Naito Ekaruki

Naito Ekaruki is of the same race as Hakura Shikao. He is desperately trying to save the Rukongai from pauverty and despair. Appearance

Naito has shoulder-lenght blue hair. The hair is unkept, suggesting that he is very poor. He has cobalt blue eyes that reflect sorrow. He has a very thin face, for he scarcely has enough food to live on. He has a pendant hanging from his neck. At the end of the pendant hangs a moon crescent. He weirs rags as clothes. The rags were fashionned so that he could move well in a fight. On his left arm, he has several bands holding the arm together, which occured in a childhood incident.

Personnality

Naito is very silent, and doesn't talk much. He is filled with sorrow and depression, as he cannot live properly, but sice he lives in district 80, that is only to be expected. He hates corrupt people who have no respect for human life. However, after meeting Hakura Shikao, he has a new perspective on life, and he even sometimes smiles when around Amaya Hiroko.

Powers and Abilities

Sorrowful Spiritual Pressure: Naito has a unique type of spiritual pressure that cannot be mesured, for if someone tries to mesure it, negative emotions flood their mind.

Hand-to-Hand: Naito is very efficient with the had-to-hand combat techniques Hakura tought him, and can use them in battle very well.

Zanpakuto

Gekko Akebono(Moonlit Dawn) is Naito's zanpakuto. Upon the phrase shine, his zanpakuto takes the form of a tomahawk with an inwardly curved blade. The blade is made of a shining, pinkish light.

Shikai Special Ability: Gekko Akebono's special ability is Spirit Cut. This allows Naito's axe to go through anything he does not want it to cut. However, he can solidify it at any time, so he can pass through a ribcage, though still get all the organs.

Bankai:Arashi Gekko Akebono(Stormy Moonlit Dawn) is Naitos bankai. It makes the axe and Naito get covered by a grey haze. Once the haze clears, Naito is seen wearing a native american shirt, embroded with cobalt crescent shape designs. On each of his cheeks, he has one crescent shaped tatto.

Bankai Special Ability: In this form, Naito can move very silently. His tomahawk is replaced with a american apache warclub, and it has a shining blade, and it has an enhanced version of the Spirit Cut ability.

Liang: In this advanced form, Naito's appearance is changed to a very calm version of him. In this form, the war club is replaced with a crescent shaped gaunlet with crescent shaped blades at the end of it. His hair is shorter, and he can move very quickly and silently. The Spirit Cut ability does not only apply to Naito's weapon, but to Naito's body as well. He can also evaporate into a gust of pinkish mist. He can disapear and reapear at will.