Cayuga Inukai
Nicknames- Yuga.
Gender- Female
Species- Shinigami
Date of birth- November 14
Occupation- Admiral (Shoukan)
Zanpakuto- Aikousha Kekei
Cayuga Inukai is a fictional character in the anime series Bleach, created by Tite Kubo. She is the Admiral over all Gotei 13. She works under General Yamamoto, the captain of the 1st division.
Character Outline:
Cayuga Inukai is the definition of the saying "Appearances can be deceiving." At first glance, she looks completely normal and is actually very beautiful. She has dark brown hair with honey highlights, gray eyes, and pale skin. Anyone who didn't know her well would automatically think that she was as soft-spoken and innocent as she looked. That is quickly killed when she starts to speak. Cayuga is the Admiral over all Gotei 13. She used to be the fifth seat of the thirteenth's division, but Yamamoto decided that she needed to be in a much higher rank after seeing her fight.
She's almost always underestimated because she looks like a frail innocent girl to many enemies. Even her friends sometimes think that they can win in an argument with her. She ends up putting them in their place most of the time. Almost all of her friends are Shinigami. She is close to Toshiro Hitsugaya, Momo Hinamori, Ukitake Jyuushiro, Yachiru Kusajika, Kenpachi Zaraki, Hanataro Yamada, and, especially, Renji Abarai.
It seems that she has a love life with Lieutenant of the sixth division, Renji. Despite trying to hide it, everyone in Soul Society has seen the way they look at each other when passing in the hall or, even, when they're standing beside each other. It's hard not to notice.
The friends that are not Shinigami are within the Rukongai districts or have been departed to the human world, such as Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihouin. Like Kenpachi Zaraki, she has a little girl that follows her around all the time. They've known each other for two months and her name is Eiko.
Despite being able to command everyone in Soul Society except Yamamoto Genryuusai, she hates when her friends remind her by referring to her as Admiral Inukai. But only when her friends do it. If anybody that she hates, such as Mayuri Kurotshuchi, calls her just Cayuga, she is enraged and begins to yell. Usually one of the captains comes and gets the person away, but if not, then it usually ends pretty badly...Because there's a secret that Cayuga has kept for years that no one knows of.
Cayuga's intuition is close in comparison to Captain Hitsugaya's. It's extremely sharp and, along with that, she has wonderful ears and a good nose. She is able to "smell" many things about any person, such as emotions, and can sometimes sense the racing heartbeat of some, so she's able to tell when they're lying.
On her back is a large tattoo of a hell butterfly.
She is probably the most unique Shinigami the Soul Society has and everyone, including her enemies, know this and try to protect her.
Past:
Cayuga is not a normal Shinigami. Her mother, Taine, was a Soul Reaper and her father, Fang, was a Hollow that was referred to as the "Wolf Hollow" because he resembled a graceful wolf at some points in time. He disguised himself as human and took Taine as his own. After she became pregnant, a Shinigami came and killed Fang, for he was the enemy.
Taine gave birth and named the baby Cayuga Inukai. Immediately she noticed something strange about the child. When she was just a baby, she had strange powers unlike most. She would begin to cry and windows would break at the surges of spiritual energy. When she was a toddler, just old enough to walk and talk a little, she was confronted by three men outside her home. They tried to kidnap her, but when she closed her eyes and screamed, no one took her. Taine came outside to see the three men dead.
When she was around five, she killed another man, this time because he tried to grab Taine. All she had to do was scream, "NO!" and the man fell on the ground in a heap of his own nastiness.
Taine decided her daughter could not control her spiritual power and it was killing people because of it. She had no other choice. Taine dumped a young Cayuga in Inuzuri to die.
History:
Cayuga was originally from Inuzuri, District 78 of Rukongai. She lived their a few years of her life, befriending young Renji Abarai and his group of rejects. That's where her mother dumped her when she decided she was too dangerous to take care of. There, she lived in a small house with Renji and his friends until Rukia Kuchiki came along. She was brought into the gang and it striked a war between the two girls. They got into fights every day about everything. It was hell for everyone around them.
A few months after Rukia entered the picture, one of Cayuga's relatives took her away from the filthy, poor district of the Soul Society and dumped her in Junrinan, District 1. She did not want to go, but she had no choice. She left Renji.
She remained in Junrinan, taking care of children who didn't have parents. Her "foster" home was across the street from an old woman who took care of kids as well. After a year or two, children came and lived with the old woman. Two of those children were Toshiro Hitsugaya and Momo Hinamori. The children Cayuga took care of often played with the others the old woman had, so the Inukai girl became close to the kids.
Later, she went to the Shinigami institute despite the fact she didn't know anything about controlling her spirit power. She passed with flying colors and one day, when she walked into the Yamamoto's room, she saw two people who were very familiar to her...red hair, red eyes, but with many tattoos everywhere. It was her best friend from years ago, Renji Abarai, and a girl whom she knew as Rukia Kuchiki, recently adopted by the noble Kuchiki clan. Cayuga didn't say anything because neither of them recognized her. She had changed over the years. It took a while for them to realize who she was and that was when Cayuga was placed as the fifth seat of the 13th division, along with Rukia. Only then did Renji understand why there was a girl who completely ignored him, like he wasn't even there. But the damage had been done.
It took so long for them to finally talk like they used to. By then, Cayuga's past had leaked through and everyone was commanded to protect her.
Renji and Cayuga were back together shortly afterwards and inseparable. Not even Rukia could break this bond now, and she knew it.
By the time Yamamoto placed her as Admiral over all squads, Renji and Cayuga were very in love and the girl was friends with almost everybody. She was a very nice person if she decided she liked you, so she was quick to make friends. However, she and Rukia still had a bad past and they still hated each other. Actually, hate was a terrible understatement.
Three days after becoming the Admiral, she was talking to the West Gate Keeper, Jidanbo, when a little girl came walking to her and tugged at the bottom of her tabi. She said her name was Eiko and she didn't have any parents. Cayuga guessed she was around the age of four and could talk rather well, but was much tinier than the rest of the kids. There was an instant connection between the two and decided, against everyone's warning, to take her in as her own.
Synopsis:
Cayuga was forced to hide within the Soul Society during when everyone was saving Rukia and during the Arrancar outbreak. She was let out when all the Arrancar were killed and the three betraying captains disappeared. That's when she was placed as Admiral, merely two months ago...
Zanpakuto
Inukai Cayuga
Hishou za Kouchou (Flight of the butterfly)
Normal: Kept in the shape of a fan. She uses her magic to keep it hidden from the rest of the world. The fan itself is dark blue and lighter blue with four hell butterflies and many bushes of different colored flowers on the sides painted on. When she says the words, "Follow the wind", her sword appears in place of the fan.
The actual sword form has two butterflies handstitched on the hilt and on the blade itself are three sakura branches with purple blooms instead of pink. At the bottom of the hilt is a long ribbon that starts white until it reaches the end, where it fades to pink.
Cayuga often refers to her as "Hishoumari" instead of her full name.
Shi-Kai: Hishou za Kouchou (Flight of the butterfly)
--Release command: "Hirahira!" ("Flutter!")
Ban-Kai: Hishou za Kouchouyori Makai (Flight of the butterfly from hell)