The Headcrook's Thoughts:
Personally, when I wrote and intalled the 'Secrets' fanfic, I was disappointed because I had rushed through it and I truly wasn't satisfied with the outcome, so I dropped everything and focused everything on giving this story a complete overhaul.
About Kirina:
First and foremost, I've decided to change Maiya's name to Kirina, mainly because it sounds more exotic. Second, I've added on several things to her dossier, On an interesting note, I have picked up on the idea of Kirina learning Kendo from Satsuki, the Japanese doll because Satsuki's weapon is a sword and she taught Kirina her style in her spare time.
UPDATE!!! I've added the complete list of Kirina's basic and special moves for all three styles.
Okay, is that it? On with the story!
Kirina's Bio
Full Name: Kirina Juli Houshi (Juli had spelled Ryu's surname wrong)
Note: Kirina's name originates from India. Her name means, 'one who praises.' Trust me. I checked.
Nationality: Japanese-American
Ethnic Background: Japanese-German
Place of Birth: Lanai Island, Hawaii
Age: 13
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 115 lbs
Fighting Style: Shadowlaw-style Special Forces, Shotokan Karate (Antasuken), and Kenjitsu (combination of her parents' fighting styles and various weapon styles)
Fighting Outfit: Dark blue karate dogi, sleevless, black fingerless gloves. Her second outfit is a black-and-blue hakama, worn Heihachi Mishima-style and a black tanktop.
Known Relatives: Ryu Hoshi, father; Juli, mother--deceased; Chun Li Xiang, stepmother; Hanzou and Mei Hoshi, half-brother and sister, other 11 Shadowlaw dolls, aunts
Hair: Auburn
Eyes: Brown
Blood Type: AB positive
Favorite Food: Terriyaki beef
Favorite Sport: Gymnastics, Kenjitsu (her Aunt Satsuki trained her in swordfighting)
Likes: Training, boys
Dislikes: Jealousy, Slacking off
Other Info: Kirina like to wear a pair of reading glasses, eventhough she has perfect vision. She is fluent in several languages, including Japanese, German, and Chinese. She also wields 'Psycho Hadou,' a fused combination of her father's Dark Hadou and her mother's Psycho Power.
Appearance:
Kirina is of medium height, and athletic. She has caramel-colored skin and auburn hair which most of the time, is kept tied in a ponytail. She wears a pair of reading glasses, eventhough she has perfect vision. Her favorite outfit consists of a white halter top, black denim pants and matching jacket and black shoes.
Personality: Kirina is open-minded and kind-hearted. However, whenever she is fighting, she is all business.
Background:
- Beautiful, exotic, and mysterious, Kirina Houshi is the illegitimate daughter of Ryu Hoshi, the legendary Street Fighter champion and Juli, former commander of the elite Shadowlaw dolls. While she was hiding from her former empolyers, in Hawaii Juli gave birth to Kirina. Shortly after Shadowlaw's destruction, Juli decided to settle down in America and raise Kirina...without notifying Ryu of their daughter. Despite the fact that she was without a father, Kirina grew up around her other eleven aunts, the other Shadowlaw dolls.
While growing up, Kirina took an interest in fighting (a trait she obviously had gotten from Ryu) and Juli taught her her style of Shadowlaw Special Forces, while Satsuki trained her in Kendo. Kirina learned quickly and even developed some of her own moves that were somewhat similar to Shotokan.
One day, when she was twelve, Kirina asked her mother about her father. Juli knew that this day would come and she told her about Ryu, her former occupation as a Shadowlaw assassin, and of her heartbresking decision to raise Kirina alone. This piques Kirina's interest, who wishes to meet her father one day.
Then tragedy struck.
Shortly afterward, Kirina received the news that her mother was diagnosed with cancer. Rather than delay the inevitable, Juli decided to accept her fate. However, there was still the matter of Kirina. If only her father would take her in...
Juli immediately went to work. First she sold her floral shop and with the help of Marz, secured Kirina's inheritance. Second, she wrote two letters; one for her daughter, and another for Ryu, containing instructions on what to do following her death and left them with Juni.
Several months later, Juli was dying. Kirina and the other 11 dolls were at her bedside. Sending Kirina's aunts away, Juli asked that Kirina stayed by her side.
"Always remember what I taught you," she said to her daughter, "and always remember who you are. You are Kirina Houshi. Juni has some items for you. Follow the instructions in my letter. I will be with you always, my dear Kirina."
Juli passed away later on that night.
Following the instructions left to her in her will, Juli's body was cremated and her ashes scattered in the sea. Shortly after the funeral, Juni handed over the letters containing Juli's instructions to Kirina. Reading the letter left to her, she was instructed to go to Japan and seek out her father. Only Juni was against this idea, seeing as how she blamed Ryu for making Juli weak, for losing her fighter's edge, but in the end, had to accept Juli's final decision. Kirina was on her way to Japan.
Upon arriving in Tokyo, Kirina boards a train to Sora, a mountain resort town several miles west of the capital. Upon arriving at the Sora, Kirina, by luck, runs into a student of the Shotokan Dojo. Her name was Sakura Kasugano. Sakura lead her to the Shotokan School, where she meets her father for the first time.
She was even more surprised to see that he was married with children of his own. His wife was a former Interpol detective-turned restaurant owner and his kids were fraternal twins.
After telling Ryu about her mother's death, she hands over the letter addressed to him. In Ryu's letter, Juli asks him to take care of her daughter following her death. Seeing an oportunity to make up for the time lost (and another promising student in Shotokan Karate) Ryu decides to take her in, and teach her Shotokan, something that Kirina picks up on very quickly.
Fighting Styles: Shotokan Karate (Antasuken), Shadowlaw Commando Techniques, Kenjitsu
-Shotokan Karate (Antasuken)-
Fighting Stance: Classic Shotokan fighting stance.
Light Punch
- Standing - A quick jab
- Close - Elbow to the face
- Crouching - Jab to the stomach
- Jumping (straight up) Quick jab in the air (towards/away) Diving elbow
Medium Punch
- Standing - Straight punch
- Close - Hook punch
- Crouching - Punch to the ribs
- Jumping (straight up) Ryu's air hook (towards/away) Double air hook
Hard Punch
- Standing - Standing backhand
- Close - Standing Uppercut
- Crouching - Rising uppercut, only with other hand
- Jumping (straight up) Leaping slap (towards/away) Leaping heavy punch
Light Kick
- Standing - Shin kick
- Close - Knee to the gut
- Crouching - Quick kick to the ankle
- Jumping (straight up) Diving knee (towards/away) Air front kick
Medium Kick
- Standing - Standing kick to the head
- Close - Reverse crescent kick to the head
- Crouching - Low sliding kick
- Jumping (straight up) Hopping kick (towards/away) Van Damme-style split kick (can hit two times, and this time, she actually spins into the move.)
Hard Kick
- Standing - Roundhouse kick
- Close - Vertical axe kick
- Crouching - Power foot sweep
- Jumping (straight up) Power jump kick (towards/away) Heavy jump kick
-Shadowlaw Commando Techniques-
Fighting Stance: Juli's Shadowlaw defensive stance
Light Punch
- Standing - Quick left jab
- Close - Reverse elbow
- Crouching - Elbow
- Jumping (straight up) Air left jab (towards/away) Ditto
Medium Punch
- Standing - Mini-uppercut
- Close - Palm to the face
- Crouching - Punch to the kneecaps
- Jumping (straight up) Diving punch (towards/away) Downward strike
Hard Punch
- Standing - Lunging hammer punch
- Close - Power punch to the torso
- Crouching - Juli's diagonal uppercut
- Jumping (straight up) Downward punch (towards/away) Diving elbow
Light Kick
- Standing - Knee
- Close - Same
- Crouching - Fast low kick to ankles
- Jumping (straight up) Air sidekick (towards/away) Double knee
Medium Kick
- Standing - Right sidekick
- Close - Kick to the thigh, then kick to the head
- Crouching - Slide kick
- Jumping (straight up) Backflip kick (towards/away) Drop kick
Hard Kick
- Standing - Reverse crescent kick
- Close - Juli's spinning kick
- Crouching - Double leg sweep
- Jumping (straight up) Front snap kick in midair (towards/away) Heavy drop kick
-Kenjitsu-
Light Punch
- Standing - Quick jab with free hand
- Close - Forearm
- Crouching - Elbow
- Jumping (straight up) Leaping light punch (towards/away) Same
Medium Punch
- Standing - Sword handle butt to the face
- Close - Right cross to the face
- Crouching - Punch to the kneecaps
- Jumping (straight up) Downward swing (towards/away) Same
Hard Punch
- Standing - Slash
- Close - Spinning Slash
- Crouching - Uppercut slash
- Jumping (straight up) Leaping heavy punch (towards/away) Overhead Slash
Light Kick
- Standing - Short kick to the calf
- Close - Short kick to the knee
- Crouching - Short kick
- Jumping (straight up) Knee drop (towards/away)
Medium Kick
- Standing - Low spinning kick to midsection
- Close - Vertical split kick
- Crouching - Sliding kick
- Jumping (straight up) Reverse spin kick (towards/away) Thrust kick
Hard Kick
- Standing - Roundhouse kick
- Close - Thrusting kick
- Crouching - Sliding sweep kick
- Jumping (straight up) Front snap kick (towards/away) Perfect jump kick
-Special Moves, Shotokan Karate-
Shoulder Throw
- Kirina grabs the opponent and chucks them over her shoulder
Hip Throw
- Kirina flips the opponent over her hip Solid Snake-style
Overhead Elbow
- Rather than punching downward like her father, Kirina drives her elbow into a crouching opponent's head.
Hadouken/Shakunetsu Hadouken
- The standard move of the Shotokan School. Kirina thrusts her hands forward, releasing a purple-tinted blue ball of energy that is slightly weaker than Ryu's fireball, but packs one hell of a punch.
Rising Dragon's Kiss
- Breaking from the traditional Dragon Punch, Kirina, executes the infamous flying uppercut, then spins and drives her heel into the oppoent, slamming them back to the ground.
Hurricane Gale Kick
- Showing off her leg strength, Kirina jumps into the air and spins, leg outstretched. The main difference in this move is that she spins in the OPPOSITE direction, causing more damage.
Super Move: Destroyer Hadouken
- Channeling her ki into her hands, she unleashes her enhanced version of the Hadouken. This time, the fireball is much larger than her normal one and is crackling with her 'Psycho Hadou.'
Super Move: Fatal Dragon's Kiss
- Kirina pummels her opponent with several power strikes at the opponent's pressure points, which is follwed by her punching the opponent's gut, and executes a modified Rising Dragon's Kiss.
-Special Moves, Shadowlaw Commando-
Fighting Stance: Basic Shadowlaw defensive stance
Leg Throw
- Kirina goes into a handstand and wraps her legs around her opponent's neck. She then flips herself up to their head level and punches them several thimes before executing the Frankesteiner leg throw
Falling Arc
- Kirina raises her leg into a perfect vertical split and brings it down on their head.
Sniping Arrow
- Kirina runs a couple of steps forward and launches herself foot-first into a perfect flying kick
Spinning Knuckle
- Kirina sidesteps an incoming projectile and lunges forward knocking an opponent with a wicked backfist.
Cannon Spike
- Kirina launches herself into the air, foor extended. Unlike Cammy, Juli and Juni, Kirina launcher herself at a forty-five degree angle, and is spinning as well.
Hooligan Combination (Modified)
- Kirina will perform a front cartwheel. If the opponent is close, they will be hit and sent flying back. Kirina will then leap into the air, her body tucked into a tight ball. She then will grab the opponent, flips and slams them headfirst onto the ground.
Super Move: Reverse Shaft Breaker
- Kirina spins low into a Spiral Arrow, striking the opponent's legs, then launches herself into the air with a Cannon Spike.
Super Move: Spin Drive Smasher
- Kirina will launch herself into the air, spinning crazily, kicking the opponent numerous times if they are caught with this move.
-Special Moves, Kenjitsu-
Fighting Stance: Kirina is standing in a casual manner, sort of like Final Fantasy X-2's Paine, sword in one hand.
Knee Bash
- Kirina grabs the opponent, and proceeds to drive her knee into the opponent's stomach repeatedly.
One Hand Throw
- Kirina grabs the opponent with her free hand and tosses them across the area.
Self-Taught Cherry Blossom Slash
- Kirina will lunge at the opponent, and performers a perfect horizontal slash, followed by an overhead slash and a low spinning slash that will knock the opponent down.
Self-Taught Rising Lotus Slash
- Using the Dragon Punch as an inspiration, Kirina twists her body and leaps into the air, sword extended, and nails the opponent numerous times with the aforementioned weapon.
Somersault Slash
- Derived from the Hooligan Combination, Kirina will perform a front handspring which knocks the opponent into the air. Then, as she jumps into the air a second time, she comes down on them with her sword.
Kirina Special
- Kirina swipes at her her opponent with her sword, which is then followed by a sword thrust. She then completes the move with a spinning back kick.
Super Move: Deadly Tempest
- Kirina readys her sword, then charges at the opponent, slashing and hacking away. After the ninth hit, Kirina will then come in with an overhand slash that punts said opponent--and launches herself--into the air, where she will spin wildly, katana extended for more damage on the opponent.
Super Move: Satsuki Blood Dance
- In a EXTREMELY brutal variation of Juli and Juni's Death Cross Dancing, Kirina will hit the opponent. If the blow connects, then her aunt Satsuki will appear on the opposite side, also armed with her katana. Together they will attack the opponent with their swords in a way that would make Samanouske Akechi proud and finish them off with a double Rising Lotus Slash.
If said opponent is KO'ed by the attack, both Kirina and Satsuki's special win pose is that at the same time, both women will throw their swords into the air, whip out their scabbards, and their swords will fall neatly into their sheaths. (My personal homage to Haohmaru)