Rihiku Hitsugaya [APPROVED, 0-3+]

Rihiku is a very chaotic man which is easily seen through his attitude towards everybody around him. He likes to raise his voice to people so they know that he is the man talking and everyone should pay attention to him. He would often run into a room with a threatening "Alright everyone listen to me" attitude. Its not as if he really wants to make people love him, its mainly the fact that his past influenced his attitude today and makes him never want to miss a moment of intel or useful information. Most would say he is a very frightening man that shouldn't be messed with and their not far from the truth. He is ruthless and will cut people up to prove a point in a speed and manner that most wouldn't be able to follow let alone feel. Even though he shows this evil side to himself, Rihiku is certainly a man with pride and honour within his soul which makes his obsessive slaying nature seem docile. His own sense of justice is just too great compared to everyone else's to make him alter his personality to their ideals and is also the root of his reasoning. He will do ANYTHING to continue in his path even if it includes killing his loved ones, trashing their dreams or even taking on a fortress on his own. This is easily seen in his records as he betrayed his masters repeatedly showing that nobody could tame such a powerful beast nor catch him while he takes flight. This could make him a very unreliable person to anyone that took him up, but as long as he is showed the utmost respect to his power and can do his tasks with pride and honour, he will not fail.

Rihiku loves to fight people and has somewhat of a happy and casual side whilst doing so. Its one of the things he can actually use when boasting to women apart from being strangled to death by his Zanpakutō spirit. During a fight, Rihiku tends to give a little leeway for his opponents by not drawing his sword. The first stage of battle is to tempt with your fists. Many have seen defeat in this royalty state as his sheer speed can make his movements look slow, but are actually pounding the earth around him. He tends to stand perfectly upright with his hands to his sides where he would move really quickly to get around everyone and pick them off one by one. He will resort to drawing his blade if the fight is getting too chaotic which is what his opponents will ever get to see as he would have already overwhelmed them with this new fighting style. He attacks with one hand with the sword in the other. This gives him lots of punching and grappling moves as well as slicing and defence with his sword. He also retains a lot of his speed like this too. If the others in the fight begin to release their weapons, Rihiku will gauge up his targets before deciding to use his. However, his Bankai has and will not be seen against simpletons. This has to be reserved for mighty fine conditions because he doesn't even know if he could control it without his body being destroyed.

Rihiku is the man that everybody wanted to arrive in soul society. The popularity of his brother was so high within the universe boundaries that when they heard his older brother was going to be travelling to Soul Society again, they were ecstatic. Crowds of rukongai residents helped the Shinigami create an opening ceremony to welcome this man into the Seireitei and back into the court guards where he belonged. However, His attitude was far more distant as he wanted very little to do with the Shinigami. After a single week of meeting everyone again, he left suddenly to the hatred of his brother Toushiro. Rihiku's betrayals were forgotten by most but this captain was too unforgiving towards his brother to ever let those memories disappear. He hates him for it.

A few hundred years ago when both the Hitsugaya brothers were children, they had a big falling out. Rihiku looked like a 16 year old teen and his younger brother was merely an 8 in looks. This didn't mean his attitude was that of a child. the two brothers were the best of friends and looked after each other as best they could. It would usually involved Rihiku doing all the work because Toushiro was getting into trouble with the locals. His little brothers stubborn attitude would get him into a mess with the local residents where Rihiku would have to step in to stop him from doing anything stupid. He didn't like doing this and his brother certainly hated the fact that he kept getting in the way of his fights. In fact, Rihiku pretty much caused Toushiro's anger issues with all his meddling. This may not sounds like a brotherly friendship, but the two were close and were forgiving towards each other. They always made sure the other was healthy and out of trouble.

One day, Rihiku had taken enough. He was tired of such a boring life with his younger brother in Rukongai and getting him out of stupid messes. Even though Toushiro was beginning to get the idea, Rihiku believed he would never grow up properly if he keeps being such a stubborn ass. So suddenly with no notice, He went off on his own and didn't come back. he didn't even bother leaving a message or ntoe to tell his brother what he had done. Toushiro had no idea where he had gone and was left alone in a home that barely stood together. After a few days, Toushiro knew he was alone and suggested the worst possible causations. Did Rihiku die? was he kidnapped? But later, Toushiro spotted Rihiku walking away from rukongai and into the woods. When Rihiku noticed his follower, he just told him to get away from him and let him live his own life. This, caused the little hitsugayas anger to flare up more than ever. His brother had just walked out to leave him in this horrible life. he wanted him dead for leaving him but his luck managed to turn around as within a week, Momo Hinamori started to visit with Toushiro often as a new resident. Their story was played out on a different path.

What Rihiku had actually done was walk off to the Shinigami academy and attack a guard, ordering him to get clearance to enter. Without warning, a few more Shinigami turned up and Rihiku wasn't having any of it. He lashed out and pounded his way into a few before he was grabbed and piled onto the floor. In anger, he continued to lash out but the Shinigami were much stronger than he was so after managing to hold him together, they took him into the Seireitei prison. Soon after a meeting about him, he was taken to the maggots nest and thrown in with all the lunatics that tried to attack him daily. After just a day, Rihiku had gone somewhat insane. it doesn't take long for a wanting soul to linger. Sitting in a jail cell all alone with the howling lunatics he lived with. This wasn't the life he was after. He wanted power to make his life give birth to meaning and reason. Here, he was just a fly on the wall of irrelevance. Many huge men attacked him, leaving him no choice but to use what he had taught himself. Even with minor strength over these men he was still fighting for survival. Those that got close would see to his wrath. Soon, his anger took the better of him.

It was routine surveillance that night where the guards wandered to each camera and took their footage to use as research or just to check for any activity. However, as a guard walked past Rihiku's cell, he reached out and grabbed him round the neck. Yanking heard, he broke his spine joint and crushed his throat before he could yell. Scrambling frantically, Rihiku took the keys to the several locks and chambers around the area out of the guards pockets. As an act of rage, he quickly unlocked every door he could find and released hundreds of the people that were kept here. This caused the entire Gotei 13 to turn up at the front door, armed with their weapons and Kidō primed. As everyone poured out the single doorway, Rihiku took the stealthier route around the back. Chuckling to himself at their foolishness, Rihiku escaped and ran to Rukongai. At this point Toushiro had no idea that his brother was a fugitive and that he caused the huge pandemic of insane criminals that attempted to flee from their prison. That night became a blood feast as all the criminals were slain and many shinigami had been killed. Seeing no other refuge, Rihiku crept back into his old home where his little brother slept. He climbed into the basement and took refuge there to come up with a better plan.

A few days passed and Rihiku attempted to get into the academy once more. He stalked the registry officer and stole the papers during the night. By doing this, he wrote his name on the confirmed applicants and arrived the next day in the opening ceremony. Soon, after the several years it takes for a student to graduate, he left the academy with more than a name for himself. One of the students one the day of graduation realised that Rihiku was the guy that attacked the guard all those years ago. It turns out, the guard he had previously pounded had been killed in the event he caused in the maggots nest. He got a lot of bad ground when this kid found out that he also caused the maggots event. A lot of criminals died that day seeing as they were considered dead already. Some Shinigami weren't as lucky either. This kid became a big problem as he could ruin Rihiku's chances of ever graduating properly. So one day, in a completely random attack, Rihiku grabbed him and held his body up to the wall. Nobody was there to see the boy lose his life as a katana cut his head clean off. Then, his body was thrown into the 80th district of Rukongai to rot with the thugs that lived there. No shinigami ever found his corpse. Rogue hollows probably got him first.

Rihiku managed to pick up a thought in his mind as he took work in a squad. He had left his old life behind with the brother that he loved. Now, they were both alone in this world and they had no idea how the other was going. Still, he walked forwards with pride that he was now a shinigami. It didn't matter as he had now a Zanpakutō of his own to fuel his dreams. His younger brother no longer a thought now that he had power. He was just a memory from the old days of weakness.

A few years later, Rihiku was was found to be attacking hollows with the rest of his squad. He had managed to gain a vice captain position in his squad and was respected by all his subordinates. However, his power wasn't as great as most vice Captains at this point. His sealed state was a powerful source on its own and he was deemed suitable as a fighting source. However, they were outnumbered 100 to 6 and saw little chance of victory. Their captain was fighting a powerful creature in the distance and couldn't lend a hand. In this turmoil, Rihiku lunged and attacked to the best of his abilities. his blade crushed the hollows that began to fight but for every one he killed, two more would turn up out of nowhere. Quickly, his comrades fell all around him until one more was still standing. A peculiar girl with blue hair down to her hips and a dark look about her. Her blue hair was tied up in a clip that gave her pony tail some lift so it didn't get in the way during fights. She took great interest in Rihiku and haunted his every step. She had a very weird feeling towards Rihiku as he was covered in a dark aura she could see.

She went by the name of Miko Sayanashi and was a very pretty girl. Rihiku had looked at her a few times in the squad with the same thought and took that further by asking her to join him for lunch. She thought she had been caught doing something bad but Rihiku didn't care. Soon, they became great friends and swore to protect each other. She was curious of his dark aura and he was curious as to her weird attitude and flooding reitsu.

Back in the fight, Rihiku stood his ground with Miko who managed to fight back to back for a whole 5 minutes before something went dramatically wrong. A hollow leapt behind Rihiku with a heavy slice of its claws, the girl fell to the floor using her body as a shield with her quick reactions. Miko knew that she wasn't going to survive this fight and Rihiku was a greater asset than she would ever be. This caused his past anger to return. He was still too weak to survive which means he is no different than he was all those years ago. All his comrades were dead. He looked at the blood littered floor and a few tears fell to the winds. Looking up quickly, he yelled as loud as he could. Without even realising what he was doing, he sheathed his blade and tore off the scabbard. Blue fire leapt everywhere as he yelled out a name in an emotional rage.

"HAIKENMARU!"

This caused everything around him to explode in a violent rage of blue flames. Flames so cold the bodies that were hit froze into statues. He continued to roar out his heart as fire shot in every direction. His hand became clasped to a large sword that was different to his other. A voice rang through his head telling him to stop but he didn't listen. Soon, he fainted and crashed to the floor, surrounded by a forest now encased in ice and dead hollows.

Later, he awoke in his squad barracks with a few people looking over him. Some were angry because their friends were killed and they blamed him for it. the ice everywhere was surely his doing and that was the only causation of their deaths. Rihiku, with no memory of the incident believed them. Even though he was fending for his life, he chose to believe that he killed them all. Soon, everyone despised him. The team killer that nobody would work with. he was often laughed at because of his incompetence but he did nothing except listen to what they had to say. That was until his rage grew too far. news spread that his captain was also slain that day with a huge ice covered corpse and this took Rihiku to the Edge. He lashed out at the remainder of his squad for torturing his mind for so long. His sword began to glow as he repeated his previous actions.

"Crush through the frozen realm... HAIKENMARU!"

Quickly, his word became that he saw before. A double edged and several piece great sword. Then, with a few blasting attacks, he destroyed his barracks and slaughtered those he deemed unworthy of his thoughts. Before long, captains flocked to his location thus making him need to flee. He ran for his life as the stealth force tracked him down. Attacking furiously until he reached the Senkai gate, he leapt through to the living world and hid.

Now, until this day, Rihiku Hitsugaya has been seen as a fugitive that killed team mates and fought friends. That's not him at all. He just wanted to survive. Knowing nothing about the living world, he took refuge in whatever he could find and did whatever he could to keep his body in top condition. Hollows attacked every single day and he would kill them all with his new powers. This just brought even more hollows to his location and he became completely engulfed in the hollows. Nobody knows if he lived or died in the real world. But those that know the truth, know that he is no longer a real shinigami. His soul was too torn to ever become what he used to be again.

From that point, he wandered Hueco Mundo in search for something. A past event caused him to become interested in the Hollows. He didn't trust the Vizards to assist in Hollow knowledge because they were all part Shinigami. At the moment, he hated Shinigami more than anyone else would. Then he met the Espada for the first time. He challenged them to a fight and they all drew their blades ready to attack, but the Cero Espada just stared. She gave a completely dumbfounded look and the other Espada were surprised at her. Quickly, she gave the order to make Rihiku her personal Bodyguard. He doesn't know why she chose to, but it made him ever so closer to gaining even more power through the hollows. That was until a few years apssed under her service that he was forced to leave. Upon doing so, he met his match in the living world and gave in to their ideals as the stronger power. His fate was determined there and then as he was captured and taken to Soul Society to be trailed for his actions against The Shinigami.

"My brother hates me because of what I am doing... but do I really care about that insignificant insect? My Flames can freeze even the coldest of Ice and the hottest of Fires. There's no way I'm stopping this crusade now..."

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Rihiku In tundra

Reitsu Colour:
Light Blue and acts like fire whenever he is charging his powers

Honestly, the most cold hearted bitch Rihiku had ever met in his life. She wont let him do anything that involves other girls otherwise she cracks out her whip and sword to smash his face in. Anybody else doing something along those lines, she will ignore. It has to be Rihiku otherwise her anger wont be strong enough. She cant stand being near perverted men and that is why she is against anything sexual. If Rihiku gets rather annoyed with her violent tantrums, he would use her anger against her and use that frustration to trick her into doing something daft. After all, he is a rather nasty guy when he wants to be but really wants his spirit to shut up.

Her actual appearance makes people wonder how she can ever be an Ice Drake. However, her entire body symbolises her dragon aspects. You cant see it in the image, but she hides a short sword underneath her red cape behind her to surprise those that get too close, including Rihiku himself. Her sword and whip resembles her tail and fangs as well as her Zanpakutō. Her Blonde hair and red clothes give a fiery appearance but the white and grey parts show as colder colours. Rihiku Himself is the funnel of the frost element itself but her Personality can also be claimed to make his powers cold.

Rihiku's inner world is a place made completely of unstable ice and snow. It is usually snowing hard when he enters the place and see's the front gates of the massive fortress upon arrival. Once he walks on, he must walk up the massive chambers full of frozen walls and runic statues until he reaches the top. Here, he will find Haikenmaru sitting in her frozen chair waiting for him. She would stand up and allow him to sit down where she will lean up against the throne he rightfully controls. Even though he is the user and she is giving him the powers, She admires him enough to do this.

Haikenmaru in her sealed state looks very similar to a simple katana used by the court squads. However, this one has a blade coloured blue and a handle of pure white. Its design is simple with a couple of diamond shaped metal coloured blue on the handle. The blade itself has a white zig-zag going up to the tip.

Rihiku shoves his blade into its scabbard. This causes the entire thing to set ablaze with blue flames that melt away the material over the sword. As it falls apart, the blade within is revealed and then flicked downwards. This actions circles all the flames around Rihiku before being absorbed into Haikenmaru again. Then a detonation around the blade causes it to shatter and reform in the air. 5 blades are created from these shards and then slam into the ground rapidly beside him, 1 in front, two to left, two to right.

Haikenmaru becomes a blade of ice and glows a vibrant blue colour. The handle remains the same as the sealed state but the edge itself is made of frost. Because it is made of ice, the weapon will easily shatter if struck by a very powerful source. However, it will not melt regardless of the heat because of the sheer intense chill it creates. That and Haikenmaru simply does not melt as her spirit is within this blade constantly. A section of the blade is covered in a hardened metal which keeps the ice edge attached. this is etched with a symbol of a skeletal dragon on both sides. Seeing as the blade glows blue all the time, it makes it hard for Rihiku to hide in dark places as it gives off light. As it swings or moves, it leaves a trail of blue light and icicles in the air. The literal shape of the sword mimics that of a scimitar but reversed. When held properly, the blades are actually bent forwards to create a claw-like appearance.

Now whats so amazing about this blade is that there are 5 of them created upon entering shikai state. When they appear, each sword stabs themselves into the ground around Rihiku with the handle pointing upwards. The powers of this stage explain what happens to them.

Rihiku moves all of the blades above his head and starts to wave his arm above himself at a rapid pace. This causes the blades to move similar to an acrobatic group of jets in the sky. As they do this, they set aflame and burn all the way down to the threads and Rihikus hand. As soon as they engulf his entire arm, the fires crawl over his back and down his other arm to engulf that. Once his two arms are covered in sub zero ice, the change begins.

The ice blades shatter overhead with a rain of fire. The flames on his body harden to create what looks like large shoulder pads with spikes pointing upwards and all the way down to his elbow. His back sprouts two ice made wings, each at 7metres long similar to Hiyorinmaru but they do not cover his shoulders as other parts of ice do that.

After forming his wings and armour, Rihiku conjures the last parts of ice into his hands. This, creates two relatively large swords made completely out of Ice with 5ft long blades and another foot for the handle. the blades are double edged and have a circular hand guard with spiked ice going upwards.

Skill Level: Kidō: Beginner/Adept/Advanced/Master
Skill Level: Swordsmanship: Beginner/Adept/Advanced/Master
Skill Level: Shunpo: Beginner/Adept/Advanced/Master
Skill Level: Hand-to-Hand: Beginner/Adept/Advanced/Master

Kidō Skill:

Rihiku Doesn't bother with Kidō whatsoever. Even though his Shikai and Bankai are very Kidō based, he tends to stay away from spell-casting as its not easy enough to fluently place into a combo. Instead, Brute strength is all that's needed to send targets spiralling. Spending the time to yell out a few Kidō incantations and then firing it is too much of a give-away to your plans and so keeping his offensive nature in hold, Rihiku dumps all Kidō for maximum melee and dragon based combat.

Weapon Skill:

Rihiku takes pride in his swords and his dragon form. This is where he excels the most. His entire meaning is full offence and if he doesn't live up to that name, then what's the point of him being there? Hitting quickly and hitting bloody hard with his swords is what he does best. Usually when facing Rihiku, the opponent needs to take consideration for all angles and build the best defence. If He gets through that, your pretty much done for as his swords and abilities are not just for show and not built to defend. expect sparks to fly when Rihiku draws his sword and expect said sparks to freeze the shit out fo whatever walks into them.

Shunpo Skill:

Rihiku relies on shunpo whilst in sealed and Shikai states. However, its pretty useless in Bankai because of his added weight, his already equipped armour and his speed in the air. This means that Rihiku is pretty good at shunpo and will use it Almost constantly to confuse his opponents. However, his accurate judgements are thrown off and because of this he is often seen falling into a hole or hitting a wall because his shunpo launched him a stupid direction. Nevertheless, hitting things hard from every angle is an option and so shunpo will be considered when trying to overwhelm the opposition even in a tight space with inevitable collisions.