Masahiro

Bleach: Neon Prodigy Genesis

The ceremony was way shorter than Kariya had expected. The state of captains made him a little worried, the captains were supposed to be the strongest of their respective division, so having them be bruised, bloodied and even missing an arm meant that something important had happened. While he wanted to go and see what had happened, the captains were more fitted to deal with a situation, if there's even one than a shinigami who just graduated from the academy. The best he could do would be to join with the rest of his division and receive orders from the captain. He quickly grabbed his diploma and his brow furrowed when he saw what was written in there.

Prodigy 006
Division 14

"Division 14?" Kariya muttered under his breath, Was there a mistake in his diploma?. It could have easily been handwaved as a printing error if "Prodigy" and "005" hadn't been written in there. No matter how small the other divisions looked, none had less than five members and he while he was considered by some it would be weird to put that into a diploma. Everything pointed that it was a new squad, but the fact that there had been no mention of it gave him some doubts. Given that he was given the number five, meant that there were at least four others that had received the diploma. Hearing some of the other reactions on the crowd Kariya discarded the idea that it was just a strange mistake completely, but it only raised the question of why was it kept secret and who was the captain of this new division and what did the numbers meant.

"So anyone have any idea what this division fourteen thing suppose to be? Seems to be a few of us going there, just wondering if anyone knows a thing." @BladeSS4

It seemed that Bakuto was also assigned to division 14 "If I had to guess I would say that it's a new division, as weird as that would be if I had to guess I'd say the numbers represent our position between the division so maybe we should look for the shinigami that has the number 001 position"

Bleach: Neon Prodigy Genesis

Kariya woke up early in the morning, while he would have been training at this hour he was coerced into going to a graduation party by one of his underclassmen. He had gained some admirers for his ability at Hakuda, who asked to spar and train with him whenever he had some free time. He remembered being asked the usual question of what squad he wanted to be assigned to. Unlike most of his classmates, he wasn't really worried about what squad he would be assigned. While he wants to join the ninth squad to be in charge of the security of the Seireitei, using his abilities for the protection of Soul Society would be fine for him. Looking around he carefully sneaked around the room to grab his Zanpakuto, said a quiet goodbye to those that were already starting to wake up and went to the ceremony.

Since he had a bit of time, Kariya decided to not to use Hoho and instead walk. On the way there, Kariya began thinking of his time at the academy. Time had gone quick from the time he applied to enter the academy and today, he had trained hard to be able to get good grades in most subjects, even if his Zanpakuto's personality made him unable to practice with his shikai like everyone else. If he had any regrets it would be to learn more kido, since it could come in handy. Arriving at the location he found that people had already begun arriving, but seeing that there will be quite a while before the ceremony started, he decided to rest on a bench. He was never a fan of waiting, but there was little he could do.

Waking up as people had begun to arrive, he stood up from the bench and started looking for any familiar faces to sit with. Kariya saw Bakuto, not too far away from himself and decided to talk to him. While they weren't in many classes together Kariya really liked his competitive nature and he was one of the few people that could keep up with him when using Hakuda. Using Hoho "Yo! Ready for one last lecture before real work begins?" he closed the gap within then and greeted him

Bleach: Neon Prodigy Genesis

Kariya Shinji

Appearance:

Name: Kariya Shinji
Age: 60
Personality: Kariya is a happy-go-lucky person, he doesn’t have many worries apart from training and becoming stronger. He took the 9th division super-lieutenant as a role model after getting his life saved by her as a child, so he has strived to become a superhero like her, helping those who need help without hesitating and making flashy poses when fighting. He is quite hot-headed so he has a tendency to punch first and ask questions later as well as getting excited over the simplest things.

Backstory: Kariya came to Soul Society at a young age and was assigned to the latter districts in Rukongai, which weren't a nice place to live, even more so for a child. Still, Kariya managed to get by day to day with tons of luck and determination. Even in the difficult conditions, he lived he managed to retain his carefree attitude, which put him at odds with some of the other kids and caused them to exclude him. While his life definitely wasn't perfect he quite enjoyed it and continued to live without much concern, with something like becoming a shinigami never crossing his mind.

But things can't remain static forever and one day a group of hollows managed to sneak into Rukogai and started rampaging across the district. Acquaintances and friends he had made where being devoured as everything descended into chaos, but Kariya couldn't just try to escape and leave everything. Grabbing a piece of wood he rushed against a hollow, to at least try to divert its attention from those who were trying to escape. Naturally, the stick didn't do anything to a hollow except making it angry, and the hollow retailed by launching him into a wall with enough force to break both the wall and a couple of his bones. At least his plan of diverting its attention worked as it and other hollows slowly approached the incapacitated Kariya, who after realizing he could not move without feeling great pain resigned to being eaten by the hollow.

Before he was turned into hollow-food a figure came from above and with a swift kick, managed to destroy those hollows as if they were made of out paper. Kariya was left speechless, he was surprised someone could be so strong. While the closest thing to a conversation he had with the shinigami was them making a peace sign before leaping off, presumably to finish off the other hollows Kariya would have their encounter burned on his mind. Once the situation calmed down, he heard that the shinigami that saved him belonged to the 9th division, who were investigating some reports of hollows around the area before the incident occurred. Being so close to death made him think that he couldn't continue his carefree life, he had to get stronger to be able to protect those weren't strong, just like that shinigami had done for him. He joined the Shinigami academy not long after and apparently was considered a genius in hakudo, something he was surprised since he had never had someone to teach him.

Strengths:
Hakudo: Though what Kariya knew of hakudo was mostly self-taught before he joined into the academy, he was able to mop up the floor with most of his seniors and was considered a genius in the matter of Hakudo. Kariya likes using kicks when fighting, being capable of destroying a normal hollow in one kick, but he's still proficient on other styles of melee.
Hoho: Being already faster than the average shinigami, Kariya excelled in using shunpo, being capable of using it for extended periods of time, even if his speed still is considerably slow compared to the masters of it.
Weaknesses:
Zanjutsu: Due to the abilities of his Zanpakuto, Kariya has preferred to not too rely on it too much and as such he isn’t very good at sword fighting and doesn’t have too much experience using his Zanpakuto
Shikai: When using his shikai Kariya has zero control on which part of his body he will lose function of and won’t recover it until his Zanpakuto decides the battle is over.
Poor Reiatsu Control: Kariya never really got the hang of controlling his reiatsu while at the academy, which makes stealth missions a bit difficult for him given that most can sense his reiatsu from a mile away.

Zanpakuto

Sealed Appearance:

Name: Kōmei

Zanpakuto Spirit Appearance:

Release Command: Sacrifice

Shikai Appearance:

Shikai Ability: A strange and bothersome ability in the words of Kariya. When he releases Kōmei, it won’t turn back till she thinks the battle is finished and won’t come out unless she sees that a battle is happening. It's ability lets Kariya gain a boost in his reiatsu or his physical prowess, but it takes one bodily function in return. Unlike what kind of boost he gains, Kariya has zero control over what part of his body he's going to lose, that being decided by the whims of his Zanpakuto. The price for the boost can range from not being able to move a finger, one of his arms, the lower half of his body or one of his five senses. Kariya can use this ability multiple times, but prefers not to use it too much, or at all since he can’t predict how he will be affected. After Kōmei considers that the battle is over, Kariya regains all the body functions he lost and loses whatever boost he had gained.
Techniques: