Personality: He is very cool headed, rarely letting people see how he feels. The only time he has ever shown his emotions was when he trusted someone or when something did not align with his morality. He hated injustice, which led to his issues with both the marines and pirates alike.
Mistuki was born to a very well known marine commander who raised to the rank of Admiral at a young age. As such, he was trained harshly from a tender age. While it was basically going through hell, he did grow to be a powerful fighter in his own right. He tested himself constantly on common ruffians around the capital on the Grand Line. They were scum that not even the marines would care to put their attention to. However, this time also opened his eyes to the evils of the world, watching how the Tenryubito treated the common man. It was sickening and he couldn't stand it. He learned to keep his emotions contained at a young age due to this.
He was given many chances to prove himself by his father, but it never seemed good enough for the man. He refused to show his true talent to the man, though, already abhorring the government's way of doing things. This even went to the point where he secretly gained a Devil's Fruit to consume. He would train secretly with it, refusing to show his father or other marines the talent it gave him.
Despite his misgivings, Mitsuki joined the marines and he fought against pirates for years, never wishing to stand out. His father hated this, watching him throw his chances away to let others gain the glory. In the end, the admiral decided to give his son a last ditch effort to prove himself. He took him to witness the strength of an admiral on a lesser well known island that one of the Shichibukai had discovered. The Island of Dragons.
It was decided that this island was to be sacrificed for a very powerful Devil's Fruit. It was originally open for discussion, but a dragon foolishly struck at his father and was murdered as an response. What followed...was a massacre.
Mitsuki could only watch as his father and the Warlord destroyed this island in search of the Devil's Fruit. Upon returning to the capital, never even laying eyes on the captive his father had taken, the boy stole a marine ship and left. He had learned to sail on his own as part of the marines. This, of course, did not go unnoticed. Not that it mattered. The boy dumped the ship at the first place he could land, scrapping the entire ship and buying a new, smaller one. He left the Grand Line, using tricks he had learned from the marines to pass the Calm Belt and eventually came to find himself in North Blue.
There, he settled down, training himself as he decided to look for a crew. He hated the injustice. His best chances at facing this injustice was the life of a pirate. On the open sea, challenging the marines, but also the other pirates that wished to throw the world into chaos.
Steeling himself for the journey, he set out once again, stopping at islands to look for worthy men to join him in his endeavors.
Fruit: Tora Tora no Mi, Type: Byakko (Legendary Zoan Type)
Powers: Partial Transformation; he can transform parts of his body into that of a white tiger. He is unable to control this well and, thus, can only transform a single part of himself at the moment.
Increased senses; given the senses of a tiger, he is able to see, smell, and hear great distances
Increased physical capabilities; given the prowess and strength of a tiger
Berserk; given that this is a very powerful ability, Mitsuki cannot fully control it. As such, whenever his emotions get out of hand, he loses himself in his rage. A great increase to his strength and abilities are granted to him, but he loses all control of himself and cannot differentiate friend from foe.
This is his face, but he will have the clothing that's depicted in his hybrid form:
Without the weapon:
Personality: Ryu is a rather reserved individual. He keeps mostly to himself, preferring to spend his downtime reading and learning as much as he can about humans, since he had been away from human civilization for ten whole years. As such, he has developed a fondness for reading and learning new things. He almost always has a book on him that he can read through when he has down time. However, he is still more than willing to cooperate and communicate effectively with crewmates. However, he does still try to keep his past and powers secret. He is most afraid of somebody finding out that he's in possession of a sacred dragon fruit that the Marines would pay high-dollar for and that he would be immediately detained and handed over again. He also fears what will happen if people discover that he is from a World Noble family, as he has discovered what the outside world thinks of the Tenryuubito.
Due to his upbringing during those critical stages of development, he has discovered a very strong moral compass and appreciation for life. He does not enjoy seeing lives end, no matter how insignificant it may seem. In his mind, there are only two times when it is okay to kill another life form: for sustenance or to protect other life. He has also decided that, if he is going to live with humans again, he will do it saving life if he can do so. He was raised to respect life and was taught medical knowledge by the one who raised him. And he has decided that he will NOT let that go to waste.
Ryu was originally a World Noble's son. He was a Tenryubito. However, one day, his family was on a cruise and the ship was destroyed. As far as the world knows, all of the marines on that ship and that family were killed in a storm. However, Ryu soon woke up in the care of a large dragon that could speak telepathically to him. He soon came to realize that he had been saved by a dragon. He'd been saved out of pity due to the fact that he was a young child of 8 years. The dragon in that cavern, the elder, soon revealed that where he found himself was an island completely unknown to humans. They called it simply the Island of Dragons, where dragons lived a life not unlike human life, though naturally without technology.
At first, Ryu was angry and suffered withdrawal from his privileged lifestyle. One day, however, this dragon, the elder, took him to a large tree they called Yggdrasil that gave life to the entire island. This area of the island was considered sacred to the dragons. The giant tree bore six large fruits. The dragon revealed that these fruits are what the humans called "Devil's Fruits" and that these specific fruits are unique to this island, and each fruit is considered as sacred as the tree itself. From that day forward, Ryu began to learn from the dragons. And over a period of ten years, he has undergone a dramatic personality shift and studied underneath the elder.
One day, ten years later, however...everything changed. The government discovered this island's existence when a routine hunt by the dragons accidentally comes across a Shichibukai...and they are killed by that Warlord. They then discover where that dragon came from, and eventually, an Admiral is brought alongside that Warlord to the island. They soon discover the existence of this mysterious tree that grows Devil's Fruits...and they attempt to strike a deal with the dragons: hand over the fruits and allow them to study the tree...or the entire island is destroyed. The elder, about to accept the offer, is interrupted by another dragon, who attacks the Admiral, believing that the dragons should prefer to die than to lose their sacred fruits and allow humans to invade such sacred ground and study the tree. The Admiral kills that dragon, and the dragons rally behind the now-dead dragon. The elder, now backed into a corner, makes a choice. He flies up, protected by his kin, and remove the fruits from the tree and escapes.
In the end, the dragons realize that they cannot defeat these two humans, even if they all fought together. As such, they decide what they will do: they burn the tree down completely. Rather than allow these humans, so evil in their eyes, who would kill their entire species, to gain something so precious as knowledge from their tree...they would rather destroy it and bring the fruits away from the island and scatter. In the end, five dragons meet with the elder. They each take a fruit and leave the island, leaving just the red fruit with the elder. The elder urges Ryu to climb onto his back so that they can fly away. Unfortunately, they are cut off by the Shichibukai while the Admiral deals with the rest of the attacking dragons. The elder, the strongest dragon on the island, gives the fruit to Ryu and insists that he flees while he fights the Shichibukai. Ryu does leave, but is forced to hide when the Admiral shows himself. Knowing that there is no way he would escape with the fruit, he does the only thing he can think of to get it off of the island: he eats it.
He is then found and detained by the Admiral. The next day, he is placed into the Shichibukai's custody to be taken to the Marine's top scientist to study the effects of the fruit and find a way to track down the other dragon fruits. However, when they next arrive at a port for supplies...Ryu finds that a key has been left behind. Whether it was a goof of the Marine on duty or intentionally left by somebody, he didn't care. He just used the key to escape his seastone cuffs and fled the boat, commandeering another ship, and setting sail into the seas. However, he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched the entire time....
The story picks up several months after his escape into the world. He has attempted to master the power of his fruit, and since escaped the Grand Line by bartering passage on sailor's ships in exchange for labor...to whichever sea we decide to start in. Once he arrives, he leaves that crew and seeks to start his own. He believes that he has acquired enough skills with his fruit to either gather a crew of his own (a crew comprised ONLY of individuals that he finds to be trustworthy of knowing the power he possesses)...or join a crew that already exists that he feels he can trust.
Devil Fruit: Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Fire (Draco-Draco Fruit, Legendary Zoan Type)
Ryu is a Dragon Human, wielder of the Fire Dragon Fruit, one of six Dragon Fruits in the world (each of a different elemental focus). However, it is very untrained. He currently only possesses one main ability:
Partial Transformation
Ryu has developed the ability to transform any part of his body into full dragon form that he wants. However, only one part of his body can be transformed at any one time, and it requires effort to maintain that transformation for any extended periods of time. For example, he can turn a hand into a claw or his back into dragon wings, but not both at the same time.
It is worth noting, however, that in the transformed state, his scales function similar to body armor that does not weigh him down. The exceptions are the scales on the bottom of his jaw, the front of his neck and torso and down to his bottom of his tail. These scales are much softer and will not protect him any more than human clothing.
The following are abilities/powers that he cannot yet utilize, but will probably learn in the future:
The ability to completely transform into the two basic Zoan-type forms: Dragon, and Dragon Man hybrid.
The ability to fly. Whether it's a limitation of the Devil's Fruit itself or there is something that Ryu just isn't understanding about dragon wings, he is incapable of using those wings to fly. Even in his full dragon form, he is unable to keep himself in the air, let alone carry anything in that form. He will likely only be able to attain this ability if he can ever find another sentient dragon willing to teach him how. He may learn how to fly as he practices, but he will never be able to learn more than flying the length of a football field in his hybrid form (doubled in his pure dragon form) by practicing on his own or learning from a non-dragon.
The ability to breathe fire. One of the most well-known of dragon abilities, fire breathing, is impossible for him at this point in time. He knows from his days spent on the Island of Dragons that Fire Dragons are able to breathe a more powerful flame than any other dragon type. However, he cannot as of yet even breath a puff of smoke. He knows, though, that hatchlings cannot breathe flames either, so he figures that this ability may simply come to him in time.
It is also worth noting that his pure dragon form is where he can exert the most physical strength, but his hybrid form has the greatest speed.
