☆ "Friends are a good thing, even if they tread a different path." ☆

My kindest greetings to those whom are reading this. I am Captain Jushiro Ukitake of the 13 court guard squads. It will be my honor to get to meet new and familiar faces.

Name: Jushiro Ukitake

Affiliation: Gotei 13, Soul Society

Rank: Captain of the 13th Division

Zanpakuto: Sōgyo no Kotowari

Shikai: Its Shikai command is "All Waves, Rise now and Become my Shield, Lightning, Strike now and Become my Blade!" Once he completes the incantation, he grasps the single blade with two hands. The blade then transforms slowly, and begins to form two blades. As the blades peel apart, a large red rope-like chain at the base of the hilt lengthens, and silver metal square charms attached to the chain begin to fall, until all five present themselves. The blade is now somewhat thinner than the sealed Zanpakutō, and the tsuba now extends a little bit up the blade. About halfway along the length of the Zanpakutō, a second blade juts out from the inside of the main blade and extends back towards the hilt, running parallel to the main blade. The cutting edge of the second blade faces inward instead of outward.

Shikai Special Ability: Sōgyo no Kotowari has the ability to absorb an opponent's energy attack through the left sword and direct it through the connecting rope, where the five charms on the rope increase the attack's speed and pressure. It then reverses the attack's original course by firing the same attack from the right sword at full force, making it much more difficult for the opponent to dodge. The entire process occurs so fast that the attack looks as though it originally came from Sōgyo no Kotowari.

Bankai: To reveal my Bankai so soon and with no purpose is a foolish act in itself. ;)