Haru

## Appearance

Haru is a middle-aged woman standing at a height of 5 feet and 7 inches. She has lightly tanned skin, medium-length black hair with a few gray streaks mixed in, usually tied up in a bun with a light pink ribbon, and eyes that are gray like a rainy day. Her outfit is a customized version of the Four Seasons gi which, instead of the undershirt being yellow and short-sleeved, it has mid-length sleeves and is faded magenta in color. Additionally, the sash, wristbands, and leg warmers are all light pink instead of being pale yellow. She isn't particularly muscular, but is much stronger than she looks.

## Personality

Haru is a passionate woman with a gentle soul. Her greatest joy in life is teaching the students of the Four Seasons Dojo, and she cares deeply about her siblings and students even if she can't always understand something they say or do. If the dojo is ever threatened in any fashion, she will defend it no matter the cost, as to her, it represents something more important than her own life. She is a very rational thinker in most situations, but can tend to be stubborn in terms of any matters involving the dojo.

## Abilities

* Techniques
* Transformations
* Fusions
* Equipment

* Four Seasons Style - As one of the four masters of the Four Seasons Dojo, Haru is incredibly skilled with the associated martial arts style.
	+ Spring arts:
		- Flowering Cherry Fist - A decisive set of actions in which the user delivers swift blows to the knees, elbows, and/or shoulders of their opponent, then finishes with a single straight palm strike to the sternum. Despite the name of the technique, none of the motions involved require the user to close their hand into a fist.
		- Sprouting Blades - A series of 4 rising kicks executed with rotational momentum, followed by a single heel drop on the opponent's head.
		- Azure Gale - A technique in which the user rushes towards their opponent at full speed, throws them into the air or over their shoulder, then jumps up and unleashes a powerful downwards kick while the opponent is still in the air, or on their back if thrown over the shoulder.
		- Equinox: Vernal Storm - The apex of Spring techniques. Haru unleashes an all-out high-speed attack combining many of the other Spring arts, sparing little to no opportunity for an opponent to strike back.
	+ Summer arts:
		- Hurricane Toss - A technique intended to counter a punch. When an opponent swings their fist, the user catches them by the wrist with both hands, then tosses the opponent forward with a twisting action, creating a disorienting spinning motion while they're off the ground.
		- Rising Heat Wave - A technique intended to counter a kick. When an opponent raises their leg in an attempt to strike, the user uses their own leg to grapple that of the opponent's as hard as possible, then pulls towards themself in an attempt to make the opponent fall over.
		- Vermillion Claw - A technique intended to counter close-range weaponry such as swords, spears, etc. When an opponent makes an attack with such a weapon, the user performs a kick high enough to knock the weapon out of the opponent's hands; they then proceed to catch the weapon and use whatever blunt side it might have to render their opponent unconscious.
	+ Autumn arts:
		- Bending Maple - An evasion technique where the user roots themself to one spot and relies on the flexibility of their upper body in order to avoid incoming attacks without moving from where they stand.
		- Harvest Moon - A technique in which the user can turn the environment into an advantage. After dodging their opponent, the user grabs the opponent by the shoulders and pulls them to the ground, then holds them down for as long as possible in an attempt to wear them out.
		- White Shrouded Sky - The counterpart to the Black Starless Sky technique of the Winter arts. The user loosens up their joints as much as possible in order to evade their opponent with ease.
	+ Winter arts:
		- Stalwart Evergreen - The most basic defensive technique taught as part of the Winter arts. The user stands with their prominent foot forward while their other leg braces backwards, and they align their arms vertically to shield both their face and torso.
		- Snow Drift - A technique which uses defense as offense by the user first rushing towards an opponent, then locking their joints in order to essentially become a human boulder.
		- Black Starless Sky - The counterpart to the White Shrouded Sky technique of the Autumn arts. The user stiffens their palms as much as possible and uses their bare hands to block the swing of a weapon. This technique is seen as particularly difficult to master due to the inherent danger it poses to the user's hands.

- Haru has no transformations so far.

- Haru has not performed any fusions so far.

- Haru does not use any equipment so far.

## Relationships

* Family
* Friends/Allies
* Enemies

* Natsu - Haru is on good terms with the older of her two brothers. They don't speak with each other much due to Natsu's quiet nature, but they have a sort of unspoken understanding.
* Aki - Haru and her sister seem to be at odds with each other. She believes that Aki lacks respect other people, while Aki believes that most people don't truly deserve respect.
* Fuyu - Haru and Fuyu talk to each other a lot, but they sometimes find it difficult to know what the other is talking about, and their conversations sometimes loop around or completely derail from their original topic.

## Trivia

* Haru's name means "spring" in Japanese, which suits the naming theme of her siblings.
* Haru was first drawn, then later recreated in DBXV2.

## Gallery

Haru in DBXV2