Saya Kusanagi

The Lioness

67

20

11th

Lieutenant

5’ 7’’

137 lbs

Saya is a particularly vibrant individual. She possesses dark charcoal colored flowing locks that extend in all directions with only the wind as their guide. Her eyes are a brown near the centers but slowly fade to a dark blue as they move towards the outer boundaries. Her body is physically toned and very fit compared to most, and her pale skin is rarely seen clean considering how much she enjoys getting down and dirty into the action. Her nose is sharp and her face is rather beautiful, being marred only by the two red streaks of war paint she wears upon her cheeks. Her eyes are slightly lifted and she has high cheekbones. Her hair gently presses against her ears and keeps them hidden from view.

Saya wears her Shihakusho slightly low exposing a string of white bandages that are draped across her body. Upon her feet she wears the typical white socks and Shinigami sandals. When Saya finds herself in Gigai, she’ll often wear a low cut green short sleeve top to show off a little bit of cleavage. She’ll wear tight hugging jeans and Nike sneakers. In the winter she loves to wear long scarves and long tight red jackets and in the high heat of the summer she’ll employ a pair of light blue shorts and a simple white t-shirt.

-Hunting
-Fighting
-Running
-Swimming
-Loud People
-Chocolate
-Red Meats

-Reading
-Quiet People
-Boring People
-Vanilla
-Any Green Vegetables
-Hollows

–Rash
-Speaks before she thinks
-Asks questions after she kills things
-Invasive
-Doesn’t empathize well

-Intelligent (in combat and battle strategies only)
-Fiercely Loyal
-Great at tracking
-Will never attack an ally without reason

Saya can be taxing to be around. She always thinks too much or too little about things and her inexperience leads her astray in many situations. She has a lot left to see and a lot left to learn.

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name: Mielikki

sealed form: In its sealed form Mielikki is a typical 38'' katana with a square hilt adorned with golden tassels. The blade follows a typical katana curvature and is kept in a black sheath.

spirit: A powerful tall woman wearing tribal paints upon her face and body. She wears a pair of three pronged claws upon her hands. Her hair is red and it forms an almost mane-like shape as it circles about in every direction. She is scantily clad and her body possesses a very powerful yet natural physique, and her skin is a slightly darker shade than Saya’s own. Her legs are long and she wanders the endless savannah barefoot, stalking and hunting her prey.
She is ruthless and possesses killer instincts. Mielikki harps upon eating astronomical amounts of food and always tells Saya she doesn't eat enough meat. She is, inherently, the epitome of animalistic instincts. Without moral waters, everything is black and white. Hunting is good and not hunting is bad. Mielikki lives for the thrill of the hunt itself and cares not for the spoils it reaps.


inner world: Saya's inner world is a vast endless Savannah. The grass gets tall enough to easily grow over a person's head at certain points. From above it resembles an endless field of gold.

release command: “Bite the neck, Mielikki!”

description: Mielikki, in Shikai, forms into a rather dubious looking pair of claws. They sit upon the back of each hand with grips wrapping around and up her wrists. Each claw has three metallic prongs that protrude for about a foot in length before tapering to an end.

While in this form, Saya’s reaitsu tends to take on a blackish hue and shape itself in the rough outline of a cat. Her eyes transform into auburn slits and her back tends to hunch forward. Her reaitsu forms over her body like a small black film of fur and reacts with her like a cat's fur would. It, seemingly, stands on end when she's attempting to be intimidating and it mats down when it is hit with water. She can focus this cat shaped reaitsu into her mouth and unleash her "Hiss" technique.

type: Animal (Cat)

techniques:

For: Shikai
Name: Mielikki
Type: Passive (Toggle)
Cost: Low
Range: Self
Description: Mielikki, in Shikai, forms into a rather dubious looking pair of claws. They sit upon the back of each hand with grips wrapping around and up her wrists. Each claw has three metallic prongs that protrude for about a foot in length before tapering to an end.

While in this form, Saya’s reaitsu tends to take on a blackish hue and shape itself in the rough outline of a cat. Her eyes transform into auburn slits and her back tends to hunch forward. Her reaitsu forms over her body like a small black film of fur and reacts with her like a cat's fur would. It, seemingly, stands on end when she's attempting to be intimidating and it mats down when it is hit with water. She can focus this cat shaped reaitsu into her mouth and unleash her "Hiss" technique.

For: Shikai
Name: Hiss
Type: Offensive
Cost: High
Range: Medium
Description: While in shikai, Saya focuses her cat reaitsu into her mouth and unleashes a powerful hiss. This sends out a burst of spiritual power that strikes at a range as if it were a canon being fired. This technique usually removes Saya from her shikai due to how taxing it is on her body.

name: Mielikki Raion Katachi

description: The grips that originally wrapped up and around Saya’s wrists begin to glow and crawl up her forearms up to the elbows. They then slowly expand slightly until they form a complete pair of gauntlets. Her claws shrink down and mold over her fingers, becoming a completely encased glove with rather sharp and jagged fingernail-like attachments sitting on them. Her cat-like reaitsu in this form begins to thicken and take a golden appearance that almost resembles a lion’s fur. The Lion-shaped reaitsu becomes much more tangible and even forms a lion shape around Saya’s head.

type: Animal (Lion)

stat upgrades: N/A

techniques:

For: Bankai
Name: Mielikki Raion Katachi
Type: Passive (10 Post Limit)
Cost: Mid
Range: Self
Description: The grips that originally wrapped up and around Saya’s wrists begin to glow and crawl up her forearms up to the elbows. They then slowly expand slightly until they form a complete pair of gauntlets. Her claws shrink down and mold over her fingers, becoming a completely encased glove with rather sharp and jagged fingernail-like attachments sitting on them. Her cat-like reaitsu in this form begins to thicken and take a golden appearance that almost resembles a lion’s fur. The Lion-shaped reaitsu becomes much more tangible and even forms a lion shape around Saya’s head.


For: Bankai
Name: Shishinohōkō
Type: Offensive
Cost: Very High
Range: Long
Description: Essentially and upgraded Hiss. Saya, while in Bankai, roars. This sends out a massive shockwave of reaitsu, by taking the lion shaped reaitsu and concentrating it into a single point from her mouth that can decimate opponents should it strike. This is her only ranged technique and usually forcibly removes her from her Bankai state due to how taxing it is.

Saya doesn't remember anything from her life before death. She was an ordinary teenage girl who lived a typical crap-sack life and died young because of it. However, her life in Soul Society was far from normal.

Saya was born into the outskirts of the Rukongai. Alone and without any clue as to where or who she was, Saya began her journey into this extraordinary life. Her body was that of a teenager’s, and her mind was that of a child’s. So she wandered across the endless plains in search of something she wasn’t even sure existed yet: herself. Thus her epic began.

Saya, in her endless curiosity, quickly found her first home. She was adopted into a lion pride. The beasts, holding some kind of compassion perhaps, raised the small helpless child who had shown up upon their doorstep as if she were one of their own cubs. Thus, an inherent love for the beasts of the plains was sprung deep in the girl’s heart… And a hidden ferociousness was born as well.

Like all good things, Saya’s life among the lions had to end as well. It was hollows. A small pack of the creatures razed the entire pride, their home, and the entire population at their leisure. The hunters had become the prey. The kings and queens of the jungle were no more than royal jesters before the wailing hollows. Saya watched in horror as her adoptive family was slaughtered before her eyes. She grew to despise the creatures, but, on a deeper level, she also grew to fear them as well.

Salvation would come to Saya when she, herself, was pressed by the oncoming beasts. They came to her rescue with a speed so incredible even Saya’s eyes couldn’t perceive it. They were black lightning to her. They were the Shinigami. They were her heroes and her idols. The Shinigami, after slaying the hollows, brought the feral girl to the main areas of the Rukongai where she would begin her life anew.

Life in the human civilization was difficult at first. Saya’s ability to comprehend social structures was more than a little lacking, and her rather difficult personality led to many “conflicts” with other locals. The girl didn’t ever stop advancing though. She refused to slow down. Saya had a goal and she was going to stop at nothing to accomplish it: she would become like those who had saved her. She would become a Shinigami.

The training was intense, but the girl responded to it well. Her abilities quickly developed and she passed the entry examinations into the Shinigami academy with flying colors. As quickly as she had entered, she also graduated as well. Her skills were well developed for one so young and she was assigned into the eleventh division considering her proficiency for melee combat. Climbing the ranks quickly, making herself an integral part of the division.

Saya, over the course of her trainings, learned the secrets to her shikai through combat. She became well tuned to her zanpakuto and learned many of its workings. She became a lioness on the battlefield. She became a hunter. She became one hollows would fear.

After many years of training and many years of work, Saya managed to advance to the pinnacle of her division. She took over the 1st seat, also known as the Lieutenant of the division. Finally she was being regarded for her accomplishments. Finally she was being acknowledged. Saya's one goal in life was simple: exterminate all hollows. Her abilities allowed her to become rather proficient in hollow hunting, though there is always room for improvement. Saya continues her training to reach the pinnacle even to this very day.

“There could be no greater pleasure than that of the hunt itself.” Said the girl in a darker tone as she held out her blade in front, tilting it slightly to the side. There were too many hollows for her to hold back now. “Bite the neck, Mielikki.” Whispered Saya as a bright light clouded over her transforming Zanpakuto. Her back hunched forward slightly and her auburn blue eyes reshaped themselves into slits. The transformation was quick, and it managed to kick up a swirling cloud of dust around the woman. She walked forward with her, now clawed, hands hanging low. The shikai transformation was complete.

Saya’s tongue protruded from between her supple lips and glossed over them. With all the force of a pouncing predator, the fifth seat of third squad launched herself into the fray and towards the nearest fishbone hollow to her location. The beast was colored a sickly dark gray and had pointed lances for arms. He stood upon legs as thick as aged saplings and his body was hulkingly large compared to the woman. His mask was like mercury, the quicksilver color oozing forth from it, yet it retained an animalistic shape. This hollow would become the first prey.

The beast’s limbs thundered forth to try and defend against the oncoming huntress. Saya, witnessing the spear-like object approaching, rolled her entire body to the right as if she had become a bullet. Her feet landed upon the hard packed dirt underneath her again and her eyes flashed up in time to see the creature recoiling back his opposite arm. A thin lipped smile spread across the cat-like woman’s face as she loaded back her right arm as well.

Swinging forth her claws with all the might her body could produce, Saya struck the lance-like arm of the beast dead on. The collision was violent as her claws tore into the beasts hardened flesh and ripped away at the very reishi that comprised him. The beast recoiled back at the surprising amount of damage, but it was far too late for him to escape. Taking a hard step forward, Saya placed her entire body’s weight upon her right foot. Her left claw began to swing forward, staying low enough to even uproot the very earth beneath her feet, before being slashed upwards the entire length of the fishbone’s body.

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