Lady Sera Mikoto

Title: Noble (Lady), Head of the Mikoto House

Sex: Female

DOB: February 16th

Place and Year of Birth: Soul Society, 545AD.

Eye Color: Sapphire/Ice Blue

Hair Color: Blood Red/White

Height: 5'5"

Weight: 96lbs.

Occupation: Assassin, Shinigami (4th Seat of Squad Eleven)

Affiliation: 13 Court Guard Squads of the Soul Society Seretei

Family:
-Mikoto Noble Household
-Heather Rayne (daughter)

History:
Sera was born into the fourth great Noble house of the Soul Society. Due to a hollow attack that melded her body with its own, she developed high Reiatsu and Reiyoku, along with elevated speeds and strength. However, the feat left her to be exiled to the lower Rukon district, Sakahone by her family so that the shinigami wouldn't learn of the incident. She began to learn fighting techniques and training as an assassin at the age of five after finding herself trapped in the Rukon, while her powers were at their peak. When she turned seven, she stole a gigai from Kisuke Urahara after first stealing a Jigokuchō and leaving out of the Senkaimon by charging in after a group of Shinigami to become a freelance assassin and mercenary in the human world. She learned to mask her Reiatsu and became extremely skilled in her choice of murderous trade. Few knew who she was, and those who did know of her knew that she was a powerful asset and an ally to any of those who would be brave enough to attempt to contact and hire her. She quickly earned her position as the best assassin in the business and compiled a rather large sum of money. Throughout her life, she limited social interaction and focused on her career so that she would have no loose ends. In 1256, she moved to Nagasaki, Japan. During her time in the human world, Sera was presented a blade laced with her own blood from Ōetsu Nimaiya. He told her the guidelines to learning her sword's name, and it wasn't long before Sera had imprinted her soul on the sword. After countless months of heavy Jinzen on Sera's part, the weapon told Sera her name, Ketsueki rekuiemu (( 血液レクイエム) Bloody Requiem), who preferred to go by Amaya until summoned by Sera, and became her Zanpakutō. Sera learned later that Amaya could shape-shift and had a mind of her own, often taking on a human form. Sera adopted her as a sister, due to the close relationship the two held with one another. After she joined the Soul Society, Ōetsu told her his purpose for relinquishing the sword to her was because he could sense her strength and potential, and knew that she would unlock it in her own time.

On a job that she had received placed in Hiroshima, Japan, she met Genryuusai Yamamoto. There, it was learned that she had exceptional fighting skill and high spiritual pressure, perfect for fighting. Sera joined the Gotei 13 after helping kill an Adjuchas that threatened to devour a number of souls in Hiroshima. Her career with the shinigami began when she joined Renji Abarai in fighting several other hollows and then followed him back into the Soul Society, where she met Byakuya Kuchiki and was given an opportunity to join the Gotei-13 through heavy battle trial and pursuit. During her first year with the Gotei-13, she submitted herself to testing with Mayuri Kurotsuchi, the captain of squad twelve. His tests resulted in highly enhanced senses and shape-shifting skills, along with immunity to most illnesses and poisons. These tests also revealed her origins in the Noble family, and with her accomplishments, she was accepted back into the family and home with her honor fully in tact. She eventually took her position as head of the Mikoto family. After three years with the Soul Society, due to her family's failure to associate with a specific squad, she became a member of Squad 11, holding the spot of fourth seat and tying her family's assets and future members to the squad.

Sera's daughter, Heather, was not birthed by Sera. Sera discovered Heather in a crashed slaver ship that had apparently come from the moon when Heather was 15. Due to the girl's severe wounds, Sera was forced to splice their DNA so that Heather would heal faster, and replace the missing flesh with her own, causing her an immense amount of physical pain, equal to child birth and worse. By the time Sera was done healing the girl, Heather had absorbed so much of Sera's DNA that she was considered to be Sera's own daughter. Sera was left with the responsibility of raising and caring for Heather for the remainder of her minority, and therefore was both physically and emotionally Sera's child.

Current Duties:
Often times, Sera will take the responsibility of helping care for Yachiru Kusajishi, the lieutenant of squad eleven, as well as doing the lieutenant's paperwork. As Yachiru is a young girl, it's also a part of her work to bathe and play with her, as per the lieutenant's orders. She also provides squad eleven with heavy funding for new buildings and equipment. Her offhand duties are cooking for the squad, organizing events, and taking on the work that Yachiru doesn't cover (or just doesn't want to). She also spars in hand to hand combat daily with her fellow squad members in order to provide them with some extra insight on their own fighting in the event that heavy damage is done to their Zanpakutō.

Sera is also an active member of multiple groups within the Soul Society. (Even she gets bored.) These include:
-The Tea Ceremony Club (お茶の会)- An organization within the Soul Society devoted to the practice of the art of tea ceremony.
-The Ikebana Club (生け花の会)- An organization within the Soul Society for the practice of the traditional Japanese art of Ikebana.
-The Shinigami Women's Association (女性死神協会)- An organization of Shinigami women; most members are higher-ranking Shinigami.

Personality:
Sera is an independent woman who generally finds it easy to make decisions. She treats her friends with love and kindness and greets people she is new to meeting with either a cold and threatening demeanor, or a polite disposition to uphold her noble roots. When in combat, she tends to lose herself to the blood lust and goes into an insane state in which she tends to attack others, with the exception of being able to discern friend from foe. When she speaks to others, it's either in high-pitched and perky tones or in raspy, sadistic sentences that reflect her sadistic side. She's extremely protective and reserved, but keeps close ties to her friends. When with her lover, she keeps a frivolous and slightly sexual demeanor, but is also sweet and compassionate. Sera generally expresses emotion with a fierce, almost frightening passion. She can't stay mad at people she loves for long, simply because of the extreme amount of affection she feels. Sera doesn't see strangers as an enemy until it is proven otherwise. When Sera becomes comfortable around people, her attitude is usually warm and excited, and much like Orihime Inoue, she becomes extremely friendly and polite. As a general rule of etiquette, she's extremely proper around high-ranking officials, other captains, and during gatherings or parties, with the exception of gatherings held within squad eleven. She also tends to be extremely loose tongued with Captain Zaraki.

Appearance:
Sera appears to be 17, as she stopped aging on her 17th birthday due to partial hollowfication. She is characterized by blood-red hair, paper white skin, and ice blue eyes. When outside of the Seireitei and Soul Society, she often wears a skin tight black cat-suit with multiple weapons strapped to it (in the weapons description), and stiletto boots. She will also sometimes wear dresses or casual clothing or will shape-shift into a different form (animal, another person, etc.) Only when she has to go undercover will she change her hair color. While in the Seireitei, she wears the shinigami uniform. Her Reiyoku is red. Due to a genetic disorder called Alexandria's Genesis, she doesn't grow bodily hair aside from her eyebrows and the hair on the top of her head. Her eyes, instead of purple, turned ice blue.

More on Alexandria's Genesis: http://www.newhealthguide.org/Alexandria'S-Genesis.html

Weapons:
When in human form (her gigai), she carries six daggers strapped to each thigh along with her twin katanas (Amaya and Blood Lace), which she wears on her back. She also a dagger hidden in her boot. In her usual shinigami attire, she generally only carries Amaya.

Ketsueki rekuiemu ( 血液レクイエム):

Sera's sword is melee type Zanpakutō able to shape shift at will, and usually conducts herself about the Seireitei by means of a human form in which she becomes a 5'7" woman with long, black, perfectly straight hair, red irises in her eyes, a Cheshire-cat smile and paper-white skin to match that of her master. She prefers to go by the chosen name of Amaya, meaning Night Rain, due to her love of rain and moonlight. In personality, Amaya is a heavy reflection of Sera's more laid back tendencies. She's generally always happy with a bubbly attitude and exceedingly friendly tendencies. She shows genuine curiosity in the work of Mayuri Kurotsuchi and spends most of her available free time with him at the cost of having to submit to frequent tests. When not with the captain, she makes a good playmate for Yachiru Kusajishi, and will generally take form as a child to play with her.

Release: Bleed

Shikai: Ketsueki rekuiemu (( 血液レクイエム) Bloody Requiem)
If at any time Sera says Amaya's true name, she immediately becomes a blood-red sword. She shifts the concentration and weight of both of their reiatsu to accommodate the attack or block that Sera is attempting while also changing the shape of her blade to meet the differences between other Zanpakutō or weapons, therefore, her shape in shikai is indefinite.

Bankai: Ketsueki rekuiemu no zōo (( 血液レクイエムの憎悪) Hatred of Bloody Requiem)
Her bankai consists of her taking on a menacing form in which she is capable of brief manipulation of the enemy's blood in order to inflict damage. This skill only lasts around ten seconds, due to the massive amount of spirit energy that the process consumes. Amaya will also fight with expert swordsmanship while in her bankai state. When in bankai, Amaya's mind is hardwired only to protect Sera and fight the enemy. She grows to be around seven feet tall, her skin and hair turn pitch black, and she will shape-shift to attack in different ways, should the needs of battle suggest she do such a thing.

Abilities:
-Master of Zanjutsu (斬術)
-Professional assassin
-Expert marksman
-Trained in all of the combined fighting skills of both the Soul Society and the human culture (she had a lot of time to learn)
-Excellent at knife throwing
-Expert aim, gun or knife
-Thanks to Kurotsuchi, she heals almost immediately.
-Shape-shifting abilities that are only limited to her imagination, she is capable of replicating the image of objects and taking their solid form, but she only adapts to their figure, gaining a small amount of extra strength from the change.
-Immunity to most poisons and full immunity to disease and viruses.

Sera is also skilled in high level Kidō and Hakuda (白打).

Kidō (鬼道):

- Hadō (破道)
-- Hadō #31. Shakkahō (赤火砲) - Generating high-temperature flames, the practitioner discharges it from one or both hands
-- Hadō #33. Sōkatsui (蒼火墜) - Blue flames discharge from the palm.
-- Hadō #90. Kurohitsugi (黒棺) - Kurohitsugi is a high-level Kidō which seals its target in a black spiritual coffin
-- Hadō #63. Raikōhō (雷吼炮) - Generating an orb of yellow lighting above the palm of his/her hand, the practitioner fires the built-up energy at his/her target as a massive concentration of energy which resembles a lightning strike. The effect has devastatingly destructive results

- Bakudō (縛道)
-- Bakudō #8. Seki (斥) - The practitioner generates an orb of light blue energy which repels whatever strikes it
-- Bakudō #9. Geki (撃) - As the practitioner draws the symbols of the spell in the air, his/her entire body permeates a red energy, which engulfs the body of the target, causing complete paralysis
-- Bakudō #26. Kyokkō (曲光) - Hides the physical form and Reiatsu of the caster by bending light
-- Bakudō #58. Kakushitsuijaku (摑趾追雀) - Kakushitsuijaku heightens the user's senses and awareness to seize a target
-- Bakudō #61. Rikujōkōrō (六杖光牢) - The practitioner generates a spark of yellow energy, which summons six thin, wide beams of light that slam into a target's midsection and hold them in place.

Extra Notes:
She sports double D's.
She's a woman of substantial wealth, and could buy most of Karakura Town and more.
Her mansion in the human world is roughly the size of a small town.
Rich as she may be, she rarely spends money.
She's a highly skilled pianist and dancer.

Terms:

-Shinigami (死神): guardians of the souls who are going through the circle of transmigration. In ancient times, they were known as Balancers (調整者 (バランサー)). They purify Hollows who do evil in the World of the Living and ensure the safe crossing of souls - the Pluses who have lost their way after death - by giving them a soul burial. Shinigami are the opposite of the Quincy.
-Seireitei (瀞霊廷): Court of Pure Souls, found in the center of Soul Society.
-Zanpakutō (斬魄刀): The main weapon of the Shinigami, the Arrancar, and the Visored.
-Zanjutsu (斬術): The fighting style for the Zanpakutō (sword fighting) and one of the four basic fighting styles of the Shinigami.
-Kidō (鬼道): A form of Shinigami combat based on advanced spells.
-Reiatsu (霊圧): The physical force/pressure that a person’s Reiryoku creates when released.
-Reiryoku (霊力): A power aligned with the spiritual sensitivity and willpower of the user. It is used by Shinigami and other spiritual beings to provide power for their various abilities.
-Shifutometaru (シフトメタル): Shifting Metal
-Gotei 13 (護廷十三隊):  13 Court Guard Squads, the primary military branch of Soul Society and the main military organization most Shinigami join after leaving the academy.
-Gigai (義骸): An artificial body which allows Shinigami to remain in the Human World and interact with Humans.
-Senkaimon (穿界門): The dimensional gateway which Shinigami use to enter and leave Soul Society.
-Jigokuchō (地獄蝶): Black butterflies used by Shinigami to serve a variety of purposes.
-Adjuchas (中級大虚): The second classification of Menos.
-Jinzen (刃禅): This method is the only way to carry on a proper conversation with one's Zanpakutō.
-Ikebana (生け花): The Japanese art of flower arrangement, also known as kadō (華道),