Aya Kitagawa

What happened was indescribable – it truly was just everything. The infinite knowledge that entered her mind was too much, especially coming from nothingness. Aya was beyond overwhelmed – she wanted to scream and cry, but she was out of breath. She staggered a bit, and looked down towards her feet, which were paws.

Was I a human, or was I a pokemon? she pondered. But she had forgotten. But whatever she was now certainly wasn’t anything seen in this world before. The possible pokemon or otherwise she could be pinged through her head, but nothing matched what she looked like.
I truly am a monster.

A tap on Aya’s shoulder broke her out of her panicked trance. It was Ho-Oh – Aya knew that. Her presence was imposing, and suddenly, in her infinite knowledge, Aya knew.
She did this to me.
It’s all her fault.

Aya’s fear and sorrow quickly turned to rage. With the knowledge of infinity, Aya was able to determine that she had been revived by Ho-Oh, and was granted the overwhelming knowledge she now had, and this strange new form. It was a fate she wouldn’t wish upon anybody, yet Aya had been cursed with it.
She didn’t know what else she could do other than lunge out at Ho-Oh, in an attempt to attack her in revenge. But Aya was stopped by another strange-looking creature, solid and stalwart like a volcano.

She didn’t know what she could do but run. Aya scampered away into the woods, her thoughts plagued by hatred for Ho-Oh and what she had done to her. Aya was certain of one thing, however.
She had to get her revenge.

The forest was quiet, and gave Aya a perfect environment to both examine who she was now, and to broil in her anger. She would stare at her reflection in the lake, trying to remember who she was, and trying to find out who she was right now.

Aya wasn’t expecting a visitor.

Aurelien simply had one condition: that no regular townspeople would be harmed. Aya could agree to those terms, and so, the two were off to wreak havoc together.
Aside from the townspeople, nobody was safe. Not the Kantonian soldiers, not the resistance, and especially not the fleeing nobles. Aurelien and Aya would rob what homes remained after the fire, and cut down anyone who tried to get in their way.

Aya had never felt so alive. No matter how much she was shot, punched, or stabbed, it wouldn’t even hurt, and she’d always come out as the victor. And, to top it all off, Aurelien was by her side – someone who loved the chaos as much as Aya did. By day, they’d tear the city apart, and then they’d spend the night laughing and drinking their worries away. It was momentary hedonism at it’s finest, but Aya didn’t care.
Aurelien would tell stories of her mob business back in Kalos, and Aya would listen attentively – she hoped that, one day, she’d be able to join her there.

What was this feeling? Aya wondered. Is this love?

Eventually, after much patience, the day came. Ho-Oh had taken notice of Aya and Aurelien’s destruction and came down from the heavens to intervene – which is exactly what the two wanted. She met Aurelien in a clearing while Aya stood by – as Ho-Oh and Aurelien’s confrontation quickly turned violent. Aurelien and Ho-Oh were matched for power and experience, but all the life energy in the air gave Aurelien the upper hand.

Ho-Oh crashed to the ground, her pokemon form having been defeated in combat. She begged Aurelien for mercy, which Aurelien pretended to give her. That was Aya’s cue. As Ho-Oh thanked Aurelien, Aya slowly crept out of the bushed from behind her, and with the crystal knife she forged herself, she stabbed Ho-Oh in the back.
Ho-Oh’s eyes turned to Aya in horror, and widened even more upon seeing it was the one she had revived. Ho-Oh tried to say a word, but could only mutter out something incomprehensible before collapsing into stardust.

Aurelien cheered – their mission for revenge had been a success. She walked towards Aya for a handshake, but Aya misinterpreted it and went in for a hug. Aurelien was a tad shocked at first, but didn’t protest and closed the hug. It was there that Aya professed what she realized was her undying love for Aurelien.
Aurelien stood still for a moment, and Aya couldn’t see her expression. She was worried she might’ve said something wrong with her confession, but after Aurelien’s moment of silence was over, she replied with “I love you too“.

For the following week, Aya and Aurelien, along with Aurelien’s two subordinates, partied like there was no tomorrow. They had successfully killed a god, after all. It was a glorious moment, and Aya didn’t want it to end – but it had to.

A very powerful legend was in the area and had caught wind that Aya and Aurelien murdered Ho-Oh, and she wasn’t happy. In the night, Rayquaza paid a visit to the abandoned home the crew had been camping in. Aya didn’t know how, but from the sounds of it, Aurelien and Rayquaza knew eachother. Aurelien asked Aya to stay inside the house while she confronted Rayquaza, and Aya could hear the two of them having an argument outside, before a blinding light began to shine.

Aya couldn’t help herself, and ran outside, to find that Aurelien had been restrained and her cocoon was enclosing around her. Rayquaza spotted Aya, and Aurelien yelled for Aya to run as far as she could. Aya yelled back as the cocoon closed up, promising that someway, somehow, she’d make sure she’d come back for Aurelien. With that, Aya shifted forms and bolted into the forest, escaping Rayquaza.

For the past few months, Aya had embezzled money into a company called Flare Co. to assist them in their extralegal digging up on the cocoon of death in which Aurelien was sealed – but her contract worker sold her out in Flare’s favor, resulting in the cocoon being taken into Flare’s secret custody. While that contract worker’s life was cut short after the incident, Aya’s determination certainly wasn’t. It was only a matter of time; she thought.

As it would turn out, it really only was a matter of time. Aya was browsing channels when the warning message played. Apparently, all of Kalos was to go on lockdown, as a group calling themselves Team Flare had taken Geosenge town hostage and were threatening to use the ultimate weapon – a weapon used thousands of years ago to wipe out half of Kalos. Aya’s manager quickly moved in to attempt to escort Aya to the saferoom in the hotel’s basement, but Aya had other plans.

Aya knew that the ultimate weapon couldn’t kill her, so even if it did fire, she would come out unharmed. She told her manager to head to the saferoom alone, and that she’d be back. Aya bolted out of the hotel and barreled into the street. She didn’t stop to care who saw her – Aya shifted her form to the beast that she had come to call Suicune, and bolted through the waterways at a rapid pace.
She could smell the infinity energy in the air – and she let that smell guide her to Geosenge town. 

Impressively, Aya made it about halfway there when the ultimate weapon fired. She flinched in recoil as a massive pillar of light rose in the sky and fell back to the earth. But to Aya’s surprise, nothing seemed to be dead around her when she opened her eyes.
Did it malfunction?; she thought.

By the time Aya arrived at Geosenge, police and Interpol agents were already on the scene and blocking it off from outsiders. Though, through her clever wit, Aya was able to sneak onto the scene and get a closer look. Where the ultimate weapon had been, there was a large hole. Aya put it together in her head – it must have been misdirected to fire on itself! And she was able to put together that Aurelien was probably inside all the rubble as well.
Aya knew Aurelien was still alive in there, but she couldn’t do anything but lay in the shadows for now.

While she waited, Aya funded the cleanup efforts generously, hoping to speed up the rate at which the rubble of the base under Geosenge was dug up. Eventually, news broke of a strange cocoon having been dug up, and Aya instantly recognized it. That’s when she and her subordinates got to work in infiltrating the secret desert facility that was to store the cocoon.

Weeks passed, and Aya’s opportune time to strike hit. In the night, Aya and her crew were let in the facility by corrupt guards, and all the security systems had already been disabled. It was a breeze to walk down to the deep holding facility where the cocoon was being held. A swipe of a forged keycard did the trick, and they were in. Aya approached the cocoon carefully, with a giddy smile on her face. She knocked on the cocoon for a bit, before it started glowing, and Aya could see the silhouettes of two people – one of them was unmistakably Aurelien.

Aya spread her arms out to grab Aurelien, and twirled her around in a hug, planting kisses on her face. Aurelien seemed a bit confused at first, but hugged Aya back and laughed.
“You came back for me?” she said, looking at Aya’s happily tearful face.
“Of course I did!“

Just then, Aya heard a groan, and turned to look – it must’ve been the other person who was in the cocoon. Aya asked who they were, and Aurelien groaned and explained her name was Wisteria, and she had attempted to stop her but failed, and was now immortal as a result. Aurelien asked if Aya and her crew could ditch her as soon as possible, to which Aya agreed.

The group left the facility and packed into a small rental car that took them halfway through the desert road, and stopped once they reached a large parked truck. There, Aya told Wisteria to ‘buzz off’, and Aya opened the back cabin of the truck. It was decorated like a fancy living room, and as Aya helped Aurelien up inside, she finally felt like she was home again.