Ketsu Eki
Pronunciation: Keh-tsu Eh-key
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Blood type: O negative
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Aliases/nicknames:
While his real name is Ketsueki, he has changed it to Ketsu Eki for the sake of having a last name. The only personal nickname that he possesses is Ketsu, although some close friends refer to him as Kets. A select few call him Eki, although he does not tend to enjoy that, he says it is far too formal.
Physical description:
A young man, looking to be around to be the early twenties, perhaps late teens, his overflowing confidence is reflected in his appearance. With long grey hair, only long enough to cover his eyes, and flow behind his hair, it is very well kept. Standing at a six feet five and a half inches, he is above average height, with average sized muscles, with over average strength. Constantly smiling, his pearly white teeth glow faintly at all times. With dark grey eyes, they have intense emotion within them, some have wept after seeing a tear fall from them. Having a light tan colored skin, scars cover both arms and legs. A large scar covers his chest, hidden only by clothing. Across his gentle face is a scar, reaching from the top of the left eye down to the right cheek, cutting over the nose. He looks handsome, yet the scars that cover him often scare those who might find him appealing away. He is a neat person, with a rather feminine smelling fragrance upon him. Those who make jokes about it usually find a blade to their neck. For some reason, his right hand is usually resting against his sheath, which sits on the left side. The long black sheath is very well kept, holding his zanpakutou within it. He is left handed, although fights with his right, an advantage for his opponent. He is always wearing a pearl necklace, which flows down to his chest. Its purpose is known only to him.
When in the soul society, he is usually wearing a sleeveless black undershirt, which is very thin, He still wears his hakama, so he can look slightly professional, yet it is not as baggy as most. He has made pockets within his hakama, in which to place a flask, a dark grey color, his favorite alcohol always contained. With each drink he cringes in the intensity, although he has never revealed what was inside. He tends to wear clogs but as soon as combat begins, they mysteriously disappear.
If in the living world, or even in a social event, in which casual wear is acceptable, Ketsu will completely neglect wearing anything showing his status. He makes sure his hair is constantly out of his eyes, and will wear a grey undershirt instead. With no haori, he usually keeps is hands in his pockets, his flask no where to be seen. He wears two matching wristbands on each arm, each black with the symbol for squad eleven in white. With unusually dark red shoes, he looks very fashionable, with his black sheath hung over his shoulder, so his right arm can get easy access to it. He is still wearing his red pearl necklace, yet he folds it up over his left arm, like another wristband. He wears a pair of black pants, tight along the legs, yet loose along the waist. He also wears a beanie, dark red in color, with black stripes among the base of it.
Reiatsu: With a Crimson color reiatsu, he has little control over it because of the restraints that he places on it. He has such a massive amount of reiatsu that he does not care how much of it he uses, and with the help of his zanpakutou, when in shikai it restores on its own. With an almost unlimited amount of it, he does not worry much. If fighting, he can control his reiatsu better, the reason is unknown, yet he gets a better feel of his body when in combat, allowing him to control the flow of reiatsu from his body. The less amount of reiatsu he uses, the less control he has over it, to an extent.
Zanpakutou: Hateshiganai (eternity)
Hateshiganai has the appearance of a demon. It is a large beast, about nine feet tall, and covered in blood, constantly dripping from all parts of its body. It is humanoid, having no features, yet still definable limbs and size. With pure dark red eyes, it makes sure that it is known to Ketsu as it constantly assists with training. Where a heart would be, a mass of black blood is contained in the area. Whenever Ketsu unleashes any amount of Hateshiganai’s power, his eyes glow a dark red color. The more power he uses, the redder his eyes become, and if it continues, his eyes will turn entirely red, and sometimes will start bleeding. The beast has a very deep voice, and is usually loud and powerful, every word leaving its mouth one of inspiration, making Ketsu push himself just one step further.
Sheath: The sheath of Hateshiganai is longer then the blade, allowing for easy drawing. The black sheath is shined and cleaned constantly, and when Ketsu is in anger, some see blood falling over the sheath. It is strapped perfectly, and is known as a very elegant sheath, and with such a brutal blade, most wonder why such elegance is used to hold such craze and hate. The Sheath nearly drags against the ground, silver lining among the bottom of it, the sheath is very expensive, although not a part of his zanpakutou, he likes it to look very fashionable.
Unreleased:
With such an amazing looking sheath, the blade itself is nothing of the elegance and flare. The hilt of the blade has a grey colored wrap for the grip, intertwined with another set of black wrap making a checkered pattern. It is made perfectly for Ketsu’s hand, allowing him to hold it any way he wishes with no trouble. This matches the sheath, giving it a look of elegance, yet as soon as the blade is pulled, everyone sees the true nature of the weapon. The blade is large and jagged, the tip of the weapon being serrated, with both sides having edges. The blade is a darker grey color, instead of the average light grey of steel. It is very heavy, and hard to swing by normal people. The blade is a bit longer, and a bit wider, then an average zanpakutou. Ketsu will usually resist going into shikai, for he likes this blade far too much.
Shikai:
*Shikai release incantation* "Bleed! Hateshiganai!"
Description: The size of the blade is very large, a two handed blade, while maintaining its same color, it grows much larger in both length and width. The guard of the weapon grows thicker, and has a dark red color, blood constantly flowing from it. The blade has blood pulsing through it, and if one looks close enough, they can see the weapon has a pulse. Its strength is multiplied, as well as its speed, stray blood collecting from the orb at the bottom of the blade, not only does it collect blood lost from opponents and user alike, it gives massive leverage for devastating blows. It can also blast blood from the base allowing Ketsu to slash much faster, or to stop a powerful strike with what seems like ease. Hateshiganai creates blood during fighting, and also has a large reserve at the beginning of the transformation, which takes a couple hours to restore. He has enough blood to last against a strong enemy, yet if there is more then one, he would need to get there blood, or neglect using attacks. It does not take blood to maintain the transformations, although it takes it to use attacks. While in shikai, his eyes are constantly red. If desired, each slash can cause a large blast of reiatsu, intertwined with Ketsu’s blood. If and when the attack hits, the blood instantly evaporates, and reappears within Ketsu. This does not take Hateshiganai’s blood and can be used constantly. The attack acts as an average slash of blood attack. The more pain that Ketsu is in, the more power he seems to receive, so if cut, he will bleed, get stronger and have a weapon to use. Because of the nature of his weapon, he can stop himself from bleeding to death, because of the Hateshiganai’s large amount of blood, sent to him from an alternate source, within the zanpakutou. The amount of blood stored is around the size of a lake, at the most, and can reduce to nothing within a couple of minutes depending on how much Ketsu is using.
Shikai abilities:
Akuma Keiteki: (devil's Acid) this is a much more powerful form of the slash of blood. Ketsu swings his sword with a powerful slash, forcing the blood on his weapon to launch forward with the reiatsu that is combined with the blood. This attack is a very large wave of blood, which consumes and devours the enemy that confronts it. When the blood hits, it destroys the flesh of the enemy burning like acid. It makes a cut across the ground, with the physical strength of a strong slash, the true power lies in the blood itself, and burning the flesh of anything it touches, being deadly. This attack works wonders on multiple enemies.
Broken Expulsion: As an enemy does a powerful attack, it can be instantly stopped by this attack. A large amount of blood focus’s around Ketsu’s blade, and works like a sort of shield, breaking as the attack hits, as soon as the shield breaks, all of the shards of blood rush forward to attack. The shield cannot be broken by ketsu’s will, he needs to be attacked, or he needs to hit it against something to create the acceleration needed to project the attack.
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Bankai:
*bankai release incantation* "Flood the Earth with Blood! ketsuken Hateshiganai"
Massive power, massive speed, intensity, and the sensation of blood, those are all things contained in Ketsu’s bankai. While in this form, Large dark red spikes launch from his arm that is holding the zanpakutou. It can switch which arm the spikes have if needed. The spikes go all the way up to the shoulder, where a single gigantic shoulder piece of solid blood forms. The blade grows far longer, and the blade curves randomly, small spikes extruding where the serrated edges were. It has a very demonic look, and yet, it is still extremely long and wide. The guard stabs into the skin, of the wrist, which causes the spikes to appear. They cause Ketsu to create massive amounts of blood, although do not cause any permanent harm to him, it does weaken him if he uses this skill to a certain extent. His eyes turn black in this form, and the blood in his body, as well as Hateshiganai, are black. It causes intense damage upon striking, and gives him much more power. His red pearl necklace also turns black, if it is still being worn. While in this form, Ketsu’s hair turns a bright red color, and he becomes far more acrobatic. He does not hold back with his skills anymore, and is unusually calm. This is only the beginning of his transformation of bankai, for if he releases hateshiganai’s power further, his bankai causes further change. The dark red spikes collect blood like the orb that used to be on his weapon, they also collect stray reiatsu that Ketsu emits. Like in shikai, the more pain Ketsu is in, the more power he gains.
After continued use, Ketsu’s skin begins to bleed, and his entire body loses all features, looking much like his zanpakutou spirit, his body becomes blood entirely, allowing him to use his skills without worry. Attacks can still harm him, as underneath this veil of blood he still has his regular body. His dark red spikes on his arm still show, and his shoulder guard is outside of the blood. With pure black eyes, and black blood, the red blood covering his body creates a feeling of dread to anyone nearby. When Ketsu shunpos, a stream of blood follows behind him, almost like an illusion. It makes it difficult to find where he was during and after the shunpo, especially if he takes long routes to go where he wishes.
After fighting for an even longer period of time, Ketsu can unleash his strongest skills, in which the blood that protects his body turns black, and his sword attaches itself to his arm. In order to use this, his blade must be in his left hand, and his pearl necklace must be deactivated. It causes him to use his strongest skills, yet if he continues to fight in this form for long (around 5 posts) then he will die, unless he can cause opponents to bleed constantly, it is very difficult to maintain for longer then that.
Bankai abilities:
Destruction of the true blood: Blood surrounds Ketsu's sword and they launch around the area, they follow the enemy to a certain degree then explode with multiple blades of blood. This is like an enhanced version of his average slashes he uses in his slashes of blood.
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Special accessories:
Having a dark red pearl necklace, it was created by top scientists in order to hold back the overflowing amount of reiatsu that is contained within Ketsu. With a modification by Ketsu, it also holds blood that Hateshiganai is not using, so if the reserve of Hateshiganai is gone, the pearls blood may be used. Although not very large, the amount of blood possessed is extremely intense. He also wears a ring on both of his hands, helping him with his flash slash attack. This gives Ketsu an advantage, yet he does not use this unless needed. These rings also contains blood and holds back reiatsu, it is not to the degree of the necklace. The rings are regular bands, each holding fifty percent of what the Necklace could hold, and when all three are sealed, Ketsu can only use 12.5 percent of his total reiatsu. The rings are dark red in color, and are worn on the thumbs; they are regular bands, metal with blood swirling within. When Ketsu goes into bankai, just like his necklace, the rings turn a black color. It seems as though he has used Hateshiganai’s blood in these rings, in order to effect them directly with his own strength, and because of that, they won’t seal the power of anyone besides himself, and it can give him the ability to undo the seal, without taking them off.
Skills:
Accelerated Probability: With this skill it allows him to analyze attacks and dodge or block based upon this, He only uses this once he feels that he is facing a stronger foe and for that reason, has yet to master its full potential. This attack can dodge otherwise fatal attacks, and is a slower, yet well placed shunpo.
Flash slash: with the intense amount of reiatsu that Ketsu possesses, he can focus it into his hands to use a flash slash, which is a shunpo instead of moving the feet with extreme speed, he can use it to move his blade and arms with extreme speed. It takes much strain on the body, and he can only do it a limited amount of times, because of his reiatsu control, yet he learned that if he focuses it correctly, he can also place reiatsu into the rings on each hand, which seems to regulate it on its own. With this, he can do the attack as much as he wants, as long as he has the reiatsu to be able to. The rings help control the flow of reiatsu, stopping Ketsu from overpowering the slash, or causing it to move to slow or fast.
Slash of blood: Most shinigami have not mastered there zanpakutou’s to the level that a ketsu has, and because of this, Ketsu has learned some attacks that most shinigami would never be able to do outside of a release. Because of his massive bond with Hateshiganai, he can use his signature attack outside of shikai, with only the slightest influence of power from Hateshiganai. It is obvious when he is using this because his eyes are glowing a fierce red color. With a flash of reiatsu, Ketsu can slash forward with massive strength, and blood will launch from the edge and the tip of the blade, forward in a solid wave, sharp as a blade. If it connects, it creates an actual cut, and is extremely lethal. Depending on the amount of reiatsu used, the strength of the slash can change. Ketsu can also stop the wave from slashing outward, and keep it on his blade, and slash close range for extra power.
Psychotic Shunpo: Shunpoing instantly, back and forth, Ketsu can do an above speed shunpo, in a shorter distance. This does not take much Reiatsu, allowing him to use it for dodging and fighting at close range, with much efficiency.
Blood shunpo: Blood surrounds Ketsu’s feet, and he shunpos extremely fast, at long distances, blood following behind him. As soon as he stops, the blood launches forward at his enemy, as multiple blasts of blood. He can use this while surrounding an enemy with Psychotic Shunpo.
Kidou:
Pixie magic is all that Kidou is, and because of that, Ketsu refuses to use it. A squad eleven member does not need anything besides a sword. Ketsu knows Kidou numbers 0 through 0, meaning that even if he wanted to, a blast of lightning could not exit his fingertips, no byakurai for him. A secret that very few about about Ketsu is that he is actually afraid of Kidou, and for that reason he will not use it. While in combat, he is susceptible to its used rarely. After a few blasts of it, Ketsu can get through his fear in order to dodge it properly and perhaps even parry the attack.
Personality:
A strange man, often seen looking off into the distance, seeing things that others would not. He has the same look on his face at all time, like something is missing. Always clenching his sheath, he seems to be waiting for something to come to him, the intense calm that he has while doing this is almost eerie. He is fatherly though, and very stern when it comes to training. He will spend days, even weeks, training without leaving. He takes training to the utmost seriousness, and if someone wants to train with him, they had better not hold back, because while in combat, he will not use his restraints. In battle, he is slightly cocky, often teaching others what they did wrong in the middle of there actions. Not much of a flirt, Ketsu is often afraid of his appearance, because of the scar on his face, not many find that attractive, even with his amazing teeth and smile. He tends to look away when he sees someone of attractiveness, unless they are in squad eleven in which he would treat as a daughter, and make sure they are strong. He does everything in his power to appear strong, and because of that, he is known as one of the toughest and meanest people around, a very wrong assumption.
Aside from the regular appearances that he shows to people, he is a generally smiling person, with a constant smile on his face, trying to bring fun to times in which it is completely inappropriate. Almost like a social outcast, he has a certain social awkwardness in most situations.
Those who meet Ketsu is real combat with no restrictions feel a sting that is far different that anyone has ever seen. A demon seems to replace the constructive fighter, who is now ruthless, using his full potential to make the other die and beg for mercy, in which he will never give. He only acts this way when his reiatsu is at its utmost peak, in which his lust for destruction is overwhelming, which is why he will not release himself unless everyone is gone but the enemy. Under no circumstance will he act like this in the soul society.
Biography/History:
"My dear, please put that knife down." A young man at the ripe age of twenty three, was standing in his kitchen, talking to his wife. "Why are you doing this?" Stepping back, a very handsome man, with long white hair and bright blue eyes stood staring at an equally beautiful woman. She was stepping closer.
Ya. That is how I begin every story I tell about my life before the soul society. I mean that is how you should, third person, with a little suspense, but we can get to that later, for now, I am going to start with my childhood, you know the sappy stuff, perhaps the day my mother died.
Here is how it went, It was the day before my birthday, I was so excited for the day to come, and mother had just come home. She was smiling, I remember her smile, I see it every time I do, anyway after she entered into the house we lived in she placed something on the shelf in a large brown bag, I was only six at the time, I couldn't exactly reach it, for when I was smaller, I was sick often, feeble even. So I grabbed the stool, and while she wasn't looking I peaked into the bag, it was the head of my father, blood covering my hands, and I began to yell. She turned and saw me, hitting me and screaming in French. I am only half Japanese, so I had no clue what she was saying. But I was crying so loud I bet my dad could hear it. Luckily so could my neighbor, as he walked in to see what she was doing. He grabbed her to calm her down, but now she was crying. My father was a very good man, but my mother was abusive, a twisted situation, my father did everything he could for us, but she was addicted to opium, and when he could no longer afford to pay for her addiction, they cut him, and made her watch. I was not there to see, or at least I did not think I was. The neighbor, he slipped a hand into a shirt, and began to feel her. I was confused at the time, but I realized she was crying still, as he began to defile her, pressing against her and stripping me, telling me to stop crying or else he would kill me.
I did as I was told. I closed my eyes, knowing I could do nothing as she was hurt so badly by this man, and when he was finished, he threw down what appeared to be opiate. She took it, and held it like it was her child, I felt so cold at that moment. The man had then grabbed her hair, and used his other hand to pull out a flintlock pistol, and pressed it to her forehead. Turning to me he uttered. "Say bye bye to mommy Ketsu." As he pulled the trigger, her blood spilled against the walls, and my hair dyed white from the trama.
Ya, so that was my early childhood, I grew up ******** up from there, no friends at all through childhood, but as I went through puberty, I finally hit that growth that I needed to be at least a bit muscular, and having a bit of height. I mean, I was gorgeous to say the least. The women loved me, quite often actually. Haha, ya I am probably blushing, but its true. It was in my early twenties that I realized how beautiful I really was. Which brings me to that faithful day I started out with. Shall we continue?
She held the knife, and told me "I never want to lose you. The women love you, your so handsome Ketsu. I never want to lose you." That seemed to be her catch phrase... I never want to lose you. Ha, that was when she grabbed the knife and cut it slowly through my face. The knife cut into my soul, see, even in death my soul still has this scar. Shikataganai. It was a beginning of her abuse, much like my mother, she would beat me, and I wouldn't hit her back, I loved her far to much, I would do exactly what she said.
Well... lets just say after that the women didn't love me anymore. I would get stares from children, and going out in public was a pain. I was growing weak, very very weak. Now I know she had been poisoning me so I wouldn't have the strength to leave. Sadistic b*****d she was. But like the stares they gave, hers were always worse. She would tell me how ugly I was, and how she could do so much better, I thought it was a ruse for me to beg her to stay, how I was wrong. I walked in on her cheating hah, she threw me out that very day, still naked might I add, the man who she was with was my best friend, although I didn't have very many, this one was different, or at least I thought. Trust isn't something that comes easy if you couldn't tell.
I wondered around after that, finding that with my strength back I could do quite a bit, but I fell into some hard core drug addiction. Laying in the back of an alley, with a needle in my arm, it was such a time, until the high wore off. I was only thirty at the time, when I actually overdosed, and died behind a dumpster.
I woke up in the soul society, and from there, I actually decided that with this second chance, I would do something more, something far more. I still got those stares, but I ignored them, I mean I had gotten used to them. I cleaned up my act, and vowed to be stronger, so much stronger. I am on my way to the top. I went through the academy, and of course, I was set back again. Haha... I was acting up, and my teacher did not like that, in fact I accidentally shot him with a byakurai, when he had the entire class shoot me with them repeatedly. I have the skill, but those damned things, I will never let one come near me again, I have a large burn against my chest from that day.
I graduated eventually, and joined squad eleven, I mean pain was all I knew, and being my own weapon, I no longer had anything to fear. I have basically become a tank, nothing can harm me. Or at least, I won't let it show.
I mean, joining the squad was its own problem, my massive amount of reiatsu made me an easy target for hollows, and even the occasional arrancar. I lost many fights in the beginning, and I was ashamed to be a part of my squad. I continued to work though, a failure can only fail for so long, so I tried to master my reiatsu. I still have not mastered it, but after ten years of training, I had learned to shunpo. And I learned how to control the constant blast of power that I possessed. Even made a few tweaks to my shunpo. But that is something for me to know, haha.
So any questions about the almighty Ketsu Eki? Surprised that such a screw up could get so high and mighty? Ya, so was I, but there is still so much more I have to achieve, I must make up for my past mistakes.
