Nightmare's POV 🌙

After seeing this nice, little father and daughter reunion Phobos and Shokou both had, I happened to notice Phobos was looking at me from the corner of his eye for a moment, silently asking if it really was okay to be reunited with his daughter, after everything that's happened to them in their dark pasts.

In response I nodded my head, before seeing him smile at me, as he got my message while looking back over at his daughter.

When I looked over at Yin to check how things are with her, I noticed she was just standing there, not moving a single muscle.

Like a Sudowoodo.

Looking over at her face, I immediately noticed she seemed to be petrified with fear, as an empty, listless look was seen in her eyes, even though she wasn't looking at anyone or anything.

"Yin? What's wrong?" I asked as I rested a hand on her shoulder.

In response, she suddenly flinched a little before jerking her shoulder away from my hand and clutching both sides of her head with her hands.

"Yin?!" I went, startled a little by her sudden action, while she fell to the ground and on her knees.

Getting a better look, I noticed she was trembling uncontrollably when she stared at the ground next, tears appearing in her eyes and running down to her cheeks before falling from her chin and to the ground.

Seeing this and the look on her face immediately gave me the major hint within less than a few seconds...

Traumatized.

But, of what or who?

"Stop.....Stop it.....Please....." I heard her say silently, the tears in her eyes still appearing and running down to the sides of her face.

Hearing that made me worried.

She looked lost...

Distressed...

Broken...

Helpless...

Afraid...

...And in really bad emotional pain.

"Leave me alone...just go away..." She continued. "I don't want to hear it...that cruel laughter...or even see those eerie smiles and horrible illusions...."

Not sure what to do, I got down to Yin's level and pulled her into a tight hug, trying to reassure her that everything's okay and that Luna, Phobos and I are always here with her.

She only stiffened a little in response before hugging me back tightly, as she broke down into tears and buried her face into my shoulder.

Looking at her, I rested my head against hers as she silently wept, before rubbing her back soothingly, just like how she did it to me before.

I've never seen her like this at all...It was almost very unlikely for me and my siblings to witness a fearless and confident human girl like her, to suddenly become the opposite of herself and her own personality...

Let alone, feel so terrified and traumatized at the same time.

Just by seeing this kind of reaction not only made me feel overprotective but concerned on who or what triggered this side and kind of reaction from Yin.

If it's another human or pokémon that gave her this, then I'd have no hesitation in tormenting them to death with illusions, just like how Shokou did to Melli.

But, if it's something else, then I'd figure out another way to do something about it.

"It's okay, Yin...It's okay..." I could only say as I looked at her, while I kept her real close to me.

Worried about Yin as well, Luna came over and nuzzled her hand, wanting to help comfort her too.

In response, Yin gently picked Luna up and held her in her arms, while I sat down and had her rest her back against me.

Yin remained like this for a little bit, while she was cuddling Luna, until she finally calmed down.

"Thanks, you two..." Yin says as she sniffed a little and looked at us, before kissing me on the cheek and Luna on the forehead.

"You're welcome." I replied as I hugged her. "But, what happened to you that made you like this a few seconds ago?"

"Before I was banished from the village and changed the sky back to normal, you know how I told you I was researching Zoruas and Zoroarks when I came to see you again?" Yin asked.

"Yeah?"

"Well, when I was in the process of doing that, I slipped up. I somehow invaded their territory without realizing it...But, they're not from the territory that you, Luna and Phobos are from.

When I did realize, I was too late in getting away from them. They tortured me with illusions of memories I didn't want to remember and the people I hated so much.

The people I cared for? Dying in front of me in those illusions. They even showed how I would die in the Alabaster Icelands...

I hated it.

It left me in such a state that I had lacerated myself a few times by accident or tried to attack the Zoroarks by throwing really sharp icicles at them, that I found on the floor, when I was either trying to run away or defend myself.

But, I didn't exactly remember what else happened next, because everything suddenly went red in my vision.

When I got over myself afterwards....."

That's when I suddenly noticed she started trembling a little again as she clutched her arms tightly while tears appeared in her eyes and threatened to fall down to the sides of her face.

"They ended up how the massacred Bidoof did...Dead. Only with a lot of gashes and chunks of flesh that were bitten out and devoured to the point where you could almost see their bones.

While their blood was in my hands and my mouth...

The zoruas were the only ones alive, but, in tears. When I approached, they immediately became terrified of me and ran away back to where they came from, before the Zoroarks were killed by me.

Ever since it happened that day, before I found you and Luna again, I was still haunted and traumatized by that memory.

Seeing such horrified or empty expressions on the Zoroark's faces as they laid there, the lifeless look in their eyes of a puppet's."

After hearing that, I didn't know how to respond.

"So, that's why you had scratches and the scent of blood all over and on yourself, when we saw you again..." I went.

I only got a nod out of Yin after I said that.

"No matter how many times I bathed myself off in water, trying to get rid the scent of blood, I could still smell it on me.

Even when I use the berry scented bathing stuff I still have with me from my world when I fell here...It just won't go away!" She says next, while clutching her hair a little.

Seeing that reaction, I lightly grabbed both of her wrists and gently moved them away from her hair, lowering them to her lap before letting go.

"Every time it happens and I end up killing a pokémon for no reason, and against my own will, I keep feeling like I did it out of intention even though it wasn't." She says, with tears in her eyes again, while looking at me.

"Don't be like that...Even though we keep telling you that it isn't your fault, it really isn't.

I've killed pokémon unintentionally before and I felt the same way that you felt about it. The same horrible, regretful feeling we both know that'll last and be with us for years until it fades away with the memory." I began as I pulled her close to me again.

"Like Cogita had mentioned, everyone has a darkest part of their lives sometimes. Even if they're part of the Kitsune line or not, in my case."

"Yeah...Like your past. I already know what happened and it also made me change my dislikes towards Ghost type pokémon." Yin mentioned as she looked at me.

"So, you knew it too...I was wondering why you weren't afraid of us or any other kind of ghost type pokémon." I went.

"Mm-hm..." She responded before burying her face in my chest.