Samurai Champloo

by HiddenXEmotion

Reiko is a woman on the run, searching for a place where she can just live in peace but fate seems to have other plans. She's found herself caught in the most obnoxious band, searching for the Samurai who smells of Sunflowers. Having fought to keep her past secret, she finds that it just cannot be done; especially when a certain Ronin is finding ways to slip past her defenses.

1. Opening and Characters

I hold no claim to the characters from this kick-ass Anime. Only Ryu, Liza, and Reiko are mine!

Opening and Characters

Fate has a way of bringing together the strangest of characters; and sometimes they're not a happy bunch. Fuu just wants to find the samurai who smells of sunflowers but there's no way that she can do it all on her own and so she enlists the help of quite the band of characters, praying that they don't get her killed in the process.

Fuu Kasami

Waitress

Weapon: Tanto

Age: 15

"Until we find the 'Samurai who smells of Sunflowers', you two are not allowed to kill eachother!"

Seen as the leader of the strange traveling group, Fuu was able to trick Mugen and Jin into helping her find the Sunflower Samurai. The adopted sister of Ryu, she hasn't seen him in almost five years, making her a little sore and shy around the young man when he returns to her side. She has an instant dislike for Liza when she joins and decides to stick close to Reiko, hoping to learn how to be more ladylike along the way.

Jin

Ronin

Samurai Swords

Age: 20

"I'm not the one who did the betraying. But I won't make excuses. Regardless, it's true that I killed my master."

Calm and collected, Jin is the silent type and his stoic demeanor can irritate his companions to no end. Running from something in his past, he doesn't like to let others in but the group he's traveling with seems to be doing just that. He trusts Ryu more than any of the others and is interested in how the other man came to travel with Liza and Reiko.

Mugen

Vagabond

Blade and champloo/martial arts

Age: 19

"If living means that I must bow down to you guys, I will happily stand tall and die!"

Rude, lewd, vulgar, and nihilistic, Mugen isn't what some would call a hero. Fond of fighting and in petty ways, the young man is also a womanizer and lets his libido get the better of him. Tricked into helping Fuu, he longs to get the mission over so he can kill Jin like he planned to when they first met. Though interested in both Liza and Reiko, he quickly learned to fear Reiko's anger, leaving just the playful flirting between him and Liza to entertain him.

Ryu Matsu

Ronin

Samurai Swords

Age: 23

"I promised her mother that I would provide for her; I'll take that promise to my grave."

Adopted by Fuu's family after his mother died of a sickness when Fuu was three, Ryu plays the role of a protective older brother well, though his feelings for his adoptive sister are anything but brotherly. He joined the Shogun to make money for his family but dropped out and became a wanted man for a decision he made for helping two women in need.

Though he hasn't seen Fuu in five years, he's kept up with keeping tabs on her. When he received word that the place she worked was burnt to the ground and that she ran off with two vagabonds he became furious and dragged his companions to go searching for her.

He's known Reiko and Liza for over five years now, knowing their secrets. He'll go to extreme lengths to keep all three women in his life safe. He was also the one that gave Fuu her pet, Momo.

Elizabeth 'Liza' Rush

Outlaw

Naginata and Knives

Age: 18

"Oh, I'm not picky. Fingers, heads, blood; as long as I get to watch."

An English orphan sold as a slave, she was brought to Japan after her father died and her mother had fallen in love with a samurai. She clearly stands out due to her blonde hair and blue eyes, making her easily noticeable. Along with Reiko, she's known as one of the Terror Sisters who are responsible for the destruction of Castle Norika.

Extremely flamboyant, her fight techniques are all self-taught and she likes to tease everyone, both frustratingly and sexually, male or female. Of their five years together, though, Ryu has never seen her share a room with anyone but Reiko.

Reiko Noba

Outlaw

Double-sided Blade

Age: 24

"I did what I had to. Criminal, murderer, call me what you want; it means not. I don't need to justify my actions to anyone."

The other of the Terror Sisters, Reiko does not talk often, leaving that to her companions. When she does speak, she comes off cold and fierce. She only trusts Liza and Ryu, though Ryu barely, and refuses to let anyone else in. It is known that she and Liza have been together nearly ten years and she's very protective of the English woman but not much else is known about her past life, though it is clear that something horrible had happened.

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