Post by honaki on Aug 20, 2009 15:19:27 GMT -5
Name: Kakaroto Rinpo [Reen-Po]
Age: 104 but appears 17
Gender: Male
Personality:Bankai Description:
[/blockquote]Skill Level: Kidou: Intermediate
Skill Level: Swordsmanship: Intermediate
Skill Level: Shunpou: Advanced
Skill Level: Hand-to-hand: Advanced
History/Background:
Age: 104 but appears 17
Gender: Male
Personality:
Rinpo has a fairly laid back attitude to life, taking most fights as another chance to try and prove his might. He also has a slightly criticising habit so he can goad people to fight their hardest even if the criticism is untrue. Around good friends he is a loud person who tries to always be at the center of anything sociable but when faced with prospects of change in the people around him becomes quiet.Appearance:
When fighting Rinpo attempts to keep his cool and make it seem as though all fights are easy to try and un-nerve his opponent. However, during fights Rinpo is extremely easy to anger and will always become much more aggressive when a fight proves to contain slight challenge. Another of Rinpo’s flaws is he refuses to back down from an enemy even if the odds are obviously too far against him.
Rinpo’s appearance is that of a 17 year-old school boy and has a youthful face with entrancing pale orange eyes. His hair is mid length and at the roots is a very pale orange but becomes a vibrant red the nearer it is to the tips of his hair. He is not a largely built man but he has great strength in his arms contradictory to his toned appearance.Zanpakuto Spirit:
Rinpo wears the normal shinigami outfit but has designed a flame to spiral round it from the back of his neck round to the bottom of his left leg. He also wears a metallic necklace with a circular pendant containing two dragons spiralling around each other. He weighs 144 Pounds and stands just below 6 foot tall.
He is a bald man appearing to be in his early 40’s and carries an extremely calm look on his face with eyes of a deep blue. In contradiction to Rinpo’s temperament Daruba (his zanpakutou) is always extremely calm and has never been known to become angered or even annoyed.Sealed Zanpakuto:
Rinpo’s sword takes the form of a 30in scimitar instead of a normal katana to try to improve his poor swordsmanship. It has a wide hilt guard and a 10in long black leather hilt. The hilt of the sword also has red and orange strips going around it.Shikai Description:
The release for the blade is ‘Clench, Daruba’. Which once released it turns into two metal fists that stretch up on one side of his arm to just below his elbow to guard with. Attached to the middle knuckle of each of these fists is a 3in long spike.Shikai Abilities:
Burning Impact- When swinging a punch at his opponent he focus his rei into the fists and they become engulfed in flame which can be removed or sustained (resulting in a gradual Rei reduction) after impact.
Spitting Flames- Rinpo can slam the fists into the ground and a burst of flame comes up from the ground at a chosen location which a delay can be added to, once again causing a gradual rei reduction.
Spike Bomb- When Rinpo lands a fully succesfull hit he can focus an extremely large amount of rei into one of the spikes on his knuckles causing them to explode (only useable twice per release)
Release phrase is ‘Pummel, Daruba Kōjin’. Once this has been released a metal casing covers his feet and a guard rises up his shin to just below his knee. As with the fists there is a 3in long spike on the top of each foot and a blade on each shin.Bankai Abilities:
Spike Bomb- Same as with knuckles.
Burning impact- same as with knuckles
Fire Spin- Performs a whirlwind kick that lends out a number of bursts of flame while performing the kick.
Flaming Prison- Swings my foot down and creates a tall ring of fire which appears to just block escape [increases in rei cost the larger the area surrounded]
Burning Tower- Slams Both hands into the ground a tower of flame rises up from area that was within the ‘Flaming prisons’ aof. [larger area larger the cost]
[/blockquote]Skill Level: Kidou: Intermediate
Skill Level: Swordsmanship: Intermediate
Skill Level: Shunpou: Advanced
Skill Level: Hand-to-hand: Advanced
History/Background:
Rinpo died at the young age of 17 the same night that he won the Japanese title for U18 kickboxing champion. During the tournament he had severely beaten the son of a very rich businessman and the son wasn’t happy about it and complained to his father about Rinpo. Later that night a group of 6 men attacked Rinpo in the street. Rinpo successfully knocked out 2 of the men but was eventually overwhelmed and beaten to death.RP Sample:
After 17 years in soul society he once again was caught in the middle of a 6 on 1 brawl but had improved even more from his previous life. And successfully defeated 5 of the men and allowed the last one to run away without a beating. This was the day he was invited to be a shinigami.
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Contrary to thinking he had been accepted into Captain Komamuras Squad here he was, 29 years later, still in the academy slogging his way through the tests.
During his first two years at the academy his natural skill in hand-to-hand combat shone far above most of the students and he was placed into the advanced classes for his fighting skills.
Rinpo's second class was swordsmanship which he struggled with to begin with having never used a katana before. The long length of the weapon seemed to large for Rinpo's fighting style and after consulting his potential captain he was granted a custom Scimitar with a blade of 30in. Once given this blade Rinpo immediately caught up with the rest of his class and was consistantly performing at an average intermediate level in swordsmanship.
Rinpo had struggled with his kidou from the very moment he began the class. He struggled to remember the chants for the different ones. He could not grasp how to control his rei in this situation and it was generally not part of his fighting style. This had always been what had kept him back from completing the academy as he did not want to leave without achieving an intermediate level and always knew he would never achieve an advanced skill.
During his last 3 years at the academy Rinpo had come to master the art of shinpou beginning to do so from his very first lesson. He already had the basics skills of understanding the bodies movements and good speed from his rather continuous kickboxing, or brawling to some, and this had been priceless to getting the hang of shunpou. By the end of his time at the academy he had learnt to combine it with his skills in hand-to-hand combat to a devastating effect in combat.
And so, after 32 year of training, studying and more training Rinpo graduated the shinigami academy and was accepted into his new squad.
Rinpo looked around at the four men left standing infront of him and grinned. “Now lads, do I really need to keep beating up trash like you or do you realise you will just end up like them?” Rinpo points at the two men lying unconscious.
The only reaction given from the four men was a loud shout as they raised their makeshift clubs and ran at Rinpo. Rinpo reacted swiftly and decisively taking his first opening possible. Pivoting slightly to the left, he swung his right foot in to one of the mens side and send him tumbling into the dirt. By the time he had finished his attack the three men were upon him.
The first man swung his club high aiming for Rinpo’s head but did not reach his target as the club was taken out his hand as a knee was planted heavily into the mans stomach and his club used to block the third mans club. Using his free hand he punched the third attacker in the jaw and sent him flying head first into the fourth attacker.
Rinpo laughed as you watched the last man push his comrade off him and scrabble out of the dirt onto his feet. “Are we quite done here my friend?” Rinpo said. The mans answer was obvious as he turned tail and ran so quickly he almost fell over in his retreat.
Rinpo let out a laugh and suddenly froze as he almost fell to his knees from a sudden outburst of reiatsu. He slowly turned around, dreading what he was going to find before him and there it was. What appeared to be a Fox, but not any normal fox he was wearing a captains uniform. Rinpo continued to stare at what he thought was a man when he began to speak in a low growling voice.
“You appear to have a very good grasp of how to fight my friend” Said Komamaru
“Y-yes” came the reply from Rinpo “may…may I ask your name?”
“My name? Komamura Sajin. But as of today, you will refer to me as captain…”
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-This next RP example takes place during a training session with one of Rinpos instructors-
Rinpo ran through the dojo doors with a wide grin on his face leaping up in the air and stopping the second he landed. Looking up slightly Rinpo spoke:
"C-canoto-dono...I didn't know you would be taking the class today..."
"Kakaroto Rinpo, when i recommended you for advanced swordsmanship i did not expect you to come into a class acting as you have just done"
"B-but master..."
"DO IT!" roared Canoto
Hearing the hostility in his captains voice Rinpo leapt into action and drew his Scimitar expecting a sudden attack from his Instructor. When the onslaught did not come Rinpo judged for the easiest point to hit his instructor and began.
Rinpo shunpou'd round behind his instructor and made a mad swipe at his leg which was inevitably blocked by the hand guard on the back of canoto’s hand. The powerful deflection sent Rinpo off balance long enough for Canoto to deliver a powerful kick to his side sending him tumbling away through the dirt 15 yards.
Rinpo forced himself to stand and looked down at his scimitar...why he thought to himself. am i using my scimitar when i excel so much more in hand-to-hand.... Rinpo continued to look down as he slowly sheathed his scimitar and looked up just in time to see his instructor grin before the grin vanished along with the fox it belonged to.
Rinpo's confusion was short lived as the large bulk of Canoto appeared to his right and swung a huge right fist at Rinpo's jaw. Turning to face him Rinpo raised his left arm to block the punch while raising his right foot to hit the instructor heavily in the jaw. Canoto easily dodged the kick by leaning back slightly.
And so the fight went on with Attacked Blocked Counter-attacked, over and over until Rinpo began to tire, missing one of the crucial blocks to the face. He had tried to knock away Canoto's left hook to keep his right hand free for an attack but had not deflected the punch entirely and the next thing he knew he had been hit full on in the side of the skull and sent flying through the air.
As Rinpo thudded to the ground his eyes slowly drifted shut and there, standing infront of him in a near empty room with just a few small trees in the room was a man. He was bald and appeared to be in his 40's
"Hey! old man, where am i?" said Rinpo
"I beleive you already know that deep down..." came the reply
"well how about you at least tell me your name?"
"names will come on their own, all you need is to beleive that it will come to you, beleive that you are strong, and clench those mighty fists of yours to crush your foes..."
As the old man's sentence finished the room began to disappear.
"H-Hey! old man! i dont understand!"
But he was already gone. Rinpo awoke with a thud as he hit the ground and forced himself to stand once more.
what did that old man mean! clench my mighty fists...and his name! what was his name!
As Rinpo imagined the room he had been in and the mans appearance it suddenly came to him, the mans name...He looked at his hands and placed one hand on the hilt of his scimitar and got into a kneeling position.
"Clench! DARUBA!"
A glowing white light began to spread from his scimitar and soon enough `Master Canoto could no longer see him until the light faded at which point a large difference was noticeable.
Rinpo's hands were now encased in a dark metal glove with a 3in spike on each and a guard stretching up the back of his hand.
"Well, Master, i think it's time we wrap things up here" Rinpo said with a grinned and quickly vanished to behind his Master and made a heavy jab at his captain taking care not to aim with the spike. As before Canto’s block came from the back of his hand. This time however he was not expecting the sheer forces contained inside the punch and stumbled forward. Taking full advantage of this situation Rinpo delivered a hard kick with the base of his foot into Canto’s back and sent him stumbling forward very slightly.
"Take THAT master!" said Rinpo
But before he knew what was happening the fox had disappeared and re-appeared before Rinpo even had a chance to move and felt the hard hit from the base of the instuctors Katana and fell forward unconscious.
"Take that i think you mean..."
2 Days later Rinpo awoke in a medical bed and looked around realising where he was...
"damn that guy..."