Kaede Soshi

The Dancing Samurai

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Rurouni Kenshin -- Sagara Sanosuke
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6'11''

235 LBS

Ok so when some one says super hero, the first thing your likely to imagine is a man(Or woman) Wearing tight spandex, a cap, and have their underwear on the outside, who’s features are unmarked by blemishes or scars(Which is remarkable considering how much punishment they must take). Well im happy to say Kaede doesn’t hold to this stereotype!! In fact he isn’t even a superhero (Though don’t tell him that…he’s likely to get upset) he’s your average six foot eleven Japanese man.

Ok I guess average is a misnomer; there are few things average about him. From his blind right eye, to the bells he habitually wears in his hair he defiantly makes an odd sight as he strides down the street, a ready smile on his face and a sparkle in his good eye. The cloths he wears(When he can manage to keep them on) on any given day depends entirely on what hes doing, if hes working well hes wearing his uniform and katana, if its just the average day he could be wearing any number of things from a sweats to three piece suit or even if the mood strikes him hakama.

Now most people would expect a man of his stature to be a man of serious demeanor, but by and large there couldn’t be anything farther from the truth. The timber of his voice is soft, sweet and joking. His walk is relaxed, springy and full of energy. All in all hes not nearly as intimidating as he could be most of the time, and most find him rather pleasing to be around.

→ Dancing, Any type of music, Polls(Dont ask), The word"Pudding" or "puddin", Tasers, Swords, Super Hero's like the Punisher and Batman, Justice, Honor, Love, Doughnuts, Squishy things, Anime and cartoons(A guilty pleasure), A nice cool breeze, the color yellow, Law, Karaoke, sex

-→ Conservative people, The word Giga(Mostly in reference to Giga-pudding), The Olsen twins, The sound of sand paper on wood, CORRUPTION, Cheaters, crime, Super hero's like superman, Cyan, greed, people who claim there doing something for the greater good.

Brash, Arrogant, Rash, Primal, Lustful,

Honest, Trust worthy, Loyal, Helpful, passionate, Keen Intellect

→ Currently has 6 birds, 3 snakes and 2 spiders.
→ In his off time he sings Karaoke.
→ By night hes a "vigilante" fighting for truth justice and love!!
→ Oddly enough hes never been sued for sexual harassment! D:
→ Strips at the oddest times....
→ Able to leap small fences in a single bound!

does your character have any extra weapons, other than their zanpakuto?

name: Matsu

sealed form: Matsu takes the form of a Long straight tanto knife measuring just under a foot in total length. Its made of a dull non reflective metal that has the phases of the moon etched in silver running down the blade.


spirit: Matus takes the form of a large beast thats something of a cross between a lion and a wolf. Its body measuring over eight feet in length and standing at five feet at the shoulder. Her face is an odd combination of canine and feline characteristics, with oddly human lips capable of making human like expressions. Her fur is a glossy black with stripes the color of moon light running through it, and her eyes are amber in color.

inner world: His inner world takes the form of a vast primeval forest, filled animals long since dead in any world. The trees seem to into the sky and their spreading branches are what makes the canopy of the world. Its a vibrant, rich place filled with color and energy, where everything is in balance with everything else.

release command:Kon'ya wa kari!! Matsu!(Tonight we hunt! Matsu!)

description: His shikai takes the form of a long curved dagger just over a foot in total length, and a gauntlet shaped to look like a wolfs head and maw. Both are ornate and colored to match Matsu. The eyes of the wolfs maw gauntlet are gems the exact shade and coloring of Matsu's as well, down to the pupil.

type: Unclassified Kido based melee

techniques: For: Shikai
Name: A Fable of Fang and Claw
Type: Offensive
Cost: Not very taxing
Range: Melee
Description: Matsu and Kaede act as one as they fight. When ever Kaede attacks with the dagger, Matsu lashes out with her claws. When ever he strikes with his Wolf head gauntlet she attacks with her maw. Once the attack is preformed Matsu disappears once again. These attacks come from the exact opposite side that Kaede preforms his own attack. So if he struck at someones face with his gauntlet, Matsu would bite and latch onto that same persons leg.

For: Shikai
Name: Pulling teeth
Type: Offensive
Cost: Mildly taxing
Range: Mid
Description: Opening his gauntlet wide, Kaede fires off the fangs inside, this in turn causes Matsu to appear some where and fire off a barrage of energy from her mouth that solidify into large, sharp fangs, if they make contact with the enemy they stick to them causing pain with every motion. 2 post cool down.

For: Shikai
Name:
Type: Healing/Supportive/offensive
Cost: N/A or incredibly taxing
Range: Melee
Description: By latching one to an enemy Kaede and in turn Matsu can drain a portion of his targets energy there by restoring a portion of their own. If this technique is stopped mid transfer though the flow of energy is reversed and his enemy regains their energy plus a large portion of his.

note that you cannot start off with bankai unless the character is AV-3 or higher.

name: Kari no kami Matsu(God of the Hunt Matsu).

description: When his Bankai is released a flash of green energy envelops Kaede and a thick silvery mist covers the battle filed, this mist travels with the combatants and can not be blown away, along with this the mist obscures the view of whom ever is caught in it, and sounds echo around. So much so that if you speak you can hardly tell it was you who said the words. Through out the fog the shadows of wolves move, and the long echoing howl of Matsu can be heard. Kaede's weapons once again change, this time his hands have paw like claw gauntlets, and his feet have the same. In each hand he carries a long curved dagger. The most significant change though, is the appearance of
Matsu at Kaedes side. The beasts shoulder coming up to Kaedes own, her eyes glowing even through the obscuring fog. Often those eyes are the last thing an enemy sees before they die.

type:Unclassified Kido based melee

stat upgrades: +3 Rei + 3 Sei + 2 Hoh

techniques: For: Bankai
Name: Summon the Wild Hunt
Type: Supportive/Offensive
Cost: Mildly Taxing
Range: Short to Long
Description: Matsu and Kaede let out a joint howl and summon their pack. This pack consists of ten beasts similar to Matsu in appearance if smaller and physically weaker then the alpha female of the group. They are dispersed through out the fog at Kaedes pleasure and he can use their senses as his own if he so chooses. The wolves can be disabled and destroyed with a solid enough blow, though weaker opponents may find this difficult.

For: Bankai
Name: Howl of the Night Pack
Type: Offensive
Cost: Mildly Taxing
Range: Long
Description: The wolves(Including Kaede while hes envoking the Primal Beast) let out a directed howl that seems to shake the very heavens at a targeted enemy or groups of enemies. This directed sound wave infused with Kaedes spiritual energy is strong enough to up root trees and knock over buildings and turn lesser foes to dust. Being a sound wave it is all but invisible,with only faint ripples in the air being an indicator of its approach. 2 post cool down.

For: Bankai
Name: Hunting Grounds
Type: Supportive/Defensive/Passive
Cost: Mildly Taxing to Very Taxing
Range: Long Range
Description: The field of battle I.E. the area covered in mist summoned by his Bankai suddenly and rather noisily sprouts a forest. This forest is akin to his inner world and is filled with the sounds of life and day suddenly becomes night for those doing battle. While inside this forest Kaede and Matsu and by extension their pack know the location of their prey. Along with this, he can poor more energy into his forest so that he can cause more trees to appear and or alter the shape of already created trees.(Hence the range in how difficult it is to maintain this power) 8 post duration. 10 post cool down.

For: Bankai
Name: Evoke the Primal Beast
Type: Supportive/Passive
Cost: Very Taxing
Range: Personal
Description: Kaede lets out a demented howl and his grieves and gauntlets start to spread up and down his body giving him armor that looks makes him look like Matsu with the colors reversed. This gives him a muzzle, claws and the same golden eyes of his Zanpakutō as well as what looks like fur made out of silver. This change allows him to use every part of his body as a weapon and removes any chance of him holding back by condensing his spirt energy into a smaller form(The Mist vanishes and so to do the summoned wolves if they are out), allowing him to fight with no limit on his actual power. 6 post duration 8 post cool down and forces him to revert to shikai for the duration of the cool down.

note that you cannot start off with hollowfication mastered. It can be mastered at EL-2 or higher.

name: Oni No Kari

appearance: He take the form of a nightmare, a monstrosity of scales, teeth and flashing disturbingly human eyes. It has a well muscled and scaled torso, Molted red and green skin, four powerful if slightly stocky limbs a long scaly neck topped with a monstrous reptilian head. The most horrifying part though is the disturbingly human face on the center of its chest, out of place and locked in a scream of agony, that feature alone is more then enough to send men running away in terror.

personality: When one thinks of a tiger, they picture a solitary beast, who’s master of its domain, prowling the night in search of pray. This is an apt description of Oni No Kari, other then the fact he’s more of a caged beast, unable to prowl as he wants, unable to hunt, to kill to feed.

hollow mask: The mask is a combination of a demon and an angel, with the two horns jutting from the top of the mask that suddenly end in a hallow of white material. The lower portion of the mask is made to look like a sneering smile, the lips stretched out to revel jagged white teeth. the entire mask is done in shades of white and black.

stat upgrades: +2 Han + 2 Hak/blockquote]

Life on the streets of rukongai was not easy for the young Kaede who had to fight every day just to barely scrap by in the smallest of ways, having to steal to eat though. Honestly though he kinda enjoyed it, the constant fighting for life, the hiding from those who would do him harm... The striking back, not that there was much of that. He was after all just a young boy living on his own for god knew how long so what could he do other then hide and run from fights?

So it was in this way he first began his training as a predator and survivor. But soon enough he found a way out of the streets and that of course was the academy. It was there that his various talents where nurtured and where he actually began to bloom as a person. Soon enough he graduated and joined the Gotei as one of their many unseated officers. This of course lasted for a number of years... In fact it lasted more years then Kaede would like to admit, but at the end of it he was offered a chance to make him self stronger through some unknown means, and one does not simply turn down a Lieutenant. Little did he know that his decision to go with the man would change his life for the worse, even if it did give him the power he was promised.

When he woke up he felt... Different and remembered nothing of what had transpired. Something inside him had changed... But the second thing he noticed was that he had no idea where he was or how he had gotten there. He wondered then, in a place that was unfamiliar to him and time seemed to stand still but eventually after what felt like days of pointless walking he found him self back in civilization. But then he felt something stir inside him, something primal, something evil... It wanted him to attack, to kill, to destroy and to devour. But he pushed that aside, straining to keep control of his thoughts and actions and slowly made his way back to the Gotei.

Soon after that he was promoted and so began his slow if steady journey up the political ladder, mastering and or learning skill after skill and constantly fighting the thing inside him that wanted him to destroy, to hunt, to kill. But he was stronger because of this struggle and in the end it made him a better if more driven person.

A leaf fell, and calm if icy eyes fallowed it's meandering decent and watched as it was whisked by a sudden and not so unexpected breeze. Still his eyes fallowed that leaf as it floated through the palace grounds. Past trees around and over bushes and most impressively, it managed to avoid one of an army of groundskeepers necessary to keep the massive grounds tame and civilized. It was a shame that was needed, he personally thought that this center of civilization could use a touch of the wilder, natural world. But he had a feeling that asking the groundskeepers to let everything just grow would not go over well, and he didn't want to alienate any of the staff just yet. In fact he was trying his to make some sort of positive relation with any that he could... For now most rejected his advances of friendship in the most gracious and curtius ways they could manage. With a sighs he spread his bare toes wide and felt the damp ground beneath him. It felt good, different then home for sure, but the ground still had the same feeling of life even if it was deeper down then he was used to. But he guessed he would grow used to this eventually, but there was no telling how many years would pass tell that happened.

He looked back around the tamed wilderness around him and smiled before letting him self sink to the ground beneath the branches of a near by tree. Autumn was upon them, yet the air smelled of spring and birds still roosted in the branches about him. IT was a pretense he knew, soon enough the leafs would turn and the birds would flee to warmer climates. The snow would come sooner after and the world would sleep tell the true spring came again.It was all a pretense but he thanked what ever gods and goddesses watched over the land for everyday of warmth that was given them. His people needed it, so many homes had been lost and so many fields had been razed that Qin feared for the people of this ancient land. How would some bare the winter? How would some be fed? He would help where he could but Xing was no longer the rich nation it had once been and its coffers where stretched thin as it was. But food needed to be imported, and homes needed to be rebuilt and he gave as much to those projects as he could.

He sighed and leaned back against the rough bark of the tree with out a care for his clothing or the state of his being. No he would not be held by the constrictions of the court when alone, and if others had problems with that well, they could whine but it wouldn't change his mind, nor would it cause him to change his actions. He would walk bare chested in storms, he would walk bare footed through the grounds and when necessary he would play the part of the exalted emperor. But only when necessary would he uphold that pomp and ceremony willingly. he reached into his pocket and closed his oddly blue eyes and pulled out a cigarette and lite it quickly before puffing on it in contentment. IT was odd how relaxing that simple action was, inhaling and exhaling over and over again. He knew it had to do more with the chemicals that where released then anything else, but he found tremendous comfort in the simple action that accompanied that. It was a short escape, and it helped him collect his thoughts.

He opened his eyes and watched as the puffs of smoke escaped his lips and floated forever upward into the clear blue sky, he watched them and as fast as they had come they disappeared into the wind. He finished smoking a little while later and gently flicked out what remained of the heat before dropping the burnt up stub back into his pocket. He stood then and stretched, his back arching back his arms raised to the sky. "Back to the world now." He let his face fall back into the small smile that was his norm and made his way back to the palace proper, his steps carrying him swiftly through the trees, his bare feet making his gait almost noiseless .His day had started hours ago, so why did it feel like he had only just begun?

Dressing for state occasions back home had always been a thing Qin dreaded, the fancy cloths just didn't feel right to the man who spent his days walking about his land bare foot and in cloths more befitting the conman man. Now that he resided in a residence that made his home look like the lowest hovel with responsibility's that made the management of his own little piece of the world something trivial in comparison. Qin was disturbed by that thought, but was disturbed him more was that he understood how insignificant he and most other people had been in the grand scheme of things. Life had always taken new and interesting turns for him, from the day he had left home to the day he had returned nothing had gone as he had expected. He had left home a boy, bitter and angry at what he was forced to do(No matter how much he had come to enjoy it). He had joined the army thinking to make him self something more then what he was and in the end he had, just not in a way he had expected.In the end, when he finally managed to return home, so many things had changed and he had grown into something no one would have ever suspected. Yet he remained deep at his core, the young boy that loved to walk barefoot through the forest as it stormed over head.

Even now, when he had achieved something he had never even dreamed of, Qin was much the same as he had ever been. Which was obvious by the state of his dress as he entered his own private chambers. With a haste that only showed when he was alone he cleaned and changed into a more imperial outfit who's colors reminded him of his own lands. Rich greens and reds that almost seemed to blend together. The outfit was richer then anything he had ever cared to wear back in his day as a minor clan leader, in fact it would have cost more then the total of all his cloths he thought. the outer robe alone could have cost as much if not more then a months food for the average household. The sheer ostentation was nearly enough to make the man sick, but he had excepted the position and all that came with it, he had no right to complain.

With a slight roll of his shoulders he finally settled the stiff material into place about him and stepped out of his chambers and made his unhurried way to the audience chamber that might as well have been a home away from home. As he neared he nodded to who ever happened to meet his eyes, a small if pleasant smile on his face. For their part, the staff did their duty and offered stiff if formal bows and moved on about their business. He could only shake his head at that, they still didn't know him and whats more they didn't trust him which was by far more important. Truth be told he had contemplated bringing his own people into the palace, to surround him self with people he had grown to trust and know over the years. But in the end he had decided against it, displacing the natives would have caused unnecessary hardships and it would have looked like he didn't trust the people who had worked in the palace from before his sudden and unexpected rise to power.

Advanced-3

Statistics
Class/level:
HAN: 10
REI: 13
HAK: 15
SEI: 8
BUK: 9
HOH: 15
Points Earned: 0
Total points: 70

Kaede

Kaede Soshi