Akiru Hanori

Basic Information

Name: Akiru Hanori

Actual Age: 176

Appeared Age: 14

Gender: Female

Division: None, Rogue Shinigami, though she is good.

Looks: Akiru has light silvery hair, close to white. Her skin is a light peachy color and has little to no blemishes or freckles. Her hair is straight messy and has a few long strands hanging by the front.It's usually left down or clipped into a messy bun. Her eyes are a dark maroon reddish color. Her clothing is dirty flared jeans and a loose black shirt. She keeps a black string necklace with a red circle charm on the end of it as a charm. Akiru also has two matching spike bracelets. Her arms have a couple small scars from her past human life. Her lips are a dark dusty pink color. When she blushes her cheeks turn a light icy pink. Her fingernails have small bite marks because of her bad habit of nail biting and are usually kept free of dirt. She never paints them with nail-polish. She will use marker to draw on them sometimes though. She has several ear piercings, mostly along the upper ridge of her ear and the lobe. She has a tiny silver ring on her left hand. She has a pair of black fingerless gloves, with white stitching across the palms.

Personality: Akiru is very playful, but most of the time she is extremely shy. She's socialble, depending on her mood and sleepiness. She likes to reverse her sleep schedule by staying up extremly late and going to bed in the daytime, or staying up for a day or two (depending on how far she could push herself) and go to bed whenever she had no more strength to stay awake.She loves to listen to music, but hates singing. She often takes comfort and solace in whatever music she's listening to. She can draw and play instruments extermly well, but can't paint without throughly drawing her obejective first. She is wonderful in playing the piano, flute, and the kazoo.

She has a tiny furry pet cat named Aro who is her only known companion. She didn't have very many friends back at the Soul Society, only a tiny close-knit group. She likes parties though. She tends to be the life of the party when drunk, but if she's not she's sitting in a corner somewhere listening to music and talking with some people about current issues. She gets hungry often.She loves reading and collects many,many books.She likes puzzles and games, but gets extremly angry if she solves a puzzle and it still makes no sense. Her impeccable sense of intuition and creativity aids in her often. She loved to take small walks through the Underground Sewers and memorize them before she left the SS.She has an extremely high moral code, and won't join anyone who has evil intentions, even if they offer her immense power she won't join.

Sexuality: Bisexual

Relationship Status: Single and looking.


Zanpakuto Information
Zanpakuto Name: Hifumetsu (Immortal Fire)

Zanpakuto Looks: It is a strandard katana with silky red strings wrapped around the hilt of Hifumetsu. The blade has a red tinge to it and curves slightly. She treasures her zanpakutou because it is one of her best friends.

Spirit Realm: It is a giant frame of a past temple. Vines and undergrowth overtake the remaining pieces of the stone building. Trees grow all around. A broken staircase leading up to a mysterious circular door that is shining and still in perfect,untouched condition. Two doors lie on each side. In one rests a rusting gold and blue chest. The other is a dead end. In front of the mysterious circular door stands a guardian with strange markings over his body. Two more stand at the in front of a intresting symbol. Ahead of them is a slightly sloping staircase, untouched by vines and weeds. The staircase leads to a wide dome with a skeleton of a frame. In the center lies a small circular area with pillars around it. In it lies a stone bench with ancient inscriptions.

Zanpakutou Spirit's Looks:She has long flowing crimson red hair. The tendrils seem to form flames of fire. Her eys are the exact same shade of Akiru's eyes. She wears a short ripped dress made of animal furs. Designs lie across the top of the dress, depicting flames. She wears dark leather boots that rise up to her knees. She wears dark black gloves that look almost attached to her skin. A collar made of brown leather connects to her dress. She has sideswept bangs that cover her one eye that was mysteriously scorched. She acts as a playful, childish friend and guide to Akiru.

Released Zanpakuto Description:
Fire Pit: Hifumetsu easily ignites a flaming circle around the target. The flames rise to engulf the target and incinerate him. This attack is powerful, which makes up for the possible ability for the target to escape.
Fire Blasts: Hifumetsu allows Akira to shoot 7 firballs at her target. This is more easy to use because it can hit the target point-blank, while Fire Pit allows the target time to escape. This also drains less energy than the Fire Pit.


Zanpakuto Release Phrase: Incinerate and Dawn, Hifumetsu

Released Zanpakuto Looks: Hifumetsu transforms from a simple katana into a longer katana. It has a firey red glow around it and it's blade red tint increases into a crimson color. Two black prongs form from the hilt of Hifumetsu. The katana looses it's curve and the top narrows into a sharp silvery tip. The hilt form into wider, silver, and oval shaped. It's handle turns black and the end of it curves opposites ways. Rubies line the edges of the hilt and the handle.


Bankai Information
None

Bankai Description:
None

Bankai Looks: None

History and RP Sample
History: Akiru was born in a poverty stricken district of Nara, an ancient city in Japan. The midwife predicted she would be born fine and without any complications. She was a luckily right. Akiru was born without a problem, although the midwife did faint because her strage eye color. She was raised by her parents Natsui Hanori and Senrai Hanori. Natsui Hanori was rumored to be from a long line of royal ancestry, and that she had been disowned when she started to show sympathy for the people living in the poor districts, labeled as " The Lesser Ones". Her mother often dismissed this rumor around the children, but Akiru knew otherwise when she overheard her father talking about it with her mother. But she never told anyone about that.

Senrai's ancestry was known to be from a group of skilled samurais'. This is where Akiry inherited her stealth and intuition. She had one brother,Misui, and often looked out for him while they played with the other children. She was known amongst that poor district to be a child prodigy, excelling in art and education.But she often led the district children on missions to steal from food vendors along the sides of the cobblestoned street. She might've been incredibly talented at her arts and education, but she was the greatest at being a theif and bandit. Akiru headed the village theif group, with the other children often bringing her back they're earnings. She'd regularly reject these earnings, she had a high moral code, even as a child. One day she came home to find a bad situation lying near the door of her home.

"Mother, what's happening?' Akiru asked her mother as she looked over to her father arguing with a royal guard of the kingdom. She had seen them walk through every week or so, often talking to each other and staring with disgust at the people who lived in her district. "Nothing,now go inside and help your brother" her frantic mother replied. "Fine, but you should tell me later" Akiru grumbled, and headed into the the house with Misui in tow. "Wha-what's happening to Dad?" Misui said with a stammer. She knew he was a real crybaby, but she didn't mind that. "Nothing Misui, everything will be ok." Akiru said as she patted his head. She cared for him very much, seeing as he was so fragile. Akiru was tough and bossy, while he was delicate and respective.

Misui pointed to the scene behind her." That doesn't look good." Misui said with a frown. Akiru turned around. She gasped when she saw what was happening. Her father was getting beaten by the guard man. "Leave him alone you monster!" Akiru screamed as she kicked the guard man. He dropped his father and turned to her." Brat, what are you doing?" He laughed and slapped her across the face. Akiru's eyes widened as she turned back to him with a red mark across her face. She smiled and remembered she had a hidden dagger that she had stolen from an older vendor while she was sneaking into the forbidden bazaar district west of the one she lives in. Akiru swung the dagger across the back of the guard man. "Loser, leave my family alone." Akiru looked him straight in the eye.

She knew she had no time to just stand there. He was bound to attack her. "Goodbye Mother! Bye Father! And goodbye Misui, I wish you luck!" Akiru said as she ran past the vendors and children. Tears flowed willingly from her red eyes. She would miss them all. Especially Misui. Akiru wandered the streets of a barren faraway district, never letting that guard catch up with her. She spotted a man, he looked about 20. She was about to turn 12, as she had lived out her life scavaging and stealing from vendors. "Hello" Akiru said, her small handcrafted robe drifting behind her. She had pulled the hood over her head to where he could only see her tiny lips moving. She recognized the boy's insignia on the back of his hand. He was a member of the Antou Theives, a group she had aspired to enter once she had grown older.

"Little girl, what do you want?" He said with kindness and curuiosity. " I would like to join your group. I'm a skilled theif. And i'm afraid i'm being hunted by a guard." She said with a tear. She was bound to get caught by him. She only barely escaped him last time." Hmm, i've heard of you. Would your name happen to be Akiru Hanori? the man replied with kindness. "Yeah...that's me" Akiru answered."Good. Your a legend in this district. Your welcomed in this group" He invited her in." My name is Sukatsi Danui" He said as he poured her a cup of tea. She looked around. His house was nicely furnished, and warm and cozy. She was directed to her room and was promised to meet tyhe rest of the group in the morning.

Akiru lived here with him, with her as his adopted daughter. He tought her other things to aid her in her adventures. She would routinely go one missions to aid the group. But she would never murder anyone. She believed taking someones life was wrong, as she left them fatally wounded, but wiith enough life to survive. One day, on the eve of her fourteenth birthday, she was approached by Sukatsi." It is your birthday tomorrow. Tonight, at midnight, you will perform an important mission. It is vital in the survival of this group. You will be infiltrating the Royal Wanutai Kingdom." He handed her the necessary tools to infiltrate the lush palace grounds of Wanutai Kingdom.

The group had nominated Akiru to do the mission without informing her of the meeting. But she was ready. She set out, with a sack of the tools and a layout of the Kingdom. She had also sneaked some bread from a vendor. She crawled up the Western Wall that guarded the Kingdom. She slipped the hood over her face as she gracefully and quietly slid onto the ground. The buildings and architecture of the Inner Palace was magnificent. Decorative borders were placed on every house. A neatly managed cobbelstone street guided her path up the the Royal Kingdom of Wanutai. It was beautiful and smooth, unlike the rough street back in the poor districts. She spotted a few guards walking along the same path farther ahead.

She slipped behind a nearby house and decided to take a shortcut up to the Kingdom. She crept along the manicured hedges that lad up to the Main Kingdom. She knew instantly not to go through front door, so she crept around the Kingdom. She finally found a tiny low window that she could slip through. She easily slipped through it, landing on the ground with a tiny "humph". She spotted severel barrels of vegetables and cured meats. "Nice" Akiru whispered. She sat down and snacked on the bread and some of the cured meat. She heard someone approach the door. She scrambled over to hide behind a barrel. "Ahhh, no need hiding little one" The woman said with a calming assurance.

"I have been told you were here by a man of your group. We...tortured him until he told us. And if you wish of him not to die, I suggest you reveal yourself." She threatned menacingly. Natsumi let a single tear flow down her cheek and stood up. She threw off her hood and approached the lady. She had long flowong brown hair and calm grey eyes. "Hmm, you are quite young. A feat of sneaking into this kingdom is quite astonishing. And if it woudl have not been for a small spy in our group then you wouldv'e succeeded and we would've had no idea about this infiltration plot. But it's over now." She smiled and tied Akiru's hands behind her back. "Your coming with me".

She led Akiru to a familiar face. The guard she had injured back in her original district. "You" Akiru said without showing fear. " Oh, I knew it was gonna be this little brat." He sighed while rolling his eyes. " Well then, we'll give you a nice little public execution" He exclaimed with a twisted smile. Akiru looked him in the eyes. " So? You still got wounded by a tiny 8 year old. And you can never erase that. Your pride has been shattered. And I do not fear death. Because, unlike you, I have never taken a life. Never." She said with a prideful demeanor. " Take her away!" He screamed as he slapped her hard across the face. Akiru smiled. "Goodby idiot!". The lady squeezed her wrist as she led her down farther and farther into the prisoner's dungeon.

"Filthy brat. You should've learned to be more lady-like. It may have saved your life." She lectured." Eh, I was told that a lot. You should've learned to get a life." Akiru spat. The lady threw her against the cell wall. "Brat" the lady said as she walked away with a disgusted look on her face. Akiru looked around. There were no prisoners down there. She saw an owl up above in a far window. " Ah, you see me, don't you? Well, at least you have wings" She said to the owl. She dropped down to her knees on the floor. Her head slumped against the cold dirt cell floor. She fell asleep with scenes of her childhood replaying in her head. In five days she would be hung from the exact same rope that had led her into the cell.

(Five days later) It was the day of the execution. She had smudges of dust and dirt against her cheeks. Spider webs were lying on her dark robe. The lady that had led her there arrived at her cell door." Well, look at you. Aren't you just lovely?" She said with sarcasm. "Get up. Now" She unlocked the door and tied her hands beside her back. "It's time" The lady muttered as she led her back up to the Kingdoms main room. The guard and the lady led her through the cobblestone streets of the Inner Palace. People stared and gasped at the dirty Akiru. Some people shook their heads in shame and some through pebbles at her. She glared at all of them. She was pulled out of the Inner Palace and into the poor districts. The guard and the lady turned back to her and laughed. The people on the side of the streets looked at her with tears. She was to be hung and they knew it. They finally entered the poor district she was born in. The children recognized her. "Akira!" shouted one of them. He started to run forward, to try and save her, but the others knew that his efforts would just end up in more people getting hurt.

She nodded to all of them. "Remember young ones, cover your tracks carefully, look out for each other, and NEVER take another life." Akiru commanded with tears. They all nodded back. Some were crying. She looked to the other side of the road. She saw her mother and Misui. "Misui! I wish you luck! Don't ever forget to care for the others, ok?" She yelled to him. He nodded. "Yes, sister". She looked to her mother. She smiled. "We have always missed you Akiru, and we will hopefully see you in the afterlife!" Her mother cried out. Akiru looked away and started to cry. But she regained her compusure quickly. She stepped up on the quickly fashioned gallows as the lady took off her rope from around her wrists and fixed it into a noose. The guard held her in place to keep her from running. The lady slipped that noose around her neck and tied her hands with another short rope. She looked back to them. "You will both rot in hell" She said with a demented smile. "Goodbye everyone" Akiru yelled. The lady pushed her foward as she finished her sentence. She instantly snapped her neck.

Soul Society

Akiru looked around and thought "Looks like I didn't die". She turned around and started to speak, but realized a small chain portruding from her chest. It led up to Akiru's body. She looked at her own face. Her eyes were glazed over and her jaw was slacked. "I-I'm dead?" she said with disbelief. She tugged on the chain. "Ouch" She dropped it quickly. She had no idea what was going on. She looked at all the people staring at her dead body. "Damn, that's embarrassing." She stared on as she saw a man walk through the crowd. No one else saw him except for her. "Hey! Can you see me?" Akiru shouted while pointing to herself. He laughed. "Why yes! I can. Now, you wouldn't mind closing your eyes for a minute, would you? My name is Rutai Unori. I need to perform a Soul Burial on you. It'll send you to the Soul Society" He said with a polite smile.

Akiru was a bit baffled, but she obliged to his request."Okay, my name is Akiru Hanori" she said. He tapped her on the head. She was about to yell at him, when she opened her eyes and found herself floating through an unknown dimension. "Whoa..." Akiru said in disbelief. She landed in the place he was talking about, the Soul Society. She was in this place known as the Rukongai. She was in the 3rd District. It was somewhat clean and their was a lot of people around. She looked around and saw someone holding a piece of bread. She was starving and needed something to eat. She tried to snatch it out of his hand. " Hey! What are you doing!" He yelled at her. "I'm- i'm sorry sir. I'm really hungry, and if I don't eat something i'm gonna pass out!" Akiru said back to him. "Hmm, your hungry?
You have an wonderful amount of spritual energy. Here, take the bread and head up to the Shinigami Academy" He said with a smile. He pointed her in the direction of the Shinigami Academy. "Thanks!" Akiru said as she waved to him.

She set on down the road and into the Academy. She enrolled there and easily passed the admission test. She asked the souls around her if that really was the test. And each time she got an exasperated yes. She always replied with a shocked wow. She was admitted to Class #1: the special accelerated class. She mastered Kido extermly well and did great in sword-to-sword combat. She was often ignored by others, which led her to communicate often with her Zanpakutou, Hifumetsu. She spent a lot of time studying Kido, as she was most interested in that subject. After graduating from the Shinigamai Academy in only three years, she decided to enter the 4th Division.After a while, she got extremly bored of the Soul Society, so she quickly left the SS one dark rainy night. She currently lives out her life as a wanderer of Karakura Town.

RP Sample: As Natsumi
(Natsumi watched her kido fly towards Hakudoshi. Hopefully it hit him. And if it did, he was most likely beat. If it didn't....well, she would just keep fighting to she beat him. He was severly getting on her nerves, and she was just beginning to fight him! She watched the kido in anticipation. But she gasped as she saw what happened. It simply hit the ground and he was theire no longer! Damn, that was supposed to get him! Her eyes opened wide as she heard "Surprise!" being yelled from behind her. She whipped her body around to slash him with Tethisrenta. But he wasn't there anymore.Shit! She felt the small sharp blades that flew out of his zanpaktou hit her upper back.Hmmm, that was a nice surprise attack. The small blades are actually kinda cool.

The pain wasn't that bad though, just a large group of tiny cuts along the ridge of her upper back.But, it wasn't that great. Your gonna need something better to stop me. She spun around and repeated the attack strategy from before. To sonido clockwise and slash. But she made a few changes. Instead of simply going clockwise, she decided to go clockwise and counter-clockwise.This way, he couldn't get used to the same direction. And instead of using simple slashes, she used enforced intricately placed stabs. To name a few places, his lower back, his shoulders, his stomach, his knees, his feet (the achilles tendon,specifically), and his arms. She backed up a few feet and recited a kido.Natsumi pointed her tiny thin finger at Hakudoshi's heart and smiled. She wasn't gonna let him get away from her kidos' this time.

Hado 63. Raikoho! (Thunder Roar Cannon)
"Sprinkled on the bones of the beast! Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring. Move and become the wind, stop and become calm. The sound of warring spears fills the empty castle!"

There...I doubt you can get away from that! I've hit you point blank! Escape my wrath, you silly brat! Natsumi yelled with a shockingly demented smile. She sonido'd away from him by a lengthy distance, and glanced at Natsumi. When she saw Hayami, Natsumi did a surprised double take.Hayami?! Are you ok?! Hayami!! Hayami was lying motionless in that pristine diamond enclosure thing that Hakudoshi had fired at her. She saw out of the corner of her eye will she was firing her second kido at Hakudoshi that Hayami had fired a Getsuga Tenshou at herself, and knew full well that she was attempting to enter Vasto Lorde. But...it looked like something had went wrong.

It looked like Hayami might have killed herself while trying to attain the higher state of power. You! Natsumi pointed at Hakudoshi with a evil glare in her eye.That, is your fault! Natsumi screamed as she pointed at Hayami's possibly dead body lying partially in the crystal enclosure and on the red ground of Mars.If YOU wouldn't of fired that pod-thingy at HER, she could be fighting! Now I don't know if she's alive or if she's dead, but she certainly looks closer to the former! Natsumi screamed at him, her eyes nearly bulging out of her sockets. She sonido'd over to him and rained stab after stab after stab down on him.In between stabs she cried out "You....stupid...idiotic..dumbass!".She finally sonido'd even farther back from the previous spot she was in before she went on her total rampage.

She knew that she had went a bit crazy, but he deserved every bit of those attacks. A tiny tiny tear slipped from her eye as she looked over to Hayami, then back to Hakudoshi.You idiot.

Approved.