Character Name: Kano (God of the Waters)
Type: Pokemon
Species: Mudkip
Region: n/a
Trainer Type: n/a
Gender: Male
Height: 5'7
Age: 19 (in human years, at least)
Hair Color: Light blue
Eye Color: Light blue
Skin Color: normal flesh tone
Other: Orange markings on his cheeks
Nature: Bold
Ability: Torrent
Skill Set:
Water Gun
Take Down
Mud Sport
Mud Slap
Personality:
Strengths
Resilient: It takes a lot to take Kano down, or to make him feel like quitting. He just keeps getting back up and trying again, though he may have to try a different method. He is determined to find a way to fit into this human world, and he'll try however many different ways he has to until he finds a place and friends to call his own.
Helpful: Kano likes to help others, and is always around to lend a helping hand to someone. He hopes to become valuable enough to someone to be invited to stick around, instead of always being alone. He'll happily throw himself into any task asked of him, doing the best job that he can. He'll also volunteer for tasks that he sees need completing, all in an effort to endear himself to people.
Neutral
Unfazed: When it comes to the finer points of human society, he simply has no comprehension of many of the intricacies that play a part. As such, he'll ignore most things that he doesn't understand, or that sound overly complicated. Sarcasm is an alien language to him, and he ignores it, though he also ignores more positive behaviors, such as flattery, as he simply doesn't understand the concept.
Negative
Paranoid: Having been abandoned by the one person that meant the most to him, Kano has a paranoid streak - he can't stand being alone. He will often get clingy, or invite himself to events that he wasn't included in, just to not have to be alone. He'll butt into conversations he wasn't a part of, or volunteer for tasks he's not qualified to handle, and will look lost and scared when denied the opportunity to belong.
Obnoxious: Kano likes being loud, and voicing his confident opinion of himself to anyone that'll listen. His shirt is a prime example of this. He's just trying to make sure that no one will ever forget him, and that he'll be recognized everywhere he goes, but he doesn't notice that his behavior often annoys others and puts them off, achieving the opposite effect of what he desired.
Strengths: Friendly, confident, good swimmer
Weaknesses: Annoying, obnoxious
History: All Kano knew was the warmth and comfort of the inside of his egg. He couldn't know that he was being carried around constantly by a little girl, who had the hopes of making him her first Pokémon. When he hatched, she was delighted, and she started training him for contests. He didn't particularly like this training, and was much more interested in learning how to battle, but he humored her, as she was always kind to him.
One day, he was released from his Pokéball and the little girl looked very serious. "Kano, my grandmother is very sick in the next town over, and I need to take her some medicine. You'll protect me in the forest, right?" Kano chirped at her; of course he would. The fact that he had never been in a battle before didn't seem to matter to him. He strutted proudly by her side, a little Mudkip out to face the world.
Their journey went along mostly unhindered, but as dusk drew up, storm clouds came upon them quickly. Kano had been nervous for some time, but couldn't explain the coming danger to his girl. He had tried stopping and digging at the side of the road, hoping to dig out something big enough for her to hide in, but she called him silly, and made him follow her. He kept trying, knowing the storm was going to be bad, but she eventually became angered with him, and threatened to return him to his Pokéball. He gave up, walking glumly by her side.
The storm fell on them in full fury, whipping the trees around as if they were a field of wheat. Lightning struck, and there were many trees downed. Their road was soon blocked by fallen trees, and it was too dark to climb around them safely. Still, his girl was determined to get to her grandmother's house that night. In the effort to get past the trees, his girl sprained her ankle and sat there helplessly in the mud. It was cold, wet, and dark, and he could not warm her. By morning, she herself was very sick, and unable to move. Kano hadn't slept one wink during the night, watching faithfully over her. He called out to the forest, someone had to help her! He called until he was hoarse, but no one came.
He fell into a fitful sleep, tormented at how helpless she was and that he couldn't do anything to save her. He dreamed that he was human, and was able to scoop her up and carry her to those that could help her. That would be all that he needed; hands and strong arms to carry her, not his compact quadruped frame. A pink mist invaded his dream, and a human - no, a Pokemon - spoke to him. The Musharna offered him his desire - to be human, and Kano accepted without even asking for any terms. A twig snapped, and he woke, instantly on his guard, though all he saw was a faint slip of pink before it disappeared between the trees. It took him a moment to even notice the change. When he did, he hardly bothered to wonder how it had been accomplished, but scooped up his girl and started carrying her towards the next town. He got her there just in the nick of time, but by the time she was well enough to see him, she didn't recognize him as her Kano, and left him behind when she went back home.
