Kagami Kagetora

Name: Kagami Kagetora

Gender: Male

Age: Real Age: roughly over 100 years. Visual Age: middle 20's

Personality: Kagetora, for the most part, has some trouble expressing himself in words, often having a hard time to find the right words at the right time, so that he often seems to be very rude and unfriendly, even if he tries to help.
To friends, he is loyal, to comrades, he is it too - to strangers, it's often hard to get to know him, since he tries to keep to himself, knowing that he would most likely piss off anyone anyway. Still, if someone needs help against injustice, Kagetora will be happy to lend a strong helping hand - and crush the face of the evildoer with his fist.
Since Kagetora isn't really one for speed, neither in battle nor in other things, he takes his time to analyze things carefully, maybe even take some devasting blows in a fight, to turn it to his advantage eventually. This is the main reason for the many scars on his body.

Appearance: Kagetoras hair is black, with some tints of blue if the light falls into it, and almost naturally takes a spiky, messy hairstyle on that virtually never changes. It is said that even underwater his hair seems to have a free will. Kagetora always hides his eyes behind black shades, the reason is simple - they are nearly always black, with a yellow iris, since he is no 'perfect' Vizard. Sometimes his actual eye collor is visible, a dark, deep blue.
The shirt of the Vizard is usually in a deep red tone, the flower patterns in different shades of yellow and orange, while his pants are simple jeans. Also, he has a black leather jacket that he sometimes wears over it. A notable feature of him are the many scars all over his body - there is nearly no part of his body without scars. Still, he sees no reason to hide them.

Background/History: Born in one of the outer districts of Soul Society, Kagetora had to look out for himself since he was a kid, because his parents where just two drunktards. On the street, he learned a very basic rule: Don't try to talk to the punks normally hanging around. Staying out of trouble for most of his early life, or at least trying to, he soon had to get into it willingly... since he actually felt hunger, meaning that he had spiritual power. Though he did not know that. Together with a girl a little older than himself who suffered from the same hunger, both learned to be strong in order to survive.
Slowly building up strength and skill, at the age of 15, Kagetora was a feared streetfighter in his district, simply because of the fact that he simply never fell down after being beaten up. He was even stabbed with a sword one time, and still broke the attackers neck before pulling the blade out. The girl, however, became a skilled thief, often cutting purses while Kagetora was busy kicking ass for money - and somehow, both survived, getting enough food to replenish their souls.
But never did things go smoothly for a long time...
It was in one night of these days, that a scream woke him up. A quick view, and he knew that his only friend was not in the room of the shaby hut they lived in. Dashing straight through the next best wall, he ran towards the scream... but in the end, he was too late.
A giant monster stood before him - and out of his mouth, half of the body of his friend fell, blood flooding the ground. The giant monster stood on two legs, the arms almost reaching the ground, muscles bigger than a huge tree - and out of it's back, swords where... GROWING. On the first view, it looked like they where stabbed in there, but actually, the monsters body was producing them. This was... a Hollow.
A cry of anger, hate, fear, despair and hopeless feelings rocked the ground, as Kagetora dashed forward once more. As he striked, a white light enflamed around his fist, releasing an energy blast - without even getting the chance to put up a fight, the Hollow was annihilated, and Kagetora broke down on his knees besides his dead friend.
Or so it seemed...
Just like that, he was found by the Shinigami arriving to dispatch the Hollow of which nothing remained but the mask. Inviting Kagetora to come to the Shinigami Academy, he accepted after holding a funeral for his dead friend - even though no body ever remained in Soul Society, as all dead would disperse into energy, which would at some point form new born souls, either on earth or in Soul Society itself. Just one thing he took with him - the mask of the Hollow he killed.
An error he would soon start to regret...
His time at the academy was... bad. His skills with his sword - a Tanto - where pathetic, his Kido even more so, only his Hand-to-Hand was something no other student was able to top. One night, as he lied down on a roof of the academy, the mask of his first Hollow-kill besides him, he thought about HER once again. As a single tear ran down his check, the eyes of the mask began to glow...
After seeing himself in the mirror on the next morning, Kagetora nearly panicked. Ever since that morning, everyone wondered why he was now wearing shades - but noone questioned it. Many Shinigami started to pick up weird habits, after all. Just one thing was noticed by anyone - his skills with sword and hands increased by a great deal, though his Kido was still terrible.
It was then that he met his master...
It was shortly after he entered the 2nd Squad after graduating, that he heard about the Omnitsukido - specialists of the fight without weapons, a covered ops, operating at night. It fascinated the new Shinigami, now 22 years old and seemingly stopped to age, since he tried to get his thoughts away from his former life. But joining the black ops was said to be nearly impossible, maybe even suicidal... because the current leader was so strong that noone got past his test.
But patience would finally win...
This led to not one, not two, but in the end, FIVE fights against Ceon. And in the last fight, Kagetora was actually able to pass the entry test, even though some said that he was to slow - his strength in weaponless combat was remarkable, and so, he joined the Omnitsukido, now having a role-model of what to aspire - Ceon, his new master.
But nobody can hide their true form forever...
The peace would not go on forever, though. The THING inside of Kagetora was growing stronger which each passing day - the Hollow that had invaded his spiritual world. Through many training sessions, he actually got to know Ceon at least a bit better... and somehow, Kagetora felt that his boss would understand.
Defection into the unknown...
After mainly guarding the Maggots Nest since he didn't trust himself on missions any more, he finally decided to reveal his secret to one person only - his master. Kagetora didn't want to endanger the black ops with the monster inside of him - he didn't know what to do. After a final goodbye, Ceon let him go - and so, the Vizard ended up in the Human World...
Hiding for centuries...
Down on earth, he still wasn't save. Hollows attacked him because of his spiritual pressure - but he never met Aizen, Ender, Nero or any other of the 'big shots' of evil. Actually, he didn't want to. But after seeing what damage those caused, he started to remember WHY Ceon had let him leave and not killed him right on the spot... because he could still do good things. Because he was not a mindless beast. Because he had not aquiered Hollowfication out of free will. Coming out of hiding, a stengthened Kagetora emerged, forged in the flames of many battles nobody would ever talk about. He was many things...
A streetfighter. A Shinigami. A Hollow. A Vizard. A Monster. A living Wall.
But most importantly, to all those Vizards out there...
He would now be a Friend.

Zanpakutô Spirit: The name of Kagetoras Zanpakuto is Tsuyomi. It's physical manifestation looks very strange at the first view - a tall figure, wearing an old samurai-like armor with some rust in places, while still looking impressive, with white hair and a blindfold over the eyes - under it, they are the same as Kagetoras, black with a yellow iris, due to the Hollow in them.
His personality is that of a proud, yet kind-hearted warrior who always reminds his owner only to use him to protect, never to destroy.
Should his Hollow appear in the inner world, all the bright yellow and red collors of the armor get reversed into blue and black shades, the blindfold comes off, and the spiritual world also changes...
Normally looking like an old ruin of an old asian temple, completely devote of life aside from Tsuyomi, under the influence of his Hollow, the temple gets even more destroyed, blood runs down the steps and from the altar, a seemingly never-ending flow, and the screams of those the Hollow killed echo through the empty hallways. It's unknown how big the temple is - Kagetora never cared to find out. It is very well possible that it goes on into infinity.

Sealed Zanpakutô : In the sealed state it takes the form of a normal Tanto, a shortsword-version of the normally used Katana.

Shikai Description: Upon release, the Tanto glows in a golden light, before dissolving into thin air, and reassembling a bit over his wrists as two golden bracelets with red runes engraved into them. An also golden aura surrounds his hands after release.

Shikai Abilities: The powers of each strike gets greatly enhanced, also the endurance and pain tollerance of Kagetora increases. The golden aura increases the reach of his hands by a small amount. It is said that, while in Shikai, Kagetora is able to fling a gigantic Menos around like a punching ball, with just one hand.

Release: The time for battle has come. Open your eyes, Tsuyomi!

Shinigami Skill Level: Kidou: Beginner
Shinigami Skill Level: Swordsmanship: Beginner
Hollow Skill Level: Sonido: Adept
Hollow Skill Level: Cero/Bala: Advanced
Skill Level: Hand-to-Hand: Advanced

Bankai Description: The name of Kagetoras Bankai is Toridokoro Tsuyomi. After release, the bracelets begin to grow and form the complete samurai armor of Tsuyomi, apart from the blindfold.

Bankai Abilities: In addition to increasing his strength further, it also gives him a strong shield against damage, since the armor is a projection of his Reiatsu on the outer body, working in a similliar fashion to an Arrancars Hierro. In this form, Kagetora turns into a walking wall, nearly impossible to hurt by all but the strongest attacks.

Vizard powers:Cero: Cero is a powerful and swift spirit energy-based attack used by upper-level Hollows, Arrancar, and Vizard. Kagetoras Cero is orange.
Unstable Cero: A Cero is made unstable by inserting a sudden burst of unstable Reiatsu, creating a mid-ranged lightning storm. Kagetoras Unstable Cero is orange collored. For more info on the skill, see accepted Costum Kidou/Cero forum. Only usable while hollowfied.
Cero Breath: After inhaling a large amount of air, a short-ranged, wide spread Cero Beam is exhaled right infront of the users face. Only usable while hollowfied. See Custom Cero forum for more info. Since Kagetora was the inventor, he is the most skilled user of this technique.
Mask Protection: Body damage can seemingly be ignored while wearing the mask, enhancing the pain immunity of Kagetora.
Reiryoku Enhancement: Vizard have dual spiritual power of both Shinigami and Hollow, which enhances their abilities.
Power Augmentation: With the acquisition of the mask through the subjugation of one's inner Hollow, Vizard gain access to an additional and separate source of power - aside from the Shinigami powers they already possess - Hollow powers. The accumulation of both powers greatly augments their powers beyond what a Shinigami and/or Hollow alone would be capable of.
Telekinesis: Vizard apparently hold varying degrees of telekinesis; For example, in Hollowfied form, they employ this ability to call forth their Zanpakutō with a mere flick of the wrist.


Hollow form: Once his Hollow takes over, his body grows larger, and his arms get longer by a big amount. Multiple swords start to grow out of his back, with the handle first, while a Hollow Hole forms right in the middle of his chest. The skin of this form is dark blue with some taints of orange and red.

Hollow mask: The mask has a perfect, oval shape, one side of the face is black, the other is white. The two eye-holes glow in the typical yellow of a Hollow. If the mask 'opens it's mouth', it becomes visible that it actually has a part on the mouth-height of Kagetora that can move downward to expose many sharp, pointy teeth - behind the opened mouth, only a whirl of black energy is visible, where the air for the Cero Breath is sucked in. Other than that, the mask seems rather plain - at least until you begin to notice the MOVING hair that now starts with the mask and goes over the whole head of Kagetora, as a long, spiky, moving mane of hairs. There is no visible nose or facial features.

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