Editing KHoS:Takeru (section)

=Aspects=
==High Concept: Heir to the Nagasumi Dojo==
The Nagasumi sword school derives its core principle from the ancient Jigen-ryu in the land of Okinawa: "Kill In One Strike". Everything else it teaches is an accessory to applying that fundamental knowledge. It emphasises the clever use of physics, momentum conservation and gravity to deal decisive blows to Kaiju, severing limbs and heads with mighty swings of adamant blades. Besides swords, the Nagasumi style also covers the use of grappling hooks and improvised weapons, the former being used to get around and hurl the latter at enemies to distract them before going for the kill. 

Takeru is by far the most skilled practitioner of the style, which makes the reason why Takemi was chosen over him a mystery...

==Trouble: The Unchosen One==
Takeru had always assumed that he would be the one to receive the Zankantou and succeed the family. There was no logical reason for him not to be! However, his father declared him unworthy, and Takemi of all people to be the rightfull successor in his place. Takeru was too proud to ask why his father had come to that decision, but even on his long sojourn into the world, the question still burned in his mind - why not me? His father died before he could ask him, and he kept his reasons to himself. Takemi never mentioned it; either she didn't know, or more likely, she was too polite to mention it to him. And despite years of travelling and soul-searching, Takeru still doesn't know the answer.

How do you perfect yourself when you don't know what is wrong with you?

==First Adventure: Holding Out For A Hero==
Before receiving the news that Takemi had passed on, Takeru spent some time wandering the world living as a freelance worker. During his travels, he and a bus full of people were assaulted by the kaiju Intruder, who caved in the tunnel they were driving through. Takeru found himself near the surface, but just as he was about to free himself, he thought about all the others who must still be inside the wreckage. That was enough to make him turn around and dig through the debris, until he managed to reach the bus and helped rescue everyone trapped inside. After emergency services arrived to tend to the wounded, he left the people he'd saved behind; he hadn't done it for glory or acclamation, and he wasn't interested in accumulating it now.

==Crossing Paths: Training Days==
During basic training, Takeru was partnered with Sarah Madison. While he initially saw her as just another trainee, he was struck by how much her shy and quiet personality (as well as her fierce determination to protect mankind) reminded him of Takemi. In one incident where she sprained her ankle badly on a cross-country hike, he put her on his back and carried her the full ten miles back to base, along with both their (heavy) packs. He's wondered if he thinks of her as more than a friend, and the answer disturbs him. She is not Takemi and she will never be, and it is wrong for him to use her as a substitute.

Even so, he can't help but keep an eye out for her. It's the most natural thing in the world for him.

==Crossing Paths Again: The Girl Who Came In From The Cold==
After enlisting with the Academy, one of the exercises involved a hike through the Himalayan foothills. Takeru was the leader of their platoon and accidentally led them off course, where they were snowed into a cave by a sudden blizzard. As they were taking shelter from the storm, they encountered Iris Bojka, who seemed entirely at a loss as to what to do. Thinking fast, Takeru pulled Iris into the cave with the rest of his squad before she froze in the snowstorm. They ended up bringing her back to base with them, and Takeru got some ribbing for bringing back a snow-girl on a navigation exercise. The ribbing only got worse when Iris ended up beign posted to the same squad as Takeru and the others...