Sumiko Miyamoto (NPC)

Shinigami

Name: Sumiko Miyamoto

Age: 160/20

Height: 5' 7"

Weight: 118 lbs

Gender: Female

Rank: 5

Squad/Seat: 4th squad / 3rd Seat

Looks: She has light blue hair that goes down to her neck with feathered bangs in front. She has large comforting and inviting eyes that are blue/green in color. A set of small ears and a small nose frame her face perfectly. On average days she can be seen wearing a slight smile across her face. Her body is slim and petite. Rather than wear the standard uniform, her uniform consists of a short black kimono with a white nagajuban under it. The sleeves of her kimono are not as wide as those worn by most Shinigami and the upper parts are smooth over her shoulders. She wears a traditional wide white obi with a purple cord fastening it. In addition she wears white gloves that cover only the back of her hands and wrists; as well as a pick choker. (Pretty much what 12th squad VC wears, just no shoulder pads)

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Personality: Sumiko is usually upbeat, perky, and carries an overall sunny disposition about her. She is quick to make friends with people she just meets. She rarely ever gets angry or yells at anyone, but will quickly apologize for doing so should it happen. She is not afraid to express how she is feeling and will hardly ever say anything derogatory or mean about anyone, or to anyone. She has a magnetic personality that will get even most angry people to change and become friendlier while in her presence. She treats everyone with kindness and respect even when not in her care. With her attitude she is popular in the Gotei 13. Even with all that she is still fragile and may be upset easily. Though when things get serious she is quick to take charge. If Seireitei is in a state of emergency and the healing center is constantly admitting patients for injuries, she will hide how she is feeling behind a serious demeanor until the ordeal is over. Once over she will look for someone to confide in as she hates violence and the outcome of violence. She tries to avoid fighting.

Sealed Zanpakuto: Sumiko carries a wakizashi with a purple cloth covered handle. The butt cap and tsuba are silver toned. The sheath is pink with a purple cord and a white dragon coiling around.

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Shikai:

Call out phrase: Puncture, Hari Sakana (Needle Fish)

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Description of released form: Her hands and arms are covered in white gloves with a pink bio-hazard symbol on the back. Her fingers are not covered by these gloves to allow for her to be more precise. Though they would appear to be unsanitary for medical purposes, the gloves provide a barrier and are always sterilized as well as her hands and arms, which allow her to move from patient to patient without fear of transmitting contaminants or contagions.

Ability 1 - Shinjutsu (Acupuncture) - Hari Sakana creates acupuncture needles out of energy. Sumiko can use these needles like regular acupuncture needles and place them at crucial points in the body. Sumiko has a vast knowledge of the body and can use the needles to disable pain receptors or place them on parts of the body that can cause tremendous amounts of unbearable pain. Usually she will refrain from using the latter. When placed at specific points around a wound, the needles will help speed up the healing process, usually resulting in a substantial recovery in minutes to a few hours depending on how severe the wounds/injuries are. These needles are blue-green in color.

Ability 2 - Kibaku Hari (Exploding Needle) - Hari Sakana absorbs the residual reiatsu left from an attack on an injured person it is helping to heal. Using the absorbing energy, Sumiko can now create needles that will explode. Whether the explosion is on contact or delayed is up to Sumiko. Sumiko can put her own energy into using the technique, but she would much rather use it for healing purposes. So this technique is rarely used outside of large scale battles. With Sumiko's knowledge of the body, she could place these needles in some pretty undesirable places if she had the chance, and/or if she wanted to. Usually not though. The explosion size varies to the amount of reiatsu pushed/absorbed into them but with her knowledge, even a small explosion would be devestating. The needles are purple in color.

Ability 3 - Kaji Hari (Faith-healing Needle) - Hari Sakana forms a large needle by drawing on all of Sumiko's reiatsu. Though the needle is more like the size of a dagger when formed. Sumiko must stab the person she trying to heal. The person being stabbed will be instantly healed of all injuries and/or all ailments. Sumiko avoids the use of this technique unless no other choice is available, usually when the person is on the verge of death and nothing would be able to save them. The use of this technique will immediately incapacitate her for at least two days. The color of this needle is pink.

Stats:

Spirit Power:25

Speed:30

Technique:35

Fighting Skill:10


History:

Born in Kyoto, Japan, Sumiko Miyamoto was raised by a smart and intellectual family. Her family was well known in the medical community as each of the members were part of it in someway or another. Her parents had always encouraged their children to pick a career in any field they wanted, but they all chose to follow in their footsteps. Sumiko was no different. Even as a child, if she wasn't doing kid stuff and hanging around with friends, (which her parents strongly encouraged) she would have her nose stuck in medical books learning about the human body. She especially found acupuncture therapy quite intriguing. She was amazed at how the needles used could do such wonderful things when used properly. Wanting to learn more on the subject, she would often visit her uncle at his clinic where he would teach her how to properly place the needles and warned her of the places she should avoid at all costs, to avoid devastating results. She would practice on a special dummy that her uncle had while under his supervision to assure that she didn't make mistakes. She always enjoyed those sessions and would always make time for them.

One night after one of those sessions rather then get a ride home from her uncle like she usually did, some of her friends went by the clinic and invited her to a movie, which was only a few blocks away. While walking over to the theater her and her friends were having a good time and playing around. Not far away, police sirens could be heard behind a speeding car they were chasing. Sumiko and her friends stared curiously at the police chase in progress and thought they were safe on the sidewalk. As the chase got closer, the speeding car hit a pot hole and lot control heading straight for the group. Though her friends managed to get out of the way, Sumiko had tripped and fell directly in the path of the out-of-control car. Before any of her friends knew what had happen Sumiko was on the ground bleeding heavily and unconscious after the car had hit her and then ran into a building. Police officers were right behind the criminal and quickly went to her aid and arrested the male driver, who was extremely intoxicated. It took only a couple of minutes for the ambulance to arrive, but it was too late. Sumiko had passed on before their arrival.

It was her uncle who took her death the hardest since he was with her only moments earlier. Everyday he would have to pass by the area she was killed at and everyday he would leave fresh flowers; always daisies and daffodils, her favorites. Months past and the uncle always did the same thing everyday. One day a shinigami found her and was going to perform konso, but at Sumiko's last wish, she was allowed to see her uncle one last time before going to Soul Society. When she went into the clinic, it was closed for lunch time. Looking for her uncle she found him in the back room where he kept the dummy she would practice on. The dummy still had the needles in it from the last time she used it, she would always forget to remove them and return them to the proper place, something her uncle would constantly remind her about. Her uncle was sitting at the counter eating his lunch when she walked over and placed her hand on his shoulder. Her uncle felt an odd but comfortable aura in the room but wasn't sure what it was. That feeling was only amplified when Sumiko hugged her uncle in an effort to let him know she was going to be fine. Her uncle had tears rolling down his eyes. When Sumiko was leaving she reached for one of the needles on the dummy, managed to pull it out but couldn't hold on to it. When her uncle heard the needle drop he looked over to the dummy and spotted the needle on the floor. He reached down to pick it up and for some reason felt happy and relieved afterwards. Sumiko had been sent to Soul Society as he reached for the needle. She passed away at eighteen years old.

Many years passed while she was in Soul Society, she didn't remember much of her life on earth, but she still retained her passion for medical applications and still remembered her teachings in acupuncture. Hearing about the Gotei Thirteen, she initially thought of it as nothing more than a battle happy organization, but after finding out that they had division just for medical personnel, she decided to join. While in the Shinigami Academy, Sumiko grew to be very popular because of her personality. Even though she was not well adept at fighting, people would flock to help her pass the portion of the academy, and she would help them with the academic portions if they needed it. With hard work and determination Sumiko had passed the entrance exam and graduated from the academy. Sumiko was quickly accepted into the fourth division where she excelled in all aspects of healing. With the achievement of shikai Sumiko was promoted to a seated position within a short time and quickly rose through the ranks after that, arriving at her current seat in just over year and a half after achieving shikai.

Not long after she obtained the third seat position in the fourth division she met a newly appointed second division member, who met with an unfortunate situation while under training orders from the captain. Apparently members of the omnitsukido went a little overboard when they caught the new member and did quite a number on him because he was unconscious when he arrived, brought in by the captain. Sumiko had spent a good hour patching him up before he regained consciousness. Sumiko smiled down at the large but battered man asking if he knew where he was. His reply after seeing her, "With someone as beautiful as you, I don't really care where I am." Sumiko couldn't help but blush at the statement, but didn't get to reply to him before he passed out again. She sighed and smiled before going back to healing him. The man woke up about thirty minutes later completely patched up and feeling a little better. Not long after Sumiko walked into the room to check on him. Sumiko wished him a good morning and called him "Romeo" in reference to what he said to her earlier. The man was a bit confused at first but vaguely remembered his earlier statement causing him to blush and apologize, claiming it was the bump on his head for saying what he said. Sumiko just let out a little giggle and did her usual check up to make sure he was alright, leaving right afterwards. Sumiko went about her days with nothing out of the ordinary happening, but there was something she was wondering about. Usually when she would take care of male patients they would end up hassling her and wanting to date her, which she would kindly turn them down. But there was one, "Romeo," who she didn't hear from after he was treated and released, she found that rather interesting.

A week or so later she was dispatched out to the World of the Living to heal a shinigami who had an encounter with a hollow. When she arrived at the given coordinates she was surprised to see "Romeo,"once again beating and battered, sitting in the sands of Miami, Florida. Sumiko commented on how they should stop meeting with her having to heal his injuries. "Romeo" just laughed and asked that he stop being called "Romeo." When asked for his name he replied "Tatsuya Okibi." Sumiko called him just that as she started to heal him. As she was healing him she brought up the question of why he didn't do like all the other men and ask her out. He informed her that she probably had enough of those guys and didn't need another one to add to the list. She smiled and thanked him as she finished healing his body, using her zanpakuto to quicken the process. When she about to heal the cuts on his face Tatsuya asked that she leave the scars. When asked why Tatsuya responded "Because it will remind me why we fight against the hollows. To set them free of torment." At that moment Sumiko knew there was more to him then just what she saw. Which to her, she initially saw a man who enjoyed fighting and could careless about others around him. Wanting to get to know him better she asked that he help her with her fighting skills, which he happily agreed for the person who healed him twice now. During there so called training session it was Sumiko who ended up showing Tatsuya a couple of things, using kidou to her advantage. But it was Tatsuya who ultimately swept her off her feet. Both literally and figuratively. It was there that Tatsuya asked her on a date, which she happily agreed to. They have been a happy couple ever since.

*Walks in*

Approved

*Walks out*