Crystal the Dewott

## Background

### Early Childhood

Before Sakura had been born, she was carried around by her father as he traveled inside a gourd. The gourd kept her egg dry and insulated as Hanzo went on his path of revenge. When it got too dangerous, she was surrendered over to Kakashi Kobayashi, her grandfather. To this care dependant is where she hatched. Hanzo returned to Akira and Sakura, discovering that she had hatched with a unique shalchop. He took his kids in the dead of night. Knowing that the slaughter he brought against a rich man would leave him a wanted man, he brought his children to Silver City, where his empire began. Sakura would not know the difference between Kakashi and Hanzo, as he was recently christened a hisuian Samurott.

At first, all Sakura knew was hardship, as their father struggled to keep food in their bellies, and a roof over their head. After a few months of hardship, Sakura soon found herself living in a big and fancy house called an apāto. Hanzo wanted to separate his children from his work, though wanted to ensure that they grew up happy. He ran his business from this home, and in the throne room he raised his children on his own. Sakura never knew her mother, but with Hanzo, she never had to. He loved and cared for his children as best he could.

Through her formative years, he raised her with as much love and care as he could. But in order to protect and hold onto his family, he also brought on strict training for his children. He trained both Sakura and Akira as early as he could. Within the first year of their lives, they had been taught how to walk and talk. By their third birthday, they had learned ninety percent of the English language and mastered walking and running. Any waking moment they spent was typically spent learning with their father. Sakura and Akira began formal training when they were both four years old. Though out of love, he was harsh with his training, failure was swiftly punished and corrected.

At Five years old, was when Hanzo started to give them a bit of slack. Seeing how only training affected his children, he designated days of play and training. This brought them better mental balance as they grew up. Of course training could also be disguised as playing, the same way his father taught him. By Ten years old, both children had become extremely adept at their father’s teachings. Hanzo began focusing on a new thing for them, synergy. As a team Sakura and her brother were practically invincible in a playful fight. Hanzo raised them as he hoped would please the spirit of Naori.

### Teenage Years

When Akira turned Thirteen, he expressed interest in joining in with his father’s job, to his dismay. Alarmingly, both children had not aspired to live the life of a guild member, but to be a professional criminal like their father. At first, Hanzo refused to bring his own children into this awful life. After a lot of begging and prodding from the two of them, Hanzo succumbed to their demands under a few conditions: they were not allowed to maim, injure or take the life of other beings, and only rob the rich. When asked why, Hanzo explained to them for the first time how their mother died. This story set a deep-seeded hatred towards the rich that only grew as they aged.

The day after, they were enrolled in their father’s “school” for training newcomers to their organization where they received specialized training on their own. The intensity of their training went from child-like to militaristic, becoming more intense than either of them could even imagine. They were forced to stay silently submerged in ice, and to keep their breath under control when it was heated to near boiling temperatures - they could not prevent such extremes from causing pain, but they *could* learn to put it aside and stay focused on their tasks. There were exercise drills that went from morning to nightfall, and parkour training that left them both constantly exhausted. At only twelve years old, Crystal was being raised to be an elite ninja.

Hanzo did this in the hopes of them surrendering, but never anticipated that they’d not only do well, but damn near master this training after two years. Their studies came to raise strong warriors. When Sakura was Fifteen, she had come to “graduate” this “class” when their father personally pulled them out. Hanzo then began training them on his own from then on, and included them in his business meetings. He taught them his skills, Safe-cracking, lock picking, and stealth. Both of which his children grew to be masters of. Sakura had it in her blood, and Akira was practically a ninja by blood. It was as if they were born for this, though Hanzo was rather disappointed at their innate talent.

### Early Adulthood

Sakura at eighteen had blossomed into a very lovely Oshawott woman, while her brother chose to grow into a full Greninja. She argued that this was to use her size to make break-ins and escapes far easier. Her father accepted this choice to remain as she was, as long as she was happy. Though she had blossomed into an adult, he still felt like a failure of a father to her. Hanzo felt that he didn’t raise her how Naori would really want, how they both grew up. Unfortunately for him they made their choice, and while he was disappointed, he still loved and respected their wishes.

### Meeting Zoom

Sakura, who was now her Father’s Fifth lieutenant alongside her brother the fourth, was now partners in crime with her father. And while being a yakuza who collected payments and protected her territory, she also assisted her father in heists against the rich. This led to an unfortunate family tradition, completely by accident. Like his father before him, Hanzo brought his own children to once again rob the Thompson Estate.

The job would have been like the first time he did this, wait for the Grand Rose Gala, and take from the family safe hidden in the art deco room during the dead of night. There was only one hiccup to this plan, they never anticipated Cornelius Thompson catching them in the act. The scuffle that took place was short, as the child of Thaddius Thompson couldn’t escape Sakura, who tackled him to the ground before he could run.

Now this situation went from good to bad really quick. Nobody in this history of their families had ever caught the Silent Flash before. But completely by mistake, Cornelius had wandered in and caught them. Hanzo, not wanting to get his reputation and cover blown, had begun to panic a little. He might have had to kill this kid just for showing up. Sakura came to Hanzo’s rescue with a quick suggestion. To kidnap Cornelius and hold him for ransom. Having no other options, they kidnapped the Nineteen year old Thompson boy.

Sakura carried his gagged and restrained body out the way they came in, having abandoned the safe for a different prize. Cornelius awoke to a surprisingly pleasant sight. A strange girl that sat over him by his bedside as he laid in bed. They had kidnapped him from his home, but hadn’t done anything really scary. Sakura introduced herself as “Crystal” The name she got for just having the crystal shalchop from her birth. The strangely colored snivy introduced himself as “Zoom”, a name he has similarly earned for an attribute, his amazing speed. He was named by the servants of the house who weren’t very happy about his speed. He was also known to cause awful messes around the Thompson estate and running across the ceiling when he was bored.

Sakura found this little tidbit of information rather endearing, though she warned him that his speed would not help him here. He was now in Silver City, and inside her father’s compound. The place had guards, and she was also there if he attempted to escape. Despite being held for ransom, they never wanted to hurt or damage Zoom, which was strange. He also wasn’t restrained in any way, but if he attempted to escape, Sakura promised that he’d get his hospitality removed. The two spent a significant amount of time talking in this room, where he found out it was her room, he was in her bed. They spent an entire week together, locked in a room with each other.

Sakura shared her food and bed with him, keeping him company as her father negotiated the terms of his safe release from across the lands. Despite Sakura hating the rich, the two really connected through their time together. By the dawn of his release, the two were even cuddling in bed together. Though neither of them admitted it, they had quickly fallen in love with each other, to Hanzo’s dismay. Upon returning Zoom back to his family, Hanzo was shocked to find that Cornelius had opened the safe for Sakura due to this love. Though unfortunately this led to the arrest of Sakura in Redpetal. This event caused Cornelius to be forced to join La Casa Monstro by his parents for his own protection (Though they told him that it was due to a debt). Hanzo broke his daughter out, where she surprised him by telling him that she’s staying with Zoom as he works for the guild. From then on, she used LCM as a hideout for her crimes, and left her father’s organization for the time being.

### Career

Despite still being a part of her father’s organization, she used her relationship with the Snivy in order to get away with certain crimes. Zoom often came to bail her out when she got caught, which was surprisingly rare. During her early career, Zoom had done something unexpected due to his own mental problems, he took on a curse. Despite being different, Sakura still accepted him. Training him to be strong within LCM. Unfortunately this led to him turning her in very often, which didn’t help their relationship.

Despite Cornelius refusing to be an accomplice to her crimes, she was still a successful thief who made a lot of profit from her own heists. Though any LCM heists were quickly stopped by her boyfriend Zoom, which were the only times she got arrested. The only reason she remained at large was due to another issue in the relationship, Sakura would tend to sleep her way out of jail. And due to a lot of sleeping around, she has never been wanted for very long. She justified this abuse of Zoom by his rich blood, same with any physical abuse that came from training, of which there was little. She went on with this for eight years, becoming an infamous figure in the Redpetal town.

Despite the infamous reputation, she was also a helpful member of the Redpetal community. In times of disaster or major crime, she was always seen assisting Zoom with Rescue and those who would do harm to others. The rich came to hate her, but those in the town were often treated kindly by her. She also made a point to never put up a fight with local authorities, and avoid property damage. She had even developed a good friendship with the local authorities, and gave money to those who really needed it. She respected hard workers, and those who had to survive on their own. The mayor and upper class outright hated her, but couldn’t do anything about her robberies nor find the wealth she stole. And under the protection of LCM, they couldn’t prosecute her for very long.

### Post-Breakup

Though she had a good reputation with the community around her, her relationship with the one she loved had often teetered on abusive. Though she only ever hit him a few times, the mental abuse of her disloyalty and constant belittlement eventually boiled over into a violent break-up. With the help of Mina Iranavi, Cornelius had broken off the relationship with her and helped change her perspective.

The experience had left her deeply depressed, but helped her look inward, and truly question why she was a thief. Her own morality was now in question, and it led to a transformation in her that was further helped by her new lover, a servine by the name of Berber. She had begun changing her stance, and wanted to change her ways for the good.

The Battle with Hunter: Long ago, this Oshawott had robbed a quilava of his money during a job of her own. Having thought it was from some wealthy brat, she had not thought this crime to be morally wrong. As it turned out, she stole the inheritance of Hunter Tyranous, who planned on using the money to help get his blind Pikachu brother a new heart. Knowing his brother might die from a heart condition that killed their father, he had hoped to save his brother from that fate. This led to eight years of him chasing and attacking her without explanation.

That caught up to her several times, but in this time of confusion and sadness, it couldn’t have come at a worse time. His assault came out of nowhere, and the battle that ensued nearly led to her death. In self defense, Sakura sliced at Hunter to avoid death. Unintentionally, Sakura broke her father’s rule on injuring others by taking Hunter’s eye with said slice. This unleashed Hunter’s true fury, a form where his fur turns as black as soot and his flame burns blue. He became an unhinged monster, who began destroying the forest around them just to kill her. In an effort to stop him, Berber and her took him on. This was the battle where Sakura evolved, as she needed to in order to survive.

Having nearly lost the battle, she found herself being strangled by the big bastard. Thanks to help from Berber, she struck the final blow of the battle that knocked Hunter out. Unfortunately, she nearly killed the ‘mon with this attack. Sakura brought it upon herself to save his life, using the guild badge to teleport them to Everhope’s infirmary where he was saved by Rerem and Lynn. After medical treatment of her own, Sakura willingly turned herself into the jailhouse out of guilt.

Despite being a victim of Sakura, Hunter was the one who got her out of prison, though she thought he was there to kill her, as did Berber. Hunter surprised her by finally ending the near decade long hate and forgiving her. He gave her a second chance by releasing her, in hopes that she’ll be a better person.

Berber was tasked with her reformation by Hunter.. Hunter gave up on pursuing her, moved on. Though that was not quite the end of the tale. As he returned to his home, Sakura bore witness to both the near loss of a loved one, and the cruelty that Sparky Tyranous kept from everyone. In secret, she burned the evidence against her father that Sparky had, unaware that it held something far darker that a skeleton in the closet.

## Personality

Sakura has many facets of her personality that put her as a morally neutral character. Though she will not do harm to anyone innocent, she has been shown to be rather merciless towards the rich and powerful. She has the compassion of her mother and the ruthlessness of her father, which makes it rather difficult for her to ground herself morally. Sakura is also incredibly upbeat and chipper when speaking to people she enjoys, with a silver tongue that distracts people pretty well. She can’t admit it, but she has kleptomania, and will steal compulsively from anyone.

Despite being a walking contradiction, she still cares for those around her. And on her own time she helps the less fortunate get on their feet again. She uses a lot of the stuff she steals from rich people to give money to those who need it, and has deep respect for working-class people. Though her misguided hatred towards the rich has led her to be rather abusive towards her ex, and that’s difficult for her to overcome. To best describe her, she’s a piece of work, someone who will need to go through a lot to fix her up, but one day she’ll blossom into a great woman. It will just take a lot of TLC in her life.

In situations where she is forced into combat, she uses her abilities to only leave her foes in an unconscious state. She's not as careless as her battle personality may imply and won't seriously injure anyone with her lacerating attacks, leaving enough minor cuts that trigger a blackout due to high amounts of pain. Her name for this ability is "A Thousand Paper Cuts" To that end, Crystal has a different ability, to go along with her shell, as honed as her father's own blade: Lightweight.

## Abilities and Equipment

Sakura has a special ability called Lightweight. Crystal is a master at being light on her feet, letting her move stealthily outside of battle and granting her speed and maneuverability in battle. However, this makes it easier to trip her up than normal opponents, and she isn't particularly physically strong herself, relying on her shell and precision strikes to down foes, much like her father trained her to do.

Sakura is in possession of a mystical item, a scalchop forged in the waters of the Soul Circle. The item is bound to her by the soul and cannot be used by other people. It is also capable of being incredibly sharp, and is indestructible outside the soul circle. Inside the Soul Circle, it can be returned to the water and dissolve away. It also becomes malleable inside the water, to evolve her weapon. Any legendary Pokemon are also capable of destroying the scalchop.

Additionally, Sakura is trained in martial arts, along with weapons training. When necessary, she can practice the arts of ninjutsu, and is capable of using a variety of weapons beyond a scalchop. She is capable of using both shadows and misdirection to vanish from people. And despite not being the strongest member of her family, she is a good tactician that plans for many fights. She’s classified as an A class warrior.

## Relationships

### Former Relationships

Cornelius Bartholomew Thompson, A.k.a. Zoom,a snivy who has undergone quite a lot of emotional trauma thanks to her. That relationship was a rather poor one, but in her own little way she still loved him. It was for the best that this relationship ended. Maybe someday they will be friends, but not now. The embers are still too hot.

Hunter Tyranous, a badger hurt by her callous thinking. He felt an untold level of anger towards this otter, willing to burn the world to destroy her. But in his anger, he never progressed anywhere close to saving his brother. He finally put out the flames of war, and returned to a quiet life. They are no longer enemies, but not quite friends yet. Only time will tell how they develop.

### Interpersonal Relationships

Berber, A mysterious little Servine with a knack for helping others. She’s absolutely infatuated with him in comparison to Zoom. His work ethic and willingness to help others really does help mold her. He is currently trying to influence her reform, perhaps someday he’ll get her unbanned from Firebend, but not now.

### Other Relationships

Maria/Aludra, their relationship is one of business. Due to Zoom harboring her from danger in Redpetal, Sakura and Aludra got well acquainted. Though she was a dork about her dead husband, Savio. Sakura was told many stories of Savio from her father who used to be his friend. And though sad to hear his passing, she was still glad to meet Aludra. Though she keeps it professional between them.

### Family

Kakashi Giichi Kobayashi, the grand matriarch of the family. Due to time, he seems like he’s too old to be taken seriously. Sakura still carries a massive deal of respect for the old man, as he respects her. Though she can’t tell he’s not proud of her decision to be a thief. They still love each other as Grandpa and Granddaughter.

Hanzo Akio Tenshin, the matriarch of the family and head of the Yakuza of Silver City. He acts as both father and employer to Sakura. Though to the public dismay of her father. He never wanted her to follow him, but to her he was too cool not to follow. So she was trained by him to be an expert thief. While he may be disappointed, he doesn’t forget about how much he loves his daughter, he’d kill for her, and she’d do the same for her father.

Akira Hoshi Tenshin, her older brother. He may be adopted, but he is still her big brother. He is a fully grown greninja, only Six months older than his sister. Unlike most members of the Yakuza, he and her are always in sync and very much good siblings. In a fight they can dance around a battlefield, which is something she has to train others to do. Nothing like a reliable brother by your side.

## Extra

Despite being in her father’s Yakuza, she does not know the names of all the family. Rather, she refers to everyone by rank, especially on duty.

She is fluent in japanese, but her creator is not. Leading to a lot of translations when she talks.

Sakura was once hated and needed creative changes. A lot of which were done in the big Server retcon. Though some implementations were late editions.

Sakura is also the most intimate of Ori’s characters, in a loving relationship with Berber the Servine.