Minato

- Name: Minato Nakamura (Nicknames: Mina, Mimi)
- Number: 120
- Rank: 1
- Type: Fire
- Handler: Vanessa


- Age: 14
- Gender: demigirl (she/her/they/them)
- Height: 6'0''


- Root: Lion/American Alligator/Jacob Sheep
- House: Indigo Valerians

- Background:

"The world needs more people who look towards the truth, and that's why I'm here."
It had been 8:45 in the morning when they had found him, a man once missing now found half dangled over the dining room chandelier, the mahogany table drenched in a pool of his leaking blood.  It had stained everything, from the tablecloth, to the collared shirt he had been wearing, and even the edges of the nearby curtains, left mysteriously torn on the ground.  When the first letter arrived at the Nakamura household, Minato watched the police explain that it was simply a burglary gone wrong.  The neighbours, however, would whisper that it was a local cartel, saying that there had been rumours of a body left on a metal fence on the outskirts of the city not too long ago.

Mr. Nakamura had been a solitary man, living in a decently sized apartment without even a servant for company.  From what Minato had remembered of their uncle, he had been a caring man, always treating his brother’s family to dinner with dessert - an extravagant meal for a poor family.  Sure, he might have been a little sheepish and aloof - no doubt thanks to the sheep blood that ran through his veins - but he had been perfectly normal all the same.  Thanks to his occupation as a fairly popular novelist, such luxuries were available to him.  Minato has never seen the scene of the murder, of course, but such an incident had not frightened them, but instead instilled the young hybrid with an insatiable lust of curiosity.  Sure, hybrids were not particularly liked, and hate crime was rampant, but what nagged at their mind was the way it happened.  Why kidnap him? Why come back, and leave such a rampantly violent display?  Moreover, why kill a beloved novelist?

As a child, they delved into their uncle’s old mystery novels for an answer.  When that didn’t work, Minato began to read more, and more, and more.  Before they knew it, a twelve year old was walking up to the local library and asking for an extensive textbook on criminal psychology - a shock to their parents, and anyone who happened to stumble in on the view.  It was around that age Minato had come to the conclusion they wanted to be something like a detective.  After some pushing and prodding about the Academy and how that would be the closest way to get to a similar career, Minato's parents finally relented, on the condition that they would write letters every month back home.  Finally content that they were set on the path they wanted to take, they stepped into the transport vehicle without a second thought.  After a short wave, the vehicle started to rumble with the sound of the click and turn of the keys.

Their lip curled.  Minato wasn't going to waste this chance - not for Uncle.

- Personality:
||INTP | Tauros | Ravenclaw | 5w4||
+ brave
+ leaderly
+ strong-willed
+ clever
+ polite
+ patient
- ambitious
- fierce
- obsessive
- aloof
- not so socially conscious
- oblivious


- Likes/Dislikes:
+ stationery (especially for origami!)
+ fencing
+ criminology
+ puzzles (crosswords, riddles, etc.)
+ travelling
+ astronomy
- small, closed spaces
- long, dull tasks
- messiness
- cemeteries
- fishing
- golf

- Abilities: 
Bite (American Alligator) - If disarmed, Minato can bite an enemy to deal damage.
Nightvision (Lion) - Minato can see clearly in the dark.
Hardy (Jacob Sheep) - Minato can withstand extreme hot or cold temperatures.

- Trivia: 
Fun Fact #1: Eats an uncomfortable amount of meat every day.
Fun Fact #2: She had a very early growth spurt thanks to her alligator root.
Fun Fact #3: Minato always brings a nail filer with them as they have to regularly file them down to keep them in check.
Fun Fact #4: Minato's family jumped to a middle class one suddenly when they recieved a portion of Mr. Nakamura's inheritance.  They are fluent in Mandarin & Japanese.
Fun Fact #5: Brought their favourite book by their uncle and a small spy kit given to them by their parents as a going away present.

design notes:
- notably pretty eyes with prominent eyelashes
- eyes are alligator eyes!
- has sharp teeth
- tail has coarse fur, with the exception of the tail spikes, which are scaled
- wears a light blue ruffled button up shirt underneath the coat!