Name: Ain Katsuragi

Alias: Flash Slasher, Ain

Age: Two-hundred & forty-seven

Visual Age: Nineteen

Gender: Female

Division: Eleventh Division (十一番隊, jūichibantai)

Rank: Lieutenant (副隊長, fukutaichō)


Appearance: Ain's face since young has always been what people would describe as womanly cuteness. That is to say, her face looks mature for her age, actually making her look about in her early thirties, yet it possess a cuteness that resembles a child, especially when she makes cute faces like pouts or clueless faces. She has short slightly faded black hair that reaches just to her neck where her hairline starts at the back. Her hair is 'messily groomed', meaning while a bit messy it still looks as good as if she puts a lot of work into it--she does actually look after it though, just that she doesn't put much work into it since it has a bit of a natural pattern of grace. It comes down in the back messily, leaving both of her ears exposed most times, and covered sometimes, which in turn doesn't have most people identify that both her ears are pierced. The front of her hair frames her face with several bangs on both sides of her face, while some more hair comes down into her face in some more messy bangs that most times covers either her right or left eye--dependent on how she chooses to wear it.

Standing at a little over five-foot-six, Ain is only slightly taller than the average female. Other than her height though, the rest of her physical features are nothing above the norm for females. Actually, she would mostly be considered below average. Having a rather developed yet petite figure, Ain only weighs one-hundred and twenty-six pounds as her official measurements taking daily. Her body even though not overly developed is what you would find of the average female, which include her having medium sized plump, soft, yet round, breasts that people would be able to identify easily from any of her choices of clothing. Her butt isn't very large, but it does contain a slightly more shape than the average female does, containing similar plumpness, softness and firmness as her breasts. Despite her breast and butt not being much, something that the girl is not average in is her hips. Her waist are just the same average, but her hips are slightly above the average category, and especially help in make her butt seem more define and beautified, giving her somewhat of a nice hourglass figure. Her figure, despite not large or such, is actually what most men have stated they prefer, especially as they are fascinated by her hips which contribute to her butt nicely, while both women and men have described it as the perfect average figure. Her figure further is what those of her family think of as best suited for a swordsman, since there are no overly proportioned parts to get in the way, or below proportioned, which is a representation of perfect balance, which swordsmen are expect to possess. Having trained severely since at a young age to be a good swordsman for her family and for herself, Ain has a very strong body muscles to contribute to her figure. Her body doesn't possess very much excess body fat, except in her butt. Her legs are well built and strong, as well as her arms being built strong just the same. This isn't to say she is masculine in her appearance as she actually does possess body fat in these areas, but its not plenty. Her appearance from a distance is still actually that of the average female woman, who may or may not gym on occasion, and a person still wouldn't completely notice how well built her body muscles are unless she intentionally shows it. Her stomach is firm, and unlike her arms and legs it has no excess body fat whatsoever. She has firm six pack there, but it is only barely noticeable from far distance since she still is just above average in muscle mass and not some sort of body builder. Her arms allow her to life things a lot heavier than what the average male would, potentially she can lift about four hundreds pounds with all her strength. Her legs strength is even more impressive than her arms though. Excelling at speed for the sake of being a swordsman, as well as due to her own personal liking of track and field running, Ain's legs muscles allow her to run faster than most males would true vigorous training and dedication--the fact that her legs are quite a bit long especially helps her with this. The fact that her hips are a bit wide also gives her a good thigh gap between her slender legs, making her seem more defined with a slightly bow-legged shape. Ain's is very keen on her hygiene, taking two, or most times three, baths everyday as she cares what people think of her a lot due to her pride as a swordsman. Because of this, she has been remarked to have this freshly cute scent by people—thanks to her favorite body lotion. Her arms, her legs, and all that other stuff is groomed with regular shaving, waxing, etc. She does pedicures and manicures regularly at home since her mother is very good at it, and as such her toes and finger nails are often painted and designed extraordinarily--mainly with purple since it’s her favorite color. Other than her two ear piercings she has no other piercings, although she sort of has a obsession with piercings, which would include her wanting to pierce her nose, her bottom lip, her tongue more of her ears, and most of all, her bellybutton, although her parents wouldn't condole it. She has almost pierced her nose when she dated a guy who did piercings, but she had back out on it, although she intends to once she reaches twenty-one. Much like her obsession with piercings, she also has a secret obsession with tattoos. She has almost gotten a tattoo on her stomach once, but she backed out on that too before it was finish--although she did get about a fourth of the way through, which in turn left her with part of the tattoo on her stomach--her parents doesn't know about it though since she does extra to hide it. All of this is apart of her secret obsession with things that her parents might not permit.

Ain, even though having grown up as a swordsman under the rules of Bushido, is still mostly your average teenage as mentioned, and as such she is experimental with everything, including her clothing. Her parents understand this and being as loving and understanding they're with her as if she was a adult, they allow her to experiment as she may with her clothing, as long as her clothing isn't too revealing since it would be against the following of Bushido code. All of that is to say that Ain can be seen in a variety of different clothing of which range from trending style to just basic clothing. Her parents give her the money to buy these things, and although she doesn't receive much money and isn't a shopaholic she has quite a collection of clothing and accessories. Seeing her in pretty small dresses, short or long skirts, pants or shorts (as long as they aren't too short), t-shirts, jackets, sweats, cargoes, tank tops, tube tops, jeans tops or bottoms, or tribe wear etc, shoes, hats, kimonos or older timed clothing, all in different designs, colors, design, etc; all of these are things Ain can be seen in. Regardless, just because she is a bit experimental with her clothing, that isn't to say the girl doesn't have good fashion sense as while it isn't the best in the world, she still does possess an above average amount of it. So, finding her in clothes that don't compliment each other is something that isn't likely to happen. She is actually quite keen about her underwear, as she can always be found wearing her main pair of underwear (bra and panties) wherever she go; the only possible exception would be if she was home or such, in which case she might not wear bras--even so, that's rare. Jewelry is not something she is very fond of, as well as her parents doesn't condole it very much, so she doesn't wear much of it even if she is going out; she can always been seen wearing small gold earrings in her ears and two necklace around her neck--one which she got from her mother and father for her thirteenth birthday which says 'love', and another which has 'Ain' on it. The latter necklace she had received from a guy she was with for a little over a month until he cheated on her, yet for all she still wears the necklace since she like sit and has long ago forgiven the guy. Also, while she does wear a variety of clothing her most consistent would probably be mini skirts with different variety of t-shirts, this mixed with a pair of leather boots that she loves the most of all her clothing.

Personality: Following her upbringing and family tradition (Katsuragi family), Ain has learned to follow and live what is known as the virtue of the Samurai. These virtues are Justice, Courage, Kindness, Respect, Honesty, Honor and Loyalty, and although most would considered it had to upkeep with such virtues, it is a matter of dedication and personal betterment for Ain and the rest of her family.

♡ Respect & Kindness ♡
The first thing that people would notice about Ain after meeting her is that she is generally a very good person no matter what. The woman is respectful of a person regardless of age, gender, status, etc, and this respect for pretty much everyone naturally channels into respect for those people just the same. This is exemplary by the fact that she usually finds it hard not to refer to friends and anyone who isn't a enemy without the use of honorifics out of politeness and respect. It is never very hard to earn this respect from her her as long as she sees that that person has compassion and care in their heart. If they don't she would dislike them, but never really hate them even if they have done the most hideous of crimes since she follows the belief that it is never too late to repent for ones sins, as well as that she tries her best to avoid channeling negative emotions. Some people would call her level of kindness naivety since, she would admit that her kindness sometimes clouds her judgement of others, but whenever she puts her trust into someone she usually turns out to be correct about that person alignment, since judgement is also apart of the virtues of Bushido. The only known way to get the woman to lose her compassion is if someone was to kill someone who meant a lot to her, but this rage never really last, and if she was to see a person after she would still resort to good old naive Ain and try to change a person.

♡ Justice ♡
As a swords-woman, and shinigami, Ain needs to have good judgement, which the woman has... most times. Even though her sword has shed blood a few times in life and death situations, she has yet to kill someone since killing is a act of temperament, and as a result bad judgement and self control. Still, even though Ain herself has attain a high level of schooling to honor her parents and herself well, this judgement is never to be mistaken for wisdom though. Judgement is rather a matter of self morals, rather than wisdom, which is something Ain has attained a lot of as she isn't kind and understanding because her family wanting her to be, but rather she is naturally a good person regardless, once again is why people think of her as naive since she is much more generous than the code of bushido instructs. Still, Ain is never perfect, and although her judgement is usually right, it still has its moment where its wrong and lead herself and those around her into harms way due to her own kindness clouding her judgement.

♡ Courage ♡
Ain in every meaning of the word is brave. Yes, the girl can be shy, but that only rarely occurs when she is confronted by someone who she is afraid of disappointing/really likes, rather than someone who is intimidating. The girl besides these small occasions of shyness isn't afraid to put her life on the line especially when for others. As stated, she would put others before herself without thinking, even if she didn't know that person. This matter is obvious to always get her into trouble though, but another thing her mother and father had thought her about being a brave swordsman is that every life and death situation brings more experience in return. Her lack of fair stems from her strong will to always follow the Bushido code, and even though she of course isn't completely oblivious to fear, the girl still is known to keep her fear to minimum most times.

♡ Loyalty & Honor ♡
Ain as one would expect is loyal to her friends, family, or anyone for that matter. As a swordsman the number one rule is for one to keep his word, and Ain does this well... most times. She keeps her word to her grave, and the woman is so obsessed with this rule that she would kill herself if she promised to if she lost a petty race or something. The funny thing is that she can easily be entered into these promises even if the stakes are unfair, making it quite easy to take advantage of this other flaw of the woman. Whatever the case, she sees her honor as the most important virtue for her to uphold among the others--that isn't to say the rest aren't very close behind.

♡ Honesty ♡
A virtue that hasn't gotten her into the biggest messes, but the most. The woman is honest to the bone. She would tell a person something as is if asked, preferring not to lie at all unless truly needed--which to her is only if someone else life is on the line. Sad to say the woman wouldn't be ones best option in a court appeal even if the enemy is the opposition, as she would prefer to try and make a impossible jail break to free the person she got arrested, rather than just lie in the court. Besides the fact that she chooses not to lie at all, it should also be noted that she is completely and utterly terrible at it. Much like most people, whenever she lies she has a give away, or 'thing' as it is sometimes called. In fact, she actually has several. The first foremost one, and most obvious, is how 'on edge' she becomes whenever she lies as whenever rare she lies she immediately begins to regret it. She would usually sweat way beyond what most people would think a human can produce sweat, as well as her entire expression may be a dead giveaway since she becomes either angry or such at herself, etc. As she lies she becomes nauseated, and later the girl can be found throwing up as the entire lying process makes her feel just dirty and nauseated.

♡ Clumsy & Ungraceful ♡
On another note, one virtue that Ain lack as a samurai is gracefulness. While Ain always maintain a calm and focused mentally in the most heated situations, as she is expected to as a swordsman, she is completely different when not in a actual serious situation. When not in battle situations the girl is sadly all cluts and bad luck. This is meant to be taking literally. The girl could be walking the street and trip over her own feet about five times in a fifty meter travel even on a good day--although she never has though. Most of these bad circumstances lead to major embarrassments to her that has made her name as cluts quite popular. She especially has a consistency to trip and fall and break things in stores (or simply fall face first), etc and causing her to have to pay for it all, or her tripping and falling over something, only to have her clothes clip to something that would completely tear the material and leave her a completely naked mess in the street. All of this has led her to embarrass herself in the most formal or informal of events. While all these examples of extreme clumsiness and bad luck would leave the girl feeling depressed enough that she sometimes try not to leave her home too much, her parents tell her she can't stay indoors all her life cause of it, as well as that she herself simply is not very much of a outdoor person; preferring to live life to the fullest.

As one can see, Ain's choice of life style has its pros and its cons. She just like any other swordsman, who is human, still can't completely fill out these task though, this still is never a reason for her mother or father to punish her for it though. These punishments are never serious though, since they love her very much and vice-versa. These usually in the form of actually spanking since out of respect she tend to act like a child around them, and as such they punish her as such. Her parents have gotten quite accustom to her clumsiness and bad luck, so they always just ignore her lack of grace though since they would be dealing out punishments daily to her if that was the case.

Other than the code of Bushido which she seeks to follow to death, Ain is quite down to earth and obviously easy to commute with. Her mother and father treat her as a equal, most times, and let her make her own decisions, etc, in her life. People often find her fun to be around since even though she usually would protest to something she is quite easy to motivate because of her fear to disappointing others. She adopts easily to situations as a result, and because of this it isn't hard for her to relate to people and situations that most people would find stressful. Being of a family consisting of one younger sister who is quite mischievous and three older brothers who use to fight a lot with each other and herself, the girl is no pushover or stranger to roughhousing.

♡ Love ♡
In matters of love, the girl isn't a completely meek. She has had her fair share of teenage crushes through her life both both as the crusher and crushee, but mainly as the crusher (which is saying a lot since guys fall for her a lot) since she is quite simplistic to love falling for guys who she find cute.. Although, she does get crushes a lot, as she had fallen head over heels for over a million guys by now, and these crushes are usually so huge that after finding a guy she really likes she most times comes down with very serious cases of love sickness (even if she doesn't know the person directly) to the point that she spends sleepless nights thinking of them. She may also become timid around that person or even jealous to the point she would do anything to try and win them, such as eliminated potential love rivals, or she would work to buy things for that persons. That said, her crushes usually go to a point that some would consider it stalking. Following the code of bushido though she wishes to keep her innocence/virginity until marriage and for the right person. Doing this often becomes hard though since due to her dislike of disappointing others around her she finds it somewhat hard not to succumb to temptations. Still, she has manage to keep her innocence regardless, mainly because something always seem to come up whenever she might try to have sex, and as well as that she still puts her value first, and was also told by her mother and father that if a person can't wait till marriage then they don't really love her. Kissing and such isn't a problem for her, but still, believe it or not, the girl has yet to have her first kiss; only come very close about one hundred times, but never pulling it off since something always seem to come up somehow. As stated, the girl falls for people quite easily though, and because of her open minded personality, the girl is a pansexual who keeps her mind to good and bad lovers alike. She has been a lot of relationships--secretly without her parents knowing. Because of the fact that she has a obsession with 'bad boys' none of her relationships last for more than a month since she is cheated on, or such.

Catch Phrase: "I follow the way of Bushido"


History:
Ain could still remember the distinct smell of booze, urine and raindrops filling her nostril, and irritating it, from when she had first died and went to Rukongai. She could remember how groggy she had felt, and how much her eyelids threatened to stay close for just a bit longer, and she had only rejected their request when she felt something run between her legs. She had gotten up with some vigor and the unfamiliar touched and managing to not squeal as she identified it as a rat. For some reason, her smell seem like it was at its best to day as she could even remember the smell of that dirty old black rat, as well as the smell of booze and urine on her entire body from her lying in the dirtied alley way.

It was a dark knight out... or maybe it was just the alley way. She wasn't entire sure which it was, but she could remember not being able to see nothing but pitch blackness--yet, oddly, she could see that furred rat just earlier. It was a cold night out, and so she could remember the numbing coldness that greeted her unexplainable naked body that night. The drizzling rain didn't help, and so she had curled up herself on the dirtied ground in hopes of staying warm at least until the cold subsided. It didn't for some time, and so she had slept her first night in that small alleyway with the rats, the urine smell and the alcohol.

The following morning she recalled perfectly the sight of the dazzling sunlight, which to her was almost like a beacon of hope in this suddenly strange place where she had no idea how she came about--yet she didn't feel panic. She didn't know what to feel anymore. Along with the sunlight, she was greeted by the sight of three males. They had helped her up, a seemingly genuine gesture, and then...