Norio Ichihara (Wip)

Basics

Name: Norio Ichihara
True Age: 600
Gender: Male
Personality: Norio maintains a calm, easygoing mentality. He's very blunt and to the point; kind of cocky in a way. Serious about his training and hard efforts in becoming a shinigami, he holds a lot of pride in himself- but respects his elders nonetheless. However, he usually likes to keep the rest of his life lighthearted. He tries to avoid conflict but is never afraid to unleash on anyone who asks. Norio believes in structure- all things have a purpose, there is a meaning for everything. Being a solitary child, he spent a lot of his time amassing his intellect by studying and reading. His logical thought process and cautious attitude while in battle is a help and sometimes a hindrance. Goodhearted in nature, he never intends on offending anyone with his straightforward personality, he simply likes complete honesty.

Norio is a man of complete and Utter honor. He shall fight for any reason he deems Necessary for the Protection of the very Honor. He is a very kind man in retrospect through, very respectable to pretty much everyone and anyone. Norio is a kind and caring person with a great sense of justice and a desire to do good. In the face of the enemy, he is instead ruthless and unforgiving. There are times, however, when Norio can be a bit thick. Norio kept to himself most of the time when he was a child, but when it comes to the death of his family, he'll get defensive. Nonetheless, he's always managed to keep his cool when needed, and will always end up mumbling with anger instead of snapping almost immediately as he normally would.

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Appearance Age: 19
Height: 6'0"
Weight:177 Pounds

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Character Background: Human life, birth- age 16;
In Norio's beginning, he was born into a family where he was the only child, and a father who was rarely home. His mother took care of Norio for a lot of his younger years. He was an obnoxious 5 year old little boy who was often ignored by most people, which is why he acted out. He was always trying to get the attention of everybody, but with the little girl from next door always listened. The two of them were inseparable for 4 years straight. They'd spend everyday in the small forest near their house, roaming through the trees, pretending to sword-fight with sticks. It wasn't until he was playing around on a water tower at the age of 9 with his friend Riko Ishikawa when he realized the error of his ways. In the middle of a small forest near their houses- there was an old water tower, it stood roughly 40ft in the air. Norio wanted the thrill of seeing the world from high up, so he started climbing the ladder; Riko followed after him, worrying. As they neared the top, Riko notices that the ladder is rusted and old- she warns Norio, but he doesn't listen. She steps on one of the bars and it crumples beneath her foot.Norio had just reached the top and turned to give Riko a hand as he hears her scream, but his hand can't reach her. The fear inside his chest builds greater and greater and he reaches as far as he can but their hands won't meet. Riko loses her grip and she falls, screaming, until she hits the ground. Norio's eyes swelled up with tears and his throat was dry. When he heard the sound of her body hit the ground he flinched and left his mouth gasping for air- he couldn't control his sobbing. For the next 5 years he was tormented by what he had seen happen to the only person besides his parents that he had truly cared about. He spent his time reading books about the afterlife and philosophy, trying to make some sense of what could be possible. His interest in these subjects were so strong because over the years he began seeing her. It began when he returned to the water tower as a 12 year old, 3 years later he sees her ghost. she calls out to him and the gut-wrenching emotion swells up again, and he runs to her- but she fades just before he reaches her and collapses to the ground.

After many more encounters with Riko's ghost, he kept losing his mind on what was real or not. Years passed, Norio kept to himself while at school, being small and weak- reading his books and spending the occasional days in the small forest with the spirit of Riko, he was finally able to maintain sight of her for long enough to talk to her, and they shared many heartfelt memories together. After he started seeing Riko all the time, he began seeing other spirits. One day after school at the age of 16, he found the spirit of an old woman standing in front of the school admiring it. He went to speak with her and the popular members of his high school recognized as they passed by that he was talking to himself. This made them decide to screw with him. They pretended to become his friend by asking him to come drink with them and Norio didn't know any better, so he accompanied them. They asked him where he liked to go and he showed them the small forest. As they walked into the field with the water tower, kind of drunk, the leader of the popular kids passes more shots around until the group of 6 including Norio were all very drunk. The leader dared Norio to climb the 40ft tall tower- being as intoxicated as he was, he began his climb. As he got higher up the spirit of Riko called out to him, warning him of making the mistake they made years ago. Norio ignores her warnings and reaches the missing, rusty bar that killed his dear friend. His mind clicks into place and he realizes what he's doing is stupid. He yells down at the other kids saying he's coming down, breaking his dare- angering the leader of the popular kids. The leader commands the rest to start shaking the support beams of the tower, and in it's damaged state, it begins swaying. Norio's fear pounds in his chest again and he clutches onto the ladder, but the support beams tip slightly. The whole tower begins falling and Norio sees the spirit of Riko staring at him as he falls down toward the ground. He screams her name and she vanishes along with everything else as he crashes into the ground. The leader runs for it and the other kids, shocked at what they just became a part of, followed suit.

Life in Seireitei, a new beginning;
Screaming in terror, Norio reappears in the Rukongai 78 district- unaware of what is going on. He runs off from where he was only to find a group of 4 guys, the thuggish type, trying to rough up a young girl. Norio sees this and is confused as to what he should do. He calls out to them, telling them to stop. They turn their heads and immediately start walking towards him, smirking, laughing and one of them cracks their knuckles. His fear builds up inside his chest again, but this time he feels out of control. His body radiates a light blue mist of reiatsu as his teeth clench tighter. His anger grows and he charges at one of them. heaving his fist back, he unleashes a huge blast of pale-blue reiatsu as his fist connects with one of the bigger guy's face. The big guy flies back 5ft and lands on his ass, dazed and confused. Norio's world is so pumped up that he doesn't realize that stopping to celebrate allowed the 3 other thugs to advance on him and start beating the shit out of him. When the 4 men leave, Norio regains consciousness and pulls himself into a building, which just so happened to be the young girl's house. He stays awake only long enough to recognize the girl's face- and it was Riko's, she smiles and he loses consciousness again. When he wakes up he finds himself smelling fresh grass and flowers. His face pointing down at the dirt; he uses his hands to lift his upper body up and looks around- just a huge field, except for a single cherry blossom tree across the way. He flips over and stays seated, questioning what was going on, he notices a huge, basic nodachi sword lying beside him. He picks it up and he feels the power in his hand awaken it, sort of, just enough to sense a difference. All of the sudden, he finds himself sitting in front of a big, flat boulder with a strange old man with long, tied-back white hair and a short white beard staring down at him with a big smile.
"So... I saw what you did there, young man... Quite the courageous act for someone in that district to do..."
"I just didn't want anyone to get hurt-"
"But of course... However, using your fists like a brute was not the smartest option, especially considering you had that sword you grasp in your palm with you the entire time..."
Norio looks down at his hand that is holding the sword, smirks and looks back toward the comforting old man.
"I wasn't aware."
"I Like you. We might just get to know each other better- Kiyoshi Hara"
"Norio. Norio Ichihara."
As he shakes the hand of Kiyoshi he feels the same sensation of energy as the sword gave him, only ten-fold stronger. The surge is so powerful that light blue reiatsu begins seeping out of their hands and Kiyoshi smiles widely. His wide smile begins to laugh slowly at first, then it progresses into a wild hollering of joy and he exclaims out with joy.

Norio's eyes flash open widely from his almost crazy dream, but he knew it was real. He looks around himself and sees the long nodachi blade, now not so plain but much more stylish, with a white guard and light blue handle; Two white tethers attached to the end. All of this held inside of a black, leather sheath with the emblem of 2 wings along the side. As he is admiring the beauty of his sword, Riko walks into the room and is amazed by what Norio has. They talk for hours on end until Norio finally realizes what he must do, and it wouldn't be something he could handle without intensive training. He enlists in the Shinigami Academy, and 5 and a half years later he completes his training with high regards in Ki and Hoho. His kido wasn't his most concentrated on subject, but he managed to achieve decency. He enjoyed concentrating his efforts in working with his hakuda/hoho. He graduated near the top of his class with a mastery in Hakuda, and an expert status shunpo. Norio has achieved bankai, but it's power is so great for him that he is unable to harness it's full potential. His shikai, however, is fantastic.

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