Hanako Orikasa

Hanako Orikasa (折笠 =端弧, Orikasa Hanako; lit. The Edge's Arc which Breaks Influence) also known as Hanako Denshiko is the young Guild Master of the Prosperous Forest Guild and the Wood Good Slayer. Hanako was given the rights to the guild from the previous master, who had given up on the Grand Magic Games after their crushing loss to Sabertooth. Hanako, despite her young age, has decided to try and bring her new guild up to its former glory come the next Grand Magic Games. She is the main protagonist of Fairy Tail: Rustling Branches.

Appearance
Hanako bears the appearance of a young girl, with a rather petite figure, dark blue, almost black eyes and light brown hair. Her hair is short, going down to her chin and her fringe is kept parted to the left.

She is noted to commonly wear a large and puffy white hat on her head, with ornate crimson lining and brown patterns on it. Her attire consists of a white and crimson top-dress which presumably goes down to her knees. This dress is sleeveless at the top, and has much chocolate-brown lining around that area. She seems to wear a brown belt over this dress, as to keep it form-fitting. Her final part of her outfit is excessively long and thick white and brown gloves, which nearly go up to her shoulder and have large frills protruding out of the back of them.

Personality
Hanako usually seems calm and quiet; though she is actually a very foul-mouthed girl with a short temper to match. However, delving further into this farce, it is quite clear that Hanako can be rather friendly and relatively easy to get along with...as long as somebody doesn't push her buttons. She also has a habit of acting rather cutesy in most situations, often acting in a cute and adorable manner, which supplements the absolute confidence in herself and her self-sufficiency.

Sharp-tempered and snarky, she readily criticizes others for their faults, though her habits are rarely any better; and she has a monstrous, quick-temper which makes her prone to throwing fits at people for barely justified reasons. Many fear her because of this, leading to her pummeling others rather violently, with many others calling her a 'tsundere' at times. She allows nothing to get in her way if she wants something. When upset, she takes her anger and rage out on anyone who displeases her, even her subordinates, who should be wary about this but they actually like to piss her off. A lot of things, and people set her off. Usually this is her older sister, who Hanako is incredibly jealous of due to having a large bust size.

Despite her temper, Hanako can act reasonable at times; though this is very rare; while she thinks very little of the intelligence of others, she is willing to listen to them and even admit that she has several faults—though amusingly enough, she backtracked immediately after telling others that they are quite often right and she refuses to accept it. She also seems to have a large crush on Ahatake Kurosaki, but this is rarely elaborated upon.

Equipment
Shinka Hakkejin (真火八卦陣, True Flaming Eight Trigrams Formation): Shinka Hakkejin is the name of Hanako's sword, which takes the form of a fairly long and thin katana, which has a rectangular hand-guard and a long hilt wrapped in bandages. It should be noted that the Shinka Hakke Jin is the cauldron used by the celestials to impose capital punishment on Sun Wukong, after he wreaked chaos in Heaven. Since Sun Wukong was born of rock, blades could not cut him. With no conventional way to execute him, the celestials decided to cook him alive for forty days inside a special cauldron, but Wukong survived the ordeal and later escaped.

Physical Abilities
Incredible Strength: Hanako possesses phenomenal strength and superior hand-eye coordination, and can break free from almost any attack that binds her and prevents her from moving. She is strong enough to break an enormous tree and swing it like a bat with one hand. She has enough power to break diamond with her bare hands, and break through iron; and she can thrust a S-Class-level opponent into a wall several kilometers away in one strike; and later on, shove a foe through two buildings with a simple flick of her finger upon the foe's arm to push him back. Even more intimidating displays of brutal power Hanako has shown are like kicking Shunrei Yuzuriha through a building and slamming Yuuna Kirigetsu over her shoulder with one hand in their battle, as well as when she grabbed Fuuya's sword barehanded and reeled both her and the sword in for an attack.

Intense Speed: Even without using a speed-enhancing technique, Hanako is extremely fast; able to close large distances in a blink of an eye. Hanako has shown to be immensely fast, befitting her small size and waifish build. Thanks to her tremendous raw power, Hanako's leg strength allows her to move fast enough to instantly close a huge gap of space between her and the opponent and even seemingly disappear from sight. In battle she is able to punch with incredible speed in rapid succession, making it highly difficult for her opponents to find an opening and counterattack. With her speed, Hanako is capable of defying normal physics and zipping around with tremendous speed; and is able to move backwards at full speed just as well as forwards. Due to such speed, she is able to scale right up the walls of buildings, or similar structures, and can also run right over water.

Enhanced Durability: Hanako is superhumanly resilient; this has been enhanced due to her training. Her skin itself is unnaturally hard; as she is able to block sword strikes with a single finger without feeling anything, and occasionally she deflects jutsu with a single swipe of her hand. In addition, she can keep fighting despite suffering broken bones as if she never suffered those injuries in the first place. She has been shown to be powerful enough to catch and hold onto Fuuya's sword without receiving any damage at all; and when faced with dual attacks from Shunrei and Yuuna, the duo's attacks had little to no effect at all upon her deceptively mighty frame.

Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Believe it or not, Hanako is tremendously skilled in hand-to-hand combat; she can sufficiently deflect others' attacks and unleash her own blows, also being highly knowledgeable in counterattacking. Her attacks possess several magnitudes worth of impressive swiftness and power, leaving absolutely zero time for her foes to attempt to futilely counterattack. Additionally, it has proven difficult to actively lay a hand on her unless in the rare occasion that she enables this rare chance to occur. Even attacked from a blind spot, Hanako is able to block every attack using just her left arm as she has reached a certain state in her skills where she doesn't need eyesight to detect the movements of her target; she could predict the opponent's next move purely on the brief moment when her arm blocks that of her opponent, rendering attacks from her blind spot pointless. She can sufficiently deflect others' attacks and unleash her own blows, also being highly knowledgeable in counterattacking. Her attacks possess several magnitudes worth of impressive swiftness and power, leaving absolutely zero time for her foes to attempt to futilely counterattack. She prefers to bombard her opponent with a flurry of bone-shattering kicks delivered at breakneck speeds, though she will occasionally throw in a punch or two for good measure. While she prefers to utilize her innate powers, it has been shown that she is able to defeat even jōnin with brute strength alone. Hanako's incredible skill in the art is drastically enhanced by her inherent immense strength, giving her the ability to unleash devastating blows with ease.

Sword Magic
Sword Magic (剣の魔法, Ken no Mahō): Sword Magic is where Hanako shines bright like a diamond; it has been stated that she even surpasses a sword master in this forte. She is even capable of employing her swords effectively using her feet, by wielding their hilts between her hallux and second toe; though Hanako has stated that such a method is unorthodox and thus refuses to use it unless she has no other choice. The speed and precision of her strikes are able to inflict a lethal blow on her opponent without staining the blade with blood. Her precision is even able to cut off a lit candle's wick and keep it lit on the edge of her blade; as well as produce shockwaves from her strikes to intercept enemy attacks. The tremendous cutting power of Hanako's sword strikes are capable of effortlessly slicing through defenses while pushing them to their absolute limits. Her mastery of the art gained her the title of Kensei (剣聖, "Sword Saint"); something which she is highly proud of.
 * Kendō (剣道, Way of the Sword): Hanako is credited as a complete master of Kendō; part of her mastery comes from the fact that when she was in high school, she was on the Kendō team and her teacher recognized her as one of the best practitioners; admittedly not too good at first, but had a lot of talent—rising up from amateur to expert in almost two years. Kendō is a sword art which requires the user to grip their blade with both of her hands; meaning that each of Hanako's swings packs tremendous power within them. However, despite her absolute mastery over this art, she primarily utilizes Kendō for finishing blows, though it is not rare that she will use it a fair great deal throughout a heated battle. Her Kendō strikes are noted to be powerful enough to carve through large chunks of diamond; packing enough sheer concussive force that each and every one of her swings causes friction with the air, unleashing an enormous explosion after every blow.
 * Satsugeki Bukōken (殺劇舞荒剣, Killing Dramatic Sword of the Wild Dance): One of her most devastating techniques; Hanako swirls around in a spiral pattern, with her magical energy fluctuating wildly to manifesting an interweaving helix of varying pressure. The moment that she finishes the spiral, Hanako quickly swings her blade forwards in a Kendō strike; this forces the returning wind currents to immediately ascend in the atmosphere as the magical energy from the clash manifests as a highly destructive hurricane. The size and the strength of the hurricane manifested all depends upon the pressure difference between the high and low pressure wind currents, the amount of magical power present in that wind and the number of revolutions in the spiral pattern that were completed before Hanako generated the hurricane. As a bonus, the hurricane will continue to absorb the magical power that Hanako and her opponents generate, which is guaranteed to further enhance the strength of the hurricane if the foes persist. Because Satsugeki Bukōken reverses the foe's magical power upon themselves, its power is related to the foe's own power. While difficult to pull off, it is one of the most powerful techniques she possesses.

Magical Abilities
Immense Magical Power: Hanako's magical aura produces the same effect of her magic; as it is the elemental representative of nature. When sufficiently angered, she has a habit of excreting sheer life force from her body which causes plants to grow. It is the tricky pressure of her magical power that makes the chakra itself look like plants. What should be noted is that Hanako has expert control over her magical power; and as such, she is able to let it flow through her body freely without any problems and Hanako is very much capable of precisely manipulating her magical power, enabling her to control it to soaring heights that many other mages could ever imagine, even in their wildest dreams. It should be noted that the color that Hanako's magical power takes on is a hot-pink color; which is coincidentally her favorite color.
 * Magic Enhanced Strength: This is a special application of Hanako's magic mastery—sending magical energy into the ends of her limbs using precise control of the energy, she then releases the magic with expert timing, dramatically augmenting her strength tenfold to the point that she could, theoretically, catch a blow from a somebody with super strength. Furthermore, this technique grants Hanako the ability to ludicrous displays of raw strength, like causing gigantic craters with a simple punch or kick to the ground, launch the Ur-Sword into the air and then guide it down right into the mouth of an enormous Hollow, and destroy the ribcage of a copy of a Summon Spirit with frightening ease; each time she ascended beyond the impossible and performed these acts, they were capable of terrifying the people around her.

Wood God Slayer Magic
Wood God Slayer Magic (木の滅神魔法, Moku no Metsujin Mahō) is a type of Caster Magic, Lost Magic, and God Slayer magic, which is mainly used by Hanako Orikasa. Wood God Slayer Magic focuses on plant manipulation; by even a swing of her arm, she is able to create wood and plants from the ground of or her very being, causing them to grow to great sizes and manipulate them to diverse shapes and battle uses at will and in an instant, she can shape the entire battlefield for her own uses.

Hanako is capable of creating wood, or even complete trees, including wood, vines, plants, fruits and flowers, even moss and fungus. Hanako can cause plants grow from the soil, move/attack or even rise from the soil and 'walk', mutate plants by rearranging DNA structure, and revive withered or dead plants. This ability can also be used to create other aspects of trees, such as seeds or flowers. The powers of this ability can be produced from anywhere, including Hanako's body, as her magical power is literally converted into a source of life.

Hanako can use this power for defense and support by growing plants from the ground and make them sprout seeds/fruits/berries, or even to possibly use plant chemicals to heal people or objects or manipulate their properties for a wide range of effects.

What is notable is that Hanako utilizes Wood God Slayer in a unique fashion to encase her body as an aura of pure energy, which is able to act as an extension of her body and cannot be seen by anyone other than other Slayers. By using the aura, Hanako is capable of drastically enhancing the range and power of her unarmed and armed attacks; meaning that strikes that would seemingly or normally miss will actually be able to strike the target with relative ease. At its strongest point, a single blow has enough force to cripple and completely finish off her foe easily. The enhanced speed and perception of magical power gained by releasing combined with the skillful body movements of Hanako's usual fighting style, allow her to evade the attacks of her enemy at the last possible moment.

Spells

 * Wood God's Bellow (木神の怒号, Mokujin no Dogō): The basic 'roar' technique of any God Slayer; despite it being the very first technique they learn, it is extraordinarily powerful. Utilizing this technique, Hanako charges magical power within her mouth and then unleashes it in the form of a highly powerful tornado that possesses overwhelming blunt force at her foe. In the process, sharp shards of wood are released alongside the tornado, which are more than capable of inflicting incredible piercing damage upon the opponent. Oddly enough, this actually works more like Hanako is releasing a concentrated blast of radiation from her mouth. She has been shown apparently being able to adjust the intensity of this ray, varying from a blast of superheated vapor, to a beam with explosive and kinetic properties. The ray is usually portrayed as being neon blue, but on God Force, it turns a deep crimson in coloration, signifying the enhanced power. In her fight with Ayako Murasame, Hanako even used Wood God's Bellow to fly by aiming it at the ground and lifting off like a rocket. Unlike many other Dragon Slayers or God Slayers, Wood God's Bellow can be used without the need for particular preparations, something which makes it notably faster to use, though it does slightly decrease the strength of the attack.
 * Wood God's Spiral Ray (木神の渦光線, Mokujin no Kakōsen): A variation of Wood God's Bellow that Hanako has obtained from synchronizing her magical power with the first Guild Master's "Crystal Gem" (結晶石, Kesshōseki) which is also known as the red "spiral ray". This ray is so powerful that only a few blasts of it are sufficient to completely destroy Mecha-Hanako, though the current Guild Master of Sabertooth was able to withstand several hits. In her fight against the first Wizard Saint, a variant of their spiral ray was seen when Ghidorah used his golden gravity beams on Hanako. Hanako was somehow able to draw strength from the gravity beams and used the absorbed energy to fire a blast of blue energy wrapped in a golden spiral that completely destroyed Ghidorah, and later, it was strong enough to push Kaiser Ghidorah to the edge of space, destroying him in an explosion visible from the surface of the earth. This version, along with its astounding destructive power, has a delayed effect if the initial blast should fail, wherein the target will be blasted by residual effects left over by the beam. While not as overwhelming as the initial blast, the after-effect can catch foes off guard.
 * Wood God's Wood Clone (木神の木, Mokujin no Mokufuku): A clone that is created by altering Hanako's own cells with her Wood God Slayer Magic. It has more endurance than the normal duplicates and doesn't disappear when hit by the enemies' attacks. Moreover, since it has the ability to merge with plants and trees, it is also great for reconnaissance missions. They have the ability to travel far distances from Hanako and are able to communicate with the original. The clones can be as simple in function as a wooden dummy. By directly touching the Wood Clone with her hand, Hanako can absorb the information it gathered and changes the shape of the clone. The Wood Clone is made up of Hanako's own cells, transformed into vegetation. Because of this, when it is changed into a seed and taken into the body, it can be used as a "transmission device". This and all other uses make this technique extremely convenient.
 * Wood God's Demonic Tree Sword(木神の魔樹剣, Mokujin no Majuken): Hanako uses her magic on her right arm; causes a vine with thorns to grow around her arm, extending out to appear almost bladed in appearance; there, it curves backwards, becoming a long, sharp blade; as such, Hanako wields it in a similar manner to a sword. This now glows a vibrant green in coloration; brimming with chakra as it now vibrates at high-frequency, enhancing the reach and cutting ability of the blade, it leaves behind a light green trail of energy where it slashes the opponent. Within the emerald hue of the blade, Hanako is able to conceal seeds of different plants with such stealth that the opponent doesn't realize it until it has already happened.
 * Wood God's Floating Leaves (木神の浮葉科, Mokujin no Fuyōka): Hanako uses her magic on her back; creating two large leaves on her back which appear as "wings", similar to that of a butterfly that double as a glider. Hanako is constantly using her magical power to fuel them, which allows the leaves to propel her in any direction she wishes; the constant pumping of magical power intensifies the speed that Hanako flies at; at its highest point, reaching speeds akin to a jet burst; this also has the side effect of causing an instant sonic boom the moment she reaches this speed, decimating everything around her with relative ease.
 * Wood God's Prosperous Forest (木神の豊かな森, Mokujin no Yutakanamori): By running her hand across any surface, Hanako can transform the entirety of an area into an enormous forest in a matter of seconds. Upon creation, Hanako is able to manipulate any part of the battlefield to fit her needs, such as modifying trees to produce different types of fruits which she can utilize with various effects or transform them into golems to assault the opponent, manipulate the sharpness of the flowers and grass to cut through anything, and many other effects. Hanako can also summon a massive fist from a tree to punch her opponent. She can also create multiple, smaller tree fists to pummel her opponent as well. Such a hazardous battleground can be dispersed by a powerful enough attack.

God Slayer's Secret Art (滅神奥義, Metsujin Ōgi): The strongest techniques of a God Slayer.


 * Wood Release: Great Land Master (木遁・大国主, Mokuton: Ōkuninushi): The most powerful spell in Hanako's arsenal; this technique creates a large statue-like formation out of wood that appears similar to a tengu in looks; though it has two heads—one tengu-esque and another more oni-esque. It wields a massive zanbatō and a mirror-esque shield which can reflect opposing element attacks. This being has a fair amount of brute strength, being able to tear and bite off an opponent's flesh with its bare hands and mouth, respectively. Even though it envelops Hanako, she can move around within Ōkuninushi freely and use techniques from inside of it; though it does anchor her to the ground, preventing opponents from forcibly moving her unless they can get through the various layers that compose the technique. Due to being composed of wood, anything the being touches is quickly impaled by wooden spears. Hanako is capable of manifesting parts of it, such as the gauntlets and greaves to serve as extra offense.

Trivia

 * Hanako is based upon me in personality.