Post by Takahashi Andrew on May 20, 2011 20:32:18 GMT -5
Name: Takahashi Andrew
Age: apparent: 25, actual 190
Gender: Male
Birthday: 6/16
Height: 6 feet, 4 inches
Weight: 290
Eye color: hazel
Hair color: dark brown
Division: Thirteenth
Rank: Captain
Constitution
-Strength: 20
-Endurance: 20
Dexterity
-Agility: 10
-Accuracy: 15
Zanjustu
-Attack: 15
-Defense: 15
Kidou
-Hadou: 20
-Bakudou: 20
Perception
-Intelligence: 15
-Concentration: 15
Presence
-Charisma: 15
-Leadership: 20
Appearance: Andrew's face is much more rounded and seems to have a youthful appearance. He looks like a person that is probably many years younger than he should be. His eyes are a light brown, and possess a shine of them that have a slight sense of mischief with a mix of innocence. However, because of being far sighted, he has to wear glasses when he needs to see things at a farther distance. In terms of muscle, most of the muscle is apparent in his lower body more than his upperbody. He looks much more leaner in his upperbody after training in the shinigami's ranks.The muscles in his legs are much larger and defined from having to carry his weight. His arms however lack any true sign of muscle on his body. However, that is something that he doesn't really mind since he can be able to stand his ground much more often. His skin is of a light tan in color, and for some reason he has a series of scars. He has two small scars that go vertical down his chest and a longer scar that goes across his stomach. One of the more defining things about him is the high levels of hair that he has on his head. Usually the dark brown hair that he has is large and it can easily become very untamed. There are times that he actually has his hair be very untamed for the reason he was not able to control it. Should cut his hair, he has a few smaller scars along the top of his head.
Much of his gear that he wears with his uniform is plus sized. This is mainly for the height that he was at. The top half of his uniform is loose to allow Andrew to manuever around with less difficulty. He even had requested his haori to be designed so that he could be able to move his body and not have to worry about tearing it bearing in mind the amount of movement he had in the past. The bottom half of the uniform is much wider to accomodate his legs. More than anything, the bottom half is altered so that whenever he has a longer stride there will be a much lower chance of him damaging it. The footwear of his choice normally is much larger than normal soul reapers. He possesses a shoe size that 16.5 EEE. So he needs to be pretty careful so he doesn't break the straps of his sandals or even socks. If anything, he had desired that he could be able to go into the living world to grab himself a pair of shoes that are comfortable for him to wear and he can actually fit on his large feet. If he can be able to get away with it, he prefers to use a gigai form in order to have much more mobility for his clothes. He had always felt much more comfortable within clothing that he was much more accustomed to when he was younger. Typically he would stay with shorts to show some of his lightly tanned skin and solid colored t-shirts. The glasses still remain on his face whether he was in his shinigami uniform or in the gigai form. He also keeps one piece that belonged to him in his days of being alive: a cross that his mother had given to him when he was a child so that he would always be protected. He now wears it around his neck.
Personality:
Good in a group, strange by himself
Andrew usually has an open and outgoing personality. Normally he has no problem being able to interact with many people. He prefers much to be around other people than being by himself. If he wasn't able to communicate with someone, he would have easily gone pretty much crazy from a prolonged period of isolation. For him, isolation is the last thing that he wanted to have. However, it isn't the craziness that would make him look like someone psychotic. The craziness stems more to instill more random thoughts in his mind than anything else. It is the kind of craziness that can only be brought through prolonged periods of boredom. Such things that would ensue from those kinds of events are normally along the lines of having a very simple task and expounding it into something he would fabricate in his mind. It isn't something that would involve hurting people, to some extent it could be something that helps him relate with stress or his mind had been lulled into the form of a blank slate.
The Angel and the Beast
Andrew is the kind of person who normally is in a good mood. He always seemed to have a smile plastered on his face. If anything, he enjoys being able to smile and hopes that he can be able to spread that same smile around other people. He absolutely loves to laugh and has no problem with making a few jokes. This makes him look like a shinigami that might not be the kind of person who should be in the divisions, but even despite that Though he is pretty much calm and in a good mood, he has a stronger sense of emotion. This usually gets him into more trouble than anything. One of the more devastating ones is his rage. It does take much for him to unleash his rage from a long fuse. However, once he reaches that level, it takes a very long time for him to come down from his aggression and he would more than likely strike everything down. Such things that could trigger it is if he had been placed into battle, his friends are danger, or even if he felt like he had been threatened. Once the fuse is completely gone, he becomes almost a ferocious beast. His mind goes blank as he desires nothing more than vengeance. But his rage is very focused instead of being rampant. His mind immediately targets the source of the anger and continues to move on until that target is defeated. What makes this dangerous is that he stops caring about what things are around him whether there are many opponents or obstacles. He won't stop until he has been brought back into his original mindset. This is only doable with someone who knows him to have him back to normal. However, the beast in his heart and mind has been brought to a quiet roar as of late. The battle for his bankai had brought peace to the storm. The pain that had brought a lot of anger out of his mind and body was let go with the memory of Yumi saying to let go of his anger and hate. There was other things that need to be done for there were others that needed help. Now instead of being a beserker, his anger is controlled. Mutated to the point that in a fight he almost becomes oddly playful.
The machine within the beast
Emotions aside, his mind is innately quizzical and he possesses a strong sense of curiosity. Though he doesn't possess much book smarts, he has a very good memory. When applied, he is able to recall things that had happened to him in the past. Despite the memory, his mind has a very huge tendency to wander around aimlessly. Should he stay with something with enough repetition, he would completely forget about it. That is why he needs to find a variation within the things he needs to do and the things he wants to do. For instance, he does know that he needs to train as hard as he can. However, if he does this for too long he starts to get disinterested or begin to just nap away. That is why he changes up his routine so that he can be able to still enjoy what he loves. Even as the mind is maintained at a level of sharpness, it can easily go into senior moments. Sometimes he could be standing in a room for one moment and immediately forget why he was even in the room in the first place.
A spark within the darkness: the provider
He has a very strong sense of creativity. It normally shows within the realm of cooking. He had always enjoyed cooking and had wanted to be able to further his skill. With this desire, it is used to help balance his mind out when it comes to training. While he possesses notes and research to help him understand how to best be able to adjust himself within the Gotei 13, he also has several cooking books from within the land of the living that he also studies. More than anything, he has two main skills within cooking: grilling and baking. However, he tends to go towards baking more because he is able to be more creative. This pretty much gave him an even greater love for both meat and sugar. However, he doesn't feel right about making large amounts of food and have it for himself. With such things, he had always believed that if you make enough food for others, then you should be able to share with them as well. That is why when he makes successful dishes, he shares them with as many people as he can. In a way, he had thought of himself in that way as a morale booster. After all, having something special on the exception of military standard food can easily change someone's mood)
The unlikely leader (but leader none the less)
Andrew's leadership shows more along the lines of being an attentive father. He praises the efforts of his subordinates, but he isn't afraid of giving someone a kick in the pants to help get them out of a funk. He knows all too well how badly things can get if you stay too long in a dark place. It is that kind of emotion that would cause a lot of problems for someone if there is no one that will help pull them out. Above all else, if there was one thing that had been ingrained in his mind, it is the path of reasoning of the Takahashi. Hiro took a chance on him as the head of the Takahashi clan took a chance on him when they took him in. Andrew believes that given enough drive and the right motivations a person can be able to do amazing thing. But above all else, the person needs to know that someone believes in their ability. Andrew is a hopeful mind and has been known to put in his own time and energy to even help train alongside with members of his own division (both in the fifth and in the tenth) as best as he can.
Strengths: Andrew's body had been built to take on heavy loads from lifting large quantities of product that he has been cooking. This also includes having to stand for large chunks of time and needing to cut through large and dense pieces or meat. One of the things that makes him a very dangerous person is his mind. Despite his cheerful exterior, in his head exists the mind of a very methodical person. This is mainly due to the part he needed to study his kidou day and night to help exercise his mind. This turned his mind into a weapon which allows him to think up insane strategies that normally others wouldn't even dare to consider. His kidou is also very strong considering all of the time he had spent in the academy to hone and sharpen his skills. The other portion that makes him a potent ally is his hospitable nature. Because of his kindness and cheerful tendency, it makes him a very good person to have along in missions. That is why is considered as the unofficial morale booster within the academy. He has been known to being able to bring people together. When he needs to, he buckles down and with a powerful voice he brings his division together to be ready for anything that's thrown at them.
Weaknesses:
Everything has flip sides, Andrew is no different. In terms of combat he is a sedentary fighter. He lacks the ability to dodge his opponent effectively since he is considered in his teacher's eyes for the lack of a better word "the immovable object". Personality wise people usually write him off for being strange since he doesn't take many things seriously. In his mind though there is a strong flaw in it. Despite the strength of his mind, Andrew has been notoriously known to have his mind shut down for periods of time. This typically leads him to having senior moments, but also blanking out for portions of time and even falling asleep at the most inopportune moments.
Sealed Zanpakutō: Within the sealed state, the zanpaktou appears to be less of a katana and more to something that Andrew is accustomed to. The overall appearance of the weapon is the form of a long variation of a chef's knife. The color of the flat end of his blade is black like coal and the edge is the color of silver. The blade itself is wider than a normal sealed zanpaktou and possesses no guard to speak of. The only real thing that could protect Andrew's hand is that the beginning of his sword. The broad portion of that area is designed to protect his hand. It is much lighter than it appears to be, so he uses it mainly with his right hand. He usually never wields it in both hands or even in his left hand because it feels much more clumsy if had done it in such a manner. The hilt is a deep black color and it is built to be comfortable in his hand. The reason for this is the hilt of his zanpaktou is grooved for a single hand.
Zanpakutō Spirit: The spirit doesn't have a true name, but Andrew calls him Tetsu Itamae (Iron Chef). It is a small, pink sphere that has a large white chef's hat. It also has a frying pan along side at all times It is pretty much a very strange and unassuming flame type zanpaktou spirit. More often than anything, Tetsu typically tries to give Andrew as much advice as he can give him whether it is for combat situations or cooking tips. That is why Tetsu usually is more vocal with Andrew.
It takes a much larger interest in Andrew's ability and how is he able to develop himself as a shinigami. It tries to show him options that he can take and be able to give him the confidence that he needs to gain in order to ensure his success. However, when it comes to cooking, it is more of his conscience than anything. The last thing it would want is to have Andrew try to blow up a kitchen.
The inner world of Tetsu is a small commercial kitchen. It contains two rooms: one section that would be used for the preparations of ingredients such as raw foods or vegetables. It contains three long stainless steel tables that have a small compartment for cutting boards. Along the edge of the wall there is a combination range and convection oven. A hood is also present so that he can be able to vent off the smoke. Along with that, there is also a fryer and a large wok. It has a gas range with a convection oven equipped with an exhaust hood. The countertops are also stainless steel and possess a food processor, a blender, and an industrial size mixer. In the back of the second room there was a three compartment sink that is for the soaking, rinsing and sanitizing of anything that it uses in the kitchen. It even has a working refrigerator and a freezer. Nearby the fridge and freezer, there is also a working ice cream machine. This is where the spirit feels most at peace: to be able to help create recipes from different ingredients and give Andrew advice when he looks like he is going to need it.
Shikai Incantation: Kukku (cook)
Shikai Category: Elemental
Shikai Range: Mid and close range
Shikai Description: Upon release, Andrew's zanpaktou changes into a larger form of the santoku knife. The blade's form changes into the form of a narrow bladed cleaver. However, it is still built to be very comfortable in his hand. In addition to the appearance, along the blade's edge the weapon possesses instead of a smooth straight one, the weapon gains a scalloped edge. This allows the weapon to use the air pockets that the scalloped portions create to allow for a smoother cut.
Shikai Abilities:
Technique Name: Doragon Koumi (dragon spice):
Technique Category: Offensive
Technique Range: Mid Range
Technique Description:
Andrew's shikai ability is known as the form of a spice that he calls doragon koumi (dragon spice). The nature of this ability allows him to disperse the attack into cloud form that can be inhaled by his opponents or it comes in contact with their bare skin. The cloud has the appearance of a rust color and it is designed to immediately burn his opponents. The shikai is not designed to kill his enemy; however, the cloud itself has a very powerful heat to it similar to that of triple the effect of the ghost chili. This would cause intense burning sensations to anyone who would go within the cloud in the form of redness of the skin, tearing up, and respiratory problems. However, it is a superficial attack. The only way to cause damage is through exposed skin of his opponent or if they inhale it. Even then, the damage is temporary at best. The burning sensation would only last for 10 minutes. It cannot be able to penetrate the clothes of his enemy or anything that would cover their faces. Also, it can easily be dispered by anything that uses wind as a special ability whether it a zanpaktou or a kidou.
Technique Name:Doragon Hana (dragon edge)
Technique Category: Offensive
Technique Range: Close
Technique Description:
During his training with his shikai, Andrew noticed how the spice had always stayed within the blade even though he never released it. That was something he had always noted in his training and eventually asked Tetsu what it was. When he realized it was a fire elemental, maybe there was something more to it. This brought forth his second shikai ability: Doragon Hana (dragon edge). By using his own reiatsu as the spark, the spice turns the blade white hot. In this form, the shinigami is able to merge the flame element with his reiatsu to further increase his cutting power. Essentially the combination of the two would allow his zanpaktou to cut through things that would not normally be able to in the past if he simply used his reiatsu only in strengthen his blade. However, it is still vulnerable to water and ice type abilities. In addition to this, it is still bound to the five times he could be able to release his ability each release as well as being able to hold the spark for 3-5 minutes.
Bankai Name: Musha Itamae (Warrior Chef)
Bankai Description:
For Andrew to create his bankai, first his shikai begins to accumulate a black and white spice this time much like it was salt and pepper. When he slams his blade into the ground, the grooves all ignite together and explode Andrew in a massive stream of white and black flames. When the flames die down, Andrew's shinigami clothes are instead changed for a chef's standard. His top becomes a black chef's jacket with a white trim, his bottom becomes a pair of checkered black and white pants, his sandals turn into durable boots and he gains a black skullcap embroidered with a pineapple in the front. As for his weapons of choice, he now has a pair of massive spoons that serve as both bludgeoning and long range weapons: one is a pasta spoon and the other is is regular spoon with the back of the spoon having spikes.
Bankai Abilities:
Nazo no menyū (Mystery Menu)
With Andrew's ability to eat is known considering his background. Much like he could be able to consume his spice, he can be able to infuse his very being with the flame element. This allows Andrew to be able to funnel the flames into his spoons to make them burn hot as well. However, this burns through his reiatsu at double the rate.
Doragon Arashi (dragon tempest)
In his shikai, Andrew is able to wield the power of his spice in the form of uncontrollable bursts. However, in this form Andrew is able to take his clouds and now turn them into stronger tornado forms. They take the form and size of Tenran. The spice is still as combustible in this form, but all he needs to do is spark it with his weapon or touch it to create a massive tornado of flame. However, it is still as vulnerable to wind but the wind must be much stronger to disperse his tempest.
Meinkōsu (Main course)
As a chef Andrew always had an affinity for knives. This ability allows him to channel both his flame and his blade handling skills. He can be able to channel his flame and reiatsu to form chef knives that are fourteen inches in length; being able to bring two out at a time. Used for a much more intimate melee combat, it serves for both him to go in closer or throw them as effectively as kunai. There is a secret power in his blades though. If he channels his reiatsu into the blades, they become infused with the power of fire and then become explosive with the power of a breach explosive.
History:
Life and Death:
In the beginning, Andrew always knew there was something odd about himself. He had grown up in a fairly moderate home with his family. However, he had been born with a neurological disorder that had to make him live the rest of his days as a child who had been born to this world with head trauma. His personality might not change, but his mind was never going to be the same again. It had even got to the point that something had to be installed into his head to remove the fluid that had been accumulating around his brain. The doctors had said that above everything else, he has to keep his head protected. If the tube was damaged, then he would have suffered even greater health risks than before. However, despite those risks, Andrew continued to live on and he had . In fact, some were puzzled with how he had been able to thrive so well. People of his condition usually didn't grow as much as he did. However, there were things in his mind that no doctor could be able to see with instruments.
When he was a child he had always thought he had seen ghosts or even heard voices in his head. Whenever he slept, he thought that he could be able to see the outlines of people coming to him in his sleeping form. He couldn't see the faces since he had always seen them within a static like form. Eventually it had gotten so bad that he had wanted to sleep with the lights on just so that he wouldn't have to see them appear in the darkness. However, eventually the light did go off and the spirits appeared to not bother him as much. At first he had brushed it off from what his mother had told him and believed that the "spirits" were caused by a negative reaction from the medicine that he took. But soon he began to realize that it wasn't the medicine that made him see strange things.
During his years of high school and even to college, he continued to hear voices. Sometimes he could be in a room with a bunch of people and he thought that someone was calling to him. At first he thought that it was nothing more than his mind playing tricks on him, but as the days rolled on he continued to hear them still. On some nights, he even began to see things that appeared to be people in the distance and when he reaches their location, they would not be there anymore. Every time he had seen them, he continued to wonder it was something negative in his mind. There were even times he had wondered if he had been losing his mind. He didn't know the long term damage for his condition and for all he knew, insanity could follow him.
However, much like the feelings he had when he was a child, he began to forget about them. He graduated in his college and what was to be considered his greatest achievement and being able to stand with his brother as being the only ones to go through college was marred in tragedy. He and his mother had been in a severe accident and he seemed to be unharmed. However, his mother was hurt badly and he immediately tried to get her out of the car. He cared more about getting her to the hospital without knowing that something did happen to him. What kept him alive had been damaged and what began as simple headaches turned into something even worse. The fluid in his head had been too much for his mind to take and he died in the hospital while making sure his mother was safe.
Time as a Soul:
While in the land of the living, he had watched over his mother much like she believed that people were watching over him. He didn't feel guilt, but he didn't want his mother to know that she was alone. She took his death hard and he wanted to be with her. On one night however as he watched over his mother, someone approached him. At first he didn't know what to do. He wasn't very skilled in hand to hand combat and from what he could see the person had a katana. He could have been dealing with some kind of ghost samurai and he had no means to defend himself. For all he knew, she could have been sent to hurt his mother. He watched as the woman moved into her home and he immediately stood in her way. His face had less rage and more determination to keep his mother safe from anyone. However, the woman told him that she was looking for him. Confused, he had asked why and she told him about the Soul Society. Though he could understand about him needing to cross over, he felt bad about leaving his mother. As a last request, he had wanted to be able to leave something for her to show that he was okay. Nodding her head, she peformed the ritual and he was placed into the society.
Making a living:
During the next few months, he had been wandering around Eastern Rukongai looking for some kind of work. He wasn't very sure what skills to bring until he had found himself in a some kind of restaurant around in the 40th district of the Rukongai. He looked at the food and began to ask questions about its preparations such as the cooking time and the procedures the owner took. Eventually the owner was interested enough in his own contemplations that he gave him a job as a cook in his restaurant. While working, that was how he had gained a lot of enjoyment from being able to create plenty of recipes. He cooked there until he saw the same people who had the robes the woman had on when she brought him to this place. Feeling hospitable, he delievered the shinigami their food and immediately felt a high level of reiatsu with him.
They began to question him, but he seemed to have a very confused look on his face. He didn't understand what they were talking about. He did say though he did see the outlines of bodies and heard voices. They continued to question him until a few days later he had been asked to come with them to the shinigami academy. Continuing to look very confused, he accepted and began to wonder what they were talking about.
From that day that he had continued to strive to learn as much about kidou as he could for about ten years. Days before his graduation and the decision he made, Andrew was given a true zanpaktou. His final test was to find the name of his spirit. As he heard that, a sense of confusion was in his eyes. Was there really a spirit within his weapon? He closed his eyes to hope for something until he had seen the spirit. It was in the shape of a soft pink hued sphere. It had no mouth, but it had eyes and a nose. To make matters worse, he started off simply in a space that was pitch black. He had been trying to figure out how his spirit worked, but that was going to have to wait. During his time in the Shino Academy, he had been a part of a group of students that helped stem a tide of hollows that attacked. During the fight, Andrew fought alongside with a shinigami named Zenkai Taiyou to battle a massive hollow. During the battle, he had been thinking about cooking, which set something off in his mind. It brought out more of a reaction within his spirit, raising his reiatsu enough to give him enough of an edge to help keep the hollow Mordred at bay.
After the battle though, he started to acquire a better understanding of his spirit. In time he had seen the spirit gain more parts to its appearance. What started as a spirit that was simply a sphere with eyes and a mouth now had a white chef's hat and a frying pan on its side. If anything, the best thing he could do was to ask it what it's name was. Even as he asked, the spirit remained silent. Andrew tried asking it again, but once more it ignored him. It had been the same song and dance for Andrew until he realized something: instead of just asking over and over, what if it was trying to make him take the initiative? Looking at the spirit, he asked the spirit if it would like a name. The spirit immediately reacted to Andrew and nodded. Eventually he had gave the spirit Tetsu Itamae and the spirit gave him a skill he learned to be shikai. It was the next level of release for him and found out the skill involved him releasing a very hot spice. With the knowledge in tow, Andrew was ready to join the ranks of the fifth.
Being in the fifth, he had continued to have much more curiousity with learning how to best be able to manipulate his reiatsu so that he would be the best he could possibly be. However, even with such seriousness, he still didn't seem to feel like being serious all the time. That is why he now began to continue his path of cooking. He wanted to show that even though there was a sense of seriousness for being in the Gotei 13, there should always be time for people to smile and have a good time. After all, what better way for him to do this than with some very good food? He had continued to maintain this same kind of mood until he had been attacked by an unknown force. The events that would unfold would push him into fighting even harder than before. In a sense of fate, Andrew had been paired with Yumi on a mission to deal with some hollows within Karakura. He had been caught off guard with the help of a man by the name of Ashrael. In reality, this man was an arrancar. Leaving himself vulnerable, he had bested Andrew and captured Yumi. However, he wasn't a man that would cower in fear. The flames have been ignited in his mind and the fuse started to burn very slowly. He was going to make the arrancar answer for what he had done. So while he still maintained some stability, he called on his phone to get the assistance of any shinigami that would help him. Thankfully he was able to get assistance from two others: Kyousei Daichi, the third seat of the fourth division and Andrew's own comrade in arms: Choutarou Hiroshi.
Though together they had been able to save her, Andrew was not content with simply that. He was still positive, but in his mind he wasn't going to let what happen make a repeat appearance. That is why he had began to continue his path of studying kidou within his own division while seeking the aid of other shinigami to improve on wielding his zanpaktou. One such teacher that he had sought to find was from the second division, Yukino. In a way, they had been each training themselves to help increase their skills with zanjutsu. Eventually Andrew had continued to train with his zanpaktou until he had been speaking with Tetsu. When asked about his element, Tetsu told him that he was a fire type and it was time for him to understand his ability. He had told him to use his spice again and just spark it with his reiatsu. Running his finger along the edge of the blade, he watched as his own reiatsu sparked along the edge and immediately turned his blade white hot.
However, it wasn't without some difficulty. While he had the blade on the ground, he accidentally set the ground on fire and immediately had tried to put it out. This naturally had him in the fourth division nursing his wounds. Tetsu explained that the blade needs to be handled even better than he ever had before in his life. While heated, the blade could easily cause greater damage to anyone who was nearby him. However, Andrew was determined that he would not let what happened with Yumi happen again. The shikai skill of the spice would be his second option. Eventually he had decided that when he had found out that the element of his zanpaktou, he had desired to improve this skill within the 10th division. However, he would always show his loyalty to the 5th division with its flower always on the right side of his collar. But in his mind, he had desired more than anything that he had wanted to improve and evolve his skill so that mistakes would not be made to the point history would repeat itself. His path was simple: train in the tenth division to understand better to handle his element through the various missions that had been brought forth to him. In time he knew he would learn how to understand his inner flame.
During his fighting as a shinigami, he knew he had been getting stronger. This was thanks to his comrade Yukiko Matsugane. She brought out much more of his strength and out of the box thinking he had been known for. Eventually his strength had gotten to the point that he had to ask Tetsu the question about Bankai. As Tetsu showed him the man who became his reason of hatred, in a way it showed him the one who brought him peace. To acquire this new gift, he had to prove to Tetsu he was the better chef. It took a lot, but he remembered the one thing that he never forgot: his time a chef. It was thanks to Hiro's training that brought him what he needed to get in order to show Tetsu that now he was ready to take it to the next step: utilizing the power of bankai.
So Andrew remained an officer of the tenth division for many years, trying to gain a better understanding with being able to work his bankai secretly in the dead of night. He kept this knowledge under his hat since he wasn't sure how other people would have acted if others found out that he had discovered a stronger power. Every now and than people had complained that someone had been burning something and he had to regularly bathe to hide the scent of burning hair to help remove suspicions away from him. Eventually his exploits from within many missions and the night at the Academy was brought to the attention of the captains to give him a shot to expand his skill by bestowing him the badge of the fifth division, making him a lieutenant. Andrew had taken the badge with pride, wearing it on his right arm. He knew he was slowly making his way and soon enough he would show that through fire and steel he would be ready to lead.
For several years Andrew continued to be always working. When he wasn't working in the restaurant he was working with his comrades and when he isn't working with them he had continued to practice with his bankai. As his progress grew, he had been wondering how still to make his intent know about what he was working on. He had a feeling that if he went to the head captain, he would have been in trouble. However, during one of the nights he was working in his makeshift kitchen, he heard how someone could become a captain by something called a "captain's test". However, usually it has to be recommended by another captain though. Luckily he knew someone who could help him on it. It was going to be a little tricky though.
Late in the evening the following day, he had asked Izanami Nakatomi to come to the restaurant by herself. When she came in, she could tell something was different. Andrew's reiatsu was considerably different. Not to mention his clothing definitely didn't match anything in the Soul Society. If anything, the clothes he wore during the meeting was something what he'd wear in the land of the living. He sat down as he set out a pair of plates for them both as he explained in detail about his training with bankai. She listened to him intently, asking only a few questions every now and then before seeing what he could do. She had seen the spoons that he had kept stored away, not showing much emotion but as she saw how many blades were created it increased her curiosity more. But even as he showed her what he was capable of, she had been sizing him up for a while. Despite demons in the past, she could see there was a possibility he could be something more. After thanking him for the meal, she left the restaurant.
After what seemed days, Andrew continued to work as if nothing else had happened. He wasn't sure what was going to happen, let alone if telling Izanami was the safe choice. However, his fears were unfounded when he had been approached with a letter from the first division. It said that he was requested to come visit the head captain. An immediate chill went down his spine since he had no idea what was going to happen next. Steeling himself, he walked into the first division to be met by three people: the head captain himself, Izanami, and the medic Darake Kitoushi. The head captain spoke with a clear tone that he wanted to see what Andrew was capable of and his test was going to happen today. Though relieved, he was incredibly excited in his mind. As he showed the three captains what he could do, the head captain had considered Andrew's test satisfactory and made him into the new captain of the thirteenth division. Andrew knew that he wasn't going to disappoint anyone. He would do what needed to be done as captain.
RP Sample:
Death is a weird thing...
Andrew stood over his own grave as he seemed to be lost in thought for several hours. He could replay the memories in his mind and how he had lost his life. He didn't care what had been happening to his brain. All he honestly cared about was the welfare of his mother. As he made sure that his mother was safe, he could feel the pressure push harder and harder onto his brain. The last thing that he could honestly remember was kissing his mother softly on the forehead before collapsing on the ground. His mind had finally yielded to the pressure placed on it and died on the ground. Andrew knew all too well that he couldn't leave. He needed to stay behind and make sure that his mother was safe. That was all that he cared about. For several months he had been her silent guardian. Even as his chain degraded, he had a strong will to keep it from completely losing his own sense of self. Every now and then he made his presence slightly known to make sure she wouldn't feel alone. It wasn't until one fateful night that he remained in his home that he had encountered a woman that was waiting in his home. She wore a black komodo from what he could tell and it seemed that she was armed. He wasn't sure what was going on around here, but he wasn't going to let the unknown individual try to kill his mother. Looking at her with a hardened gaze, Andrew seemed to loom over the smaller woman as he spoke to her with a defensive tone.
"Who are you? If you are trying to hurt my mother I will find a way to defend her."
Andrew held his arms out as the woman looked at him. He seemed to have a very determined look in his eyes as he spoke to her. The chain that was on his chest had been slowly eaten away. However, he still had a strong sense of self and the fact he was willing to defend her was a sign that he wasn't turning into a hollow yet. Carefully moving her weapon aside, the shinigami held her hands up as he spoke. "I understand you want to protect you mother and I respect that. But I am not here for her. In reality I am here for you." Andrew's eyes narrowed as he looked at her. "What do you want with me? Do you wish to kill me?" She shook her head as she continued to speak. "You misunderstand me young man. I'm here to send you to the Soul Society."
Andrew blinked a couple of times as he looked at her. "What's a Soul Society? Is that some kind of club?" The woman gave him a quizzical look as she continued to speak. "It is not a club, it is where souls cross over to." Andrew's expression softened as he spoke again. "Cross over? Then what does that make you?" The woman smiled softly but was careful to make any sudden moves. "I am a shinigami, and my duty is to bring souls to the Soul Society." Andrew looked at the woman with a skeptical expression as she told him that. "Says the woman with a katana." The woman grabbed the katana which made Andrew go into another defensive position. However, she didn't unsheathe it. Instead she showed him the bottom of her hilt. "This is what we use to bring souls into the society. Though I will not lie to you, we do use our weapons but to defend ourselves."
Andrew looked at the symbol and then at his mother. "I don't want to leave her...." the shinigami put her hand on his should as she spoke. "I know, but you cannot stay here for too long." Tears fell from his face as he looked at her sleeping. "Can I have one last request?" She looked at him with a confused look but still he continued to speak. "Can you tell her that I am okay? She's always worried about me and I want her to know that I am now safe." She looked at him and then noticed there was a cross on the bed. "Who's cross is that?" Andrew looked at it and sighed. "It was mine, she said that it was there to keep me safe." She looked at the cross and walked over to his mother. It seemed that she was telling her something and then walked over to take the cross. Placing it in his hand, he looked at her and she smiled at him. "Everything will be okay, she knows you are in a better place." And with that she performed the ritual and he went to the society.
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