Mukuro Erikson

Mukuro Erikson is a character that appears in *The Returning Past, '**Mask of Deceit*****and *Future Assassin's Blade*. While being a high school student, she is training to be a detective like her father, and often acts as his assistant in many cases.**

 Leitmotif: Mukuro Erikson ~ Detective Soldier (Official Name: Army Channel from *Gex: Deep Cover Gecko*)

# Appearance

Mukuro has bobbed black hair with a green headband, which matches her green sleeveless jacket. Freckles adorn her cheeks and her eyes are grey. She wears a white button-up shirt with a black pleated skirt. She wears black fingerless gloves on her hands. On her feet she wears knee-high laced boots.

Her Cadets uniform has her wearing a white shirt under a brown jacket matched with a brown tie and skirt. She wears knee-high black boots with this.

# Personality

Mukuro is a bubbly teenager who always has a smile on her face. She highly admires her father and would do anything to ensure his safety. She is, however, a very clumsy individual; she often trips up (sometimes over her own feet) and even fall on top of someone, the first time being in **Turnabout Vows** when she fell on top of Aiden Healy. Mukuro becomes very apologetic in these situations, apologizing for her clumsiness several times out of embarrassment. Despite being clumsy, Mukuro is very serious about her dream of becoming a detective alongside her father.

# History

## Before the Story

Mukuro was born and grew up without a mother, so she was raised solely by her father Toby Erikson. Thanks to Toby and Robin Wood being old friends, she met the Wood family at a young age, including Niamh Wood. The five toddlers (Mukuro, Niamh, Byakuya, Fuyuhiko and Peko) became fast friends and always hung out together when the opportunities arose. Toby, being a rookie detective at the time, often had to work late, so Wood's mother Alianna offered to take care of the children. When the ZR-8 Incident and Alianna's murder occurred, however, Toby, Robin and the latter's older brother Conrad distanced themselves in their grief. At this time, Toby struggled with maintaining his job and raising Mukuro on his own at the same time. As Mukuro grew older, she decided to become a detective to assist her father on his cases.

## Future Assassin's Blade

Mukuro appears in case four **The Egotistical Turnabout**, aged eleven. Toby was the lead detective in the case and Mukuro joined him in the investigation. Mukuro was present when Cotoli, Chrysalis, Toby and Sara (Sora) were interrogating Jones Runner about the murders of Jay Yang and Tora Yin. Runner began to accuse Sara of the murders, as well as the murder of her mother, although Mukuro was one of the people to deny that claim.

## The Returning Past

Mukuro is mentioned briefly in case one **The Well-Deserved Turnabout** by her father. At one point the two were on the phone together, discussing when Mukuro would be home.

Mukuro makes her first official appearance in the next case, **Turnabout Vows**. Mukuro meets Lily and Chrysalis, showing them to the crime scene and investigating alongside them. Later, she rushes back to the crime scene, full of determination to find a decisive piece of evidence, when she trips up and falls on top of Aiden Healy. She quickly apologizes for her clumsiness and properly introduces herself to him.

In case three **Turnabout Heir**, Mukuro is once again the assisting detective in the case. She attempts to stop Detective Rocerous Amm from making an arrest, chasing after him through the Prosecutor's Office. After witnessing the arrest of Wood, Mukuro rushes away to tell her father about the incident. Mukuro assists Cotoli with the investigation several times. She is with Lawrence Cavendish when Cotoli first arrives at the crime scene. After Wood flees from the courtroom the next day, Mukuro and her father locate her being comforted by Sora. The two detectives attempted to take her back to the detention center, although Wood heavily refused. Only when Toby offered to allow visitors after Wood's questioning did the latter, still somewhat hesitant, allow to be taken to the detention center. Mukuro, along with Lawrence, later found Cotoli unconscious at the crime scene. It was at this time that Cotoli deduced that Amm was the real killer.

In case four, **The Reopened Turnabout**, Mukuro and Toby investigate the case after hearing that Wood was involved as a victim of attempted murder. They investigate the crime scene and are eventually given some evidence that was found on Wood's person. Such evidence is a letter that requests Wood to meet someone, seemingly signed by Ghastly. They, however, deduced that Wood did not believe that Ghastly wrote the letter and only followed it's instructions to see what it was about. Toby told Mukuro to stay at the crime scene while he questioned James, the victim of assault in the case.

In case five, **The Two-Faced Turnabout**, Mukuro first appears alongside her father. Cotoli is worrying over Chrysalis and rushes to the courthouse. Mukuro and Toby attempt to calm Cotoli down by saying that Chrysalis was fine and that no harm had come to her, but Cotoli didn't listen to either of them. The group, upon gathering new evidence such as bullet holes at the first murder scene, heard a scream that came from Chrysalis. Chrysalis had discovered that her Magatama had disappeared, only for Aiden Healy to arrive with the stone in hand, saying that it had been found at the second murder scene. Mukuro pressed Chrysalis to remember what happened during the crime and, whilst Toby told her to calm down, Chrysalis eventually remembered the events and the group discovered that the decisive witness had been in front of them the entire time.

Mukuro appeared in the epilogue alongside Toby, commenting on QS-5.

## Mask of Deceit

Mukuro appeared in the first case **The Scholarly Turnabout** as the detective in charge of the investigation. She helps the defense team in their investigation and testifies in court. Mukuro and Wood, after learning of the blackmail on the witness Stuart Andrews, search for a potential weapon that the culprit used. When Genocide Jack is triggered via a knife, Mukuro takes her away until Wood returns, explaining to Wood that the defense team has no idea of Genocide Jack's true identity at that time, despite this claim being a lie.

# Relationships

## Toby Erikson

Mukuro and her father get along exceedingly well. Mukuro highly admires Toby and will quickly offer to investigate a case alongside him. The two rarely get into fights, although Mukuro does sometimes criticize her father's protectiveness over her, saying that she can protect herself and that he doesn't need to worry over her. Toby, however, never listens to her protests and continues to be protective.

## Vera Stanhope

Mukuro most likely first met Vera through Toby's off-hand comments about her. Mukuro often assumes that the two are in a romantic relationship and have 'fangirl' moments over it, thoroughly embarrassing the other detectives involved. Nevertheless, Mukuro and Vera are good friends and get along relatively well.

## Aiden Healy

Mukuro and Aiden are in a romantic relationship, first meeting through their careers. Toby was concerned about the relationship at first, but eventually allowed it. When frightened, Aiden will often grip Mukuro's arm or hide behind her, sometimes burying his face in her clothes as a comfort. In response to this, Mukuro promised to protect Aiden from any danger that comes their way. Despite the two's opposite opinions on guns and other firearms, the two share a close relationship.

## Wood Quintet

Mukuro and Wood were friends from an early age, meeting through their fathers. The two got along well until they were forced into separation after the ZR-8 Incident. Many years later, the two do not remember each other until they are told of their lives before the mass murder years prior.

# Quotes

-"Are you the defense attorneys for this case? I'd better show you around then. I'm Mukuro Erikson, assisting the detectives in this case. That said, feel free to just call me Mukuro."

-"There's always a decisive piece of evidence laying around somewhere!"

-"I-I'm so sorry! I-I didn't mean to trip!"

-"Who would do this...? This is... awful..."

-"I-I'm certain they're just fine!"

# Trivia

-Mukuro often goes to a training camp for several months, learning military skills. As such, she is skilled in using firearms and most kinds of martial arts.

-Mukuro's mother Janet died while the former was still a newborn baby, so Mukuro often asks Toby what Janet was like. Toby, on the other hand, refuses to say anything in fear of getting upset in front of Mukuro.

-Mukuro has a pet pug named Alpha, who she treasures dearly. Alpha was apparently a 14th birthday present to Mukuro from Toby.

-Before ZR-8, Mukuro apparently had a crush on Byakuya, the oldest child of the Wood family. After the family separated, she quickly forgot about him. Upon learning this fact, however, Aiden became quite wary around Byakuya, giving the latter somewhat cold glares.