Baking became a big thing for me, so when I wasn't outside playing soccer or something, I'd probably be inside helping my dad bake a pastry for my mom and Eden. Even though Eden didn't really like sweets, I taught myself how to make an unsweetened cookie for her! She seemed to like it, too~. But when I wasn't baking, well, mom and dad kind of signed me up for gymnastics after kindergarten. Dad would always have to teleport me to the school before coming back to pick me up, and man, did that always make me feel weird! Weird in the good way, of course~. I'd go to gymnastics to do my thing, although if I recall, dad also signed me up for acrobatics once upon a time? God, you should have seen the look on my mom's face when I was swinging up from way up high. She looked like she was gonna faint or something! It was hilarious-- Yeah. I'm terrible, but c'mon! That look was priceless! [break][break]

As for Eden? She was always a bookworm. Holed up in her own little world, kind of in the corner reading something. Like, the girl was two and was already reading. When I was that age, I was crawling around and probably stumbling over my own arms. But let me say, - and I don't mean to sound like I'm bragging (but I totally am), - Eden was a genius. Like, a kid genius. See, Eden actually took after dad more than I took after him, so she turned out to be an Abra Gijinka. Boy oh boy was she smart; She could already speak with terms I couldn't understand! She was already reading novels and really thick books and when she was three, she started reading books that didn't have any pictures in them! Can you believe it? NONE OF THEM HAD PICTURES! I was so confuzzled at the time. Like, how can you just.. SIT. AND READ. WITHOUT PICTURES? It gets really, really boring. Honestly, even now, I couldn't understand how she could do that. Sorcery. You're a wizard, Eden. That sorta thing. But yeah. Eden was.. Really book smart. Which is why mom and dad went: let us not waste her talent! And they.. I think they sent her to like, this private school somewhere? I don't exactly remember where it was, but it was a pretty big private school. And she was only three! Like hot damn Eden! See? My little sister was really, really smart![break][break]

... But I mean.. If you want me to be totally honest? I guess you can say I was always jealous for that. She was always so smart; honestly, I couldn't even hope to compare!~... And I mean, I guess that's okay. She's my precious little sister, after all! I want the entire world to know how much she means to me, and I want her to know just how special she is! But.. I dunno. How do I say this? I loved her. A lot. I still love her to bits; to the moon and back. But I guess that jealousy was still there. She was always so great and perfect at everything; manners, school, academics, smarts; everything. Everyone was giving her attention for being able to read a really hard book when she was three, but no one would watch me when I did flips in the air when I was five. I guess I found that.. Really lonely? I dunno what the word is, but of course, I still loved Eden to bits~ There's no way I could be fine with getting mad at her. After all, she just happened to inherit the smart genes from dad! Although sometimes at night, my mom would come into my room to give me company when I was younger. She usually told me that she still loved the two of us equally but.. Honestly? Eden had a better chance at making them proud. So I kind of felt.. Left out. Mom though, she told me that I was gifted, too. But in a different way; in the way that I would be able to learn complex material really, really quickly. Eden had the IQ and capabilities laid out for her, while I was a blank state that just needed some exposure. I mean at the time, I thought that she was just saying it to make me feel better. [break][break]

Hey! I appreciated it, though!~[break][break]

But yeah. That was life with the four of us. I was really young at the time, so I guess I don't remember all too much? But if you're asking me, I'll say I grew up pretty nicely! Born in those rural plains, running around like I haven't a damn in the world; honestly? It was great! Admittedly, I'm proooobably still a country bumpkin at heart? Like, I'd rather run around and do backflips for the hell of it over sitting and studying; unlike Eden. Yeaaaah... Always been the hyper one. IIII think that's why most people seemed to like the quiet one, more.

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tell me what to say; tell me where to go

When I was about.. Like.. Five or six, we had some sort of important people come over to our house. They were important, because mom and dad told Eden and I to behave ourselves; more to me, though. 'Course I didn't really think much on it, but then they were saying something about wealthy city people coming over. Then I, being the great kid I was at the time was literally bouncing off the walls. Part of me was really going "OH MY GOD. CITY PEOPLE." because the only type I've known of, were the ridiculous dressed ones on mom and dad's old tapes and all. Mom had a thing for asian dramas, and I kind of got a bit too addicted to them when I was still young. Whoops? ANYWAYS. Yeah. Important people, yes. Mom and dad were trying to impress them, while Eden and I were upstairs. Naturally, I was eavesdropping while sitting in the staircase, listening into that conversation and all. When they walked in though, let me tell you I was surprised! I thought that the people would be all like.. Boring adults! Just talking about boring business stuff, and boring adult stuff but surprise surprise! There were two kids; looking no older than I was! [break][break]

So being the GREAT sister I was, I dragged Eden down to the stairs against her will![break][break]

She was whining a bit while hogging onto her book, but in the end I was able to pull her down with me. We both went down and kind of just.. Stared at the two other kids. One looked about Eden's age, while the other was probably my age? I couldn't really tell, because he was a tiny bit shorter than I was. But you now what the most surprising thing was? They had little ears, too! Like.. Eden just has that Abra tail, but I have the fluffy Fennekin ears and tail. The older kid looked like he had little kitty ears and a kitty tail - it was so cute oh my god. I NEARLY SCREAMED. Because I mean, it's not everyday we get to meet other gijinka, right? Mom and dad always told us to be careful around other humans because we were different; and I'll admit that the kids from school were always staring at my ears and my tail, but I didn't pay too much mind to it. If anything, I thought it would be fun to let them pet me! Anyways, the both of us were looking round and I thought we were being sneaky, but I guess one of them found Eden and I peeking out from the corner. One of them waved over to us, and I kind of blew our cover. Blew our cover and I ended up waving back, so my mom and dad found us. Mom looked a bit annoyed and dad looked a bit irritated how we didn't listen, but in the end I guess we did something right? Mom and dad called us out to meet their kids; and wow. I never thought that disobeying them would be that much fun! [break][break]

Eden and I came out from behind the wall, introducing ourselves and all that fun jazz. Eden of course, was still hiding behind her book with a yawn. See, she's really lazy and pretty out of it most of the time, so she just gave them her name before asking mom and dad if she could go and take a nap. Me? Obviously I was nearly bouncing off the walls while meeting them! The older kid's name was Yi Tao, but uh.. It was pretty hard to say his Chinese name. I was actually close to butchering it, so I ended up just calling him Yi. I found it pretty funny, though, how he had two parts to his first name! I've never met anyone whose name was like that. I found it funny and weird, but hey, it was easier than Nao. Thankfully after that, though, I kin of made the connections between our names. See, there's Na-o-mi and then there was Ta-o. Naturally, I made that connection pretty quick! You know what I started calling him later on? Taomi! Because I mean, Ta-o-mi! Just to make sure I wouldn't butcher it! Pretty smart of me, huh? I know, it was great! But I don't think he was really happy with it. IIII really don't think he liked it, and I still don't think he does. Ah well, his loss~[break][break]

I dragged both him and his younger sibling out to the fields to play in the Gracidea. It's funny, because apparently, they've never seen Gracidea before! I found it funny, at least, since I practically with them. The fields were really nice and.. Well, I taught them. I told them about my family guarding the Shaymin and all, and I told them about how my family did their thing with the pastries and how I've lived there my entire life. There isn't too much electricity since we run off my dad's Luxray and the generator he made at the side of the house but hey, we live. After we went back in, though. I ended up sneaking upstairs with them, to the attic. See, my room at the time was in the attic; just had to pull the ladder down. There's like this little rope you have to pull in the wall, and then it just drops the ladder down after you open up the hatch. Asides from that, we have something like a laundry shoot. From attic down to the basement and everything. Over the years, our family kind of adjusted the house on our own, so we were exploring and playing hide and seek! Eden would sometimes hide in the laundry shoot, since it was something like.. A tiny elevator. Way easier than going up and down, plus, it was big enough to fit the both of us! Yeah, we ended up playing too much in it. Mom and dad always told us to be careful, but, of course, I never listened. [break][break]

That being said, I was surprised that they'd stay for so long. By the time it was getting late and the stars were out, I brought them up to the attic again. That time around, though, I ended up opening my window. See, my window is actually on the roof of the house, so it lets the moonlight and the stars in. I opened up that window hatch and got a lasso to hook on the little thing I made way before with Eden. We climbed up the rope, and I ended up trying to pull the other two up. What I loved about our roof was how there was a space that was flat, so we could sit and hang out there. That, and I was able to point out the stars! Like, there were a TOOOON of stars out, so I was pointing them all out with Eden. If there's one thing that the two of us share, it's our love for astronomy and astrology. Hell, we both competed to see who could find the most constellations! Mom and dad would usually help us identify them. and then we'd be doing our own thing. At some point, though, I guess I was more interested in star navigation, over the science of it all. Why's that? Because the science of that was boring! Eden found it interesting, though. Even to this day, I can't exactly understand why she thought so. But eh.. Who am I to judge, right? It seemed like Tao liked the stars a lot, too. It's been a long time, now, but I do know I pulled out the work-in-progress star map to show him. Eden and I worked on it really often, and we were this close to being finished! That being said, it was really fun meeting him.[break][break]

After he left, though, I asked mom and dad for their phone number, since I still wanted to talk to him. You know, about the stars and all!

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I doubt that I would care; my heart will never know

I kept in contact with him for a while; same with Eden. Although, Eden preferred to stick to her studies; to which I say boooooring! Like, pooey, am I right? As much as I loved her and all, she could afford to like, loosen up a bit, right? Like Eden, please. Anyways.. Yeah. After that visit thing, we kind of went back to our usual, everyday thing. Me, annoying her, and then she'd usually be whining, and I'd be trying to drag her out. The norm, yeah? What? I'm getting repetitive now? You want me to move on with it? Jeez.. Impatient, aren't we? Okaaaaay, okay! I'll get to it! Just calm thyselves! Ahem. Okay. So uh.. [break][break]

This was like.. When I was six or something. Six..? Yeah, six sounds about right. Eden was only four at the time, and it was in the middle of summer. Since school was out for her, she was allowed to go home and I was annoying the living shinx outta her, as usual. It was sometime in July, while mom was in the living room, reading with Eden. I was with dad, trying to learn a new recipe. Then.. Well.. What can I say? I uh.. Things happened. I'll leave it that, for now, but what you need to know is that I may or may not.. Get a little hesitant from here on out? Like, I'm still gonna scream like oH MY GOD now and then, but I'll probably pause and just.. Not talk for a bit, if I can help it, at least. Like, it's not everyday I say these things so.. Yeah. Again, thanks for being patient and all. Phew. Hookay. Yeah. I can do this. Deeeep breaths Naomi. Deep breaths..[break][break]

It was probably like, the evening or something. It was the evening and I was helping dad out with things, until the doorbell suddenly rang up. I mean, it's already rare for people to come out here to begin with, and even rarer for them to be legit visitors. Mom and dad were actually surprised when they heard it ring; especially since it was way past closing hours. But either way, dad went up to the door and opened it up. Me, being the curious child I was, followed after to tag along behind him. There were this one person dressed in black, wearing shades even though it was pretty dark out. He and my dad were talking about a couple of things that, honestly, I couldn't understand at the time. If anything, the only words I could understand were "where is Shaymin?", and I definitely remember that was the one thing that set my dad off. Like, I could see him practically fuming the moment he heard that. It was after a bit of talking that I decided to scuttle up to them and listen in, only for my dad to turn around to look at me. For the first time, he was.. Actually really mad. Like, I never thought I'd see my dad glare of all things; and at me. [break][break]

"Daddy? What's wrong?" [break]
"Naomi, get inside." [break]
"Daddy?"[break]
"Naomi. Get inside. Now."[break]
"What happened?"[break]
"Naomi!"[break][break]

And he just kept raising his voice. Louder and louder with that glare. Hell, I was actually terrified of him for a bit. He was trying to cover the door, but I could see the face of the other man peeking through. And I mean, it could have been my imagination, but I could have sworn that he was smiling when he saw me. I saw his lips moving, but I didn't know what he was saying. Whatever he said, though? Really set dad off. Usually my dad's a really, really calm guy. But god damn, that was the angriest I'd ever seen him! My dad popped a psychic so fast, that the other guy was on the ground. Down for the count, and my dad was telling him to shut up. If I remember properly? I was actually.. Really scared at the time. What can a kid do? I was only six years old, after all. I was about to spring up and save the guy, but then something came from behind to grab me from approaching; that something was Maia; my family's Miltank. Maia seemed to know what was going on, and didn't let me get closer to dad. Hehe.. I wonder how much I begged Maia to let me interfere. It's because dad looked like he was hurting him and at the time, everything that was dad was doing, was completely against my own moral code. [break][break]

Then my dad closed the door, reaching for his own pokemon and pulling them out on his own. At first I kind of just stood there, all confused and borderline scared of my dad. He was all tensed up, hands gripping onto the pokeballs on his belt and all. Hell, his eyes were glowing to prepare that psychic already. Even now, that glare sends chills up my spine. God.. It's been so long. I wonder.. What did I do? What did I say? What was I supposed to do? The one time I actually listened to my dad; the one time I actually listened to my parents. See, my dad, he was upset. He looked like he was getting for an all out war, and then my mom came into the hallway with Eden. I don't know what dad did nor do I know what dad said, but.. Hah. Thinking back on it, maybe it was telepathy? Either way, mom grabbed Eden and I, while Maia followed behind us. Course, I wanted to stay behind. I was so intent on staying with dad that I nearly burnt mom in my retaliation, then dad started to scold me. [break][break]

And in that literal moment, the door gave way. [break][break]

There was a Drapion; a huge one, at that. With those claws and those eyes; that huge purple in the flesh. Yeah.. He kind of swung around. You know, intended to attack, and all. My dad well.. He sent out his Luxray first and foremost. Sent out Luxray and I kind of responded with sending Vega out. Hah! Like that would do anything, right? Dad just kept yelling at my mom to take Eden and I away; just like.. You know. Get out of there. He wanted us to leave and at the time, I couldn't exactly recognize the danger as well as my mom and sister could. So what did I do? I was just being a stupid kid. I was being a kid who thought she could play knight in shining armour and all, so I thought I could battle that Drapion with my Fennekin. Funny how that worked, because in the end, I was probably just being a burden. You see, my dad was trying to fight the guy off. But then another guy came in. And another, then another. Before I knew it, dad's entire team of six pokemon was up against five different people; and their pokemon. At some point though, I just helped mom and Eden escape through the back, up the stairs. He told me that he would be back to join us soon, right after he had those people taken care of. Hah.. Maybe if I had just hurried up a bit, then he wouldn't have.. Ahem. Long story short, uh.. They spotted me. The Drapion spotted me and tried to grab me. Giant scorpion thing shot out it's tail and well.. Yeah. Tried to grab me. My dad, who just turned his attention from the battle, turned to look over at me who was getting attacked. Hell, was I terrified. Then before I knew it, dad was using psychic to push me out of the way. Hell, her nearly flung me into the wall just to get me out of the way. Then when I turned over to look at him--[break][break]

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W-When I turned over to look at him..[break][break]

... I.. I have to say it, don't I? Phew.. Okay.. When I turned over to him, it was while he was impaled by an Excavalier. Just.. One of the pokemon's lances, drilled right thought his chest. And I.. I can't get that image out of my head. I just stood there, and I.. I don't know. I went blank. Like.. I just.. My dad was dead. He was deader than dead; Just like that. Just in a second, I had lost my dad because he was too busy trying to protect me, than to protect himself. I honestly should have moved as fast as I could after seeing that; away from dad and all. I should have gone up with mom and Eden as fast as I could; I should have listened to her and mom; I should have just ran up and out. Away from it all. Because just by standing there, dad's pokemon started protecting me with their lives. Literally. I watched them fall at my feet, one by one. [break][break]

I watched them die. One by one. [break][break]

The pokemon I grew up with; the pokemon I lived with and the man who was my father were all dead before me. And when those men were approaching me and intended to take me, next, my mom's Lopunny literally grabbed me and jumped way up to flee. Hah.. Kind of wish she jumped down to save me earlier, though. I kind of.. Nah. I just.. I can't get the image out of my head. There was just.. There was a lot of blood. There was.. There was a lot. Phew.. Okay uh.. C-Can I just.. Have a moment? Aha.. Sorry. I-I'm just uh.. Kind of.. F-freaking out a bit. G-Gimme a sec. I-I'll pull myself together. [break][break]

Ahhh.. Phew.. Okay. I'm good, now. Thanks for waiting! Hah, sorry I was freaking out, there! Okay so.. Lopunny grabbed me and we bounced outta that joint. Unfortunately though, the people kind of tried to follow. Okay, yeah. They did follow. They kept following. If you were there, you'd hear them stomping on the stairs like they were a marching band. Stompity stompity stomp, stomp stomp! Like that, yeah? Okay so they were coming up and Mom pulled me into her room. She pulled me into her room and well.. Uh.. Yeah. There's.. Not much I can say about her. She pulled me into her room with Eden, locking the door after letting her Lopunny in and hugging the two of us really close. Like.. I've never seen her this shaken up. I could feel her grip around us, wavering and trembling in fear and anxiety alike. I could.. I could feel her trying not to cry, trying to hold Eden and I as close as she could. I took the moment to look up at her, and.. Well.. She was crying. I've never seen her crying that much; ever. She kept mumbling the same words over, and over. She kept.. She kept mumbling them. And I.. Hah.. What can I say? I was just.. The most I could do was hug onto her. Just.. While she was crying. Then Eden thought it'd be a good idea to whisper. [break][break]

"... Mama?" [break]
"... Yes, Eden?"[break]
"Where's papa?"[break]
"..."[break]
"Eden, I don't think--"[break]
"... Papa will be with us.. S-Soon.."[break]
"... Where is papa?"[break]
"Papa's doing some work right now, and he's going to be gone for a long, long time."[break]
"... Naomi?"[break]
"... Yeah, Ede?"[break]
"Where's papa?"[break]
"... He's--"[break][break]

And the door began being smashed on. I could hear it, and I could feel mom getting rocked back and forth while desperately trying to hug onto the two of us. She.. She didn't let go, not until the wood was actually smashed. Like the only thing we saw when we stood up, was a fist crashing right through and damn; did that scare me shitless. It happened out of no where, and so mom let the two of us go. Instructed us to the other side of the room, tried to get us to hide and all. I.. I dunno. Honestly.. I just know grabbing Eden's hand and pulling her aside, and trying to get mom, too. Unfortunately when she got up, one of the men in black got hold of mom's hair through the hole. Mom started screaming and then.. Eden and I just.. I dunno. I just know that I was crying; a lot. I know that Eden was getting really, really scared. Then I remember Mom's Ambipom using one of her tails to grab onto the back of my shirt, pulling me asides before bringing me over. Gemini just.. Took me away from mom. Maybe if I didn't pull her up.. Maybe if I just.. Let her move on her own, maybe she would have been able to crawl instead of get up. Maybe.. Maybe she.. She wouldn't have died.. Hah..[break][break]

They grabbed mom and crashed in through the door. I-I.. I don't want to describe it. I-I just know that they ripped off her clothes a-and I just.. I-I can't.. The men just grabbed my sister and I shortly after that, after mom's Ambipom was.. Killed, too. I-I couldn't.. They grabbed Eden and I and restrained us. Th-They made us watch and.. I-I couldn't.. I couldn't anymore.. I-I just know that I blanked out. I was.. It was too much. Mom was.. She was.. Ugh.. And after they were done, t-they.. They cut her up... T-They literally cut her up..! I-I couldn't watch.. I didn't want to watch anymore! B-But they wouldn't let go of me.. They wouldn't let go of me, up until Maia came in and used her roll out to knock them away. I was just.. Hurt and Eden was just.. She didn't.. I-I don't know. Back then, neither of us could understand, but we knew those people were bad so I grabbed her and ran as fast as I could. I grabbed Maia's pokeball from the bedside and ran as fast as I could, along with Eden while keeping Vega as close to myself as I could. We booked it, over to the elevator to get up towards the Attic.

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If I make another move there is no more turning back

I was scrambling with the elevator. Like, you got a group of murderers chasing your fluffy tail. Of course I was gonna be like "aha nope" and nope my way outta there. We were getting over and well.. For one reason or another, I couldn't work the elevator as I usually did; it took me longer. Course I was trying my best, but it's not exactly easy, y'know? So I kept.. Trying. Like, I was trying really, really hard. And huzzah, the elevator got to us! So I quickly hopped over into it. It was pretty small, but I was certain that it would fit both Eden and I. It.. It had to, right? So I quickly recalled Maia into her pokeball before Eden got in, holding onto her hand while dragging her up the short stairs. See, there was like.. This type of platform thing for the elevator. There was a small staircase there, too. So I was dragging Eden up those stars as fast as I could. [break][break]

...[break][break]

I wish I was faster. [break][break]

Because Eden just.. Looked up at me. I think she was trying to say something? Because she.. She actually lowered her voice. She lowered her voice to.. To talk to me. Hah.. I'm thinking back on it now and you can call me crazy all you want.. Because I think Eden was.. I think Eden actually knew that her time was short. Haha.. Like.. H-Her life wasn't.. S-She didn't.. She didn't.. Phew.. O-Okay. Phew.. Eden. Eden. Right. Eden. Eden was.. She wanted to talk to me for a bit. She wanted to talk. Yeah.. Sh-She just.. She wanted to talk. So while I was gripping onto her hand up those stairs, I was paying more attention to getting ahead. I was.. Paying so much attention on what was ahead of me, that I didn't look back. Once. [break][break]

And maybe if I looked back, Eden would be standing by my side. [break][break]

"... Naomi? What happened to mama? What did they do to her..?"[break]
"... I-I don't know, Eden.. I don't know.."[break]
"Will they do that to us if they catch us?"[break]
"... Maybe."[break]
"Mama was all red.."[break]
"... I know. B-But we won't end up like that!"[break]
"... Because Naomi is my knight in shining armour, right?"[break]
"Y-Yeah! I-I am so.. I'll protect you! Your big sister can handle this!"[break]
"... And I'll always be your guardian angel, right?"[break]
"Eden I--"[break]
"I'll always be your guardian angel, right?"[break]
"... Yeah. Yeah.. Y-You always will be."[break]
"Hehe.. That's.. That's good." [break]
"So you--... You have to stay by your knight.. Okay? Otherwise I won't know what to do~.."[break]
"... Mmn. I love you, Mirai~"[break]
"... Pff.. How many times have I told you not to use that name? But.. I lo--"[break]
"..." [break]
"... Eh?"[break][break]

... And I was in shock. The hand that I was holding onto got.. It got so cold. It.. Felt like I was dragging a weight. I was scared to look back; I didn't want to look back, but I only did when I heard some sort of laughing behind me. It was.. A man. He was.. He was holding a gun, and Eden was.. Right beneath me. She was.. She was.. She was dead, too. I was.. I was scared, okay? I was terrified so I let go of her hand..! Even though I told her that I would protect her..! Even though I told her that everything will be okay.. E-even though.. I told her that she'd always be my angel.. A-And.. And I.. I-I just.. Ugh.. I-I'm sorry. Can I just.. Take another moment? Please..? Hah.. Th-This is like.. The third time. I know it's probably.. Really annoying to you? But I-It'll just take a moment. I promise. [break][break]

Okay. Okay, I'm good. Promise! Haha.. I wanted her to be my guardian angel. I wanted her to watch over me, and make sure that I didn't do anything stupid. I wanted her to stick around, just to scold me and go "Naomi, you shouldn't do blah blah blah" and nag me like she always used to. Even though she was a kid.. Even though she was a kid. I wanted her to stick around and nag me--... I didn't want her to die. But hey.. When I looked back, she was slouched on the ground of the stairs, and I heard the men running up to the stairs themselves. I was.. I was scared. I let go of Eden's hand, even after I told her that I would protect her and-- .. I went up to the elevator. Naturally, I was trying to be fast as hell while scrambling up there. I was scrambling like my life depended on it, because hell for all I knew? It did. But those must have been.. The longest seconds of my life. Thankfully, they.. They didn't know where the attic was. They didn't know where it was so I ended up hiding out in my room for a bit. Hah.. But I was a stupid kid. I just.. I used that time to cry. I used that time to cry as hard as I could, but as quietly as I could. Because I didn't want those men to hear me. [break][break]

I was terrified.[break][break]

Maia came out of her pokeball shortly after that, pulling me into a gentle hug while stroking my back. I just.. I couldn't anymore. Haha.. Part of me was just.. I missed them. In the span of maybe a couple of minutes - because damn me if it was more than an hour - I had lost my dad. Dad was pierced in front of me. Mom was.. I don't.. I don't want to remember anymore. I just.. I just know that she's dead. Mutilated. Eden.. She was.. God.. She was only four..! I could have--.. I should have.. Hah.. I could have saved them all. I could have. If I had listened to dad and hurried with mom, dad could have escaped. If I hadn't pulled mom up, then she would have been able to escape with us. If I had hurried with the elevator, Eden and I would have been able to get in! It was.. It was entirely my fault and.. And.. Ugh.. So.. Maia. Yeah. Maia. Maia kept trying to reassure me. You know, patting my back, and all. Things.. Actually weren't too bad? Too bad, and I heard screaming from downstairs. See.. They were trying to find me. They were trying way too hard to find me, and I think one of them fell down the laundry shoot of an elevator. [break][break]

Then I remembered that there was a pokemon in my sister's cupboard. [break][break]

I scrambled over to her nightstand, which wasn't too far from mine. I grabbed it, pulled it open to grab her pokemon. See, mom and dad gave us these.. Pokemon when we were younger. That's why I got a Fennekin friend, and my sister got an Abra friend. She decided to name her Abra, Adam. You know? Like.. Adam and Eve, in the garden of Eden. I remember grabbing her Ralts, too. Eve, she named her. [break][break]

Hah.. Eden always did find the bible interesting. [break][break]

I grabbed the both of them and.. Yeah. I grabbed them both and grabbed my backpack. Literally tossed them inside before zipping it up, leaving Vega and Maia on my belt. I mean.. My initial plan was to just.. Up and leave the house, but there were still some pokemon that mom had. Still.. Still some pokemon that I grew up with, so I wanted to find them. And I knew that.. If I just left and came back later, they would have taken them all. They wouldn't have left them be; they would have stolen them. And.. They're my friends. They're the friends who kept me company; the only friends I had. [break][break]

The only family I had left. [break][break]

So call me stupid all you want, but I went down. I snuck down when they.. Seemed more intent on chilling in my house's kitchen and living room. Apparently they were.. Just waiting for me to come down. I didn't have to go down anyways so.. I-I should have been fine.. Yeah. I thought that I would be fine and boy. Boy.. Was I wrong.. Hah.. I-It was almost.. Painful to watch. Oh.. what am I saying? It was painful. Painful enough to make me want to follow my family themselves. Because when I came down, I was face to face with the corpse of Eden. Like.. She was just.. Right there. Standing. Walking around. I couldn't.. I just couldn't figure out what she was doing. I couldn't figure out what she meant to do. So I.. I dunno. I was just.. So happy that she was alive, until I saw the wound on her head. A gunshot, went right on through and.. I was just staring at an inanimate corpse. [break][break]

And the shell of my sister raised a gun. [break][break]

I mean, now I know that she was possessed by one of their ghost pokemon. Eden was.. Possessed. They wanted to possess her and use her to lure me out, but of course, I didn't know that at the time. So when Eden raised that gun against me, Maia popped out on instinct and used rollout on Eden's corpse to throw her off. Unfortunately? Maia was.. She was.. She was shot. Maia was shot and.. I-I didn't know what to do. Maia started bleeding and Eden dropped that gun. I don't know what Maia was thinking at the time, but she literally used her hoof to kick it towards me. She wanted me to use the gun; use it on Eden. A shock in the body should be enough to drag the ghost out so Maia could attack it, but I.. I could only stare at the gun like an idiot. [break][break]

I should have shot her.[break][break]

Because I ended up gripping onto that gun; I gripped onto it and.. I started shaking. Hell.. I didn't even know how to use a gun! My hands were clattering, pointed up to my own sister of all people. I-I couldn't.. I couldn't. I couldn't shoot her. No I-I.. I couldn't. So I grabbed the gun and shoved it into my bag. I recalled Maia and I just.. Booked it to my mom's room. Ran there and locked the door behind me. Even though the door was broken, it gave me.. Some sort of time, because Eden was too short to reach through the hole, anyways. In my mom's cupboard, I grabbed mom's team of pokemon; Her Meowstic, Wishiwashi and Goomey. Huh? What happened to the Lopunny? Well.. She was.. She was killed, too. Right next to mom--... Oh god.. That's right.. I-I was trying so hard not to notice at the time but.. M-Mom's body was.. O-Oh.. God.. Okay. Naomi.. Deep breaths. Y-You're okay.. You're okay, now. I-I'm okay.. I'm okay.. Yeah. Okay.. Mom was.. Yeah. Lopunny went the same way, and I was about to, too. It wasn't long until the people heard the commotion from down stairs and ran up, grabbing their pokemon and weapons themselves. I just.. I didn't know what to do and before I knew it..? They broke in. I couldn't.. Outrun them. Then they grabbed me. They grabbed me and they were just.. Staring at me. They were staring at my ears and tails and I was.. I was petrified. They just.. They just kept looking at me a-and.. Talking.. [break][break]

They were planning to sell me off to the gijinka slavery. [break][break]

And I guess I panicked. I guess that I was just.. Unsure of what I was doing at the time? 'Cause I sure as hell can't remember what happened next; all I can remember though, was that it got really, really hot. Like, there was fire. There was a lot, a lot of fire. There was a hell lot of fire, and then.. I-I remember yelling, screaming and the like. I remember just.. Panicking in general. Then I remember just.. Just.. I-I.. I burned them.. O-Oh god.. I-I.. I used fire spin at the time and I.. I-I... I killed them.. I burned them alive. I.. They were.. They just.. They're gone. I.. I was.. I ended up using Fire Spin. I used fire spin and everything was.. Everything was burned down. To a crisp. To the crisp. They were gone; there was nothing left of them. I set them on fire and.. I set the house itself on fire. Even though there were flames, raging everywhere; I was cold. I-I was freezing. I couldn't move but at the same time I.. I don't know. How did I get out of that? I don't remember how I could get out of that, and I don't know.. How I did in the end. But if there's something that I can remember, was watching Eden's body burn in the flames as I was trying to run away. Hah..! You wanna know what broke my heart, though? How.. My sister. Eden. She was.. Burning in the flames, too. But she wasn't.. The ghost that was possessing her was gone. They were.. They were gone and Eden was still.. She was still smiling. I could have sworn that she was looking out to me, waving her hand weakly before falling to the ground. Then it dawned on me. [break][break]

Eden was still alive. [break][break]

I killed her in that fire.[break][break]

And I couldn't go back; because the house was long gone. Adam popped out and as a fail safe thing, he teleported me out of there. Into the field; anywhere, so long as it was away from the house. Then I.. I was left in the Gracidea. I was left there, staring into space while trying to process everything that happened. [break][break]

Then I cried myself to sleep.

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Because everything will change

I can't even keep track of how long I stayed out there, crying to myself. I don't think I've grown to care at that point; all I knew was that I was safe. All I knew, was that I could survive, and that I wasn't dead. Even though I.. Admittedly, I wanted to die. I was only six at the time, but I really just.. Wanted to sleep. You know, lay down and melt into the flower field. But then I remembered that Maia was shot and.. Well, I was better off helping Maia. That being said, I ended up waking up around the morning after that, with Vega trying to keep me relatively warm. You know, letting me use her as a pillow and all. Much as I appreciated it, I didn't know what else I should do.. You know? I like.. I didn't know where I was supposed to go to get to the nearest city, and I ended up wandering around like an idiot. That being said, I.. Ended up just sitting there. You know, trying to pull myself together and.. Everything. There wasn't anything I could do at the time, so I tried to head back to the house. I mean.. It's not like Adam could have teleported me too far off, right? Yeah, that's exactly it.[break][break]

So I ended up walking on over to that old, burned down wreck. Lets just.. Say that what I saw there? It's not.. Something that I kid should have seen. Between debris and rotting corpses of my own family and my family's murderers.. I really, really didn't want to get near enough to see it. Aaaand that.. May or may not have resulted in a phobia of blood, yeah? Yeah.. Yeah.. I.. I can't stomach the sight of blood; especially punctures, stabs and.. Well, anything with blood. I've seen too much of it; I think I've been traumatized enough to kind of nearly faint? Hah! [break][break]

... Yeah, not funny.[break][break]

But I was like hookay. Maps. Yes. I need the map. The map was good. Unfortunately I only had Backpack with me, so I couldn't pull a Dora The Explorer on this (I know, unfortunately right?) so I was like ehhh.. Might as well try looking around for like, a bus stop or something? So yeah. I ended up walking for a bit until I got to a bus stop, and I used some of the extra money and change I managed to snag from my house before I burned it down. Used that money to hitch a ride over to Sunyshore city, and right into the pokecentre I went. As fast as I could, because.. Maia was probably bleeding out, and she was still in pain from the bullet wound. So I.. Hah.. I was sure that Nurse Joy was surprised to see me, especially when I was ragged up, nearly torn apart and messed up. Like, I was crying so much my eyes were probably puffy. Barefoot in ripped up pyjamas and all. My feet were all bruised and swollen, and eventually Nurse Joy brought me in to have Chansey take care of me, too. [break][break]

...[break][break]

When I came out, I didn't see Maia. I didn't see her, and I asked Nurse Joy about it. When I asked her, though, her eyes just.. Lowered to me. And that's when everything was turning into red flags. Red flags that just.. I just broke down. Again. Because in the end.. I-I couldn't.. I couldn't even save the pokemon that tried to protect me for so long. Hah.. My heart was broken, y'know? She was like.. The closest parent I had. She was the closest thing I had left, asides from Vega, of course. That being said, I was.. Surprised. I was surprised to hear that Maia had left an egg for me; apparently she gave birth to it, right before she passed on, and Nurse Joy gave it to me. The last thing that Maia left for me-- I didn't know whether I should have been happy, or if I was sad. I don't remember whether I cried tears of joy, or tears of grief. Either way, I was hugging onto that egg for the life of me, and turns out that it was going to hatch into a - you guessed it - miltank. So.. Hah.. Looks like I was also gonna be a mama. A mom in Maia's place. It.. It felt wrong. But at the same time.. Hey. I'm sure.. Maia at least wanted me to take care of her kid, right? Yeah.. Hehe.. Even though I was a kid, too. Maybe she wanted me to grow up with her kid; you know. Learn about the world together. Grow up together, become good friends. Become as close as we used to be. As close.. As we used to be..[break][break]

Anyways... I couldn't just like, stay in the same city and same pokemon centre forever, yeah? I was.. Kind of alone by then, and I was too young to be a trainer. So I uh.. Ended up living on the streets. Trying my best to get by, y'know? I mean.. It should have been fine? I was with my pokemon and all. See, Vega usually kept the cold nights, warm. Pisces usually.. Made sure I had enough water and the others would try to make sure I was eating properly. I uh.. Yeah. Life was.. Hah.. Pretty rough, especially since I was only a little kid. I'm going from like, the calm life of the rural countryside to the life in a bustling city; with no roof over my head or food on my plate. And I mean.. I was a baker's daughter. I can't exactly cook anything on my own; especially not when I don't have the materials. Thankfully, my pokemon were with me to make sure I actually survived. Hah! I remember this one time, some guy thought that he could rob me blind until Adam showed up and popped that psychic! You should have seen it! I actually started laughing! Like "HELLO THERE FLYING MAN. HOW YOU DOING? YEAH? YOU TRIED TO ROB ME? WEEEEELL SCREW YOUUUUU!"... Okay no. I didn't actually say that. Hell, I don't think I laughed. At that point, I was uh.. Already scarred by what else happened in the past, so yeah. But honestly, thinking back on it, I SHOULD HAVE. THE DUDE TRIED TO ROB A KID BLIND. SHAME. SHAME. ON. HIM. SHUN. [break][break]

HISS.[break][break]

Pff.. Hah! Okay, but yeah. Life on the streets; not fun I tell you. Really not. Like, I was trying to avoid bad and nasty people, while also trying to avoid adults in general. Apparently I was supposed to be put in an orphanage but.. If they did that, then.. Well.. How do I say this? At the time, I was paranoid. I was really scared that those people would come after next; probably because I killed their buddies. I.. Found it really hard to trust adults after that. Hah! Even now, I find it.. A bit hard trusting a lot of other people in general. Like, no offence or anything. But I just.. Don't trust anyone anymore. Because for all I know, someone could want to kill me, for killing someone else, right? Like.. It's totally justified. I get it. I understand the feeling way too well, but that's also why I went "hah. Haha. What even is social interaction" right? But again; no hard feelings. Anywho, scared. Yes. I was terrified, so I kept trying to avoid adults in general while living with my pokemon. At some point, though? I ended up living in the woods for the rest of the year. Then you might be thinking "But Naomi? How the ever living hell can you navigate? Won't you get lost?" and uh.. Yeah. I got lost. A heeeeell lot. Like, I'd turn the corner and I'll be wondering where's left and where's right in the day. I can't tell directions for the life of me in the daytime![break][break]

Which is why I turned into a night owl. You know; hoot hoot. [break][break]

I should have been a hoothoot gijinka. Hootyhoot fluffers. [break][break]

Okay but seriously; I said way back that I liked star-navigation, yeah? Yeah. That's how I found my way back; every single time. I used to use it a lot, since my home was often in the north and I may or may not have wandered off a lot. Kind of.. Became a habit of mine, yeah? So I ended up learning more about it in the couple months I was in the wild. Eventually, up until I practically memorized where I was all the time. But if you're gonna ask me what roads connect what; I'll never know what the hell you're talking about. If anything, I'll only tell you North, south, east or west. Everything else was like Uhhhh... I don't speak this language PFF--. Either way, I still had to go back to the city, y'know? I had to talk to people, get my resources and all. Lemme tell you; it's NOT easy. They make it look easy in the movies, but it's NOT. I ended up having to learn through trial and error. Buuuuut hey! On the bright side, I was able to learn, and I actually got pretty damn good at using my mouth! Kind of. Hey, I'm still learning, but I got waaaaay better than how I was back then![break][break]

...[break][break]

Hey! I see that look you're giving me![break][break]

But I guess living in the wild wasn't all too bad. I got to see the stars. And think. Lotsa thinking. Which.. Uh.. Probably wasn't a good thing? ANYWAYS. ONTO LESS DEPRESSING THINGS. I was listening to some trainers one day, while I was just y'know, nibbling on one of my twigs. Nibble nibble. And surprise surprise, I heard their radio! Apparently, the police were investigating the burnt down house out in the Gracidea, and it was uh.. Making quite a bit of news. They were talking about how there were a couple of burned people, and then about..My family. Yeah. They wanted people to bring in the missing daughter - yours truly - if they found her and all. So I kind of just.. Listened for a bit. I listened and eventually.. I guess I just came in front of the police. See, I thought maybe if I told them, they'd be able to keep me safe. I thought that they would.. Actually listen to me. That's what people usually think, right? I was like, they have to listen to me! I'm sure that they will! If I just explain what happened, then they'll take me somewhere safe![break][break]

And when I went up to them, they called me a murderer. [break][break]

Instead of taking me somewhere safe, they started chasing me like those men in black. They just.. They chased me back into the woods, then I kind of.. Whoops, right? I.. I guess I panicked a bit. Because I ended up setting a shrub on fire, and then a tree lit up. Then another one. And another. And another. Then a whoooole forest fire started. I-I.. I panicked. And tada, I think.. I killed those officers in the fire, too? So uh.. Wow. I was.. Definitely a wanted person over in Sinnoh, hah! Give it like.. A year. Even a year later, people in Sinnoh started calling me like, a monster or something. A monster of a human being, with these Fennekin ears who just wanted to spread hell fire, y'know? Kind of like.. Jumped to conclusions but.. Hey, it's not like anyone would listen to me, anyways. [break][break]

Assuming they wanted to listen.[break][break]

But yeah. Police were after me; I had no choice but to flee when I was seven. I ended up hitching a ride on the ferry in Sunyshore. Kind of just.. Bounced from the region. Stowed away in the ship and hey, you'll never guess where I ended up! Apparently it was a shipment of.. Something. Honestly, I don't remember anymore-- To Alola. You know, where people go all like Alola, alola, alola, hips shaking hula dancing? That Alola? Yeah! I ended up going to Alola and... Yeah. Stuff happened there. PHEW. OKAY. THAAAT WAS A BREATHFUL. BUT I PROMISE; WE'RE LIKE. ALMOST DONE. KIND OF. Not really. I lied.

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and it all will fade to black

OKAY SO. ALOLA. Alola was nice. Really hot, though. But I uh.. Kind of spent the rest of my time over there. See, I was seven at the time and I kind of.. Stowed away on a ship? Like, buh bye Sinnoh! Sucks to be you! Sorta thing? Yeah. The funny this is how no one noticed; but I guess that's because I was just a kid. Anyways, I kind of.. Took my time in the Alola. It was really.. Homey for the most part. Pretty hot, and it felt like a resort or something. But even then, it was hard for me. Everything was really expensive, see? Even if the islands were pretty small and I could travel over and over without.. Too much of a problem? It was still kind of hard for me, since I couldn't.. Register any pokemon in a pager. Hell, I didn't even have one, so I was kind of stuck on one island. I kind of.. Forgot what island it was, now. But I do remember that there was this one town that was always blocked out. It was with like.. These guys. They were making aggressive hand gestures to a bus stop sign and I was like "The hell is that". Turns out I uh.. May have gotten myself into trouble with them? And uh.. Yeah. I was.. Kind of just talking to them and.. They talked really, really funny-like. But hey, they uh.. They seemed like nice people? Like sometimes they would cause trouble, but eh.. At the time, I actually thought it was pretty fun. [break][break]

So I joined Team Skull.[break][break]

NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. ME. MAKING THOSE AGGRESSIVE HAND GESTURES AS A BUS STOP. Okay yeah I wouldn't do that? But like.. Yeah. I know that they were a bunch of like.. Outcasts of the region, but it's not like I had anywhere else to go, right? Like.. The next year or so, I was kind of living off of them. Sure everyone says they're bad people and all, but they're like.. How do I fit in? Like, what. Do you not know basic English. But hell, I'm thinking back on them and THEY WERE FRICKIN HILARIOUS! LIKE YOU SEE THEM ALL UP IN YOUR FACE IN GROUPS, AND THEY'RE PERFECTLY IN SYNC. This one time, we were literally just marching down the road. One guy had this stereo and that sick beat happening, and we were literally all just making random gestures to it. Again? It was amazing. It was hilarious! Although if I laughed, Guzma would proooobably have given me shit for it. Sooo I listened. I mean, they gave me a roof over my head and food on my plate. Gave me a bed to sleep in and all so.. I guess I owe them part of my life? It's nothing all PAZZALE, SPARKLES. SALAZZLE SIZZLE, but I could live with it. It was around this time where I went hey, I should totally do some training with my pokemon! Like uh... It'd be pretty bad on me if I didn't, right? Yeah! That's what I thought! So I went out with Vega to do a teeeny bit of training. [break][break]

I was only like.. What? Seven at the time? Yeah, it was probably seven. I was only seven and uh.. I didn't know squat about training pokemon. Honestly, I probably looked like an idiot as Vega was trying to attack a sandbag. To the other grunts and all, I just.. Looked like a kid. A kid who didn't speak at all, just trying to punch a stupid sand bag. And I mean.. They thought I was weird. Thankfully they didn't really talk to me about the whole gijinka thing, but otherwise I could tell that they were just staring at me. And I'm here going "UH, EXCUSE ME?" but I didn't actually say anything. See at the time, I was still pretty closed off because of what.. Happened the year prior. Still shaken up, after fourteen years. Hehe..[break][break]

ANYWAYS. It was uh.. In Team Skull where I met this one guy; Nathan. Or, Big Bro Nate I would call him now. Nate was a really quiet kid; and really rash, too. Like, he'd just stare down at me and I SWEAR HE WANTED TO KILL ME. Like, he'd just stare at someone and you'd be like "oh god what did I do". But like.. At the time, he was the only other gijinka around. If I recall correctly.. He was a Luxio gijinka at the time? I remember like, as a kid, people would eventually start to pick on me for my ears and tail. Hell, I think someone actually threw water on me while I was trying to practice my fire. But you wanna know what I found absolutely great? Okay, get this. Nate kind of just came over. Like, slid over all casually. You got Luxio boy who looks like he's about to throw down, and then BAM. THAT DISCHARGE. HOLY SHINX. LITERALLY. I THINK HE FRIED SOMEONE TO A DAMN TEMPURA. But seriously though; he really took no shits. Like I mean.. He didn't really say it, but he was like.. A big brother to me, and I think he viewed me as like, a younger sister. Only because gijinka gotta stick together, amiright? [break][break]

So after that, I started talking to him more. I found out that he was only eight at the time, too! I was like, hOLY SHINZ. YOU'RE ONLY EIGHT AND YOU'RE ALREADY A LUXIO? GOD DAMN. And I'll admit, he looked real edgy back then. Like, I could cut myself on that edge. Yeouch. But yeah. He was a nice guy when he wanted to be. See, he actually taught me a lot. At first, I was actually pretty scared of him but as we kept on talking, and talking? I actually learned that he was.. Just like that, because he missed his sister. I think he was scared and worried about his little sister which.. I could relate to. He was scared of losing her and.. I guess I sympathized with him, a lot. So when he got news that his sister was in another region, hell.. He actually booked it. So fast. Apparently he couldn't find her in Alola, so he didn't think twice to leave Team Skull to find his little sister. So I.. I got to talk to him one last time. Hehe.. Although, pretty depressing and all. He was like a big brother to me, but at the same time, he wasn't my big brother. I was.. A little jealous. I mean, because he still had family at the time, right? I feel like I lost a family, just so that someone else could get one. Truthfully? I was getting jealous, again. Yeah.. I know. I'm a terrible person, right? But hey! Lookie on the bright side! While I was training with Nate, Maia's egg finally hatched up! And uh.. Again. Another Miltank. Honestly, it really hurt seeing her. Like.. She looked just like Maia. I'm not kidding. [break][break]

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Guess that's why I named her after her late mom. I couldn't.. I coudln't stand to think that I'd be without Maia, so I named her, Maia, too~

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Then it'll all fall apart. There'd be nothing of me left

So yeah. Unfortunately, Team Skull wasn't.. All that great, either. I stayed with them for a bit longer, even after Nate left them. I ended up having to collect scraps to eat and all, and it'd be pretty tough finding some foods to munch on myself! But eh.. I guess at the time, I didn't really care? Like.. It wasn't like, horrible horrible. Like, I could live. I was perfectly, perfectly fine with making do with whatever' hell, I could live off of twigs - and that's kind of what I did. Not exactly healthy and all, but hey, it something! Uh.. What else..? Right! So I was assigned kitchen duty once and.. I was actually given manageable ingredients! Soooo naturally, I started doing what I did best; bake! I was only seven at the time, but I think I impressed them enough! Like I was trying to make my dad's old cookies, and eventually I showed them up to Guzma. The big boss loved 'em, along with the other grunts! So uh.. I got closer to them. They're all nice people; I promise. Although a bit rash and vulgar, I'll admit. bUT HEY. THEY WERE STILL HELLA FUNNY. [break][break]

Anyways, when I was like eight, I was assigned a job. Basically, they wanted me to go out and rob another kid my age. Or at least like, get close to the kid so that I could rob the parents blind. At first I was kind of going "Why" but like.. I wasn't that dumb as to question them. Felt kind of bad, trying to like.. You know. Steal from someone my age. But like.. Hey. You gotta do what you gotta do, right? And turns out, I just had to rob the kid blind! Sooo.. Me being me, I kind of just went HELLO THERE CHILD and uh.. First thing I did was put my mask on. Put on my mask, bandana and yeah. But uh.. Like hell was I gonna do those ridiculous hand gestures. If anything, I was just sending Maia junior out to confront him. I had my ears hidden under the bandana, but otherwise my floofy tail was out and about. I just.. Had Maia battle him and all. Although the second I sent Vega out, the boy seemed to just.. Pause. [break][break]

Like stare and pause. [break][break]

He looked like he was THIIIIS close to saying something, but he didn't. In fact, he kind of just.. Stared at me. We stared at each other until I had Vega throw a fire spin his way.. But surprise, surprise. He sent out a Litten. A Litten that I was.. Actually really familiar with. That Litten was named.. Altair. Altair kind of just.. Stared at Vega for a bit, and then Vega stared in return. What really surprised me was how Vega actually.. Refused to attack. Like, for the first time in two years, Vega actually disobeyed my commands. To tell you the truth, I was actually really irked about that. Like, cheesed. It's like, a pretty important task that I really didn't want to fail, and Vega knew that. So why was she just.. standing there? I was kind of giving Vega that stare; you know, the stare of "I really don't like the attitude you're giving me" and told her to whip up another attack! But.. She didn't. If anything, she kind of just.. Lowered her head and gave in. If anything, she approached the Litten and actually started to poke him! I was like, INTERNALLY SCREAMING. VEGA. WHAT ARE YOU DOING. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ATTACK NOT POKE. But either way, Vega was still.. Not being herself. And I found that weird. What weirded me out even more was how SHE ACTUALLY STARTED JUMPING AROUND THE LITTEN. LIKE. JUMPING. AROUND. SCREAMING AND LAUGHING. It was like she found a treasure or something. [break][break]

Yeah, that weirded me out. [break][break]

And I was about to say something, until the boy spoke up. And I swear in the name of all things Holy, he looked hella familiar as I kept my eye on him. And then hey, another surprise! [break][break]

He said my name. [break][break]

I was really shook. Like, shook-eth. Th. Like, magnitude 10 shook. Get that earthquake and the scale, because I think I just broke it with out shook I was. But yeah.. He said my name and called me over. Said Naomi and.. I uh.. I didn't know what do. I didn't know what to say, because it was like.. I really didn't know what to do. After a bit though, I ind of just.. Walked up to him and all. Just to make sure that I didn't know him and surprise surprise, I did know him. And I'm sitting here like wow. Thaz a lotta surprises in my life! Anywho, yeah. I was really surprised to see Tao in Alola, and I was even more surprised to find that I was battling him of all people. And I guess that.. I was scared. Again. I didn't.. Want him to see me like this. I know I was only eight at the time, but honestly? I was really scared. Because he didn't know what happened so I guess I was worried. I was pretty damn scared to tell him so uh.. Yeah. I tried to run away from him. But at the same time? I guess I didn't wanna run~[break][break]

... And I'm glad that I didn't.

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If I'm crying in the wind, if I'm crying in the night

.. So here's a long story short, since Nano's officially finished with writing this bio (will be expanded on in the future)

• Adopted by Tao's family; eventually growing up with him.
• However she refused to speak, eventually holing herself in her room while refusing social interaction.
• In spite of being brought over to doctors, therapists the like, she wouldn't speak up. She also showed a strong rejection towards returning to Sinnoh
• Tao was successful in making Naomi smile, more so through their shared interest of stargazing one night.
• Naomi begins to attend therapy on a regular basis; slowly opening up. However, she keeps it all a secret from Tao and begs his parents to keep it from him, too.
• This marks the beginning of her growing attachment and dependance on Tao.

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tell me who you are? Can you tell me where I am?

.. So here's a long story short, since Nano's officially finished with writing this bio (will be expanded on in the future)

• She begins to attend school with Tao.
• Everything is all good and dandy, until puberty happens. Naomi's body matures significantly quicker than those of her classmates, and therefore it makes her a target of sexual harassment and bullying in the future.
• In attempts to cope, Naomi ignores it until she believes that they aren't focusing on her body until she puts on an airheaded, naive and bimbo-esque front.
• She grows increasingly attached to Tao, however eventually learns that he has a crush on another girl.
• Naomi begins to get close to Ji-Byul through Tao as mutual friends; the two of them eventually developing a sisterly relationship while Naomi supports Tao's crush on Ji-Byul.
• Ji-Byul catches Naomi crying one day, more from the PTSD.

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I've forgotten how too see; I've forgotten if I can

.. So here's a long story short, since Nano's officially finished with writing this bio (will be expanded on in the future)

• Naomi spills the beans about her past to Ji-Byul, who eventually begins to comfort her.
• Naomi's relationship with Ji-Byul becomes even closer than ever, however shortly after admitting her past and whatnot, Ji-Byul is caught up in a snow storm.
• Tao, in an attempt to save Ji-Byul, ends up killing her in the process of his evolution and Naomi is admittedly, slightly upset at Tao.
• However she swallows her own grief of losing another person, using her time to support Tao.
• As a result, many people viewed her as cold and tactless due to now showing strong reaction to a close friends' death
• She becomes the target of much misdirected grief and frustration, but quietly accepts to being the outlet and quietly takes it.
• Eventually, the bullying had gotten to the point where she's constantly haunted by nightmares of both the people she has killed, and her lingering regrets.
• Of course, no one knows of her grief nor of what she shoulders; and she never intends to tell anyone.

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If I opened up my eyes there'd be no more going back

I'M BACK TO NORMAL. KIND OF. SORT OF. NOT REALLY BUT THAT'S OKAY. Hehe.. I mean, even if I.. Wasn't normal, no one would be able to tell, right? Because all they see is all this happy happy. Hey.. Don't give me that look! I'm not the only one who does that! Heh.. Look. I know that a lot of people go through worse. I know a lot of people have been through worse. I know people who have probably been to hell and back, and I know my problems probably make me look like I'm crying over nothing. I get it; I probably don't even compare to most people out there. But like.. In the end, I can't shake off the fact that I killed my family, y'know? Hehe.. I guess that makes me a murderer? I guess I'm a murderer, trying to hide beneath the mask of an innocent? To be quite honest, I really don't know anymore!~ All I know is that.. Well.. There isn't much else I can do, yeah? I mean I uh.. I don't know what I should do. I don't.. Hehe.. I don't know what to do anymore~. i know like, it gets really repetitive, yeah? But I uh.. Don't know what to do with my life anymore. Yeah there are things that make me happy, but I never want to do anything anymore. See, it actually gets tiring? Like.. It gets really, really tiring. [break][break]

Life's getting really, really tiring.[break][break]

How do I say it..? It's just not fun anymore. hehe.. Everyone around me just keeps on leaving me. Again. Then again. And again, and again, again, and again. It's.. Hehe.. It's not fair, right? It's not.. Really fair anymore. Oh and trust me; I've been seeing my therapist. I've been taking my medicine, and I've actually thought of doing some pretty.. Eh things to myself. And uh.. Yeah. I'm not.. Exactly proud of that? Yeah I uh.. I'm really not proud of that. I really hate it, see? But it's like.. What else can I do? So for the past couple of years, I've really.. Not been thinking too much on my future? Like, I dunno what I wanted to do. Whiiiich is why. ONE DAY. WHEN I WAS LIKE.. NINETEEN. So literally a year after Ji-Byul died I uh.. I was scouted. As an actress, apparently. Or well.. Like, I wouldn't say scouted? I was called on over to be an actress or like, to audition for.. Something. Something apparently, like a bit after I finished graduating with the bare minimum. I was called over to this agency thing, and they wanted me to show them my acting skills for whatever reason. It turns out that my acting in drama and theatre helped get my name out there, and I used to go out and do a lot around the community, anyways. Basically, I got my name out there, and they wanted me to work with them after that. I uh.. Yeah. I became an actress, and they wanted me to live in Unova for the sake of performing in the Poke Star Studios. Buuut I uh.. Said hell naw? I know, stupid of me, yeah? But like, I'm not exactly.. Comfortable with moving out. Without someone else, at least. But Tao wanted to finish Uni and all and I was like Ughhhhh school. See? School just, pulls people away from you. It's evil I say. EVIL. [break][break]

But apparently my manager was like HAH NO CHOICE FOR YOU and dragged me over to Unova, anyways. For like, the first couple months or so I was.. wow. I was like.. Really broken. Like I couldn't do anything. I just.. Kind of sat there and all. Let things sink in, let time pass by and just.. Really do nothing in general. I mean I was able to put on an act the best I did, but god damn. Damn, I felt empty. Of course, I still called Tao to check up on him. But uh.. If I'm being honest..? Hehe.. I probably annoy him. I can tell that I annoy the living hell out of him, so maybe he would like it more if I didn't call? Like.. I know that he humours me and all, and I like to think it's not out of pity? Like... I know him well enough. Enough to know that he wouldn't do that, but you can't blame a girl for being scared, right? Especially when everyone else thinks you're as intelligent as a washboard. Yeah.. I know. Surprise, right? I actually know that everyone thinks I'm stupid. I know that everyone thinks I'm an airhead. I know that everyone thinks I was just.. Fortunate. Fortunate as hell. I was adopted into a rich family, I was given luxuries. I grew up with my childhood friend and I was eventually scouted to be an actress. Then I'm literally living the life, and hey look at me! I'm a brat for complaining about it. [break][break]

Please. [break][break]

But it's nothing I can't handle! I mean, like.. I'll live, right? I've lived through a near slaughter, the streets, a friend's death, some bullies and.. Peer pressure, I guess. I'll live. I'll physically live. You know? Llike, air. Live. Breeeeathe. Breathing is good for the soul! Yup, yup!

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I'd throw it all away and it all would fade to black

So I uh.. Yeah. That stuff happened and I joined the showbiz. You wanna know something funny, though? Well I uh.. It was weird, living without Tao. Like, the two of us had been together for god knows how long, right? So I uh.. I decided to call him up. Apparently he had gone over to Lyeant for.. Whatever reason. I actually have no clue what he was thinking and I was actually surprised? But see, I went hey! They actually have a studio over there, too! So I took my manager and tried to convince her to let me go over to Lyeant and continue my acting career over there. Beeeesiiiides.. They have a studio, and they're working with the PSS! Like, it had to work out, right? It gives me a chance to keep my job, and it lets me live with Tao again! What? I hadn't lived with him for a year? Well.. Uh, yeah. Obviously, I haven't. But that's because I was busy. I was busy, he was busy, and my job kept me, yeah? [break][break]

Which is why when I went over to Lyeant, I only did the first thing that was totally logical to do![break][break]

I tackled Tao![break][break]

I'm sure he was happy with the surprise! He was, yeah? He definitely was! Okay so basically, I tackled him and uh.. We started living together, again. Although when we started doing that, some people approached the two of us and began inviting us to like.. Factions and all. It was really, really weird for me. But hey! They told me that whichever I entered, it wouldn't affect my acting career! But uh.. Apparently there was a huge difference between each and every one of them? I was kind of just staring like duhhhhh while Tao went ahead to pick his group. [break][break]

... Okay yeah. I wasn't going duhhh like an idiot. I actually did do my research prior to entering the region, and I already had a feeling I'd know where I wanted to go. But frankly speaking? Like I uh.. Couldn't care. I don't care about the war that being's waged; and I don't care about the sides that are fighting each other. In the end, as long as everyone makes up, everyone's happy, right? But yeah.. I didn't like any of them. I didn't. The Republics talked like everything was going to be perfect in their vision of a region. It actually made me feel nauseous, because they spoke like nothing bad was going to happen in a less industrialized area. The association? Eh.. Remember, I have a thing against the police. For as far as they're concerned, I'm still a murderer on the run. As for Parallax? Humans. I.. Personally don't like humans; only because it was humans who killed my family. In the end though? I uh.. I followed Tao. As long as I'm with Tao, I'll be okay. [break][break]

... But hey, he doesn't know that~

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>>> TL;DR

there is nothing left to take, but i still try to reach. try to swallow it all down, yet i can't seem to breathe. just a single pill of mine, nothing else would suffice - i take it in, now i'm alive. my phone is set on lock, and i don't really care. there's a tangle and a knot that i cannot repair. i'm a tragedy, i'm ugly, i'm trying to hide. i say "hello", then wave "goodbye". see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honestly. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see it run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i still refuse to believe.



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>>> FRIENDSHIP

see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honesty. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see is run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i can't remember - that very day, that very day changed me. happiness died like a light i carried. i'll sleep tonight and hope to finally leave a world which i don't believe, a life which i don't need, and then i'll finally be free.

>>> HATESHIP

see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honesty. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see is run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i can't remember - that very day, that very day changed me. happiness died like a light i carried. i'll sleep tonight and hope to finally leave a world which i don't believe, a life which i don't need, and then i'll finally be free.

>>> LOVESHIP

see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honesty. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see is run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i can't remember - that very day, that very day changed me. happiness died like a light i carried. i'll sleep tonight and hope to finally leave a world which i don't believe, a life which i don't need, and then i'll finally be free.

>>> WANTED

see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honesty. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see is run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i can't remember - that very day, that very day changed me. happiness died like a light i carried. i'll sleep tonight and hope to finally leave a world which i don't believe, a life which i don't need, and then i'll finally be free.