hip, a belt with her Pokeballs could be seen. All were regular balls, save for one Luxury ball she occasionally used for Mew.

It was up to him to either deal with the Pokemon next or handle her body.

But she should know the truth by now. He wasn't coming to help her.

Yoko was on her own, and she could see a blurred vision of the harbinger, giving a devilish grin as her eyes grew heavy.

Without the will to move this was surely the end of the line.
If only she had one last chance to see Lucian.

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So when Proton's blade went through her back, her breath was stolen from her lungs as she was paralyzed in place.

Maybe..she should have heeded that warning after all..

Her hands reached out, almost as if she wished that Dark Schneider was there to aid her once more.
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Yoko felt a sudden pull back into her body as a weight was practically tossed onto her chest.

She slowly opened her eyes as she looked around her. No one else but her and her Pokemon. Was that a hallucination or was she truly mocked by some demon about death?

She had a bad feeling about this..

"𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐭.

𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡.

𝐇𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐇𝐀!"

"Wait..that can't be right. Unless -"

A tired sigh left her lips as she hung her head a little. Dark Schneider's past was starting to affect her too.

G r e a t.

Well, she would have to deal with this threat of death one way or another.

"I'm not going to die. I have faith in myself and Pokemon."

"𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐌𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐢𝐧𝐳 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 - 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫.

𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞."

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Yoko's eyes grew wide as she slowly looked over her shoulder.

"Wh-who are you?!"

She wasn't sure why, but she had a bad feeling about this woman.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲. 𝐎𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐛 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡."

A sinister smirk played over her lips. The shadow of a black feathered winged woman with curved horns towered over her.

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Slow ear piercing drums sounded around her as a choir of lost souls screamed around her. Just the sound alone was enough to make her blood run cold as she felt her heart drop to her stomach.

It was soon followed by the sound of a sadistic female cackle.

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"𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦..𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩.."

She waited for a moment before her mind was pulled into a trance. Everything around her went black.

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At her side was her Galarian Rapidash laying beside her and her Mew laying over the other.

Yoko took a deep breath as she muttered a soft prayer under her breath.
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Thank goodness too. The sounds in town were getting a bit too much for her to concentrate.

So, she found a nice and comfortable place under some tree shade, sitting on her knees, hands clasped as she bowed her head in prayer.

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Perhaps she needed to go about this some other way? She was in a different world, after all. The Parthenon here could be different.

Thus, why she was making her way to the wild area. Things were calm enough now that trainers and merchants could travel out into the wild area now.

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Now that she knew that Dark Schneider wasn't going to cause problems with magic anymore, many thanks to Melony for getting behind the idea, she wasn't sure what to do with herself.

There have been multiple times where Yoko has tried to reach out to her goddess, Ina Maya, but not a single word..+