Kaite Natsume

[Ayame]

Full Name: Lieutenant Kaite Natsume. (Pronounced Kah-ee-teh Nah-tsu-meh.)

Race: "Ice Elemental."

Power: Zanpakuto, kido, generally not human (several times human strength and speed, etc.). Can see/talk to/interact with ghosts.

Age: Appears 15, is actually 144.

Gender: Female.

Weapons: Zanpakuto—

Name: Aisuichi. (Pronounced Eye-sue-ee-chi.)
Type: Ice.
Level: Shikai.

Description (Part 1):

Normal—
Including the hilt but not the tassel, the sword is about 5' 2" long. It appears to be mostly a katana, but the last six inches are European-style (double-edged and sharp-tipped; effective for stabbing as well as cutting and slashing, as opposed to the squared tip of a katana.). Hilt is silver, grip is sapphire-blue, tassel (about 8") is ice-blue. Sheath (very, very dark blue) is attached to a blue sash so as to be worn on the back (a back-sheath). The character "cleansing" is etched on the bottom of the hilt.
While in this form, Aisuichi's sheath dissolves when she draws it. Kaite almost never uses this form.

Shikai—
Sword sizes do not change except for the tassel, which vanishes altogether and is replaced with a long (2' 7") black chain with a 6", bone-white, fang-like round dagger at the end. Overall, the sword is therefore about 8' 5" in total length. The blade turns black, and frost is clearly visible on the blade's surface. The blade radiates cold.
While in this form, Aisuichi's sheath dissolves when she draws it. Kaite almost always keeps it in this form.

Description (Part 2):
Aisuichi herself is a large, winged wolf—roughly the size of an elk. The wings are about seven to eight feet span and are deep sapphire blue. Her eyes are a silvery shade of grey. Her fur is that color you get when sunlight passes through glacial ice. She tends to be casual, but that depends entirely on her immediate mood. She is impulsive and easily irritated by having to repeat herself.

Abilities/Techniques:
The chain-dagger speak for itself as a physical advantage of sorts.
It's unnamed ability is the ability to drop the temperature of whatever it cuts by 1-10ºF, depending on the amount of damage dealt (a scratch or total lack of effect will inflict the full ten because the battle is obviously not going well, a total running-through will drop only the meager one because she is clearly winning and doesn't need much of an edge in the battle.), with the cold most intensely felt in the area of the attack. This can eventually result in hypothermia, frostbite, or even freezing solid if she plays with them enough once they're debilitated (only ever happened once, to a particularly annoying, hell-bound Hollow.).
The named ability, "Touketsu Kaze", is a powerful form of attack second only to bankai. When this technique is used, frost on the blade multiplies and scatters into the wind, which she can then manipulate either mentally or with her hands, although the blade can still be used so she usually sticks the former approach. There are several ways the "iced-wind" can be used, including drowning an opponent by entering the body through airways and melting in the lungs; forming into any shape Kaite chooses; or simply acting as countless tiny blades that cut as easily as regular swords.

Personality:
In a word, Kaite's outward appearance can be described as frosty at best. Even though she is typically quite friendly, she tends to put out "cold" vibes, with an almost permanently furrowed brow. Despite this icy exterior, Kaite is always willing to converse with anyone who bothers to say hello. She has a distinguished work ethic—she gets her work done quickly and efficiently. Her military training has made an obvious impact on her respect for authorities, and she never questions a teacher's decision. She is quick to anger at times, and quite easily annoyed. As if in spite of this, she appreciates a good joke and enjoys a little time to relax—which can sometimes lead to laziness and procrastination when left to her own devices for too long. She plays soccer when in the human world, but never very well as she can never seem to remember the rules besides the "no hands" one—or, for that matter, that a soccer ball is not a weapon to be used to knock someone unconscious via facial contact. She never backs down from a fight, and rarely holds back. If necessary, she is not afraid to kill an opponent—thankfully, this is rarely the case. Kaite very rarely sheds tears. She is prone to violence when angry.

Likes: Daffodils, a decent challenge to her skills, moonlight.
Dislikes: Summer and warm weather of any kind, McDonalds, being stuck in a gigai (false body).

Family: None since she was 20 (equivalent of 5).

Brief History:
Being over a hundred years old, Kaite has a long history. She originates from the 63rd district of South Rukongai—a crime-ridden, gang-infested, lawless place where a home was hard to come by, and few who had them ever stepped outdoors. When she was twenty years of age (physically about five), her parents were killed—Kaite never found out by who, how, or why.
After their funeral, Kaite made up her mind to leave for a higher district—somewhere safer. Arming herself with a sword small enough to handle, she set out on her battle for a better life. Eventually, over the course of forty years, she fought her way up to the 23rd district. She spent ten years there, teaching swordsmanship and karate. Many of the locals couldn't fight, as it wasn't necessary here, but they generally found the fighting arts intriguing.
When she was about seventy (physically equivalent to around thirteen and a half—aging at this point slows down even more, so she'll be looking about fifteen at age ninety and stay that way for several decades or even a century), one of her best students, a boy called Sinon, had nothing to do one day and asked if she'd mind if he spent the day at her house. While he was there, the subject of Soul Reapers worked its way into the conversation—inevitable, really, with Sinon. He asked wether Kaite could concentrate her spirit energy like his brother could, before he left to attend the Soul Reaper Academy. For her, it was as easy as breathing, and she demonstrated it almost lazily. She later regretted this, as he kept badgering her to become one herself and would not leave the subject the alone. Eventually, he won out and she decided to at least apply for the Academy and began studying for the entrance exam.
Much to her surprise, Kaite tied with someone else for top marks on her first try at the exam, and she was admitted into the Academy in the advanced class. One of her classmates there turned out to be the same person who had matched her score—a forty(equal to ten)-year-old boy from 1st district West Rukongai with white hair and a frosty expression—his name was Toshiro Hitsugaya.
As they were equally matched on many subjects, they ended up spending a lot of time together. Over the six years it took to graduate, both reached shikai-level zanpakuto. Over the same time, the two of them developed a fairly close, yet still quite professional, friendship—Toshiro, of course, remained considerably closer to a graduate friend of his, Momo Hinamori.
Upon graduation, Kaite was assigned to Squad 11 under Captain Kenpachi Zaraki. She never found out where Toshiro went—until she put in for transfer to Squad 10 out of a dislike for a new recruit who thought of himself rather highly. When her transfer request was finally accepted, she was surprised to find that Toshiro was a month into captaincy over that very squad—making him the youngest ever to pass the Captain Proficiency Test.
Several years passed and she spent a large amount of her time away from Seireitei (the Soul Reaper base in Soul Society, which is essentially the afterlife for most souls, others like Kaite are born there) on away missions into the living world. Between these missions, the news she got from other Squad 10 members became increasingly interesting—and confusing. A ryoka (intruders in the Seireitei) invasion, a particularly concerning bit about three Captains turning traitor and Toshiro and his friend Momo both having almost died at the hands of Momo's own Captain—the mastermind-traitor, Captain Aizen, something called Bount, something else called Arrancar, and several other things.
Eventually, the action died down and the time came for new Captains to be assigned to fill the missing posts. Squad 10's Lieutenant, Rangiku Matsumoto, was made the Captain of Squad 5, which meant Toshiro needed to assign a new Lieutenant. He chose Kaite for the job, and her away missions significantly decreased. She has held the post for about fifteen years now, and has been sent to Anslema in response to reports of strange humans around the area. Here, she acts the part of a student, though she feels somewhat clumsy at the act as she makes no effort to hide her true appearance.

Appearance:
White hair, blue eyes.
Pretty much everything here, except clothes. This is roughly seventy-five years ago. Wolf silhouette in background is Aisuichi.

Basic idea of clothing (black kimono, black hakama pants, and white obi belt pictured—also white tabi (two-toe) socks and zori (straw sandals) in addition to her sword sheath being slung over her back rather than through the belt. Lieutenant's badge is also not pictured)—

Lieutenant's badge (armband, worn on left arm. This is a cheap cosplay copy, the real thing is metal with the number engraved and the flower symbol painted on, with higher-quality cloth.)—




Anything Extra: Kaite is a Soul Reaper from Bleach. XD If anything really needs to be explained, lemme know, but for now, here's it's Wikipedia entry.

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Yayah!
Your application to Anslema has been accepted =3