Smirnov Seishou

"You can go on and on about how strong you are, comrade, but all I hear is words spouting that shit doesn't stink."

Smirnov Seishou, also known as Feddei Gregori Smirnov, is a fanon character of Bleach and an ex-Shinigami, thought his title as a protagonist and/or antagonist is debatable.

Personality
Smirnov is an easily amused, light-hearted and easy-going man. To what he considers people above and equal "to his caliber", he has a high and deep respect. On the contrary, he also holds amusement and belittlement for people below him. Like Tereya, his sense of communication and respect is far complex than what meets the eye; he shares a sense of protection and caring for Tereya, but they seem to collide on different views very often. Even against enemies, he adopts his "above-and-below" concept, complimenting them when they fight to a stalemate and/or make him struggle much of the time.

(In Progress)

History
Like many, Smirnov and his entire family were once ordinary humans, born in the country of Russia. It is unknown how the family was killed or when Smirnov was incarcerated into the Shinigami Academy, but Smirnov was 4 years old when his family moved to Japan due to living conditions. Being an outsider, his parents had difficulty settling into their new home, facing discrimination from local civilians. Smirnov himself adjusted more easily, and at the age of 16, became fluent in the Japanese language and better associated with the people.

At the age of 10, he had first met a young Tereya, who at the time was wandering the streets of Soul Society. The condition she was in was dire; she was malnutritioned, dehydrated, and on the brink of insanity and death. She was quickly extracted by his family and rushed to the hospital, where she stayed for several days. Figuring to help Tereya was the best thing to do, they requested to adopt her into the family. It would be complicated, but eventually the Seishou family would make a place for Tereya, as both a sister and a student to Smirnov.

The two would later live in Smirnov's new home, at the time that he was "19" years old.

Meeting with Ahatake and Akiko
Smirnov is first seen sparring with Tereya when Ahatake arrives, causing Tereya to get temporarily distracted and allowing Smirnov to slice her across the cheek. As Tereya and Ahatake have a bit of an argument, Ahatake disheartedly prepares to leave, only to be politely stopped and conversed by the older brother. However, he is indirectly stopped by Ahatake's and Tereya's physical attacks on each other (Tereya's pointing of her sword at Ahatake's neck, followed by him nearly crushing her with his reiatsu). After breaking the reunion by punching Ahatake in the face, she leaves Smirnov and a depressed Ahatake to talk about her. Afterwhich, Ahatake leaves.

Later, Tereya is seen complaining to Smirnov about Ahatake about their second encounter, when he spontaneously appears. For the most part, he remains silent in their conversation, only replying to Ahatake's question out of danger of poision when Tereya goes to make a glass of milk for him. When Tereya once again dismisses Ahatake as a stranger and he leaves, Smirnov questions if she was going to go after him, to which she refuses.

In the last part of the story, he is seen engaging in a spar with Tereya, while she reflects her thoughts.