Name: Kaiya Minako
Goes By: Aerith
Age: 25 years old
Personality: Minako has a very warm almost mother-like personality, typically taking others under her proverbial wing but that doesn't mean she is soft. She doesn't take disrespect well and can be a bit stubborn when she believes in her stance, often looking down at her opposition. She is very protective of the beings around her and will fight tooth and nail if she has to in order to protect them.
One would definitely call her an animal lover but she has a hard time with insects, usually opting to keep her distance if she can. She absolutely adores sweets such as ice cream and bakery goods like cakes and cookies, almost acting childlike when presented with them.
Backstory: Always on the move, Minako's family traveled all over the different planets they passed on the way to find their new home. She thought this was normal for her race since it was all she had known but in reality her parents had run away from their home planet in search of sanctuary. Before Minako was born, her parents had a secret relationship behind their families backs, resulting in her mother becoming pregnant. Her mother was from a completely different clan than her father and the only reason they had even met was because her mother had run away from her family because of a disagreement.
When she felt she had gone far enough away from the village she began to cry, frustrated with her situation and not knowing what to do. Minako's father happened to be in the area and heard her cries so he decided to investigate. When he saw the girl crying all alone he couldn't help but stop in his tracks. She had hair and skin so white it glistened in the moonlight and her eyes glowed a brilliant golden color that he had never seen before in his own clan. He approached her cautiously, trying not to scare her, and asked what was wrong. When she looked up at the man who had approached she almost fled, thinking it was someone from her clan, but once she saw him she realized he wasn't by his dark brown hair and deep red eyes.
She decided it wouldn't hurt to open up to him, thinking they would never meet again but as they spoke to one another they really hit it off, both laughing and smiling more than they ever had before. Due to this they were a bit started once the first rays of morning began to appear and her father jumped up, knowing he would be scolded if he was to be caught out all night. They had agreed to keep meeting once every couple of nights and her mother returned home, thinking she could tolerate her family longer now that she had him around. Meeting after meeting they grew closer and closer until they truly started acting like a couple naturally. Eventually realizing that she had become pregnant, the two started planning to run away together in the next couple of weeks. Things seemed to be going great until one evening while eating with her family her father declared that she would be getting married in the coming month to another man in their clan. At this news she froze, wondering if their preparations would be ready in time so they could get away. Once night fell she frantically ran to their meeting spot and once she saw him she burst into tears and explained everything. He was shocked at first but considering her age it was to be expected, so he didn't dwell on it for long. He started rushing their plans and the day of the ceremony was fast approaching.
A couple nights before the ceremony everything was ready and he went to retrieve her since it wasn't their usual meeting time but as they were leaving the village another from her clan spotted them and sounded the alarm, believing she was being kidnapped. They ran as fast as they could towards the ship he had been preparing and once inside he frantically started preparing for launch. Spaceships were not common on their planet so she was honestly shocked that he was able to find one and so quickly too. Before they could get off the ground her father got in view of the ship and began trying to stop them by hurling fireballs at the ship to no avail as they finally soared into the sky.
After a couple of months they landed on a small planet and she successfully gave birth to Minako. They decided to stay on that planet, thinking it was far enough away that neither of their families would come after them but that was wishful thinking. A year after giving birth a ship arrived with members from both clans, looking for the two of them, unaware of Minako's existence and still believing that her mother had been kidnapped. She had happened to be in town getting provisions for the week and saw them before they noticed her so she ran back to where they had been staying.
Minako's parents quickly packed the necessities and left what they thought would be their home. Her mother cried as they took off knowing that they may never have a home, forever running away from their pasts. As the years progressed they tried their best to hide their circumstances from Minako so she wouldn't be scared like they were and raised her to be strong and cheerful. When Minako was 20 they had gotten more relaxed, thinking it surely was long enough for their families to give up and so they finally decided to try settling down once more. Sadly this would prove to be a horrible mistake on their part. Again after a year the ship returned with the four searching for them but this time they didn't see it coming. Minako had been working when they arrived at her family's home, as she began walking home she could see and smell the smoke.
She began to run, thinking some freak accident had happened but when she arrived she saw her mother being dragged away by others that looked like her while her father was being beat by ones looking like him. Anger surged through her and her eyes glowed bright red as she took the two dark haired ones by surprise.
They were shocked to see another of their kind here and didn't have time to react much more before she used one of their own weapons to kill one of them. The remaining one fought with her, surprised by her willpower and as they fought he finally realized her differing hair, eyes, ears, and tails. He was understandably shocked, realizing it wasn't a kidnapping but an elopement and as he had not been paying attention she managed to get the upper hand, killing him as well. Her father laid unmoving on the ground but told her to go get her mother before she was gone forever so she ran in the direction they had taken her. Sadly because of the fight she was too late, the two other men dragged her mother into the ship while looking down on her. When they saw Minako they too were shocked but unlike the ones from her father's clan they believed he had forced himself on her, resulting in the child they saw before them so they continued on their way before she could do anything to stop them.
She was devastated seeing her mother thrown into the ship and disappear into space so she fell to her knees, crying from her loss. Suddenly she remembered her father's injuries and their burning home so she began to run back. When she returned the house was ablaze, far from salvageable, and her father was in the same spot as before. She ran to him but quickly realized he had succumbed to his injuries while she had gone after her mother. She had lost them both in the matter of an hour. Alone for the first time in her life she bawled, feeling lost and scared as she held her father close, the last time she would ever get to hold him.
Once she had calmed down the house was nothing but ashes and her father was stone cold. Her eyes burned from the smoke and tears she had cried but she knew that her parents wouldn't want her to wallow in misery so with the help of some people she knew she held a funeral for her father and began to prepare to leave the planet, knowing she would never be able to get past it if she stayed. She had no idea where her parents had originated so she had no real hope of finding her mother and decided to find a new place to start. It was three years before she stumbled on Mercato Haven, only stopping to restock but she quickly fell in love with it and decided to stay. Since then she has been going to school and working in an office.
Looks: Standing at 5'7" and weighing 139.5lbs Minako is thin but strong, making sure to keep in good shape in case she needs to fight. She has dark brown hair that is almost black and red eyes like her father and pale skin and white fur like her mother although she disguises herself as human when in public. When shifted her ears and tails are completely gone as if they didn't exist and her eyes become an amber color. Also when shifted she keeps her hair shorter just to make things easier so instead of it being down to the ground it will be at the base of her back. She can typically be seen in business attire but occasionally will wear more formal attire because it makes her feel powerful.
Race: Kitsune
Abilities:
Generating fire- being able to create fire from her hands and use it at will as well as having a higher tolerance for fire, being able to walk through it without issue.
Shapeshifting- Can shift into things she has seen such as other beings and creatures although not for long periods of time. She can also change her appearance like when she hides her ears, tails, and changes her eye color.
Invisibility- Can use this temporary ability to get away from dangerous situations although it only makes her hard to see so she can still be heard, smelt, of felt.
Illusions- These can be so elaborate as to be almost indistinguishable from reality although they only last for as long as she is focused on it, meaning it will disappear if she gets distracted.
All of these abilities take energy to use and can cause her to get exhausted, sometimes passing out if the ability takes too much energy such as large-scale illusions, shifting into a large creature for a long period, or using large amounts of fire.