Hiromi plopped herself down onto the sand, not even caring about getting her dress dirty. She sat there staring at the ground, quivering her lip. She was trembling from being so upset.

She was so upset that her whole body was shaking.

She began drawing in the sand with her finger tips, spelling out her name.

H-I-R-O-M-I A-V-A-R-O-N.

She stared down at her name she had carved into the sand thoughtfully, tears dripping from her eyes. One particularly large tear dropped from her lavendar eye, splashing onto the letters. She slashed at her name written in the sand with her hand, scattering the grains of sand everywhere. In its place, she wrote the word: U-N-D-E-S-I-R-E-A-B-L-E

She buried her head in her arms, folding herself in half across her lap. Her shoulders shook with every sob that escaped her lips, and her shirt became more wet with each coming tear. She could have cried there for hours if she had not been interrupted by the sound of laughter.

"HAHAHA! Yeah! Kick it!"

"HAH! Stupid thing! Get it, Tony!"

"What in the world...?" Hiromi talked out loud to herself, sitting up from the ground. She looked around in a circle, then stopped when she saw a couple of boys standing further down the beach. "What's going on...?"

Hiromi pushed herself up from the sand and dusted off her skirt, then wiped at her eyes with her sleeve once again. She began walking towards the two boys, and their chatter became more and more distinctive with each step she took.

"It's so weak and pathetic." The older boy, probably around ten years old, scoffed to himself. He had short black hair, but that's all Hiromi could see. Both boys had their backs to her.

"I know, right?" The other boy snickered, kicking at something on the ground. "Why do Pokemon like this even exist, anyways?" He had chin-length blonde hair, unlike the other boy.

"Pokemon!?" Hiromi screamed in shock inside of her mind, completely astounded by what that blonde-haired boy just said. "Are they kicking a Pokemon...!?"

She ran even faster now, and the sound of her running atop of the sand caused the two boys to turn around. Their eyes widened in shock as the little girl approached them, surprised to see anyone else here at this hour. Hiromi peered behind the two boys, seeing a helpless little Magikarp flopping on the ground. It looked battered up and bruised pretty badly.

Hiromi bit her lip, trying to gather as much courage as she possibly could. "Hey! Leave him alone!" Hiromi screamed at them, her voice was shaking. This didn't help her seem confident.

The black-haired boy, who looked to be the eldest of the two, just scoffed and shook his head. "Why? It's just a stupid Magikarp."

Hiromi saw the Magikarp cringe at what the boy said, making her face redden with anger.

"Don't say that about him!" She balled up her fists and threw them down to her sides, steam practically shooting out of her ears.

The blonde boy just laughed at her, something Hiromi had become accustomed to over the years. "Yeah, what Tony said. It's only a stupid Magikarp. Why do you even care?"

Hiromi unclenched her fists and looked past the boys, staring into the eyes of that helpless little Magikarp. It looked a little smaller than your average sized Magikarp, and it had a jagged scar running down its left eye. Just because it was small didn't necessarily mean it was young, just small for his kind. That probably lead to a bunch of other Pokemon picking on him, which would explain the scar.

The kids Hiromi's age didn't give her enough credit, she really was smart. She was just a little slower than everyone else when it came to learning type match ups.

She looked deep into the Magikarp's eyes, staring into his battered soul. "Because... Because..." She began losing her nerve, but shook her head and forced herself to spit out the words. "Because someone has to stand up for him!"

Both of the boys laughed this time. "That's dumb. It's just a lame, undesirable Pokemon." Tony, the black-haired boy, kicked at the Magikarp again.

Undesirable.

That word made Hiromi flinch majorly, and her face turned a deep shade of red. "SHUT UP AND LEAVE HIM ALONE ALREADY! HE'S NOT UNDESIRABLE!"

Both boys seemed shocked at her outburst, and the Magikarp just stared up at the eight year old girl in amazement.

Tony just rolled his eyes, spinning on his heel to walk away. "Whatever. Let's go, Jeff. We'll come back later."

Both boys began walking away, leaving the beach. Hiromi moved her eyes from them and back over to the Magikarp, and her angry face melted into a soft smile.

"Are you okay...?" She spoke to the Magikarp, kneeling down next to him.

The Magikarp had what Hiromi assumed to be tears welling up in his eyes, and it continued to flop in place on the ground wearing a blank look. Hiromi scooped him up in her arms and began running towards the ocean, getting ready to splash some water on the fish Pokemon and clean him up. "Don't let anyone ever tell you that you're undesirable... No matter what."