Hajime Ryūmonki

Hajime Ryūmoniki (竜門意気-初め, Ryūmoniki Hajime, lit. Origin of the Spirit of the Dragon Gate) is the Captain of the 9th Division, also known as the Vanishing Firebird (消失鳳凰, Shōshitsu Hōō). He is a character in Bleach: Rasenhiden.

Appearance
Of small, slender build and with a youthful, feminine visage, Hajime cuts quite a different figure than would be expected of the legendary Captain and his appearance belies his twenty-eight years of age, making him look roughly ten years younger, but he is easily recognized by his infamous distinguishing features: mid-back length red hair tied in a thick ponytail and a cross-shaped sword scar on his left cheek. Hajime's hair is thick and abundant, with all of the shorter frontal hairs falling across his face as bangs rather than being in the ponytail at the nape of his neck. Hajime's eyes, too, are unusual, being a deep violet. Hajime's cross-shaped scar actually consists of two separate scars - a long one running diagonally down his face from just below the outer corner of his left eye to just above his chin and a slightly shorter scar running diagonally across it in the other direction from just to the left of the bridge of his nose to his left jawbone.

Hajime dresses simply, wearing a plain men's kimono of cheap, worn cloth with a white umanori hakama, zōri and white tabi. In the anime series, Hajime's kimono is almost always a soft red like burgundy, but in the manga, he alternates between this, a bolder red, purple and deep blue. His sakabatō is worn under his obi at his left hip in a black, steel saya.

Soul Society Arc

 * Welcome Warring Warlords

Zanpakutō
Hajime's Zanpakutō takes the form of a sakabatō (逆刃刀 reverse-blade sword), a blade where the sharpened edge is the inward curved, longer side of the blade - the opposite of a standard katana. <!--Sekkinmeigaryū (銀金明牙龍, Golden Flash, Harvesting Dragon Fang) is the name of Hajime's Zanpakutō. When sealed it takes the form of a Sakabatō (逆刃刀, Reverse-Blade Sword), which is designed as a simple katana with its blade forged on the opposite side than normal, making it a sword ill-fit for killing. Its hilt is without decoration and set in a simple, oval handguard and the sword itself is worn in a black steel sheath.
 * Shikai: Not Yet Revealed.
 * Bankai: Not Yet Revealed.
 * Hien Shunrenha (飛燕瞬連波, Instant Ream Wave of the Flying Swallow):
 * Ryūyoku Sanren (竜翼三連, The Dragon Wings Tear through Three Realms)

Shikai: With the command of "Release the emptiness within" (向井, Mukai), Sekkinmeigaryū becomes "married" twin swords representing yin and yang. They are identical in shape with the only difference being their colour—the black Yang sword is covered in a hexagonal pattern and the white Yin sword has less of the shine of a polished metal in its ore than it has the haze of a cloud. The passive ability of the swords is their strong bond with each other, which not only allows them to attract each other, but it is also said they will return to Hajime even if events cause them to be lost. If one is thrown while the other is held, the thrown sword will return to Hajime much like a boomerang.

Shikai Special Ability: In a similar vein to Katen Kyōkotsu, Sekkinmeigaryū's special ability is that of making games real. Not only does it have the games of Katen Kyōkotsu (in a toned-down form), but it also has several other games to "play" with Hajime's opponents. The Zanpakutō makes the rules and anyone who steps within the boundaries of its spiritual pressure is forced to play by those rules, including Hajime himself. According to Hajime, the end of the game for foes is actually quite lethal, and if one wins, they life—but if they lose, they will perish without any further fulfillments.
 * Shainingu Onsurōto (沙殷々具陰巣狼斗, Hundred Millionth Reverberating Tool Yin Haunt Wolf Dipper): Sekkinmeigaryū's basic attack.
 * Banshōheitei (万象風靡, Subjugation of Nature's Entirety)
 * Atoyori De Detesakini Tatsumono (後より出でて先に断つもの, That Which Comes Later Cuts First)
 * Nini no Uchiirazu (に二の打ち要らず, A Second Strike is Needless)
 * Tsūkaku Zanryū (痛覚残留, Remaining Sense of Pain)

Bankai: Amakakeruryū no Kaigankei (天翔龍開桂, Heaven-Bridging Dragon Spiritual Awakening Knight): In Bankai, the Zanpakutō becomes a spear-lance with a large decorative cloth attached. The cloth is turned into a force of spiritual energy when it resonates with Hajime's willpower. The cloth's spiritual energy can be used as propulsive kinetic energy for forward charging, or, dissipating the gravitational forces of a fall.

When released, Hajime chants, "I, who is about to awaken, am the Vanishing Firebird who will take the law down to the darkness. I walk the road of domination with infinite destruction and by piercing through the imaginary dream. I shall become a pure Firebird. And I shall have you obey the silvery-white illusions and the perfect evil ways!" (目覚めとしている私、闇に法律を取る消失鳳凰. 私無限破壊とと虚夢を貫通で支配道を歩む. 私ホ鳳凰の純粋天皇なるものと私はあなた銀白色幻想と完璧悪の道に従わ有する！, "Mezame to shite iru watashi, yami ni hōritsu o toru Shōshitsu Hōō. Watashi mugen hakai to to kyo yume o kantsū de shihai michi o ayumu. Watashi hōō no junsui ten'nō naru mono to watashi wa anata gin hakushoku gensō to kanpeki aku no michi ni shitagawa yūsuru!")

Bankai Special Abilities: In Bankai, Amakakeruryū no Kaigankei retains all of its Shikai abilities, however, it is drastically increased in power to the point that the area-of-effect is wide range, and the games are extremely dangerous to the point that it seems that even one small mistake could kill his foe.
 * Rinrin no Myōjō (凛々の明星, Bravery of the Morning Star)
 * Haō Hagetsujin (覇王破月刃, Supreme Ruler Destruction Moon Blade)
 * Hama no Benibara (破魔の紅薔薇, Crimson Rose of Exorcism)
 * Bassaizan Ayami (祓砕斬・零水, Exorcizing Breaking Slash unleashed with Overflowing Water)
 * Suiten Nikkō Amaterasu Yano Zanshōran (水天日光天照八野鎮斬衝嵐, Water Heavens Sunlight Heavens Shine Eight Fields Weight Slaying Impact Storm)-->

Trivia

 * The Personality and Appearance are taken from RuroKen's Kenshin Himura. This is because Per wanted to see how the legendary Battousai would fare in the world of Bleach.