The White Reaper, Arima Kishou | 有馬貴将 | v2

Zaphkiel · Nov 14, 2017

❝ 645 times. 645 times I could have fatally wounded you. 645. 645 times I decided not to. It would take me two seconds to kill you. Your eyes are the eyes of a dead man. The dead cannot stop me.❞

[BASIC INFORMATION / 基本情報]

Name: Arima Kishou | 有馬貴将
Nickname(s): The White Reaper, One-Eyed King, Jack
Age: 24
Clan: Kureimoa Ichizoku (No. 2)
Blood Type: O-
Birthday: December 20th

[LOOKS / 顔]

Arima is a tall, well-built man with snow white hair and silver-gray eyes. He is always seen wearing his glasses with his face kept in an apathetic expression, even while fighting. He wears the Claymore armor underneath his suit and tie which lies underneath his overcoat (look left for said armor).

During his youth at the Land of Waterfalls, he was mostly seen dressed in his standard civilian clothes as to blend in with the regular people there. Upon coming of age (12), Arima was visited by members of the Claymore clan that briefed him of his lineage and abilities. Before leaving they left him with a briefcase and told him, "only when you've become a killer." Since then he carried the case with him everywhere until one day realizing it disguised a powerful weapon known as the IXA I.

[PERSONALITY / 人格]

Arima is shown to have a very calm personality, he remains unperturbed and composed even when surrounded by several ghouls or facing the monstrous One-Eyed Owl. He is also an overly strict mentor, as seen when he reprimands a comrade for being off on his attack by 0.01 seconds. As a teenager, Arima exerted the same personality, and also noted his main hobby to be rogue ninja extermination. He has a very cold and calculating approach to exterminating his targets as shown when he was about to finish off a dangerous rogue named Renji, and the disastrous Claymore who sided with the group named Yoshimura appeared suddenly; instead of panicking or attacking he merely greeted the the fellow clan-mate. Arima was shown to respect the dead as he would often times take a few seconds to mourn--even if he had been the one to kill them.

Despite his stoic demeanor, he is capable of forming friendships, he often borrows books from Haise Sasaki, and Akira Mado described his feelings towards Sasaki as "parental love". Arima is also the type of person who compliments his opponents, an example being when he did so when Kaneki damaged his wepon, IXA II.

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[VILLAGE INFORMATION]
Village of Birth: 渦潮隠れの里, Takigakure no Sato, Land of Waterfalls
Village of Alliance:闇れの里, Kurogakure no Sato, Land Hidden in Darkness

[NINJA RANK & SPECIALTIES]
Rank: S-Class
Suiton | Futon | Ninjutsu | Kenjutsu | Vanguard Kureimoa Hijitsu

Elements:
(水遁) Water Release: Completed
(風遁) Wind Release: Completed
(火遁) Fire Release: Completed
(雷遁) Lightning Release: Completed
(土遁) Earth Release: Completed
(黒地) Kurochi: Completed

Ninjutsu:
(忍術) Ninjutsu: Completed
(剣術) Kenjutsu: Completed
(幻術) Genjutsu: Completed
(体術) Taijutsu: Completed
(感知) Perceptive Type; Sensor
(口寄せの術) Spider Summoning/Arts: Completed
(口寄せの術) Griffin Summoning/Arts: Completed
(白いクモ流) Flow of the White Spider: Completed (Creator)

(改戦) Renewal Taekwondo: Student
(ヘア) Dance of The Bearded Sage: Student

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❝Are you ashamed of me? Do you hate what you now see? It's okay to speak the truth, I can't even blame you...

For it's the truth, it was me, the darkness you shouldn't see, fading with this certainty, but who am I, really?❞

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Prologue: The Jack and Lantern

Arima was hailed as a genius within the Claymore Order, stemming from his affiliation with the organization since his pre-teens. He was personally selected by the then No. 1, a man named Tsuneyoshi Washuu to be promoted to the No. 3 Phantasmal One after wiping out an entire army in the Land of Demons during a training exercise that went wrong. The other trainees, which were No Bodies (rank 15 and below) like himself all died, he was the sole survivor. Taking advantage of his youth and prowess, he took on assignments that regular Claymores could not handle. One such assignment saw him working undercover as a shinobi of the Hidden Rain Village, where he became the friend of a genin, Taishi Fura. Sent to eliminate the rogue Claymore named Lantern, he rescued Taishi and the two formed a partnership to hunt the ghoul down. Their activities soon caught the attention of several other dangerous elements in the village outskirts, as two genin ranked shinobi slaughtering killing ghouls was unheard of before.

The pair rescued a girl named Uruka Minami from Sumiharu Katou, a rogue Claymore posing as a hairdresser and agreed to let her aid them in their investigations. Though Taishi believed Minami to be in love with Arima, in truth she was simply trying to manipulate them. At an abandoned house, Minami revealed herself to be Lantern and tried to kill Arima -- who had already suspected her. It was here that Arima discovered what was inside the case he had received many years back when he was 12, it was the IXA I, a thin katana like weapon that had the ability to change form whenever his chakra connected with it. Using this beast of a weapon Arima was able to restrict Minami the use of her Kagune, a slithering Bikaku type, and delivered a mortal strike to her abdomen area. Despite this, Arima was disappointed that she indeed turned out to be the ghoul he was sent to hunt, and he didn't deliver the killing blow. Instead, Minami lunged at a distracted Taishi while the two talked and was put to death in a heart beat. After this Arima revealed himself to be a Claymore and his Land of Waterfalls origin, that he wasn't an actual shinobi of the Hidden Rain. Before waiting to see Taishi's reaction Arima vanished from the spot, the village, and Taishi's memory forever.

Upon returning to Claymore HQ he was congratulated for a smooth and perfectly executed mission--as usual, but he didn't accept the special promotion to No. 2, instead he stayed at 3 while he lived with the discomfort of abandoning his only friend. Throughout his other assignments Arima would garner a fragile thread of hope that he'd see Taishi again, but he never did. Because of this, Arima became cold and emotionless. Believing his lost to be greater than all else, he knew not of mercy for his opponents and would slaughter thousands in the years to come. He became known as Jack the Ripper due to how the IXA would skewer and dismember his opponents. Later on Tsuneyoshi would simply call him "Jack" for short as a sort of pet name that eventually grew on to him. Little did the organisation realize that Arima actually despised the name, as it always reminds him of the saddened rage he had experienced in those years.

Chapter I: Fear the Reaper

After being given the mission to ambush any fleeing ghouls and neutralize the dangerous Claymore called the One-Eyed Owl, Arima was stationed within the underground Route V14, where he encountered and single-handedly killed dozens of rogue ninja. Upon having his gaze fall on Ken Kaneki, he quickly approached him with the intention of completing his mission and, without warning, dealt an attack towards Kaneki that tore a large chunk out of his abdomen. Before Kaneki could recover and fight, Arima followed by lunging his weapon IXA through the back of Kaneki's skull, piercing his brain and destroying his left eye. He then began to easily dodge Kaneki's rapid Kagune strikes before witnessing a sudden emotional outburst from Kaneki, during which Kaneki recited a Hakushū poem. Apparently moved by the poem, Arima made note of Kaneki's identity, then offhandedly mentioned that he could tell it was raining outside from the sound of water pouring in from above, also stating that his sense of time got dulled when he is underground.

Arima then brought out his other sword, Narukami, and activated it, declaring that his objective was to ensure that no ghouls would pass through Route V14, before releasing bolts of lightning towards Kaneki. After Kaneki dodged those attacks, Arima commanded his weapon to go into remote activation and continued to strike at Kaneki, keeping the manic ghoul at bay. He then blocked a desperate attack from Kaneki's Kagune using a defensive barrier, but was surprised that Kaneki's blow had managed to break the barrier, and complimented his opponent. Arima then went on to impale Kaneki through the abdomen with IXA, lifting him high into the air briefly before throwing him back on to the ground. After stating that he hadn't expected Kaneki to damage his quinque, he finished Kaneki off with a stab through the other eye, while mentioning that he needed a new sword. Arima then noticed a bleeding scratch on his right cheek.

After the CCG imprisoned Kaneki, Arima visited him in order to observe. During one such visit, Arima witnessed an emotional outburst by Kaneki, now called Prisoner #240. As Kaneki frantically begged to be let out to save his friends, Arima calmly told Kaneki that he had killed all of them. He inquired about the amnesiac Prisoner #240's state with the Warden who told him that Prisoner #240 was refusing food, was apparently tormented by nightmares that made him cry worse than a baby during the night, and was picking at his eyes so much they were festering; thus, the Warden expected the prisoner to die soon due to starvation. Thereafter, Arima started bringing Prisoner #240 books to read, and Prisoner #240's health began to improve substantially.

Alongside a few capable clan mates, he discussed the results of the operation with No. 1 Tsuneyoshi Washuu. The Claymore turned to Arima and asked him what he would do about the name as the 'ownership rights' were his. Arima replied that he would entrust this to 'him'.

During another visit, Arima told Prisoner #240 that he would need a name, as it was planned for Prisoner #240 to be appointed an investigator during his rehabilitation. He asked Prisoner #240 to pick his new name, and by using Prisoner #240's two favorite kanji from the words "coffee" and "world", they formed the name 'Haise'.

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Wind & Water Affinities: Arima has the ability to perform Water Ninjutsu with just a single hand seal and Wind Ninjutsu with with more speed and efficiency than the regular shinobi.

Ghoul Physiology: Being a Kureimoa from birth Arima, and others like him, hold a vary unique physiology that very much differs from the regular "human" makeup. He is able to heal from injuries both grave and minor without the need for medical ninjutsu--not that it would work anyway. His unique body cases medical procedures and medicines to have no effect.

In addition to this he is also able to ingest and digest copious amounts of flesh and blood, and chakra as well as a cancerous sac located in his back, attached to the spine called a Kagune Sac, which leads to the iconic weapon of the Kureimoa, the Kagune.

Claymore Rank & Faction Specialism: Arima, being the #1, Enlightened One, has access to all of the three Claymore factions, but not at the same time. By default Arima boasts the Vanguard faction which allows him incredible speed and offensive capabilities, allowing him to dispatch or flee in the space of seconds. He also uses the Centurion faction from time to time but rarely.

Scrolls & Supplies: A very sly fellow, Arima has a habit of planning his fights long before they happen. As such he carries an assortment of scrolls, smoke pellets, kunai, senbon, shuriken, and flash bombs in his standard Claymore attire. In addition to this in both his arms Arima has a unique, hidden kunai mechanism that allows him to produce kunai in the blink of an eye without having to dig into his cloak.

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Fights Won: 1 Fights Lost: N/A
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