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Tsukino Michiko, 3rd Squad Captain

Name – Zachary Galewind

Nickname - Zack

Appearance – He is a medium built man with the appearance of a teenager. He has long red hair which is always pulled back into a ponytail. He has very dark red eyes that look black without proper lighting. His left eye is always hidden behind sunglasses, a bandanna, or something similar. It is very sensitive to light, and when fighting in the dark he reveals it allowing him to see much easier. Zack is always wearing the standard shinigami uniform, but the lining is red instead of white. He wears hand-made sandals, and sometimes just goes around barefoot. He will also sometimes wear red tabi with his uniform. Before fighting he likes to put on his gloves, but never wears them any other time. He has no visible scars or damage to his body, and plans to keep it that way.

Personality – Zack is very kind and caring, and he is willing to throw his life away for a total stranger’s safety. Zack is very shy at first, but once you get to know him he is very active and talkative. Also once he becomes close to someone he becomes very affectionate, and attached to other people. He also gains a high trust for all of his friends, and it is very difficult to lose this trust. The trust is almost impossible to gain back as well. He likes to avoid fighting, but loves to fight. Zack takes a lot of enjoyment out of battle, and when he starts it can be very hard to get him to stop. If he takes an injury that is too serious he tends to lose all control, and lashes out irrationally at whoever is near by. This, fortunately, has only happened seven times in his life.

Zanpaku-to – His sealed Zanpaku-to has a smooth looking hilt which is colored black and white, but they are blended in a way that they look to be together and at the same time can be recognized as two colors. The Zanpaku-to has no tsuba (hand-guard) and the saya (scabbard) has the same texture and design as the hilt. It is a standard size katana with completely normal blade except for a small, intricate, floral design starting at the end of the hilt.

Shikai – Zack’s Shikai has two forms which at first were called by the phrase “Alright… Awaken… Tadashii Kage!!!” After he spoke this one of the two Shikai forms were randomly selected. The first form is a blade of a pure black color which is about the size of his body. The name of this Shikai is Kuro Tsugunai (Dark Atonement). The hilt is a skeletal looking design with a skull at the bottom, and the sword (obviously) has no saya. It has razor sharp spikes coming from it which come from the back kind of like a row of teeth. These spikes are coated with a slighly acidic liquid toxin. The front of the blade looks normal however.The blade constantly emits a dark purple toxic aura. The stench from the aura is very powerful, and could make many people run in disgust. This form seems to have no effect on hollows due to its dark nature. This form can be called by the phrase "Toxify the air... Kuro Tsugunai!!!"

The second form goes by the name of Tomoshibi Odaku (Light Corruption).This form is a wakazashi size blade which is a shade of white so pure you can almost see through to the other side. It has the same type of hilt and saya have a design connecting to each other. The design is a single rose in the middle of the saya on both sides, and vines run down from the rose extending all the way around the hilt and saya. The back ground of this beautiful design is a light tan color. The design has nothing to do with the blades abilities. This form also has no tsuba. This blade lets out a small ringing sound during a battle, and can use many sound based attacks. It doesn’t seem to have much effect on Shinigami, but very effective against hollows. This form can be called by the phrase "Sing for me... Tomoshibi Odaku!!!"

Bankai – (NOT YET ACHIEVED) Zack has not yet obtained his Bankai, nor does he have any desire to any time soon.

Skills - Zack is highly skilled with a sword, and an above average fighter when it comes to speed and stricking power. He has also been trained to be a very good medic.

Abilities – Zack is very smart and has an above average speed. His left eye is very sensetive also and has the extremely useful ability to see in the dark.

History – Zack died at a young age being seperated from the rest of his family after death. This was a very hard thing for him to cope with, but eventually he remembered only two things his brother, and his name. He became a soul reaper in hopes of finding him, but so far has proved fruitless. He has been training around squad four to learn healing techniques, but just recently transfered to squad nine.

Powers - ((Poison)) - Shouten Shuuha (Death Wave) A large dark purple wave of toxin which can be slightly manipulated in direction, and speed by using the sword as a kind of remote pointing it wherever he desires.

Kuro Ame (Dark Rain) Moves a large amount of toxin into the sky creating an acidic rain.

Suppai Hitonomi (Acid Bite) Holds down a button on his hilt causing the teeth on the back to spin around like a saw with the mid-point being inside the blade.

Denka Kansei (Last Resort: Trap) Draws all poison into the blade that has been previously released, and all poison being released holding it in the blade. Charging at the opponent headon and as soon as the blade strikes something all the poison is released in a gaint toxic cloud.

((Sound)) - Hibiki Shuuha (Sound Wave) A medium sized wave capable of completely destoying the eardrums. It is invisible to the human eye due to the fact that it is made up of sound, and there is no way to listen for it due to the fact that it's exactly what the move is intended for. The only time you know it's there is when it hits unless you can somehow detect it.

Hibiki Ame (Sound [Sonic] Rain) - Spins in the air releasing a large barrage of Hibiki Shuuha.

Hibiki Bakudon (Sound Bomb) This move needs charging, but it also feeds off of any foreign reiatsu that touches the blade. Once released it moves at the speed of sound as an orb version of the wave, and explodes at the Zack's will sending out powerful sound waves and a large sonic boom.

(Nameless) The sword has the ablility to create sonic booms within five feet of itself.

Katawa Hara (Distortion Field) Manipulates the sound within fifteen feet of the blade to deafening levels, or used to make particular sounds. ie. Someones voice, animal sounds, and even make it sound like the opponent making them think they can't control their own thoughts.

Kidou -
Hadou #1 Thrust - Pushes the target away from the caster.
Hadou #4 White Lightning - Shoots a bolt of white reaitsu from the users fingertips.
Bakudou #1 Restrain - Locks a target's arms in place behind their back.
Bakudou #4 Crawling Rope - An energy rope entangles a target's arms.
Bakudou #9 Hit - Engulfs a target in red light, completely paralyzing them.
Chiyudo #5 Kai Kizu - Heals minor wounds of the flesh.

((Other)) - (Nameless) Zack creates a temporary mask of reiatsu to block his poison from being inhaled.
(Nameless) Zack creates temporary ear gaurds to block his sound from destroying his ears, but he also loses the ability to hear his opponent.

Special Accesories: Kidou Gauntlet - The gauntlet is golden in design, and embroidered with a red design. A specialized gauntlet made in the sauad twelve laboratories. It has been designed to alter any kidou according to the users thoughts. It can increase the strength, shape, range, and radius of any of the kidou. This also has the ability to decrease any of the mentioned attributes. It has been design to function only to a specific set of nanobots. These nanobots have been injected into Zachary Galewind, and him alone. If another person tried to use any kidou, without the specific frequency of Zack's nanobots, It would backfire canceling the kidou and destroying the user's hand.