Name: Hikaru Shinji
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Family:
Hikaru Daisuke (father, alive, -43-)
Hikaru Fuyu (mother, alive, -41-)
Occupation: high school sophomore
Appearance:
Shinji is tall for his age and has a six-pack chest, as he works out at his parents' body building studio every day. He cares not for team sports, preferring to test his strength with gym machinery and has the musculature to prove it. Shinji is long-limbed with short blonde hair that reaches to the base of his neck and bright, teasing almond-shaped grey eyes.
Shinji has no scars on his body, except for the one that's plain as day on the back of his left shoulder where a metal rod pierced through his arm in a freak accident in his mother's metal factory, resulting in her constant paranoia and his hostility towards her. He was lucky, but knows he will get osteoarthritis in that arm.
Most of the time, he wears a grey short-sleeved shirt and blue or black denim shorts. In the colder weather, he wears a forest green long-sleeved jumper over a black short-sleeved shirt, with dark grey trousers. At school, Shinji wears a navy blue and white dress shirt with pants and the blazer in winter. His footwear is black dress shoes with white or grey socks.
Personality:
Where to begin? Shinji's other half, Black Shinji or Eiji as he insists on being called, was an imaginary friend made real by the Tempest program when the Digital World became involved. He gazes at you with a borderline predatory stare and absolutely loathes being touched, taking the other person's hand roughly off his in a tight grip. Eiji sing-songs, mocking opponents into frustration or anger, depending on how far he goes. He is very feral, distant and intolerant of those he doesn't know. Eiji is exceptionally good at goading people, one of his victims being Masato due to Masato always falling for Eiji's bait.
His fighting skills as both are very good, but only Eiji actively uses them. Shinji ends up having to use them against particular enemies who won't take no from his Digimon. He likes to lounge around when not actively participating in team-work or missions. Masato often has a go at Shinji for this behaviour, but the sophomore usually just lets the whinging go in one ear and out the other.
As Shinji, he speaks with a drawl, which irritates those who are unused to it. He is defensively obstinate, standing up for what he believes in even if it goes against the wishes of his team-mates. Kin is okay when he reacts like that as she bends over for him, but the others, particularly Daichi and Masato, give him an earful of complaints when all they want to do is get on with the journey. Miyuki doesn't care one way or another, but Yuuko glares heatedly at him. His refusal to go along with the others would have wrecked the team's cohesiveness, only they don't have any. Shinji knows that what he believes in isn't always right and, when it's not, it usually comes back in the form of something wanting to bite him.
However, Shinji is also perceptive, yet impulsive, as was proven when he risked his life to save Kin from drowning... he also is clued in early on to Yuuko's descent to the darkness by the heavy, oppressive aura around her and is aware that Daichi picked up on the 'path of darkness' signals as well. Shinji protected the Yagami siblings, nine-year-old Taichi and six-year-old Hikari, from being crushed by Agumon when he fell as a result of Parrotmon's attack. He loves speaking and does so with his gaze just to the side of you, making it look like he wants to fight.
Shinji is Kin's second-in-command and helps her lead the team effectively, which annoys Masato because Kin is basically bowing down to her boyfriend and may be shutting out the opinions' of the others. He does bear some sympathy towards his mother as she does not want to lose him, yet he requests the opportunity to explore. He loathes being labelled a "mama's boy" and does everything in his power to rip that categorization, wrongly given by his class mates, to pieces. He is responsible, straightforward despite his formal attitude and level-headed.
In an attempt to prevent Taichi from dying, Shinji makes a radical decision and captures the 01 Dragon immediately after VenomVamdemon was eliminated. He proceeds to knock him out with ether and leaves him tied up in the shed behind his house, silencing Agumon as well, so the Vaccine-attribute didn't give away their position. Shinji figured taking Taichi hostage, based on what Yuuko told him, would make the elder Yagami more determined to get back to his team-mates, but he was willing to take the risk.
History:
Shinji was born in 1979 on the 4th of March to Daisuke and Fuyu Hikaru, who were loving parents for three years until Eiji manifested. Daisuke was caught off guard one day when he heard Shinji talking to an 'Eiji', so he observed from behind the edge of his son's door. Overall, Daisuke was still a loving father, as he didn't let Shinji's psychosis bother him. Fuyu, however, was another story. His mother tolerated him, but consciously distanced herself from Shinji, which led to his borderline hatred of her as he grew older.
Upon turning five, Shinji started elementary and did well with his grades. His father was impressed, but his mother forced her smiles and no longer praised her son, causing Shinji to wonder what he had done wrong. His father reassured him that it was Fuyu's dislike of the 'other boy' Shinji had talked to that was driving a wedge between them. Fuyu disliked how Shinji was becoming a 'star' in his father's eyes, but made no move to repair the relationship between mother and son. As he got older, he practically idolized his father and aimed to follow in his footsteps. His grades also continued to stay at the A+ level.
When Shinji was ten, he met the Yagami family for the first time at Taichi's third birthday when Daisuke introduced Shinji to Susumu. Hikari had just been born and Yuuko was still in the hospital, but Taichi left a lasting impression on Shinji and the two boys became friends. As Taichi grew older, they became even closer friends.
It was during that same year that he met the other children who would become his future team-mates: eight-year-old Samurakami/Okada twins, Miyuki and Daichi; nine-year-old Masato; and finally, seven-year-old Mori/Okada twins, Kin and Yuuko who were cousins with Miyuki and Daichi. Shinji took a liking to Kin Mori and her to him, but the two knew they wouldn't be able to have a relationship until they were older, so they settled with being friends for the time being. The others became acquaintances of his, with the concept of 'allies' and 'enemies' not happening until later.
All the while his education was still going well and would continue to do so for another three years. When he turned thirteen, his mother showed his class around her metal factory. There was a machinery malfunction and the rod fell from over his head, causing it to pierce Shinji's left shoulder from the front. Fuyu, who had never shown any real compassion to her son from the moment she learned of Eiji, freaked out and ordered the closest worker to ring the ambulance.
He rushed to do so and the ambulance arrived minutes later. Once at the hospital, he was put under a heavy dose of anaesthetic and the rod was painstakingly, carefully removed after hours of manoeuvring. Coming to later on, he heard one doctor say to his mother that he would get osteoarthritis in that arm when he was older, not to mention he would have restricted movement and the blood flow had been affected. She burst into tears. Three days later, he was released after the doctors made sure there was no sign of infection. His mother's paranoia was born during that incident and she proceeded to fuss over him, as if she had never distanced herself from Shinji at all.
Shinji now jumps at certain sounds and freezes when he hears the sound of gears. He also isn't comfortable with needles anymore.
Shinji didn't like his mother's behaviour, though. In fact, he hated being treated as "mama's boy", hated how she fussed over him. It wasn't like he was helpless, he could still walk and talk. An argument occurred between them where Shinji made it clear to her to stop coddling him as if he couldn't understand what was going on and that "she did nothing to care about me since she learned of my other half".
She tried protesting, but Shinji decisively put his foot down, saying "if you hate Eiji, you hate me". From that moment, Fuyu was estranged from her son and he acted coldly towards her, ignoring her completely. The fight between them also rattled Shinji to the point where his grades slipped to B+, but the teachers were still impressed.
Digivice: Green Digivice 01
Crest: Reliability
Digimon Partner: Strabimon
Evolutions: Puttimon-Cupimon-Strabimon-Gryzmon-Dinobeemon-TigerVespamon
Appearance:
Attacks: Licht Nagel and Licht Bein
Personality:
Strabimon is wild, ruthless, merciless and murderous. He's sarcastic, quick-witted and hates authority. He loves the thrill of battle and often loses himself in its insanity. He is capable of making friends, but they're more minions to him, though he has a tendency to betray if the outcome suits his needs at the time. He's surprisingly tactical and has a great wealth of knowledge.
Before his fall, Strabimon was a humble, devoted and courageous angel belonging to the Holy Order. He served the Order faithfully, dedicating himself to the protection of mortals and destruction of all dark forces. He was motivated by duty, honour, virtue and loyalty. But it was those qualities that brought him low and turned him into an abomination.
His sense of duty and purpose, his desire to see the righteous cause of the Order through to completion, made him vulnerable to the manipulations of the now hidden Demon Lords. He was formerly an Angemon who was deceived by a Baalmon, later revealed to be Beelzemon's Perfect level form, which resulted in a corrupted slide evolution to Devimon. Beelzemon drew him into the darkness, further damaging his 'holy' point of view, before Devimon went on the path of destruction, killing a Labramon and seriously hurting a Leormon. Beelzemon forcibly reconfigured him, after that, laughing in the faces of those injured by Devimon's rampage.
This time around, he stayed particularly alert and would be able to tell if the DL used their dirty tricks on him again. Now Strabimon barely resembles his former self. He is cunning, calculating and deadly. His devotion to an ideal has become devotion to himself, and he often exemplifies the self-indulgent nature. He's self-serving and selfish. He has dedicated his existence to following his whims and this easy life of pleasure has brought him detachment and easy confidence. Strabimon likes to believe he's more than capable of backing up his confidence, until he's not and then kicks their butt to prove otherwise.
He has become a sort of bon vivant, seeking novelty and new diversions. But despite his fundamentally hedonistic nature, Strabimon does feel the pull of more lasting concerns, and over his long life this tendency has resulted in an arcane schedule of engagements and forays to far-flung lands. As a result Strabimon is a busy Digimon, travelling frequently to pursue concerns known only to him. He always seems to have business elsewhere.
He's become a charmer and a smooth-talker in this time, he has a vicious way with words and a critical eye that combine to make him extremely competent at picking someone apart and deducing what makes them tick. His ability to analyze and dissect people and situations mentally, combined with his physical lethality has made him an incredibly deadly individual. Strabimon relates to others as his playthings, as he's found few beings capable or worthy of gaining his respect. He's found immense pleasure in travelling the multiverse. Essentially, he's a narcissist, with an "I come first" sort of attitude.
Strabimon got pulled into the situation with Shinji after hatching from his forced death to Cupimon. The wolf makes out that he handles it quite well, but knows on the inside he's itching to go explore the multiverse again. He seemingly uses Shinji as he needs the teen's power to evolve and he delights in using the others to learn what's happening in the real world, before ignoring them seconds later.
History: N/A