Kiki

> *We mustn't let our inner turmoil complicate outside affairs.*
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**Kiki Mikael Argall** is a former Fighting type Gym Leader of the Reborn League and the sensei of Apophyll Academy.

Kiki is very calm and an inspiration to many of the students in Apophyll Academy. She was the one to recommend Victoria, her apprentice, to take on the Reborn League. Kiki gives lectures daily and hopes the students she teaches would find peace from their current events.

## Story Events

Kiki is referenced numerous times before her official appearance by her apprentice, Victoria, who considers her a role model and joined the Reborn League at her recommendation. Most crucially, she is present in one of the four visions Shade shows the player before their gym battle with him; shown being attacked by a Garchomp.

### Apophyll Academy

She is first met below Apophyll Academy, giving a lecture to her students about the nature of knowledge and perception. After the lecture, the player warns her of the threat of Team Meteor and an unknown PULSE to the academy, and asks for the TMX Strength. She asks them to meet her back in the Academy proper to go through everything they have said.

Within the academy, she introduces you to Victoria - her apprentice - and when Victoria vouches for your credibility, she accepts your previous warnings as fact, stating she was initially doubtful. She issues a message to all her students to look out for suspicious machinery or persons on the beach, but hesitates to give the player the TMX Strength, stating it disrespectful to the nature of the Academy to just give it to them without merit. However, due to the extreme circumstances, she instead asks the player to either defeat Victoria or Cal in battle to “fast-forward” their graduation. After the player returns, having defeated one (or both) of them, she tells them the final exam will be a battle with her. On defeat, she congratulates the player on their determination, before wavering and collapsing on the sand.

Recovering in her room, Kiki laments the fact that despite all her strength, she’s still weak, saying no matter her mental state, nothing will change the fact her body is killing itself. Turning to the player, she regretfully informs them that the TMX Strength is missing, believing it stolen. She had hoped to recover it before they had finished your trials, but her explanation is cut short when Victoria storms out of the room, furious. After this display, Kiki politely asks the player to leave her alone.

Kiki is seen for a final time atop Pyrous Mountain after the player has faced Solaris and Cal’s betrayal has been revealed. Brushing off Victoria’s attempts to stop her, she commands her Medicham to leap across the volcano’s crater and destroy the PULSE Camerupt set up on the other side. However, after her Medicham is thrown into the lava at the hands of Cal’s Magmortar, she can do nothing but watch as Solaris’s Garchomp kills her with one final strike, fulfilling the vision the player saw back in the power plant.

### Beryl Cemetery

After her death, the player can visit her grave in Beryl Cemetery. The first time it's visited, the player meets Victoria, who tells them Kiki has left her everything in her will.

### Byxbysion Wasteland

Two more graves with Kiki's name on them can be found in the Byxbysion Wasteland. Interacting with one of them causes a ghost of Kiki to appear in front of the player, cursing them for not being able to save her.

### The Void

Kiki later appears as one of the visions presented to the player when they are enveloped in the void created by Radomus's Gardevoir - her death at the hands of Solaris's Garchomp is reenacted once the player draws near, after which she expresses her rage at having her hopes and dreams cut short by her diagnosis.

### Calcenon City

It is revealed that Kiki's Medicham survived being thrown into Pyrous Mountain. Because the PULSE Machine's coolant that Cal dumped into the lava pool, the lava's temperature was cooled down enough for a Pokémon to survive within it for a short while, allowing him to rescue it after everyone left. Kiki's Medicham remains in Cal's possession for the rest of the game, serving as his mega evolution.

### Apophyll Academy (Marshadow Quest)

To the surprise of Victoria, Kiki reappears in Apophyll Academy. She is found leading a great session of meditation, with far more students at her disposal than Victoria usually has. Her visage is that of Victoria, however. As the session continues, Kiki adds onto her lectures. She comments on the nature of the truly caring, who choose to bear more responsibilities than they can uphold. She teaches that- though death will always come- thoughts need not be swayed, and resting can give back some much needed energy. Kiki finishes by confronting Victoria, reassuring her pupil that only she can lead Apophyll in a way that Kiki can't. Victoria does not have to try and be Kiki.

In truth, this was never Kiki. It was an Anomaly Marshadow, who stole Victoria's grief and regrets. Cal found the Marshadow, and with the Pokemon's help, orchestrated the meditation session. Kiki was not real, and the students forgot the sessions. The ones the player battled against spoke of Victoria's insecurities. With its work done, and having been defeated by the player, the Marshadow leaves to Kiki's room.

## Story Battles

### Apophyll Academy First Battle

Kiki is battled on an Ashen Beach in a Single Battle format and she has two Hyper Potions.

### Wasteland Wall Battle

Kiki is battled on a Wasteland in a Single Battle format.

### Apophyll Academy Second Battle

Kiki is battled on an Ashen Beach in a Single Battle format.

## Quotes

* ".*..To minimize the chaos within... Perhaps-- it's too late...*" -When sending out last Pokemon in Apophyll Acadamy.
* "*...And all was silent.*" -After defeat in Apophyll Acadamy.
* "..." -After defeat in Wasteland.

 [Kiki]: If you're ready please take your place.
[Kiki]: <player>, let us see how well your discipline holds you.
[Victoria]: ...The challenger, <player>, will now face the Gym Leader, Kiki, in a 6 on 6 Battle.
[Victoria]: Either competitor can make substitutions. The battle will end when all six of either trainer's Pokemon are unable to battle.
[Victoria]: ...Begin.

 [Kiki]: If you're ready please take your place.
[Kiki]: Welcome, once more.
[Kiki]: I return as well, striking in perfect immobility, with all the fury that my soul may harbor.
[Victoria]: ...The challenger, <player>, will rematch the Gym Leader, Kiki, in a 6 on 6 Battle.
[Victoria]: Either competitor can make substitutions. The battle will end when all six of either trainer's Pokemon are unable to battle.
[Victoria]: ...Begin.

 [Kiki]: Amidst true focus, your energy shines through.
[Kiki]: Your hard work has earned you this.
[Kiki]: Proceed, take--
[Kiki]: ...Excuse me, I--
*{Kiki collapses}*
[Victoria]: Kiki!

 [???]: ...<player>...
[Kiki]: ...Hello, <player>...
[Kiki]: ...
[Kiki]: ...Why...?
[Kiki]: <player>... Why did you let me die...?

 [Kiki]: You defeated Solaris...
[Kiki]: But still, you let him kill me.
[Kiki]: Why did you kill me?
[Kiki]: Death is...
[Kiki]: ...cold...
[Kiki]: ...painful...
[Kiki]: ...lonely...
[Kiki]: You feel the wind across your face, the warmth of your own body, you feel all the light of life, and then--
[Kiki]: All of a sudden--
[Kiki]: Darkness... The world slips away... Even your mind, your memories... You hear your heart stop beating... You feel your blood freeze...
[Kiki]: You try to cry, but you don't have tears to do so. You try to scream, but you no longer have a voice.
[Kiki]: ...Why would you do that to me...
[Kiki]: <player>... Tell me... Why?!
[Kiki]: Was I so cruel to you?!
[Kiki]: Did you loathe me, did you cheer my disease onward?! Were you waiting for me to rot to peck at my corpse?!
[Kiki]: ...You, <player>... You will suffer as I have suffered!

 [Kiki]: If you had been stronger...
[Kiki]: I wouldn't have had to die...
[Kiki]: ...Why did you kill me?
[Kiki]: Death is...
[Kiki]: ...cold...
[Kiki]: ...painful...
[Kiki]: ...lonely...
[Kiki]: You feel the wind across your face, the warmth of your own body, you feel all the light of life, and then--
[Kiki]: All of a sudden--
[Kiki]: Darkness... The world slips away... Even your mind, your memories... You hear your heart stop beating... You feel your blood freeze...
[Kiki]: You try to cry, but you don't have tears to do so. You try to scream, but you no longer have a voice.
[Kiki]: ...Why would you do that to me...
[Kiki]: <player>... Tell me... Why?!
[Kiki]: Was I so cruel to you?!
[Kiki]: Did you loathe me, did you cheer my disease onward?! Were you waiting for me to rot to peck at my corpse?!
[Kiki]: ...You, <player>... You will suffer as I have suffered!

 [Kiki]: ...What a pity...
[Kiki]: It would have been such fun, too... But you would not be deceived...
[Kiki]: I will follow you, Trainer...

## Profile

Yo, Reborn City! What's up?! We're here with the Reborn Rundown giving you a look at the leaders of the Reborn League! I'm your host, DJ Arclight, now on air!
Our show takes a trip to Apophyll Beach today to visit Kiki, the Reborn League's Fighting Gym Leader! A devout teacher of zen philosophy, Kiki sings the melody that eases the mind and plays the beat to soothe the body.
Her special technique revolves around honing her Pokemon's power with mental focus. And believe me, a Pokemon's power-packed pure focus punch, isn't something any brawler can just shrug off.
Take special care of her Medicham! Its Meditate attack will skyrocket its offensive capabilities, so make sure to take it down before it can set up!
That's all for now, but remember, Trainers, Keep fighting with everything you've got! Hold your spirits high, and even you can defeat the Reborn League!

## Interview

 Gossip Gardevoir's interview intermission!
Hello! Gossip Gardevoir here in Interview Intermission, bringing YOU the inside scoop on Reborn's celebrity figures!
Today, we’re here with Reborn’s own fighting Gym Leader and sensei of the Apophyll Academy, Kiki!
So, Kiki, tell us about your school?
KIKI: All right. Well, firstly, I should clarify that although I am officially the sensei, at our school there is not one teacher and twenty students. There are twenty-one teachers, and twenty- one students. One must never think themselves above the lessons of our lives, no matter from where they come. Apophyll Academy is an institute of peace. That means, firstly, finding peace within yourself. Only once the chaos within is quelled can one even hope to make a difference in the outside.
GARDEVOIR: So you guys do a lot of meditation and that sort of thing, right?
KIKI: Correct, although meditation and self-reflection are simply one of many ways in which we tune ourselves.
GARDEVOIR: But doesn’t that get boring?
KIKI: If you’re doing it well, then no, it should never.
GARDEVOIR: Because I always fall asleep when I try…Oops~
That's all on today's Interview Intermission. Until next time!

## Trivia

* Kiki's name is a word play on the word 'ki' (also written 'chi'), a concept of energy/life force central to many martial arts.
* In previous versions of the game, Kiki was the active Fighting-type leader at the time the player battles her, and the player's victory is considered void because the badge was not handed over before her murder at the hands of Solaris and event that immediately handed the title off to her reserve leader, Samson. As of the latest release, she is introduced as an already retired leader, though Ame can be contacted from the communication system before the battle regardless.
* Kiki's death was in one of the four image to be seen in Shade's Gym, the other three being Amaria's suicide, Corey's suicide, and Lin's death.
* Kiki's team was one of the few teams to not change when Generation VII was implemented.
* Her favorite student is Victoria. Kiki is the one who recommends Victoria to join Reborn League.
* In an interview with Amethyst, she states that most characters are based on real people and the real life Kiki did have a terminal illness.
* In previous editions of the game, the Misdreavus that poses as Kiki's ghost in the Wastelands was a Gastly.