Xesha

She is the main protagonist in *Rise and Fall*. A former human scientist who brought about the near destruction of her home planet, she is subsequently deported off-world; she is relocated to a distant planet inhabited entirely by Pokémon and winds up becoming a Pokémon herself.

## General Information

### Species

Human (Homo sapiens; formerly)Mutant Mega Lucario (currently)

## **Physical Appearance**

### **Human**

As a human, she was a petite teenage girl with long black hair, pale skin, and bright yellow eyes. She wore a yellow t-shirt, black pants, and navy blue sneakers with white soles. She wore a silver cross around her neck and a Lucarionite bracelet on her right wrist.

### **Current Form**

She is now a mutated Mega Lucario with thick yellow and black fur. Her eyes remain yellow, and she has a long, bushy, swiping, black-tipped tail. Each of her black paws has two sharp gray spikes and sharp, metal, retractable claws. The entire upper half of her head is entirely black. She has four long aura-sensing appendages. Her snout, unlike most Lucario, is slightly longer and more wolf-like. She wears a black collar with a gold and black interrobang around her neck. In her true form, she has four arms, five tails, six head appendages, and armor plating on her paws, torso, back, and upper arms. She has a large scar over her left eye and several more on other parts of her body,

## **History**

### **Early Life**

As a human, Lucille was born to Lucinda and Bill Sr. two years after the birth of her brother Orville. As a toddler, she was very curious about the world around her; she was also very restless and impatient, which often got her into trouble with Lucinda, who didn't tolerate her antics. Lucille never grew close with her mother as a result. This was also due to Tia's birth three years later and later Bill Jr. two years after. Lucinda began favoring Bill Jr. over her other children. To cope with this, Lucille tried to get close to her father and older brother, but they were both indifferent. Not understanding why, Lucille took out her frustration on her younger siblings, particularly Tia; the two sisters had a mutual dislike for each other, resulting in frequent fights and arguments. As she aged, Lucille grew to hate her family. When both her parents were out working, Bill Sr. put his Lucario, Gunther, in charge of watching them. Lucille, having a dislike for Pokémon, kept her distance from Gunther.

Despite this, she did well in school and didn't get into many fights like most kids her age did. She graduated middle school with Second Honors and became a freshman in Christoph High School three months later. There, however, her puberty, along with the several kids who bullied her and her siblings, resulted in a personality change. Lucille became more aggressive and more prone to outbursts of anger; she started beating kids up whenever they touched her and developed anger issues. This led to her becoming more distant from her family, and also led to her believing her parents were the ones responsible for the situation she was in. As a result, she began respecting them less.

## ***Rise and Fall***

### **Chapter 1**

Lucinda is now a sophomore in high school. The story starts with Lucinda calling Lucille's name from downstairs. Lucille realizes it when her her mother is right outside her room and springs out of bed to meet her at the door. She cheerfully greets her mother, who snaps that she should've been up and dressed fifteen minutes ago. Lucinda adds her breakfast is cold, then directs her daughter to get dressed quickly or she'll throw it out. Lucille complies and rushes downstairs to the kitchen. She wolfs down her breakfast without acknowledging her siblings, who are already almost finished eating.

She clears her place and is about to run back upstairs to get ready for school when Lucinda stops her. Lucille sees her mother glaring at her as she asks about her fruit and milk. She tells Lucinda there's no time and that Bill Sr. (her father) will take her, Orville, and Tia to school in ten minutes. Lucille adds that she has a chemistry exam in first period. Lucinda asks her if that's why she stayed up late last night so she could study, to which the girl says yes. She reiterates to her mother that she wants to be a scientist before telling her she'll have fruit and milk with her lunch and not to worry about it. Lucinda remarks she'd better and reminds Lucille she has to stay after school for extra help with history class. When Lucille says she knows, Lucinda reminds her that she and Bill aren't happy with her since her grades dropped. She adds that Lucille needs to study and work as much as possible with the end of the year around the corner.

Lucille glances at the clock, reads it, and realizes she only has five minutes now to prepare for school. Glaring at Lucinda, she asks if they really need to be having their conversation, stating she's holding her up and she needs to get ready. She wordlessly leaves to do so, then bolts outside and up to Bill's SUV. Lucille gets in the front as soon as her father comes out and unlocks the car. She sees Orville and Tia approaching the car a minute later. Orville scowls at her and yells to their father that she's in the front again. Lucille listens as Bill Sr. annoyedly yells to leave her alone, adding he has enough to worry about without his kids' petty arguments as he comes to the car. Lucille looks straight ahead as everyone else gets into the car and Bill Sr. drives the kids to school.

*More coming soon*.

### **Chapter 41**

The next morning, Xesha wakes up, takes off the muzzle that Eve put on her and throws it out the window. She gets out of bed, leaves her room, and goes downstairs. She hears voices in the kitchen and smells food, but thinks she won't be welcome to join the family and decides to get her own food elsewhere. She opens the front door and quickly leaves, heading for the nearby woods to hunt. After catching a Houndour for a meal, she is about to eat when Eve teleports to her location. The Mewtwo confronts her and asks why she's not wearing a muzzle. Xesha growls at her to stay away and backs up. However, Osiris and the offspring suddenly teleport to her location, causing Xesha to turn hostile. She turns away from them and starts eating her food, but Omega kicks it away from her, exclaiming she shouldn't eat that. Xesha angrily snarls at her that it's her food, but Gwen walks up to her and grabs her arm, pulling her away from it. The Lucario resists, and Osiris warns Gwen not to be too rough on her, but Gwen accidentally pulls too hard on Xesha's arm and dislocates her shoulder.

The pain causes Xesha to snap and attack Gwen with Shadow Punch, shocking everyone. Xesha manages to push her shoulder back into place. Gwen recovers from the attack and glares at Xesha, asking if she wants to fight. Xesha calls her a bitch and snarls at her to bring it. Gwen runs at her and hits her with Power-Up Punch, and Xesha retaliates with the same move. Osiris yells for them to stop and rushes over along with Horus to grab Xesha to stop her, while Eve and Kylah do the same with Gwen. Xesha snarls at them to let go of her and attacks with Night Slash, slicing Osiris' face and Horus' left shoulder, while Gwen fights off her sister and mother. They try again to stop the two from hurting each other, but their efforts are futile. When Xesha attacks everyone else by mistake while trying to get to Gwen, they get dragged into the fight themselves and angrily gang up on her. As they attack her, Xesha's low pain tolerance and anger cause her to lose control and mutate into a four-armed, armored version of herself, and she uses her new armor to deflect their attacks back at them. Xesha retaliates with Bone Rush and Dragon Pulse after realizing all her stats were boosted, and she initially has the advantage. However, the Mewtwo family's coordinated attacks, as well as Gwen's fury, prove too much, and she flies into a rage, striking back with Outrage and several other moves. Gwen finishes the fight by drop-kicking Xesha with High Jump Kick, defeating her and causing her revert to her normal form. Xesha glares at everyone, snarling defiantly, before collapsing from exhaustion, and watches as her opponents all fall over themselves before she blacks out.

She later wakes up in a Pokémon run hospital

### **Chapter 47**

Xesha is sent by Osiris to a school whose body is comprised entirely of Pokémon to learn how to adapt to her new life. She is initially pleased, thinking she can get away from Gwen and have time to meet new characters. To her chagrin, however, Gwen, Horus, Yan, Kylah, and Omega attend the school as regular students. Even worse is that they're all in the same class. Many of the other students are hostile towards Xesha due to her destroying their home city as well as her criminal record being leaked upon its arrival to the school. Xesha quietly asks Kylah how they obtained it, to which the latter responds that it's a private affair. Despite the environment, Xesha simply ignores the antagonists, not caring about them, and focuses on coursework, which she excels at.

At lunch, Xesha decides to eat alone outside since nobody allows her to sit with them; her Mewtwo siblings, however, insist she stay with them and become acclimated to being around others. After the meal, Xesha is confronted by the other students, who still haven't forgiven her for her actions. She is unrepentant and snaps that they mean nothing to her before leaving. Gwen later scolds her for this. she then heads to the bathroom and purges all the food she ate with the intention of committing suicide through starvation.

Later on, Xesha learns about Type Day, a day where Pokémon of the same primary typing are required to spend at least three hours in a relaxation room to reduce their stress levels. She discovers that today is the first Type Day and is escorted by Gwen to a room designated for primary Fighting-types. As Gwen walks with her, she explains that dual-type Pokémon may choose to go to the room designated for either of their two types. Hearing this, Xesha asks her where the Steel-type room is, but Gwen refuses to tell her and grabs her arm to prevent her from running off. They enter the Fighting-type room, where Gwen is greeted warmly by several of the occupants who know her. Gwen introduces Xesha, but they immediately turn hostile towards the Lucario for her previous actions. Gwen informs them that she's a student now and she'll one day learn that it's better to make friends rather than foes. Raleigh, another Lucario, challenges Xesha to a battle, but the latter has the sense to decline, simply turning her head away. Gwen explains that she'll have Xesha do anything they ask, much to the latter's dismay, and the others reluctantly accept.

Xesha, expressing her displeasure, states she doesn't want to be here and tries to leave, only for an annoyed Gwen to stretch her arm and carry her back, holding her by the collar. Gwen tells Xesha they're doing it and has her face the others, asking what she can help them with. Raleigh begins by fetching a xylophone and ordering Xesha to play it. Gwen coaxes her, and Xesha sighs before playing the instrument, during which she discovers she has an affinity for music. She plays *Smoke on the Water*, briefly impressing the audience with her talent. After her performance, a Hawlucha tells her to do 30 push-ups, which she does with ease. The others have do other tasks, which she all accomplishes, before allowing her the remaining hour to herself. Gwen leaves to use the restroom, and Xesha sighs in relief. However, Raleigh mocks her on her scarred visage and starts pestering her, resulting in Xesha snapping at her. She snarls she's behaving like this because her life has been a living hell and that she's sick of being harassed. Raleigh argues back that it was no excuse to destroy others' homes. Gwen returns and stops the argument before it escalates. Xesha, infuriated, walks out, and a Medicham persuades Gwen to let her go.

Xesha storms through the hallways, snapping at everyone she comes across, and goes into the restroom. There, she starts to ponder about recent events and remembers Beowulf's advice two weeks earlier, wondering if he's right. After she cools off, she leaves to run into Gwen, who says she's been looking everywhere for her, as the whole student body is waiting for her in the meeting hall. The Lucario deduces that Gwen wants her to apologize; Gwen affirms this and pins her arms behind her back before walking her to the hall. When they get there, Xesha sees all the students stop chattering and stare at her. She asks Gwen if this was her idea, and Raleigh calls out from the crowd, affirming it. Xesha growls at her, but Gwen makes her stop and escorts her up on the stage to face them. She lets her go and steps back. Xesha looks at her, and Gwen glares back before giving her a small nod.

Xesha faces the crowd and asks if they want her to apologize for her actions. Several students affirm this, and Xesha stares back at them, becoming nervous as she doesn't know what to say. She then reflects on her actions and Beowulf's advice before sincerely telling them that they've shown her patience and grace despite all the horrible things she's done to them. She continues by saying she knows she doesn't deserve their forgiveness and doesn't expect anything to change after today, but apologizes, surprised at feeling remorse for the first time. She senses Gwen's and everyone else's surprise and deduces they felt the apology's sincerity. A delighted Gwen walks up to her and tells the students to give it up for her, but Xesha jumps off the stage and walks out. She packs up her belongings as the bell rings for the end of the day and leaves without talking to anyone.

### **Chapter 48**

The next day, Gwen catches the flu and has to stay quarantined at home. Kylah volunteers to watch Xesha, much to the latter's annoyance. At school, Kylah sits next to Xesha as their class learns about battling and later spars with Xesha outside. Xesha initially gains the upper hand by using tricks and tactics, but Kylah's quick thinking, greater power, and type advantage results in her loss. Kylah congratulates the Lucario for putting up a good fight, and Xesha reluctantly congratulates her as well. Xesha later watches as Kylah defeats all her other opponents. She notices Kylah watching from the sidelines as she begins a sparring session with a male Krookodile. Her opponent puts up a tough fight, but Xesha wins despite the type disadvantage, and Kylah cheers for her, to her surprise.

Kylah keeps watching as Xesha spars with Raleigh, who soon begins to go all out to test her abilities while mocking her loss against Kylah. Xesha retaliates, and the spar turns into a vicious fight, with both Lucario damaging each other terribly, to everyone's shock. This causes Xesha to lose control of her power due to only recently finishing her transformation, making her movements unpredictable. She violently attacks Raleigh, who realizes she went too far; the latter tries to defend herself, but is no match for Xesha's heightened power, and the fight turns into a one-sided beat-down before Raleigh is thrown aside, badly injured. Xesha is then about to go on a rampage when Kylah stops her by using Psychic to lift her off the ground. Kylah commands one of the other students to take Raleigh to the infirmary, and waits until the other Lucario is gone before lowering Xesha and releasing her grip. The Lucario, unable to distinguish friend from foe, attacks Kylah, who Mega Evolves into Mega Mewtwo X and stops her head-on. Kylah calmly looks her in the eye and speaks to her, urging her to relax and stating she's not her enemy. Despite her frenzied state, Xesha is able to hear Kylah's voice and stops attacking. However, she retains her aggression, prompting Kylah to take her home.

After they return home, Kylah tells the adults what happened. Eve suggests that Xesha stay home for a while for special training to prevent the incident from repeating, and Kylah and the others agree. Xesha overhears their conversation and tries to sneak back out of the house, only to get caught by Kylah. The latter warns her not to leave, and subdues Xesha when she tries to anyway. Xesha violently fights back, but Kylah puts her to sleep by injecting her with a sedative syringe to prevent her from losing control again.

### **Chapter 49**

The morning after, Xesha prepares for school, only for Kylah to tell her she'll be staying home for a while. She tells Xesha to be good before leaving with her siblings and cousins. Xesha watches them go and recalls the incident before angrily thinking Raleigh deserved a beating. Eve forces her to spend the day training with her, both physically and mentally, to get her to calm down. Xesha is initially uncooperative and shifts to her new form to attack violently and get Eve to give up; however, Eve is persistent and manages to calm her down. She learns that Xesha's low pain tolerance is partly to blame for her losing control, as well as her new power, upbringing, and personality. After the session, Osiris arrives, having heard of yesterday's incident, and decides to physically examine Xesha to see what else might be contributing to her aggression. He discovers that Xesha's blood pressure is dangerously high due to her high stress levels and immediately sends her to bed, as resting will lower it. While being sedated, Xesha hears Osiris telling the other adults that her vitals will have to monitored constantly for the time being. The others agree, and all turn to stare at Xesha before she falls asleep.

### **Chapter 51**

A day later, Leela has Xesha train to control her powers and emotions while Osiris and Eve work and Cyrus takes care of Gwen. Leela and Xesha first battle to help Xesha practice controlling her physical strength, with the latter noting that the former goes all out. Afterward, Leela has Xesha sit with her to practice conversation and respond better to tough situations. Leela is noted to be pleased with Xesha's progress and tells her to keep it up. Xesha is about to leave when Leela tells her to hold on before removing her collar. She leaves with it and returns moments later, then fastens it back around Xesha's neck, telling her she can leave. Xesha walks out of the living room and sneaks outside before jumping over the fence and running off into the village.

She discovers a forklift. Curious, Xesha gets on it and tests it before driving it around the village. She notices the residents staring at her and waves to them, saying she found a new hobby. The Lucario soon takes a joyride through the village, caring to watch out for pedestrians while also using the forklift to help people move things. An hour later, she is joyriding at a faster speed when Osiris barks her name, abruptly prompting her to stop. She looks up to see him approaching her and nervously greets him. Osiris, who decided to take some time off from work, demands what she's doing, and Xesha quickly explains that she was joyriding while simultaneously helping the village residents. Hearing this, Osiris commends her for willingly helping others, but sternly commands her to return the forklift where she found it. As she does, Xesha asks how he found her, to which Osiris says he can sense her aura. After parking the forklift in its original spot, Osiris takes Xesha home and gently chides her for going around unsupervised, as many of the villagers don't trust her yet. He informs her he's concerned about her and gives her a hug, which she hesitantly reciprocates. Osiris tells her to stay in the house for the time being and walks away. Watching him leave, Xesha remembers Leela taking her collar before returning it to her shortly after and wonders if she did something with it.

## **Known Moves**

### **Fighting-type**

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

### **Steel-type**

**Meteor Mash:** The user hits target with a hard punch fired like a meteor. This may also boost the user’s Attack stat.

## **Quotes**

Leroy: "You bit me!"

Lucille: "Yeah, and I'll do it again if you don't stay away from me. Now beat it!" - Lucille exhibiting Lucario behavior while chasing Leroy off after he tries to touch her, Chapter 18

## **Trivia**

* Her favorite instrument is the piano, which she can play quite well, and she also likes other percussion instruments; she dislike brass instruments, with her least favorite being the trumpet.