Aoko Sonozaki

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 * Sonozaki Aoko

Sonozaki Aoko (Aoko Sonozaki) is a female shinigami who is gifted in the healing arts.

Appearance
Aoko has the appreance of a beautiful young woman with long red hair and blue eyes, she wears a standard shinigami uniform with a sleeveless captain's haori over it and carries her zanpaktou on her sash. While when she is traveling the human world or during her free time she wears a white t-shirt with blue jeans and brown shoes, she also carries a briefcase to carry her healing medicine.

Personality
Aoko has a bright cheerfull personality and she is usally polite when addressing others. But under her timid nature she has a rough side and when in battle she is usaully confident in her abillities. She rarely shows any signs of panic or distress due to the confidence in herself. Due to her tragic childhood she has a need to help the helpless and a strong sense of duty and loyalty towars soul society.

History
Aoko was born in the rukongai district where she lived with her parents, but during young age she was orphaned when here parents were killed by hollows. After her parents were killed for several years she continued to travel the rukongai district and parts of soul society where she discovered she had amazing healing abilities. Using her healing abilities she started helping people in need and then was soon noticed by the soul reapers. Two soul reapers were sent from the seireitei to make her join the shinigami acedemy, the soul reapers told her she needed to learn to control her powers and the acedemy would be the best place to, after thinking about it she joined the acedemy. She passed the entrance exam on her first try and was shortly recognized as a prodigy, as she was able to complete a six-year curriculum of the Shinigami Academy after only two years. During her stay in the shinigami acedemy she was very popular due to her cheerfull and playfull nature, while at the acedemy she excelled in the kido both in the healing and destructive arts. After she graduated she made her way to becoming an official shinigami and was given a high ranking seated position in the fourth division due to her healing capabilities.

Abilities
Master Healer: Aoko has always from a young age has had great healing capabilities, with her healing powers she is able to cure and heal any person's injuries. She is known to be highly proficient in conventional healing techniques as well as herbal healing and her knowledge and understanding of anatomy is high enough. Not only is she able to heal shinigami's and humans but also arrancars too.

Master Swordsmanship Specialist: Although avoids using her zanpaktou in battle, Aoko is highy proficient in swordmanship. Her prefered style of fightning is kenjutsu and her swordsmanship have been shown to be high, that she rarely ever relies on more than her Shikai to deal with the tougest of opponents.

Flash Step Expert: Aoko is proficient enough in flash steps to keep up with captain-level Shinigami. Aoko's skill allows her to move fast enough to dodge a vast majority of multiple blasts that are fired at her.

Kidō Expert: Aoko has vast knowledge of Kido, both in the healing and destructive arts, she is able to perform them without calling out a name, while retaining its great potential power, whereas most users require a name to do so, if not a full incantation. She possesses advanced knowledge of Kidō application and consistency and can use low-level spells with devastating effects, as well as a counter to attacks.

Keen Intellect: Along with her general skill of healing, she is able to detect the smallest details. This helps her in her mastery of healing. She can detect anomalies and problems lesser healers wouldn't. She can tell by a simple look what type of medical attention if any is needed. She is also a powerful analyst with great attention to detail, able to quickly determine how to counteract any ailments in a person.

Immense Spiritual Power: Aoko possesses a tremendously powerful Reiatsu even by captain-level standards, she has has tremendous amount of spiritual energy.

Zanpakutō
Higurashi (Cicada): It takes the form of a shikomizue (a blade hidden inside Aoko's cane). Because it resides in a cane, its hilt is still the handle of the cane, so it looks different from most Zanpakutō. The handle and scabbard are sleek black that makes the whole thing looks like an ordinary walking stick.


 * Shikai: It is released by the command "Cry". The blade or form of the zanpaktou does not change when released but does shine brightly.

Shikai Special Ability: Higurashi has the ability to control and manipulate the wind, with intense force, lift and carry objects, fly and, more subtly, amplify small vibrations in the air - allowing her to hear faraway conversations. She is able to combine the wind into blade to increase range and cutting power of the zanpaktou. It has several additional techquines


 * Divine Protection of the Wind (Kaze no Kago): A completely defensive wind technique. It can take the shape of a rotating yet flat circular shield for protection and also appear in a dome like construction around an opponent to trap them, when in the dome the rotation of the air currents can be increased to cut and injure the target.


 * Wind Cutter (Kazekiri): This technique creates a large blade of slicing wind which can cut through her opponent. Making slashes allows her to release transparent blades of wind to cut enemies from a distance. It appears to be extremely powerful and can be used to immobilize large targets.