Name: Remi Mitarashi
Title: Queen of the Swarm, The Empress' Swarm, The 8-Tailed Beast of the Empire,
Age: 22
Gender: female
Appearance:
(Dark purple hair, hazel eyes, pale skin)
Sexuality: Bisexual
Personality: Infuriatingly charismatic, Remi is rather quiet but easily excited. Despite her aggressive fighting style, the Mitarashi is well mannered and deceptively charming. She holds conversations with her subordinates as well as her superiors. However, she has a little bit of a problem when it comes to...the more carnal pleasures.
Often described as "Horny without being lewd or rude" and "Violent without being psychopathic and mindless" Remi is as passionate as she is skilled. This passion can be focused though and is a direct correlation to her kekkei genkai. She is not led by anger, but by her unquestioning loyalty to the Empress and her clan. She can be brutally honest, and is frequently admonished for her lack of tact when correcting a subordinate. She's arrogant, but has never claimed to be perfect after all. Despite her passion, she rarely makes eye contact with those she talks to or fights. This can make her seem rude or unapproachable. No one really knows why she is loyal to the Empress, she doesn't seem to really have an answer. To add to her oddity, Remi's diet has been the same two meals since she was a child: Sweet Meat Buns in the mornings and a salad of bak choi with ginger root, carrots, and warmed beef before sundown. She also takes a military supplement right after her Sweet Meat Buns in the morning.
When she isn't training or meditating, Remi can be found in the library, reading over technique and history scrolls or scrolls the discuss human psychology and interaction (the latter has been seen rarely) For fun, she takes care of the Empire's various gardens while her clones continue to study and practice elsewhere, draws, and talks to her hornets or Gyuuki. She can also be found in the library or equipment room counting and stacking items. She is always with a summoned Horner, whether Odiah or Killak depends on their daily duties. The hornet is responsible for translating when Remi is not up to talking. Odiah is usually the one with her, since she can speak human.
When she fights, she is vicious and precise. Given her propensity to mix ninjutsu and taijutsu, she has mastered her own brand of nintaijutsu and related ninjutsus. The drawback to this is that her offensive genjutsu is nearly nonexistent while her defensive genjutsu is weak. She often fights without looking directly at her opponent, so she relies on her other senses to pinpoint what is going on. She has spent years studying various tactics and being blindfolded while with the hornets. What started as an exercise in teaching her the different meanings between the beating of wings has lead to precise and sensitive hearing. From a fly a distance away to the very sound of fingers sliding over each other in hand signs, she can accurately measure distance without looking based on sound. Her sense of smell is also sensitive, as she can detect pheromones from hornets, both natural and summoned. Her sense of touch is also impressive, as she can feel disturbances in the ground and air much like Hornets can. This was a technique used as a calming tool for when she would get upset: Neferti would sit her down and tell her to count the number of pulses coming from the eggs below them on Sky Mountain, the hornets' home.
Like her signature summons (An equivalent of a Japanese Giant Hornet) she knows that she is deadly on her own, but in a swarm of ten, she can be downright genocidal against an unprepared rebel fortress. It stands to reason that no one...absolutely no one, should steal her sweet meat buns. Heads will roll.
Recent History: Most recently, the future seventeenth head of the Mitarashi clan has been busy routing pockets of Rebels.
She has a history (or a legend some would say) of single handedly decimating Rebel outposts that have be softened by Empire forces.
Remi Mitarashi had been born towards the end of Spring in the Mitarashi compound outside of a village. A secretive clan, the Mitarashi clan guarded their pact with snakes almost as viciously as they guarded their favorite foods. As such, they became known for their amazing tracking skills as well as their quick fighting style. Remi was an oddity in that she rejected the snake scroll and interacted very little with her family members. Instead, she'd signed the Hornet's Scroll, an artifact her family held onto and predates the snake compact. The Hornets were rather picky and aggressive about whom they allowed to sign their contract, and demanded a specific Mitarashi kekkei genkai to be present before they allowed themselves to be summoned. Thus, the clan made the switch to the less picky, less effective snake contract.
The Oosuzumebachi, a large species of hornet whose sizes are as small as her palm and as large as a large building, were the ones that accepted her as their de facto summoner. As such, they took over her training and helped master her rare set of kekkei genkai. Remi ended up spending more and more time with the Hornets rather than with her family, thus had to learn how to communicate with them. This eventually led to her becoming more comfortable with communication as a whole. The next day, she actually held a conversation with her mother for the first time in her life...she was ten.
As more time passed, Remi surpassed her same aged family members in terms of skill. She devoted herself to learning only ninjutsu and taijutsu obsessively. The hornets continued to guide and teach her their ways so that she could integrate herself into their social structure as practice for the human world.
When the war broke out, Remi was recruited for the Empress' army along with a squad of Mitarashi trackers. There, she flourished and grew due to the constant battles and developed her own fighting style and associated ninjutsu and taijutsu. With some fine tuning from the Hornets, she named the style after them as thanks to them for training her.
Since then, she has been joined with the 8-tailed beast whom she fights with every few weeks or so. The practice benefits her to better understand the chakra she possessed as well as balancing between his beast chakra and her own. Gyuuki has unfettered access to her mind, including memories and her thoughts. As such, Gyuuki understands Remi better than nearly anyone, and has taken it upon himself to continue where the Hornets left off.
About a year into her antagonistic relationship with the Tailed Beast, Gyuuki found that he could relieve her life as he wished. Bored, he did so over the period of a month. In that time, he really understood her condition as well as the daily problems she faced with them. He could see the same destructive loneliness that whomever granted her request saw. It was them that he devoted himself to making her feel safe and cared for, even if she didn't understand it. Gyuuki taught her how to refine her fighting style to suit her needs. Gyuuki, in return, is allowed continued freedom within her mind. She's even made a nice grassy mindscape for him with a waterfall and lake. He does not trust her enough to use the fully controlled version of their joint partnership, but has lately begun to teach her how to use the Tailed Beast Mode. She has not used it in a fight yet.
Lately, she's been making a name for herself when a Rebel hideout has been proving to be incredibly stubborn. With her swarm of hornets and clones, Remi is her own army. Her family's long legacy of quick strikes and hit/run attacks have also influenced her fighting style.
Allegiance: The Empire
Chakra Nature: Raiton, Katon, Suiton
Rank: Jounin
Jutsu:
Canon:
All Academy/E ranked jutsu
Lightning Release Armor
Lightning Release Stream
Lightning Release: False Darkness
Lightning Release Shadow Clone
Coming of the Lightning Fire Phoenix Technique
Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique
Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique
Water Release: Wild Water Wave
Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique
Custom:
Kekkei Genkai: Plasma Nature
A Mitarashi family secret. No one knows exactly which (if any) chakra natures contribute to this advanced form of nature transformation. What is known is that Remi is the first to manifest it in over nine generations.
Kekkei Genkai: Fallen's Eyes
A rare Mitarashi kekkei genkai mutation. Every plasma user in the Mitarashi line has a slim chance of obtaining this naturally. A Doujutsu, this ability allows the user to use blinding plasma without blinding themselves in the process. When trained further by the Hornet summons, the eyes can be used as an organic targeting system and can help the user track thermal signatures as well as allow her to see clear picture rather than blurs during high speed combat. Remi uses these in conjunction with her style of fighting so that she doesn't need to stop and search for an opponent in the middle of battle. If there is a good relationship with the summons and enough chakra from the summoned, these eyes can also be used to allow the user to see through his or her summon's eyes. Granted, only one can be used at a time. The eyes become blank white with two bright blue lines that are perpendicular. The point of intersection is her primary viewing area that can be magnified as needed.
Kekkei Genkai: Hornet's sound
This innate ability special to Remi only allows her to understand and speak the hornet's summon speech. Likewise, she can communicate with natural hornets and understand/simulate their pheromones. She can also identify people she has come on contact with via their natural scent. This is physically indicated when her eye lines spider web into a hexagonal pattern.
Hidden Shadow Hornet's Nest
Rank: C
Remi pulls on her scarf, releasing a summon of a swarm of hornets. This is technically a summoning technique, as there is a summoning tattoo on her left collarbone. She swipes her claw along her the tattoo and the swarm is released. This is an intimidation tactics Gyuuki taught her. (I've removed a B-rank, Canon jutsu to add this)
Fire Release Shadow Clone
Allows Remi to make shadow clones infused with fire. When injured, it refers back to its fire state and burns whatever it is touching.
Lightning Release: Lightning Dragon Rush
Rank: B
Using her own chakra, Remi creates four dragons made of lightning. These four swirl at around each other and joins into one before they engulf their target. This technique can increase in power should three Lightning Release Shadow Clones be sacrificed for three of the Dragon heads.
Hornet Style: A nintaijutsu style developed from watching a group of her summoned hornets swarm and destroy a practice dummy. After using Lightning Release Armor, her chakra converges on her arms and legs and becomes swirling gauntlets/boots of lightning infused water and fire. When standing, the lightning vibrates at an extreme level, and can arc, scorching the earth beneath and around her randomly. Her reflexes and speed are greatly increased. Remi's basic taijutsu attacks are now infused with electrified water and fire, which can lead to very painful, if not outright deadly, shocks and burns.
Hornet Style: Decapitating Scissor
Rank: A
Remi extends her gauntlets into long blades and crosses them. This shoots two thin but deadly blades of lightning infused water that cross over in a "scissor cutting" motion.
Hornet Style: Swarm
Rank: S
Like a lightning storm, Remi strikes unexpectedly and hard. She seems to flash randomly around the battlefield while attacking and leaves Lightning Release Shadow Clones disguised as after images behind. Once finished, she and the clones attack as a team, no one doing the same as the other.
Hornet Style: Worker Sacrifice
Rank: B
If all of the Lightning Release Shadow Clones make it out of a volley intact, they all rush the opponents. Behind them, Remi will use Water Release: Wild Water Wave to injure her clones, thus detonating them and electrifying the water rushing at the opponent.
Plasma Release: Celestial Hornet Style
Rank: A
This is the mix of Horner Style and her Kekkei Genkai. Her plasma surrounds and encompasses her body like a body glove. Glowing a bright bluish-white, her body is incredibly hot to the touch as is the very air closest to her. Her taijutsu speed, strength and agility have not changed, but she is incredibly difficult to look at due to the bright light of the plasma.
Plasma Release: Shikome
Rank: B
Remi uses her plasma to form a ball of plasma in both hands. She can throw them or mold them into blades that she can throw at her opponents. Senbon or smoke bombs may or may not be contained within. When used with her Doujutsu after a successful hit, the following Shikome attacks become homing attacks.
Plasma Release: Asteroid
Rank: S
A concussion blast is released from Remi smashing two Plasma Release: Shikome jutsus together. This is very dangerous due to the fact that she can blow herself apart if she uses too little or too much chakra in either hand. They must be perfectly balanced. This was impossible prior to obtaining the Fallen's Eyes, so it can only be used with the Doujutsu active.
Plasma Release: Izanami
Rank: S
A large mass of plasma is created and merged with the massive Hornet Queen summon. The queen is armed with three heads, each one holding four eyes and four sets of mandibles and now has plasma flowing through her body to use as she sees fit. To keep the plasma flowing, Remi must be in constant physical contact with the Queen.
Plasma Release: Plasma Hornet Shadow Clone
Rank: A
Using her Shadow Clone technique, Remi forms her plasma into a life-sized hornet drone.
Plasma Release: Great Plasma Dragon Blast
Rank: B
Remi uses her plasma to form a twin headed dragon. The dragon circles Remi in a protective bubble before exploding outward. If a Plasma Hornet Shadow Clone is active, the Hornet can sacrifice itself to fuel this technique.
Plasma Release: Yamata no Orochi
Rank: S
Remi's newest, most advanced technique. By far, the most taxing technique, even as a Tailed Beast 's host, this attack demands that Remi consume a military ration before and after to preserve her life. This technique requires a Fire Release Shadow Clone, a Lightning Release Shadow Clone, and a Plasma Hornet Shadow Clone, So that all three clones are sacrificed to power their respective "Dragon" Related techniques. At the same time, Remi uses the Water Dragon Bullet Technique. All 8 dragons form into one swirling beast before they rush at the opponent and explode. Lately, Remi has found that she cannot use this attack in conjunction with her Lightning Armor or related techniques. Her kekkei genkai must also be activated. Even if she takes another military ration, she will not be able to make clones for 96 Hours, or 4 days.
Skills:
Hornet Summoning
Experienced Tracker
Exceptional Agility and Speed
Heightened Sense of Smell, Hearing, and Touch
Contains Gyuuki with fairly good control over its chakra.
Brilliant understanding of ninjutsu.
A highly functional savant. Her brilliance in ninjutsu and taijutsu application allows her to create her own unique techniques. The price is an academy leveled or even no understanding of genjutsu, kenjutsu and kinjutsu.
Tools:
Her sword that is attached to the metallic claw on her right arm by a chain.
A weapons scroll that has:,
40 senbon
22 smoke bombs
18 kunai
4 military rations
Hornet Summonings:
Osuzumebachi: These hornets are the Apex Predators of the Hornet Summons. Unlike other species, both genders of Osuzumebachi posses stingers. They are very large, the smallest being nearly three inches long. Their heads are white with a black thorax, and abdomen colored in white and black. As they grow into one class or another, their colors and markings can shift to show what group they should be sorted into. The females have four extra eyes: one between their main eyes, one on top of their head, one on the bottom of their head, and one at the back of their head. The males usually have only 2 eyes.
Osuzumebachi are a summon only species, due to their non-summoned counterparts being driven to extinction. Neferti is unsure why, and believes that the Osuzumebachi had interbred, thus slowly phasing out the pure blooded line. Their toxins are incredibly potent, painful, and lingering. A single sting can be felt for days, and the toxin itself has long term consequences. In the case of Child staged hornets, the venom coats only their stingers.
Neferti: Queen of Osuzumebachi. Neferti is the strongest and largest of Osuzumebachi. Roughly the size of Konoha's Hokage Monument, Neferti is two headed and is colored black with red and yellow markings/eyes. Four eyes dot both heads, one at every 90 degree point, and three pairs of sharp, scythe-like, serrated, poison laced mandibles per head. Unlike the other members of Osuzumebachi, Neferti has eight legs along her elongated body and eight massive spines along her back, and six wings. She, like the rest of her subspecies can be infused with Plasma Release, which laces her legs, claws, and mandibles with Plasma. In exchange, Neferti enchanges her own chakra with Remi through physical contact so that Remi doesn't suffer from exhaustion. Remi has also taught the Osuzumebachi Queen how to create Lightning Armor for herself. The Queen's spines help to channel her own chakra. They are protected by the wings when Neferti is not flying.
Neferti views Remi as her own child due to raising and teaching her. She is incredibly protective of Remi, and the feeling is reciprocated. She is the Boss Summon for Remi.
Osuzumebachi (Child): The largest subspecies of Hornet. At the smallest, 6-inches long with a 5 and a half inch wing span, these creatures are the typical soldiers of the group. These are the youngest of the subspecies and are so eager to fight that they allow her to call them in swarms for her regular jutsu: Hidden Shadow Hornet's Nest. They emerge from her mouth and are controlled by her pheromones and chakra due to their loyalty to their Queen recognized sister. They can act as an extension of her arms or give their lives as an emergency shield. Her love for them keeps her from using them as a shield consciously, so this is one of the few times they-as a collective-will disobey her wishes.
Osuzumebachi (Workers): This Hornet is of the female variety. She is about 3 feet tall, five feet long with six wings. This normal Worker she summons is named Odiah. Remi has a feeling that the original Odiah is dead, for she was advanced in age. The new Odiah is faster, and prefers to perch on Remi's head rather than on her left shoulder. Nonetheless, this is her fighting partner for the Hornet Clone jutsu. Odiah is one of the few (outside of the Queen) that can process and adapt to the Plasma nature of Remi's chakra. The two worked together since Remi was young, so Odiah can control the Plasma Release almost as well as Remi herself. Once both decided to partner for the Hornet Clone jutsu, Odiah began to learn how to fight and speak as Remi does. As such, she is the only Hornet, besides Neferti, that can speak human language. Odiah's stinger is massive, nearly two feet in length and laced with a fast acting paralytic compound. When in human form, the stinger is disguised as the gauntlet on Remi's right hand.
Lately, the two have begun to work on a jutsu that can combine them both into the same Hornet/Human mix. It...hasn't been very successful due to their very different anatomies.
Osuzumebachi (Drone): The young male counterpart to the Worker. Remi's representative for this category is Killak, a six-foot tall ten feet long monster. His stinger is almost as large as Remi is tall. Killak is normally seen when Remi needs to travel somewhere faster than she can by foot or when Remi needs a fast escape. Where as Odiah can perform jutsu only in human clone form, Killak can perform only natural attacks as a hornet. He can stab with his stinger, capture and rip apart with his mandibles and claws, and is immune to toxins and poisons. Killak was responsible for showing Remi how to take care of herself in the human world. Killak has a nasty habit of reverse summoning his Queen Recognized sister to his home on Nest Mountain to play Shogi in the middle of the night.
Jin/Gin: The only pair of twins to come from Neferti. Gin was hatched at the same time as Remi, while Jin hatched a few minutes earlier. Gin is Princess and heir to the Osuzumebachi line, and will take over when her mother dies. Jin is the quintessential "Big Brother" and has dedicated his life to protecting his Queen Recognized Sister and his twin. Gin was the last of Osuzumebachi to accept Remi as her summoned, but the two are now very close. Gin was responsible for unlocking Remi's Plasma Release, and how to control it. Jin taught her how to interact with the world around her, as well as how to read. Together, the two can accept the Plasma Release into their bodies, just like their mother and sister Odiah.
Gin is bigger than her brother, and stands well over him. In comparison to her mother, Gin is as tall as one leg, and only just shorter. She is rarely summoned, and always summoned for non-combat reasons to ensure that she would be ready to take over as Queen.
Jin stands at nearly 15 feet talked, and is still several feet smaller than his Queen to be. He is much faster than she is though, and is summoned if Remi needs a partner, but does not possess enough chakra for his mother's summon. Jin is a wall and refueling station in one. He protects her from massive AoE attacks and from larger enemies.
Moon Hornets: These little guys are smaller than Remi's fingernail. They have a special toxin in their stingers that is less of a shot of toxin and more of a shot of morphine. Due to how hard it is to find these hornets, a summon is the easiest way to attract them. Remi can only summon one. When it stings Remi, the hornet releases a pulse of natural painkiller cocktail every few minutes. The bug is incredibly small and frail, therefore, it should not be used in combat situations. Her status as an Osuzumebachi Recognized (O.R.) Princess allows for her to call up to ten in a given day. Neferti is aware of how addictive the cocktail can become, thus has placed the limit.
Fire Hornets: These hornets are representative of a signal fire. With innate tracking comparable to a dog, this hornet can follow a "scent" if given a sample. This Hornet has been gifted with incredible senses, and can function just as well at night and day as it does during dusk and dawn. Once it has the scent, its wings give off a faint blue glow, as it is processing the requested scent. As this hornet does not sense chakra, it can only sense pheromones and related scents.
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