Post by Rukia Kuchiki on Feb 18, 2015 18:37:23 GMT -6
Character Name: Rukia Kuchiki
Race: [Shinigami]
Position of Character:
Taicho [Division: 13th]
Character Loyalties: Soul Society
Character Goals: Rebuild SS/ Help the world of the living/Protect SS and its residents
Character Backstory / History: Approximately around 750 years ago, Rukia and her older sister, Hisana, were brought together to Inuzuri, the 78th District of Rukongai, after they died in the Human World. At this point Rukia was nothing more than an infant barely old enough to talk or even walk. Hisana was unable to take care of her in the districts, so she eventually abandoned her, expecting her younger sister to die within the year, the reason could have been anything from not wanting to see her dying. But Rukia managed to survive despite the odds and managed to survive considerable amount of time on her own.
Eventually Rukia saved Renji and his group of friends from an adult who`s water they had stolen, Rukia quickly grew up to like the bunch and they joined to live together as a family. They all hated Inuzuri and the people there, already during this time Rukia exhibited some form of spiritual power even capable of performing low level hado with little effort. Ten years later after joining the group, everyone except Rukia and Renji where dead, had Rukia proposed that they would become Shinigami, and live in Seretei, noting she had heard it was pretty there. Renji agreed with her. As they where both gifted with spiritual powers, as they entered the Shin'ō Academy with ease, where they struggled to stand out from those from the noble families. Then eventually they made it trough the academy with just below average grades. It turned out that in the face of the Noble`s even Rukia`s skills at handling kido where nothing exceptional and would be graded as "average" at best.
One day Rukia was met by one of the strongest, noble families out there, Kuchiki Byakuya and his entourage. Renji entered the room to tell her he had passed an important exam. Disappointed with the interruption, the nobles, leaving, told Rukia they were eager to hear her answer. After they had left, Renji asked her what they wanted. She told him they wanted to adopt her into the Kuchiki Clan, having her graduate immediately and be assigned to the 13th Division, which Renji congratulated her on. Rukia thanked him and left. Rukia was told Byakuya adopted her into the Kuchiki Clan due to her similarity to Hisana, whom he had married.
Rukia was then admitted to the 13th Division without taking her entrance exam. When she came to the 13th division, she was shown to her room, she told the officer that she wanted to be treated like any other normal recruit, rather than being treated as special. After he left rukia could overhear their conversation between a couple members, talking about her and the favoritism shown to nobles. Rukia was disappointed it was like that there as well. Lieutenant Kaien Shiba entered the room, introducing himself, and scolded her for her weak reply. Rukia was suprised but equally happy she could have a normal relationship with her superior, rather than being treated as special. That evening, Rukia reported to Byakuya her first day had ended peacefully and she did not attain a Seated Officer position, but Byakuya asked her to leave. Sometime during her stay in the 13th division Rukia was confronted by Urahara kisuke, and was infused with the hyogoku withouth even knowing of it.
During her time in the 13th Division, she became good friends with Kaien, the thirteenth division vice captain at the time, One day, seeing she was gloomy, Kaien told her as long as she was in his Division, he would stand by her, even if he died. Kaien mentored Rukia, teaching her how to fight. Their first training location was Mount Koifushi of Hokutan, the 3rd District of West Rukongai, where Kaien taught her about the concept of the heart. He was present when she learned her Shikai's first two "dances". One day Rukia, Kaien, Ukitake where sent to kill a hollow who had killed several unseated members of the division including Miyako shiba, kaien`s wife who was a at that point served as the third seat of the 13th division.
As they faced off with the hollow, it became clear that it was no ordinary hollow, its ability to absorb souls simply by touching it proved to be Kaien`s downfall, as he had asked that he should fight alone, Ukitake agreed even if Rukia implore him to let her help him. In the end Kaien shiba succumbed to the hollow he had fought and the hollow quickly shedded itself into Kaien`s body taking control of him, Ukitake told Rukia to flee and she did, too terrified to raise a sword against her beloved former vice-captain. The fight against the hollow and Ukitake did not last long because of Ukitake`s disease which quickly prevented him fighting the hollow, soon the hollow followed after Rukia leaving Ukitake behind.
Rukia could not fight against her former vice captain, not in that mentality, and yet she was forced to defend herself when the figure of her former vice captain, now a hollow attacked her, in a single moment of desperation Rukia forced all her strength raising her blade at the last moment to pin her sword trough Kaien-dono, in that moment Kaien returned to her side momentarily, thanking her for putting him to rest, Rukia devastated by this could no longer make friends with people, or rather she found it hard because of it, leaving a deep scar into her heart for many years.
Several decades later Rukia was patrolling the human world, in an area called by humans Karakura Town, or just Karakura for short. Descending from Seretei, she found the city to be rather dull in the night. Yet here she was as ordered, to dispatch hollows and let souls move forward with a simple technique called konso. Sensing a powerful presence not quite a hollow but not quite human either she decided to investigate. She descended into a house from which the spiritual pressure seemed to emanate from, walking trough the walls as if she was taking a sunday walk, she was in deep thought when something knocked her into the floor, the lights where turned on and a young teenage boy accused her of breaking inside into his room. Rukia off course got annoyed at the man as well as very suprised, and it did not take long for her to get so annoyed that she casted a low level kido to subdue the boy.
A sudden scream and a howl caught her by suprise as a young girl, wounded stepped inside the room crying for her brothers assistance, as she had opened the door to the room she got hit by a wave of reitsu emanating from downstairs. Running down the stairs, Rukia saw the hollow in cause of this intrusion. She raised her blade just as the young orange haired boy intruded, in its giant claws the hollow was apparently holding onto one of his siblings. Before Rukia could tell the boy that she would rescue his sister, the man forced himself to break trough the kido that still held him back. Withouth a second thought the man ran towards the hollow picking up a chair in an effort to try and free her sister. The hollow attacked, and rukia managed to rescue the girl that had been caught by the hollow, the foolish boy declared that he would gladly give his life in order to save his sister, to this Rukia replied that the creature would never be satisfied with eating him alone, the hollow then attacked and Rukia protected the young boy from certain death getting badly injured in the process while also injuring the hollow as her sword cut trough a part of its mask, Rukia then fell as the hollow left momentarily, it would soon return to finish the job and Rukia was incapable to fight. Instead she offered half of her spiritual power in exchange to kill the hollow and save the day, Ichigo agreed as Rukia pointed her sword at his chest, they exchanged their names with each other, Rukia telling the man that her name was not "Shinigami" likewise Ichigo told his name and Rukia trusted her sword into his chest just as the hollow attacked again, Ichigo accepted her sword full heartedly if it meant that he could protect those dear to him.
To Rukia`s suprise almost all of her reitsu was absorbed leaving herself with only a fraction, and her shikakusho turned white as a result. The hollow was easily deafeated by Ichigo kurosaki, even though his fighting style was robust and unpolished, it could not be helped, she would have to teach him the ways of a Shinigami...
The following weeks passed by in a blur, a bunch of stuff happened like a menos appeared, and a very annoying hollow named grand fisher, who had apparently murdered Ichigo`s mother many years before, the creature eventually escaped wounded, and it was not long until the gotei thirteen sent people to look for her, at first an unseated officer, and then a few days later the captain of the 6th division known as Kuchiki Byakuya and his vice captain Abarai Renji.
Rukia wrote a letter telling Ichigo that she would have to leave, she would not want to be responcible for him getting caught, as she was on the run she was found by Kuchiki Byakuya and Abarai Renji, telling her that it was about time for her to return to soul society to repent for her sins. She did but Ishida Uryuu stepped in, though she had only know her new friends for a short time she had come to thrust and like them quite a lot. So she did not want anyone to get hurt, but Ishida was no match for Renji the man was insanely strong compared to what Rukia was right now, she could not have helped Ishida even if she had wanted to. Then Ichigo came, and he somehow managed to defeat Renji, but even Ichigo would not be able to defeat Byakuya, he far surpassed renji in speed, and in many other things which is why he was the captain of the sixth division. Rukia`s worst thoughts came true as Ichigo was put down like a dog with a single blow by her own brother, she had nothing to complain about, she was in no position to bark. When Ichigo grabbed her brothers leg, Rukia went along and kicked Ichigo`s arm loose, telling him to never follow her to soul society.
She then followed her brother and Renji trough the senkaimon to soul society unaware what became of Ichigo kurosaki, the man she had spent the last weeks with, and had come to call a comrade, and a friend. Upon her arrival in Soul Society Rukia was put under arrest in the 6th division until further notice. After several days in custody eventually Rukia was sentenced to die, and she would be killed by the Sokyoku, as she was lifted high into the air hanging in the air by some cubes, a fiery bird appeared known as the Sokyoku, just as it was about to make contact a flash of hope ran her trough, as a familiar face showed itself right in front of her blocking the Sokyoku from killing her.
Ichigo and Renji show up trying to rescue her, and so did Ukitake and his underlings, putting an end to the Sokyoku, Ichigo quickly tossed Rukia to Renji despite the fact that Renji stood on the ground much futher down, and both of them complained loudly for his recklessness, then as Ichigo told them to leave the place, Renji grabbed a tight grip of her and started running away from the Sokyoku hill, with the 1st 2nd and 4th division vice captain`s following in pursuit of Renji and Rukia. Ichigo blocked their path by appearing out of the blue with a shumpo, he easily countered the vice captain`s swords barehanded withouth so much as flinching and then he quickly drew his blade to block Kuchiki Byakuya`s attack showing just how much he has improved in the last few days.
Renji clinged tightly onto Rukia while he kept running trough the Seretei withouth an obvious direction Rukia complains and says that he is holding too tight and that she cant breath kicking him a bit, suddenly a man appears right in front of them, it is none other than 9th division captain Tousen, holding onto an odd scroll which when released teleports them back to the Sokyoku Hill. Where suprisingly enough Captain Gin and shockingly Captain Aizen await them, puzzled about the sudden entrance a man that was supposed to be dead has emerged from the dead. Ichigo and Renji are there too, Renji still clinging to Rukia tightly refusing to let go. A fight ensures and both Renji and Ichigo attack Aizen who has been shown to want ill will towards Rukia, she could possibly not understand what the man wanted from her, as it turned out Aizen was too powerful for both Renji and Ichigo, he easily defeated both, he then continued to walk towards Rukia catching her by the neck, he then went ahead and extracted the Hyoyoku from within her body, the hole sealing shut after the job was finished, holding up her Aizen ordered Gin to kill her, suddenly her brother appeared catching her and taking the sword into his chest, suprising everyone.
Soon most of the captain`s had arrived to put Aizen down and end his cruel plot, however Aizen had planned for this outcome, with the Hyogoku in his hand Aizen along with Tosen and Gin left the scene thanks to some Menos who would beam them up to safety. Soon after the dust had settled, could everyone gather their thoughts about Aizen`s betrayal, the many wounded would be healed and Rukia would no longer be in danger due to Aizen`s plotting, as he had killed every member of the central fourty six and therefore declared Rukia´s execution, thus voiding her crimes against soul society.
Many years later the friendship would go on with the kurosaki family and down the line with its descendants, however Rukia would remain the same, barely changing over the course of the coming years, and now as a vice captain, the noble woman had less and less time with her friends of the kurosaki, and partially it made her sad and worried. A truth she would never speak openly to anyone. And as time passed the days became weeks, months, years and decades, soon the next generation of the kurosaki family became shinigami and they continued their parents work.
One night something awful happened and Rukia was brought into court in the midst of the night, the sotaicho explained that Ichigo kurosaki had gone and died in the human world, along with Orihime inoue, before Rukia had much time to emphatize about the whole ordeal the Sotaicho told her that Ichigo kurosaki`s daughter had left the scene unexpetedly, and that it would be her job to find her wherever she may be, the bond between a Shinigami and a Zanpakto is not so easily broken.
Once she found the woman, after years of looking, (she had taken her time, for she felt guilt for leaving Ichigo`s side even if she knew that she should not have felt that way because there was nothing she alone could have done) She approached Fumiko, and told her to return to Karakura, as her duties awaited her. The woman blatantly refused her offer and Rukia felt hurt by such words, did she care none for her brother? did she care none for her father and mother? the answer? off course she did this was just another excuse to leave behind her previous life. Fool! she yelled rather loudly in her face, did she seriously think that running away from her trouble`s would make them seize to exist? Rukia was not happy at all, was this all that became of the newer generations? no refused to accept this Do you seriously think that a bond between a shinigami and its Zanpakto can be broken so easily? Pulling a red glove on her hand she sent a punch at her forehead pulling her away from her physical body leaving her in her spiritual body, she looked up at the woman at first with an annoyed look still firmly latched on her face, a frown escaped but soon her face folded into a soft smile as she heard her speak she nodded to Fumiko. "perhaps there is hope for them yet Ichigo" she murmured to herself.
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Leaning against the wall next to the backdoor, Rukia sighed the two where talking... finally... "I am the one. The one who should say I am sorry. I ran to America and tried to do something for my own selfish reasoning... Took me seven years, a lot of bad relationships, a lot of bad decisions, and a lot of self loathing to finally come to realize that. I needed to be here and not in that far off place. Makoto... I... I.. am so sorry... For not being here for you after their deaths. For not being there for your family as they grew. For not being there as your sister..."
How was Makoto going to take this?, she listened trough an open window, her reitsu in check. Her mouth folded into a slight smile when she heard Makoto speak... She pushed herself off the wall, taking a few steps she had heard enough, she decided to give them some space.
~Flashback~
With long hair, and a gentle smile she bowed to her. Rukia had a sombre look on her face, avoiding her gaze... "what is wrong Rukia?" "I-im..." she clenched her teeth. "Rukia it wasnt your fault, if anyone is to blame its us, we let our guard down in our moment of weakness" Rukia looked down at the roof. Having a bitter taste in her mouth regardless. "I-inoue i t-thank you for being my friend" She smiled. "Off course" Rukia managed to hold her tears back for now. "Dont you want to meet them once more?" She asked. "that would be nice... it would be... but, i think it would be for the better if i didnt" Rukia looked up at her puzzled. "But why?" She sighed. "If i where to face them now... i fear they would not be able to move on with their life, i would simply hold them back needlessly" Rukia looked sad. "Dont be like that, they miss you more than anything..." "... ... Rukia it is time for me to go, the longer i spend time here the more i risk being attacked, however before i go i would ask of you but one final request.... bring fumiko back she is only torturing herself like this and it is tearing the family apart..." Rukia nodded, but she didnt look at her, a few tears running down her cheek.
"Sayonara Rukia, tell them that i love them dearly" Her form started to disintergrate from her feet upwards.
Rukia quickly looked up at her meeting her gaze. Inoue waved at her one final time... "I will... Sayonara" She looked up at the hell butterfly flying off towards the sky, in the graze of the spring break... Rukia wiped her eyes from the few tears that had welled up, she had plenty of time crying their losses, and she though that she was done crying.
---BIO---
Age:
750 yrs
Gender:
Female
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Purple
Physical Description: Rukia stands at a close 5 feet tall, she has peach skin and violet-colored eyes. A petite figure, with the agility to compensate for her lack of physical strength. Her hair is black, with several strands of hair always hanging between her eyes. As a Shinigami of the Gotei 13, Rukia wears a standard Shihakushō. She wears a fingerless white tekkou, similar to Byakuya's, which extend above her elbows. As a lieutenant, she wears her Division Badge around her uniform's left sleeve, which has been shortened to just reach her upper arm.
While in the human world, in her gigai form, Rukia is noted for wielding a wide vaerity of clothing often times along with a scarf, her "taste" in clothes is said to be refined. During events in the Seretei such as a carnival, Rukia is known for participating with her most luxurious outfits such as a flower kimono, she is also known for holding onto a fan, each piece decorated to its finest details.
In recent times she has worn a less standard Shinigami shikakusho, with a partial shoulder pad, a cloak that holds some form of Arabian styled turban atop of her head along with a white scarf which belonged to her brother. In the winter she also used a hat that covered her ears. She is seen wearing a form of eye protection shades that cover both of her eyes, this form of clothing was used during the war when dust and blood stained the air. Even after the war she has refused to abandon her brother`s scarf holding it close to her as a memento of happier times.
Personality:
Initially born into a lower class, Rukia retains her modesty, even as an adopted member of the nobility. She is graceful and "clean", yet chooses to talk to ordinary people. However, her cool and lone demeanor often forces her to hide her personal troubles, even from her friends.
Rukia remains calm and composed during battle unless something exeedingly unforseen occurs and even then she is hard pressed, such as a friend of hers getting hurt. Or a powerful technique being used against her withouth the realization how it would even work. Much to her annoyance people often point out how short she actually is, and because of this would treat her like a child, this kind of behaviour is not something she tolerates at all from people weather they be human or Shinigami. Rukia has a lot of pride, coming from a noble family she likes to be treated fairly, however this does not mean she acts like a noble should, for an exception is in the presence of Byakuya. She know`s her limits but rarely backs down from a fight even if she knows that whatever she is up against is out of her league. This is simply because she knows it would probably be a waistless effort.
However be impolite to her (or to her son`s) and your in for a suprise, she can easily get upset at people who don`t, treat her like the head of the noble that she is, and she can appear cold and unforgiving at times depending on the situation. Most often is this nothing more than a fact that she is worried about someone or something, when people open up to her however they can find no better friend, she would follow her friends to hell and back if it helped her friends to protect something important of theirs.
Rukia likes to climb to high places, this especially true when exploring the human world. She can become quite sensitive when someone insults her obsession with rabbits. People often have difficulty understanding her drawings, which are typically rabbit-like, and she doesn't like it when people complain about their quality. If Rukia ever get`s drunk, it is a rare occurence, she despises people who drink too much, and especially during work, however those rare time`s it happen`s it is likely she will cry herself to sleep, she is not particulary violent when drunk but she tends to forget stuff more easily.
Rukia simply adores plushies, especially bunny themed ones like chappy which is her favorite, they have simply stolen her heart. In fact Rukia likes everything rabbit-themed. She simply cannot stop herself and often times find`s herself blushing yet she still would deny the facts outright even if it would be as obvious as ever. Her acting skills are notable, as she has escaped the clutches of many difficult situations before, handily being able to nullify people`s opinions about her long enough for her friends to escape a tight spot. She likes to tease her friends in a playful manner which makes her very different from most noble`s, her favorite foods are cucumber, eggs and rice dumplings.
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Fighting Style: Rukia`s fighting style varies only slightly when her zanpakto is released into its shikai form, rather than her sealed form which is only meant for close combat like most Zanpakto. Her shikai is meant to be used in mid range most of the time, around twenty to fifty metres from its target. When wielding her sword usually with one arm, in both sealed and shikai state, she keeps her opponent`s usually at bay and depending on the enemy she can heavily rely on kido for additional support. She is even known for combining two kido incataitions simultaniously, surpassing some of the higher ranked members of soul society in that particular skill.
In rare cases Rukia is known for resorting to Hakuda when otherwise stripped from her Zanpakto, her hakuda for a vice captain is nothing notable, as a shinigami however her hakuda is Average at best. She is shown notable strength for a shinigami of her size able to throw off grown up men with relative ease. However Rukia is better known for her agility and speed rather than pure strength. Hakuda is always a last ditched effort to gain some breathing room, to switch to her more favored form of combat, namely Zanjutsu.
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The current war has forced Rukia to take a stance, she has grown stronger trough the war, and has learned many valuable lessons. New techniques such as Senka & Utsusemi are known to her, taught to her by none other than her own brother. This has increased her over all speed to the point where it rivals a captain.
ALL BASE LEVELS WILL BE AS FOLLOWED
Shinigami – Hollow – Low Ranking Quincy and Humans that have recently unlocked Fullbring will get a maximum of 25 points to spend in the follow tiers, maximum at lower rank of 10 per category.
Vice Captain – Arrancar – Midlevel Tier Quincy and Fullbringers who are adept get a bonus 25 points to spend in each category, Maximum of 30 in each category.
Captain – Arrancar Master Class – Quincy Master Class and Fullbringers who are fully adept get an additional 25 points, Maximum of 40 in each category
Zanjutsu [Sword Combat Skill]: 30
Hakuda [Unarmed Combat Skill]: 15
Hoho [Agility]: 45
Kido [Reiatsu Manipulation]: 40
---Shinigami Only---
Zanpakuto Name:Sode no Shirayuki & Senbonzakura (千本桜, Thousand Cherry Blossoms)
Zanpakuto Appearance:Sode no Shirayuki (袖白雪, Sleeved White Snow): In its sealed form, Sode no Shirayuki is a normal katana. It has a rectangular tsuba with a vaguely flame-like pattern on the long sides and a curved line on the short sides, inward-curved corners with curved slits above and below the blade, and a series of curved lines embossed on either side of the blade. It has a reddish-brown hilt.
As with most zanpakto, rukia`s zanpakto appears as a basic katana, which she can use to parry, block and execute powerful swings with more than average skill. She likes to attack her opponent`s from a blindspot and defeat them with a single strike if possible, with a horizontal sweep across the lower abdomen or chest.
Having applied her brother`s zanpakto into her repertoire she wields it with finesse, as a token of appreciation however she has not confronted its spirit yet. Thus she keeps it tightly sealed in its sealed form. Bandage wrapped and all, she has not drawn the sword since the war ended, keeping it sheathed while even in combat. Regardless the sword can still cause intense pain to its opponents while sheathed. She has subjected her emotions into the blade awaiting its reply, for now she has recieved no word from Senbonzakura.
Shikai Release Phrase:"Dance" (舞え, mae)
Shikai Appearance: Rukia holds her Zanpakutō out in front of her and turns it in a circle counter-clockwise. While she is turning it, the blade, hilt, and tsuba turn completely white. The tsuba becomes a hollow snowflake-like circle, and a white ribbon forms from the pommel. Sode no Shirayuki is regarded as one of the most beautiful Zanpakutō in Soul Society. The transformation is accompanied by a rush of cold air in all directions.
Bankai Release Phrase: Hakka no Togame (白霞罸, Censure of the White Haze)
Bankai Appearance: Rukia's Bankai changes both her physical look and the clothing she is wearing dramatically. Rukia wears a white, ankle-length kimono with lined patterns. The robe has an attached ornate collar, edges, and shoulder design with long, wide sleeves. There are long, flowing ribbons tied at her back that form numerous large loops. She has a small ice flower formation at the center of her chest, and a half crown of ice which extends around the back of her head. Rukia's hair becomes white, and her blade becomes ice.
Bankai Special Ability: Hakka no Togame increases the area of influence of Rukia's ability to reach the temperature of absolute zero. Upon release, a pillar of cold mist rises up into the air from where Rukia is and covers a wide area in her vicinity. Anything within the area of influence of the mist is frozen. Once frozen solid, victims crumble away within seconds. Physical contact with Rukia herself causes other people to begin freezing solid because of how cold she is. While it is a powerful Bankai, it is also a difficult one, as the slightest mistake could kill Rukia. Because Rukia is physically affected along with everything else in her vicinity, the amount of time she can use her Bankai appears severely limited, as prolonged use can potentially cause her damage, so she must thaw slowly when leaving this state, otherwise she would risk damaging herself.
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Race: [Shinigami]
Position of Character:
Taicho [Division: 13th]
Character Loyalties: Soul Society
Character Goals: Rebuild SS/ Help the world of the living/Protect SS and its residents
Character Backstory / History: Approximately around 750 years ago, Rukia and her older sister, Hisana, were brought together to Inuzuri, the 78th District of Rukongai, after they died in the Human World. At this point Rukia was nothing more than an infant barely old enough to talk or even walk. Hisana was unable to take care of her in the districts, so she eventually abandoned her, expecting her younger sister to die within the year, the reason could have been anything from not wanting to see her dying. But Rukia managed to survive despite the odds and managed to survive considerable amount of time on her own.
Eventually Rukia saved Renji and his group of friends from an adult who`s water they had stolen, Rukia quickly grew up to like the bunch and they joined to live together as a family. They all hated Inuzuri and the people there, already during this time Rukia exhibited some form of spiritual power even capable of performing low level hado with little effort. Ten years later after joining the group, everyone except Rukia and Renji where dead, had Rukia proposed that they would become Shinigami, and live in Seretei, noting she had heard it was pretty there. Renji agreed with her. As they where both gifted with spiritual powers, as they entered the Shin'ō Academy with ease, where they struggled to stand out from those from the noble families. Then eventually they made it trough the academy with just below average grades. It turned out that in the face of the Noble`s even Rukia`s skills at handling kido where nothing exceptional and would be graded as "average" at best.
One day Rukia was met by one of the strongest, noble families out there, Kuchiki Byakuya and his entourage. Renji entered the room to tell her he had passed an important exam. Disappointed with the interruption, the nobles, leaving, told Rukia they were eager to hear her answer. After they had left, Renji asked her what they wanted. She told him they wanted to adopt her into the Kuchiki Clan, having her graduate immediately and be assigned to the 13th Division, which Renji congratulated her on. Rukia thanked him and left. Rukia was told Byakuya adopted her into the Kuchiki Clan due to her similarity to Hisana, whom he had married.
Rukia was then admitted to the 13th Division without taking her entrance exam. When she came to the 13th division, she was shown to her room, she told the officer that she wanted to be treated like any other normal recruit, rather than being treated as special. After he left rukia could overhear their conversation between a couple members, talking about her and the favoritism shown to nobles. Rukia was disappointed it was like that there as well. Lieutenant Kaien Shiba entered the room, introducing himself, and scolded her for her weak reply. Rukia was suprised but equally happy she could have a normal relationship with her superior, rather than being treated as special. That evening, Rukia reported to Byakuya her first day had ended peacefully and she did not attain a Seated Officer position, but Byakuya asked her to leave. Sometime during her stay in the 13th division Rukia was confronted by Urahara kisuke, and was infused with the hyogoku withouth even knowing of it.
During her time in the 13th Division, she became good friends with Kaien, the thirteenth division vice captain at the time, One day, seeing she was gloomy, Kaien told her as long as she was in his Division, he would stand by her, even if he died. Kaien mentored Rukia, teaching her how to fight. Their first training location was Mount Koifushi of Hokutan, the 3rd District of West Rukongai, where Kaien taught her about the concept of the heart. He was present when she learned her Shikai's first two "dances". One day Rukia, Kaien, Ukitake where sent to kill a hollow who had killed several unseated members of the division including Miyako shiba, kaien`s wife who was a at that point served as the third seat of the 13th division.
As they faced off with the hollow, it became clear that it was no ordinary hollow, its ability to absorb souls simply by touching it proved to be Kaien`s downfall, as he had asked that he should fight alone, Ukitake agreed even if Rukia implore him to let her help him. In the end Kaien shiba succumbed to the hollow he had fought and the hollow quickly shedded itself into Kaien`s body taking control of him, Ukitake told Rukia to flee and she did, too terrified to raise a sword against her beloved former vice-captain. The fight against the hollow and Ukitake did not last long because of Ukitake`s disease which quickly prevented him fighting the hollow, soon the hollow followed after Rukia leaving Ukitake behind.
Rukia could not fight against her former vice captain, not in that mentality, and yet she was forced to defend herself when the figure of her former vice captain, now a hollow attacked her, in a single moment of desperation Rukia forced all her strength raising her blade at the last moment to pin her sword trough Kaien-dono, in that moment Kaien returned to her side momentarily, thanking her for putting him to rest, Rukia devastated by this could no longer make friends with people, or rather she found it hard because of it, leaving a deep scar into her heart for many years.
Several decades later Rukia was patrolling the human world, in an area called by humans Karakura Town, or just Karakura for short. Descending from Seretei, she found the city to be rather dull in the night. Yet here she was as ordered, to dispatch hollows and let souls move forward with a simple technique called konso. Sensing a powerful presence not quite a hollow but not quite human either she decided to investigate. She descended into a house from which the spiritual pressure seemed to emanate from, walking trough the walls as if she was taking a sunday walk, she was in deep thought when something knocked her into the floor, the lights where turned on and a young teenage boy accused her of breaking inside into his room. Rukia off course got annoyed at the man as well as very suprised, and it did not take long for her to get so annoyed that she casted a low level kido to subdue the boy.
A sudden scream and a howl caught her by suprise as a young girl, wounded stepped inside the room crying for her brothers assistance, as she had opened the door to the room she got hit by a wave of reitsu emanating from downstairs. Running down the stairs, Rukia saw the hollow in cause of this intrusion. She raised her blade just as the young orange haired boy intruded, in its giant claws the hollow was apparently holding onto one of his siblings. Before Rukia could tell the boy that she would rescue his sister, the man forced himself to break trough the kido that still held him back. Withouth a second thought the man ran towards the hollow picking up a chair in an effort to try and free her sister. The hollow attacked, and rukia managed to rescue the girl that had been caught by the hollow, the foolish boy declared that he would gladly give his life in order to save his sister, to this Rukia replied that the creature would never be satisfied with eating him alone, the hollow then attacked and Rukia protected the young boy from certain death getting badly injured in the process while also injuring the hollow as her sword cut trough a part of its mask, Rukia then fell as the hollow left momentarily, it would soon return to finish the job and Rukia was incapable to fight. Instead she offered half of her spiritual power in exchange to kill the hollow and save the day, Ichigo agreed as Rukia pointed her sword at his chest, they exchanged their names with each other, Rukia telling the man that her name was not "Shinigami" likewise Ichigo told his name and Rukia trusted her sword into his chest just as the hollow attacked again, Ichigo accepted her sword full heartedly if it meant that he could protect those dear to him.
To Rukia`s suprise almost all of her reitsu was absorbed leaving herself with only a fraction, and her shikakusho turned white as a result. The hollow was easily deafeated by Ichigo kurosaki, even though his fighting style was robust and unpolished, it could not be helped, she would have to teach him the ways of a Shinigami...
The following weeks passed by in a blur, a bunch of stuff happened like a menos appeared, and a very annoying hollow named grand fisher, who had apparently murdered Ichigo`s mother many years before, the creature eventually escaped wounded, and it was not long until the gotei thirteen sent people to look for her, at first an unseated officer, and then a few days later the captain of the 6th division known as Kuchiki Byakuya and his vice captain Abarai Renji.
Rukia wrote a letter telling Ichigo that she would have to leave, she would not want to be responcible for him getting caught, as she was on the run she was found by Kuchiki Byakuya and Abarai Renji, telling her that it was about time for her to return to soul society to repent for her sins. She did but Ishida Uryuu stepped in, though she had only know her new friends for a short time she had come to thrust and like them quite a lot. So she did not want anyone to get hurt, but Ishida was no match for Renji the man was insanely strong compared to what Rukia was right now, she could not have helped Ishida even if she had wanted to. Then Ichigo came, and he somehow managed to defeat Renji, but even Ichigo would not be able to defeat Byakuya, he far surpassed renji in speed, and in many other things which is why he was the captain of the sixth division. Rukia`s worst thoughts came true as Ichigo was put down like a dog with a single blow by her own brother, she had nothing to complain about, she was in no position to bark. When Ichigo grabbed her brothers leg, Rukia went along and kicked Ichigo`s arm loose, telling him to never follow her to soul society.
She then followed her brother and Renji trough the senkaimon to soul society unaware what became of Ichigo kurosaki, the man she had spent the last weeks with, and had come to call a comrade, and a friend. Upon her arrival in Soul Society Rukia was put under arrest in the 6th division until further notice. After several days in custody eventually Rukia was sentenced to die, and she would be killed by the Sokyoku, as she was lifted high into the air hanging in the air by some cubes, a fiery bird appeared known as the Sokyoku, just as it was about to make contact a flash of hope ran her trough, as a familiar face showed itself right in front of her blocking the Sokyoku from killing her.
Ichigo and Renji show up trying to rescue her, and so did Ukitake and his underlings, putting an end to the Sokyoku, Ichigo quickly tossed Rukia to Renji despite the fact that Renji stood on the ground much futher down, and both of them complained loudly for his recklessness, then as Ichigo told them to leave the place, Renji grabbed a tight grip of her and started running away from the Sokyoku hill, with the 1st 2nd and 4th division vice captain`s following in pursuit of Renji and Rukia. Ichigo blocked their path by appearing out of the blue with a shumpo, he easily countered the vice captain`s swords barehanded withouth so much as flinching and then he quickly drew his blade to block Kuchiki Byakuya`s attack showing just how much he has improved in the last few days.
Renji clinged tightly onto Rukia while he kept running trough the Seretei withouth an obvious direction Rukia complains and says that he is holding too tight and that she cant breath kicking him a bit, suddenly a man appears right in front of them, it is none other than 9th division captain Tousen, holding onto an odd scroll which when released teleports them back to the Sokyoku Hill. Where suprisingly enough Captain Gin and shockingly Captain Aizen await them, puzzled about the sudden entrance a man that was supposed to be dead has emerged from the dead. Ichigo and Renji are there too, Renji still clinging to Rukia tightly refusing to let go. A fight ensures and both Renji and Ichigo attack Aizen who has been shown to want ill will towards Rukia, she could possibly not understand what the man wanted from her, as it turned out Aizen was too powerful for both Renji and Ichigo, he easily defeated both, he then continued to walk towards Rukia catching her by the neck, he then went ahead and extracted the Hyoyoku from within her body, the hole sealing shut after the job was finished, holding up her Aizen ordered Gin to kill her, suddenly her brother appeared catching her and taking the sword into his chest, suprising everyone.
Soon most of the captain`s had arrived to put Aizen down and end his cruel plot, however Aizen had planned for this outcome, with the Hyogoku in his hand Aizen along with Tosen and Gin left the scene thanks to some Menos who would beam them up to safety. Soon after the dust had settled, could everyone gather their thoughts about Aizen`s betrayal, the many wounded would be healed and Rukia would no longer be in danger due to Aizen`s plotting, as he had killed every member of the central fourty six and therefore declared Rukia´s execution, thus voiding her crimes against soul society.
Many years later the friendship would go on with the kurosaki family and down the line with its descendants, however Rukia would remain the same, barely changing over the course of the coming years, and now as a vice captain, the noble woman had less and less time with her friends of the kurosaki, and partially it made her sad and worried. A truth she would never speak openly to anyone. And as time passed the days became weeks, months, years and decades, soon the next generation of the kurosaki family became shinigami and they continued their parents work.
One night something awful happened and Rukia was brought into court in the midst of the night, the sotaicho explained that Ichigo kurosaki had gone and died in the human world, along with Orihime inoue, before Rukia had much time to emphatize about the whole ordeal the Sotaicho told her that Ichigo kurosaki`s daughter had left the scene unexpetedly, and that it would be her job to find her wherever she may be, the bond between a Shinigami and a Zanpakto is not so easily broken.
Once she found the woman, after years of looking, (she had taken her time, for she felt guilt for leaving Ichigo`s side even if she knew that she should not have felt that way because there was nothing she alone could have done) She approached Fumiko, and told her to return to Karakura, as her duties awaited her. The woman blatantly refused her offer and Rukia felt hurt by such words, did she care none for her brother? did she care none for her father and mother? the answer? off course she did this was just another excuse to leave behind her previous life. Fool! she yelled rather loudly in her face, did she seriously think that running away from her trouble`s would make them seize to exist? Rukia was not happy at all, was this all that became of the newer generations? no refused to accept this Do you seriously think that a bond between a shinigami and its Zanpakto can be broken so easily? Pulling a red glove on her hand she sent a punch at her forehead pulling her away from her physical body leaving her in her spiritual body, she looked up at the woman at first with an annoyed look still firmly latched on her face, a frown escaped but soon her face folded into a soft smile as she heard her speak she nodded to Fumiko. "perhaps there is hope for them yet Ichigo" she murmured to herself.
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Leaning against the wall next to the backdoor, Rukia sighed the two where talking... finally... "I am the one. The one who should say I am sorry. I ran to America and tried to do something for my own selfish reasoning... Took me seven years, a lot of bad relationships, a lot of bad decisions, and a lot of self loathing to finally come to realize that. I needed to be here and not in that far off place. Makoto... I... I.. am so sorry... For not being here for you after their deaths. For not being there for your family as they grew. For not being there as your sister..."
How was Makoto going to take this?, she listened trough an open window, her reitsu in check. Her mouth folded into a slight smile when she heard Makoto speak... She pushed herself off the wall, taking a few steps she had heard enough, she decided to give them some space.
~Flashback~
With long hair, and a gentle smile she bowed to her. Rukia had a sombre look on her face, avoiding her gaze... "what is wrong Rukia?" "I-im..." she clenched her teeth. "Rukia it wasnt your fault, if anyone is to blame its us, we let our guard down in our moment of weakness" Rukia looked down at the roof. Having a bitter taste in her mouth regardless. "I-inoue i t-thank you for being my friend" She smiled. "Off course" Rukia managed to hold her tears back for now. "Dont you want to meet them once more?" She asked. "that would be nice... it would be... but, i think it would be for the better if i didnt" Rukia looked up at her puzzled. "But why?" She sighed. "If i where to face them now... i fear they would not be able to move on with their life, i would simply hold them back needlessly" Rukia looked sad. "Dont be like that, they miss you more than anything..." "... ... Rukia it is time for me to go, the longer i spend time here the more i risk being attacked, however before i go i would ask of you but one final request.... bring fumiko back she is only torturing herself like this and it is tearing the family apart..." Rukia nodded, but she didnt look at her, a few tears running down her cheek.
"Sayonara Rukia, tell them that i love them dearly" Her form started to disintergrate from her feet upwards.
Rukia quickly looked up at her meeting her gaze. Inoue waved at her one final time... "I will... Sayonara" She looked up at the hell butterfly flying off towards the sky, in the graze of the spring break... Rukia wiped her eyes from the few tears that had welled up, she had plenty of time crying their losses, and she though that she was done crying.
---BIO---
Age:
750 yrs
Gender:
Female
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Purple
Physical Description: Rukia stands at a close 5 feet tall, she has peach skin and violet-colored eyes. A petite figure, with the agility to compensate for her lack of physical strength. Her hair is black, with several strands of hair always hanging between her eyes. As a Shinigami of the Gotei 13, Rukia wears a standard Shihakushō. She wears a fingerless white tekkou, similar to Byakuya's, which extend above her elbows. As a lieutenant, she wears her Division Badge around her uniform's left sleeve, which has been shortened to just reach her upper arm.
While in the human world, in her gigai form, Rukia is noted for wielding a wide vaerity of clothing often times along with a scarf, her "taste" in clothes is said to be refined. During events in the Seretei such as a carnival, Rukia is known for participating with her most luxurious outfits such as a flower kimono, she is also known for holding onto a fan, each piece decorated to its finest details.
In recent times she has worn a less standard Shinigami shikakusho, with a partial shoulder pad, a cloak that holds some form of Arabian styled turban atop of her head along with a white scarf which belonged to her brother. In the winter she also used a hat that covered her ears. She is seen wearing a form of eye protection shades that cover both of her eyes, this form of clothing was used during the war when dust and blood stained the air. Even after the war she has refused to abandon her brother`s scarf holding it close to her as a memento of happier times.
Personality:
Initially born into a lower class, Rukia retains her modesty, even as an adopted member of the nobility. She is graceful and "clean", yet chooses to talk to ordinary people. However, her cool and lone demeanor often forces her to hide her personal troubles, even from her friends.
Rukia remains calm and composed during battle unless something exeedingly unforseen occurs and even then she is hard pressed, such as a friend of hers getting hurt. Or a powerful technique being used against her withouth the realization how it would even work. Much to her annoyance people often point out how short she actually is, and because of this would treat her like a child, this kind of behaviour is not something she tolerates at all from people weather they be human or Shinigami. Rukia has a lot of pride, coming from a noble family she likes to be treated fairly, however this does not mean she acts like a noble should, for an exception is in the presence of Byakuya. She know`s her limits but rarely backs down from a fight even if she knows that whatever she is up against is out of her league. This is simply because she knows it would probably be a waistless effort.
However be impolite to her (or to her son`s) and your in for a suprise, she can easily get upset at people who don`t, treat her like the head of the noble that she is, and she can appear cold and unforgiving at times depending on the situation. Most often is this nothing more than a fact that she is worried about someone or something, when people open up to her however they can find no better friend, she would follow her friends to hell and back if it helped her friends to protect something important of theirs.
Rukia likes to climb to high places, this especially true when exploring the human world. She can become quite sensitive when someone insults her obsession with rabbits. People often have difficulty understanding her drawings, which are typically rabbit-like, and she doesn't like it when people complain about their quality. If Rukia ever get`s drunk, it is a rare occurence, she despises people who drink too much, and especially during work, however those rare time`s it happen`s it is likely she will cry herself to sleep, she is not particulary violent when drunk but she tends to forget stuff more easily.
Rukia simply adores plushies, especially bunny themed ones like chappy which is her favorite, they have simply stolen her heart. In fact Rukia likes everything rabbit-themed. She simply cannot stop herself and often times find`s herself blushing yet she still would deny the facts outright even if it would be as obvious as ever. Her acting skills are notable, as she has escaped the clutches of many difficult situations before, handily being able to nullify people`s opinions about her long enough for her friends to escape a tight spot. She likes to tease her friends in a playful manner which makes her very different from most noble`s, her favorite foods are cucumber, eggs and rice dumplings.
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Fighting Style: Rukia`s fighting style varies only slightly when her zanpakto is released into its shikai form, rather than her sealed form which is only meant for close combat like most Zanpakto. Her shikai is meant to be used in mid range most of the time, around twenty to fifty metres from its target. When wielding her sword usually with one arm, in both sealed and shikai state, she keeps her opponent`s usually at bay and depending on the enemy she can heavily rely on kido for additional support. She is even known for combining two kido incataitions simultaniously, surpassing some of the higher ranked members of soul society in that particular skill.
In rare cases Rukia is known for resorting to Hakuda when otherwise stripped from her Zanpakto, her hakuda for a vice captain is nothing notable, as a shinigami however her hakuda is Average at best. She is shown notable strength for a shinigami of her size able to throw off grown up men with relative ease. However Rukia is better known for her agility and speed rather than pure strength. Hakuda is always a last ditched effort to gain some breathing room, to switch to her more favored form of combat, namely Zanjutsu.
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The current war has forced Rukia to take a stance, she has grown stronger trough the war, and has learned many valuable lessons. New techniques such as Senka & Utsusemi are known to her, taught to her by none other than her own brother. This has increased her over all speed to the point where it rivals a captain.
ALL BASE LEVELS WILL BE AS FOLLOWED
Shinigami – Hollow – Low Ranking Quincy and Humans that have recently unlocked Fullbring will get a maximum of 25 points to spend in the follow tiers, maximum at lower rank of 10 per category.
Vice Captain – Arrancar – Midlevel Tier Quincy and Fullbringers who are adept get a bonus 25 points to spend in each category, Maximum of 30 in each category.
Captain – Arrancar Master Class – Quincy Master Class and Fullbringers who are fully adept get an additional 25 points, Maximum of 40 in each category
Zanjutsu [Sword Combat Skill]: 30
Hakuda [Unarmed Combat Skill]: 15
Hoho [Agility]: 45
Kido [Reiatsu Manipulation]: 40
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Zanpakuto Name:Sode no Shirayuki & Senbonzakura (千本桜, Thousand Cherry Blossoms)
Zanpakuto Appearance:Sode no Shirayuki (袖白雪, Sleeved White Snow): In its sealed form, Sode no Shirayuki is a normal katana. It has a rectangular tsuba with a vaguely flame-like pattern on the long sides and a curved line on the short sides, inward-curved corners with curved slits above and below the blade, and a series of curved lines embossed on either side of the blade. It has a reddish-brown hilt.
As with most zanpakto, rukia`s zanpakto appears as a basic katana, which she can use to parry, block and execute powerful swings with more than average skill. She likes to attack her opponent`s from a blindspot and defeat them with a single strike if possible, with a horizontal sweep across the lower abdomen or chest.
Having applied her brother`s zanpakto into her repertoire she wields it with finesse, as a token of appreciation however she has not confronted its spirit yet. Thus she keeps it tightly sealed in its sealed form. Bandage wrapped and all, she has not drawn the sword since the war ended, keeping it sheathed while even in combat. Regardless the sword can still cause intense pain to its opponents while sheathed. She has subjected her emotions into the blade awaiting its reply, for now she has recieved no word from Senbonzakura.
Shikai Release Phrase:"Dance" (舞え, mae)
Shikai Appearance: Rukia holds her Zanpakutō out in front of her and turns it in a circle counter-clockwise. While she is turning it, the blade, hilt, and tsuba turn completely white. The tsuba becomes a hollow snowflake-like circle, and a white ribbon forms from the pommel. Sode no Shirayuki is regarded as one of the most beautiful Zanpakutō in Soul Society. The transformation is accompanied by a rush of cold air in all directions.
Bankai Release Phrase: Hakka no Togame (白霞罸, Censure of the White Haze)
Bankai Appearance: Rukia's Bankai changes both her physical look and the clothing she is wearing dramatically. Rukia wears a white, ankle-length kimono with lined patterns. The robe has an attached ornate collar, edges, and shoulder design with long, wide sleeves. There are long, flowing ribbons tied at her back that form numerous large loops. She has a small ice flower formation at the center of her chest, and a half crown of ice which extends around the back of her head. Rukia's hair becomes white, and her blade becomes ice.
Bankai Special Ability: Hakka no Togame increases the area of influence of Rukia's ability to reach the temperature of absolute zero. Upon release, a pillar of cold mist rises up into the air from where Rukia is and covers a wide area in her vicinity. Anything within the area of influence of the mist is frozen. Once frozen solid, victims crumble away within seconds. Physical contact with Rukia herself causes other people to begin freezing solid because of how cold she is. While it is a powerful Bankai, it is also a difficult one, as the slightest mistake could kill Rukia. Because Rukia is physically affected along with everything else in her vicinity, the amount of time she can use her Bankai appears severely limited, as prolonged use can potentially cause her damage, so she must thaw slowly when leaving this state, otherwise she would risk damaging herself.
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