Yoru

She is a Lucario hailing from the Sinnoh region and the main protagonist of *A Dark Warrior*. She is feared by many for her personality, appearance, and fighting abilities, but also conceals a much darker version of herself. She is a host of the demon fox Sunako, whom she kills later on so as to gain full control over all the power she's attained from Mega Evolving.

## General Information

### Species

Riolu (initially)
Lucario (formerly)

Mega Lucario (currently)

### Type(s)

Fighting (Riolu)Fighting/Steel (Lucario/Mega)

### Ability(s)

Inner Focus (Riolu and Lucario)Adaptability (Mega Lucario)

Prism Armor (while fused with Kurohoshi)

## Biographical Information

### Cause(s) of Death

Killed by Ronan (1st)
Electrocution (2nd)

Gunshots (3rd)

### Date of Death

June 2nd (1st)September 16th (2nd)

November 4th (3rd)

### Age

Newborn (initially)13 (evolution)

16 (currently)

## Affiliation(s)

### Past

Mars' family, Pokémon Guild, Derek's party, Rogue

## Powers

### Other Abilities

Strength, Aura, Moves, Techniques, Keen senses, Force-sensitivity, Speed, Agility, Stealth, Cunning

## Relations

### Enemy(s)

Ronan, Emma, Derek (former trainer), Roko (initially)

### Killed Victim(s)

Ronan, Derek, Sheila, multiple unnamed civilians

## **Physical Appearance**

### **Current**

She is a muscular, stocky Mega Lucario of tall stature and has primarily scarlet red fur. The fur on her underside, which runs from her snout to her tail, is yellow. Her tail-tip, nose, ears, shoulders, and the "mask" marking on her face are black. Her wolf-like snout is entirely yellow, minus the black bridge of her nose, and she has a mouthful of viciously sharp yellowish teeth. There are branching black markings on her red fur as a result of the Mega Evolution's power heightening Yoru's strong aura throughout her body. Like most of her species, she has four medium-length aura-sensing appendages hanging down from the back of her head; unlike most Mega Lucario, however, all of them are the same length and pure black. She later loses her limbs after Ronan kills her and takes them, resulting in them replaced with black-colored, extremely durable cybernetics. There are three sharp white spikes of different sizes on each clawed hand and foot instead of the usual two, with the largest in the front and the others behind it. Additionally, the arms contain cannons that can fire ammunition up to 50 miles away. The spikes on her chest and shoulders are larger than the average size for a Lucario. She gets three scars over her left eye during her fight with Roko.

### **True Form**

In her true form, Yoru is fused with Sunako, becoming a hybrid of both her current form and the evil spirit. Her fur turns black with red and tan markings resembling scars and her body becomes thinner, longer, and more physically fit. She retains her yellow underside, spikes, and appendages. Her ears and snout lengthen, and a large orange slash mark appears on her back. She now has nine long, bushy, swiping tails, each with the same coloring as her current form. After killing Sunako and taking her power, Yoru's true form retains those physical traits.

### **Prism Form**

After being resurrected by Kurohoshi, Yoru gains black crystalline Prism Armor as a result of being injected with the Necrozma's DNA. A large, upside-down triangular piece of armor serves as a chest plate with her three spikes protruding from it. There is a glowing red star-shaped mark under the middle spike. The armor is specifically shaped like an isosceles triangle and protects her stomach as well. Armor also covers her arms and legs completely, reinforcing them and sharpening her claws and paw spikes. It also allows her to fire blasts of light energy from her hands. Sharp spikes protrude from the upper arms, elbows, upper legs, and knees. Her back is now protected by a large diamond-shaped piece of armor with sharp spikes protruding from it. The spikes on her chest and paws are now larger, sharper, and start out white but darken to black toward the tips. She now wears a triangular helmet with Kurohoshi's brain prism prominently displayed on the brow. Her own eyes now glow red and gain black irises with no visible pupils. The end of Yoru's tail is now covered by and reinforced with a large, three-clawed hand.

### **Previous**

As a Riolu, Yoru had dark red and black fur. Her ears and hands were also black and her eyes were a lighter yellow. There were white ovular bumps on her paws and a yellow collar-like band around her neck. Her tail was red. She had the black tail-tip, but lacked the yellow underside. As a Lucario, her red fur was a lighter shade, and her underside was a creamy yellow color. She had a white spike on each forepaw and another on her chest. As a Guild member, she wore yellow armbands to signify her rank as a rookie. While in Derek's party, she wore a black collar with a Lucarionite on her neck.

## **History**

### **Early Life**

Yoru hatched outside an abandoned house from a Riolu egg. She grew up without knowing who her parents were and had no siblings. Shortly her birth, she was kidnapped by a Mega Lucario named Mars who sensed her extraordinary powerful aura and planned to train her how to fight. Yoru, scared for her life, fought back and quickly defeated him, escaping right afterwards. However, Mars, also sensing her strong connection to the cosmic Force (he himself was Force-sensitive), found her while proudly complimenting her prowess at such a young age. He restrained Yoru to prevent her from escaping again and used his appearance and abilities to intimidate her into submission. Yoru quickly learned that she was too young and weak to beat a larger Pokémon, so she obeyed Mars' commands and underwent various training sessions with him. Initially, Mars punished Yoru harshly whenever she misbehaved, but later learned to be kinder and more gentle with her; nonetheless, he didn't hesitate to take the proper disciplinary measures and apply them in situations where Yoru disobeyed him. As a result, Yoru became more compliant, and under her new caretaker's tutelage, she learned to harness her powers and become more friendly and open. She evolved into Lucario on her thirteenth birthday.

As she grew older, however, Yoru, wanting to become independent, formulated a plan to get Mars out of the way so she could experience freedom for the first time. Sometime after turning sixteen, she prepared to leave Mars while he wasn't looking. One night, she sedated Mars while he was sleeping, tied him up, gagged him, and ran off into the woods beyond the house they were living in. Over the course of three days, Yoru fled to the airport, stowed away on a cargo plane, and hitched a ride to the other side of the Sinnoh region. There, she fled into the wilderness and quickly learned how to survive, remaining there ever since.

Three years later, Yoru noticed that humans and the Pokémon who lived with them began encroaching more and more into the wild habitats. She watched as a large metal fence was built around the human settlement to separate the domestic Pokémon from the wild ones and was disturbed to hear rumors of a fighting guild comprised entirely of Pokémon. As a result, she retreated deeper into the woods, not wanting to be discovered, but even more afraid of the possibility that Mars might find her again.

## ***A Dark Warrior***

### **Chapter 1: Signs**

The story starts with Yoru hunting a Stantler, her prey, across a plain. Exhilarated by the hunt and the prospect of fresh meat, she quickly succeeds and catching it and revels at the taste of her meal, ignoring the late winter cold. Knowing other predators could be roaming around, Yoru cautiously raises her head and looks around, but sees nothing, so she continues eating. She consumes all the meat, leaving only the clean skeleton, and notes how full her stomach is. She then returns to the forest, knowing it's a bad idea to rest in open places. Yoru eventually arrives near the forest border when she notices a round silver object a foot away from her. As she takes mental note of it, she wonders if humans had put it there, and could be using them as land markers so they could make future settlements. She asks herself if need to keep taking more of the wild Pokémon's resources.

Yoru heads into the woods, feeling troubled. Her unease rises as she walks by more of the silver objects, leading her to think that they could be signs of people coming into the forest and clearing it to make room for more settlements. She then races through the woods until she reaches the southern border and looks out over the plain. In the distance, Yoru sees the high metal fences, which she notes to be the only boundary between the wild Pokémon and the domestic ones. She is about to retreat when she senses a Pokémon with a strong aura. Curious, she decides to investigate, silently creeping toward the fence and using the long grass for cover. After getting close enough, she slowly raises her head to see a male Mega Lucario with his back facing her. Yoru takes note of his appearance and realizes how strong his aura is, knowing she doesn't want to get into a fight with him.

As she watches, the Lucario, seeming to sense her presence, turns around and looks straight at her, causing her to freeze in fear at the neutral look in his eyes. Yoru silently begs him not to approach. The male resumes staring at her until they both hear a loud call from somewhere nearby. They turn their heads to see a female Zeraora standing by a fencepost. Yoru watches as the Zeraora calls the Lucario again; she strains her ears, but the newcomer is too far away for her to hear what she's saying, and darts away before Yoru can get a good view of her. The male Lucario glances at Yoru before following the Zeraora, and Yoru watches them both out of sight. She wonders what that was about, staring at where the male Lucario had just stood, and asks herself if they could be working with humans. However, she is then interrupted by a howling pack of Houndoom. Interpreting the sound as a signal that night is falling, she retreats into the woods again to bed down.

### **Chapter 2: Danger**

Yoru wakes up a day later, having slept away the day before, and finds a traces of a Raticate carcass outside her den. She sniffs it and determines that a Persian had hunted it yesterday before rapidly wolfing it down and setting off for more food. She reaches the plains and sees a Charizard family eating a Camerupt carcass a few kilos away. The Lucario lies low, hoping they don't see her, and waits for them to finish their meal. She hears some of the members interacting with each other before they leave, and moves in when they're gone. However, she hears a puppy growl after only eating two mouthfuls of meat. She smells a Rockruff and growls at it to show itself. At that, two Lycanroc emerge with their four Rockruff pups, one of which is glaring at her. Yoru shows her fangs in a warning snarl and growls that she doesn't want any trouble before ripping off a large hunk of meat and running off with it, leaving the Lycanroc family alone. She eventually stops at a creek and resumes her meal without any more interruptions. She then becomes alarmed after catching the scent of several people and Pokémon nearby, which she realizes are the hunters.
She listens as one of them, a man, gives orders to some of the Pokémon: to capture wild Pokémon to incorporate them into their guild, and to leave no stone unturned when tracking them down. Hearing footsteps approaching the creek, Yoru retreats to the nearby marshes, listening as more voices are talking. She then rolls in the earth to disguise her scent and camouflages herself behind a large matted clump of grass. From her hiding place, she spots four Pokémon heading towards her with leg traps and instantly recognizes the Mega Lucario and Zeraora from earlier among them. She watches as they plant the traps, flattening her ears and curling her lip in disgust. After seeing them split up into pairs, she notices the Lucario, named Ronan, and the Zeraora, named Emma, walking through the marsh and looking around, whispering as they go. Yoru then feels dread stir inside her when she realizes that Ronan sensed her.

### **Chapter 3: Captured**

Yoru crouches motionless in her hiding place as she finds out that both Ronan and Emma are a foot away from her. She listens as Emma asks Ronan what he sensed, to which he replies that it's a female Lucario. Emma hisses if it's the one Ronan saw the other day, and he says yes. He adds that Yoru is close, and he'll try to flush her out of hiding, commanding Emma to lure her towards the nearest trap. Yoru feels fury rising in her and thinks that won't happen. She leaps out of her hiding place and attacks Emma with a Rolling Kick, knocking her to the ground. Ronan tries to rush to her aid, but Yoru pushes him backward with her aura before sprinting into the woods. She hears Emma yelling at Ronan to go, realizing the Zeraora knows she's getting away.

As she flies through the trees, Yoru hears Ronan barking and yelling while chasing her and senses his rage for hurting Emma. She avoids several traps that have been laid out, springing them in the process, and hurls an Aura Sphere at Ronan in an attempt to throw him off. However, this doesn't work as Ronan simply hits the attack aside with a paw and continues pursuing her. Yoru then arrives at a small hill and climbs over it in time to escape Ronan's line of vision. He arrives seconds later and stops to look around, trying to find where she went. She silently climbs to the hilltop and pounces on him, briefly catching him unawares. Ronan quickly throws her off and the two circle each other. Ronan snaps that Yoru hurt his girlfriend, adding that she won't hurt anyone else. Yoru snarls back at him, saying she fight until the hunters leave her as well as the other wild Pokémon alone.

Ronan lunges at her with a Thunder Punch move, but she dodges it and counters by biting his left arm with Fire Fang. The attack causes Ronan to howl in agony while Yoru keeps up the attack by viciously clawing his body. However, Ronan, snarling with rage, is able to land a Power-Up Punch move on her, sending her flying into a nearby tree. Yoru sees her vision swimming and crumples to the ground, severely weakened by the super-effective attack. However, when she sees Ronan approaching her, she feels adrenaline racing through her veins. Angrily refusing to be taken captive, she growls and lunges at him again. This time, she manages to tackle Ronan to the ground. Fortunately for her, he doesn't react quickly enough, which allows her to kick him in the stomach, then in the balls, inflicting severe pain on him. He groans and collapses. Ready to deal the death blow, Yoru prepares a Metal Claw attack when Emma comes up behind her and electrocutes her. The attack takes all of Yoru's energy, causing her to fall to the ground. She watches as Emma rushes to Ronan's side and kneels beside him, asking if he's okay. Ronan weakly murmurs that he's not, but points out that Emma completed their mission. Emma tells him to rest while she deals with their friend. Yoru then watches in horror as Emma approaches her and raises her right foot, realizing what's about to happen. The Lucario curses inwardly as Emma kicks her head, and sees the world instantly turn black as she is knocked unconsious.

## **Known Moves**

### **Fighting-type**

**Rolling Kick:** The user lashes out with a quick, spinning kick. This may also make the target flinch.

**Aura Sphere:** The user lets loose a blast of aura power from deep within its body at the target. This attack never misses.

**Bulk Up:** The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, raising both its Attack and Defense stats.

**Circle Throw:** The user throws the target away, and a different Pokémon is dragged out. In the wild, this ends a battle against a single Pokémon.

**Close Combat:** The user fights the target up close without guarding itself. This also lowers the user's Defense and Sp. Def stats.

**Counter:** A retaliation move that counters any physical attack, inflicting double the damage taken.

**Cross Chop:** The user delivers a double chop with its forearms crossed. Critical hits land more easily.

**Detect:** Enables the user to evade all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.

**Dynamic Punch:** The user punches the target with full, concentrated power. This confuses the target if it hits.

**Drain Punch:** An energy-draining punch. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.

**Double Kick:** The user quickly kicks the target twice in succession using both feet.

**Focus Blast:** The user heightens its mental focus and unleashes its power. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.

**High Jump Kick:** The user attacks the target with a knee kick from a jump. If it misses, the user is hurt instead.

**Mach Punch:** The user throws a punch at blinding speed. This move always goes first.

**Low Sweep:** The user makes a swift attack on the target's legs, which lowers the target's Speed stat.

**Power-Up Punch:** Striking opponents over and over makes the user's fists harder. Hitting a target raises the Attack stat.

**Revenge:** This attack move's power is doubled if the user has been hurt by the opponent in the same turn.

**Reversal:** An all-out attack that becomes more powerful the less HP the user has.

**Seismic Toss:** The user throws the target using the power of gravity. It inflicts damage equal to the user's level.

**Sky Uppercut:** The user attacks the target with an uppercut thrown skyward with force.

**Storm Throw:** The user strikes the target with a fierce blow. This attack always results in a critical hit.

**Submission:** The user grabs the target and recklessly dives for the ground. This also damages the user a little.

**Superpower:** The user attacks the target with great power. However, this also lowers the user's Attack and Defense stats.

**Triple Kick:** A consecutive three-kick attack that becomes more powerful with each successive hit.

### **Steel-type**

**Bullet Punch:** The user strikes the target with tough punches as fast as bullets. This move always goes first.

**Doom Desire:** Two turns after this move is used, a concentrated bundle of light blasts the target.

**Flash Cannon:** The user gathers all its light energy and releases it all at once. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.

**Gyro Ball:** The user tackles the target with a high-speed spin. The slower the user compared to the target, the greater the move's power.

**Heavy Slam:** The user slams into the target with its heavy body. The more the user outweighs the target, the greater the move's power.

**Iron Defense:** The user hardens its body's surface like iron, sharply raising its Defense stat.

**Iron Head:** The user slams the target with its steel-hard head. This may also make the target flinch.

**Iron Tail:** The target is slammed with a steel-hard tail. This may also lower the target's Defense stat.

**Magnet Bomb:** The user launches steel bombs that stick to the target. This attack never misses.

**Metal Burst:** The user retaliates with much greater force against the opponent that last inflicted damage on it.

**Metal Claw:** The target is raked with steel claws. This may also raise the user's Attack stat.

**Metal Sound:** A horrible sound like scraping metal harshly lowers the target's Sp. Def stat.

**Meteor Mash:** The target is hit with a hard punch fired like a meteor. This may also raise the user's Attack stat.

**Mirror Shot:** The user lets loose a flash of energy at the target from its polished body. This may also lower the target's accuracy.

**Shelter:** The user makes its skin as hard as an iron shield, raising its defensive stats. Incoming moves also become more likely to miss.

**Steel Beam:** The user fires a beam of steel that it collected from its entire body. This also damages the user.

**Steel Roller:** The user attacks while destroying the terrain. This move fails when the ground hasn't turned into a terrain.

**Autotomize:** The user sheds part of its body to make itself lighter and sharply raise its Speed stat.

## **Relationships**

* **Mars:** He is her adoptive father. Initially, he was very harsh with her in terms of discipline, which caused a strain in their relationship. However, after realizing the error of his ways, he became gentler with her and realized he loved her. He was devastated and enraged when Yoru ran away from him.
* **Margaret:** She is her adoptive mother. She is polite and gentle most of the time, but is also strict and hard when necessary. As a compassionate individual, she cares deeply for her daughter like she was her own.
* **Steven:** He is her adoptive uncle. Like Margaret, he cares about Yoru and tries to help her during training when Mars is strict with her.
* **Ronan:**
* **Emma:**
* **Hotaru:** She was Yoru's best friend and the first Pokémon she befriended during her time in the Guild. Yoru was horrified upon discovering that Hotaru had been murdered and worked diligently to solve the case, even risking and losing her own life just to achieve this.
* **Derek:** He was Yoru's only human trainer and a very arrogant, harsh, and selfish one, often pushing her and his other Pokémon to their limits and refusing to give them breaks. During their short time together, Yoru's resent and frustration over his mistreatment accumulated up to the point where she became emotionally unstable during her Mega Evolution and allowing Sunako to possess her.
* **Sunako:**
* **Xenia:** She and Yoru are mere acquaintances. Xenia vouched for Yoru because she took pity on her after seeing how Anakin was treating her. The fox felt even sorrier for Yoru after listening to her backstory later on. Yoru never saw Xenia again after this.

## **Skills and Abilities**

* **Poison immunity:** She is immune to Poison-type attacks and all other forms of toxins since she is half Steel-type.
* **Aura sensing and manipulation:** As with all of her species, she can sense and study auras to predict an opponent's movement and also track prey. She is also able to control the aura around her and use it for offense (i.e., Aura Sphere).
* **Shapeshifting:** She can shift between her true and disguised forms. She can also take the form of any living being and mimic their voice, abilities, habits, etc. Moreover, she can use her normal voice and use Pokémon moves while in another form. However, she can't transform into a human for unknown reasons, and retains her coloring and robotic limbs during transformation; this can give her away.
* **Telekinesis:** She can lift objects and living beings.
* **Weapon proficiency:** She is proficient at wielding all kinds of weapons.

## **Weaknesses**

* Being both a Fighting and Steel-type Pokémon, Yoru is mainly weak against Fighting, Ground, and Fire-type attacks. Her Fighting-type moves also have no effect on Ghost-types, and are additionally weak against Flying and Psychic Types. Her Steel-type moves are also weak against Electric and Water-types.
* Her hearing is very sharp, but also sensitive. Loud noises or long, high-pitched frequencies of sound can hurt her ears, giving her a very painful headache.
* She is highly intolerant of peppers, shown as when she screeched in agony after being pepper-sprayed in the face.

## **Quotes**

"I'm throwing my life away by being here! I don't belong in this guild! I don't belong anywhere! Neither of you know what it's like to be the odd one out. You never will." - Yoru's parting words to Ronan and Emma, who are now engaged in *A Dark Warrior*

"Hotaru was right: You Megas are all monsters!!! I should *never* have trusted you!" - Yoru's last words before Ronan murders her in *A Dark Warrior*

"For the first time in my life, I realized that you were right about one thing, Ronan. We *are* alike. We're monsters, just like I said to you before you murdered me. *[She wounds Ronan, scarring him.]* Now you have scars, *just like me*." - Yoru having her revenge on a captured Ronan before she kills him in *A Dark Warrior*

"You're right, Emma. I don't care about other people. Since I ran away from my foster parents, a life of crime is all I've ever known, and since I can't trust others, I don't think about anyone but myself. I killed Ronan because he scarred me for life." - Yoru explaining her actions to Emma before her arrest in *A Dark Warrior*

## **Trivia**

* Her name means "night" in Japanese.
* She has an unusually strong aura, stronger than most Lucario, which grants her immortality, even before she was possessed by Sunako. This aura is heightened even further upon both her Mega Evolution and Sunako's possession.
* She inherited Sunako's ability to manipulate earth and fire and also shapeshift.
* It is unknown why she cannot devolve back into a regular Lucario.
* She harbored a strong dislike for Mega-Evolved Pokémon such as Ronan since their new power makes them at least twice as strong as ordinary Pokémon. She currently dislikes Mythical and Legendary Pokémon for the same reason. This, her jealousy over her stronger teammates, her trainer's mistreatment, and her first death at the hands of Ronan, which traumatized her, made her mentally unstable during her Mega Evolution process. This left her open to Sunako's possession.
* Her immortality grants her more strength with each time she dies.
* She can play the guitar, xylophone, piano, violin, cello, and drums.

## **Killed Victims**

* **Sheila:** Yoru beat her to death when she realized that she'd betrayed her to the police after she gave her the money she'd asked her to steal from the Westfeld City bank. She left the money next to her body and fled afterward to avoid being caught.
* **Derek:** Yoru crushed him underfoot after losing control of her Mega-Evolved state due to being possessed by Sunako. This was partly to his mistreatment of her during their short time together.
* **Ronan:** Yoru developed a strong, burning hatred for him after he pretended to warm up to her as a teammate and then killed her. Later on, Ronan tried to force Yoru to become his sacrifice so that he could gain the power of all the many Legendary Pokémon, but Yoru, with Emma's help, turned the tables by electrocuting herself with a frayed wire, committing suicide and then coming back to life before tying Ronan up, torturing, and finally killing him in revenge for his actions.
* **Derek's mother:** Yoru was later shot to death by Derek's mother for murdering her son. However, she died herself when Yoru came back to life for the third time and beat her to death.

## **Crimes Committed**

* **Mass manslaughter:**
* **Assault:**
* **Murder:**
* **Grand theft auto:**
* **Breaking and entering:**
* **Theft:**
* **Tampering with Police Evidence:**
* **Public Disturbance:**

## **Deaths**

* Her first death took place when she tried to escape the guild. However, she was caught and killed by Ronan.
* Her second one happened when she committed suicide by electrocuting herself as part of her plan to avenge herself on Ronan.
* Yoru died a third time when she was shot repeatedly by an unknown woman, who was later revealed to be Derek's mother. She killed Yoru to avenge her son.