Renji Abarai - [Squad 6 Lieutenant][WIP]

Red Pineapple

Unknown

Mid-Twenties

Squad Six - Internal Affairs

Lieutenant

BLEACH -- Renji Abarai

6'2"

172 lbs

Renji is a very tall man with a fierce exterior, which comes about through his muscular frame, intense stare and abundance of ink painted on his body. To elaborate, Renji has very intricate tribal tattoos positioned all over his upper body, ranging from basic lines to beautiful gear edged patterns. The man has sun kissed skin and long hair that is as crimson as blood itself, usually worn in a loose pony tail while the rest of his hair rests on his shoulders. He also makes sure that he has an overly prominent widows peak, with even more of his tribal tattoos printed in a linear fashion on his forehead. For one reason or another, the Lieutenant takes a fancy in wearing a maroon colored bandanna to conceal that overly large peak of his, with both that and his forehead tattoos being completely shrouded from sight.

His eyes were a shade of dark brown, as unspectacular as that was, while his eyebrows where completely printed over by yet another set of tribal tattoos, this time mimicking how eyebrows should really look like, as bad a job as it was doing. After the plight with Aizen and the Arrancars, Renji decided to wear thin yet long black colored straps on his arms, while also wrapping pieces of bandage around his hands and fingers. His attire is as ordinary as it comes, with him wearing a standard Shihakusho with absolutely no alterations at all. In fact, saying that there were no alterations would be an understatement as he doesn't even wear his Lieutenants badge despite clearly being of the rank.

Although the man was hardly considered repulsive or ugly, the constant brood he had on his face made him much more menacing, which, along with his tribal tattoos and unusually crimson hair, meant that Renji was about as fearsome as they come. That being said, he had a dashing smile and those who know him also know of his modest and courageous nature.

- His favorite food is Taiyaki, which is a fish based pancake that is filled with sweet bean paste.

- Rukia Kuchiki, who he has known and shared a friendship with ever since they where children. The bond they share is possibly as strong as a bond shared between siblings, but Renji would be lying if he said that he had never held any romantic feelings for her at one point.

- Training; as it is the one thing that pushes him closer to his goal of defeating the one man that has ever eluded him, Byakuya Kuchiki.

- Sunglasses; Renji greatly adores the beautifully crafted sunglasses that he purchases at Gin Tonbo, a famous store that specifically makes and sells Sunglasses. That being said however, It costs half a years worth of Renjis paycheck in order to actually buy the shades, and right now, he is currently at the stage where he is saving up to buy another pair...

- Spicy food, as if God had decided to damn all of creation by making delicious food have that hint of death and despair to all who take a bite out of it.

- Inuzuri; the place where he and his friends grew up -- he still loathes that place in particular, relating it to a form of localized hell that they didn't just have to live through, but endure as well.

- People who destroy his prized sunglasses. After having to spend half of his yearly paycheck just to buy the damn thing each time, it is quite understandable why he would feel great contempt for the people who destroy them.

- Too confident/Cocky - whenever a battle situation goes in his favor, he has a knack for believing that the fight is as good as done and will drop his guard, a trait that has ended up biting him on numerous occasions. Think...Ichigo Kurosaki, Szayel Aporro Granz, etc etc. In fact, his favorite catch phrase in such an occasion would most likely be "Heh -- It's over!"

- Prone to explosive bursts of rage which cloud his judgment and often land him in hot water.

- Renji is at times quite dense in certain situations and at which point would rather resort to using brute force to settle things, a very squad 11 like thing to do.

- Acts on his own even when his superiors command otherwise, as he tends to follow his heart if he was so sure that it was the right thing to do.

- Renji is known for his almost bottomless will power and determination to succeed, as he had forced himself to the very limits if he believed that the cause was worthy. Notable examples were when he learned bankai at a fairly young age just from the sheer determination to beat his Captain. Another would be when he refuses to yield to an enemy even if it meant deaths sweet embrace.

- Renji is a very loyal and compassionate person, despite what his outwardly appearance may lead others to believe. He will gladly stake his life to protect his friends and comrades and is deeply loyal to soul society.

- Renji is dynamic in the sense that even if he is sometimes a little dense, he is in no way an idiot and can use his experience and initiative to come up with ingenious strategies to take down an enemy. In some ways, he may be considered a battle-genius.

- Renji is a no nonsense person that would rather get into the thick of cutting down his enemies rather than idly sit and talk things out, as most of the time, in his experience anyway, talking just leads to fighting anyway.

Renji is quite the dynamic character, as at his best he would appear to be somewhat cocky and smug but after sustaining a crushing defeat, his attitude changes to that of a depressed and inadequate one. That being said, he is a fierce and courageous individual who would always fight with everything he's got, never yielding for anyone, especially people who are stronger than him.

His loud and obnoxious character is only something that is seen on the surface, as deep inside, he is a very sentimental person who holds the lives of his comrades and friends above his own, even breaking the rules if it meant saving them. In a way, Renji is an incredibly dangerous opponent to fight, as he will always fight with the 'nothing to lose' persona in mind, performing very reckless and unpredictable actions just for a chance to cleave his opponents with his mighty zanpakuto.

Despite what his outwardly appearance may suggest, he is actually a very caring and moralistic person, who is not above respecting his opponents and wishing a fair fight out of them. That being said, he is still capable of great outbursts of rage if any of his friends lives are compromised or if he sees something utterly unforgivable take place. He has a burning desire to become stronger, and is willing to spend most of his time honing his skills, just for the chance to be of more use to his squad and the home hes grown to love.

name: Zabimaru (蛇尾丸, Snake Tail)

sealed form: Renjis sealed zanpakuto takes on the form of a regular katana with a bronze rectangular cross-guard, crimson hilt weave and sheath, as unspectacular as that seems. The blade is a reflective silver, being very well made and without any chips or dents, meaning that it can make remarkably clean cuts into anything so long as Renji exerts the required force.

spirit: Zabimaru takes on the form of two people, bound to each other by a thick black chain that is coiled around one persons waist and attached to the other persons collar. The two people appear as an adult woman and a small boy. The woman bears a very feral appearance, with dark green fur covering most of her body a part from the inner portion of her abdomen and some of her chest. She has mauve colored hair that is both wild and shaggy, bearing a similarity to the fur cowl that appears when Renji unleashes his bankai, she also has sun kissed skin that is very much like that of her masters. The child on the other hand has a fair white complexion and short, jaw length crimson hair similar to Renjis. He wears an odd white attire which mostly resembles an eastern priests, with a collared shirt and baggy pants. His shirt is cut short so that it reveals a portion of his stomach, while his sleeves are exceedingly long and go past his tiny hands. His pants on other hand, are more akin to baggy shorts that do not go further than his knees, leaving his legs and shoe-less feet exposed. Strangely enough, the small boy has a large snake tail that he often uses to balance himself on while he sits cross legged in mid air.

The pair are jovial creatures that enjoy poking fun and teasing their master, but they mostly possess all of his mannerisms anyway, a fact which Renji often denies or refuses to believe. Zabimaru has the same burning desire to become stronger that their master does, and would like nothing more than to see him succeed. Between each other, the pair have a very sibling like relationship, often getting into arguments with each other but over all caring for one another's safety. More specifically, The woman, who goes by the name of Saru, is the more serious one who only wishes to get the task done without complications, where as the boy, Hebi, is the playful and rambunctious one who enjoys games and can be easily distracted.

inner world: Renjis inner world can only be described as a wild explosion of greenery and plant life, a jungle, to be exact. This jungle is complete with large trees that shoot up to the sky, being various shades of brown and green, and being of various types, oddly. The place had a strange, earthy scent to it, something that was always familiar to Renji but not quite enough to know for sure what it was.

Something that Renji has always found disturbing was the melody of animal calls projecting itself from the innards of this jungle...but whenever Renji had ventured deep into this mangled forest, not a single animal was there to be found, none except one, that is. This jungle is dark, mystifying, and annoyingly big, being all that remains of a large island surrounded by a red ocean that crashes ominously along its shores.

release command: Howl!

description: Renji activates his shikai by placing his hand at the base of his sword, making sure that he is loosely holding onto it. He would then slide that hand down the length of his sword while uttering his release command, causing his sword to boil over in a frenzy of red spiritual energy that is both potent and suffocating. As he does this, the blade of his Zanpakuto takes on a drastic change, warping from its original slender form into that of a monstrous war blade fit for a tyrant.

His blade morphs into a large sword with a six part blade that can interlock with each other. The sword is comprised of many pick like protrusions that only become wider and longer as the blade nears its end, with the smallest being at the base. The tip of his zanpakuto is the widest, and ends with a large blade edge as well, ending off with its own over sized protrusion. The sword is jet black in color, with just the sharp edge and blade protrusions being a silvery hue. Each of these segments are connected together by a very elastic thread that allows Renji to use his sword as a very long whip, though that being said, once the segments are reconnected, the weapon can perform perfectly well as a sword.

Renjis Zabimaru can extend up to 40 meters, making it a very deadly weapon to those who are unfortunate enough to stay within that range, as the pick like blade protrusions can be swung with extreme force while in whip form, allowing Renji easily cleave through multiple opponents without trouble. The force at which Renji can extend Zabimaru is also considerable, as the sheer velocity was enough to push back Ichigo Kurosaki and plow him into a building. That being said, Renji can only make three consecutive attacks before having to reconnect his shikai back into sword form.

Strangely enough, As Renji extends his zanpakuto, its blade segments can grow in number almost without limit (until he reaches his 40 meter limit), adding to the crushing power that his weapon can provide. As durable as his sword is, the fact that it is more whip based means that it can be destroyed the longer a battle draws on, however, even when its segments are split apart, Zabimaru is still a force to be reckoned with...

type: Whip

techniques:

For: Shikai
Name: Higa Zekkō (狒牙絶咬, Bite of a Broken Baboon's Fang)
Type: Offensive
Cooldown: 7 turns (How long it takes for Renjis Shikai to become usable again)
Cost: High
Range: Long
Description: This move can only be used if Renjis shikai segments have been separated or broken a part in some way. While his segments are scattered through out the battlefield, Renji holds the hilt of his zanpakuto high in the air, concentrating a great amount of crimson reiatsu. As renji concentrates in this manner, the broken fragments and segments of his shikai all glow in the same crimson light, before raising itself from the ground and hovering high in the air. By swinging down his hilt at a desired opponent, Renji can unleash a final all directional attack in which all the levitating blades gather around the target and smash into them indiscriminately. Using this move hurts Zabimaru and after the attack is finished his shikai deactivates, with the broken segments all pooling back together to form his katana. After using this, he will require some time before he can use Shikai again.

name: Hihiō Zabimaru (狒狒王蛇尾丸, Baboon King Snake Tail)

description: Upon activating Bankai, Renji becomes the center of a mighty hurricane of wind pressure and red reiatsu, which results in large amounts of debris to shroud the area in a cloud of dirt. His bankai immediately takes shape and bursts out of this hurricane, dissipating it with its mighty frame. The Bankai is a vastly larger version of his shikai, being entirely made of darkened bone with elongated, sharp protrusions on each of the segments. Each segment is incredibly thick, being about as thick as an average person, or slightly larger than his head. The bankai whip ends with the skull of a giant snake skull which is about as large as a small car, with tussles of red mane covering the edge of its head. This bankai is incredibly long, being roughly 85 meters long, being long enough for Renji to freely coil his bankai around his being to serve as a great shield., as each segment is incredibly durable as well.

Renji undergoes a sort of change as well, as he dons a mauve colored pelt around his shoulders, with a thin baboon skull attached to his left shoulder, while the pelt coats his entire right arm. Unlike his shikai, his bankai is completely held together by his own reiatsu so that he can separate and reattach his segments at will, meaning that merely breaking his bankai segments apart is meaningless, as he can easily reconstruct them. Renji is capable of wielding this bankai with great dexterity, despite its large shape, all so that he can smash his opponents with this magnificent bankai. That being said, this bankai is more suited for grabbing people with the snakes fanged mouth instead of actually cutting them.

Renji is also capable of producing a very powerful blast of reiatsu from the mouth of his Hihio Zabimaru, one of such destructive power and energy that Renji is usually too worn out to continue keeping his bankai in formation.

type: Large Whip

stat upgrades: which stats increase in bankai and by how much? Only fill this out after you have been given your class/level.

techniques:

For: Bankai
Name: Hikotsu Taihō (狒骨大砲, Baboon Bone Cannon)
Type: Offensive
Cooldown: 5 turns
Cost: High
Range: Long
Description: Renji aims his Bankai weapon at the desired target and in that instant, The monstrous snake head opens its mouth, producing a potent orb of red energy that grows bigger and bigger until it it can barely be contained within its mouth. After uttering the attack name, Renji swings his weapon so that the large snake head draws closer to the target, before firing the potent orb of crimson into a cannon of sorts. This cannon is around 10 meters wide and can cause devastating damage to those whose HAN is 5 lower than Renjis SEI.

For: Bankai
Name: 'Enhanced' Higa Zekkō (狒牙絶咬, Bite of a Broken Baboon's Fang)
Type: Offensive
Cooldown: 4 turns
Cost: High
Range: Medium
Description: Renji whips his bankai into the air, then disperses the segments using his reiatsu, causing countless bone pieces to scatter into the sky. After doing this, Renji channels his reiatsu and causes the pieces to glow a bright crimson, allowing them to levitate in the sky. By swinging down his bare bone crafted hilt, the reiatsu sharpens his segments into powerful picks of reiatsu, and crash down onto an opponent in an omni-directional assault. After the attack is complete, the segments return to Renji and reform his bankai weapon.

For: Bankai
Name: Hihiō No Hosoku (ヒヒ王の捕捉, Entrapment of the Baboon King)
Type: Supportive
Cooldown: 4 turns
Cost: High
Range: Medium range
Description: Renji swings his bankai weapon towards an opponent, and then by having the pieces separate around it, he can channel his reiatsu through each of the segments to act as a powerful bind or chain that forms around the opponent, keeping them suppressed. This only works on much larger foes, such as a Menos Grande or someone of Yammy Llargos stature. Once the binds are broken, Renji can merely have his bankai reassembled, however he'll be considerably drained of his energy.

Renji came to soul society as a young lad, with no one to hold his hand through the ordeal, however, it was through fate that he would wind up in the 78th District of Rukongai, Inuzuri. As a boy, Renji came across various other children and together they began helping each other search for their parents, an activity that left many of them sunken from the lack of success. As a result, the children began living together, Renji included, and as a unit, they became great friends, or perhaps even family. As parent-less children on the rough streets of Inuzuri, it was only through stealing, lying and committing heinous crimes could they assure survival.

During one such incident, the young flame haired lad stole a jar of water from a shop keeper while his friends were distracting him. Unfortunately, the shop keeper caught wind of it and gave chase to the lot, while wielding a fairly sizable sickle; as it was Inuzuri, most hardened men was not above 'disciplining' the youthes. The young renji and friends were frantic in their bid to escape this mad man, but their tiny legs could only carry them so far. Right before the sickle wielding man could catch up however, he is struck down by justice! or more rather, a young girl who just happened to trip her up, it all happened too fast. A puzzled Renji was unsure of what to make of the situation, but thanks to the girls tactful thinking, the group followed her and successfully 'liberated' the water.

It was at that point that Renji knew her name to be Rukia, and without any fuss at all, she joined her group of misfits and together, they became a family. It wasn't long before Renji discovered that both he and Rukia were the only two in the whole group to possess any significant amount of spiritual power, but while their friends were amazed by this, he was not, for he knew that it meant that eventually, they would have to part ways, one way...or another. Ten years later, almost all of his friends were gone, with only Rukia left to be there for him. Renji was not even sure that he wanted to continue onwards after that, but it was his dear friend who pulled him out of his sorrow and told him clearly that the pair of them should become Shinigami by entering the academy, and on that score, he agreed.

Entering this prestigious academy was hardly a problem, as both he and Rukia had possessed great spiritual power, but once on the inside, things would prove to be difficult as they would find themselves constantly competing with the high born children that lived in luxury. On the night before the welcoming ceremony for the new students, against Rukias wishes, Renji had decided to sleep high up on the firm branch of a tree. The following morning, Renji awoke in a startled daze, causing him to fall out of that branch and landed on a random headstone of a deceased parent. It is through this strange occurrence that Renji had met Izuru Kira, and through him, he met Momo Hinamori.

As Renji had scored amongst the highest grades in the entrance exam, he was placed in the same class as both Izuru and Momo, and as such the three of them grew to become great friends. While at the academy, Renji found it difficult to fit in as most of his peers believed him to be a ruffian who was only capable of unnecessary violence, as such, Renji merely kept to himself and the small circle of friends that he found for himself. A faint two months after entering the academy, Renji took part in a field training exercise in the human world, along with Izuru and Momo. It was during this exercise that Renji got to know who Shuuhei Hisagi was, the famous 6th year student who was renowned for his skill.

The exercise turned out as normal, with the majority of the class successfully performing a Konso and slaying a dummy hollow, and the three 6th year students overseeing the operation called them together so that they could go home. What should have been a simple task of opening the senkaimon turned into panic as the whole group was attacked by an overwhelmingly large hollow. Kanisawa, the only female 6th year student was the first to die, being completely blindsided by the hollows sneak attack. The pompadoured Aoga was the next to die, trying in vain to avenge the slain Kanisawa. At last, only Shuhei remained of the 6th year students, and at the top of his lungs, commanded all the students to retreat and get away from the area.

Renji was quick to comply to such an order, and he was ready to make a run for it, but as he turned back, both he and Izuru noticed that Momo stood there, mesmerized by the whole ordeal. It was only at her behest did they go back to try and confront the beast, and at good timing too, as both he and Izuru managed to stop Shuhei from meeting the same fate as the other 6th year students. While the pair were blocking its serrated claws, the young Momo held her palms flat and aimed at the beast, and in unison, the trio uttered the incantation for the Shakkaho spell, firing a powerful red burst of energy that managed to injure the creature. In that moment of distraction, now with Shuhei amongst them, the four of them tried to find a way to escape.

They headed towards a clearing, hoping that the beast was finally behind them, however, that never came to pass. As the very air contorted around them, the young students could only watch in horror as hollows of similar proportions to the first one began to surround them. Before long, they were met by a whole crowd of masked creatures of evil, staring them down with the intent to kill. Renji thought it was all over, however he dared not to scream, something that Izuru did in abundance, almost for the both of them. Hope seemed to be lost until one of the hollows were slain from afar, skewered through the head by an incredibly long Zanpakuto. It was then and there that Renji and his friends were saved by the vigilant Captain Aizen and his Lieutenant, Gin Ichimaru.

Renji tried to forget about that whole ordeal in the human world, leaving it to a freak once in a life time incident, and put the thought to rest. The rest of days at the Academy was somewhat of a blur, but one day, after having passed an important exam that would have decided whether or not he would have stayed in the Academy, he went off to find the one person that he knew would be proud of him, Rukia. Once he found the woman however, he was met with a cold glance as the woman that he had once known walked past him, having been escorted out by three unfamiliar people. When questioned about this, Rukia finally turned and spoke to him, saying that she was adopted into the Kuchiki family, and that the man with the overwhelming power in front of him, was Byakuya Kuchiki, the head of the Kuchiki Clan.

This revelation shocked the crimson haired youth, but he accepted it never the less, as he felt that Rukia deserved a family of her own, however, the cold disposition that he had gotten from the man known as Byakuya, he couldn't shake it off. He felt that if he was to earn Rukias approval once more, he would have to defeat Byakuya and prove that he is just as worthy!
After that, he trained extremely hard, even after graduating from the academy and joining squad 5 under Captain Aizen. This excessive bid for power had caused Renji to get into numerous fights, until he was rightfully expelled from the division and moved to squad 11, which would have better 'suited' his tendencies.

It was during his stay at squad 11 that Renji met the hot blooded Ikkaku Madarame, and requested that the veteran shinigami train with him. With his approval, the pair would frequently find an open field to spar in, and each and every time, Ikkaku would totally dominate the young shinigami. After constantly sparring with the bald headed titan, Renjis skills had improved to the point that he had already learned his Shikai, but, he was disheartened to learn that it was the last time that the pair would ever cross swords unless it was for real. Though, he made a friend in Ikkaku and was also one of the few people to learn about his Bankai.

A fast paced 40 years after Rukia was adopted into the Kuchki Clan, Renji was presented with a formal letter by Momo, one which states that he is to be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant for squad 6. Humbly accepting the position, he went to find Rukia in order to tell her of this great news, after all, Squad 6 was the closest to the Kuchiki clan so it meant that he would be able to see her more often. As he scurried around to find her, he was shocked to learn that she had ventured into the world of the living for a mission, but after regaining his cool, he decided to just tell her when she came back, and that was the last time he saw her, until -- Lieutenant Renji Abarai and his Captain, Byakuya Kuchiki, were tasked to arrest Rukia and escort her back to Soul Society.

Renji was wracked with conflicting emotions, after all he couldn't disobey a direct order, but he also couldn't help but feel frantic over having to arrest his long time friend, but, he had to put that thought to the back of his head as he arrived in the world of the living, his Captain beside him.

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