Basic Data</B>
Name: Shoukyou Akane and Shoukyou Akihiko
Title: Cloak and Dagger
Rank: ANBU Captain and Medic Nin
Core Ability: Empathetic
Status: Main Branch of the Shoukyou Clan, Advisor of Public and Interbranch Relations
Chakra Mark: Pisces
Personal Info<B>
Gender: Female and Male
Eye Colour: Red (due to Albinism)
Hair Colour: Black
Height: -
Weight: -
Age: Sixteen (16)
Birthday: March Eight (8th)
Blood Type: A
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Appearance:
Akane and Akihiko both have pale white skin, jet black hair and bloody red eyes due to their albinism. Their hair are both cut short that they are completely identical with each other but nobody else but their elder brother, Tatsuya, knows that and he is also the only one that can really differentiate between them. Everyone else thinks that it is easy to differentiate one from the other, seeing as one has long hair braided into pigtails and glasses but the long pigtailed hair is just a wig. In fact, not one specific twin wears them and it’s likely possible that either Akane is Akihiko and Akihiko is Akane to the unsuspecting person. They both wear uniform outfits most of the time as well, to up the ante and the confusion and to keep people on their toes. On the rare occasion that they don’t wear completely identical clothes, they wear identical looking clothes in opposite hues of colour or wear clothes complementing each others, one being male’s and the other female’s (although that does not necessarily mean that Akihiko is wearing the masculine clothes and Akane the feminine). It also doesn't help that they like dressing up.
Personality:
The short haired twin is polite and soft spoken and the pigtailed twin is loud and rude – the only problem is, no one except they themselves and their brother is sure of who is who. It could easily be Akane who is polite and soft spoken and Akihiko the loud and rude one… or it could be the reverse! Either way, aside from their way of speaking, their mannerisms are quite identical only because they’ve practiced and been trained that way. They’re a secretive pair, trusting, loyal and loving only to each other and their brother (and, on the rare occasion, those who deserve it); it’s better if nobody else knows who exactly is who with the two. They both act innocent and playful, locally known as resident pranksters that won’t hesitate to desecrate even the Mizukage’s office but they are anything but innocent. Their childish, young natures and appearances are only there to fool others, so that they can be underestimated and overlooked. Within these two are rather demonic souls, the darkness in their minds daring to ravish those who stand in their way. Considering that they’ve been raised by the Mist equivalent of a Mafia, they can be ruthless and without mercy to their enemies. They have been trained to be quick and cunning, swift on their feet and with their hands and are not hesitant to use foul play to get what they want – they are not honor bound, goody two shoes Minamoto after all.
History:
Born to the prestigious Shoukyou family, Akane and Akihiko were born into the Main Branch, son and daughter to Shoukyou Seiichi and Asami and brother and sister to Shoukyou Tatsuya.
The twins were raised in the belief that their family was superior especially those with tainted blood and were given the task of serving their family, especially their elder brother who was the heir. Although loved and given the choice to be individuals, the twins had a strange connection wherein they were synchronized or, at the very least, able to understand each other’s mental and emotional being and chosen at a young age to train and grow as a unit. As Shinobi, they trained to perform as a team together and, as a result, are hardly seen without each other. As Shinobi, their goals were to serve their family, first and foremost, even before their own country.
Starting at the Academy at the age of seven, on a technicality, they graduated two years later with flying colours in all avenues… with a little cheating on their part. For one twin was better at certain aspects than another, they impersonated each other to make up for each other faults even to the point that during most of their stay in the Academy, most believed they were merely one student.
Unlike their elder brother, they were not hesitant to humiliate and debase their peers and even some of their teachers by proving themselves more intelligent and superior in every possible way they could and had earned the notorious reputations as delinquents, although they could never be punished due to their outstandingly clean records (again, with a little cheating on their part). Because of this, they were fairly disliked by the entire school population, except perhaps for a select few who could tolerate their strangeness.
To everyone’s surprise, they separated after graduation, Akane joining the infamous ANBU Corps while Akihiko joined the renowned Medical Corps. Akane became a part of the ANBU’s Intelligence squad while Akihiko worked in surgery and at the morgue. Unbeknownst to all but their parents, brother, the ANBU Sennin and the Mizukage (the latter two for their permission), they only chose to do so to be able to receive training from both fields, trading places every so often without anyone else none the wiser.
In between their duties at the hospital and as ANBU, they continued their civilian studies and also took their roles as Tatsuya’s bodyguards very seriously. At the age of thirteen, it was ordained that Akane was to be married to the Isaki clan’s heir to promote unity between the two old and powerful families, much to the sister’s dismay.
During their time in ANBU, they eventually learned that their curt and arrogant ways were doing them no favours. In lieu of that, they adopted childish and friendly personas, in order to lure those around them in a fall sense of security and for foes to underestimate their skills. Apparently, it did some good as a few chance meetings with the Mizukage with their friendlier natures earned them a seat in his trusted advisors… Ironically, they were put in charge of handling public and interbranch relations, the very people that they looked down on and disdained. But they saw it as an opportunity to meddle, to work things in favour of their family and kept the act up, hiding their more contemptuous and cruel sides.
While “Akihiko” did not rise through the ranks of the Sanatorium, both twins unwilling to take the bigger responsibility beyond what they required, “Akane” was promoted to ANBU Captain at the age of sixteen. Their role, according to the Sennin, was to train those joining their ranks, the ANBU in Training, as handlers due to their reputations although the title was given hesitantly, being chosen due to the fact that the old Captain had retired early due to… strange circumstances the twins are legally bound to not speak of.
