Kasumioji Ruigiriya

*"Those whom are admired are one with those whom are misunderstood, because among all of the emotions that are fabricated by the human brain, admiration is the one that is furthest from understanding..."*

Also known as simply **Rui** (*Kana*: **るい**), **Kasumiōji Ruigiriya** (*Kanji*: **霞大路**, **累切矢**; *English*: **Misty Great Road**, **Evil-Cutting Arrow**) is the head and sole-surviving member of the Kasumiōji Clan and a student-trainee of Shin'ō Academy.

## ***History***

Just as his surname implies, Kasumiōji Ruigiriya was born as a member of the Kasumiōji Clan. As such, when he was born, a baku was born as well. In addition, the baku and him were born with a connection which allows the baku to feast upon his dreams and nightmares at-will. As such, since the day of his birth, Rui has never enjoyed a dream or suffered a nightmare.

Before Rui's, his father was executed for conspiring to develop and manufacture bakkōtō for usage by the Kasumiōji Clan's shinobi. Not long after, his mother died giving birth to him. And then, out of the fear that they would be executed or imprisoned for his father's crimes, all of his relatives departed from the Kasumiōji Manor and disowned themselves from the Kasumiōji Clan. Consequently, he was not raised by his family. Instead, he was raised by his retainers and vassals.

Needless to say, Ruigiriya had a difficult and unhappy childhood. His retainers were harsh and manipulative towards him, while his vassals were problematic and traitorous. In addition, his family either kept their distance from him or exploited him. At this time, Ruigiriya's one-and-only comfort were his maids and nanny. As such, Ruigiriya developed an appreciation for commoners and contempt for nobles.

Eventually, as an adolescent, Ruigiriya managed to rebuild the Kasumiōji Clan's reputation and regain the Kasumiōji Clan's wealth. He also succeeded in either disposing of or subduing all of his manipulative retainers and traitorous vassals. Unfortunately for him, out of a combination of being envious of his affluence and spiteful towards his success, his family demanded that he cede headship over the Kasumiōji Clan to one of his female relatives and then threatened to take him to civil court if he broke the Kasumiōji Clan's tradition of matriarchy.

Initially, Rui acquiesced to his family's demands and threats. Rui ceded his headship over the Kasumiōji Clan to one of his female relatives and then departed from the Kasumiōji Manor. Subsequently, in hopes of distancing himself from his clan and family alike, Rui enrolled into Shin'ō Academy. However, not long after, Rui began to hear rumors that the new Kasumiōji Head was abusive and corrupt. In response, Rui conducted an investigation into the Kasumiōji Clan's activities and discovered that the Kasumiōji Clan had begun to abduct people and then attach bakkōtō onto the people in order to enslave the people as laborers.

Needless to say, Rui was infuriated by the fact that the new Kasumiōji Head was manufacturing and enslaving people with bakkōtō. In a fit of rage, Rui assembled an army of vigilantes and then lead the army into storming the Kasumiōji Manor. Rui's intent had been to dethrone the new Kasumiōji Head and then re-enthrone himself as the Kasumiōji Head. However, because the army was aware of and furious about the Kasumiōji Clan's abduction and enslavement of people, the army disobeyed Rui's orders to spare the Kasumiōji Clan by massacring the Kasumiōji Clan instead of just routing the Kasumiōji Clan from the Kasumiōji Manor. Subsequently, Rui regained his status as the Kasumiōji Head. But only because he was the one-and-only Kasumiōji to survive his own army's massacre of the Kasumiōji.

After disbanding the army, and later routing the army's remnants with a company of mercenaries, Rui ended the Kasumiōji Clan's abduction and enslavement of people. In addition, Rui also ended the Kasumiōji Clan's development and manufacture of bakkōtō. Subsequently, as a means of coping with the guilt of bringing about his clan's destruction and his family's demise, Rui indulged in his curiosity towards Class 4 by remaining at Shin'o Academy and eventually transferring into Class 4 himself.

## ***Current Abilities and Equipment***

### *Physical and Spiritual Capabilities*

#### **Spiritual Prowess**

Rui exhibits a high amount of spiritual power and the standard type of spiritual pressure.

### *Skills and Techniques*

#### **Hohō**

Rui is a Shunpo Expert.

Rui is able to use all of the advance and lower techniques of Hoho. In addition, Rui is able to use Hakuda as a means of augmenting his Hoho. Specifically, Rui can use Henshin and Shun to augment his speed.

* **Ryōdanpo** (*Kanji*: **両断歩**; *English*: **Bisecting Step**) - A maneuver where Rui uses the principles of Ryōdan to accelerate and propel himself with his spiritual pressure.
	+ **Muzenpo** (*Kanji*: **夢然歩**; *English*: **Dream-like Step**) - An advancement of Ryōdanpo where Ryōdanpo is accelerated by using Fupō to push away air and thus streamline Ryōdanpo. Notably, when performed well, it's faster than Shunpo!
* **Susanowo's Stance** (*Romaji*: **Susanoo no Shisei**; *Kanji*: **須佐之男の姿勢**) - A maneuver where Rui uses Hakuda, specifically the Henshin and Shun maneuvers, to augment his Hoho via the increase of his speed.

#### **Kidō**

Rui is is a Kidō Practitioner who specializes in Kyokkō and Noren Mekuri.

#### **Shinnoden**

As a result of his exhibition of SKP reiatsu and then exposure to Ibusoku Jinoshi's effect, Rui has become a Shinnoden Practitioner.

##### Stage 1

Rui can ascend to Stage 1 of the Shinnoden; in addition, through conditioning and training, Rui can maintain Stage 1 for as long as 5 minutes a day.

During Rui's ascension to Stage 1 of the Shinnoden, his **Reiryoku** (*Kanji*: **霊力**; *English*: **Spiritual Power**) will be converted into **Tenryoku** (*Kanji*: **天力**; *English*: **Heavenly Power**). As such, because Tenryoku is more efficient and more powerful than Reiryoku, he will experience an increase in the efficiency and power of his Reiatsu.

##### Stage 2

Rui can ascend to Stage 2 of the Shinnoden.

During Hotaru's ascension to Stage 2 of the Shinnoden, his Reiatsu (*Kanji*: **霊圧**; *English*: **Spiritual Pressure**) will be converted into **Shinatsu** (*Kanji*: **神圧**; *English*: **Divine Pressure**).

Notable, while Shinatsu may not be any more efficient or more powerful than Reiatsu, Shinatsu does exhibit a property that Reiatsu does not exhibit. Specifically, Shinatsu allows the body to ascend into divinity alongside one's spirit and thus grants one an augmentation to one's mental and physical capabilities. To put it simply, Shinatsu causes Rui to become more athletic and more intelligent than he was before.

#### **Zando**

Zandō (Kanji: 斬道; English: Way of Decapitation) is a martial art which opposes Zanjutsu.

While Zanjutsu is the martial art of fighting with a zanpakutō, Zandō is the lifestyle of both living with a Zanpakutō Spirit in your Inner World and walking the path of the shinigami. To put it simply, Zanjutsu exploits the zanpakutō while Zandō exploits the Zanpakutō Spirit itself.

* **Zandō**: **Nikai Nodō** (*Kanji*: 斬道・**二界の道**; *English*: **Way of Decapitation**: **Path of Two Worlds**) - A maneuver which exploits the time dilation between the Inner World and the Outer World. The shinigami detects an attack,while the Zanpakutō Spirit reacts to the attack. Because of the time dilation between the Inner World and the Outer World, the Zanpakutō Spirit has a lot of more time to react than the shinigami does. The only bypass is to fight with Nikai Nodō as well or just surpass the speed in which the Zanpakutō Spirit is able to react.
* **Zandō**: **Masayume** (*Kanji*: **斬道・正夢**; *English*: **Way of Decapitation**: **A Dream That Comes True**) - A maneuver where the shinigami and Zanpakutō Spirit fuse their beings in order to change from being two into being just one. By doing so, the shinigami and Zanpakutō Spirit are able to augment their abilities manifold!
	+ **Zandō**: **Issuinoyume** (*Kanji*: **斬道**・**一炊の夢;** *English*: **Way of Decapitation**: **An Empty Dream**) - A maneuver where, after using Zandō: Masayume, the shinigami and Zanpakutō Spirit will defuse in order to change from being one to being two. As the shinigami and Zanpakutō Spirit do so, the shinigami and Zanpakutō Spirit will leave all damage with the Zanpakutō Spirit and thereby allow the shinigami to escape any damage inflicted upon him or her at the cost of inflicting that damage upon his or her zanpakutō.

#### **Zanjutsu**

Rui is a an experienced, powerful, and skilled Swordsman. As Rui has been practicing and training in Zanjutsu since he was a child.

* Shikai Form
* Bankai Spirit
* Bankai Form

#### **Zanpakutō**

##### Sealed

In its Sealed state, Rui's zanpakutō takes the appearance of a conventional and unremarkable katana.

##### Shikai ~ Achieved

The name of Rui's zanpakutō is **Usochi** (*Kanji*: **嘘血**; *English*: **Lying Blood**). It is released into its Shikai state by chanting the command "**Stain**," (*Romaji*: **???**; *Kana*: **???**) and then calling out its name. And it takes the appearance of conventional katana with a blade which is always dripping and stained with blood.

Usochi exhibits the ability to generate blood, manipulate that blood, and produce both a hallucination and an illusion with the light that is reflected by that blood.

Notably, Usochi's blood does not exhibit the ability to inflict any amount or type of damage other than the amount and type of damage that Rui's spiritual energy is able to allow it to inflict via spiritual pressure. But Usochi's blood does exhibit all of the abilities and properties of blood. In addition, with its illusion, Usochi is able to cause an individual to see its blood as anything that Rui is able to conceive of. And with its hallucination, Usochi is able to cause an individual to experience its blood as what it's seen as. For example, if Usochi's illusion makes its blood appear to be fire, Usochi's hallucination will make its blood be experienced as fire. As such, together, Usochi's hallucination and illusion allow a variety of deceptions.

Unfortunately for Rui, Usochi exhibits a number of flaws and imperfections. First and foremost, Usochi's hallucination and illusion are both produced by the light that is reflected by its blood. As such, the believability and range of Usochi's hallucination and illusion are both determined by the illumination of its blood. The more illuminated Usochi's blood is, the more believable the hallucination and illusion will be and the larger the hallucination and illusion's range will be. Within illumination as bright as daylight, it's impossible to differentiate the hallucination and illusion from reality. While within illumination as dim as the night, the hallucination and illusion can not and does not function at all. In addition, also because the hallucination and illusion are produced by the light that is reflected by Usochi's blood, an individual has to visually perceive Usochi's blood in order to be affected by the hallucination and illusion. So any individual whom can not or just does not see Usochi's blood can not and will not be affected by the hallucination and illusion. Lastly, Usochi's hallucination can not inflict any factual or physical damage. Instead, Usochi's hallucination can only inflict fictional and mental damage. As such, while Usochi's ability can be used to deceive and distress, it can not be used to bind or wound.

Frighteningly, neither Usochi's hallucination nor Usochi's illusion mandate any of Rui's attention to be maintained or operated. Instead, while Rui is able to manipulate and monitor the hallucination and illusion alike, Rui can also just allow Usochi to manipulate and monitor the hallucination and illusion for him. In addition, neither the hallucination nor the illusion exhibit a duration. Instead, for as long as one is exposed to light that is being reflected Usochi's blood, one will continue to see the illusion. And as long as Rui has not been killed and Usochi has not been destroyed or resealed, one will continue to experience the hallucination. As such, while it's easy to stop being affected by the illusion, the only way to stop be affected by the hallucination is to end Rui's usage of Usochi.

###### Shikai Maneuvers

* **Amano Chishimi** (*Kanji*: **天の血染み**; *English*: **Heaven's Blood Stain**) - Is a maneuver where Rui fashions some of Usochi's blood into a blade-like projectile by coagulating the blood in order to shift the blood from a liquid into a gel and then infusing spiritual energy into the blood in order to harden and sharpen the blood with the spiritual energy's spiritual pressure.
* **Bontenno Tenchi** (*Kanji*: **梵天の天血**; *English*: **Heavenly Blood of Brahma**) - Is a maneuver where Rui will counterfeit an entity by using Usochi's illusion in order to alter how the blood appears in people's sight, and then using Usochi's hallucination to make people experience the blood in a way that is befitting of the blood's appearance. Notably, Rui is able to augment the durability and tangibility and thus realism of his counterfeits of solid entities by coagulating the blood in order to shift the blood from a liquid into a gel and then imbuing his spiritual energy into the blood in order to harden the blood with this spiritual pressure.
* **Daijizaitenno Hakaichi** (*Kanji*: **大自在天の破壊血**; *English*: **Destructive Blood of the Mahesvara**) - Is a maneuver where Rui will infect a creature's body with Usochi's blood and then use the white blood cells within Usochi's blood to destroy the creature's body in an autoimmune disease-like manner. Notably, by imbuing his spiritual energy into Usochi's blood, Rui is able to both augment the white blood cells' ability to destroy a creature's body and increase the speed at which the white blood cells are able to destroy a creature's body.
* **Gurenno Gaihaigi** (*Kanji*: **紅蓮の外肺衣**; *English*: **Crimson Lotus' External Lung Robe**) - Is a maneuver where Rui will clad himself in Usochi's blood and then cycle Usochi's blood between his body's exterior and his body's interior. At the same time, while Usochi's blood is outside of his body, Rui will have Usochi's blood absorb the oxygen within his immediate surroundings. And while Usochi's blood is inside of his body, Rui will have Usochi's blood deliver the absorbed oxygen to all of his internal organs and remove waste from his internal organs. By doing so, Rui will be able to augment his athleticism and endurance.
* **Kajiya no Chizuchi** (*Kanji*: **鍛冶屋の血槌**; *English*: **Blacksmith's Blood Hammer**) - Is a maneuver where Rui will either fix or forge an iron object with the iron within Usochi's blood.
* **Kibakuchiha** (*Kanji*: **起爆血波**; *English*: **Exploding Blood Wave**) - Is a maneuver where Rui will both induce an amount of Usochi's blood into absorbing as much oxygen as it can and imbue a minimum amount of spiritual energy into that amount of Usochi's blood. Subsequently, Rui will use Usochi's blood as a means of delivering the absorbed oxygen to his target and then use the spiritual energy's spiritual pressure to detonate the absorbed oxygen into an explosion!
	+ **Chino Kibaku'u** (*Kanji*: **血の起爆雨**; *English*: **Exploding Rain of Blood**) - Is a maneuver where Rui will both induce an amount of Usochi's blood into absorbing as much oxygen as it can and imbue a minimum amount of spiritual energy into that amount of Usochi's blood. Subsequently, Rui will have the blood descend upon his target in a rain-like manner and then use the spiritual energy's spiritual pressure to detonate the absorbed oxygen into an explosion!
* **Shuka Akachi** (*Kanji*: **朱火赤血**; *English*: **Crimson Flame Scarlet Blood**) - Is a maneuver where Rui will generate and manipulate a flame of ignited blood by inducing an amount of Usochi's blood into absorbing oxygen and then using his spiritual energy to ignite the oxygen absorbed within Usochi's blood. Notably, by adding Usochi's blood to the flame faster than the flame is able to burn Usochi's blood and by having Usochi's blood absorb oxygen faster than the flame is able to burn oxygen, Rui is able to fuel the flame and thereby maintain the flame. In addition, by energizing the flame with his spiritual energy, Rui is able to increase the flame's temperature by an amount that is directly proportional to the amount of spiritual energy that was expended on the flame's energization.
* **Tōmei Chikabe** (*Kanji*: **透明壁血**; *English*: **Invisible Blood Wall**) - Is a maneuver where Rui will deceive people into perceiving some of Usochi's blood as air by using Usochi's illusion in order to make the blood appear to be air in people's sight and then using Usochi's hallucination to make people experience the blood as air. Subsequently, Rui will be able to use the air-appearing blood as a nigh-imperceptible defense by coagulating the blood in order to shift the blood from a liquid into a gel and then imbuing his spiritual energy into the blood in order to harden the blood with this spiritual pressure.

##### Bankai ~ Not Yet Achieved

The full name of Rui's zanpakutō is **Makekkano Usochi** (*Kanji*: **魔血管の嘘血**; *English*: **Lying Blood of the Demonic Blood Vessels**). It takes the appearance of a cleaver with a blood-stained and Rui-sized blade connected to a handle as long as Rui's arm.

In order to release Makekkano Usochi, Rui has to either lick the blade of his zanpakutō when his zanpakutō is in its Sealed state or lick some of the blood off his zanpakutō when his zanpakutō is in its Shikai state.

Makekkano Usochi exhibits Usochi's ability to generate blood, manipulate that blood, and produce both a hallucination and an illusion with the light that is reflected by that blood. However, Makekkano Usochi's ability is different from Usochi's ability. Specifically, the believability of Makekkano Usochi's hallucination and illusion are not affected by illumination. Instead, as long as Makekkano Usochi's blood can be at least partially seen, Makekkano Usochi's hallucination and illusion will be impossible to differentiate from reality. However, even Makekkano Usochi's hallucination can not inflict any factual or physical damage. Instead, exactly like Usochi's hallucination, Makekkano Usochi's hallucination can only inflict fictional and mental damage.

But the biggest difference between Makekkano Usochi and Usochi is the fact that Makekkano Usochi's blood exhibits a pair of forms called the **Madōmyakuzō** (*Kanji*: **魔動脈像**; *English*: **Demonic Artery State**) and the **Majōmyakuzō** (*Kanji*: **魔静脈像**; *English*: **Demonic Vein State**). In its Madōmyakuzō form, Makekkano Usochi's blood is able to absorb oxygen and then convert that oxygen into spiritual energy for Makekkano Usochi and Rui's use. As such, while Makekkano Usochi's blood is in its Madōmyakuzō form, Rui is able to forego augmenting just his physical abilities with Gureno Gaihaigi in favor of just augmenting both his physical and spiritual abilities alike with the spiritual energy that Makekkano Usochi's blood is able to convert from oxygen. While in its Majōmyakuzō form, Makekkano Usochi's blood is able to exert a larger amount of force — and thus inflict a larger amount of damage — than just the amount of force that Rui's spiritual energy is able to allow it to exert via spiritual pressure. As such, in its Majōmyakuzō form, Makekkano Usochi's blood exhibits a greater amount of defensive and offensive power than Usochi's blood.

###### Bankai Maneuvers

* **Amano Chishimi** (*Kanji*: **天の血染み**; *English*: **Heaven's Blood Stain**) - Is a maneuver where Rui fashions some of Makekkano Usochi's blood into a blade-like projectile by coagulating the blood in order to shift the blood from a liquid into a gel and then infusing spiritual energy into the blood in order to harden and sharpen the blood with the spiritual energy's spiritual pressure.
* **Bontenno Tenchi** (*Kanji*: **梵天の天血**; *English*: **Heavenly Blood of Brahma**) - Is a maneuver where Rui will counterfeit an entity by using Makekkano Usochi's illusion in order to alter how the blood appears in people's sight, and then using Makekkano Usochi's hallucination to make people experience the blood in a way that is befitting of the blood's appearance. Notably, Rui is able to augment the durability and tangibility and thus realism of his counterfeits of solid entities by coagulating the blood in order to shift the blood from a liquid into a gel and then imbuing his spiritual energy into the blood in order to harden the blood with this spiritual pressure.
* **Daijizaitenno Hakaichi** (*Kanji*: **大自在天の破壊血**; *English*: **Destructive Blood of the Mahesvara**) - Is a maneuver where Rui will infect a creature's body with Makekkano Usochi's blood and then use the white blood cells within Makekkano Usochi's blood to destroy the creature's body in an autoimmune disease-like manner. Notably, by imbuing his spiritual energy into Makekkano Usochi's blood, Rui is able to both augment the white blood cells' ability to destroy a creature's body and increase the speed at which the white blood cells are able to destroy a creature's body.
* **Kibakuchiha** (*Kanji*: **起爆血波**; *English*: **Exploding Blood Wave**) - Is a maneuver where Rui will both induce an amount of Usochi's blood into absorbing as much oxygen as it can and imbue a minimum amount of spiritual energy into that amount of Usochi's blood. Subsequently, Rui will use Usochi's blood as a means of delivering the absorbed oxygen to his target and then use the spiritual energy's spiritual pressure to detonate the absorbed oxygen into an explosion!
	+ **Chino Kibaku'u** (*Kanji*: **血の起爆雨**; *English*: **Exploding Rain of Blood**) - Is a maneuver where Rui will both induce an amount of Usochi's blood into absorbing as much oxygen as it can and imbue a minimum amount of spiritual energy into that amount of Usochi's blood. Subsequently, Rui will have the blood descend upon his target in a rain-like manner and then use the spiritual energy's spiritual pressure to detonate the absorbed oxygen into an explosion!
* **Shuka Akachi** (*Kanji*: **朱火赤血**; *English*: **Crimson Flame Scarlet Blood**) - Is a maneuver where Rui will generate and manipulate a flame of ignited blood by inducing an amount of Makekkano Usochi's blood into absorbing oxygen and then using his spiritual energy to ignite the oxygen absorbed within Makekkano Usochi's blood. Notably, by adding Makekkano Usochi's blood to the flame faster than the flame is able to burn Makekkano Usochi's blood and by having Makekkano Usochi's blood absorb oxygen faster than the flame is able to burn oxygen, Rui is able to fuel the flame and thereby maintain the flame. In addition, by energizing the flame with his spiritual energy, Rui is able to increase the flame's temperature by an amount that is directly proportional to the amount of spiritual energy that was expended on the flame's energization.
* **Tōmei Chikabe** (*Kanji*: **透明壁血**; *English*: **Invisible Blood Wall**) - Is a maneuver where Rui will deceive people into perceiving some of Makekkano Usochi's blood as air by using Makekkano Usochi's illusion in order to make the blood appear to be air in people's sight and then using Makekkano Usochi's hallucination to make people experience the blood as air. Subsequently, Rui will be able to use the air-appearing blood as a nigh-imperceptible defense by coagulating the blood in order to shift the blood from a liquid into a gel and then imbuing his spiritual energy into the blood in order to harden the blood with this spiritual pressure.