Keira Kuragari (DONE)

[Keira Hikari Kuragari]

Name: Keira Hikari Kuragari
Age: 22 physical, 155 chronological
Gender: Female
Personality:

Keira is someone who isn’t afraid to speak her mind. She’s very stubborn and has a three-second fuse attached to her temper. She especially hates it when someone calls her ‘K’ or asks her if she’s blind. Keira does have a softer side, though. She loves going on walks in the rain at night and drowning her thoughts in music.

Keira is someone with a unique personality; she is very stubborn, but will listen to her elders (to an extent) and doesn’t get herself into unnecessary trouble. She can be kind too, but only to people she knows well enough for her to show kindness to. Keira also has a very nasty temper which, at times, she can control and be calmer than stagnant water.

Keira loves annoying someone to a dangerous extent and being exponentally sarcastic. Though she only does this when she's in a good mood, she still manages to make several people mad when she's in a bad mood. She once ticked off a captain so badly he chased her around the Seireitei for several hours trying to catch her.

Appearance:

Keira has bluish-black hair that would fall to her waist if she ever let it down. She usually has it tied in a bun at the top of her head and hardly ever lets it down. She has semi-pale skin that has a faint scar that's on her upperarm and very noticable because she has her uniform cut like Captain Soi Fon's was. Keira does have a curvy, attractive figure, but she's always antagonized because she's not as 'big' as other woman are up front.

Keira doesn't look muscular at first site, but if you look closer, she has a runner's physique; most of her muscles are lean, yet strong, which gives her the advantage when it come to a speed battle. She is about 4'11" in height and 122 lbs in weight. She has a klutziness about herself and she pratically trips over herself when she's not battling. When she is, Keira is usually graceful.

Keira wears a deep black, snake shaped locket which has a paralyzing posion in it that works only if and on the area it touches. She also has an amethyst bracelet that she only wears off duty. Keira usually wears a long black skirt and black lace top off duty or in her gigai on Earth. Finally, she always wears the traditional sandals even off duty in the Soul Society.

Zanpakuto Spirit:

Zanpakutou:

[/u] Nyuujaku (Nirvana
Zanpakuto Spirit Appearance:

Zanpakuto Spirit Personality: Nyuujaku looks like a cruel, heartless, and cold man, but he's actually quite the opposite. He may be a merciless killer, but he is really a kind, warm man that is nothing but kind -and strict at times- to Keira. They're like best friends and he treats her as such. Keira told him when they first met that she would never be his master; she would be his partner. When Keira said this, he grew a great respect for her.

Inner World:[/u] Keira's Inner World is a tropical waterfall that has fire flowing up the falls instead of water falling down. It always rains there, no matter if she is depressed, excited, or mad. She hasn't visited it many times, only to gain her shikai and to speak to Nyuujaku. Nyuujaku does tell Keira though that beyond the waterfall was an open field where she could train if she wanted. Nyuujaku descriped it as a wheat field that's scorched and seems as if something exploded in the middle of it.[/blockquote]Sealed Zanpakuto:

Description (Sword form): Keira's zanpakuto is Nyuujaku and is a kido-type zanpakuto that specializes in mindcontrol. It is sealed as an ordinary katana. The katana has a diamond shaped guard and two bells that hang off the handle. The handle is red in color and is wrapped in an orange cloth, revealing the red in a diamond shaped pattern.

Shikai Description:

Nyuujaku doesn't seem to change appearance at all; it stays the same 4 1/2 feet long and about an inch wide. Keira's eyes however, gains a soft orange gleam and draw the attention of anybody that is in Keira's field of vision. This makes it impossible to ignore her. Keira has demonstrated the power to control who her eyes have effect over. This power is more of a suggestion than a command, and if something appears that distracts the opponent, or if they or simply strong enough, they can resist this technique.

Release Command: Illustrate, Nyuujaki!

Shikai Abilities:

• Mozoutama (Mimic Shot) - This ability fires abilities that Keira has seen, and casts attacks that are just like them. These are actually masses of thick gas that upon impact tells the opponent's nerves and brain the effect of the attack and that it hurts. This ability only works on the people who own the respective abilities as only they know the effects of the ability and how it hurts. If this is used on somebody who doesn't own the ability, it will not affect them as they do not know the ability. This can be avoided by simply dodging the attack.
  
  
• Sashiosae (Seizure) - Keira's fingertips will glow a light amber. When she touches the opponent, they will feel extreme pain pulsating throughout their body. The pain lasts as long as Keira keeps touching the opponent. The amount of pain depends on the number of fingers she uses, and well as how hard she presses and how long she holds. This ability can only be used on one hand at a time and the contact must be skin to skin.

[/color][/li][/ul][/blockquote]Bankai Description:

Nyuujaku becomes Fukanzen Nyuujaku (Incomplete Nirvana). Upon activating bankai the opponent will be launched into a trance like state, where they are still awake and can move, but only see what Keira wants them to see. Unlike hypnosis, this can not be broken out of by the target's own free will. Keira can choose to shape her body in any form and can change the surrounding landscape to any landscape she likes. With her transformed body, Keira can have whatever power she can imagine. If she were to create a ball of flames, she could make the opponent suffer severe burns. She can even go so far as to create a big mouth that'll eat the enemy's attacks. While using bankai, Keira doesn't just transmit her illusions by light, but by sound and touch too. This way, even if the opponent were to shut their eyes and cover their ears, as long as part of Keira's transformed body is touching the opponent, she can still transmit pain.

As for the appearance of her bankai, it transforms into two, deep purple Chakrams that can join together to make a strange boomarang. Seperate, their diameter is about 12 inches and together they are only about 22 inches in diameter.

Bankai Abilities:

((Not yet mastered))

• Akumabara (Exorcism) - By using all three of her ways of transmitting pain (Eyes, Ears, Skin,) Keira can send incomprehensible amounts of pain and dread into an opponent, overloading them. She will place her palm on the enemy's forehead, stare into their eyes, and give a light hum. As the pain increases and builds up, she will press her palm up harder, bring her eyes closer, and the hum will escalate into a scream. This ability may cause sore arms or muscles, nerve damage, or may cause the opponent to pass out. It all depends on how long Keira holds on for.
  
  
• Marionetto (Marionette) - This ability allows Keira to completely override the enemy's pain, allowing her to control their emotions, and then making powerful suggestions. This can range from simply suggesting actions that a person wouldn't normally do, or making a person incredibly angry and giving a command to kill his comrades. This is not absolute control as she cannot force anybody to do anything. She simply creates certain emotions that suit her suggestions and the person usually feels obliged to follow them. She activates this ability by gazing into an opponents eyes.
  
  
• Tsuioku (Recollection) - By pressing her own forehead against somebody else’s, she can absorb the person's memories. The longer she holds on, the farther back she absorbs and the more detailed her recollection becomes. This ability cannot be used on opponents who have a strong and complex mind, and will usually be used on those that she has either tortured first or defeated in battle. Using this ability causes stress on Keira's own psyche so she can absorb memories up to a weak old without breaking off. If an opponents memories are blocked or if they can't remember anything, Keira can't retrieve the memories.
  

[/color][/blockquote]Skill Level: Kidou: Advanced
Skill Level: Swordsmanship: Advanced
Skill Level: Shunpou: Intermediate
Skill Level: Hand-to-hand: Intermediate
History/Background:

Keira was born in June of 1883 in Karakura Hospital. She grew up strong and rather quickly. She developed intelltually quickly. Keira's parents were so proud of her intelligence, and loved her to death. Their love was tested when Keira was kidnapped when she was 3 The ransom was too high; 200,000 in U.S. dollars, and her parents had to give up getting Keira back. since the Kidnappers knew Keira's parents couldn't pay the ransom, they sexually abused her twice every week. She was tortured, cut, forced to be a maid, and she was so abused, that she hardly ever talked anymore. She was also scared out of her mind so much, her raven hair turned to snow.

She couldn't take it anymore, so she took her own life with a knife when she was 5 and became a ghost. Eventually, a shinigami performed the Konso ritual and sent her to the Soul Society. She lived alone for a while until one day she felt so week from hunger that she collapsed. Later, she woke up in the house of the same Shinigami that saved her and he told her that she should become a Shinigami. So, that’s when she decided to become a Shinigami and also where she found Shikaku no Kuragari, her zanpakuto almost immediately after 2 years at the Academy. Keira was so excellent at the school, excelling in every area, that she graduated in 4 years.

She was about 19 when she released her shikai. Keira can remember it specificly because that was the day she was transferred to the 8th Division. She was out on her first job in the human world as an 8th Division member when a Menos showed up. She had been the one leading the group as a test of her power, so her captain was not there. Keira was panicking, wondering as well what she was going to do with such a strong Menos. Her team was pretty beaten up when she heard a male voice call to her, telling her to close her eyes. Keira did so and when she opened them, Nyuujaku confronted her. He questioned her about her morals, what she fought like, and many other things. At the end of his questioning, he gave her his name. When she came back to the scene, she was able to release her shikai and with the help of her fellow members, defeated the Menos.

Much later, Keira was struggling to obtain Bankai and she sought out the help of her current Captain, Captain Kazuma Itami. She asked for his help, so he helped her gain her bankai using a three day method. Keira took a few days to get her spiritual energy up enough so that she could be able to materialize her zanpakuto so that he could teach her to release her bankai.

Keira's test was to see if she could defeat Nyuujaku using only hand-to-hand; no Kidou, no Zanpakuto. She had a horrible struggle and almost passed out several times, but everytime she was ready to quit, Nyuujaku would encourage her and tell her to work harder or she would never get stronger. Keira was determined to beat him, so she worked harder and her speed combined with her stubborness and cleverness, she finally defeated Nyuujaku and unleashed her bankai even with her many injuries.

[Taichou Hitsugaya]

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