Hideko Inazuma

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## Hideko Inazuma

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## Personal Information

### Residence

Estelar, Lyakon (formerly)
 Yurisvosa, Leiden (currently)

### Relatives

Shizuka Ikami (adopted sister)
Unnamed Mother (deceased)
Itari Inazuma (father)

### Allies

Locaster Helios (neutral), Ashton Khanh, Shay Hanamura, Yuna Hanamura, Damion Halloreen (neutral), Fēng Xu, Hikage Ishuko, Veena Lu, Nabi Haluška, Cherry Amana (neutral), Windflower Amana,Shizuka Ikami, Kahori, Lyria Emerith, Shiah Bereng, Colbalt Majmua, Soul Kawasaki, Crimson O'Connel

### Enemies

Crow Watanabe, Locaster Helios, (formerly) Akuji Hasegawa, Cassian Packard, Caius Astrada, Shítǐ

## Portrayal

### Voice Claim

Hotaru Oreki (Adam Gibbs)

**Thank you so much to phxcon for the drawing!**

**Hideko Inazuma** is a major character in *Challenge of The Shadows*. He is the illegitimate son of second division politician Itari Inazuma and the older brother of Shizuka Ikami. He is a flesh demon that escaped from Estelar, the slums in Lyakon, and managed to seek asylum in Leiden without them knowing he was from a kingdom he was allies with. Later on, he acquired an occupation as a freelance mercenary, where people paid him in order to kill others that they disliked or wanted gone.

Hideko, at first, holds some hostility towards Locaster’s group after they had begun to show dislike towards his sister, who had both caused deliberate harm towards them and had also shown brutal hostility due to holding a grudge against them for insulting his sister after trying to tell him the truth. Though, Hideko slowly started to warm up to his group and soon became apart of it in order to reunite the Demon Gems and joined Team Strelitzia, opening up about his life and forming a bond with the other members.

## History

Hideko is the illegitimate son of Itari Inazuma, a politician who governs Ilya, the second wealthiest division in Lyakon. His mother was a sex worker in the slums and had given birth to him out of wedlock after her encounter with Itari. He was raised primarily by her until he witnessed her being murdered by three mercenaries, with her body parts were eventually sold off because of demons being a main target in the large black market trading network.

Later on, his father then took custody of him and raised him like a normal child before he was questioned about legitimacy from other officials. His father then took him to Estelar and abandoned him when he was only five due to not wanting a child who was a demon after many of the other officials questioned him about Hideko being his legitimate son because of his status of being not married.

During his time in the slums, Hideko was a destitute child, lacking the resources to survive and was nearly impoverished because of the lack of jobs in Estelar and had little to no knowledge about the world around him. He would at times go days on end without any food or water, often resulting in him eating off his own skin due to being starved to near death and sometimes having to drink his own blood, or having to eat other parts of his body for the sake of his survival.

Hideko's demonic features had never developed during this time period, and he often perceived himself as a human, meaning he would not be rejected or discriminated against. This had allowed him to be taken in many shelters, but most of the time he would be kicked out of them for not having the capability to steal goods due to his weak body and the lack of stealth he possesses. Constantly being transferred from shelter to shelter, Hideko slowly started to develop survival skills throughout time, and was taught about the concept of stealing from the capital, where the most enhanced thieves from the slums go at night and steal from there as they are known as the breadbasket for resources and supplies because of lack of funding in the third district, the area where most of the poorer cities lie under.

Instead of wandering aimlessly, he started to observe each thief and started to copy their methods to sneak in the capital, usually practicing in forests behind the slums or near abandoned areas. After only two months, Hideko became an advanced thief and started to steal with some of the other thieves without having to get kicked out or being stuck on the streets for too long. Later in his life, he eventually took in many of the children that were crammed together in an alleyway during the heat-wave season, beginning to raise them as their own and started to act more mature, despite only being twelve at the time.

When raising the children, Hideko began to realize the purpose in his skills of thievery and started to steal for the sake of them, and begun to steal masses of supplies that were not easily accessed in the poorer areas. With his skills, he started to raise the children and did whatever he could to support them and give them a life not many children had in the slums. Eventually, he discovered an old house hidden in the woods and began to raise the children there, making sure they were fed and nurtured. He started to become more of a father figure to them more than just a caretaker and did everything he could to raise them as best as he could.

When asleep one night, he heard the sounds of a child crying and quickly went outside to find the source, to which he found his to-be younger sister, Shizuka, and took her in. During their first interactions, Hideko did not perceive Shizuka as his daughter, but considered her as his sibling due to the both of them being demons and also because of Hideko never meeting with a demon before. After taking her in and cleaning her up, Hideko started to tutor her in math, science, reading, literature, and combat in order to educate and allow her to defend herself. He treated Shizuka much differently than he did with the other children by acting more like a sibling to her and not a father figure.

As Shizuka was being trained under his wing, she was taken on missions to steal with Hideko and both became a tag team duo. Shizuka used her telekinesis in order to stop the guards from attacking them and Hideko would make weapons from his flesh to knock the guards out cold, resulting in them bringing more supplies and resources. With her as an addition to his shelter, the children grew fond and curious of her because of her demon physiology and unique personality. She, however, had a hard time adjusting to those who were fond of her and mainly clung to Hideko because of her fear of people at the time, further growing their sibling relationship.

Eventually, Hideko and Shizuka then find Ashton, who was looking for a spot in the alleyways to sleep and decide to take him in after finding out he was also a demon. After taking him in, Shizuka displayed skepticism towards him at first, but slowly grew to trust him as the months went on. Hideko would then train him to help advance his survival skills, with Shizuka giving him lectures about maturity and survival. With this, the three would rise into power as a heinous trio who would steal from the capital to get more supplies for the children in Hideko's shelter. Because of their magic abilities and combined forces, they were perceived as unstoppable as they managed to steal supplies without any difficulty and managed to bring in an abundance of supplies.

While he raised Ashton, Hideko started to consider him as a brother, though he mainly considered him as an acquaintance. He would allow Ashton to come with him to steal from the capital, mostly food that was left outside during the wake of night and coal to aid in warming the shelter. Shizuka would be paraded by children that would help care for her whenever Hideko would be out stealing in the capital. Throughout time, Hideko would perceive Ashton as his brother, looking out for him and treating his injuries, showing him concern and his care. Additionally, he would also educate him in mathematics, combat, and literature to further sharpen his skills. He saw drastic improvement in Ashton and took him on multiple dangerous missions to steal, alongside his sister and were called the "greatest thieves" throughout the slums due to their high intellects and wits.

However, their rise into power would soon become short. After a night of stealing, the Black Sun, a terrorist military organization, spotted them while infiltrating Estelar and took interest in Shizuka after she controlled one of the soldiers hands when he attempted to lay hands on Hideko. Realizing she was a control demon, the soldiers took great interest and wanted to utilize her abilities for their own benefits, resulting in a fight when Hideko and Ashton refuse. In the end, Shizuka was captured by the Black Sun because of Ashton being shot with an arrow when running away with her. Angered, Hideko's relationship with Ashton became strained, but still allowed him to stay.

## Appearance

Hideko is a tall, slightly muscular man with long, brown hair in a ponytail that is similar to Ashton's and yellow eyes. The front of his hair is rather disheveled and messy with one long strand of his hair being put in between his face. He, at times, can get confused as Ashton because of their similar hairstyle and facial shape.

Hideko's attire is lighter in contrast to his younger sister Shizuka's: He is usually seen wearing a tan shirt with yellow and brown chest armor, being supported with a long, tan coat with the rimming being a cream yellow, and a brown hat with a navy blue brim that slightly hangs in front of his face, and around his waist is a sword with a brown sword-holder that holds up a pair of baggy, off brown pants with that are then sported by dark brown boots.

## Personality

On the surface, Hideko is a hardened and rather stoic individual. He often acts rather harsh and brutally honest around Locaster and his group about the ways they had been talking about his sister and often tends to get hostile and aggressive around Soul Kawasaki, who attempts to tell him the truth about her but resulted in him using physical violence against Soul and demonstrates a distaste for him. Being a freelance mercenary, Hideko shows little to no emotion and often keeps a cold expression whenever around other people. According to Shizuka, Hideko can come off as reserved and doesn't open up much about his past to the other members of Team Strelitzia out of fear that he would be judged for his past and often drinks alcohol in heavy moderation to cope. Because of having to raise himself at a young age, Hideko appears to be confused when seeing a parent-child relationship and, noted by Shizuka, Hideko "gets a heavy feeling" in his stomach whenever seeing a child with its parent.

Hideko is an incredibly brash individual and does things his own way without having to think of consequences due to his position as a freelance mercenary, breaking the law and taking justice into his own hands when needed. With his brash disposition, he is also perceived as both refined due to his polite mannerisms, but also having a way with his words whenever interacting with others, having the ability to charm others without difficulty. Because of his brashness, he often got into trouble with his boss due to him not being aware of the consequences in the end. Though he is not as social as the rest of the members of Team Strelitzia, he is not very quiet and can sometimes be depicted as the voice of reason, the opposite of his younger sister, who can sometimes act out due to extreme emotions.

Along with his brashness, Hideko has a soft spot for children and often has a hard time listening to requests to have children, especially young ones, killed; Having to raise over thirty of them in his shelter he discovered in the woods, he has demonstrated to be excellent around younger children and acts rather protective around them. According to Ashton, Hideko is like a baby-sitter and used to watch other's children before becoming a freelance mercenary. It is noted by Locaster that Hideko is seen as a father figure some never had, shown with his bond with Veena as he would treat her like his daughter instead of his companion, and does this with many other characters like Ashton and Shizuka.

Being abandoned by his father at a young age, Hideko has a habit of getting attached to others around him with a fear of those leaving him, sometimes projecting this onto his younger sister, Shizuka, and is very protective of her. He often has a desire to keep her safe after the incident where she was captured by the Black Sun when she was young, and can sometimes act overly protective of her because of his immense fear of losing the people he loves the most, including his acquaintances. He starts to express care and compassion for the other members of the group, specifically his sister, Ashton and Shay. He perceives himself as a bastard child because of being abandoned by his illegitimate father and is also facing extreme flashbacks from when his mother was murdered because of her specie. Without any parental figures, he turns to parenting others to find solace in comforting those around him, seen when he manages to comfort a crying Veena when she opens up to him about not appearing useful to the group.

Despite being a flesh demon, Hideko has shown to hardly eat certain kinds of meat due to him having a problem with the texture and quality of it and is often teased for being a vegan, though he has shown to eat meat on the occasion because it is in his diet. He finds meat somewhat disgusting and often gets a disgusted feeling when attempting to eat it. Like Ashton, he has proven to be quite cynical and pessimistic, taunting Veena about the nickname "Vegetable," and repeatedly calling her that until she was annoyed in a playful manner. He also does this to other people like Locaster when he joking calls him "Longlaster," A nickname commonly used by Shizuka. When discussing his views on life to Locater, Hideko admits he lost faith in humanity after his mothers murder, seeing humans as a corrupt evil that murdered demons for their own benefit or out of spite.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities:** As a freelance mercenary and formerly a thief that lived in the slums of Lyakon, Hideko proves to be a very powerful demon and combatant. His skills were exemplified in the group's battle against Crow, being one of the first flesh demons to craft a flesh gun and using it effortlessly and was able to go head on with Locaster during their time as being rivals. With his combat powers comes his intelligence, as it is exemplified during their battle with the dark entity where he was able to successfully ambush him before he could make a move, but it was only for a brief amount of time before he was thrown off of him.

Against Akuji and the Lyakonian soldiers, his skill level starts to become on par with Akuji and went head on with him in a gun match and played a pivotal role in nearly defeating them before Cassian had ordered the soldiers to overwork them so they can get tired.

**Immense Speed & Reflexes:** Like all demons, Hideko has demonstrated to be incredibly fast, outrunning Shay during one of their many battles and is near the same speed level as Ashton. He was able to out-pace Crow without difficulty and knock him down to the ground without any trouble, and was also able to evade many of Akuji's attacks as he dodged many of his bullets with ease to an extent where he found it boring to keep up with him.

**Enhanced Smell:** As a flesh demon, Hideko has a unique sense of smell, being able to detect the scent of mammals, demons and humans alike. With this ability, he can track down many individuals at the same time and can pick up scents from further ranges, such as mountains and highlands. His scent of smell is strong enough to pick up subtle movements and even eye twitches.

**Immense Durability:** Hideko possesses a decently durable body, being able to uphold himself after being injured severely. He was able to withstand the bullet wounds that Lyakonian soldiers threw at him and managed to resist Locaster's attacks during their time as enemies. He was also able to withstand Akuji's punch to the stomach after he cursed at him for mistreating Ashton. He also exemplifies his durability after shielding Shizuka from an oncoming attack and taking in several bullet wounds.

**Regeneration:** Hideko has the ability to regenerate any part of his body if he drinks blood from another person. He was able to drink some of Akuji's blood and regenerate his wrist that he shot off with his gun. He was also able to make a dent in Cassian's wrist so he could drink his blood in order to regain some of his arm that was nearly falling off. If he drinks too much of their blood, his abilities would increase significantly, as seen when drinking more blood from Akuji than expected and his strength increasing from it.

**Keen Intellect:** Raising and educating himself, Hideko has proven to be exceptionally intelligent, being able to navigate the slums of Lyakon and having the capability of stealing without getting caught, with the occasional help of Shizuka. His intelligence is further proven by his knowledge in combat and the demon gems. He has also proven to be a good mathematician and was able to solve a difficult math equation effortlessly and managed to correctly predict the number of Lyakonian soldiers.

**Unlimited Stamina & Endurance:** Hideko possesses superhuman-like stamina and endurance: He was able to keep standing after receiving a large bullet wound from a Lyakonian soldier and managed to withstand many of Akuji's attacks, despite his wound starting to act up and not having enough time to heal it.

## Magic Abilities

**Biokinesis:** Hideko has demonstrated to possess powerful biokinesis, having the capability to manipulate his own flesh to any given extent. As he did not discover his abilities until later on in his life, he has proven to be slightly inexperienced in manipulating some of the flesh in his body.

**Weapon Creation:** Hideko has the ability to make flesh weapons by cutting a part of his wrist and manifesting a weapon out of his blood. This is seen when he makes a hammer out of his own blood effortlessly. He is advanced in this field to an extent where he was able to make a flesh double-barreled shot gun in order to shoot Crow in the head with to stop him from trying to kill Locaster.

**Wound Expansion & Shrinkage:** Hideko is not only able to manipulate his own flesh, but he is also able to manipulate others flesh by expanding or shrinking their wounds. He can also use this ability in order to make weapons. He is able to manipulate the wound by either expanding it to make it more severe or shrinking it to make it less severe. He is seen using this on a Lyakonian soldier when he makes a dent in his arm and expanding the wound in order to weaken them.

**Healing:** Not only is Hideko able to regenerate his missing limbs by drinking someones blood, he is able to use his blood in order to heal others by tracing a blade across his hand and feeding his blood to the injured person. He is seen trying to heal most of Locaster's wounds from his back after Akuji rips his wings off by using his blood. However, if the wound is a large one, it would require for him to use more blood to heal the wound entirely.

## Weaknesses

**Overuse:** As a demon, Hideko is prone to overusing his powers. Being a flesh demon, his main abilities are blood-dependent when having to create a weapon or attempting to heal a wound with his blood. When he overuses his abilities, he will show visible signs of fatigue because of blood loss and sometimes dizziness. Other symptoms he exhibits are a sickly face, where his skin becomes paler and his face gets more sunken in, showing signs of visible blood loss: blue patterns will appear on the area he made the wound in to show his symptoms of overuse.

**Acid:** Hideko is prone to acid burns, and when attacked with acid can cause extreme amounts of damage to his skin, as seen when Crow launched an acid attack on the group and a portion of his skin turned red. Acid can also hinder his biokinesis due to it being less effective after.

**Blood Loss:** As a flesh demon, Hideko's magic mainly requires him using his blood in order to make weapons and heal others. Healing those with his blood can require large quantities if he is treating a larger wound, though it takes minimal amounts if the wound is smaller. If he uses too much blood in a frequent timespan, he will have a difficult time regenerating and producing more weapons.

## Relationships

### Shizuka Ikami

Shizuka and Hideko met when he had found Shizuka abandoned in the slums without proper care. After finding out she was a demon, Hideko formally adopted her and declared her as his younger sister. He shows a great compassion towards her and enacts as both her brother and her father because of her being abandoned by her mother and her father unable to visit her due to dangerous conditions, he took her in, though did not perceive him as a daughter, but his sister because of how both were demons. Because he is her older brother, he treats her in a slightly different manner from other members in the group, often going easy on her when doing something heinous, such as putting out the fire when camping after their escape from Lyakon on accident.

Shizuka views Hideko fondly, seeing him as her sibling that would never abandon her despite all of their times bickering with one another. She would almost always be around him, following him around as a sign of her protection. It is noted by Ashton that Hideko can, at times, get annoyed with some of her antics, but still treasures and loves her regardless. He shows his protection of her when he blocks his body for her when Crow was using one of his attacks, nearly getting split in two in the process.