Hikari Kurai

### Relatives

Bruce Hawkins (Father)Rika Kurai (Mother)Leo Hawkins (Older Brother)Halo Hawkins (Little Sister)

## Appearances

### Debut

Zero's Edge: Rebirth

**Hikari** is a 13 year old middle schooler that should be graduating this summer and heading over to high school. However, due to his grades as well as a lack of effort he may be held back another year and forced to repeat the 8th grade. He's also part of the **Ghost Files club,** which is a ghost inspection and journalist documentary group channel on YouTube that explores weird and dangerous areas through the request of their fans. After being in the group for only 6 months he encountered a near death experience because he was attacked by a ghoul-like creature at Saints Worship Church and since that experience he has looked into investigating if what happened that day was truly real or if it was really just a nightmare.

## **Background**

Hikari's currently the only one out of his siblings who is officially listed as Kurai taking after his mothers name, while his other siblings sport the names Hawkins and this is due to his mother losing the bet of who gets to choose who's name. She ended up losing the first time, so Hikari's older brother was named after his father but that also meant the next child they had would be named after Rika, which happened to be Hikari. However, for some reason when asked for his last name he'll often claim Hawkins even thought that isn't the case.

Growing up the middle child Hikari's seemed to always feel sandwiched between two different worlds as both his other siblings each have something that they either excel in or a value that represents them. For instance his older brother Leo is known for his presence and maturity as he carries himself with high levels of confidence. He's also very outgoing, respectful of other and a hard worker and these traits allow him to get opportunities he may have not had or do well in certain fields that he may have not done otherwise. On the other hand his sister Halo is often talented as a "Genius in the making," or a prodigy because she excels in almost every field she touches and this praise has garnered her an unhealthy level of confidence. Meanwhile, Hikari currently has nothing that he does remarkably well or any sort of goal he's even looking to achieve and instead he often feels lost in the shuffle. Especially because his father often spends time with Leo getting him ready for the next stages of his life such as owning a business and college, while his Mom is the one primarily taking Halo to her Jiu Jitsu practices and NSBE the National Society of Black Engineers events.

Furthermore, this is also compounded by school life being utter hell for Hikari since for him it feels like a prison sucking out the creativity and dreams out of him. Additionally, ever since the 5th grade he's been constantly harassed by two brothers known as the Hardy Boyz around the schools and streets the brothers are prevalent in. The most frustrating thing for Hikari is that he doesn't even know why they continue to bully him because even though they have been expelled from school and are now going to Diamond Hills they proceed to go out of their way in order to mess with him. These may be some factors as to why his grades have been declining since then, but nothing has been stated explicitly. Nevertheless he's at danger to not graduate 8th grade this year, instead be forced to repeat the 8th grade again and possibly at Diamond hills.

The relationships Hikari has made outside of his family members don't seem to be too strong, while Hikari's managed to make some friends over the years none of them have felt completely real to him since they are mostly made up of kids from his parents work friends. The only friend that he seems to have a real connection with is Nikolas as they met during recess in the first grade and have kept that connection since then. Furthermore, another strong relationship he's made is with Principal Whit, which developed during the 6th grade as Mr. Whit was the only at the time that understood Hikari's situation with the Hardy Boyz and worked to put a stop to it. Back then Hikari would spend multiple hours in Mr. Whit's office just venting his frustrations or being allowed to play video games with while he did work and was able to be in a safe space. However, ever since the tail end of the seventh grade Hikari stopped going to Mr. Whit's office or really acknowledging him all too much and no one's really sure why.

Currently, Hikari spends his time after school at Pirates High School in room B103 engaging in activities with the ghost files club. He was able to get in thanks to Leo who is best friends with Rosh McCorbin the current head of the entire club who has allowed to middle schoolers to join in order to keep the club alive for much longer and hopefully spark new interest. Hikari doesn't often express himself too much in the club and usually keeps to himself, but the fact that he continues to return seems to mean he enjoys being there.

## **Appearance**

Hikari is still a young boy that's about to transform into an adolescence and he's pretty small for an 8th grader, but he may still hit his growth spurt soon. He's got Wavy Rose Pink hair with black tips with slightly sharper edges at the tip and dark sandy brown eyes and under cut taper behind the the back of his head. Crystal blue eyes, light brown skin with a skinny build that has some tone in the muscles. He usually wears a black Long sleeve shirt with and upside down Nierve smiley face and he often keeps it tucked in. A black buckle with a white lining around it and Black Cargo jeans. On his arm he has a Red Tiger Gold bracelet from Essonia that he got from his Dad, which was pass down from his grandfather.