Post by Hiyori Sarugaki on Jul 13, 2012 13:22:19 GMT -6
Identification
Character Name: Hiyori Sarugaki
Classification: Vizard
Alias/Titles: Hiyorin, Monkey, Shorty, Assorted Insults
Gender: Female
True Age: 217
Birthday: August 18th
Division: Formerly 12th
Rank: Formerly Fukitaichou
Appearance Information
Apparent Age: 17
Height: 4' 9"
Weight: 65 lbs
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Blonde
Physical Description:
Hiyori Sarugaki is a girl that is quite literally summed up in the word tiny. Appearing to be the age of seventeen, Hiyori really has the frame of an eight year old with a teenagers body. Her height, a measly four feet four inches, and weighing just fifty seven pounds, Hiyori doesn't look like she'd really pack a punch behind this teeny tiny frame. However, looks are deceiving and she well, packs more than just a punch behind her frame. In fact she packs, kicks, slaps, sandal whacks, and just about anything else you could think of. Her body is mainly muscle, and is quite fit, with very little fat on her body. Perhaps this is due to her tendency to end up brawling with someone in her family at least four to five times in a day depending on if they have enough balls to try and piss her off. Then again, some of those people piss her off without trying, especially their leader Shinji Hirako. Now, I wont get into their strange relationship as of now. That will come later.
Hiyori's face is rather kid-like but holds a mature tone to it. The girl sports a head of blonde hair that is pulled back into two pigtails which are tied back with red ribbons. Those ribbons hold a very high significance to Hiyori, as Shinji had given her them way back when they lived in rukongai together as just wandering souls. She also wears a few clips in her hair to keep her bangs from flying all over, at Lisa's recommendation. Her skin is of fair tone and adorning her face she has a set of freckles on her cheeks. Her eyes, although always reflecting the fire inside of her being, are a chocolate brown color and can indeed portray an uncharacteristic gentleness that she does indeed possess.
Personal Information
Personality Overview:
Loud, Brash, and foul tempered. Generally that would be how someone would see Hiyori upon their first impression at least. The tiny, terrifying Vizard is easily one of the more impressionable members of the Vizard group. Her anger is infamous, if you're the unfortunate soul to piss Hiyori off, you'd best pray that your face is securely attached to your skull, lest her powerful slaps with a sandal (which have in the past sent her friend Shinji flying out of windows) send your face into soul society. Hiyori has a slightly naive air about her, she acts much like a child who got their favorite toy taken away and throws temper tantrums in retaliation. In ways, she did get things stolen from her. Her rank and title, her friends and family all because of Aizen Souske.
When someone first meets Hiyori you'd probably also notice the distrusting gaze, and biting words she uses to get a rouse out of people simply to fight them and put them into their place, quite easily shown when she and Ichigo dueled (despite his uncontrolled Hollow retaliation). Her words are biting not because she hates everyone, but her focus is to keep her family, all that she has left, safe. Outwardly it doesn't look like she cares about too much regarding her family, she'd rather smack them silly than show them affection. Truth be told, Hiyori doesn't know how to express affection in the manner of hugs and compliments. She knows how to express herself and show her family how much they mean to her by being a sword and shield and keeping them safe, (despite them being a -team-).
Only to a select few does Hiyori ever truly open up to. Shinji Hirako being one of those few, even though openly Shinji and Hiyori seem to act like they hate each other and would rather fight with each other about petty things rather than.. you know, act like they're friends? Hirako in truth really is the world to the tiny vizardess, even more so because he is a safe haven for her, she knows he'll keep her safe when she can't run around wielding the sandal of doom, or Kubikiri Orochi to face her foes. She's been on death's doorstep several times one of the notable ones being when she was cut in two by Ichimaru, Gin. She'd been worked into a rage by the ever so crafty Aizen, and Gin struck her down. In that moment more than any other, she realized how much she does care about her family and, how much that annoying "Baldy" really does piss her off.
In essence she's a terrifying, and powerful woman packed into a pint-sized package and despite her outward appearance has a big heart and is still a girl underneath her brawler exterior.
Character Time-line:
Hiyori Sarugaki, she was once a human a long while ago. She actually lived a normal life, was an average girl and had a loving family. Born in a rural Japanese village, Hiyori's true history began the fateful day she passed away. The young Hiyori had been a mere fourteen when she took a dare that caused a terrible accident that took her life. She had been dared to use the old rope swing to get over the river that was notorious for causing drownings. Unfortunately for the fourteen year old, she would become one of those casualties. Upon death the girl was in shock, and tethered to her body. For the first hour she wandered around unable to really figure anything out, she thought she was still alive! She'd try to wave to her friends, and talk to them and yet, nobody saw her, nobody heard her.. it caused the young girl much distress.
She was later on saved by a Shinigami and found herself in Rukongai. That, is where the once fragile little girl became tough, and hot tempered. She noticed people having to fight for their lives for food and sustenance. The bright eyed girl got tough and mean, and soon became a pint-sized force to be reckoned with if there ever was any. Kids would not question her authority, and many adults did not dare incite her fury. But it was also here she met Hirako. One day the tiny girl was out and instead of one or two new kids that were trying to fight her it was four. The girl however had far too big of an ego to turn away from a fight, so she stood her ground, only to find herself getting horribly beaten by the four boys. That was when he arrived..
And boy did he piss her off.
Waltzing in as if he was supposed to be there and fighting off those boys like it was nothing. He picked up the bruised and beaten girl and bandaged and nursed her back to health as if he was supposed to do it. It almost pissed her off so badly she almost would have punched his face in. Weeks went by and they were discovered by a Shinigami and recommended them to join the academy to learn how to control their developing power. And through the weeks at the academy the idiot who came to be known as Shinji and Hiyori seemed to be inseparable, mainly because Hiyori was constantly beating the much taller and lanky Shinigami student into the ground. But, it wasn't just for fun that Hiyori beat him up.
She noticed how he looked at other female students, and boy did -that- piss her off. She'd go to her classes and do her work without fail, it was something that she knew how to do, and in her academics her brilliant mind was revealed. Her solutions to problems always seemed to be creative and innovative, Hiyori would look at things and see problems with them, and proceed to figure out ways to fix those problems. Hiyori worked dilligently when she wasn't off beating up Shinji for hours on end. She also excelled at Kendo; swordsmanship. Her tiny frame may look unassuming but she was besting others in her class, and working her ass off to beat them all. That being said, the only one she couldn't beat was Shinji.
He'd waltz around her and parry all of her attacks with the greatest ease. It made her even madder and her attacks because more and more savage and full of power, and he'd simply play off of her temper, though there was that shining moment when she beat him. Only once did she ever beat him and that was because she hit his fake sword so hard it shattered. Of course this completely and utterly shocked everyone in the room, including Hiyori herself. However she brushed off the shock with relative ease and proceeded to strut about, quite proud of her achievement. She also seemed to love that new-found strength she possessed and began to hone it and work for the rest of her time and strengthening her mind and body as best as she could.
After graduation she was put into the twelfth division, whereas Shinji (that freak), got put in the fifth division with all those creepy illusion types. She rose through the ranks of the twelfth, idolizing her captain and striving to be like her. Hikifune Kirio, became the closest thing Hiyori had to a mother in her time within Soul Society. Hikifune became what she wished to become, someone powerful and able to hold her own in any situation. It was like Hiyori held onto every word she said. When their current Lieutenant was transferred to another division Hiyori became the lieutenant. Off to gloat to Shinji she was surprised and slightly enraged when she saw Shinji sporting a captain's jacket. His promotion earned him a rightful (in her mind), slap in the face with her sandal.
Weeks, months, years even went by and Hiyori loyally served her captain, until one day Hikifune could not be found anywhere within Soul Society. Hiyori spent hours checking every nook and crannie for signs of Hikifune and there was nothing, desperation kicked in and she went to Shinji who informed her that her beloved Taichou had been promoted to the Zero division. It broke the little girl apart, she denied it for a long while even going as far as pushing Shinji away from her as she mourned the loss of her Captain. And that's when that poor Kisuke asshole became her captain. Much to her horror, he was changing everything she knew about the division, even the captains quarters, which earned him a broken nose.
But, even so her time as a Shinigami grew short, one fateful night she was sent out to go and investigate a situation developing out in Rukongai in the woods. What she discovered became a cataclysmic event in her life that changed Hiyori forever. She saw the captain of the ninth, Kensei as he was known, and his vice donning hollow masks and their power was terrifying. Even if they were partially hollow the girl couldn't find the strength to draw her sword, and that's when Shinji once again came in, as Kensei went to cut the younger lieutenant down, Hirako blocked the attack, effectively saving the girl's life from a potentially deadly attack. They tried to fend off each of the hollowfied officers but one by one they all fell, including Hiyori whom still retained some form of humanity as she watched Shinji become hollowfied and Aizen betray them.
The fight was long, so long.. when Hiyori awoke from fighting her inner hollow it felt like it'd been an eternity. And in this moment of vulnerability she gravitated to Shinji, clung to him like she did Hikifune. He was the only thing she had left after such an event, and it was in this small flash of vulnerability that within that same day they were also carted to the human world to live out their lives in hiding. They'd found an abandoned warehouse and started there, furnishing it well enough to make it livable, even making it have separate rooms for each of the former Shinigami.
Life was rough for Hiyori, she hated the human world, but even more she hated Shinigami for betraying her like they did. She became bitter and protective, her rage scaring away anyone who'd even think of messing with them. Her rage became a sword and shield to the people who in the end became her family and the people she loved the most in the entire time she'd been dead or alive. Years passed and they lived unnoticed, until that other idiot, Ichigo came into their lives.
They trained him, honed his powers and that was that. Or at least for Hiyori. She -hated- Ichigo, almost as much as she hated Shinji. Even going as far as to grace him with slaps from her slippers instead of just regular punches to the face! But in the months following, and the winter war ahead, when Shinji told them about the impending conflict, Hiyori knew it was time to repay their debt to Aizen.. and repay their debt to Urahara for all he did for them. The war on Hiyori's side was short. Aizen got the best of her anger, and when she was about to rush in for an attack, Gin cut her down. She remembers the split second, feeling her life fading in Shinji's arms. She remembers apologizing, and she remembered the fear she had. Shinji wouldn't be there in the next world.. if there was one, she was scared.. and then darkness consumed her.
It took weeks but she woke from the coma she'd been in. She woke and she was alive, much to the excitement of the Vizard. And for once she couldn't help but smile, at the Cheshire cat like grin that Shinji gave her when she woke. The rehabilitation was slow, but slowly she re-learned how to walk, and re-learned how to swing her sword and slap Shinji with her sandal. But even so, it seemed that this experience changed Hiyori greatly. She slapped her family less and talked a little more, she seemed to value them more outwardly than she ever had prior to the war.
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Zanpakuto Information
Zanpakuto Name: Kubikiri Orochi (馘大蛇, Beheading Serpent)
Ability Type: Combat
Release Phrase: Chop Cleanly (ぶっ手切れ, buttegire)
Sealed Description:
- Length: 3.5 feet
Kubirkiri Orochi, the blade of the infamous Hiyori Sarugaki. Or rather, her weapon of choice when a sandal to the face doesn't get her point across. It is simplistic and rather like most other Zanpakutou, she wears it over her back with the sheathe and all, mainly because if she even tried to wear it at her waist it'd drag all over the floor due to her lack of height. When looking at the blade itself, it is well kept. Hiyori has a very tight bond with her Spirit and knows to take care of the blade. The hilt is wrapped in a pink fabric at the handle for decor and to maybe give her a little bit of a feminine touch.
Inner World: Click
Hiyori's inner world is quite a contrast to Hiyori's fiery demeanor that she almost always is showing no matter who it is. Her inner world is a lush rainforest paradise reflects the life and vigor in which she possesses, however the greenery is deceptive. As one travels farther into this paradise suddenly what seemed like a trip to the most beautiful place in the world suddenly becomes quite ominous. It wasn't always this way, in fact this lush green paradise once domineered the landscape until some catastrophic events tore her away from what was once a stable life to something where she questioned her existence at one point. While you walk through the greenery you'll suddenly come across areas that are completely dead and void of life, or areas with ruins, and things falling apart into the forest as nature attempts to reclaim a scarred area of her domain. As one continues down the way you'll find the path eventually splits into three separate locations.
Take the right most path and you will be lead to a solitary glade where one can find a peaceful place to meditate, this area is where most of the wildlife resides, often finding their way to whatever visitor is within this part of the rainforests vast expanses. Hiyori on rare occasions visits this place when she is in need of council and is looking for someone to listen to her rants, that isnt a certain blonde haired bowlcutted man. The second path that leads down the middle, brings you to a temple, where one can descend into a subterranean level of her world this place is mostly caverns with peaks into the above ground forest where old temples reside all broken down and worn from the weather and elements. The caverns twist a winding path through the underground to a vast lake, oftentimes this is where Hiyori will find her Zanpakutou spirit residing and will often seek a way to gain more power when she finds him. The third path leads to a place Hiyori visits the most often, she calls it the badlands for a reason.
As if a forest fire had just recently ravaged the area, this place is blackened and burned completely to the ground. It is where some of the more aggressive creatures of her world come out to play and where she finds herself blowing off steam when its not being directed at someone in her family. To vividly describe this place, the pungent smell of smoke permeates everything for miles when approaching this place, and once there it almost reeks to the point where you find your eyes watering and wanting to leave. The creatures that live here are feral and far more dangerous than any earth creature. They all represent her insecurities and it is here when she blows off steam that she feels the most at peace and the most confident in herself and her abilities because she is fighting away her demons.
Zanpakuto Spirit: Click
The Vizard unlike some, have two spirits formerly one before events in her life altered who she was to the very core. Her two spirits are twin serpents, an ash gray one and an ivory white. The name of the ashen one is Jinsei otherwise translated to instinct in English. He represents the raw impulses Hiyori often acts with, especially when it comes to her anger. Jinsei is also the more dominant of the forces through her world and resides oftentimes in the badlands, encouraging her to work on physical prowess in combat. However his encouragement is not without reason, after all, the girl is tiny. He wishes to motivate her and make sure if she ever faced a foe that posed a true threat that she could handle herself and handle herself well.
The second is the Ivory serpent known as Ren'ai translated to emotion in English. Ren'ai is a serpent that lays domain over the subterranean areas of her world, he watches and fosters the growth of life of flora and fauna. He is the side of her that is the emotion that is her anger, and her admiration and happiness. He knows and understands that half of her that wants to make her family happy again. He understands the pressure the former fukutaichou puts on herself and tries to alleviate it, he tries to guide her in the way of actually talking to people, at least the ones she trusts about her problems. That being said, unfortunately he does not have dominion over her mind much of the time. The ashen serpent often does and his guidance of shoot first and talk later causes conflict within their world. Which brings us not to another spirit, but, an entity that is her inner hollow.
Shikai Description:
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Functionality:
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Abilities:
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Vizard Information
Hollow Mask: Hiyori's mask is rather intimidating in appearance when she summons it to her face. Taking the shape of a skeletal Hollow mask, with a diamond pattern across the top. However the most striking feature is the large horn that she sports out of the middle of the forehead of the mask.
Time Limit:
Functionality: As a Vizard when Hiyori uses this mask she is granted a set of hollow like abilities in combination of her own Shinigami abilities. Her strength, speed and agility is increased exponentially and if she is under the influence of her emotions while fighting using her hollow mask, she becomes even more powerful due to her emotions ruling her.
Inner Hollow: Click
Her inner hollow, going by the name of Tousou meaning conflict when translated is a serpent that is anything but. Like most hollows it is skeletal in appearance and generally is the driving negative force within her world. Tousou himself created himself a place to reside that is inaccessible to the other serpents. Only Hiyori herself can go into the void in which he created. Tousou's void is exactly what it sounds like, a void in which the spirit of conflict does his deeds and creates the chaos that will eternally echo in the girl's mind. The spirit itself? It is under control, but he pulls strings when the girl doesn't pay attention. It is a chaos that will always be within her.
When not in his serpentine form, the hollow displays the bizarre ability to shape shift and assume a matured and almost fully grown form of Hiyori, and her personality is twisted and cruel. Picking on the girl's insecurities when she shows them.
Combat Information
Reiryoku Level: {Leave this blank}
Character Dynamic/Fighting Style: When Hiyori fights, she fights. She's a physical brawler to the core, her style is upfront and she'll hit you like a truck. Having made it to lieutenant she has an expert understanding of how to wield her Zanpakutou and that being said she isn't like Kenpachi whom likes to run in a straight line and hope he cleaves his opponent in half. She is quite literally an eighth of his size and that being said she needs to be inventive with her abilities, using a deadly combination of Hollow and Shinigami abilities to decimate her opponents and complete what she wanted to complete in the fight.
When she uses her shikai, It would almost seem the four foot tall Vizard would be inhibited by wielding the serrated cleaver that is Kubikiri Orochi when it is released, but instead she wields it with surprising ease. Shes inventive, using momentum and her small size to take opponents by surprise, using things like Cero in combination with powerful cleaves with her weapon.
Reiryoku/Reiatsu Abilities: {Not Applicable for Quincy Characters}
Name: Shunpo (Flash Step)
Class: Utility
Range: Personal
Description: The shinigami’s signature movement technique, using extreme speed and acceleration to overcome the eye’s capacity to trace movement. This ability can be used to travel quickly from one place to another, or in combat by a skilled practitioner to get a jump on the enemy. Using this skill repeatedly over the course of a battle is ill-advised, as it does not take long for the opponent’s eyes to adjust to the high-speed movement.
Name: Cero (Hollow Flash)
Class: Offensive
Range: Long
Description: A heavy, wide energy blast emitted from the hand, mouth, or some other body part. Cero are highly destructive and can vary greatly from user to user, able to be fired in a thin column or a wide cone-shaped emanation as appropriate to the situation, and specialists in Cero have been known to change their color. The damaging aspects of a Cero are partly heat and burning energy (not fire) and partly physical concussive force.
- However, unlike most Hollow, Hiyori's Cero is something she can sustain to create a beam to mow down multiple enemies at once.
Known Kido: {Shinigami Only}
[li] Hadō #4. Byakurai
[/li][li] Hadō #54. Haien
[/li][li] Hadō #73. Sōren Sōkatsui
Bakudo -
[/li][li] Bakudō # 9. Geki
[/li][li] Bakudō #63. Sajo Sabaku
[/li][li] Bakudō # 73. Tozanshō
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