Name: Ijemaru Hisuka<br/><br/>Age: 17<br/><br/>Race: Demon (High-level Demon)<br/><br/>Gender: Male<br/><br/>Appearance:<a class="postlink" href="https://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRVu2VRvt7bT7JvKMcbFKycAzbqQPci9NoGSg_47JS06YB-K8CgRw">[ img ]</a><br/><br/>Ijemaru's human form, like all demons', is imperfect. While in his human form he looks normal for the most part, his eyes are yellow with slitted pupils. He also has three lines on each side of his torso which trail down and toward the center, stopping about a quarter of the way. Also, his blood is black.<br/><br/>In his demon form, Ijemaru's height increases to about seven feet. He also becomes broader and more muscular. His skin turns a pasty white (though he was pale to begin with), and his hair and eyes remain the same. The six total lines on his torso are now actual slits in his skin, sort of like gills, and he has thick horns rather like a ram's. All of his teeth become pointed and his finger nails also become longer and sharper. His blood, of course, is black.<br/><br/>Powers: Ijemaru can partially, or fully shift between his human and his demon form. He can breath any sort of gasses, not just oxygen, through the slits in his torso and not be affected whether it's poison, smoke, etc. His strength and speed lie at the boarder of imagination in human form, and increase ten-fold when in his demon form.<br/><br/>He also has an incredible sense of smell.<br/><br/>Ijemaru also retains powers he had when he was a human. He can push soul energy out of his finger tips and use it for a variety of purposes. The energy can be formed into threads, which he can control the movements of. These threads can be used in place of blades, or projectile weapons like senbon. He is also able to use his soul energy to heal himself (or others) beyond natural speeds, by stitching wounds with it.<br/><br/>Flaws: Obviously, Ijemaru's human form is imperfect. I consider that a flaw. Also, he is weak to holy water. It has an effect on him rather like acid. A cross or other such holy items would also cause him pain if they came into direct contact with him. Sunlight does not hurt him, but he's considerably stronger at night. Finally, without Kosuke, he would lose his shit.<br/><br/>Personality: Ijemaru is rather sadistic, and has a tendency to look down on others (humans and demons alike) as lower beings. He is cool-headed and intelligent, often praising his strategy over his strength (both of which are rather impressive). Ijemaru is much harsher toward people than one would think upon first meeting him. He's good at giving good first impressions in order to quell a person's suspicions before they are borne. He seems like a completely different person when addressing his childhood friend Kosuke. When around Kosuke he is always kind and gentle; never raising his voice and always protecting the boy from harm.<br/><br/>Bio: When Ijemaru was young, his best friend in the world was a boy named Kosuke Ataru. There was a certain hill they would sit on together and just talk. They told each other everything and were each other's ultimate confidants. Ever since Ijemaru was a kid and Kosuke told him that his home had once been attacked by demons, he'd dreamed of being a demon hunter. He studied all the time, and worked very hard, but he never told his Ava or Mari (his moms) about his aspirations. Kosuke was the only one who knew, and he encouraged "Ije-chan" to follow his dreams.<br/><br/>Well of course he did just that. When he was twelve and old enough to take the demon hunters' entrance exam, he passed with flying colors. He was hurrying on his way home to tell Kosuke the good news when he heard a scream coming from an alley nearby. Now that he was officially a demon hunter in training, he went to check it out, just in case. What he saw shocked him.<br/><br/>It was his friend Kosuke, bent over a recently dead woman. It was obvious by the boy's appearance that he'd become a demon. He had a little black devil's tail, and his teeth were pointed slightly in the canine fashion. It was difficult to tell, but he also seemed to have tiny demon horns poking out from under his hair, and his ears were slightly pointed at the tips.<br/><br/>Kosuke had seemed to be in some sort of daze before Ijemaru called out to him. He suddenly seemed to realized that he'd just killed a woman and had been about to eat her. He turned abruptly to look at his friend, a look of absolute horror and guilt on his face. "I-I'm sorry, Ije-chan," Kosuke said, just before opening a portal and running away to the demon world.<br/><br/>For a while, Ijemaru was furious. Not at his friend, who he'd convinced himself was innocent, but that they had to be separated. He found out that it was a demon that had infected his friend shortly after birth that had caused him to eventually become a demon himself. He took out his anger on any demon he saw, raising through the demon hunter ranks.<br/><br/>There was a point when killing became fun for him, and he attacked the demons more out of boredom than necessity. It was around this time that he'd become so powerful, the other hunters promoted him to an Elite demon hunter.<br/><br/>There was said to be something called the Elite curse among the demon hunters. Everyone named Elite demon hunter came to a horrible end. Either they were killed by powerful demons attracted by the title, or they became demons themselves and were killed by their fellow hunters. Perhaps there was some truth to the curse.<br/><br/>Ijemaru read in one of his books the ways that humans could become demons. One was by impurity of the body; the human would be infected by a demon and their body would eventually become one, though they sometimes kept their original personality. The other was by impurity of the spirit. In this case, the human would commit some sort of horrible sin against life, and through that sin, both their mind and body would become that of a demon.<br/><br/>Ijemaru's sin was to enjoy killing. Over a period of several months he became a demon. Once he was fully a demon, he abandoned the demon hunters, with little wonder why. There had been a point during his transformation, when he decided to progress it. If he were a demon, then he and his childhood friend could finally be together again. Being a demon, he was able to open a portal to the demon world, and was finally reunited with Kosuke.<br/><br/>Other: Demons are meat eaters and if there's nothing else around, Ijemaru would willingly eat a human. Also, he's homosexual and in love with Kosuke, hence, going to the lengths of becoming a demon just to be with him again. He still enjoys killing and is typically cold toward people, but is always kind to Kosuke.<br/><br/>---------------------<br/><br/>Name: Kosuke Ataru<br/><br/>Age: 17, but acts younger<br/><br/>Race: Demon (High-level Demon)<br/><br/>Gender: Male<br/><br/>Appearance:<a class="postlink" href="https://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRFfE1rBaMvk1re0LoA64kp_mDDBbzCxrEismTHFEs9wccv343o">[ img ]</a><br/><br/>Kosuke's human form, like all demons', is imperfect. While in his human form his teeth are slightly pointed in the classic canine fashion. He has a little black demon tail which is long, but thin. Little, tiny, black demon horns are almost completely hidden under his black hair, and his ears are pointed slightly at the tips. Also, his blood is black.<br/><br/>In his demon form, Kosuke's horns grow so that they stick out a little over a half-foot from his head and are clearly visible. They're black and striated and rather thin as far as demon horns go. He grows several inches taller and his muscles become more developed, but he takes on more of a lanky appearance than a ripped one. Kosuke's deep blue eyes become black and slitted and his black hair grows down to his shoulders and takes on more of a feathery appearance. He grows big black wings with a wing span of about seven feet. His demon's tail keeps the same thickness, but increases to almost seven feet in length. His pointed ears also lengthen slightly and his teeth remain the same. His blood, of course, is black.<br/><br/>Powers: Kosuke can go through partial or complete shifts between his human form and his demon one. When his wings are out he can fly and his demon tail is versatile and can be used as an extra arm. Kosuke, when in his full demon form, is impervious to extreme pressure changes and extreme pressures, as well as fire resistant. He is exceptionally strong and fast and even more so in his demon form. He has an incredible sense of smell.<br/><br/>Flaws: Obviously, Kosuke's human form is imperfect. I consider that a flaw. Also, he is weak to holy water. It has an effect on him rather like acid. A cross or other such holy items would also cause him pain if they came into direct contact with him. Sunlight does not hurt him, but he's considerably stronger at night.<br/><br/>Personality: Kosuke has two most dominant and noticeable traits. First, he is timid. He speaks quietly and stutters when he's nervous, and can often be seen blushing and avoiding eye contact. Second, he is kind. He does what he can to help others because he loves to see people smile. He often thinks of others over himself, and tries to understand how they feel. Kosuke is the type to always give a person (several) second chances, and he always tries to look on the brighter side of things. He's possibly the only person capable of offering the unconditional love Ijemaru needs (since he's generally hated by everyone).<br/><br/>Bio: When Kosuke was young, his best friend in the world was a boy named Ijemaru Hisuka. There was a certain hill they would sit on together and just talk. They told each other everything and were each other's ultimate confidants. One day, After Kosuke told him the story of his previous village being attacked by demons, Ijemaru told him he would one day become a demon hunter. Kosuke thought it was a good dream, one that would help a lot of people, and he encouraged "Ije-chan" to follow it.<br/><br/>They continued to get together on that hill whenever Ije-chan wasn't busy with his training and they would talk about all sorts of things. There was one thing though, that Kosuke couldn't bear to tell his friend. He'd known for a long time that a demon had infected him shortly after he was born. While they'd called in a priest and the demon had been exorcised, Kosuke's body had already been infected.<br/><br/>He could feel himself changing. Thoughts would occur to him that he would normally think grotesque and his appetite was increasing. One day, he had been running and had tripped and fallen over. When he saw the flecks of black in his previously pure-red blood, he feared the worst was coming. He finally completed his demon transformation on the day Ije-chan was supposed to take the hunters' exam. He grew horns and a tail, and his teeth and ears became pointy. For a while, he lost sight of himself and fell into a fit of blood-lust, as all do shortly after turning. He had just became a demon, and he needed to feed.<br/><br/>He was in a sort of daze, not really realizing what he was doing. He came to when he heard the familiar voice of his best friend calling out to him in a distressed tone. He found himself bent over a recently dead woman. It was obvious by the way he was bent over her that he was about to eat her. Horrified at himself, he turned abruptly to look at his friend, a look of absolute horror and guilt on his face. "I-I'm sorry, Ije-chan," was all he could manage. Ije-chan was a demon hunter, and Kosuke was a demon. Kosuke knew that even though he'd become a monster, it would still bring his friend sadness to have to kill him. He realized he could no longer stay in the human world, or innocent people would get hurt. Seeing no other choice, Kosuke opened a portal and ran away to the demon world.<br/><br/>A demon could easily sense the level of another demon (a strange sensation: felt by the nose, but not quite a smell), and the inhabitants of the demon world could tell Kosuke was strong. They left him be and he was content to be alone and just reflect on his life so far. He found a hill that was similar to the one he and Ije-chan shared as kids and named it his home. He occasionally got lonely, but made a little friend.<br/><br/>He found an injured low-level demon near the base of his hill. It tried to get away, since it could smell how strong Kosuke was compared to it, but it couldn't move. Kosuke nursed it back to health and assured it he wouldn't harm it. As long as the low-demon, who Kosuke had named Chuu, stayed with the high-demon, he was safe from any others who might've tried to eat it.<br/><br/>In demeanor, Chuu was sort of like a dog. He was small and black, with feathery fur and big, round red eyes. He had six stubby legs and a long furry tail and was content to keep Kosuke company and play with him. For five years, Chuu was the only company Kosuke had.<br/><br/>Kosuke spent endless hours worrying about what Ije-chan thought of him. He'd almost done something terrible, and he<span style="font-style: italic">had</span>become something terrible. He made up his mind to never go back to the human world. If he were to run into Ije-chan... he wasn't sure he'd be able to handle the guilt he knew would flood back to the surface. Not to mention, as part of Ije-chan's job, he might have no choice but to try to kill him.<br/><br/>Having been entertained by these thoughts for five years, he was utterly shocked when he met up with Ije-chan in the demon world. Apparently, he'd completely forgiven Kosuke for becoming a demon, and had even become one himself so they could be together. Kosuke was so touched, he broke down crying right there, smiling the whole time.<br/><br/>Other: As a demon, Kosuke eats meat, but he refuses to ever eat a human, out of respect for the fact that he was once human. Kosuke is homosexual and in love with Ijemaru, although he's a lot more subtle about it...