BJBB: Ikami [Hearts]

Ikami Izumori

18

August 5

6' 1"

Thief / Hacker

D-Ranked

Jack of Hearts

A medium sized hunting knife given to him by his uncle when he was younger. Out of fondness of the well-kept knife, he named it Riley.

He'll also occasionally carry fireworks along with him. He likes to use them as a distraction more than any kind of weapon, and he's always enjoyed how pretty they were.

His necklace he once bought at a little vendor booth. He has always been attached to it and never goes a day without wearing it.

After his bunny parents, a Japanese father and an American mother, disappeared one day, Ikami was left to stay with his aunt and uncle. He doesn't know what happened to his parents, whether they simply left him behind to live a different life or otherwise, he's always just thought of them as gone, disappeared, vanished. Even though he'd always suspected his new guardians of knowing what happened, he never asked, or was even interested. He was always a quiet guy, since his childhood, and he always kept to himself.

Between plenty of things to dwell on, including the unknown whereabouts of his own family, he chose his appearance. Not because he wanted to look attractive or because he was a Rabbit, but he had always been picked on for his looks. See, he's always had quite feminine features, and just as children are cruel, he was singled out for being the boy who looked like the girls, as well as for his ears. Personally, he liked his ears. They made him different from those who harassed him, and he wanted to be as far away from being like them as he could be.

He put up with this for years, until he was old enough to understand how cutting hair worked. That was when he started giving himself his own haircuts, often in different lengths and unordinary styles. He wanted to do anything to distract people from his face. As he grew older, he started using new methods. During his mid-teens, he even started working out and exercising on a regular basis.

About this time was also when he played his first online game, an MMO. This led to a quick addiction, and he started immersing himself in the games. He started learning the ins and outs of them, including what made games work, and how to code them. He started coding many things, from simple games to website interfaces. He was getting quite good at it, too. This was all brought about by one girl, the only one he ever held dear to him. She softened him and he opened up to her, they grew close, and found love in each other. He never had someone to go to like he did her, and she quickly became his world.
[r e a d  m o r e  h e r e]

Now, concerning BJBB... 

Ikami was out one day shopping for clothes with the money he had earned doing chores for his aunt and uncle. He had gathered quite sum, but with everything else he wanted, he couldn't afford that jacket he wanted so much. He was on his way back home, empty handed, when he heard shouting, "Thief! My bag!" and a man racing past him, holding a bag. He didn't waste a moment thinking and chased after the man. Ikami was hard on his tail-- the thief had a tail. And ears. The thief was a bunny, but what about who he had stolen that bag from? He was pretty sure the woman was also Rabbit... He hadn't been chasing very long when the man turned to him with a smirk and tossed Ikami the bag, speeding off and leaving the purple-haired boy confused and conflicted. Bag in hand, he slowly made his way back to the scene of the crime, checking around the corner before he went any further. The woman, now talking to an officer, was in fact completely and perfectly normal human. A spark flared up inside him, the events of the past few minutes triggering something inside him, and he turned around, sprinting again through the backstreets, and running straight into the other man. 

"So you are back, huh? Why not just stick with me? We have a nice place back at the base for you. With a bit of training, you're sure to become quite the master thief. Obviously you've got some beef with those humans, and the Brigade could put you to use."

"What is this...?"

"I'll show, you, come on. We shouldn't talk here, you know?" With a finger to his lips, he added, "Top secret."

Ikami didn't ask more, and simply followed, until the thief decided they were safe. "Ever heard of a group of Rabbits who terrorize humans? Well, probably not. No one is allowed to talk about it outside of base. But essentially, we cause problems and commit crimes to make humans' lives awful. Considering you still have that bag, I'm guessing you have no interest in giving it back to that woman. You got a grudge against them?"

"Maybe I do, I have reasons."

"Good! Perhaps, would you be interested in joining up? Like I said before, you could be useful to us, and we could help satisfy your anger towards them. Sound good?"

Ikami stared at the other for a moment, processing what he was asking. Join a crime syndicate? Against the humans? "Yeah... Let's go."

Ikami never returned, not for his possessions, his guardians, or even his girl. He left it all behind, and though the decision haunts him, he's more afraid of questioning, of what answers and lies he would have to give. He thought it would be easier to run from the people in his life, than to explain to them who he was now.

♥ [Summary Ikami grew up with his aunt and uncle, bullied by humans, and was bent in changing himself to be as different from humans as possible. He accepted and embraced his ears. He was met by a thief if the brigade one day, made a critical decision, and followed the thief to BJBB.] ♥

His favorite foods are noodles, and honey

TBA