Iris's Axew (Magical Heart)

**Axi** (Japanese: **木場** *Kiba*) is one of the two Pokémon acquired by Iris prior to the start of *Magical Heart Beginnings*. His ability is Mold Breaker.

## Appearance

Axi, like all Axew, is a small olive green dragon-like Pokémon, with a darker green horn on the back of his head and small tusks. He has red eyes and a stubby tail, as well as short three-fingered hands and stubby feet. He is 2 feet tall.

## Personality

Axew is a friendly Pokémon, making quick friends with Zach, Wilbur, Leif and the PokéPets in *Enter Iris and Axi!* and later with other Pokémon. Though lacking superior battle skills, he makes up for it with a kind personality as mentioned by Cheren. If Iris feels sad, he will go off to collect fruit in order to cheer her up. Axi is also somewhat of a pacifist and often hides or panics when the other Pokémon who accompany him start to fight each other as seen in *Emmy and the New Volt Switch!*, when he was seen running around in circles when PokéPets and Rose started fighting over food. However, he has been shown to have some childish traits, such as in *Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!*, where he fought with Rose when he thought she was the one who ate all the food.

Axi will often express concern for other Pokémon. In *Emolga the Irresistible!*, he was grateful when an Emolga stopped his apple from rolling down a hill and wanted to share some of it with her. When she left after being smothered by Bianca, he was desperate to find her again. However, this could be because Axi has a little crush on Emolga, as confirmed by Iris in the same episode.

Axi also seems to see Ivy, Tep and Kazmar as his siblings, since *Enter Iris and Axi!* when Iris was told by Rose that Axi is like a big brother. Since then, Axew always had kept a close eye on the PokéPets to keep them out of trouble, and the four of them have become best friends, most likely due to the fact that they're the youngest. In *Lalia and the Demanding Gothita!*, he was horrified that he might never see them again if they and Lalia were given to Katharine, even having a nightmare about it.

## History

### Pre-Franchise

Axi is the first Pokémon that Iris is known to have obtained. She obtained him from the elder of her hometown when he was just a few days old. She was given the task of journeying with Axi in order to help raise him into a great Haxorus.

### Magical Heart Beginnings

Axi first appeared briefly in *A New Beginning* alongside Iris, where he watched the battle caused by Event Horizon from the top of a tree. However, the Nightmare saw him and Iris, and he fled with his Trainer in order not to get captured. Axi was the first Pokémon that Bianca scanned with her new Rotom Phone in Enter Iris and Axi!, though she was actually aiming it at Iris's hair and everyone was left wondering why Axi looked nothing like what the Rotom Phone showed. Later, Axi and the other Pokémon got caught by Event Horizon, but he manages to free himself and helps his Trainer transform for the first time.

## Moves Used

*None of Axi's moves are currently known.*

## Relationships

### Iris Scalehart

Axi and Iris have a strong relationship, as seen in *A Sandile Gusher of Change!*, after a Sandile had caught him in his jaws, Iris tried everything to get him out. He appears to prefer being outside of his Poké Ball (if he even has a Poké Ball), and unlike the PokéPets, likes to travel inside Iris's long hair, while the PokéPets usually go on their owner's shoulder. He even uses this to his advantage in one episode to avoid getting kicked out of a female-only club due to being male.

## Trivia

* Axi is Iris's only single-type Pokémon.
* Axi is Iris's only Pokémon to not have an immunity to any type.