Fumika Chiaki

**Fumika Chiaki** is the mother of Matt and Amanda Chiaki. As a member of Polaris, she is the Sixth Chromosome of the Sacred Helix under the alias **Mercury**.

## History

As an adventurer with a strong interest in history and archeology, Fumika joined the Celestic Historical Society at a young age and advanced to a prominent position within it. She also approached Charon Chiaki, the son of legendary explorer Sutter Chiaki, and developed a relationship with him. Fumika moved to the Chiaki hometown of Snowpoint City, and they eventually had two children, Matt and Amanda. However, circumstances were not positive. The relationship between Fumika and Charon was icy at best, and Fumika spent long periods away from the family on trips with the Historical Society. This left their children in Charon's hands, and they began to resent her constant absence.

At some point, Fumika also joined Team Galactic in the hopes of furthering her career, though she was initially unaware of Cyrus's true goals.

Unbeknownst to almost everyone, including Fumika herself at first, the Celestic Historical Society was actually a front for the cult known as Polaris. When their representatives approached her, they appealed to her by giving her research the recognition she craved, persuading her to join them. She soon became a fervent adherent to Polaris's teachings, and served as a spy for the cult inside Team Galactic, where she had become a Commander under the name Mercury. During this time, Cyrus had separately taken Matt and Amanda into the organization, and recruited Charon to run a research program known as Project Cortex. Having learned of Cyrus's true goals and his intention to use Amanda as a Project Cortex test subject, she eventually leaked the information on the project to Matt, inspiring him to escape from Team Galactic with Amanda. At some point, she also became a member of the Sacred Helix, serving as the Sixth Chromosome under her Mercury alias. Over time, she became a prominent contributor to Polaris's research and acquisition of antiquities relevant to their mission.

After Cyrus disappeared, Fumika and Charon took control of some of Team Galactic's remnants. They moved to Lapidaria to operate, but were thwarted in their efforts, resulting in the final destruction of the organization. Around this time, she also oversaw Séduire's pursuit of the Griseous Orb in La Ciudad Dorada, a mission that contributed to the events of *The Gardener of Gratitude*; this operation was carried out using Team Galactic's name and image as a cover to conceal Polaris's involvement at the time.

In *A New Rival and a New Mission*, Fumika was summoned alongside the other Chromosomes to vote on the approval of Geminus to the position of Tenth Chromosome. She was the only one to vote against approving him, expressing a distrust of him based on her lack of satisfaction in the answers provided during his questioning.

## Pokémon

Mercury later sent her out to battle Matt and Amanda, but she hesitated to battle a former member of her clan. This prompted Mercury to use a prototype Meteonite armband on her, corrupting her into a more feral and aggressive state. She then battled alongside Electivire and Pelipper until Renzo's interruption distracted them, allowing Matt's Seismitoad, Patrick, to defeat her with Jeremiah's assistance.
Bisharp's known moves are Lash Out, X-Scissor, Poison Jab and Iron Defense, and her ability is Defiant.

## Trivia

* Both Fumika's first and last names come from major characters in the anime franchise *Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed*.
* Fumika's hairstyle is based on Giratina in its Altered Forme, reflecting her original conception as a character around the time of the release of *Pokémon Platinum*.