Garou Ikinobiru

**Garou Ikinobiru** (ガロ イキノビル, *Garou Ikinobiru*) is a Shinigami and member of the Gotei 13.

## Appearance

One of

In Shinigami uniform.

## History

Garou's beginnings are somewhat mysterious to the members of the Gotei 13, even Garou himself. Garou was discovered with no sign of any parent or clue to where his original had gone or even was, found wandering the deserts of Hueco Mundo alone. Because of this, Garou had learned how to survive in the world filled with Hollows, controlling his reiatsu as well as developing his speed in order to quickly evade the hunting beasts. His speed would eventually turn into the flash-stepping, or 'Shunpo', that the Soul Reapers of the Gotei 13 use, noted by the Shinigami that found Garou and would later on become his adoptive father. Garou joined the Ikinobiru family with open arms, breaking the threshold between relative and stranger with his new brothers and sisters, and learned to hone his speed under the tutelage of his father, who had served as an Inner Court Guard under the command of former lieutenant of the Second Division, Karin Hirano. While he had learned to become civil, calm and humane with the Ikinobiru family, Garou truly remained wild, ruthless and animalistic underneath.

The passing of his father to rogue Shinigami prompted Garou to join the Gotei 13 in hopes of becoming better to hunt down his adoptive father's murderers. Enlisting in the Shin'ō Academy, Garou finally met his father's commander, Lieutenant Hirano, and became infatuated with the life of the Shinigami. Under Karin's guidance, Garou found a reason more than just revenge to join the Gotei 13, but to also serve and protect the Soul Society from the monsters he had seen deep in Hueco Mundo.

### Plot

#### Three Days Graduates Arc.

*Main article: Three Days Graduates*
Garou appears in the middle of Aya Jūsuke and Soichiro Tenma's exchange, only to get caught up in an attack launched by the latter who had fired a shot of Hadō #31 Shakkahō, which prompted both Garou and Aya to move back away from one another to avoid getting caught in the blast. Excited by the challenge, Garou readied his weapons, with Aya only to respond by using Hadō #1 Sai on the red haired student, causing his arms to fold behind his back, yet there didn't seem to be any discomfort on Garou's side, as he still held his weapons firmly in both hands. Taking advantage of the situation, Tenma fired a barrage of kido shots towards Garou and Aya, majority of them heading in Garou's direction. Without his arms, Garou disappeared underneath the dust and smoke kicked up by the projectiles hitting the ground around him, before reemerging prominently unscathed save for a few hits to his arm and the torso. Having used his Shunpo under the obscurity of the smoke, it was only implied by the feint noise it made as he moved from side to side.

The drill's battle quickly shifted onto Aya, where Garou began using his sword and strength to send crescents of wind as sharp air projectiles heading for Aya. Tenma would take part by using Hadō $?? Kyōmon on the trees around her, creating a barrier to keep Aya within as Garou proceeded to fire on the pink haired girl. His attention would only be drawn away as fellow student Ninigi Yamakage entered the fray, withdrawing their zanpakuto whilst referencing Garou's request to see the others' swords. Immediately, Ninigi unsealed his blade and brought forth his Shikai, creating a tornado of wind that he would guide towards Garou. The preparation of his Shikai and its special attack, however, gave Garou time needed to clear the field, under the hope of entering a sword fight. Slashing the trees down to create more and more space for their battle, the tornado that would soon form began to pick up the debris and throw them around, causing more and more damage and interruptions for battles going on around them. Both Garou and Ninigi were able to evade the trees thrown at them by the tornado, with Garou slicing the tree through in half lengthways, and Ninigi creating a wall of wind that blew the tree back.

While Garou had treated this situation as a drill, Ninigi had treated this fight as actual battle, causing the two's perspectives and ideas to clash against one another, as one drew a line on where his power reached, and the other determined to use their power to bring down the other. For the remainder of the battle, Garou remained on the defensive, using his reiatsu to battle Ninigi's own through exerting it through his weapons and strikes. It was through one particular clash that revealed just how different and/or similar the two really were. Ninigi used their concentrated and highly trained power to clash against Garou's destructive and highly untamed reiatsu, which he used through the butt of his sheathe to hit the Hōrin, Ninigi tried to ensnare him in. The battle proceeded to become a show of reiatsu control and power, with Garou using it to defend himself against the barrage of attacks that Ninigi had sent his way through the use of his Shikai, with Garou coming out more or less worn from his fight compared to that of Ninigi, who had evaded the attacks Garou had sent his way. The two's battle ended with a voluntary surrender by Ninigi and a frustrated Garou who had yet to clash blades with another student.

## Powers and Abilities

**Hohō Expert**:

**Expert Swordsman**:

**Hakuda**:

**Unknown Level of Spiritual Power**:

* **Reiatsu Control**:

## Trivia

* His appearance is ... from Requiem of the Shogun, recoloured by the author.