The Miroku Seven

Name: Natsuhiko Miroku

Age: 19 yrs. old

Sex: male

Height: approx. 5'10"

Weight: approx. 158lbs.

Birthday: 6/24

Sign: cancer

Blood type: unknown

Eldest of the Seven

Words: quiet, authorative, confident, congenial, cold-blooded, remorseless, determined
Weapon: katana
The eldest of the seven Miroku, Natsuhiko is the unofficial leader.  He and his siblings are Bodyguards, hired by Miss Hera to keep the arms of the Venus de Milo out of the hands of GB.  That suits Natsuhiko quite fine, as it gives him a chance at Ban.  The two apparently knew each other a long, long time ago (probably when they were pre-teens, given the picture) and something happened that has Natsuhiko out for Ban's head. *SPOILER* The Mirokus' elder sister Eris died under mysterious circumstances, and Natsuhiko blames Ban for it. *END SPOILER*
Natsuhiko himself is a "nonchalant killer" type.  He is a very civil and mellow, if somewhat arrogant, man.  I doubt he is difficult to be hang out with.  This is up until you're a target.  Then you rate somewhere around the level of dirt on the scale of Things to be Respected.  If it's the order of the client, he'd cut your throat without blinking and without apology.
His weapon of choice is a katana, and he uses it with Hikage's skill, Kirara's speed and Toshisada's strength.

Hikage Miroku, 2nd eldest
Words: level-headed, dutiful, old-fashioned, get-down-to-business type.
Weapon: katana
He's blind.  Though his eyes don't work, he has other ways of flawlessly pinpointing an opponent's location, often a lot more accurately than a seeing person could.  Level-headed and calm, he probably ends up... well not so much 'mediating' as 'quashing' any bickering matches between the siblings.  Though he uses a regular katana, he's the long-range specialist in the Seven.

Tokisada Miroku, 3rd youngest
Words: arrogant, straight-forward, no-frills, lives for a fight.
Weapon: nodachi
Strong man of the Seven, he holds any weakness in contempt.  Given Yukihiko's penchant for mercy, I doubt the the two get along well.  He uses a super-long sword (nodachi) that he calls "Kotetsu."  He doesn't use much finesse, just swinging it around like a huge hammer.

 

Tsubaki Miroku, middle
Words: violent, really arrogant, hot-head, bratty
Weapon: daggers
Really full of himself, Tsubaki has nothing but contempt for the opposition.  He also seems prone to picking quibbles with his siblings, especially Ukyo.  Specializing in twin daggers, he's the short-range specialist of the Seven.

Ukyo Miroku, 3rd eldest
Words: brash, cocky, foul-mouthed
Weapon: scimitar
The acrobat of the Seven.  Like a rubber ball with a wicked edge, he bounces around and attacks from the strangest angles.  Besides the hard-curved scimitar, his foul mouth is also a weapon of sorts.  Baraging the enemy with constant insults, it's hard for them to keep calm.

Kirara Miroku, 2nd youngest
Words: quiet-voiced, graceful, normal with a bent for violence.
Weapon: spear
The only girl in a family full of boys.  She seems rather quiet, laid back and unobtrusive, especially compared to her hothead brothers Ukyo and Tsubaki.  However, she has plenty of confidence in what she can do: speed.  She is by far the quickest of the Seven, and very nimble, even fighting with a long spear as a weapon.

Yukihiko Miroku, youngest
Words: sweet, friendly, smart, cold-blooded, merciful, mercenary
Weapon: chakram
A really sweet guy who seems a lot younger and more innocent than he is.  He's just as friendly and considerate as the boy next door.  He actually becomes good friends with Ginji in the short amount of time the two knew each other.  I think he still considers Ginji a friend, even after the whole mess sorts itself out.
None of that got in the way of his job, however.  When it comes to work, Yukihiko is just as coldly efficient as any of his siblings.  He does give the opponent every chance to back down, but if they don't he won't hesitate to kill them. 

SPOILERS (black on black, so just highlight to read)
The Miroku Seven are many, but they are also One.  Literally.  They're seven people in one body.  We're not talking Multiple Personalities here, they are all completely separate people, they just all happen to be in the same body.  A body that will morph into that person in a breath, be it white-haired, blind Hikage to scar-faced, black haired Tokisada, or female Kirara to male Natsuhiko.

In a fight, they are well-nigh unbeatable.  All seven are experts in the weapons they use, so fighting just one is bad enough.  However, fighting one is fighting all seven.  They can shift from one to another so quickly that they can react to an opponent's every move, bringing out the Miroku best suited for every second of combat.

Exactly how it works is never explained, but as they are all totally different people, defeating --even killing-- one, doesn't mean the others have taken any damage.  Heck, Raitei vaporizes Natsuhiko, but the body reforms itself as Yukihiko, the only one of the siblings Raitei had yet to beat.  There is also the implication that if you don't take out all seven, you haven't permanently taken out any of them.  As long as one lives, they all do.

As for abilities, Kirara, Tokisada, Tsubaki and Ukyo are comparitively mundane, having high skill in one or another physical trait.  Besides being able to "see" even though he's blind, Hikage is capable of putting quite a bit if oomph behind his strikes, crumbling walls several meters outside the physical range of his blade.

The most interesting ones, though are the eldest and youngest; Natsuhiko and Yukihiko.  Natsuhiko actually carries 2 blades, not just one.  The second one is Muryou Shingetu-- "Weightless New Moon"-- a blade of light and air that he pulls quite literally out of nowhere.  Put as simply as Yukihiko said, Natsuhiko has the ability to make Something out of Nothing.  Natsuhiko didn't get a chance to use it before Raitei toasted him, but I assume the blade is capable of cutting just about anything like a hot knife through cheese.

Yukihiko is the opposite.  He uses a chakram, named Yuryou Engetsu-- "Weighted Full Moon."  By setting that chakram spinning, he can create what is essentially a miniature black hole.  Whatever gets sucked into it is all turned to nothing.  The flip side of the coin to Natsuhiko, Yukihiko can make Anything turn to Nothing.

Raitei manages to defeat Yukihiko by suckering him into attacking a plasma dummy of himself.  Only half turned to Nothing, the rest of the dummy destabilizes and explodes.  The blast is enough to dump Yukihiko on his tush, breaking his concentration.  Raitei switched back to Ginji, and he uses the time Yukihiko needs to recover as an opportunity to take off.

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