Isane Kotetsu

○ Name: Isane Kotetsu ○ Alias: Isane ○ Age: ○ Gender: Female ○ Race: Shinigami ○ Affiliation: ○ Alignment: Good ○ Marital Status: Single ○ Nationality: ○ Sexual Orientation: Uh ○ Height: 6'11/2" ○ Weight: 155 lbs ○ Hair Colour: Silver ○ Eye Colour: Grey

Isane is generally quiet, shy, and observant. Her sense of loyalty is strong for those that she feel she's grown close to. However, she appears to have developed a film between herself and others to keep anyone from getting too close. For now, she believes her loyalty should remain with the people around her who she has sworn to protect as a Doctor should. This, sometimes forms into an impatience of sorts, an inability to keep herself from rushing first into a danger in hopes of helping another. Even when faced with strong opposition, Isane has always been an action first ask questions later type of gal.

She also seems to lack any real girly qualities outside of her body, entranced more with dirty work than anything else. Her appearance plays a big role in her shy exterior, making her feel awkward to speak out, which explains why she always acts first. Though, when it comes to saving a life, her voice becomes incredously booming and purposeful.

This opens the gate to, what some would describe, a split personality. Maybe after years of being around a certain someone, Isane had picked up the knack of giving off a bloodcurling aura when her nerves are ticked. That shy motherly vibe of hers evolves into a vengeful woman that will take barely a hint of opposition. Her eyes lose their color and ooze a look that only a trained serial killer could wear, eyes that denote the multiple ways Isane knows how to kill a person and make it look purposeful.

However, even when she's like this, her kindness shines through, giving the people around her a chance to evade any harm by simply appeasing her, and once that is done, Isane reverts back to her normal shy self as if nothing had changed about her. There's a secret that she keeps inside of herself, one that she hopes will never need to rear its ugly head. A longing distance to her gaze that only the most perspective would notice.

Fun Fact: Isane, even now, still has the weirdest frequent and recurring nightmares. The kamaboko (a fishcake made of pureed surimi) still hunts her to this day.

Likes: Porridge, Her Sister, Medical Work, Quiet walks after a surgery, pleasent company, saving lives

Dislikes: Nightmares, height jokes, rude/evil people, things not made for people her size, killing

Misses the Shinigami Women's Association



The Rukongai


The eldest sister of the Kiyone family, Isane's life began without a whimper. Always a quiet child, even her cries when conceived were frail. However, that quiet child would blossom into a determined young girl. Her family, small as they are, are known for their medical practices. Nothing worth making a fuss over, this is where Isane began her slow ascent into the medical field. It was a slow and steady rise where her desire to learn soon blossomed into her willingness to join the Gotei 13th.

But due to her nature, she was very much a loner in her time in the Academy. She studied, practiced, and grew without bothering another soul. This was partially due to her anxiety because of her boyish looks and height. It was an easy decision to join the 4th Squad. As a wannabe doctor and someone with prior experience, it simply felt right. She wasn't sure if it was her way of handling her patients or other members of her squad, but she was soon under the tootiledge of her Captain, Unohana Retsu. Right off the bat, Isane found herself forced to train day in and out to grow her medical skills.

Isane, despite never showing off, proved herself adept at Kido while in the Academy. Her Kaidō was among the best among her peers. Unohana usually reminded her of her potential, not only in healing but in connecting with others around her. Funnily enough, Isane's straightforward approach and boyish charm made it easy for her to talk to people when necessary. With a fierce loyalty to her patients and squad, Isane made the perfect formless body to form into the perfect hero.

No matter the case, Isane soon grew dependable enough that she was made the 4th's Vice Captain. From here, Isane became glued to her Captain, usually always seen around Unohana. Even during the events of Aizen's betrayal, Isane stayed close to Unohana during most altercations. This was when she first met Ichigo Kurosaki, albeit briefly, for he defeated her in one swift hit, a wound to her pride she has never really recovered from despite Unohana's best efforts.

The end of Aizen wasn't something she wasn't able to witness though, for she was busy healing everyone in Hueco Mundo after their invasion to help Ichigo Kurosaki. From there, life had slowly devolved into normalcy with her training continuing. However, tragedy struck again with beings that called themselves demons appearing. Isane wasn't one on the frontline of this war though, for she stuck next to her Captain and went to work at what she did best, healing her comrades so that they may see another fight.

Yamamoto eventually died ending the war however, and even as demons returned again in the future, nothing was ever the same. Isane could tell the change in Unohana immediately, years of being around the elderly woman giving the Shinigami a keen sense of her emotional state. It was futile to try and help Unohana, and they eventually drifted apart. Despite everything, Isane wasn't able to save the one patient she felt needed it the most.

She kept the secrets they shared close to her heart as she took Unohana's place and continued to work within the Gotei during the trying times ahead. This is what she was trained for. This is what she came to hate and adore Unohana for. At the very least, Unohana did not leave her without skills similar in power to her own, and Isane had developed her own methods of doing things through her own training. Some continued to compare her to the former Captain after decades had passed, but she could only smile and give a hasty reply of acceptance.

There was never any real time to go and see Unohana. It was hard to even keep track of the woman at times. Isane always busied herself, and when Soul Society was invaded by demons, Isane took her place and did her best. However, at the end of it all, she found herself broken. She couldn't save so many people. She couldn't do as well as she felt Unohana believed she could, and her own self-doubt left her empty. She resigned soon after the demons had gone, retreating to her family's small clinic. She did not search for any of her friends, nor did she attempt to contact Unohana. If the woman wished to see her, Isane did not hide.

This would lead into recent times where Isane became known as the local mama. The children loved her and usually came to visit her. Her fierce loyalty to those around her made her clinic well-known. Her edge slowly dulled with the passing time, but when she felt the world around her shake as Hollow invaded, she found her Zanpakuto in her hand and prepared for the eventual need to return to her usual duties. She wouldn't turn down those in need, not that easily.

The Clinic

Isane's family clinic that she now is the head of. It is not much, but it is known around her district as a homely place, so that must count for something. Isane takes pride in building something for herself though, even if small.

Zanpakuto

Isane, despite being a medic, is capable of fighting. With a retired criminal as her Captain, Isane was taught to participate in battle as well as stay in the backlines to heal wounded soldiers. Never reaching the aptitude for it like Unohana though, Isane became more reliant on using Kidō than participating in delicate close-range combat.

Combat Medic: However, despite not being the best combatant, Isane boasts a horrifyingly intrusive fighting style. Using Kaido, Isane is wholly proficient in drawn out exchanges due to being able to heal herself in the middle of fights. Her expertise in medicine also grants her the boon of knowing key areas to strike an opponent, leaving most with few wounds that are extraordinarily damaging and inhibiting of their ability to continue fighting her. She even boasts a gruesome form of combat where she is willing to receive damage just to strike an opponent because of her expertise in Kaidō.

Shunpo Excellence

Isane has never needed to utilize Shunpo in any creative manner, but she was trained to be able to keep up with her Captain. Even now, she still has those same speeds.

Doctorate

Isane is a doctor. She specializes in medicine and knows far more than the average person. Under Unohana, Isane was trained in a way that she comes off as better than the average doctor. Though, with her skills came a massive amount of stress and dedication. Most would have broken under Unohana's training, but she persisted and grew into a woman with bountiful wisdom to share.

Willpower: Isane's willpower is top notch. Even against people leagues stronger than her in every way, she stood her ground and even aggressively stepped up to the plate, so much so that Unohana had to personally hold her back from making stupid decisions. She charged at Ichigo and even hated her inability to stop him, she wished nothing more than to engage Aizen, a captain above an average Captain, and she was even ready to fight any opponent that bothered her and Unohana when they traveled to Hueco Mundo.

As an older woman, her head has only grown more stubborn, unwilling to let a single patient die under her watch without doing everything she is capable of doing, and even then, watching someone die because she wasn't good enough or not there in time is such a strain on the psyche that it's a wonder she can even smile as she does.

Deduction and Focus: As a doctor, Isane's deduction skills are impressive. She is trained to identify any illness in a proficient manner and treat her patient with precision and speed. Somewhat second nature, one would expect someone like Isane to walk into a room and instantly be able to read it from the general atmosphere around her. She's a people person with an observant eye from her reclusive days.

Strong Spiritual Pressure

Comparable to a Captain, Isane was trained to take Unohana's place, and in turn, grew to be a respected Shinigami. Her Reiryoku reserves are high, and her spiritual pressure is just as daunting as your average Captain's. She has also mastered proficient use of her Reiryoku, never wasting it and using the bare minimum of what's required for any action.

Kido

Isane is highly proficient in Kidō spells, able to perform high level spells in quick succession for various effects. Unohana trained her in all aspects of Kidō. However, unlike her teacher, Isane perfected her usage of Kaidō. Unohana focused on healing herself in the midst of fights to prolong her enjoyment. Isane was taught to cover her teacher's weaknesses, and thus, grew to not only be able to utilize Kaidō on herself like Unohana, but also learned how to the most lives with it... or how to end a life in a peaceful manner.

Gentle Winds Bring Life or Death: The gruesome nature of Isane's Kaidō, befitting of its name. Isane learned a technique that she has never taught another, a way to protect the people around her beyond simply healing them after combat. Working similarly to Shunko, Isane has developed a way to transform her entire body into a healing well for anyone who needs it. It's not a simple manner of sharing her energy either. Isane has learned the ability to transform her entire self into the basic fundamental nature of Kaidō. Her skin breaks down into edible flesh that soothes an aching stomach, her blood runs like a savory faucet, capable of replenishing a dying man's body, and her energy becomes symbiotic, a conduit to make sure whoever needs it can continue fighting.

However, she has also learned to do the exact opposite. She can turn her body into a virus, any part of her an invasive disease that riddles the body with plague and eats away at a person's very soul. Of course, this isn't exactly usable at all times, for it kills even her body as her essence becomes death itself and if she dares go beyond 3 posts with her body in this fashion, she will surely perish.


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Zanpakuto Appearance
In its sealed form, Itegumo takes the form of a katana with a deep blue handle and a pointed round guard, somewhat similar to a snowflake. It is kept sheathed on the left side of Isane's waist.

Sealed Ability
Evolution forced by the growing powers of the world, Itegumo gained a sealed ability through Isane's experimentation with it.

A weak ability at surface value, Itegumo's influence directly affects Isane's body by slowing the flow of any blood outside her body. This means that any open wound Isane has bleeds at a slower rate than a normal Shinigami's, and blood that is anywhere away from her carries potent traces of her Reiryoku as it takes longer to dry or flow against any surface.


Shikai Appearance
Its Shikai command is "Run" (奔れ, hashire). When its Shikai is activated, two smaller blades protrude from Itegumo's hilt at 45° angles.

Running Cold
Itegumo has two functions once Shikai is activated: affliction and solace. Affliction is Itegumo's main ability while Solace is secondary.

Affliction: This ability of Itegumo is only applicable through the middle main blade and only activates after Isane has stabbed whatever opposition she's facing. It is best described as a parasitic injection of her Reiryoku that's main goal is to infect an individual's body in totality, with said infection starting at the inflicted wound. The telltale sign of affliction is the loss of warmth where one was injured as the skin around the wound begins turning blue and black, veins of similar color spreading from it. Since it is Kido based, someone of greater strength and ability may use their Reiryoku to either mitigate or nullify Itegumo.

Similar to her Sealed Ability, blood does not flow easily from the wound Isane inflicts with Itegumo when she is using Affliction, and as Itegumo infects more of her opponent, that individual's body begins to turn cold, imitating the effects of hyperthermia. The first wound usually numbs after a post has passed, and the afflicted limb begins to slow as time passes, varying based on Isane's opponent. As the effect spreads, increasing in speed if Isane applies Affliction with more cuts, a person will begin to feel nausea, trouble thinking, an increased heart rate, and trouble moving their body.

Solace: Itegumo's secondary ability, activated by speaking, releases a powder that resembles snow in appearance and feel from the two smaller blades that protrude from Itegumo's hilt. This powder is extremely light, floating from Itegumo like fog, quickly filling the environment around Isane with a light pale film. Solace takes effect once a person has breathed it in or allowed any wound to be touched by the powder floating around.

Anyone within Solace's range cannot hide from Isane because Itegumo now tracks a person's heartbeat. Due to Affliction, a person's heartbeat would begin to beat irregularly at some point. This irregularity isn't particularly dangerous because of Itegumo but because of Isane's knowledge about the human body. She is capable of discerning individual people based on heart rate alone. The only way to hide from Isane is to resist Itegumo's influence and restore one's normal heart rate or stop it all together.

Solace, Comforting End: Solace has one extra power which is only useable once a person's limb has been afflicted for more than five posts. This is the use of Itegumo's powder to remove Affliction from a person's body, reversing the hypothermia effect by rapidly warming the body. This, however, has an immediate negative effect on a person's body as the sudden rise in body temperature increases their mental fatigue, to lost control of their limbs, and cause their blood to clot and explode within their veins and arteries.

Solace, Comfort: A non-offensive ability, this technique is an application of Itegumo in an actual medical sense. Isane is capable of dulling the effects of Affliction by directly applying Kaido to the powder her Shikai releases. This is mainly used to help an ally or keep an enemy alive. It removes selective negative effects of Affliction, reversing the normal hysteria with an anesthetic, and when paired with their slowed blood, allows for Isane to perform medical care on a person in the middle of combat.



Bankai Appearance
Isane's Bankai is activated by sheathing her Zanpakuto while it is in its Shikai form, leaving the two protruding smaller blades exposed. This causes the floating powder to transform into a raging whirlwind of piercing cold winds with Isane as the epicenter. These winds rage until reaching Isane's maximum influence where the storm dies down into a pleasant downfall of snow. However, the ground has now become a winter wasteland, mounds of snow atop frozen ground.

The Reality of Life
Ite: Gumo's primary ability is to promote stillness, to capture what Isane would call the perfect moment. One is affected as soon as they breathe in the powder that her Bankai's release has thrown about. Unlike her Shikai, Isane's Bankai does not affect a person's body, targeting their Reiryoku instead. It works in the same manner of affecting the movement of something, but its primary goal is to completely stop an individual's Reiryoku. This complete stillness would render an opponent incapable of using any Reiryoku based ability.

Its secondary ability affects a person's mind, causing them to hallucinate while they traverse her frozen domain. The first stage of this hallucination is to create shadowy monsters around a person. These monsters usually take the shape of something that particular person has experienced, whether that be Shinigami, humans, Hollow, or Quincy. The main goal of these machinations is to force a person to expand their energy.

As a person expands more of their energy, they will find their ability to fight grow sluggish until the hallucinations around them shift. Now, they will begin to experience the happiest moments of their life, loved ones and friends coming forth to invite them to relax and talk about their day or etc. This is the part of Isane's bankai that is the most dangerous, for it is when her power attempts to coax a person to give up their will to fight and lay down their sword.

If a person agrees to rest, Isane will then press the end of her sheathed Zanpakuto into their chest and announce them as saved, thus prompting Ite: Gumo to end, sealing away that person's energy forever, leaving them incapable of ever fighting again.