Fortified Armor Shell Kasumi

**Fortified Armor Shell Kasumi** (強化外骨格 霞, Kyōkagaikokkaku kasumi), or Kasumi Armor for short, is Harara Hagakure's designated Fortified Armor Shell. The last of Shiro Hagakure's creations, Kasumi was developed to be a commander of all other armors. It ultimately corrupts Harara and sends him onto a path of destruction and death.

## Appearance

Kasumi has a feminine form, with noticeable breasts, slender limbs, tentacle-like hair, and the most defined face out of all Fortified Armor Shells. It has a black undersuit with shiny black-and-silver metallic armor (a red undersuit and silver armor in the anime). Unlike other armors, it has four eyes, thin pauldrons and two large horns (one jutting out each side of its head), with two smaller horns coming out of its temples during its Assault Mode. There are threes blades on each arm with a single spiked elbow and its fingers end in claws. Its legs also have blades, but they're curved downward. The boots are shaped like demonic feet with bladed heels. Rather than having characters on its helmet like most armors, Kasumi has them on its collar. Lastly, the armor has a large, trailing white scarf around its neck, which may look like wings depending on the pose.

## Specifications

Like all other Fortified Armor Shells, Kasumi is made of a special malleable titanium alloy that repels most attacks. Being Heat-Proof, Cold-Proof, Bulletproof, and equipped with a life-support system around the waist. The suit has four polarized light filters for its eyes, several nozzles in its hands, and small thruster jets on its back.

## Abilities

Kasumi has a few abilities of its own to aid Harara against his enemies:

* **Annihilation Ray**: Kasumi's version of the **Sublimation** blast, which immediately destroys most foes with intense heat and pressure.
* **Ultraviolet Wave**: Kasumi can cover its arms in ultraviolet waves, allowing Harara to cut through steel.
* **Climactic Weapon - Divine Wrath** (*Tenchu*) **Tactic**: Kasumi's weather controlling ability, which allows it to evoke lightning.
	+ **Instant Ascension**: Kasumi can be electrified by dropping five lightning bolts on itself, then use the accumulated electricity to shock the enemy.
* **Ultra-freezing**: Kasumi creates blades on the elbows and heels and slashes them. They have a terrifying sharpness that easily penetrated the malleable titanium alloy.
	+ **Kesa** (*Kesaya*): a technique with the elbow-blade that results in a flowing series of slashes.
* **Hateful Spirit's Dying Light**: An anti-Fortified Armor Shell weapon; Kasumi's eyes shine the Light of Nirvana onto its enemy, releasing the vengeful souls to heaven.

## Kasumi's Will

Unlike other Fortified Armor Shells, Kasumi's "will" isn't comprised of a legion of souls. Rather, Kasumi's Will is made up of a single vengeful soul: **Mei Inukai**. Mei was a nurse working for Shiro Hagakure who murdered her to use her son Tamataro for the creation of the Kasumi Armor. Unbeknownst to all, Mei's grudge reached the armor and infused it with hate towards humanity. While the armor rejected Shiro's soldiers, much like Zero did, the Hagakure clan was unaware of the depths of the hatred hidden deep within Kasumi. Mei's grudge was such that it even morphed Harara into an evil hermaphrodite, a self-proclaimed "Arahito-Oni" (Demon with a Human appearance) hellbent on destroying humanity.