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>Jan 23rd, '12: Need to remind me to add Senka practice
>Jan 1st, '12: Organized my profile a little bit since I didn't make multiple posts.
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Name:Minamoto Sakura
Nickname(s)/Alias(es):
Race: Shinigami
Rank:
Physical Description:
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Weighing only 115 pounds and standing five feet tall with doe eyes of chestnut, Sakura isn't exactly what one would call intimidating. Actually, she could be easily mistaken for a typical high school teen struggling through puberty with modest cups of size A. Although her years at the Academy had given her a slight athletic touch and she isn't as scrawny as she was before, Sakura really cannot be compared to a body builder with her barely toned body. Ebony hair styled in a messy hime cut reached just below her upper back, but she usually ties it up so that it won't get in her way. One peculiarity would be that she stands stiffly, back straight and head held high, a result of her strict upbringing, though she does try to somewhat slouch for the sake of blending in.
Personality: In a word, she is insecure. She tries hard to look strong and confident, but the front she puts on can be easily shattered with some pressing and well-placed jeering remarks. Sakura is actually quite reserved and even shy, but it is obvious that she tries hard to overcome it to the point that she may seem over-exuberant about things or simply socially awkward. Nevertheless, she's a stubborn and excessive one. If she says that she will rid herself of her shyness, she will do so by becoming the definition of bold and let her entourage deal with the mess that will bring. That leads to the fact that she can be a simple-minded moron oblivious to the world's misery at times and she's oddly fixated on the concept of superheroes and defenders of justice.
Biography/History: Sakura is of pure Japanese descent, something that has been repeated to her more times than her name. Her family had been of high nobility at one point a few eras ago, but her parents still clung to the empty title. They were fervent traditionalists, refusing to depend too much on modern technology and lived in seclusion in an inherited estate in rural Japan. Sakura spent most of her childhood in the same small village surrounded by mountains she had been born in, but had little friends since she was home schooled because modern school curriculum did not teach what her parents considered essential to the upbringing of a proper lady. Her childhood was harsh with parents that showed little affection and favored her spoiled little brother, the family's male heir, but she found solace between her classes in the Shinto shrine near her family's estate. The nice priests and priestesses became her foster family and taught her many things about Japanese folklore and she had found it fascinating to say the least.
She died of pneumonia at the age of 8. Antibiotics would have helped. Too bad they were spawns of modern science and were not in use back in the Heian period. Nevertheless, after days of fever and incessant coughing mixed with respiratory troubles, death had been quite relieving. She also discovered that her parents could not see her much to her delight. She stayed near her house for the first few hours after her death, but curious as she is, left for the outside world as soon as she finished exploring every nook and cranny the old mansion. Sakura encountered her first hollow after 3 days of exploration in the woods surrounding the village she grew up in. The creature had not spotted her at first and yet she knew that it was a threat to her safety by some miraculous instinct. She had tried to hide until it was gone, but was soon discovered by the hollow and thrown into a game of cat and mouse. The game lasted a little over an evening until tired and scared Sakura turned towards the Shinto shrine that had been her sanctuary when she was still alive. Ironically enough, that was also where she was rescued by a dispatched Shinigami. Konso was performed swiftly, the shinigami not seeing the use of taking things slowly with a hollow around, but the mere sight of a soul reaper was enough to pique her curiosity.
Her encounter with the shinigami was the only thing she remembered from her time on earth and it prompted her into digging up as much information as she could about them and she was delighted to discover that she had enough spiritual power to enter the Academy. She could become a strong warrior that fights off evil spirits too! It was with such simple thoughts that she enrolled. She discovered that she had an affinity for kido, scoring above average in that discipline, but she preferred sharp swords over flashy and colorful explosions and 'sides, spells involved lotsa theory. Booooring theory. She just wanted to chop things up, but most of her zanjutsu classmates were scary and hardboiled swordsmen. She admired them of course, but still found them scary and most of them had gone for the 11th division. Where was she to go? It was with a sense of uncertainty that she graduated from the Academy, still clueless about what path to take. (So long as it did not involve kido of course.)
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Koumiko (鋼巫女:Steel Priestess)
Zanpakutou Spirit: (Pic cuz I'm lazy) Koumiko is a cunning female Oni wearing the appearance of a refined shinto priestess. She is cordial most of the time and enjoys go and dances, but has terrible mood swings. When the wrong buttons are pushed, she grows into a bulky giant of ten feet, delicate fingers turning into razor sharp talons and pearly white teeth into uneven rows of finger-long fangs. A third eye is also stretches open on her forehead.
Inner World: A colorful Shinto shrine facing the southwest surrounded by small ponds and intricate bridges. A never ending rain of spring cherry blossoms rain down from nearby trees before vanishing upon contact with the surfaces of the ponds in which kois of black and white swim. The moon is never present, but torches illuminate the small world.
Sealed Form: Sakura's zanpakuto has a red handle and a red blade, but its sharpened edge is of a pure white. In its sealed formed, Koumiko looks like a katana that has had its blade compressed into a ridiculous 1 feet long and 6 inches wide blade. It kept the katanas' curved edge, but it looks much more like a shortened single-edge broadsword. It has no guard either. Instead, what connects the handle and the blade is a circular white torus with a diameter of 3 inches in which Sakura can poke her finger in to twirl her blade around like a key chain.
(Not obtained yet) Shikai Name/Release Phrase: Dance in Crimson, Koumiko.
Shikai Description: To release her Shikai, Sakura must grip the ring linking her sealed zanpakuto's shikai and handle. At its release command, a beam of bright red light will shoot out from both ends of her sword. Koumiko's form shifts until it is a meter long and two inches thick. It is basically a very big folding fan made of 32 slices of metal attached together by a ring of reiryoku formed from what was once the torus in her sealed state. When opened, the fan forms a barrier with no opening apart from the circular ring that is used to manipulate it. It keeps the standard zanpakuto tsuka attached to the ring, but it is of little use to her. It is surprising light, still the weigh of an average zanpakuto, despite its increase in size. (I'm not too sure what "specific notes about your basic attributes [speed, strength, kidou prowess, etc.]" means, but there are no attribute/stat changes associated to her Shikai release.)
Shikai Powers:
•The ring of Reiryoku that Sakura grips when manipulating her Shikai is what makes Koumiko very versatile. It can change shape and become as malleable as clay or solid as steel at its wielder's will because it is made of her reiryoku. For instance, splitting or thinning it into a string, she can make each of the 32 strips of steel dangle loosely from the ring-turned-rope, each as thin as a sheet of paper, but just as solid as any other zanpakuto wielded by shinigamis of similar reiatsu level as Sakura. The maximum length the rope can reach is 2 meters, but then it is just strong enough hold her weapon together. A sharp tug or a blow to it would break it. She can reform the ring as long as she has enough energy for it and she is holding onto every part of her Shikai.
•The steel sheet at each of the fan's left and right's extremities can turn into swords. The swords will basically molded from said slices and the extra bits will move to the dull end of her makeshift blade to thicken it enough so she can hold it without cutting herself. If a sword is broken, it can be discarded and a new one will be made from the next metal slice until Sakura runs out.
Attacks:
•Much like Zabimaru's Higa Zekko, the discarded shards can levitate and converge towards Sakura's target. To do so, she must have broken all of her swords and to aim, Sakura must point Koumiko's handle (what's left of it would usually be the reiryoku ring that would have held the slices together) at her desired target. Can only be used once and once it has been done, she really will have nothing left to protect herself with as even the handle with simply disintegrate.
•The tips (even from the slices that have not been converted into a sword yet) can shoot out a thin sheet of reiryoku. Their only peculiar property is that they stab and do not cut. They are not linked together either so if one of them is blocked, the others still shoot forward to impale their target.
(Not obtained yet) Bankai Name: Dye in crimson, Jigoku Koumiko.
Bankai Description: The size of Sakura's weapon increases. It doubles in thickness and lengthens by half of its Shikai's length. This implies that her range increases and she now has double the amount of blades as before. Also, the ring she uses as a handle now have elastic properties and can now extend to 4 meters.
Bankai Powers:
•Stat changes: Speed doubles, Strength triples. Defense*1.5. No change in energy or stamina meaning that if she was already gravely wounded, unleashing Bankai would do her no good and will not revitalize her.
•She can turn her whole fan into swords and every time 2 of them break, 1 can be rebuilt.
•She can now telepathically call back any part of her weapon. That is useful if she wishes to use it for ranged attacks or when she needs to reform her ring of reiryoku.
Attacks:
•The reiryoku sheets shot out now have cutting properties at their edges and work like a chainsaw, grinding and tearing at whatever comes in contact with them.
•This is her strongest attack. All 64 blades levitate to surround the intended target and fire out sheets of reiryoku. 3 rounds can be fired and if the interval between them is small enough, the power behind them is tripled (for impaling), but not the cutting power. She will have to recall them afterwards and reposition them again if she wants to reuse them. At most, she may use such a technique 3 times a day when she is at full health and vigor. When she reaches the maximum use, her Bankai will crumble and revert back to Shikai. In a way, this is a final move that she would prefer to avoid since it is so energy consuming.
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Skills/Abilities:
-Basic Kendo, Hakuda, Hoho and Kido.
Relics of her human days:
-Secretly knows ballet and traditional Japanese dances, but she's kept it a secret since she finds it embarrassing.
-Knows the basics Naginatajutsu.
-Can sew and do needlework, but her cooking is poison and toddlers can draw better than her. Don't get me started on her musical prowesses. 1 word: earplugs.
Kidou:
Bakudou:
- 1. Restrain (Sai)
4. Crawling Rope (Hainawa)
8. Repulse (Seki)
9. Strike (Geki)
9. Disintegrating Circle (Hourin)
Hadou:
- 1. Thrust (Shou)
4. White Lightning (Byakurai)
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Special Accessories:
-A pendant with her human family's crest on it. She had carved it when she landed in Rukongai because the symbol had haunted her even if she knew not its meaning. The accessory is merely a piece of flat wood with a circular shape and a hole at its top where a thread can go through.
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