Aika (Skies of Arcadia)

**Aika** is one of the main characters from the *Skies of Arcadia* games.

Vyse's childhood friend, who lost her parents when she was little.

In the XP4 fics, Aika made her debut in XP4 Heroes of the Multiverse - Kickoff!.

In the TWA fics, Aika debuted in the Twisted World Animania: Legend of Taisuke Sawanaga - Vanguard Warriors.

## **Appearance**

Aika is a brown-eyed redhead who wears her hair in two long, stiff braids. During the brief periods when she takes her hair down, it is soft and straight. Aika's clothes are a pair of goggles which she wears perched on top of her head, blue pendant earrings (identical in shape to Fina's), a pendant of a face (resembling Destra) around her neck, a brief yellow dress, dark shorts (which bear a passing resemblance to Japanese school bloomers) and a pair of leather boots similar to Vyse's. She also wears a large yellow leather glove on her left hand, which is her boomerang hand (implying she's left-handed), and a blue "utility" pouch on the back side of her belt. Unfortunately, her physical beauty has attracted unwanted advances from Admiral Vigoro of the Valuan Armada. Aika is 17 years old, the same age as Vyse and Fina.

## **Personality**

A tomboyish air pirate who loves treasure almost as much as she loves her friends, but she can't swim and is terrified of ghosts.

## **XP4 Fanfics**

Aika is a member of the ALL-STARS JUSTICE as a First Line Defender.

### **XP4 Heroes of the Multiverse - Kickoff!**

In Chapter 18, Aika are amongs the many First Line Defenders taking on some space pirates.

In the epilogue, Aika is seen having lunch with Cassandra Alexandra, Jirou Mochizuki, Vyse, Ageha Yoshino, Pastel, Winbee and Homer Simpson, and has no idea of the floating bodies above their ship.

## **Abilities**

Aika's fighting style is aggressive, using her boomerangs in long arcing curves against single opponents. Her magic is very strong, though not quite as strong as Fina's, and she has an especial affinity for spells of the Red Moon, which she learns more quickly than others. She is also the quickest character with the most agility, letting her unleash her attacks and magic before opponents have much of a chance to retaliate. Noticeably, all of Aika's S-moves are named after letters of the Greek alphabet. Her S-Moves involve wide attacks against groups of foes, especially powerful against weaker enemies, and are powered by the Red Moon, making them fire based.

## **Trivia**

* Aika makes a cameo appearance in the PlayStation 3 game Valkyria Chronicles as an optional playable character (along with Vyse and Fina).

* Aika's hair style is similar to that of *Pippi Longstocking*.
* Aika bears some resemblance to Batchii from the anime *Rokumon Tengai Mon Kore Naito*and Sticks the badger (Sonic Boom 2014) Sticks also has a head shaped like a boomerang and uses a boomerang as her main weapon.
* Aika's appearance is very likely inspired by Dola from Castle in the Sky especially the portrait of Dola from her youth seen in her cabin.
* The Dreamcast version of *Skies of Arcadia* has a hidden audio file that's only accessible when placed in a CD player, where Aika, Fina, and Vyse take turns telling the player to put the disc back in the Dreamcast.