Kaia Sullivan

**Kaia Sullivan** is a Pokémon trainer who had to postpone the start of her journey a year due to suffering an accident resulting in her becoming blind on her first day as a trainer. She now is a powerful trainer and is proving that disabled trainers can compete with the best.

Due to her blindness she has trained her Pokémon in multiple strategies but has to relay mostly on their own judgements in battle to make the right calls.

Kaia was Ash's Charizard's original trainer. Although they were only together a day, she cared greatly for the Fire-type and put his safety over her own.

## History

### The New Timeline (Past)

Kaia was selected to receive a starter Pokémon from Professor Oak. She traveled to Pallet Town where she was presented with her choices. She chose a Charmander and the two set off through Route 1 on the way to Viridian City. The two battled multiple wild Pokémon on the route and were able to defeat them all. After beating a Spearow, the bird Pokémon was joined by its entire flock that resided on the route in trying to get revenge on Charmander and Kaia. The two attempted to flee but were unable to lose the flock. Hoping to protect his new trainer Charmander stopped to try to distract the Flying-types while Kaia got away, however Kaia had different ideas and jumped out to protect her partner when he was going to take a final attack. In a last ditch effort to protect him, Kaia returned Charmander to his Pokéball and was the sole focus of the Spearow hoard. The birds continued to attack and Kaia took some major injuries including one to her eyes resulting in her becoming blind.

Kaia was eventually rescued by someone and taken to a hospital but she had no ID so they were unable to identify her. Seeing as she was unaccounted for for weeks, she was presumed dead. After Kaia woke up in the hospital she eventually managed to clear things up, though this did take some time. When she had recovered enough she began to pester and prod the people around her in order to allow her to become a trainer again. With enough effort she was permitted to become a trainer with the caveat that she call to check in a couple of times a day. She was given a Growlithe both to act as a battling partner but also a guide Pokémon.

Around a year after the accident, Kaia ran into Damien along a snowy route. She recognized the feel and cry of the Charmander he had accompanying him, not realizing that this was her original partner. She challenged Damien to a battle where her Growlithe was easily able to defeat the Lizard Pokémon.

### Cerulean Arc

Kaia came across an injured Squirtle in sunglasses just outside of the underground passage to Vermilion City and ended up capturing the Water-type.

### Indigo Training Arc

Kaia defeated an undisclosed Gym Leader in order to earn her seventh badge.

### Indigo Arc

Kaia now having earned her eighth badge took part in the Indigo League Conference. Despite her disability she swept her competition in the first four rounds using only her Arcanine, Squirtle and Crobat.

While on a walk the day before her fifth match to advance to the Top-32 she ran into Ash who was training with his Squirtle and Charizard. After some friendly banter and the issue of a challenge, she left to continue her walk and prepare for her battle with Ash the next day.

When Kaia and Ash both entered the stadium for their match, while both were cheered for, Kaia was distinctly the crowd's favorite. In the first round Kaia chose her Kadabra to whom Ash chose his Primeape as a counter. Primeape had surprising speed but Kadabra was able to avoid its attacks by teleporting around the field. When Kadabra tried to use a Psychic to restrain the Pig Monkey Pokémon, Primeape freed itself by Mega Kicking the ground and managed to get the first serious blow with a Throat Chop. Knowing they needed more power, Kaia instructed Kadabra to use a Psychic Terrain for the needed boost it would provide. When Primeape tried to attack Kadabra again, this time the Psychic-type was able to hold Primeape in place. Knowing Primeape would not be able to win Ash substituted it with his Pikachu. The teleporting tactic was originally successful in dodging Pikachu's electric attacks, but this didn't last long when Pikachu spread its attack across the entire field. The Psi Pokémon was paralyzed and then defeated by an Iron Tail before he could let loose a Fire Punch.

Kaia then chose her Crobat as her next combatant. Crobat began the battle with the goal to poison Pikachu with Toxic. This was first blocked by a clever use of Volt Tackle, but when it proved ineffective they switched strategies to use Torment in order to prevent the move being able to be used as a defense twice in a row. Both Torment and the following Toxic landed followed by but Ash and Pikachu then tried to hit Crobat with a Zap Cannon, which Crobat was able to avoid. Crobat began trying to land a Venoshock, but Pikachu used a Counter Shield to reflect the attacks back at it before Kaia had a chance to warn the bat. Crobat was struck with one Venoshock bullet and began to fall out of the sky. Pikachu tried to hit it with Volt Tackle but a surprise Swagger was able to hit Pikachu and disorient it enough that it rammed straight into a wall knocking itself out.

Kaia and Crobat were then faced with Ash's Pidgeot. Kaia ordered Crobat to use their Flying-type strategies to try to take this battle as well. As per its previous battle, Crobat began the fight with the intent to poison Pidgeot with a Toxic attack. Pidgeot dodged Crobat's attack and returned fire with Air Slash. The battle became a dog fight with Crobat trying to land Toxic or Venoshocks and Pidgeot defending itself with Aerial Ace and Steel Wing before returning Fire with Air Slashes. Crobat ended up changing it up with an Aerial Ace of its own switching into a Swagger at the last second. Pidgeot was able to break the attack's hold on her by dropping out of the sky and recovering outside of the range but before she hit the dirt. When Pidgeot used a Hurricane followed by an Aerial Ace, Crobat was unable to withstand the blows and collapsed unconscious.

Kaia's final Pokémon was her Arcanine much to the crowd's delight. The Fire-type started off with a powerful Retaliate which struck the bird and caused massive damage. It followed up with Flamethrower which Pidgeot managed to dodge and Arcanine ended up taking multiple hits of Aerial Ace. When Pidgeot tried to end things with a Brave Bird, Arcanine used Flame Wheel to block the attack before finishing it with a Thunder Fang.

This took Kaia's match to the last bout with Arcanine facing off against Ash's Primeape. When Primeape attacked Arcanine with explosive speed, the Fire-type tried to block with Flame Wheel again, but this time it was unable to stop his opponent. Arcanine tried to retaliate with Flamethrower but was unable to land a hit on the Pig Monkey. When Primeape tried to land a Mega Kick and Cross Chop combo, Arcanine was able to get enough of a hit on Primape's legs to slow the Fighting-type before latching on with a Thunder Fang. Primeape freed itself from Arcanine with a blow to the head followed by Seismic Toss, before taking a big hit from a Cross Chop and slamming into and embedding itself into the wall. This proved too much for the Legendary Pokémon and it soon collapsed. Now with the battle concluded, Kaia became nervous without her service Pokémon to help her. With a combined effort from Ash and the referee Arcanine was pulled from the wall and healed enough for it to approach Kaia and help her leave the field.

With Arcanine's help and Ash following along Kaia headed towards her locker room. When Kaia suggested she could get herself to the exit Ash asked her to hear him out first. Ash let her know that he had looked into it a bit and discovered that his Charizard was actually the one she had all that time ago, and that his Squirtle seemed to be acquainted with her own. She accompanied Ash back to his locker room where she was properly reintroduced to Charizard and was able to bond and speak with the Fire-type for a while. She exchanged contact information with Ash before she left for her own room.

## Pokémon

* Flamethrower
* Thunder Fang
 **As Growlithe:** | **Known as of Evolution:** | * Ember

* Torment
* Venoshock
* Swagger

* Psychic
* Psychic Terrain

## Gallery

Kaia Design as of DebutKaia IconKaia vs Ash
## Links

1. ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP011
2. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/acpeters/art/Reset-Bloodlines-Kaia-Design-858479394
3. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/acpeters/art/Reset-Bloodlines-Overworlds-3-921628232
4. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/acpeters/art/Reset-Bloodlines-Ash-Ketchum-Vs-Kaia-Sullivan-970780384