OOC INFORMATION
ALIAS: Hina
JOURNAL:
meganelogicCONTACT: [AIM] future SHOCKxx
CHARACTERS: Yeah first character.
GAME PARTICIPATION: My first character wao.
IC INFORMATION
NAME: Irie Shouichi
SERIES: Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
HISTORY: Shouichi was something of a normal kid despite his above average intellect, having nothing to do with the Italian mafia; he lived something of a dull life that lacked tragedy with an idealized family of four, which consisted of him including his older sister Akiko, as well as a mother and father named Tomoko and Masatsugu respectively. With his father working into the late evenings, it left Shouichi to interact the most with his sister and mother. Even though he was supposed to be the "man of the house", that's probably not how he felt like the majority of the time. Throughout his early years, television was his solace, later branching into computers as he got a little older. His airy, stay-at-home mother took care of him the majority of the time and his sister nagged on him all the while.
Going to a private school separate from the main heroes was not enough to escape the horrors of mafia. He was, after all, neighbor to Sawada Tsunayoshi. It was on August 8th when little Lambo of the Bovino Family crashed into Shouichi house, after Reborn redirected Lambo's own missile at him merely using chopsticks. Because of this, a package referred as "Bovino's Summer Assortments for Apology" was given to Shouichi by mistake. An attempt to deliver the box to the correct address earned Shouichi a few fateful encounters; his confrontation with the 10 Year Bazooka changed the course of his life entirely.
Sometime during his High School years, he was growing up to become quite the genius, his area of specialty being robotic engineering. Because of this, Shouichi entered in the International Robotics Competition with Spanner. More rivals than anything at first, they were both the finalists for the competition and it was vaguely implied that they may have known each other beforehand. They were thought to have remained close friends afterward, both recognizing each other’s ability in robotics--Shouichi even had personally sent Spanner one of his new concepts for robots. But that's not the only relation Shouichi had at this time. He also knew Byakuran, and designed the game of "Choice" with him some time before the duration of Genkishi's betrayal in the Giglio Nero.
Later, Shouichi would go on to become an A-Rank member of the Millefiore, leading the 2nd Rosa White Spell Squad while possessing one of the six Funeral Wreath rings, his being the one of the Sun. He reports directly to Byakuran often during this time, with the Cervello at his every whim, and has been secretly researching the Ten-Year Bazooka in order to find a way to time travel. Shouichi also built a special White Round Machine that kept the characters' future counterparts in stasis as opposed to them being transported into the past and possibly changing the timeline. While an attack became planned on the Melone Base by the Vongola in hiding and those who had been transported into the future, Shouichi already had assumed the chain of command over the base and realized the location of the Vongola's place of concealment.
It seemed like it was going to be all over for the Vongola, but Shouichi was also a double agent as well as a great actor. After confronting Tsuna and his friends, he shoots his two Cervello subordinates with a specialized bullet and reveals that he is actually on their side. It was actually his past self who was the one that had been bringing people from the present time into the future with the Ten-Year Bazooka, in accordance with a strategy that he planned with the adult Tsunayoshi and Hibari. Thought to have collected all the Mare Rings and everything was in his favor, Byakuran shows up through a hologram to give light that they were, in fact, fake.
Now the real six Funeral Wreaths have been disclosed--not even Shouichi knew anything about their existence. The Vongola family is forced to engage in a tournament similar to what was held with the Varia in the fight for the Vongola Rings, but instead with Byakuran's true subordinates. During the first round, Shouichi took up one of the two Non-Elemental slots alongside Spanner. But not just that; Shouichi was chosen to become a target for the round as well. Dying Will Flames are displayed on the target's chest, as a means of differentiation from the other players. But since drawing out one's Dying Will Flames continuously could mean that they will run out of energy and collapse, this also serves as a 'time limit'...
The battle went on in Vongola's favor at first, with the supposed victory against Torikabuto at first and the defeat of Genkishi... until Kikyo managed to circumvent Gokudera's defense and pursued after the Vongola's target marker. At the same time, whilst Tsunayoshi was caught in Torikabuto's illusion, Yamamoto managed to break the defense and defeat Daisy. What was initially thought to have ended in a tie, was instead a victory given to the Millefiore as their Sun Guardian is literally a "living corpse" and is thus immortal.
And now... Shouichi is likely presumed to be dead.
(For the point of canon I'll take Shouichi from for the sake of Toujour's plot, Shouichi will most likely be taken from before the actual Choice battle.)
PERSONALITY: Distinct traits that Shouichi possesses is his ability to be "the kind of guy who pulls through when you need him." It wouldn't be right to simply define Shouichi by any stereotypical word: dork, geek, nerd... Even if he is technical and something of a strategist, he has nicely qualified leadership skills and even has something of a temper. Although Shouichi does have the ability to remain calm and serious in order to work on things effectively, there are times where he cannot help but let his frustrations show... through rage or a stomach ache. Overall, however, it seems he's able to mask his anxiety really well, at least until it becomes too much for him to bear. The same probably couldn't be said for the masking of his true intentions, however...
Able to think quickly, this is a quality that is demanded for with a lot of things that Shouichi is involved with--Byakuran himself seems to be a great hassle alone. He's patently logical and able to think outside the box, always considering the worst-case scenario and acting appropriately. But at the same time, Shouichi's quite messy, always seeming to have some kind of organized mess on his desk. If you clean it up, he most likely won't be able to find anything even if it's in the supposed spot where it's supposed to be. You can't deny, however, that such a trait allows for some degree of creativity which is needed when it comes to his specialty of designing numerous types of robotics.
Finally, we can say that not only is Shouichi devoted to his handiwork, but he is also devoted to people. In fact, Shouichi could even be considered kind; he went through the trouble of sending daifuku to Byakuran all the way in Italy while he was still on the other side of the globe in Japan. Through good will, he will readily sacrifice himself for his friends or people he holds dear. I mean, this guy actually got himself into an environment where one wrong move or slip up of his true to type deception under the rose could mean death with just the wave of a hand by Byakuran who already planned the whole killing sweep against Vongola... All just for a complex plan that may not even be carried out accordingly in the end? Honestly.
And we mustn't forget Shouichi's love for music.
SAMPLE
(Taken from an AU Role Play where Shouichi was interacting with Yamamoto. Hopefully this works for now as a sample.)
Again, Shouichi's smile was apprehensive, but that was soon starting to fade as he began to open up to Yamamoto's inviting smile. It was this alone that conjured up the thought that it might not be so bad after all, becoming friends with the other student. That was, even if he did vaguely remember this guy doing a "throw of death", during the time of his failed delivery several years ago. But in the back of his head, Shouichi reminded himself it was fine, he meant him no harm... But the bespectacled boy made note not to subject to playing any form of sports with this Yamamoto Takeshi.
Not that physical education was his forte in the first place, anyway--clichés aside.
But solicitous was Shouichi's approach to Yamamoto's lie; he knew just about right away that Yamamoto was lying, because if he had managed to wind up in some school with the oddities that lived near him, he'd never be able to avoid them as much as he has now. He wasn't all that alarmed though. He had already spoken with Tsunayoshi-kun himself, so there was no reason any longer to be surprised... even though that hardly meant Shouichi had gained any real answers.
"No, actually, err..." Shouichi began, not really wanting to just brush this aside and simply going along with his lie. Though, that would probably make things a tad less complicated. "I don't go to your school... There's a different reason why you know my name, right?" Shouichi paused for a moment, musing over his words. This wasn't exactly the best time to be overly demanding, was it? "...Never mind, you don't have to tell me." Not now, anyway. Then again, Shouichi probably wouldn't believe it. Just like he didn't want to believe that all those ridiculous experiences were real; it was all just a recurring nightmare.
How did they ever seem to know him all of a sudden? Maybe it had something to do with that Bovino family? He could only guess at this point. And even if he figured he wouldn't believe it, he was still... slightly curious? If only it didn't mean getting himself involved and into trouble and landing an opportunity in prison. Then what the hell would he do?