Akira Kurokawa

Akira Kurokawa is the modern timeline counterpart of Akkey Black. She is the Commanding Officer of Helheim Co. Strike Team Alpha. Her code name is White Rabbit.
== Appearance ==
Akira is a short and wiry Japanese-French Canadian, built with lean muscle from gymnastics and training. She has very fair skin, slanted green eyes, and long black hair that she dyes silver with a shadow root and ties up in a high ponytail. She has two prominent scars: one under her right eye given to her by Jin, and one long one across her back from Operation Berserk. She always wears two dog tag chains under her shirt: hers, and her father's old one. 
Most of the time she is decked out in her agent uniform, composed of a black bodysuit, black combat boots, and several utility belts around her hips, chest, and arms for her various weapons. Her casual outfit generally consists of jeans, a loose black tank top, a dark jacket, and a couple of concealed weapons. She sometimes switches it out for thick rimmed glasses and a baggy hoodie to change character. 
== Personality ==
Akira, while holding herself in a confident and experienced air, is a fiesty and strong-willed girl, whose skills excel in physical activity and athleticism. She doesn't go through the same amount of mental trauma as Akkey Black does, so the self doubt doesn't manifest itself as intensely, but she still is one to experience her emotions fiercely, although she is better at keeping them in check. She is protective of her family, however her job places a wrench between her relationship with them, just like with her father.
=== Abilities ===
Akira is extremely athletic and nimble, because she was trained in gymnastics from a very young age, and this helped in her journey to becoming a Helheim agent in only two years.
She is capable of fighting with many weapons, but prefers close combat best, inspired in a mixed style of Tai Chi and Shao Lin Kung Fu. Her weapons include a Glock 17 9mm handgun, several combat knives, and a tactical sword strapped to her back. Many have commented that the sword is obsolete after the modern firearm, but she continues to use it successfully. She is actually very good with a gun, but she doesn't hold a candle to Jin's accuracy.
== History ==
Akira was born a healthy child on March 13, 2009 to the Kurokawas. When she was five, Iona enrolled her in gymnastics classes, and she continued classes until the end of high school. She even won a couple of US National Gymnastics Championships. Towards the end of 2018, her sister Mayako suffered multiple strokes, leaving her paraplegic. It was a hard few years for the Kurokawa and Lindholm family.
In 2021, their childhood home burned down and they lost their mother in the fire. Akira moved into a new apartment with her father, but since he was away on his job most of the time, she mostly lived with Mayako, her husband, Hunter, and daughters Iona and Aria.
On the night of her father's funeral in 2027, she discovered an old dog tag of his from his company. It was revealed that her father was in fact one of the top secret agents for Helheim Co. Despite the subdued anger she had for her father, she still followed in his footsteps and became a commanding officer in only two years, and continues to enjoy the line of work.
In July 2030, Juro Jin was transferred from the Chinese branch to the American branch, and he joined Akira's team as a sniper and intelligence officer. She was cautious of him at first, but they grew closer, to the point of Akira developing feelings for him.
A few months after, Operation Berserk was escalating, and it lead them to a train transport carrying the kidnapped biologists and cases of the Berserk drug. It was a simple rescue and retrieval mission, but things went awry, and they were forced to leave Akira and another agent behind.
Both agents were held captive and tortured for two months to surrender information on their affiliation, as Jin and the rest of the team worked to find them. The other agent unfortunately died before they were found. It was during this time that Akira sustained her back laceration from the abuse. 
In January 2031, Helheim Co. finally managed to storm the base and rescue her, finding her beaten, but alive. She returned to Wyoming with Jin, spending two weeks in recovery while the agency took down the rest of the drug cartel. 
Because Akira had disappeared without warning, Mayako was finally told of her true line of work, and she became extremely upset; their father's life was a prime example of why she shouldn't be an agent. The sisters fought, with Akira refusing to quit, and it continues to strain their relationship.
== Relationships ==
=== Family ===
==== Mayako Kurokawa-Lindholm ====
Akira and Mayako were very close sisters growing up despite their 11 year age gap, especially after the death of their mother and the absence of their father. Maya is the sensible pacifist to Akira's recklessness. Their relationship grew strained two years ago, when Maya discovered after Operation Berserk that Akira had lied to her and followed in their father's footsteps as a Helheim agent. She disapproves of Akira's choice and it often leads to a fight between them. She also dislikes the fact that Akira taught Hunter how to shoot.
==== Hunter Damien Lindholm ====
Hunter is Akira's brother in law, and they have an amicable relationship. After discovering Akira's line of work, he asked her to teach him how to shoot, partly to protect his family, but also out of curiosity. She complies and they go to shooting ranges together every few weeks, much to Maya's discontent. Hunter shoots with a SIG P226 10mm. 
==== Iona "Yona" Lindholm ====
Iona is Akira's niece, and while they are not quite as close as Akira is to Aria, Iona respects her and looks up to her. She is named after her grandmother.
==== Aria "Ria" Lindholm ====
Aria is Akira's niece, and they are quite close as they both have the same energy. Aria holds an intense curiosity in Akira's job, which Maya dislikes very much.
==== Iona Mirogue-Kurokawa ====
Iona was Akira and Mayako's mother. She and Akira were similar in temperament and personality, and while they clashed often, they were still very close when Iona was alive. She was the one who suggested that Akira take up gymnastics. She knew that her husband was a special agent.
==== Agent 14-9-24 ====
14-9-24 was her father's code, under the alias Pitch Black. He was always away on a job, thus she can count the number of memories she's made with him on two hands. While she doesn't hate him for leaving her behind and for lying about his life, there is an underlying, quiet anger and a sadness that remains. When she discovers his true life and was presented the option of becoming an agent herself, something that she couldn't explain, like a voice in her soul, in another time, told her to take the same path that he did.
=== Others ===
==== Juro Jin ====
Akira is Jin's Commanding Officer. He respects her as her superior, and she trusts him to carry out her orders quickly and efficiently. They've worked very closely together since her first year as a CO, and know how each other thinks.
Beneath this is a more nuanced bond. Akira has feelings for Jin, but he didn't reciprocate it until after the incident at Operation Berserk. They pursue a friends-with-benefits type of open relationship, but while Jin is still fond of Akira, due to his unresolved issues from his past and lack of commitment, it never develops beyond that. She accepted this at first, having her own personal problems coming off of the recent events from the drug cartel bust and using the arrangement as a way to process it, but as the years went by she grew more dissatisfied with it and now wants to put a stop to it. 
==== Strike Team Alpha ====
Akira leads this team with a fond and firm grip. She knows exactly what her team is capable of and expects it to run at top capacity, believing in each of their abilities and willing to protect them, and in return her subordinates view her with respect and trust. The turning point of their bond was the incident during Operation Berserk. There is a camaraderie amongst them wherein they tease and joke amongst each other. She is closest with a core of five: herself, Jin, engineering siblings Kenneth and Kaya, and medical officer Victor.
==== H ====
Akira is one of the very, very few whose seen H.
==== Nala Bloedrest ====
Nala and Akira maintain a friendly, casual relationship. They met during Akira's first year as an agent when both of their missions crossed paths, and while they clashed at first, they grew to tolerate one another. Akira takes precaution to ensure that her acquaintance with Nala doesn't jeopardize either of their positions, going as far as ignoring her and pretending to be strangers when they meet in public.
==== Walter "Blunt" Donzell ====
Akira met Walt, or Blunt, when he literally stopped in the middle of the road to ask her out on a date. Despite only having just met, she was instantly charmed and intrigued by him. They both felt some type of connection, as if they already knew each other somewhere, somehow. She remains interested in him, but is somewhat hesitant due to her work coming in between any possible development, so they continue with an open relationship.
Category:Modern AU
Category:Modern AU Characters
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