[Spirit Class 6] Beetle "06" Yuudeshi

○ Name: Beetle "06" Yuudeshi ○ Alias: Creation's Antithesis, 6th of the Main Series ○ Age: 222 ○ Birthday: June 6th, 2200 ○ Gender: Female ○ Race: Shinigami (CreationConstruction Fragment) ○ Affiliation: Yuudeshi Family, Gotei United ○ Marital Status: Single ○ Nationality: Japanese ○ Zodiac: Gemini ○ Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual ○ Height: 5'4 ○ Hair Color: Brown ○ Eye Color: Hazel

Extroverted & Optimistic: The biggest thing about Beetle is her ability to get out and socialize. While she does enjoy some time to herself, more often than not, she'll prefer to get out and meet people, spar with someone, or just in general want to be outdoors. She is someone that enjoys making the most out of her life, seeing the best in people and the world as a whole. Beetle will often go out of her way to talk to people, motivate those down in the dumps, and try to make the atmosphere in a room just a little bit more positive. Beetle is confident, out-going, and almost always has a smile on her face, ready to face the day with everything she has.

Thrill Seeker: With her extroversion, Beetle is hardly shy to seeking out the thrills of life. She loves feeling her pulse pound, her blood boil and surge, and to feel her heart racing. Even if it means that her life is potentially in danger, she will find a level of enjoyment to it. She loves theme parks, haunted houses, as well as all other manners of thrills. While it isn't an addiction or something that she gets off to, it's a deeply loved form of fun and enjoyment that Beetle has no shame in admitting.

Level-Headed: Despite her being a bit of a thrill seeker, Beetle still manages to keep a level head in most situations. She's not one to lose her temper or act recklessly, particularly due to a deep awareness of the depths of her powers. Even in a casual spar, she's someone who will often think of multiple different options, take a moment to consider the pros and cons of them, before executing them. Beetle isn't one to freak out and panic, managing to keep her cool, even in some of the most dire moments. Or, at the very least, she's very good at hiding it.

Fascination with Beetles: A rather odd trait that manifested due to the amount of time that she spent around the Beetle Series, as well as the origins of her name. In that time, she grew to love the insect, collecting a variety of appropriately themed items for personal use, such as a beetle-themed pendant watch, or a beetle-themed case for her phone. This is something that has also extended to a variety of animals, bugs, and other critters, creating a desire to collect and learn as much as she can about not just the world, but also the little things that are a part of it. It's a strange trait, but one that she embraces wholeheartedly.



The circumstances behind Beetle's birth cannot be called anything other than strange. In the most blunt of terms, her creation was by all means an accident. Originally a fragment of Kakine's CreationConstruction ability, she was created and given life, allowed to explore the world, almost instantly making her far older than one would think, making her as old as the origin power itself. Eventually dubbed "Beetle 06" due to her being the sixth of the "Main Series", something that would come to be known as the "Beetle Series," and was considered to be a part of the Yuudeshi Family by proxy of her creation and association with Kakine.

At first relying on Kakine to be taught on the more basic functions of life and society, within the Living World and Soul Society, Beetle was sent to Shin'o Academy to officialize her training and status as a Shinigami. She quickly grasped the basics, having been created and taught by a Shinigami, but also discovered something as she was practicing with a wooden training sword in Zanjutsu. Out of nowhere, without her even gripping it that hard, the sword broke into splinters.

It was then that she learned of the ability that had developed as the antithesis to creation, the ability to destroy. Dubbed "DestructionDeconstruction" by Kakine, Beetle continued to put her effort into her studies as she gradually managed to get a grasp on her potent, dangerous power. During that time, her skill and studies in Hakuda flourished, with the rest of her grades being around average at best.

With her intelligence and fast learning, Beetle graduated early, with high marks in Hakuda, and her other skills remaining average at best. Assigned to the, at the time, Gotei 13, she was rightfully placed in the Combat Division. As the divisions moved and shifted with the reformation of the Gotei, Beetle once again was placed in the Combat Division.

While she didn't do anything of note within the coming years, she still did her duty and contributed to her division as best she could, all the while working with Kakine in regards to the Beetle Series and other projects, interacting with the humanoid and non-humanoid "brothers" and "sisters" that she had within the project. As Kakine grew more and more absent from the world and her life at large, Beetle took up ownership over her mother project and the resources surrounding them, assuming control and responsibilities of the Beetles.

As World War 4 loomed over the horizon, Beetle once again stepped up and offered her power and skill to aid the Seireitei. Many of the Beetles were heavily damaged, and she worked hard to help heal them. Unfortunately, there were three Beetles that were lost, destroyed irreparably and killed. The Humanoid Beetles, 03, 04, and 05 -- and she was absolutely heartbroken. Despite them all being creations of Kakine, Beetle's sentience compared to the others had allowed her to grow attached to her origins, loving them like they were family.

In the aftermath, Beetle knew she needed a break. So, requesting an indefinite leave of absence from the Gotei, Beetle moved her equipment, the Beetles, and personal items to a moderately sized apartment in Karakura, the heart of the Yuudeshi Family.

But, in spite of how happy she was as a result of taking this break, there was something that bugged her the entire time: her Asauchi. Even after she had entered the Gotei, she never managed to discover it's name, partially out of fear, afraid of destroying her Asauchi. But, the item still was on her person at all times. She had noticed the changes that had occurred with the blade, with it created an invisible extension as time passed, and she eventually became curious.

Now that she was able to control her powers and strength, she should be safe to try and find out, right? So, she set the blade in her lap, spending hours upon hours in deep meditation.

At first, silence. For well over a year, she spent hours and days in silence, trying to hear it's voice. Day after day, it felt just the slightest bit closer...until, eventually, something called to her from the endless black. It was faint, distant, and barely understandable, but she knew that there was one thing that she did know: whatever was calling to her, their voice was beautiful.

Beetle continued to call out to the disembodied voice, asking to know who they were and if they were what she was looking for. It never answered those questions, yet it still called. She still couldn't understand it, but it didn't deter her. More and more, she called, and every time, it answered, becoming more and more clear.

The darkness was beginning to fade, and the mental landscape was soon covered with a hue of red, and the scent of autumn.

The haze gradually continued to clear, and the inner world of her Zanpakuto eventually came into full view. A beautiful red forest, with leaves falling endlessly. Perhaps, to some, it wouldn't be something too special. But, for Beetle, it was one of the most beautiful sights she had ever seen. Finally, the voice she heard call out to her became clear -- a name whispered in her ear as the haze cleared, finally viewing the spirit's face:

Ochibamaru.

Upon learning her name, Beetle quickly devoted time to learning what this new avenue of growth presented to her, eventually getting a heavy grasp on the nature of her Shikai and even the sealed power. Outside of that, most of the recent events in Beetle's life have been largely mundane by comparison. Living her life, spending time with her family, and exploring the potential and limits of the Beetle Series, contemplating a return to the Gotei sometime soon.



Strength: Beetle possesses strength beyond most normal humans, her natural power packing enough punch to break apart ribs that are reinforced or enhanced spiritually, without influence from the network. Her strength makes up what she lacks, speed. Beetle's strength doesn't require any sort of proper external influence and relies mainly on the Neurological Beetle Matrix, a special brainwave network established by the others within the Beetle Series, including herself, and because of this, Beetle can forcefully draw out more power and further increase her strength by draining spiritual energy from the other Beetles through the network and boost herself further.

• 20% Influence: At 20%, Beetle's strength increases beyond her normal capacity, and there would be a slight hint of spiritual particles, glowing blue, across her arms and legs. Her blows would be able to reach beyond her general level of strength, capable of destroying a Boeing 747 without draining herself as much as before. Generally, this is the "safe" zone of augmentation, allowing her to augment her strength by a decent amount without draining her energy reserves too drastically. This effect lasts two posts, and has a three cooldown before she is able to draw energy and access it again.
  
  
• 50% Influence: By taking up half of the NBM's power, her strength increases to a point where her spiritual power would become visible as her arms and legs can be visibly covered in blue spiritual energy. At this level, a single blow from Beetle is enough for her to bore through a small cargo ship without breaking a sweat. Though, her body's durability would further go down to a line where the damage she receives would be two times greater than normal, such as damage that suppose to leave a 'small scratch' on her would burst into a wound. Like 20%, this only lasts two posts, but this also cannot be accessed more than three times per thread.
  
  
• 80% Influence: At 80%, her strength would increase enough for her to break through mid-sized blockades of military forces with only a moderate amount of effort. Instead of her arms and legs, Beetle's entire body would be engulfed by a considerable amount of spiritual energy, glowing in blue and her spiritual power is enough to induce suffocation to her victims just by getting close to her, if they have Willpower of Adept and below. At this point, she can endure far more pain at this point, while her durability further drops down, in return, she receives more damage than usual, turning mere scratches into larger wounds. This only lasts two posts, cannot be activated more than once in a thread, and has a tremendous drain on her energy, leaving her stiff and exhausted when the effect ends, though not immobile.
  
  
• 100% Influence: The full power of the NBM, and because of the instability of her body, some chances reaching a 100% influence would fail, but the chances are varied. But if she uses 100% influence from the Matrix, her strength becomes so monstrous that she would be strong enough to break through a mountain, destroying them with only a few punches and only a burn on her knuckles. Her body would be engulfed with blue spiritual power, forcefully bursting upwards with energy. However, the price paid for such an increase in power is the tremendous toll on her body. If she successfully goes through the entire process, her body's durability would suddenly increase, going through the opposite effect of the previous influences and it would be hard even for normal ceros shot by a Menos to pierce through it. The moment the influence is deactivated, her body would become drained, so weak that it would be tough to move a finger, not to mention standing up for quite some time after the thread has ended, with the effect itself lasting about three posts.

Hakuda/Martial Skill: Without question, Beetle's biggest skill outside of her innate strength is her potency in the Shinigami's hand-to-hand combat. Originally a skill she learned and adapted to due to the inability to properly control her power of destruction at the time, Beetle became extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat. During her time in Shin'o Academy, she quickly adapted to the stances, footwork, and posture, capable of throwing powerful punches with a more formal fighting style. Nowadays, with a better grip on her powers, Beetle is a bit more capable in other areas, but still is firmly specialized with her fists above all else.

High Intelligence & Fast Learner: Due to her peculiar origins and upbringing by Kakine, Beetle was born with rather high intellect, somewhat akin to a supercomputer. A creator and inventor at heart, despite the eventual progression and awakening of DestructionDeconstruction, she is someone who is able to understand and process information at a much higher pace and rate than most, something that allowed her to learn the depths and mechanics of her own powers, as well as the various things she came into contact with around the world.

Fragment of God: While mostly undetectable, Beetle's origins still ring true as a fragment of Kakine Yuudeshi's godlike power, CreationConstruction. She cannot do anything with this at the moment, but she is aware that the fragment is still a part of her, as she was born and given life from that piece. In a way, it gives her a tremendous desire for creativity and to create, but, right now, it is merely a small reminder as to what she is.



DestructionDeconstruction, Creation's Antithesis: Quite possibly the most standout aspect of Beetle as a whole is her unique power, manifesting as the opposite of her creator's signature ability of a similar named, CreationConstruction. DestructionDeconstruction, otherwise labeled as "DD", is as the name entails, capable of destroying just about any form of physical matter. In most cases with inanimate objects, it takes her very little time to utilize DD to destroy doors, furniture, and even small buildings in little to no time at all. Even energy attacks are susceptible to this, as they still have some level of physicality, though this generally takes more out of her, due to DD being more suited towards the physical world.

The basic form of this is, with physical contact, Beetle is able to use her energy to disintegrate whatever she's touching. This requires little extra effort on her part and is usually a relatively quick process, within a single post. However, with a bit more energy, she can change this to be a more immediate process, destabilizing the particles of whatever she's touching and creating a violent explosion, no bigger a foot of what is being destroyed.

When it comes to human bodies, it becomes far more difficult. While she would be capable of potentially destroying parts or even an entire body, it would take far too much time to do so, as the human body is extraordinarily complex and often takes quite a lot of energy, as well as time, to completely deconstruct without interruption. This would usually require around five posts of Beetle continually holding a person without breaking free.

However, one of the biggest caveats of the ability comes from it's range. Beetle is only capable of destroying something if she is touching it, and cannot project the ability in any kind of ranged form. In order to destroy something completely, she would need to continue holding the object until it has been completely erased. While she is capable of using a different method of execution with this ability, she would still need to be within physical range, and would still need to be hold them continually to destabilize particles enough to cause an explosion.



» Zanpakutô Name: Ochibamaru (落葉丸, Fallen Leaves).

» Zanpakutô Spirit Summary: A large and burly woman who looks like a monstrous insect, she wears the most elegant autumn-colored kimono and veil. She adores dancing and could enrapture a crowd with the way her large form moves amongst the falling leaves like the scene from a fairy tale. If she took off the veil, would people judge her for the look or be content in her talent?

» Inner World: A forest of red, the leaves fall endlessly in the Fall. One could get lost forever in the scene of red, orange, and yellow of the seasons changing and the way the leaves seemed to fall endlessly until direction became impossible to discern.

» Zanpakutô Appearance: Takes the form of a tanto with a simple brown color scheme. There's nothing really elaborate, a sword that is simple and likes to show everything on its sleeve. In simplicity is its charm.

» Sealed Zanpakutô Power: It's a rather simple power. Depending on the season of where Beetle is at the moment, depending on the season Beetle's blade will have an extra length of blade that is invisible upon being drawn. It is the longest in Summer and the shortest in Winter. The blade length varies between 20cm and 60cm in total length, the blade's visible length is 15cm.




» Shikai Release Phrase: Crunch, Ochibamaru!

» Shikai Release Action: A red ribbon forms from the handle. Reaching up and around Beetle's arm and wrapping around her torso before the tanto dissolves and forms the shikai.

» Shikai Appearance: The sword breaks apart and encloses itself around her arm which covers it entirely in a sharp jagged piece of metal with various vents. The arm is meant to appear as a horn beetle's horn, extending a bit in front of her to extend her reach.

» Shikai Abilities: The ability of Ochibamaru involves punching the target with her horn-like arm, the jagged edges tearing into flesh and goring the target to do as much damage as possible. The glove-like shikai can open what appears like a mouth and shoot out a ribbon, grabbing the target and dragging them in to gore them.

By usage of the vents around her elbow, she can blow out blasts of autumn leaves which are the byproduct of an explosion meant to increase the force of her gouging horn's strikes. Most Shikai's boosts in prowess are pretty balanced but Beetle's Shikai sacrifices any boost of speed for more strength and durability.

Due to being a Living-type Zanpakuto, Beetle's Zanpakuto can act when she is unconscious or mentally incapacitated but it is not very visible, making most assume she uses a Melee-type Zanpakuto.

Shikai Weaknesses

• Close and Personal: Beetle's Zanpakuto is very close-combat orientated, she finds her speed limited and can struggle to keep up if her Zanpakuto can't catch an opponent and pull them in to utilize the full efficacy of its power.
  
  
• Ribbon: The ribbon is strong but can still be destroyed or cut. By breaking the ribbon, the shikai won't end but it will make it even harder for Beetle to catch her foes and close distance.

» Bankai Name: Kamikiri Ochibamaru (神切落葉丸, God Cutting Fallen Leaves)

» Bankai Release Phrase: "Bankai, Kamikiri Ochibamaru.

» Bankai Release Action: N/A

» Bankai Appearance: Her bankai is a reflection of Beetle, in that it looks like a giant beetle. The arm has morphed and grown, wrapping around Beetle like a protective shell. The large monstrous beetle's size is roughly twenty meters in height.

» Bankai Abilities: The most immediate things of note are the shell's impressive durability and can be used to protect her from an attack while her bankai forms itself. The back of the beetle constantly spews out leaves to fill the area while it fights. Overall, the beetle itself is very cool but not the purpose of the bankai.

This giant beetle is more or less a giant distraction while the leaves it spews out are actually covered in tiny little beetles just smaller than the eye can see. Meant to be inhaled or work their way into crevices so that they can devour the target's energy and then explode violently into shrapnel once inside the target and left to build up.

Bankai Weaknesses

• Large and Clunky: Being a large bankai, it is as grand as it is clunky. It's not a graceful one to use and will often be cumbersome to utilize. Not great in small, enclosed environments at all.
  
  
• Slow: Ultimately Beetle's zanpakuto is slower, not only because it's cumbersome and heavy but because it's not even trying to boost its speed output.
  
  
• Leaves: The leaves & the beetles they conceal are fragile, able to be blown away and kept at a distance. They are particularly weak against elemental attacks that can neutralize them.

Armor & Helmet: Something that was manufactured during the time when she was still training and adjusting to the potential and limits of her body and powers, Beetle has a set of armor that allows her to be protected and provide a decent boost to her overall durability. Taking a design similar to that of her namesake and origins, a beetle, the armor consists of metal plating primarily focused around her vitals and joints, with a white, form-fitting jumpsuit-like piece of attire underneath, allowing for ample protection and freedom of movement at the same time. In addition, Beetle also has a beetle-themed helmet that she wears alongside said armor in order to give herself protection around her face. The armor is capable of being broken, but Beetle has mastered the ability to repair it after a conflict, allowing her to be able to either repair or make a new set altogether after the conflict.

Helmet:

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NBM - Neurological Beetle Matrix: Quote from Kakine's "Beetle Series" Upgrade App: As briefly mentioned, the Beetles connect to each other and Kakine through a series of different neurological waves, acting sort of like a 'biological hive-mind' in a sense. The purpose of this matrix is to not only transfer information and data quickly through each Beetle's consciousness, but actually share a percentage of power within. The power gained will be explained below in further detail.

Even though Kakine is not of the Beetle series, as the creator, he had established a neurological link between himself and the NBM. This essentially leaves himself as the "administrator" of the network, capable of controlling and sending data out to Beetles at a whim. The sentient Beetles, like that of 06, are also capable of having a similar administrative role - more akin to that of a moderator though. The rest of the Beetles, the non-sentient humanoids and the giant Beetles, are seen as "members" of the matrix, capable of accessing portions and majority of the matrix, but not restricting or allowing access to otherwise unattainable areas.

The Container: An item from the Cybermind that allows her to store any object within it at will. Quote from the Cybermind: The Container is a small circular device that breaks down the atoms of any object you have, stores it inside of the device and keeps all your junk organized by showing you pictures of every object you have in your inventory. Simply press whatever object you have in The Container and it will be rematerialized. And to store items, simply point The Container at the object and it will be broken down.

Resources

Yuudeshi Family: Beetle, being a part of the Yuudeshi Family, has access to some of the vast resources that they possess, as well as is capable of utilizing the influence that they have for any purposes that she might need them for.

Kakine Yuudeshi: Despite him being inactive in the Gotei and Soul Society as a whole, Beetle still maintains a level of connection to the man, him being her creator and technical "father," as well as the creator of the Beetle Series and the Neurological Beetle Matrix, of which possesses a decent amount of control over.

The Beetle Series: Quote from the Beetle Series Upgrade App: As of right now, there exists twenty five total Beetles. Twenty four of the list are entirely subservient to the will of Kakine, meaning through his Cyberbrain he can control and use them in a manner of different ways and virtually "see through their eyes". The beetles all share a sort of "hive mind" mentality, a sort of neurological network naturally inborn into them which allows them to share memories, experiences and to some extent even powers. This was dubbed the NBM, standing for "Neurological Beetle Matrix". Each of the Beetles have different capabilities, smaller powers of their own -- all of which are descendant of Kakine's own Creation Construction. Below is a list of the current Beetles, their numbers and how they interact with Kakine and each other.

Born from the mind and power of a man whose primary power was the ability to play God, to create just about anything, came the Beetle Series. A set of mostly non-sentient humanoid and non-humanoid that take the form of literal beetles, these creations have a small variety of different powers. As a part of this series, Beetle has access to the twenty-five other "Beetle Units" that exist within the series, both humanoid and non-humanoid. She shares the hive mind capabilities of the other units and with Kakine, allowing her to take control and use the Beetle Series, should she ever need.

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General Skills

• Durability: C
  
• Speed: D
  
• Strength: B
  
• Soul: D
  

Racial Skills

• Hoho: Beginner
  
• Kidō: Beginner
  
• Zanjutsu: Adept
  
• Hakuda: Advanced
  

Will Skills

• Willpower/Determination: Advanced
  
• Mental Deduction: Advanced
  
• Focus: Adept