Yua Anzai

Yua is a Clan Roleplay character in the Spicy Stories Discord Server and supporting character of the book "Scared For Life".

Appearance
Yua is a Japanese woman of 165 cm stature with striking elegance and who gives off a graceful aura. She has pale skin, a slim yet curvy fit physique from all her hunting activity. Her facial features are almost identical to her mother's; she has a diamond-shaped face, long lashes, pronounced cheekbones, mature aspects and plump defined rosy lips. Unlike her brother, who has their mother's thicker brows, Yua has strong but more angular brows like her father, which give her a sophisticated resting face. She has the glowing blue Anzai eyes, which are striking in contrast to her mono-lidded Japanese shape. The closer she comes into contact with a Spellcaster, the more they radiate, as her blood opposes/rejects witch presence.

Yua's hair is extremely long and sleek, a dark defining black which is distinct and beautiful, inherited from her mother. She chooses to keep it long out of remembrance of her mother, who always thought Yua should grow it out since she, in her youth couldn't working as a servant in the Anzai estate. But since Yua is noble, he hair is her choice. When her mother was killed, Yua promised to keep it long in remembrance of her and respect. However, her hair is very long and thick which is why she often ties it up in an elegant bun to keep it from being in the way of her hunting and every day life. To avoid any obstacles to maximize her senses, her hair is always tidy and up. Yua also has thick glossy bangs which sit nicely over her brows and give her character. Her brother copied this from her as an excuse to grow out his bangs and hide his Anzai eyes, however Yua does not show any shame in her heritage and instead proudly reveals them.

Like her brother, she has two strange markings on her back in the shape of stars. Daiki used one of them to bring Ebony to life, but Yua does not know this and has no knowledge of the power in these markings which her parents implemented in her as a baby. To her, they are simply birthmarks and she never questioned it, unlike her curious brother.

Yua is first seen in the Roleplay proudly wearing her Anzai blue kimono that match her eyes. However after running into Kitty in the Island Arc and seeing how clotheless the young girl was, she gave it up and ripped her beloved kimono to protect the girl from the cold. Now, Yua wears the black hunting clothes she had underneath: tight black turtle-necked sleeved top with stretchy black pants and tracking shoes. Yua also always carries her bow and arrows with her, though her she has no arrows left after using them all to save everyone, specifically Petra, from drowning in the Dragon Arc. She also eventually loses her hairband in the sea, and now uses a vine she found to tie her hair up in a bun. Additionally, Yua wears a black choker with the Anzai blue gem symbol.

Personality
Yua has a strong graceful presence that gives off a cold and cool aura. In contrast with her brother, she does not have the face of a smiler, but is instead calm, cool and even cold at times. Nonetheless, her deep kindness is transmitted through her motherly ways as she is very responsible. Because of her past and mother's early passing, Yua was forced to grow quickly and early in order to protect and care for her brother, giving him the love he needed. She is proud of being an Anzai when Daiki isn't, and although many expected her to grow a hatred towards her brother, this never happened and was instead replaced with a fierce sense of protectiveness. She is extremely noble and honest, sometimes blunt, and from birth taught to accept life as it is, though unfair. She chooses to prioritize her family over her dreams, never once rejecting her arranged marriage. Compared to her brother, Yua is not easily wavered by feelings and less of a thinker than him. She is first to strike since she learned never to hesitate. She will grow silently violent towards anything she found harmful towards her, her family or friends, which could be depicted in how she shot Freyja, misunderstanding her as an enemy.

Although very used to hunting animals, Yua struggles to kill people which can be seen in the time she killed a girl to save Devon.

Yua's smile is known as a rare treasure which is usually soft and uncommon but beautiful. She is very motherly and has a soft touch, especially towards anyone younger. However, if she does not agree with you, she will not fake a likeness, though she will do her best to act respectful as she was taught at a young age. As her father always reminded her, whatever she does represents the family, therefore do well, as it affects all of them. This she takes to heart.

History
When Yua was born, her parents quickly sealed away any contact with the magical realm, after what happened to her older brother Houtarou, which they presumed was dead. Yua (nor Daiki) were therefore never told the truths of their family being Spellcaster Hunters, or of their brother. Nonetheless, Yua knew about the existance of magic and witches from her secret relationship with Devon. Seeing as Yua was a girl, her parents immediately started having plans for a third child, one who could take over the estate, was was the Anzais traditions and male hierarchy.

Although she is the older Anzai child, the estate and all its wealth and the name will go to Daiki as the "only boy" (this was before they discovered their lost brother Houtarou). Deep down, Yua wants to prove her worth to the family and become heiress of the Anzais, but with time had grown to accept that this is impossible as a woman, and instead chooses to serve her family by marrying the enemy's son to come to a truce. Though she doesn't show it, she is in fact terrified of this as they are the family who murdered her mother in the attempt to kill Daiki as a child, and even if she were to bear their children, (though painfully for obvious reason and against her will), she would most likely never be able to hold them as they will bear the Hans' Spellcaster blood. But because of her family love and pride, she has accepted this fate, and hopes to protect and see Daiki as a good heir to rule the family.

At the age of 5, Yua went through the traditional "Anzai Blood Test" where at a certain time in childhood, the Anzai Blood will battle with the person's body. If the blood submits to the body, the host survives and the blood will be loyal to heal. If the blood doesn't submit then it will attack the person's body and organs. This is at random and deadly. However, Yua's blood saw the potential in Yua, the loyalty and strength in her spirit and she quickly overcame it with only mild symptoms. This could have been seen as a sign for her to become heiress instead of Daiki, but her father turned a blind eye to this and persisted with the male rule.

At 9 years old, Yua's mother died, though she was not there to witness it. The murder was a plan of revenge by the Korean Spellcaster "Han" family, who were seeking to avenge the killed family members by Anzais. Although the plan was to kill the family heir (Daiki), this failed and their mother perished instead. Yua could see the trauma in her brother's eyes, seeing as he had not only lost a mother but also developed a hero complex as well as a determined spirit to unveil the Anzai truth, though prohibited. As a coping mechanism for both, Yua took on her mother's place to watch over Daiki and give him the family love he needed, thus maturing her at an early age.

The Anzai children were never allowed to leave the estate so their only friends were the servant children, specifically Haru and Ichika in Yua's case. Many in the estate however look up to Yua, and there is even a secret alliance between them without Yua's knowing, which support Yua's ascension as heiress instead of Daiki known as the "Blue Orchids". Her loyalty to the Anzais is both her strength and weakness.

Abilities
Many of Yua's abilities come from her powerful Anzai blood. It is a strong bond connecting the Anzai and their Hunter past in the form of blood. It comes with many advantages and disadvantages after overcoming the "Anzai Blood Test" sometime in childhood.


 * Healing Blood- Due to her Anzai Blood and passing the Blood Test, her blood can heal any wound from any person as long as it covers the affected area. This goes for herself as well. Because of this, Anzais can never scar. However, because of the blood's hatred towards Spellcasters, it rejects all physical contact with them and sends a painful "spark" to her skin.
 * Invisibility- Generations ago, a skilled Anzai Hunter once managed to steal a certain power from a targeted Spellcaster and gave her family the power of invisibility at will. This is deactivated once blood is shed.
 * Spellcaster Sense- Based on the ancient hatred towards Spellcasters in her blood, she can sense a Spellcaster's presence nearby. Her blood will also react to her trying to help one with shivers and negative tugs at her body. Furthermore, the blood forbids her from ever touching a Spellcaster's cells: this rejection comes in the form of a painful spark that hurts her skin with a burning sensation. The more powerful the Spellcaster, the more painful the spark.
 * Anzai Eyes- No great advantage unless an Ancient Vampire comes into contact with them and uses powers to unleash a servant like mode in the Anzai.
 * Archery- Yua learned her archery skills from Haru and is very skilled in this area, proving many times to be useful.
 * Tracking- Yua has keen qualities that make her a good huntress and tracker.
 * Languages- Due to her father's forced Anzai studies on Daiki to be heir, Yua would secretly also study languages to excel in these areas also, in case she ever got the chance to become heiress. She learned to speak English, Chinese, Korean, and Latin, later learning Dutch and Russian herself. However, because she is self-taught, her Japanese accent is stronger than her brother's.

Haru Kirishima
Since Yua was not as heavily protected as Daiki, she had more freedom to venture on the outskirts of the Anzai estate and used hunting as an excuse to do so. Learning archery at a young age from Haru (an Anzai guard), the two grew close and became hunting companions. Thanks to these skills, she had become an expert survivalist and plays a huge role in the Roleplay's survival of OCs'.

Ichika Yamaguchi
Ichika is a young servant girl who helps out in the kitchen and is Yua's personal handmaid. Ichika idolises Yua for her spirit, gorgeous appearance and strong devotion, and is therefore very loyal to her master. Yua knows of Ichika's crush on Daiki, and ships it, knowing it will make her happy, hopefully Daiki happy one day, and perhaps even be a good thing for the family.

Daiki Anzai
Daiki is is Yua's younger brother. The two have a strong bond of respect for one another, knowing full well that their lives and actions depend on each other. This is why when Daiki leaves the estate, he hesitates at first because of Yua, but decides to escape anyway in order to, in the long term, help both him and his sister by finding out the forbidden Anzai Truth of their Spellcaster Hunter ways. Since their mother died, Yua took on the role of mother in Daiki's life and raised him herself with the help of servants/maid in the estate. She is therefore protective over him out of love and knows that the world is trying to hunt Daiki down for their ancestors' past actions. Making herself strong, she devoted her life to helping her brother and saving her family, thus making her loyal to him. Whenever they fight, it is because Yua would find Daiki's actions to be harmful to himself and she wants to protect him. Daiki has shown downright annoyance towards this since he craves freedom and finds her protection suffocating, but understand very well her reasons behind this. She cares for her brother and the sunlight person he is but thinks his curiosity is will kill him in the end, he should just follow the Anzai rules and stop searching. In the past, she would turn in any of his forbidden books she found to be burned by their father, hoping to save him and get him to go along with becoming heir. Yua thinks Daiki is a fool for being embarrassed of his eyes, while she is proud. Even though Yua wants to be heiress and represent her family but can't because of Daiki, she holds no hatred towards him, only pity. Her protectiveness over him strong resembles that of Mikasa and Eren from Attack on Titan.

Devon Vann
Devon and Yua met as children, and were always very close, they developed feelings for one another, although Yua was oblivious to this. However after some time, Devon disappeared (running away for a few years) and the girls grew apart. When Devon and Yua saw each other again during the Kokoro Spirit Arc, the two caught up in a slightly hostile way, striking up conversation, but the two stuck together ever since. When Devon died the first time, Yua gave away a bit of her blood to save her, along with her sister, Bethany's spell. After her revival, Yua realised she didn't want to leave Devon again and Yua was almost willing, for the first time, to go against her family's expectations to be with Devon. However, fear for what would happen to Devon and Daiki is what kept her from fully pursuing this. Devon grew weaker since she resurrected, causing them to be slightly behind everyone else. Devon died in the Japan Arc, sacrificing herself for the lives of Yua and Kitty. Yua is still not over her death and is greatly scarred, now having an even bigger reason to go back and pursue the arranged marriage with no one dragging her back anymore.

Freyja Khaalida
When they first met, Yua believed she posed a threat towards her and her brother, not realising that Freyja was actually her brother's lover. She shows immense distrust and tries to force an answer out of Freyja to find her brother, however this goes nowhere as both women as sharp at the tongue. After som time, she mistakes Freyja's struggle with Daiki as harmful and shoots her in the leg with an arrow, giving Freyja a permanent scar despite Yua's efforts to use her blood to heal her. Still today, Yua cannot believe Daiki has found love, and is unsure if she approves of their bond because of the two's magical blood rivalry and Ichika's love for Daiki, she it will take a miracle to get the family's approval. Regardless, Yua find Freyja to be quite impressive and a good influence on her brother, since meeting her he has changed drastically, Yua is very grateful for that.

Houtarou
"Taro" is Yua's biological older brother who was kidnapped and nearly killed for his Anzai Blood. Taro grows up separate in a New York gang known as "The Bonnets" and meets Daiki and Yua in the forest by the outskirts of the city during one of his gang tasks. Daiki recognises the Anzai eyes in Taro and the Japanese name, plus the fact that the two appear to be almost identical. Taro has a moment of panic which Daiki manages to calm him down from, convincing that their late mother never abandoned him. Daiki is therefore a key aspect in Taro's character development and fixes his resentment towards women. He then wonders if Taro, being the eldest male heir, would take over instead of him but before he has the chance to ask, Taro disappears and the two haven't seen each other since.

Katrina Strange
"Kitty" was found by Yua in the Island Arc when Kitty was stranded, and Yua took her in almost as a younger sister. The two have been together ever since and Yua has developed unwanted motherly feelings for Kitty, just as she had for Daiki when he was younger. For the remaining time Yua has left unmarried and somewhat free, she wants to help Kitty find her real family and teach her the to speak, write, and anything/everything to bring Kitty back to society strong and independent, which Yua believes everyone should have, ironically, since her family is the opposite of that. Yua finds Kitty to be immensely adorable but knows they cannot touch due to the Anzai blood spark reacting. She hopes that even after they separate, Kitty will always remember her just like Yua will never forget Kitty. Yua's nickname for her is "Momiji" after Kitty's red hair, resembling the Japanese Maple Leaf.

Mauve Adams
Yua is oblivious to Mauve's past crush on Daiki, simply seeing her as his friend. She has approved their friendship and deemed Mauve to be a kind and friendly girl who she has invited to stay at the estate with the Anzais.

Trivia

 * She is an ISTJ personality type based on MBTI. Other famous ISTJs are Queen Elizabeth II, Augustus and Hermione Granger.
 * Her favorite colour is Anzai blue.
 * She never hunts baby animals, seeing as they deserve to live by their mothers and grow to be able to defend themselves.
 * Yua's favorite past time is hunting, but also enjoys wood-carving (she makes her own arrows) and sewing.
 * Yua will sometimes hum her mother's lullaby to calm her down, if hunting isn't an option. She sang this song to Kitty in the Plane Arc.
 * Her favorite animal is the deer.
 * Yua's favorite food and drink are cold Japanese Soba and Green tea.
 * Used to be called "My Angel" by her mother, hasn't been called that since her passing.
 * She keeps a flower from Devon hidden in her room from when they were children.
 * Yua would almost always win in "invisible hide-and-go-seek" games with her brother.
 * She often visits her mother's tombstone to remind herself of why she is doing the things she is doing and give her strength.
 * Yua dislikes her own laugh, as shown in the Plane Arc with Kitty. It is high pitched and strange sounding, so she avoids laughter altogether.
 * She has never used a cellphone since there is no need for it in the Anzai estate.
 * She loves heights, which is why she enjoyed riding Dragon Petra.
 * She wants to be like her mother, seeing her sacrifice to save Daiki as the strongest love ever.
 * Yua was not given the same privileges as Daiki for being a woman, but she would find ways to learn all she could to impress her family and become the best version of herself.
 * Her favorite movie is "Grave of the Fireflies".
 * She once had an intense fight with a tiger on a hunting mission that escaped the zoo and went missing from a neighboring city. She was bewildered by it, never having seen one before. This was the moment she proved to be a better huntress than Haru when she saved him from it, risking her own life.
 * She has never met the Han member who she is to marry, and knows nothing of him as an individual.
 * She can play the Koto: a traditional Japanese instrument.
 * As a child, she was afraid of frogs until Daiki showed her they were harmless.
 * She is an exceptional sewer, learning from her mother who would work with that as a Anzai servant long ago.
 * She does not like to give her blood to heal, finding that it shouldn't just be given round like a free service which Daiki does. She believes you should earn the blood, since it battles fate.
 * The main inspiration for Yua is Erza from Fairy Tail and Mikasa from Attack on Titan.