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Batman was not one for reminiscing but when he had nothing to do in the cave and it so happened to be one of his ward's birthday in the manor; he couldn't help but think back on how his daughter came to be just that. Fuko Shuhitou was found during an incident involving what was thought an escaped white tiger from the zoo.
It was the first time Robin ever fought against a meta being. The white tiger had been hard to control and every time Batman thought he had the tiger in his grasp, it would just dissipate into the wind and resurface again at a later date. It wreaked havoc in Gotham and caused even the villainous scum to hide away and await the storm to pass.
It was on the seventh day that a child who appeared to be no older than Robin appeared in all her formal regalia. Her hair was white as the moon and eyes as dark as the night sky. Her kimono was graced with Chrysanthemum patterns that shimmered as if stars were sprinkled on it. Batman's first instinct was to swoop in save the girl from harm's way but he noticed the way the tiger hunched its shoulder in an attempt to protect itself. The tiger feared the small girl.
From her obi she took out a fan and walked closer to the tiger. Batman knew that Robin was about to jump in and save the girl so he stopped such a thing from happening. The girl then flicked her fan open and pointed it towards the tiger. She noticed that the girl was speaking in Japanese, the most formal kind and with an authoritative command. Batman knew Japanese well enough to understand what the girl was saying.
The girl's white jade pendant began to glow. "I bind thou by contract of the soul. Witness'd by the seven constellations; Tokaki, Tatara, Ekie, Subaru, Amefuri, Toroki, Kagasuki." The ground beneath her glowed a bright white with a circular symbol of something Batman couldn't quite decipher yet—he made sure to take a picture of it for further investigation. "I hereby hest you, the White Tiger of the Western Winds, to return to whence thou belong and serve in thy rightful place by my side. Become mine weapon and shield until my life is taken from me. Come to me, Byakko!"
The tiger roared out loud as large gust of wind became sucked into the pendant from the raging tiger. The wind grew stronger and Batman noticed that it looked as though the tiger was being sucked into the pendant. The symbols underneath the girl glowed brightly and he saw the look of pain in her eyes. He had to give the girl an applaud for withstanding the wind without being blown away.
Once the tiger completetly dissipated into the girl's pendant, the girl fell unconscious. He had to guess that the girl sealed the tiger within her pendant and such sealing methods took a lot of energy out of her. He almost debated to call in the League to discussed what just transpired, but decided that Gotham was still under his jurisdiction, so he would investigate and inform the League later.
He and Robin then brought her to the infirmary of the Batcave and waited until she awoke. She had explained to Batman in Japanese who she was and what she did. She was the High Priestess of the Celestial Heaven that dictated the Western Winds. It was during a ceremony that belligerents attacked Byakko's shrine and disrupted it. She was the one in charge to bring the Tiger under control. The jade pendant was just a medium in order to bind hers and Byakko's soul so that she may command it until she dies.
She thanked Batman and Robin for the help and mentioned that the Celestial Heavens do not like to meddle with their world. It was not of the Celestial Heaven to interfere and such an occurrence would likely occur once in a millennia. When the girl tried to return to the heavens by summoning the passageway she found out that she could not do such a thing. Upon further inspection she discovered that the doorway was closed on Heaven's end and that there was no guarantee of when she would return.
Batman let out a scoff as he remembered how Fuko started crying like the ten year old she should be and threw a tantrum about being locked out of her own home. Once the child calmed down he began with asking her what kind of ability she has and whether she would like to be his protégé. Robin had insisted that they could train together and it would be awful of them to just cast the girl away in a world she did not even fully know.
Fuko had managed to summon seven swords in varying shapes and sizes to act as her weapon and shield. She also showed how she could teleport from one sword to another. She had explained how she had the power of Byakko flowing through and in return she must host the Tiger. There were no adverse affect for her other the fact that she must live on the ideals of Byakko.
She agreed to help out Batman and Robin because it was within Byakko's ideal of being protector and virtue of righteousness. The determined look on her face made him nod in assent and he introduced her to the Manor and made a fake history for her to live by. He made sure to train her in combat and everything that Robin knew at that time. It only took her three months to be at the level of where Robin was and she mentioned that while she had no raw talent in combat, Byakko was aiding her in her sleep and thus she gained more knowledge than what was taught during the day.
Bruce had made sure that she could speak English well enough before sending her to explore the world outside the manor—she was a quick learner and it only took her three months to understand the language and speak it. He enrolled her to Gotham Academy and received words of praise on her excel at Cultural Studies and Languages. Fuko even made her debut as his protégé in the superhero business as Vega—"I fell in love with the story of Orihime and Hikoboshi and it made sense because Byakko represented Autumn and in certain cultures the milky way was used as symbolism for autumn in poems," she had explained. After her first mission, the dynamics of Robin and Batman changed but with time it became easier to work with both Robin and Vega.
Bruce was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard the door to the cave open. "Shouldn't you be at your party hime?" Bruce had grown fond of calling her that—to think it all started out because of the joke Robin said to her when she decided her alter ego name, it was something about her wanting to be a princess too.
"Party's over. You've been here for a few hours after you said hi to everyone."
It was strange to see her using her wig to conceal her white hair. The Fuko Shuhitou everyone knew had dark hair and eyes, her parents were illegal immigrants who died at when she was only five and Bruce Wayne adopted her at age ten when he saw her running in the alley. Fuko took her wig off and let out a sigh, "using a wig gets so hot."
Bruce ruffled the thirteen year old's hair—apparently she aged as a normal human would regardless which realm she was in. "Bruce are you going to cut the cake with me, Dick and Alfred?"
Bruce raised an eyebrow, "I thought you already did blow out the candles during the party?"
Bruce saw the young girl fidget and look up to him, "yeah, but I wanna have one where it's just us family."
Bruce nodded and told her to go upstairs while he changed out of his costume. Fuko jumped up to hug him and gave him a kiss on the cheek before running up the stairs with a big smile, she even made sure to throw a thank you daddy at him. Bruce wondered if the young girl even realised she said such a thing. It was strange to know that a supposedly Celestial existence lives in his house and is domesticated to the concept of family. At times it was easy to live as Bruce and behave as a father to his two wards and at other times the Bat would take control of his mind and analyse the situation with Fuko and the possible outcomes if Heaven decides to interfere.
End note: I decided to base the main character off Japanese/Chinese culture because I love the Shishin mythos and where better to use than in a magical world like YJ where every shit you can think of exists. I mean, dudes, Gods exist, so does magic and flipping demi-gods from other planets. Seriously DC, you are awesum.
I like to think I researched a bit into it instead of pulling shit out of my ass and present it to you guys. To sum it up Byakko is regarded as one of the heavenly beasts that rules (?) the west and represents wind, white metal and fall (thus the OCs name as explained below). Fuko's Chrysanthemum kimono was to represent autumn and her high ranking status as the flower often symbolizes autumn and is the Royal Imperial Seal of Japan. The white jade pendant represents protection and is often used by high ranking commanders or royals and is often linked to worship of Byakko. Her white hair represents the colour that Byakko represent (pretty obvious) and I chose to use moon as a simile because autumn in Japanese poetry is often related to the moon.
The character's name is Fuko Shuhitou and her first name consist of the kanji wind (fu) and tiger (ko) and her last name consist of the kanji autumn (shu), princess (hi) and sword (tou). I chose these combination because spoilers. …or you can do your own research and put up a theory. If any of you see any mistake in my ability to put Kanji together please tell me. 風虎 秋妃刀 is how you would write it in Japanese.
So hope you like this.
