Shiki Kurobane/Abilities & Weapons

"*You already can't win against Paku-chan. What makes you think you can win against me?*"
―Shiki to the three Elites[src]The Dragon Clan Elders noted Shiki showed much more potential than his fellow Clan member Lance, and was more suited for the role of heir of the Dragon Clan. His skills as a natural genius were evident even as a child and his knowledge of Dragon Pokémon and the history of the Dragon Clan exceeded that of the oldest child Lance, who was supposed to be the heir. Everyone in the Dragon Clan believed his talent could enable him to surpass all other members and indeed, he successfully did so when he became the Dragon Prince, and hence, the strongest Dragon Master in the entire Pokémon World.

### Physical Prowess

Shiki showed excellent fighting skills and indeed, he was able to defeat all three of the PAL Elites (sans Amethyst), with minimal effort and without incurring any injuries himself though the actual battle was unseen.

Like the others, Shiki had enhanced physical abilities. He had enhanced Strength, Speed, Hearing, Agility, Endurance, Durability, Reflexes, Flexibility, Dexterity, Longevity and Heightened Senses. It was likely he is physically more powerful and faster than Amethyst herself, as he was stated to have extreme speed and great strength and was undefeated.

### Psychic Abilities

As the Dragon Prince, he was regarded as one of PAL's best users, and was stated to be better than Amethyst. His mental attacks have remarkable potency, able to seamlessly affect her targets without them realising it, while on guard, and also perform them with a mere glance. His special ability is Mind Control and Persuasion, being potent enough to affect even Amethyst, who has Psychic Shields.

**Telekinesis**- He was able to move objects with his mind. It was strong enough to the point that he can simply channel the power with his mind. He could defend himself from projectiles and attack by releasing blasts of telekinetic energy capable of destroying anything in their path. It was stated that his telekinesis was much stronger than Amethyst's. It is currently unknown if he could use it to gruesomely tear anyone or anything apart like Amethyst, though that function could have activated only when Amethyst snapped.

**Mind Blast**- He could project harmful psychic power into a victim's head, which may result in brain damage, memory loss, unconsciousness or vegetative state. While it would not harm a victim physically, it could damage the internal mentality of a target. If there was too much psychic power being projected into the victim, he could potentially kill the target. He could also use this to induce mental pain just by looking at his victim.

**Persuasion**- Shiki was able to compel people by speaking, and his victims are usually unable to resist his commands, unless they have Indomitable Will, is somehow able to block his voice from reaching them, or if they had Psychic Shields, like Amethyst. He also cannot command the victims to do something beyond their capabilities. If he interrogated people while using it, the victims would be forced to tell the truth.

**Telepathy**- Shiki could do the following with his telepathy:

1. **Mind Control**- He could control the minds and thoughts of others with his targets being completely subject to his mental control just by looking at his target (eye contact is not necessary), and is powerful enough to control other psychics as well. Whoever was controlled would retain only vague memories of being controlled. However, this power would not work with someone of high willpower, or with Psychic Shields.
2. **Memory Manipulation**- He was also strong enough to extract a target's memories, and erase, restore or alter target's memories.
3. **Mental Manipulation**- Shiki could manipulate, modify and control the thoughts, mindsets, and upper brain functions of the target, allowing the ability to render others unconscious, suppress their memories, and take away or control people's natural bodily functions and the five basic senses, sway sensations to induce altered perception, bestow mental disorders or break down mental barriers. If strong enough, he could negate other psychics' abilities. He could also cause hallucinations by modifying the sensory information in a person's head while their brain is processing it. He couldmake people see and hear things that aren't necessarily there and eventually render them insane.
4. **Illusion Manipulation-** Shiki could create, shape and manipulate illusions, causing his targets to see, hear, touch, smell and/or taste things which do not actually exist or cause them to perceive things differently from what they truly are. His talent in that field was such that his illusions can be overwhelming, such as trapping the target inside an illusion, allowing him to immobilize them in reality. It is powerful enough to cause his victim's brain to believe anything that happens to the victim to the point where the illusion that physically harms the victim's body, which allows him to kill with illusions alone. This can go so far as to make other people believe that the camouflaged people are not there (invisible).

**Teleportation**- Shiki could teleport to anywhere he has been before, and could either take people with him, or teleport his target alone as well. His teleportation also allowed him to switch positions with his target.

**Mind Switching-** Shiki can exchange minds of up to four targets at the same time. His targets would retain their own voice, but they would have the aura abilities of the body they are inhabiting. Psychic powers would still remain.

**Sonic Flight**- As the name suggests, this allows Shiki to fly at high speeds through the atmosphere. It is separate from telekinesis which is a psychic's ability to float through the air using Telekinesis. He is able to sustain it long enough to fly from region to region.

### Aura Abilities

As the Dragon Prince and the member who focused on offense, Shiki was the stronger fighter among the Duo, though Amethyst is better at close combat. While Amethyst focuses on supportive and defensive abilities, Shiki went for all-out offence. In the AV, despite having less abilities than Ash himself, he was able to fight him on equal grounds, which is quite a feat, considering Ash is one of the most powerful aura users, possibly more so than Amethyst. He is no doubt the most powerful character that is not an Elite Four, and his skills were sufficient to become the Prince of the region, though he only had this position for three years.

**Wind Manipulation**- With the help of his paper fan, he is able to perform various wind attacks such as wind cutter, where he can use wind to attack as sharp blades, create tornadoes to blow opponents off their feet and deal cutting and slashing damage, fly by riding the wind, and propel himself with wind to fly faster. His Wind Manipulation can also be channeled into his weapons, such as his sword to increase their cutting power and overall range. It can also be used as part of a defense if he uses it to redirect weapons that was being thrown at him. However, it was revealed that he actually didn't need the paper fan to perform Wind Manipulation.

**Energy Blasts**- He can produce cobalt blue energy beams (presumably aura) from his hands that can be used as a physical attack, and incinerate anything that is in its path.

**Power Transference**- Shiki can share his abilities with other aura users (such as Amethyst) for a small amount of time, at least an hour. He can also select which abilities did he want to share, and can share more than one if he so wishes to. It was revealed that he could use this power as a medium to transfer powers between two parties. However, if Shiki dies while transferring is powers to his target, his target would have his powers permanently, though it is unknown if the same would happen if his ability were acting as the medium for transferring powers belonging to someone else. Inversely, he can also take abilities from a target for an hour. if the target dies when he is taking powers from them, he would possess them permanently. It can also be used to transfer Aura itself, which was how Amethyst got the Dragon Champion powers, as it was bound to his aura. This was the ability Shiki used to transfer all his powers to Amethyst. It is unknown whether Amethyst is able to transfer her abilities, though as she was not seen using the power, it is safe to assume this ability died along with him.

**Earthquake Generation**- By focusing his aura on his foot while tapping it,, Shiki can create seismic waves through the ground causing earthquakes. This causes destruction to anything in its path, either through the sheer violence of the attack or through opening up the earth and swallowing the enemy.

### Dragon Champion Powers

As the previous Dragon Champion, Shiki possessed the ability to potentially manipulate the eighteen elements. However, his was attuned to Dragon due to his affinity.

**Draconic Energy Manipulation**- He has the ability to manipulate his draonic powers and use dragon energy to perform various attacks, such as:

* The ability to transmute his aura in the form of a dragon. It can inflict damage on an aura user such as by simply brushing against them, as well as keeping an opponent restrained. The transmuted dragon can continue to exist for an unspecified amount of time even if it was detached from his body.
* He can execute a straight shot using the transmuted aura. The dragon is connected to Shiki, who can control its movement through precise motions of her hands. Due to the power of this technique and its flexibility, he can attack and keep the opponent away at the same time.
* He can also split the transmuted aura into hundreds of smaller aura dragons that rain down from the sky. Similar to Draco Meteor, this ability can cover a huge area and each dragon can pierce through several layers of rock and concrete before dispersing.

### Special Ability

Ash once mentioned in the AV that when an aura user is in a pinch and is out of options, they would sometimes automatically unlock a special ability which represents one's innate and personal power which is unique to each individual, with the effects varying greatly from user to user. While Shiki's Special Ability was unknown, he was presumed to have one as he was a powerful aura user himself and is assumed to know the mechanics of the special ability.

### Other Talents

As a result of the experiments that were conducted on him, Shiki was said to possess every known talent that has been researched by Team Rocket and thus appears to be a superhuman at the very least. For this reason, he was seen as the ultimate talent. Even without those, he was stated to be gifted academically, athletically and talent-wise.

His analytical skills were borderline superhuman. He's able to predict things extremely quickly and with a surprising amount of accuracy, shown through his emotionless demeanor and quick reaction whenever someone tried to assassinate him or Amethyst. Shiki was also able to analyze/read people from the second he looked at them. This was seen when Amethyst stayed with him despite knowing his true nature, as he implied that leaving him would be worse.

He was stated to be extremely lucky, enough to protect himself from Amethyst's Special Ability and even override others' luck. He had the ability that granted everything he wanted and brought luck to the people around him. However, the flip side of this was that combining this with his immense talent, he always succeeded in whatever he did. Since he can't have any sense of accomplishment or effort, he became bored and jaded with the world due to this ability; as nothing had any meaning. He resorted to killing to make himself feel remotely alive.

His knowledge of Aura was also astounding, as he figured out a way to programme Amethyst into being unable to commit suicide (doing so when her Aura is out forcefully restores her Aura). He also programmed her to follow pre-set orders such as triggering a need to fight for her life if she was attacked. The programming automatically as soon as Amethyst intentions differ from the programming Shiki had given her. The ability was also subtle, leading Amethyst to think that the commands was an actual reflection of their own emotions or are a result of their habits. This was what got her to continue his goals even at death, implying he combined his talent for programming and knowledge of Aura and psychology to extend towards humans.

Amethyst had described Shiki to be better than her in every way, even if the former had put all her effort into beating Shiki, including her own Coordinating and Performing skills. He was even better than her in terms of musical and cooking-based talents, something she was passionate about. However, it was noted by her that he had a major flaw of lacking "a heart" behind his actions due to his apathetic nature. While technically perfect, he did not put any feelings or thoughts into his performances, as he did not have any true motivation to utilize his talents.

## Weapons

**Hakusen:** Shiki used a folding fan made out of paper both as a weapon and as a medium for his Wind Manipulation. With aura, he can turn it into a fearsome edged weapon with which can cut diamond easily. He can also throw it like a boomerang to intercept long ranged attacks from a distance.

**Laser Gun:** Handmade by himself, it is a pistol-like blaster equipped with multiple settings for specific tasks. It has the following modes: Beam, Heat Ray, Stun, Poison Gas, Tranquilizer Darts, Energy Magnum, Needle and Knockout Ray. It was originally designed for Amethyst to be able to defend herself in the case of finding herself in a battle, but subsequently made one for himself when the functions turned out better than expected despite being made from scrap metal.

**Demonic Nalet:** This was a moderately curved black *katana* that has an extremely sharp edge, making it much easier to use for cutting. It was said to be cursed, and will bring a horrible death upon to those who are not worthy of wielding it. It was created by Shiki himself.

The scabbard used by him contains a rotary chamber filled with eighteen types of Dust, corresponding to the 18 types in the world. When drawn, the blade telescopes to approximately double its stored length. When Shiki connected the hilt with the scabbard, he could cover or replace the blade with a different Dust element. This weapon was taken by Amethyst after his death.