Iris

* Stuff in Between Arc
* Hunter J Arc

**Iris** returns early in Pokémon Reset Bloodlines and is the second member of Ash's harem.

Being raised by Pokémon, Iris doesn't see anything wrong with polygamy and doesn't understand monogamy in general. She also sees no point in wearing clothes unless the weather is cold, often dragging Ash and the others into awkward situations.

## Personality and Characteristics

Due to her drastically different upbringing, Iris' personality is very different to that of her canon counterpart. Having grown for most of her life away from human civilization and raised by Pokémon, there are things that she finds baffling, amusing or strange. Nevertheless, she is shown to at least have basic understanding on human settlements enough to buy things such as Poké Balls, medicines and other supplies she can't find in the wild.

Due to growing up in the wild, Iris is shown to have little grasp on behaviors that humans consider "normal", such as the need to wear clothes all the time and not only when the weather is cold, or that romantic relationships are typically monogamous instead of polygamous like many Pokémon have them. This often leads to rather embarrassing situations when the others have to explain to her why such behaviors aren't usually appropriate, though she's usually reasonable and understanding enough to avoid engaging in them for decency's sake and doesn't enforce it on them. She also has a tendency to take people's words at face value, often failing to catch jokes or sarcastic comments.

Iris is very protective of her family, being willing to fight physically and using her Bloodliner powers to protect them. She has shown to be very aggressive and willing to attack anyone in sight if she assumes them to be the guilty party when someone she cares about is hurt or threatened, as shown when she attacked Misty when she found her next to her crying Axew, or the Team Rocket trio when Ash was teleported away by Sabrina. Currently, her main goal is to find Hunter J to rescue her family from her, with the heavy implication that she's more than willing to use deadly force if it comes to that.

After she starts traveling with Ash, she quickly develops an attraction towards him, sparked mainly due to viewing him as someone strong (both physically and emotionally), and decides to take it upon herself to train in order to make him even stronger. However, she also appreciates his other qualities, such as his kind and selfless personality, and she also wants to help him curb down the anger outbursts that he occasionally shows. Once she gains a better grasp on human romantic interactions, she starts being more forward about her intentions, such as outright saying that she wants to have a date with him.

Iris has a strong sense of the family, viewing her Fraxure (who is technically an owned Pokémon) as her little brother, and has come to see Ash, Misty and Anabel as an extended family of sorts. Deep down, however, she has a mild fear of, once she's managed to rescue her Dragon family, being forced to choose between them and her new companions, of whom she's grown greatly attached to, a fear that once caused her to not be able to sleep and another time even triggered a dream that terrified her.

Thanks to Ash and the others, Iris has opened up more to human interactions, making friends with several of the people they've met along the way. She's shown to be very close to both Misty and Anabel, happily supporting their feelings for Ash and encouraging them to pursue them (and expressing similar support for Serena as well), and despite having traveled all over the world before, she has stated that she'd like to see it again with them. Iris strongly believes that they don't have to be rivals for Ash's affections, insisting that they all can pursue a relationship with him so long as their feelings on both Ash's and their ends are genuine.

## History

### The New Timeline (Past)

Iris was abandoned in the forest as a child when her father realized she was a Bloodliner. Her father is currently serving a life sentence for infanticide, but due to strong signs of coercion, her mother will be released in nine years. She was taken in by a wild Dragonite family. Her Axew from The Old Timeline, who had hatched from one of these Dragonite, became her adoptive brother.

She initially experienced rejection from Pokémon when her Bloodliner abilities were revealed, but this quickly stopped.

Eventually her brother Dragonite's violent tendencies forced her family to move to Kalos and her brother got into a fight with a Noivern and was substantially injured. Iris and Axew managed to mostly heal him up and they scolded him for getting into another pointless fight. After arguing over this for a while, they eventually came to a compromise. Iris and Axew wouldn't rat him out for later fights in exchange for Dragonite training them to fight and give him opponents that won't take out their anger on his family. He accepted, leading to Iris's substantial combat ability today.

Excadrill was met as a Drillbur who beat up Axew while he was getting berries and claimed the bush Axew was gathering from. Iris calls him out for his behavior and Drillbur attacks her. After a sound defeat, Drillbur starts crying and explains that a Simisear took his home and food supply. Iris and Axew eat with Drillbur and rest before going off to confront the Simisear. The Simisear shows complete disdain for them and outright tells them that it claims a supply of food and eats all of it before moving on. As a result, this Simisear is overweight. When Iris expresses this opinion, Simisear attacks her. Iris gets knocked around for a bit until Drillbur intervenes and by working together, Simisear is defeated. Drillbur asks if he could train with them and Iris agrees.

She met Emolga after Axew fell in love with her and found that she was using Attract on other Pokémon to get food. When Iris confronted her, Emolga used Attract and when this failed, attacked her. Iris used Dragon Rage and Emolga bolted. Iris called out Excadrill to help her chase Emolga down and in her haste, Emolga angered a Scolipede. Iris offered to protect Emolga from the Scolipede in exchange for coming with her. Emolga accepted and Excadrill and Iris defeat the Scolipede. Iris demands Emolga explain herself and she tells them that she isn't good at getting food so she uses Attract to get Pokémon to give her some. Iris offers to share their food and train with her to help her get stronger. Emolga agreed and eventually she allowed Iris to catch her in a Poké Ball.

### Vermilion Arc

Iris and her Dragonite family stopped near Vaniville Town for some time to resupply before they left the region. While running an errand in the town, Iris stopped to watch a mother and daughter, who turned out to be Grace and Serena, practice Rhyhorn racing for a short time.

### Hunter J Arc

After leaving Kalos, the family made their way to Kanto airspace, where they were attacked by Hunter J. During the attack, Iris and Axew were knocked from the back of one of their family members and fell to the ground below. While falling they were separated and landed in different places. Iris then set out in search of her brother who she knew must be nearby.

During her search, she heard her brother crying and after getting close noticed a human girl (or rather a Bloodliner), Misty, and a Psyduck who she assumed were attacking her brother. Furious, Iris activated her Dragon Claw and lunged out at Misty. Misty brought out a Poliwrath who uses Dynamic Punch to counter the girl's Dragon Claw, knocking her against a tree and making her even angrier. Iris is startled when Ash's Pokédex comments on the effectiveness of Dynamic Punch, but elects to ignore it as they do not appear to be a threat. She re-focuses on the Poliwrath and decides that Emolga would be best suited to dealing with it. The Electric-type releases a Discharge that knocks out Poliwrath and paralyzes Misty. Still convinced that Misty is responsible for hurting her brother, Iris and Emolga prepare to attack again. Emolga is suddenly put to sleep by a surprise Secret Power punch from Psyduck, which to Iris' displeasure buys enough time for Misty to bring out a Staryu and Gyarados. In response Iris has Excadrill join them on the battlefield who quickly takes out the waterfowl. Iris takes on the Staryu and Misty on her own while Excadrill switches focus to the Gyarados.

The battle however is interrupted by another explosion going off, shortly followed by a young man, Ash, descending with his Pokémon into the middle of their fight. Iris realizes that Ash must have escaped from the woman who kidnapped her family's ship. She approaches him and asks him of such, but when she grabs his arm she is suddenly overcome by a feeling as if she had met him before and that he is safe so she drops her hostility. Ash introduces himself and then explains that while he did see her family, he was unable to set them free. Iris states her desire to follow after them, but Ash's Pokédex told retorts that she would only get herself captured, or worse, killed, as J's Pokémon were trained to challenge Elite Four members, plus she had her airship and a lot of other armaments at her disposal. To prove the point, the Pokédex has Iris and her Excadrill battle against the machine commanding Ash's Charmeleon stating that if they were able to win then there would be a small chance of her success. The battle results in a quick defeat and Iris breaks into tears on her inability to help. Ash tries to comfort her and invites her to join them on their journey and to train together to grow stronger.

The next morning, Iris is confronted by Misty who gets mad at the fact that Iris is out in the open and naked. Confused by this, Iris states that she normally doesn't bother with clothing and was only wearing it the day before because they were flying through the sky where is was very cold. Misty is against this and argues that people must wear clothes around one another. The argument goes on for some time with Iris finally relenting to Misty's demands. The two are then interrupted by a Slowpoke, which Misty promptly catches for herself, explaining to Iris her goal of catching every Water-type in the world. The Poké Ball then teleports away, briefly terrifying Iris, which prompts an explanation about the technology and Professor Oak's lab.

Later that day, the group arrives to a Battle Club on Route 10. While Iris is startled by the automatic doors, she gets interested when Ash explains that Battle Clubs are places where they can battle other trainers and grow stronger. She goes to a battle arena where she's pitted against the Samurai, who's angry over an Unovan Pokémon leaving him, and then starts dismissing Iris for not having any Gym Badges. He sends out a Beedrill while she uses her Excadrill to defeat him with ease.

## Bloodline(s)

### Heart (Dragon)

Iris has the potential to use any non-legendary Dragon-type attack as well as communicate with Dragon-type Pokémon.

**Known Moves**

* Dragon Claw
* Dragon Breath
* Dual Chop
* Dragon Rage

## Equipment

### Key Stone

Iris obtained a Key Stone from her participation in the Battle Dome Tournament, and later purchased a necklace she could house it in.

## Achievements

 Fuchsia Tag Tournament | Top 4 (with Misty Waterflower)

## Gallery

Iris' appearance during her debut Iris DesignIris IconAsh, Misty, Iris and Anabel Christmas PhotoIris and Ash on their first date together
## Links

1. ↑  https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/BW001
2. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/acpeters/art/Reset-Bloodlines-Iris-is-Going-to-Protect-Axew-896707247
3. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/acpeters/art/Reset-Bloodlines-Iris-Design-821265728
4. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/acpeters/art/Reset-Bloodlines-Overworlds-846912415
5. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/acpeters/art/Reset-Bloodlines-Christmas-Group-864092853
6. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/acpeters/art/Ash-Iris-First-Date-at-Indigo-948570882