Justice Vala

Demon Baby

Erwin Vala (Brother)

Niwa Vala (Aunt)

Zachary Vala (Uncle

Enforcer (currently)

Justice Vala (*Vala Justice*?) or sometimes written, Justice Vallah, is the deuteragonist of Kokoro Kara. He is a soldier in the Enforcer Corps, who joined to find the whereabouts of his younger brother that was banished from his clan at a young age. Before he became an Enforcer, Justice was a mid-threat pirate before his escape alongside other captured children on the ship which ended in all but 3 being killed.

## Appearance

Justice is a young boy of below average height with darker skin and an athletic, muscular physique. He has short dark brown dreadlocks with some tied back into a ponytail, and wide, burgundy eyes. He has a wide scar going across his forehead. It is noted that his legs are visibly muscular for someone his age, as a result of his rigorous training under Kaito of the North. It is said Justice's scar is similar in appearance to the God of Battle's face tattoo.

Justice first appears wearing a poor conditioned white shirt and black baggy pants. His hair is also kept tied back; as he trains with Niko and Sugi, his hair grows to his shoulders and is kept that way since.

During the Survival Exam, Justice wears a bandolier and black pants, nearly identical to Kaito's outfit. He also sports a tan headband made by Sugi Michihara.

After becoming an Enforcer, Justice wears the standard Enforcer uniform, replacing his tan headband for a red one also made by Sugi Michihara. He also wears chains along his waist.

During his encounter with a high threat monster, he injures his hand while saving a child from rubble. He wraps his hand with blessed chains for the time being and decides to keep it on even after it heals. During his fight against the Pirate Demon's second in command, he sports an Oni face mask crafted by the Enforcer Corps along with a black cape and military boots.

When traveling to the East Continent to find a secret artifact he dresses in a dark red tuxedo with the Enforcer's turtleneck underneath. He also adds a blessed Cuban link chain forged by the exam spectators.

## Personality

Justice was a happy child, always playing and inspired to be worthy of his clan's name. One of Justice's most significant bonds is the one he has with his younger brother, Erwin, who by merely being mentioned can elicit strong reactions from Justice's otherwise calm demeanor. When Erwin was banished out to sea for lacking the minimum amounts of Kara, Justice was crushed. Justice joins The Gold Hoods and devotes years of his life to searching for his brother overseas, being the only child to willingly join The Gold Hoods. With his new ambition, he became cold toward others, unmoved by and uninterested in what they do or think of him, choosing instead to keep to himself. This was until he escaped alongside Niko and his other peers, He developed a new sense of freedom and looked at Niko as a younger brother figure.

Although he sees the world differently, he keeps habits of when he was a pirate like insulting others and his brutality in battle.

After the Kara Training Arc, Justice always wears a stoic and unbothered expression on his face. However, he has a cocky personality and a very strong sense of pride. Despite letting Niko surpass him in physical prowess, Justice constantly reminds Niko he's stronger even when hes unsure. He shows zero hesitation when killing demons and has no respect or mercy towards them like most Enforcers. Even so, Justice is forced to agree when Niko refuses to allow a wounded viper mutant to be killed during their fight against the Snake Demon. This implies that he doesn't completely despise demons as some other Enforcers do and is willing to make an exception for a demon by letting them live if they don't have the intent to kill and eat humans. This shows that he is more pragmatic in dealing with demons rather letting his bloodlust cloud his judgement.

During his entrance in the Unholy Pirates Arc, Justice highlights his sense of pride talking down to the second in command with deep insults. This is admired by Morrichi List, a higher ranked Enforcer who struggled against the second in command. This isn't the only time he makes a flashy entrance in a battle; he shows up intentionally late for The Gold Hood Revenge battle to establish a "fear" in the opponent's forces after Niko starts to struggle. This shows Justice values his impact on his opponents and even his own ally's opinion of him. Also, it shows his determination to save Niko in a crisis.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities:** From the beginning, Justice was described as the strongest child out of The Gold Hoods, having a strong natural aptitude for combat, especially since he comes from the well-known and feared Vala clan. Justice was already introduced to have superhuman characteristics, like extraordinarily high limit of Kara, being super light on his feet, immense willpower and great intellect. His naturally obtained abilities go so far as to allow him to combat several Gold Hoods even before awakening his Kara ability. Moreover, in his first encounter with Kaito of the North, Justice managed to force the elder to succumb to his untrained Deim ability, although Kaito broke out of it almost immediately.

While on Mount Polar, Justice managed to impress Kaito of the North, the former member of The Five, evading dozens of traps hidden all over the mountain to complete success through the use of his sharp sense of sound and ultimately managed to get accepted as his student. When tasked to capture the bear spirit on the mountains peak, he awakened his Wild Hunt ability. After half a month of extremely dangerous training, Justice was able to find and capture the spirit, heightening his senses and calming his bloodlust. During the Survival Exam, he was able to easily take down numerous low-level demons while protecting the other examinees alongside Niko. Through his Wild Hunt ability, fighting prowess and higher level of Kara, Justice easily reached the end of the room and without a doubt was awarded the cadet role in the Enforcers.

After officially becoming a member of the Enforcer Corps, Justice faces numerous more powerful and skilled demons, most of which utilized Cursed Energy. Against the Cave Demon, Justice and Niko managed to defeat the demon using their honed teamwork, saving the life of a captured woman in the process. During the Gold Hood Revenge Arc, Justice encountered a dragon demon, a special class demon only able to be defeated by commander ranks and higher and was capable of trapping it in his Deim ability, analyzing and adapting to defeat it.

**Vala Blood:** Justice possesses an extremely large amount of Kara and physical strength thanks to his Vala Blood, which is stated as an extremely rare blood type. This blood, gifted by the God of Battle, is the main source to anybody of Vala descent's strength, stamina, and durability.

**Enhanced Strength:** After his training at Mount Polar, Justice has gained superhuman arm and leg strength and has demonstrated a great use of it leaping over buildings effortlessly. With raw strength, he could lift boulders and entire trees. While training, Justice is capable of doing hundreds of push-ups at once along with a plethora of other strength-related exercises.

**Immense Speed & Reflexes:** Justice possesses superhuman speed and reaction time, being able to travel faster than the eye can see. Furthermore, he can react to the blistering movement speeds of demons even before he joined the Enforcers officially. His speed and reflexes could match those of the strongest members of The Gold Hoods. When angered, he was able to move faster than Senshinara, the captain of The Gold Hoods, could even react.