Real Name: Kenshin Himura
Nova Name: Battousai
Battousai was a skilled swordsmaster before his eruption and regularly won martial competitions in Kenjitsu and Kendo leagues all over Japan. Then one day during a competition he made a near fatal mistake. He angled his sword on a parry in a contest with real swords. His ancient Katana that had been in his family since the time of fuedal Japan and denoted a samurai ancestry, broke at the point of impact. The young Kenshin erupted at that moment becoming the living embodiment of the Yang principle. His opponent's sword melted on impact saving Kenshin from a decapitating blow. However the eruption itself served to put Kenshin out and he woke later that day in the hospital. His sister visited him in his sickbed and brought him his broken sword. His father refused to see him and refused to even acknowledge him until he regained the honor of his sword and could then forge it anew. The new Nova was christened Battousai by the Japanese media given the parallels drawn between the historical figure of the same name and the young swordsmaster. Realizing that he would not be able to find a worthy challenge among baselines with which to regain his honor and since most Japanese Novas either work for the government or for the criminal sindicates Battousai decided to journey to America to find a suitable challenge whose honor matched his own. Kenshin ended up in Chicago's chinatown where his uncle owned a Japanese restaurant. He worked as a dishwasher until he met up with the local members of Nova Services International and saved them from an invisible Nova who used Quantum Constructs as his instruments of murder. They immediately extended an invitation for him to join but he remained skeptical until Shaitan came gunning for them. Shaitan was still frustrated over being Teleported to the middle of the Atlantic ocean in his last encounter with the members of NSI. Battousai carried himself exceptionally well during the battle, being the only one to actually hurt the monster. Ever since then he has been the fire in the Chicago branch that has led them to victory. His powers have become staggering in a short amount of time, yet he has always used them wisely and with the safety of others in mind. It is reassuring to the people of Chicago that a man who can vaporize a 52 meter swath of real estate in less than three seconds is also the man who exposes his life by holding up a crumbling section of building while Anti-Nova Michaelites evacuate the area.
More recently Battousai has caught the attention of T2M and Caestus Pax first by surviving a nuclear airburst test in Arizona where he was lured by Pestilence. Even though his survival was due more to the Teleportation power of Madine than to his own toughness. The fact that he covered her with his body and protected her from the flash of the bomb, thereby recieving the brunt of the heat damage while she maxxed her teleport, has raised his value as a team member in the eyes of many people who were beginning to worry about his increasing power. But before he could become a member of T2M he still had to do something first. Regain his honor as a martial artist. A challenge from his past gave him that opportunity. Takeshi Kaneshiro Kojima, the young boy against whom he had fought that fateful day he erupted had gone through a lengthy drawn out and painful eruption process that had taken him two months to recover from. He now called himself Kurosawa and his Quantum abilities made him an extemely superb swordsman who could disrupt the abilities of other novas through his 'cursed' gauntlet. Kurosawa and Battousai met in combat, this time on an even footing with each displaying prodigious powers they faced off before a select audience of friends and colegues. In attendance was Caestus Pax who was handling Battousai's recruitment personally. The first round went to Battousai who easilly overpowered the faster and more agile Kurosawa forcing him out of the ring. In the second round Kurosawa disrupted Battousai's Bodymorph and caused him serious injury. By the third round it was apparent that Battousai would be finished if he took another blow like the last one. In a last moment of desperation he seemed to erupt with power and suddenly threw off the effects of Kurosawa's Disrupt. Kurosawa himself was sent flying by the force of Battousai's parry and was almost knocked unconscious. Battered and out of Quantum, Kurosawa conceded and Battousai was finally restored of his family honor.
After that Battousai returned to his home where his proud father accepted him once again and announced his retirement naming Battousai as the new head of Himura industries. A party followed and everyone got drunk on Black market NovaKaine courtesy of Shaitan's recent incarceration in a Proteus facility. Battousai and Madine got together and announced their engagement. They shared a hot tub together and Battousai found out that he had become allergic to water.
Unknown to Battousai, his father is a pre-eruption nova and an Imperial Assassin. His father became 'more than human' over seventy years ago during the second World War. Battousai's mother died on N day as the stress of quantum energy coursing through her body without a node to channel it killed her. She was more closely related to Battousai's father than current social sensibilities would deem proper and because of this Battousai is in fact a second generation nova.
Now Battousai is a key member of Team Tommorrow Central and has been in disaster areas helping the victims, combatting aliens alongside Caestus Pax and even mediating matters of vital importance such as the recent events surrounding Antaeus's dissapearance. Project Utopia is so pleased with him that they are contemplating opening a new branch of Team Tommorrow with him as its leader.
Eruption: Threatening Situation
Nature: Paragon
Alliegance: Project Utopia
Concept: Martial Artist
Attributes
Strength: 5, Dexterity: 5, Stamina: 5, Perception: 3, Intelligence: 3, Wits: 5, Appearance: 3, Manipulation: 2, Charisma: 1
Abilities
Brawl: 1, Might: 2, Athletics: 5 (dodge), Martial Arts: 5, Melee: 5 (sword, parry), Endurance: 4, Resistance: 4, Awareness: 3 (spot ambush), Academics: 1, Linguistics: 2, Survival: 1, Arts: 1, Meditation: 1, Intimidation: 3, Style: 2, Streetwise: 2, Subterfuge: 2, Etiquette: 1
Backgrounds
Attunement: 2, Backing: 5 (T2M Middle East), Dormancy: 4, Eufiber: 3, Node: 2, Resources: 5
Advantages
Quantum: 6, Taint: 6, Willpower: 5, Quantum Pool: 31, Initiative: 18 (28)
Mega Attributes
Mega Strength: 4 (Lifter, Quantum Leap)
Mega Dexterity: 4 (Accuracy, Enhanced Movement)
Mega Stamina: 4 (Adaptability, Hardbody, Resiliency, Regeneration)
Mega Perception: 2 (Blind Fighting)
Mega Wits: 4 (Enhanced Initiative x2, Quickness x2)
Mega Manipulation: 2 (Discern)
Mega Abilities
Mega Melee: 3 (Imbue, Phoenix Blow)
Quantum Powers
Absorption: 2
Bodymorph (Fire): 4 (Concentrate Chi [Increase Density], Hypermovement, Immolate, Force field) (Full Power Extra)
Fire Bolt: 4 (Spray/Jet Extra)
Fire Mastery: 3 (Fire Sculpt, Propel, Shield)
Fire Sword: 3 (Kinetic Discharge)
Intuition: 3
Invulnerability to Energy: 2 (Broad Category Extra)
Psychic Shield: 1 (Emotional Shield Extra)
Aberrations:
Aberrant eyes (Flaming red eyes), Flaming Red Hair, Allergic to Water