Yumi Dōraku

Yumi was born in Nagasaki, Japan on April 2nd, 1995 (assuming that the current year is 2011). Her father’s name was Rōnin Dōraku; her mother named Angel. Rōnin was, well, a rōnin, or a master less samurai, and received his namesake after becoming one (something frowned upon in Japanese society). His original name was Ryūken. Rōnin was an austere, somber man, but loved his family all the same. Angel is half Puerto Rican and is very loving of Yumi and her husband, quite similar in appearance and personality as well. Yumi deeply adores her parents. Both parents have weapon blood, but never utilized it.

Growing up in Nagasaki was easy for Yumi. The small seaport village was very calm and easy to relax in, and the section left in rubble after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in WWII got a few visitors, providing some excitement once in a while.

In March 1999 (cherry blossom season!), a Meister visited the town to carry out a mission. He and his partner realized that Yumi was a Weapon as soon as seeing her, via Soul Perception. Yumi, who was only about 4 at the time, knew nothing of this and was an adorable, carefree little girl. The Meister felt it was now necessary to tell Yumi, so he did. Being so young, however, the information went in one ear and out the other, and the Meister and his partner proceeded to die that night, murdered by the Afreet they were hunting.

During December of 2004, a very fateful event occurred. A family of Yakuza, an extremely organized crime gang of Japan, visited Nagasaki for business. A few of the members had heard of a rōnin in the town, and as stated before, being a rōnin was frowned upon, so they went to dishonor him even more. The group discovered the location of Yumi’s father, and challenged him to a duel, six to one. A normal man would’ve denied the request, but Rōnin’s pride disallowed him to do so. But, the group of the Yakuzas was quite inexperienced in the way of the sword, and Rōnin cut them down with ease. Spiteful as the Yakuza are, they hired a feared assassin to murder Rōnin in penance of their brothers’ death. The assassination was, unfortunately, a success. The assassin crept away and left a 9 year old Yumi to find her father dead. Filled with sorrow and anger, Yumi searched for the assassin for almost an entire year obsessively, but never found him.

In January of 2008, still filled with grief, Angel told Yumi of her incredible ability as a Weapon and encouraged her to sign up with Shibusen/DWMA. Unlike before, the information very much stuck. With revenge as a motive, Yumi joined. To this day, Yumi looks forward to the day when she can avenge her father.

Yeah, sorry, I did get kinda into it and went on for too long. Blame my English AP teacher.