Personal Information:

[小川 • 純子]

Name: Kokawa Junko

→ Kokawa means "small river." This was her Otou-San's surname.

→ Junko means "genuine/pure child."

→ Prefers to just be called Jun.

Birthday: September 7th

→ It's the National Neither Rain Nor Snow Day.

Age: 15

→ Ichigo, Chad, Orihime, and Uryu are all 15, too.

→ I personally think fifteen is a bit too young, but I'll stick with the original ages. After all, most of them turn sixteen not too far into the story.

Height: 5'0''

→ Ichigo is 5'9''; Rukia is 4'8 ½'' so they're close to the same height.

Weight: 87 lbs.

Blood Type: O

→ Traits of an O blood type: trendsetter, loyal, passionate, self-confident, independent, ambitious, vain, and jealous.

→ This came from the Japanese blood type personality theory.

Appearance:

Hair Color: Naturally a deep, coal black. However, Jun has dyed the under layer of her layered hair a bright, ruby red which pops against the dark black. Sometimes, in the right lighting, her deep black hair has a bluish tint to it.

Hair Length: Her hair brushes the tips of her shoulders.

Hair Style: Jun keeps her hair stick straight and tends to tease it a bit to make it fuller. Her hair has layers cut into it, easily exposing the red underneath the black. Her bangs are also feathered, and begin at her eyebrow and are layered down. Usually Jun wears her bangs parted to the right, almost covering her right eye. Jun will occasionally toss her hair up in a messy ponytail or bun.

Eyes: Jun has bright, icy blue colored eyes.

Body: Needless to say, Jun is very petite; which is expected when you are barely five feet tall. However, for her size, she is pretty fit and in shape. Jun has a normal bust, somewhere around a C. Her waist is thin, and she does have curvy hips. Another thing is that she has pretty good calf muscles, which make it hard for her to find skinny jeans that actually fit in the legs. Jun is also very fond of piercings. Each of her ears is pierced four times each, and she has a small stud in her nose. Also, Jun has a tattoo; which is mainly hidden. It's of the Shinigami skull mixed with some tribal markings. It's located on her lower back.

Clothing: Jun's style can easily be referred to as a soft-punk type. She loves pairing black with bright colors. Also, she usually wears skinny jeans with holes torn in them. Her favorite shoes are converse or flats. Each of her outfits will be described throughout the story. However, readers are free to picture her in whatever, as long as it truly fits her style.

→ Shihakusho: This is here because Jun has a rather customized Shinigami uniform. Jun began to change it a few months after graduation from the Academy, until she was satisfied. Currently her Shihakusho consists of just a large top, making it into a dress like Nemu. She wears the traditional sash, but hers is longer than normal and tied into a big bow on the left side. Her top is also loosened a bit, but nowhere near as much as Matsumoto's. Instead of the white tabi socks, Jun wears thigh high black and red striped stockings to help bring out the red in her hair. She has a white strip of cloth tied around her upper left arm; a bandana that she had managed to steal from Renji. She keeps it there to taunt him that he wasn't fast enough to catch her and get it back.

Personality:

Behavior: Junko can be very free spirited; she won't hesitate to state her opinion on a matter, no matter how trivial it may be. She usually doesn't think before she speaks, so she ends up blurting out what she truly thinks. Besides being blunt, Junko is also very sarcastic. Not many people get her sense of humor, either. However, she hides her true feelings deep inside with a so called "tough-girl" act. Jun will do anything for her friends, if she deems the person worthy of being a friend.

Likes: Storms, watching clouds, music, and painting.

Dislikes: Cold weather, illnesses, the term "Quincy."

Good Traits: Mentally strong, determined, doesn't give up easily, caring towards friends.

Bad Traits: Bottles true emotions inside, might take out anger on others, takes a while to gain her trust, has quite a temper.

Status:

Race: Substitute Shinigami

Occupation: Member of the 13th Division; later High School Student

Affiliation: Soul Society, Gotei 13, Urahara Shoten

Powers and Abilities:

Swordsmanship: Swordsmanship is one of Junko's weakest areas. Of course, she has mastered her Shikai. However, she isn't that great at actual sword fighting while in sealed states. She doesn't have that much physical strength, which is why she lacks proper swordsmanship skills. Junko does practice with her sword every chance she gets.

Shunpo User: Junko relies on Shunpo a lot in many of her battles. She is quick, and Shunpo gives her a speed advantage. Because she has an excellent grasp on her reiatsu, she was able to master Shunpo almost effortlessly.

Hakuda User: Hakuda is better known as hand to hand combat. Junko is a master at hand to hand combat, and it's primarily what she relies on.

→ Later on, after training with Yoruichi, Junko masters a rare form of Hakuda that she developed by herself. Others may use it, but they have to have excellent control of their spiritual pressure; the control must come as natural as breathing. While fighting, Jun will focus her reiatsu to her extremities [i.e. her hands, elbow, feet, and knee] and land a direct hit. With the reiatsu focused, the hit is greatly amplified. Just punching the ground can cause a wide crack in the earth to appear.

Spiritual Power: Junko has an excellent grasp on her spiritual power. She can easily manipulate and control it, making her great with Kido spells.

Tactician: After seeing an attack three times, Junko can formulate a plan against it. She has been getting better at forming plans spur of the moment, but she just needs experience. Usually, Junko can stay steps ahead of an opponent if she concentrates properly and doesn't let her mind wonder during a fight.

Durability: Jun also has a good sense of durability. It is said that the greater your amount of spiritual pressure, the more durable you are. Junko can take quite a few hits and keep on fighting, mainly because of her stubborn personality and refusal to give up.

Zanpakuto:

Name: Ankoku-Tatsu

→ "Ankoku" means "Shadow," while "Tatsu" means "Dragon."

Spirit: Ankoku-Tatsu manifests in two primary forms; her dragon state and a humanoid state. In her dragon state, she is a long light gray dragon with black and red stripes. These stripes form what looks like a ribcage, as well as randomly continuing down her tail. However, most would classify her as looking more centipede like than dragon like. This is mainly because she has six short legs with golden claws. She also has golden armor to protect her neck, which resemble her golden claws. Her face is protected with what looks like a helmet that comes to four points at the top. Ankoku-Tatsu's eyes can clearly be seen, and they are a deep red. Her wings are dark and wispy like shadows, and they constantly seem to be morphing to different shapes. On the tips of the wings are red spikes. In her humanoid form, her hair is long and golden, while her clothing looks like a tight body suit with the same design as her dragon appearance. She wears a golden crown to match her helmet, as well.

Sealed State: In her sealed state, Ankoku-Tatsu is a bit shorter than other katana's. This is to compensate for Junko's shortness. The sword is proportional to Jun's height. In its sealed state, the sheath is black. The guard is shaped like a triangle, and is golden in color. Dark red cloth is wrapped around the handle. A small black silk ribbon is tied at the base of the handle and above the guard.

Shikai: "Sorera no ue ni kagekyasuto, Ankoku-Tatsu!" which translates to; "Cast your shadow over them, Ankoku-Tatsu!"

→ Shikai Appearance: Once called from its sealed state, the silver of the blade slowly seems to be covered with black from the surrounding shadows. The golden hilt also seems to melt to a deep, crimson red. A long and tattered red ribbon hangs from the tip of the handle, which is also black.

→ Shikai Special Abilities:

• "Sousa!" which translates to "Manipulate!": Junko can take control over the shadows that her opponent casts. In turn, she can control their movements if she chooses. However, most of the time she forces them into a state when they cannot move from their spot, and then takes victory over the battle.

• "Kage Hikikaeru!" which translates to "Reverse Shadow!": This creates what many people call a black hole, which can absorb an oncoming attack. In reality, however, it's really just a rip in space and sends the attack to Ankoku-Tatsu's world. Once in the world, it quickly decomposes.

• "Iyasu Tatsu!" which translates to "Dragon Healing!": Junko can channel her spiritual pressure though Ankoku-Tatsu and heal even deadly wounds. However, the downside to this is that it consumes most of her spiritual energy.

Bankai: Junko focuses on her reiatsu, holding her blade pointing towards the earth, she says; "Bankai, Chisei Ankoku!" which translates to "Shadow Reign."

→ Bankai Appearance: Released from the Shikai state, Ankoku-Tatsu slowly starts to burn away; almost like smoke, the black of the blade rises into the surrounding air. It begins to swirl around Junko and her opponent, also around their eyes to momentarily block their vision. Once the area has changed, the opponent can see again. However, they are no longer in the same area they once were; they were transported to Ankoku-Tatsu's inner world, which you call the broken world. In her world, there is no ground. Instead, there are floating broken pathways. However, gravity is much different in her world, getting stronger and weaker in different places. Directions are also different, as the whole world may shift directions depending on if you step on a certain area. It's very dark there, but the pathways are a glowing blue.

→ Bankai Abilities:

• Increased control of shadows: Like in Ankoku-Tatsu's Shikai state, Junko can control the opponent's shadow. However, she has much more control over the shadow than she did before. Now, it's possible for her to control their every moment, separate from hers. An example is that she usually has them throw their Zanpakuto behind them, and make them charge towards her. She grabs one of the many crystal swords floating in the air to impale them.

• "Kage Kubi Shibari!" which translates to "Shadow Neck Bind!": Junko can make the shadows actually turn themselves into matter. While doing so, the shadow crawls up the opponent's body and forms a shape of a claw. The claw then tightens around their neck, effectively suffocating them or snapping their hyoid bone.

• "Kage Nui!" which translates to "Shadow Sewing!": Like the ability listed above, the shadows materialize again. However, they form many sharp threads. These threads are capable of either wrapping around an opponent or piercing their flesh to anchor them down.

History:

Junko was orphaned at a young age; both of her parents being killed by a Hollow. Both tried protecting her, but failed. However, right when she was about to be eaten, her father used all of the spiritual power that he had left in one last attack; not only did he kill the Hollow, but he himself died from using up too much reiatsu.

The authorities found her all alone and decided they had to act. The rest of her family didn't want her, so she was sent to an orphanage. There she was quickly adopted by a family. However, Hollows would not stop targeting her, often killing her foster parents. She went through foster parents after foster parents, until it was difficult for anybody else to adopt her. The other kids spoke about her behind her back, even to her face. They said that she was cursed. Everyone would see her talk to thin air when she was actually talking to departed souls, and they called her crazy. Junko would also draw vivid images of the Hollows that she had seen, and they worried about her mental health.

Luckily, a new family adopted her when she had just turned ten. An entire year passed by without any interference from Hollows, and she thought that it was finally safe; however, disaster then struck. Another Hollow attacked, killing both foster parents again. This time, it headed towards her. Just in the nick of time, Urahara Kiskue showed up and slew the Hollow. Junko was a blubbering mess, so he took her back to his shop. Not too long after that, he decided to train her to become a Shinigami.

Junko had little trouble finding her inner Shinigami powers, and easily made contact with her Zanpakuto, who had been sending her dreams for quite a while before then. Urahara trained her, but decided it was best for her to get a proper education. He worked out a way for her to go to the Soul Society.

The Soul Society accepted her and placed her in the Shino Academy. Normally the curriculum is spread over six years in order for someone to graduate into the Gotei 13. However, Junko finished an accelerated program in only four years. Recently, she has graduated and was placed in the 13th Division under the Captaincy of Ukitake Jushiro. Junko is an unseated officer, because she is still among the living. They view her as a Substitute Shinigami because of this, so she isn't truly a full-fledged Shinigami.

Relationships:

→ Urahara Kiskue: Junko views Urahara as her "sensei" or teacher. He was the first one to tell and educate her about her spiritual powers. She trusts him with her life, and she would hope that he trusted her as well. If he asked something of her, she wouldn't hesitate to comply; after all, he did save her life. He was there for her when others weren't. He was her shoulder to cry on when she was sad. So, in some way, she considers him a father figure that she had been missing for quite some time.

→ Shihoin Yoruichi: Junko knows of Yoruichi, seeing as how Yoruichi helped Urahara train her for a bit when she was younger. They aren't as close, but she does trust Yoruichi. Junko was taught the basics of Shunpo from her, as well as some basic fighting moves.

→ Hanakari Jinta & Tsumugiya Ururu: Jinta and Ururu are like little siblings to Junko. They both were orphaned like she was, as well as the fact that they were pulled into the crazy world of Shinigami and Spiritual Powers like she was. Junko won't hesitate to pick on Jinta, because she thinks he deserves it for picking on Ururu. Ururu is like a sweet little sister who idolizes and looks up to her.

→ Kuchiki Rukia: Rukia was Junko's first true friend that she's ever made. When she was younger, she had no friends at all; they were all scared of her or disliked her for her weirdness. However, Rukia wasn't afraid. Rukia didn't even really mind her weirdness. It was difficult getting her to open up, but they became close friends after that. Rukia tells Jun everything and vice versa. They met while Jun was still in the Academy, and Rukia would help her whenever she needed it. Both were happy to find out that they were members of the same squad. Since then, they've been best friends.

→ Abarai Renji: Renji met Junko through Rukia. They're friends, but they don't often get to spend time with each other. Jun loved his tattoos, and showed off her own a bit after that. Although, they first connected through talking about his tattoos and her piercings. That and the fact that Jun had just dyed the bottom layer of her hair ruby red, just like his. Renji would also help teach her some tips for sword fighting, since that's his area of expertise.

→ Ukitake Jushiro: Ukitake is Junko's Taicho. Jun loves being in the 13th Division; it's really quite peaceful and has a family like environment. They accept almost anyone into their squad with open arms, and Jun wasn't an exception to this. She really looks up to him, and would do anything for her Taicho. She knows that he gets sick very easily, so she tries to do her best to help out whenever help is needed. Jun also will not stand for anyone to badmouth her Taicho or raise their sword at him.

→ Kurosaki Ichigo: Junko didn't know Ichigo until she returns to the World of the Living to try and locate Rukia once she's gone missing. At first, she cannot stand him; however, that changes throughout the whole story. They eventually bond, and become closer and closer. As if you couldn't tell from the title of this story.

Trivia:

Theme Song: "Animals" by Neon Trees.

Notable Characteristics: Junko is best spotted by her hair and her piercings. That's who people know her as; the dyed and pierced girl. She is also well known for her eyes, seeing as how not too many people have bright, glowing icy blue eyes. She also has black eyeliner rimming her eyes, complete with dark smoky eye shadow. She only wears that and foundation; the foundation is for covering up the bags that she has under her eyes from being an insomniac.

Hobbies: Painting, drawing, and writing song lyrics.

Favorite Foods: Anything sweet. She really hates spicy foods.

Favorite Saying: "If you want to protect something with all your heart, you must use your fists."

Wishes to Fight: No one in particular. Especially not Kenpachi.