Hibiki Lates

Hibiki Lates (ヒビキ・レイティス Hibiki Reitisu), also known as the Hundred Night Hibiki (百夜のヒビキ Byakuya no Hibiki), is one of the Mages who belongs to the Blue Pegasus Guild's team The Trimens.
==Appearance==
Hibiki is a slim young man of average height with spiky, somewhat messy brownish blond hair framing his face. He has dark eyes and noticeably long eyelashes. He’s considered handsome by most girls, many of them being willing to join Blue Pegasus just to be near him.
Hibiki initially wore a dark, double-breasted suit with a pair of distinctive light lines circling each sleeve and lower leg and Blue Pegasus' symbol on its left shoulder, over a pinstriped blue shirt, closed around the neck by a darker tie, and polished dark dress shoes.Fairy Tail Manga: Volume 16, Cover Shortly after the beginning of the Oración Seis arc, he forsook his jacket and tie, at the same time leaving his shirt hanging untucked over his pants, gaining a much more casual look.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 136, Page 8 
In X791, Hibiki switched to a dark vest, adorned by a pair of light wings pointing outwards over the chest, together with a light, plain shirt. He’s not shown wearing a tie anymore, but retains his dark pants and shoes.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 254, Page 23
==Personality==
Like the rest of the Trimens, Hibiki behaves like a typical womanizer in that he usually charms up to any female (regardless of the age) he meets for the first time ever; often with little to no shame, even if accomplices of that woman are there to watch.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 132, Pages 5-9 Rumor has it he always has many girlfriends at the same time. He apparently has no personal preference in any particular lady, but rumors circulating about him spread nonetheless, spanning about 18 (unconfirmed) legends about him so far.
Nevertheless, he is capable of becoming serious when he wants to be; he also possesses some level of will power, having resisted Nirvana's effect for a time before passing out, though he notes to himself that Lucy's bond with Celestial Spirits is what truly saved him, afterwards.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 144, Page 16 He is also quite a gentlemen towards others, as he is very polite and typically addresses others with honorifics. He is apparently more perceptive and knowledgeable than he lets on, and because of this, he was the only member of his team whom Bob entrusted with the information regarding Nirvana's true capabilities.
It's implied that Hibiki has romantic feelings for his teammate Jenny Realight, or is in a relationship with her as on the fourth day of the Grand Magic Games the two were briefly seen kissing each other.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 293, Page 3
==History==
Hibiki is a long-standing member of the Blue Pegasus guild, the length of his membership goes so far back that Master Bob entrusts him with important information and considers him his right hand man.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 142, Page 11 He is said to be the reason why so many women join the guild in the first place. At one point, Hibiki was the lover of Karen Lilica, but their relationship ended when she was murdered while on a mission by Angel of Oración Seis. Hibiki apparently never got over her death, but doesn't let it interfere with his work.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 144, Pages 3-4
==Synopsis==
===Oración Seis arc===
He, along with Eve Tearm and Ren Akatsuki, act as greeters to the other members of the Allied Forces, though they're more womanizers than anything, instantly trying to woo over Lucy Heartfilia and Erza Scarlet (and later Wendy Marvell), and he, along with his team, are very rude to the other men.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 132, Pages 12-13Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 133, Pages 5-6 After the representatives gather at their guild to discuss the threat of Oración Seis, he along with Eve and Ren, rush out with the others to go find the Dark Guild and indeed quickly locate their target.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 133, Pages 7-15 However, the Oración Seis easily decimates them and kidnaps Wendy (as well as Happy) but the team is saved from death by Jura Neekis.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 135, Pages 2-10 The bunch soon regroups to save their kidnapped members.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 135, Pages 19-20 Hibiki stays behind with Lucy and Erza, the latter of whom has been poisoned by Cobra, to look after them as well as guide the other back to their location once they've found their targets. It is here that he reveals to Lucy that she has gained a rather fearsome reputation because of Natsu's antics.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 136, Pages 7-9
After Natsu Dragneel finds Wendy, Hibiki helps Natsu find his and Lucy's position through his Magic,Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 139, Pages 2-4 allowing Natsu to reach Erza just in time and allow Wendy to cure her of the poison.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 141, Pages 6-8 However no sooner than this task is accomplished, Jellal Fernandes activates Nirvana, which Hibiki knows about having been informed by Master Bob secretly. Both Erza and Natsu split from the group at this point and Wendy nearly succumbs to the power of Nirvana due to her negative thoughts, forcing Hibiki to knock her out for her own safety.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 142, Pages 5-7
He then carries Wendy while he, Lucy, Carla and Happy try to trail after their friends. Hibiki explains Nirvana's purpose along the way.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 142, Pages 10-12 However they soon come across Angel, who nearly kills Natsu having incapacitated him by exploiting his motion sickness. Lucy does battle against the Oración Seis member with Hibiki nearly joining in. But he is wounded when Angel takes control of Sagittarius and hits him in the shoulder, leaving Hibiki out for most of the fight.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 143, Pages 4-10
As the battle continues, Angel mentions she was the one who killed Hibiki's fellow member, Karen, who was also his girlfriend. This news greatly shocks Hibiki and he is nearly affected by Nirvana due to his negative thoughts, but he manages to suppress them.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 144, Pages 2-4 Later he watches as Lucy nearly sacrifices herself to free Karen's former spirit, Aries, from Angel's grasp. But she is saved when Angel's spirit, Gemini, who can't bring themselves to kill her after reading Lucy's heart and discovering her pure love for all Celestial Spirits. As Angel dismisses them, Hibiki comes up at Lucy from behind seemingly affected by Nirvana and makes to strangle Lucy. But it’s a ruse to get Angel off her guard while he uploads a top level spell into Lucy's mind, mentioning to her that it was her love of Celestial Spirits that saved him from Nirvana.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 144, Pages 10-16
Hibiki transfers information about Urano Metria to Lucy. He then passes out from exertion but accomplishes his task as his power allows Lucy to fire off the spell and defeat Angel.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 144, Pages 17-19 As he recuperates, he leads the rest of the Allied Forces on board the Christina (repaired in a makeshift manner by the Mages who were using their individual Magic in tandem to enable the vessel to fly once again) a charge against Nirvana to save the Cait Shelter Guild as Zero attempts to destroy it. He is the one who finds Nirvana's weakness and, using his Magic, he forwards it to the others.
 
However, Zero hijacks the transmission and reveals that he already defeated four of their comrades (Natsu, Gray, Lucy and Happy) and that he is standing in front of one of the Lacrimas. Hibiki, along with the rest of the Allied Forces, tells the four to stand up.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 157, Pages 6-20 When they finally finalize the plan, Hibiki reaches his limit and his transmission cuts off.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 158, Pages 2-6 
After the Oración Seis is defeated and Nirvana stopped, the Allied Forces regroups in Cait Shelter Guild where they learn the secret of the guild.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 164, Pages 5-18
===X791 arc===
Hibiki, along with the rest of the Trimens, visits Fairy Tail to inform them of the possibility that Tenrou Island may still exist.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 254, Pages 21-24
===Grand Magic Games arc===
He and Ichiya are awakened by the announcement of the beginning of the preliminary round during the Grand Magic Games.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 266, Page 7 The Trimens, along with another member that looks like a rabbit, pass the preliminaries in fifth place.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 267, Page 13 The team chooses to let Eve play for the first round of the games.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 268, Page 16 Once the Hidden portion comes to an end, Blue Pegasus stands in fourth place with 4 points.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 270, Page 20 
As Hibiki watches the first day's battle, Lucy Heartfilia vs. Flare Corona, he, along with the other Blue Pegasus members, stares in awe as Lucy begins to cast Urano Metria, a spell that Hibiki once transferred to Lucy via Archive Magic. Even though they don't share the same team, Hibiki, is still happy that Lucy managed to master the Ultimate Magic of the Stars.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 272, Pages 11-12
On the third day of the Grand Magic Games, Hibiki chooses himself to represent Blue Pegasus for the Day's event. Prior to the explanation of rules, Hibiki starts to analyze the temple where the event will occur. The event, Pandemonium, consists on defeating monsters of different levels to earn points and progress. Despite the random nature of the event, Hibiki says that his Archive will allow him to make up a strategy. However, the event is finished by Erza Scarlet alone, which amazes the entire audience.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 284, Pages 7-20 To finish the event, Mato has everyone compete in the MPF challenge and during it, Hibiki flirts with Cana, soon asking her out. Cana responds that she'll only be able to drink one barrel and Hibiki comments she drank too much.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 285, Pages 5-6 When he hits the MPF, he gets only a 95 and is depressed and Cana offers to comfort him, much to his delight.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 285, Page 8
That evening, Hibiki and the Trimens go on a trip to Ryuzetsu Land, a popular leisure center in Crocus. When they arrive, the four quickly get into their host persona and approach Erza and Lucy, who are sunbathing nearby. Standing beside Erza, Hibiki tells her she looks especially beautiful. However, Erza puts a stop to it and proceeds to yell at them, scolding Hibiki for his poor performance in the day's event.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 298, Page 10 A little while later, Gray and Lyon fight and freeze the pool, with Natsu deciding to get rid of the ice by using his own Magic. Hibiki and the Trimens are sent flying when Natsu uses more power than necessary, ending up face down in the rubble, naked and completely dazed.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 298, Pages 18-19
During the 4th day's battle events, Hibiki is seen kissing Jenny Realight while Ichiya is battling against Bacchus and Rocker from Team Quatro Puppy, something which shocks Ren. When the formerly unknown member of the team is revealed to be an exceed who resembles Ichiya, Hibiki is shown to be greatly shocked by the revelation.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 293, Page 5 Upon Ichiya's victory, Hibiki smiles from the stands, calling him a true blue angel.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 293, Page 12
In the following battle of Natsu Dragneel and Gajeel Redfox of Team Fairy Tail against Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney of Team Sabertooth, Hibiki watches with his teammates as Natsu dominates the Twin Dragons of Sabertooth by himself.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 296, Page 10
Afterwards, as the final day of the games gets underway, the emcees announce the arrival of the participating teams. As their name is called, Hibiki gathers with his teammates, ready to participate.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 303, Page 13 As the rules for the day are announced, Hibiki stands with his team, using his Archive Magic to prepare.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 304, Page 5 As the games begin, Hibiki heads out with Ren and Eve.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 304, Page 8 Soon after, the three of them encounter Beth and Araña of Team Mermaid Heel. While Hibiki uses his Archive Magic in battle, his teammates defeat the two, earning 2 points for Team Blue Pegasus.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 304, Page 11
Soon after Team Fairy Tail enters the battle, having stayed behind previously, Hibiki, Ren and Eve were found by Gajeel, who defeated the latter two but winds up letting Hibiki escape. As the Archive Mage escapes while questioning whether there is someone in Fairy Tail who could do better than a calculation of his Archive, he is found and defeated by Gray Fullbuster,Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 305, Pages 7-8 which he apologizes to Ichiya for.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 305, Page 10
The Trimens from the now eliminated Blue Pegasus meet each other to follow the rest of the event. Erza Scarlet, Kagura Mikazuchi and Minerva engage in a match, showing themselves to be evenly matched as noted by Ren, to which Hibiki replies saying that it was for the time being.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 312, Page 19 With Erza now battling Kagura, Ren compares Kagura's strength to Erza's, with Hibiki telling him how surprising it is to learn that there is a lady more elite than Erza.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 314, Page 10 As Fairy Tail rejoice in their victory of the Grand Magic Games, Hibiki and the rest of the Trimens express their satisfaction to Fairy Tail's accomplishment by congratulating the Guild.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 323, Page 3
After the end of the Grand Magic Games, Hibiki joins forces with all the other participants of the event, in order for them to be able to defeat the ten thousand Dragons that will soon arrive, motivating his fellow guild members to give it their all.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 325, Pages 14-15 Hibiki stands next to his guildmates as they are confronted by one of the seven Dragons that made it through the gate.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 328, Page 16
After Natsu mentions that the seven Dragon Slayers will defeat the seven Dragons that passed the gate, Hibiki says that they are in a dire situation, since his guild has none. Soon, a weird smell reaches his nose, which turns out to be Ichiya's attempt to defeat a Dragon using his armpit perfume. Although the latter fails, Cobra shows up just in time to say that he will take on that Dragon, much to Hibiki's shock and surprise, who recognized the other man.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 330, Pages 8-11
Through the efforts of everyone present, the Dragons are eventually defeated and their threat eliminated. With the danger gone, the Mages who helped fight them are invited to Mercurius Castle for a Dance Ball. Attending with the rest of his team, Hibiki and the Trimens reside in the grand ballroom, expressing their desire to meet the King.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 338, Page 4 Soon after, the various guilds of Fiore express their desire to have Yukino Agria join their ranks as she is not affiliated with any guild. Hibiki joins his teammates as they try to persuade her to join Blue Pegasus, with him stating that she should join their guild due to her beauty. The intensity of the competition results in an inter-guild brawl, during which Hibiki is taken a hold of by the head by Elfman and smashed into Ren's head.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 338, Pages 15-17
===Eclipse Celestial Spirits arc===
As a part of the Wizard Exchange Program, Blue Pegasus are visited by Team Natsu. After dressing them up with the escort clothes, The Trimens compliment Ichiya for his taste. After Natsu starting a brawl with a client, Hibiki is caught in Kemokemo's fire breathe, resulting in Ichiya asking them to leave.Fairy Tail Anime: Episode 223
===Tartaros arc===
After the Dragon invasion, Hibiki and the others head out to destroy the many Face around Earth Land, albeit proving futile. As they fly in Christina, Hibiki announces that they are losing Magic Power; when suddenly, they hear a voice, asking them to move aside. Within seconds of announcing its arrival, the Sky Dragon Grandeeney easily destroys one of the Faces, shocking Blue Pegasus.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 412, Pages 15-18
===Alvarez arc===
When the Alvarez Empire attacks Fiore, Hibiki, along with the other prominent members of Blue Pegasus and Sabertooth, travels to the north to deal with their incoming fleet of over three hundred.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 462, Page 10 Once they arrive, the Mages start the battle against the army of Alvarez, with Hibiki employing his Archive for attacking. As they start to initially overwhelm the enemies, they are only proven wrong once they notice the Mages dying at the hands of Bloodman, posing a great threat.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 466, Pages 12-13
Some time later, Hibiki and the other Mages from both Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus manage to get severely defeated and ultimately tied up to crosses for the sake of mockery by their enemy.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 480, Pages 12-13 But they are soon saved by Panther Lily,Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 484, Pages 16-17 as Gajeel's group promptly declares battle against their powerful enemies.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 484, Page 19 After being rescued, Hibiki and the others rejoin the fray with even more motivation.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 485, Pages 13-14
===Water Dragon God arc===
===True Dragon King Festival arc===
==Magic and Abilities==
Archive ( Ākaibu): A rare type of Magic which allows Hibiki to transfer information to and from people for various purposes. With this, he is capable of coordinating the movements of his allies as well as knowing their present conditions and giving them new knowledge. As a result of this, Hibiki usually distances himself from the battlefield and acts as a command center of sorts, but is capable of defending himself should the need arise.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 136, Page 9Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 143, Page 7 Over the past 7 years, Hibiki's Archive data processing speed has become much faster and now he's trying to create a smaller version of it.
*Overload (オーバーロード Ōbārōdo): Hibiki can manifest his Archive Magic in a form of magical screens and forcefully explode them in front of his target causing similar damage of a blast. It is sufficient enough to throw his target into the air, as seen with Wendy.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 142, Page 7 
*Protect (プロテクト Purotekuto): Hibiki can create a Magic Shield from screens with his Magic. It is unknown to what degree it could stand up to assaults, both magical or otherwise, but it was powerful enough to block an Ice-Make spell cast by Gemini who was assuming Gray's form and abilities at the time and Sagittarius's arrows.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 143, Pages 7-8 
*Telepathy ( Terepashī): This Magic allows Hibiki to communicate with other people just using his mind. With this, he is able to establish contact with comrades even over considerable distances. However, it is likely that he can only establish this connection to individuals that he knows, met, and is personally familiar with. Other users of Archive are also capable of intercepting the connection, as Zero has demonstrated, by "jacking-in"
*Information Transfer: Hibiki can use his Magic to transfer some information into a person's mind. This is particularly useful in exploration missions, since Hibiki can send information regarding miscellaneous data (such as the nearby surroundings, for instance) to his comrades, which they can perceive on a mental level as loading bars in buffering progress occurring within their mind that represents the images and symbols being downloaded into them in real time; with this, he can navigate allies on where to go by transferring "maps" into their heads. The data that he could transfer also includes (but probably not limited to) the knowledge on how to perform powerful spells and Enchantments like Urano Metria. Unfortunately, bestowing such information to another person is not without drawbacks; it seems to induce a mental strain that lasts for the duration of the download (though Lucy was perfectly fine after performing Urano Metria, albeit could not remember any details of it after that). As such, Hibiki claims that executing the skill based on the information he provides can only be used once. (Unnamed)
==Appearances in Other Media==
===OVAs===
====Welcome to Fairy Hills!!====
During Wendy and Carla's welcoming party to Fairy Hills, the girls discuss one another's potential boyfriends. Although Lucy is not there, they talk about her too and list Hibiki as one of her potential boyfriends.Fairy Tail Anime: OVA 2
====The Exciting Ryuzetsu Land====
On a night trip to the popular Ryuzetsu Land, Hibiki and the rest of the Trimens spend their time initially flirting with Lucy and Erza, the latter of whom Hibiki attempts to hit on before being scolded for his poor performance in the MPF event of the Grand Magic Games' third day. As he and the boys then join Ichiya in talking about perfume, an agitated Erza proceeds to kick all of them away. Moving on, Hibiki then spends his time attempting to flirt with Kinana, commenting that it is a good day for swimming, though she points out that night has fallen. With Eve bringing up a snowstorm, Hibiki and the Trimens chase Kinana and Laki. Before long however, the antics of Fairy Tail Mages result in the resort being destroyed, which leaves Hibiki unconscious in the rubble of the building.Fairy Tail OVA: The Exciting Ryuzetsu Land
===Video Games===
Hibiki appears as a playable character in the DS Game, Fairy Tail Gekitotsu! Kardia Daiseidou, upon being unlocked.Fairy Tail Gekitotsu! Kardia Daiseidou and in the PSP game, Fairy Tail Zeref Awakens
====Fairy Tail Gekitotsu! Kardia Daiseidou====
In the video-game Fairy Tail Gekitotsu! Kardia Daiseidou, Hibiki Lates is a playable character. In this game, Hibiki Lates possess the following moves:
*Main: Archive: Overload (古文書「オーバーロード」 Ākaibu Ōbārōdo)
*Sub 1: Ren! (Air Magic: Air Bomber) (空気魔法「エアボンバー」 Kuki Mahō Ea Bonbā)
*Sub 2: Archive: Clock Up (古文書「クロックアップ」 Ākaibu Kurokku Appu)
*Sub 3: Eve! (Snow Magic: Snow Bomb) (雪魔法「スノウボム」 Yuki Mahō Sunō Bomu)
*Super: Archive: Protect (古文書「プロテクト」 Purotekuto)
====Fairy Tail Zeref Awakens====
Hibiki appears as a playable character in the sequel to Fairy Tail Portable Guild 2, Fairy Tail Zeref Awakens.
==Trivia==
*Hibiki likes include all females. His dislikes include bugs.
*Hibiki has been No. 1 in the Sorcerer Magazine's "What Wizard Would You Like To Be Your Boyfriend?" for 7 years (X784-X791).
*In Volume 32's extra content, Mashima provided the battle statistics for 31 of the 40 X791 contestants in the Grand Magic Games. The stats, however, were provided not from Mashima's point-of-view as the author but from the view point of Sorcerer Magazine reporter Jason. Which explains why some stats are missing and why others may be inaccurate. According to Jason from the Sorcerer Magazine, during his participation in the Grand Magic Games of X791, Hibiki's stats are:Fairy Tail Special: Grand Magic Games Guidebook
==Quotes==
*(To Lucy Heartfilia) "...I almost fell into darkness, but the bonds you have with your spirits wrapped me with light."
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