kana ishihana.

THE BAKENEKO

Age: 17
Height: 165cm (5'5" ft.)
Birthday: July 24th
Nationality: Japanese
Place Of Origin: Osaka, Japan

According to Japanese folklore, Kana is a bakeneko She’s a cat yokai (spiritual creature) with supernatural abilities such as
Ghostly Fire Breath: A dark blue-violet fire that she can expel from her mouth at a moment’s whim. It’s not extremely powerful, and it’s range is short. (Usually about foot.)
Shape Shifting: From cat to human, Kana can shape shift into various other objects. It’s rare for her to do so, and her objects are limited.
Manipulating Dead People: In her cat form, she can enter the body of the deceased, and pilot the body, but doing so causes their memories to flood into her mind, and puts extreme strain on her body.
Possessing People: In her cat from, she can enter the simple human, and control them. Same as thee above, only much harder since they are alive.
Shadow Claws: Due to her nature as a yokai, Kana has the ability to gather the magical aura around her and transform it into these black-violet gloves around her hands. These hands are incredibly powerful, but also incredibly draining.
9 Lives: Kana can have 9 near death experiences and make it out alive.
Speed: She’s able to run faster than the normal human, reaching up to maximum speed of 50 m/ph.
Flexibility: Her body is able to twist and turn on par with a contortionist.

THE NEKO

early cat years

Kana was born as the runt of the liter. Despite that, her mother loved and cared for her as any of the other litter. She never knew her father, as most fathers of strays didn't stick around, but it was fine because her mother gave enough love for two.
She was rambunctious when she was young, always catching things smaller than her, playing in the fields, and obtaining scrapes from humans with her cuteness.
Her brothers and sisters always bullied her when she was younger, especially the oldest one. He stole her food, pulled on her ears, squashed her, and even pushed her into a flowing river once. She disliked her own siblings, but for the sake of her mother, she continued to put on a family charade. Her mother anyways said, “Family is important! It’s the only thing we truly have, just like you’re the only things I have.” It was great at guilt-tripping the young ones to stop bickering among each other.
As time passed, their mother grew gravely ill. It was a result of malnutrition, probably from feeding her own children rather than herself. Without any medical knowledge, the young ones were doomed to watch as their mother suffered. As their mother grew weaker, each of the siblings left one at a time, but not Kana. She stayed with her mother until the bitter end. Even when her mother was gone, she still hadn’t come to full terms with what just happened.

older cat years

Kana spent most of her younger years learning how to fend for herself; learning about the streets and what they had to offer for a stray cat like herself. It didn’t turn out to be a lot.
With the help of other friendlier cats, she was able to learn quickly about the make-shift rules of cats. This was a human’s world, and she had to get by with what she could make down. The most important rule for any stray was; you can’t get caught, get what you can, and then get away.
As she reached her prime, she became much more daring and violent. She possessed the abilities and smarts of any other local cat. That fueled a dangerously confident and cocky attitude that nearly cost her life.
Her fellow cats took notice of this.
Betrayal, pain, and blood spilled for her stupidities and after a little rough housing, she decided to leave the hard dark streets and live peacefully.
Despite being small and light most of her life, she ended up living pass 10 years and grew to weight more than 8 pounds.
She met the qualifications to become a bakeneko.

THE BAKENEKO

early years

Kana was reborn as a bakeneko, and upon being reborn, she was taken in by an older yokai named CHIEKO (恵子) who was also a bakeneko. Chieko brought back Kana to her little traditional home in the mountains. She was the one who taught Kana how to speak and write in Japanese, afterwards, teaching her basic English. Besides how to speak, Chieko was the one who taught her how to use her powers, instilled virtues in her, and raised her as her own. Chieko was a second mother to little Kana.
It was here that Kana learned all about the different kinds of yokai, their customs, and rules. Despite living in a world of magic and different creatures, she had the desire to return to living among humans in cities, like when she was a stray.
Chieko forbidden her from stepping foot in human towns, because Kana did not have full control of her powers yet. And seeing a transformation happen in plain sight, could frighten a lot of people.
Despite Chieko's wishes, Kana decided to head out to the festival and just as her care taker predicted, she lost control of her transformation and reverted back to a cat in the middle of the festival. The people weren't so accepting of her, and began to circle her while reciting names at her like MONSTER. And, in a panic, she lashed out and reverted back to her purest yokai form. A large black beast, ressembling a cat, but of greater size than a tiger or lion. In the form, she attacked the townspeople in a fit of rage and anguish. She would be the monster than people wanted her to be.
After the damage was done, and she came back to her senses, she saw the mess she made and simply ran.
Out of breath, and fearing for her life, she returned home to apologize to Chieko, only to find that she had vanished. There was no explaination to her dissappearance, but Kana only blamed herself. If only she listened. If only she did want Chieko had asked of her. Fearing for her life, she lived in recluse for years.
During this period is when Kana gained more control over her powers. She visted other yokais, and read to gain knowledge. She never lost her interest to return to the human world. After feeling more comfortable with herself, she left the place she once considered home to venture out.

later years

A lot of what Kana knows is self-taught, Chikeo only taught Kana to read and write. As she grew older, she realized that she wanted to go to the place that revolves around any normal teenager; SCHOOL. But, education costs money, and education isn't cheap.
She decided that she wasn't going to get that amount any time soon, working normal human jobs. After an afternoon of applying for work, an older business man offered her money for simply keeping him company, and that started her on the path to compensated dating. Keep in mind that she's only 16 at the time.
In the short time of a year, she was able to raise enough tutition cost for two years at any public or private school, also she'd gotten luxurious items, and a working cellphone. They were all items provided by her cilents. Of course, not without paying a dear price. To say that the experience didn't take a toll on her, was a lie. She's lost a lot in that one year, but once she had all the money she dumped this lifestyle. She only used the phone that her cilents provided, and none of them actually knew her real name, so it was easy to cut off ties. To harrass or find her was not in their best interest either, as these were men with money and usually in delicate positions of power.
After this ordeal, she needed to find a school that would accept her sketchy situation, and the only place that would was Aki's All Girls High. The staff pitied her sob stories, and since she had the money, she allowed her to take the entrance exam and enter the school as a 'transfer' student.

wip.