Roku =]

Name: Roku --------

Race: Superhuman (Hopefully Ascended One)

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Personality: He's quite arrogant when he speaks. it all comes from the slight insecurities he has burried deep inside from harassment from his parents. To cope with his parent's harrassment, he became slightly barricaded from others. His personality is confident, even when he isn't sure of the outcome.

History:

Roku at this time is only 17. He is an eleventh year in high school in Karakura town. Right now he has the second highest scores in his grade level. He's moderately happy, having some friends and lives alone. But this is far ahead...all the way up to Current Days...Though he has only lived for 17 years, he has suffered from a brutal past that he tries to supress on a daily basis..

Thirteen years ago....Roku lived with his parents, Maiko Sonada and Kizuki Sonada. They all appeared to be a happy family, though they struggled every day just to maintain there own lives. Maiko was a stay at home mother, watching Roku when he came back from school in the early afternoons and his younger brother who was only two years old at the time. His father, Kizuki was a factory worker, struggling through the days of hard work only to receive a low wage almost incapable of supporting a family with. His job was rough, harsh, and dangerous. Through his days of work, he had lost two of his fingers in an accident and the thick smoke created by the machines had damaged his lungs, giving him bronchitis after the years of buildup in his lungs. Both children were perfectly healthy, just like their mother Maiko...at times.

Maiko had it rough. She would stay at home watching the children all day and cleaning the house. Dinner was expected to be ready to eat at the moment his Father walked in the door from his grueling job. Only few times were there when dinner was imcomplete and/or not made at all. Maiko suffered for it greatly. Kizuki would beat her with his hare fists, giving her bruises and sometimes broken bones. The reason no one had ever found out about this bad relationship is because the children were scared, too young to comprehend what was happening.

The years went on and on and Roku was now in Junior high, fourteen years of age. He was a somewhat depressed young man. His brother was just entering junior high this year and their mother still staying at home. Kizuki still worked at the factory, working in a somewhat higher position. It just so happened that this day, December 1, 2005, Kizuki came home late. It seemed that he had been to a party after work and came in the house at midnight. Maiko was furious. She loved Kizuki dearly even though she didn't receive the correct treatment. She yelled at him about how worried she had been and how her kids needed a father to be there for them. Kizuki's response is probably obvious.

Kizuki took great offense to her words and the alcohol didn't make it any better. He gripped her by the neck, holding on as tight as he could. Roku and his brother were upstairs in bed, sleeping until the fight first began. They heard their mother's rage, something they never heard from her before. Then they hears her scream and glass breaking downstairs. Both children hopped to their feet with a speed and determination like none other. They creeped down the stairway, and the youngest brother tripped over the last. Kizuki was so intoxicated, he hadn't even realized his own actions. He quickly pulled out a pistol, hidden in his jacket pocket and aimed it towards the younger boy. The mother screamed in fear and through a Motherly instinct, grabbed a knife off of the counter. She stabbed the father in his stomach. He began to cough up blood, but as the mother ran to her children, he shot her in the back three times. He chuckled through his pain as she screamed her last words out. "Run, my babies!!! Run!!!". Roku helped up his brother and the gun was pointed in their direction. Kizki fired again...and again, hitting Roku once in the right arm andin the stomach as he reached for his younger brother. He fell to the ground in pain and his body started to get colder. He could feel himself slipping into a state of sleep as he heard four more shots."Roooookkuuuu-" The scream was cut short as the last four shots hit the brother twice in the chest, once in the neck and the last hitting his stomach, putting him to the ground as the father pulled out the knife in his stomach. He struggled to the front door, collapsing before he could finally open it. Sirens could be heard circling the house and the blue and red lights shined through the windows. The police and ambulance were too late. Kizuki died from too much bloodloss. Maiko was also dead, taking the three shots in the back. She choked on her own blood as it filled her lungs. The only two still left alive were Roku and his younger brother. Roku still had a pretty strong heartbeat while his brother's was fainter. The medics rushed into the house after the police inspected the situation. They diagnosed the mother and father as deceased and rushed the two brothers to the hospital, where he dreamed for a while.

Roku awoke to a world of white, where nothing existed, yet everything was there. He couldn't fully comprehend it, nor did he try to. He slowly stood to his feet, observing the white world. Roku frowned. "Where....is everything?". Just as soon as he said those words, he seemed to be sliding through the dimension, rippling in time. The world around him began to swirl in colors as he was now back in his home. He was sitting on his bed, wide awake. He then remembered what had just happened and rushed downstairs. He saw his father standing there, laughing maniacally. There was more than one of him, one with a gun pointed to his mother, and one with a gun pointed to his brother. "Come on Roku! Stop us!!", both Kizuki's spoke in unison. Roku screamed out and ran to them, but was too late. Each Kizuki shot their tagets directly in the head, sending them flying back onto the ground. All Roku could do was scream. But something happened, something soothing. His mother and Brother's spirits rose from the dead bodies and the Kizuki's both seemes to disentigrate in thin air from the bright white light that surrounded the spirits. The spirits hovered around Roku and spiraled around him towards the sky. As they rose, so did the worls. It became white again and he was just standing there.......reaching to the sky and tears rolling down his face."Mother....Brother...."

Roku's eyes slipped open and the world became known to his body once more. He lifted his head and a nurse had been standing to the side of his bed checking some bloodwork. "Oh...my....god. You're awake?! I'm so glad,,,you finally woke up after a year of being in a coma". Roku didn't understand. He had been asleep for a WHOLE year?! He looked around and tried to stand to his feet. He wanted to know....where is my family. He looked around and as he stood to his feet, he wobbled. The nurse caught him, noticing he was searching for something. It was quite obvious, if his memory was in tact. "Your family.....you want to see them...I'm sorry Roku..I'm so sorry.". It was obvious to Roku that the news wasn't good. His mother, father,......and even brother had passed from this world. He was alone..Once he found this out, he bust out in tears, and the nurse hugged him for comfort as a few tears slipped down her own face. She knew all about his family's situation, like most of the city. The news had shown the tradgedy for days all around the country.

Years later, Roku continued to work hard, regaining his leg and arm strngth and multiplying it. He was a star among the students at the school. It was odd because he wasn't very talkative or out there, but people seemed to just cling to him. He was captain of a few of the sports teams and even on the academic teams as well. Roku was THE person that everyone wanted to be, but couldn't. He was even nicknamed by the staff and faculty as "Mr. Renaissance"(spelling?). He was good at everything he did, though the tragedy caused him to become a little more closed in. Roku loved school though...just to be in the presence of some people because shen Roku went home, there was no one there for him. Roku was odd compared to others as well. Ever since that dream at the hospital, he had always been able to see things of the suprenatural. He would see ghosts and restless spirits and even "Demons" or hollows. He at first could only see them, but soon he developed a power that he has been using ever since, to destroy and eliminate these creatures that meant harm to the human race.

RP Sample:
It was a very hot summer day in Karakura town. The birds chirped and sang their lovely tunes and the ani,als all roamed free. But unfortunately, Roku was stuck in the hot stuffy school. He was sitting in third period, chewing on his pencil like always, staring out the window on his left hand side. He sighed softly as a bird flew by.

"Awww....why do we have to be stuck in here on such a nice day. There's too much we could be doing than sitting here"

Roku had been whispering to himself when the class was reading a poem by a british author known as William Shakespeare. It was too easy for Roku..he had already read the poems over and ove at home when studying. Now he had to do it all over again in Class? The funny thing is the teacher, Mr. Vongola had walked up to his desk with a large ruler. Roku hadn't noticed though and continued to stare out of the window. Mr. Vongola had an irritated look on his face as he slapped the ruler loudly onto Roku's deak, right in beside his elbow.

"Roku!! Stop daydreaming! This is very important to understand literature of other countries. It allows you insight on the ideas and mindsets of those outside of your own back yard. I expect you, out of all people to understand that"

He peered as Roku. Roku wasn't startled by the outburst like some of the students were. Some students even woke from their little snooze from the loudness of his voice. Roku smiled somewhat arrogantly and replied to the older man.

"Mr. Vongola....I'm sure I understand this perfectly. I've studied it years ago sir. So after studying it over 100 times, I'm sure I have it."

He said smugly. The teacher squinted his eyes in anger and turned around. He was still holding the ruler, but accidentally snapped it when the words Roku spoke finally seeped in his head. He knew of Roku's intelligence, but his arrogance made him a person that was sometimes irritating..So instead of saying another word to Roku, he just continued.

"So now moving on class.........."