- Makoto Fujiki
ALIAS
- "Mako" only to her closest friends.
She is known in the mafia world as "Xana" as that was the name her father Xanxus gave to her but she has long done away with it.
AGE
- 15
GENDER
- Female
FLAME TYPE
- Sky and Storm / "Flame of Wrath"
OCCUPATION
- High School Student / Aspiring Hitwoman
GENERAL APPEARANCE
- Mako has a very petite build. Standing to be only 4'8", she looks very fragile despite her harsh training under Squalo. Naturally she has long flowing black hair and deep hazel eyes though when she enters her own form of "Dying Will Mode" her hair ignites with sky flames and turns a deep scarlet. You'll usually see her in her school uniform and when she is not in class she dons a long, black high collared trench coat over her uniform.
PERSONALITY
- Brash, reckless, and rude. Mako is a very active individual who does things her way, not letting anything stop her. She's single-minded, always trying to get stronger, and loves a good fight, oftentimes picking one just because she can. She doesn't seem like she really recognizes how other people feel about things, and thus acts bossy a lot of the time, doing what she wants and ignoring everybody else. Her preferred method of resolving a situation is to rush headlong into it, guns blazing, and fight until she makes her way through whatever problems are in her way. She doesn't often think about the consequences of things, nor does she really care all that much about ways things could go wrong. She takes a random swing and aims for success, and if it's possible for her to grasp victory, then she'll keep going until she does so. Brutally honest, she has very little in the way of tact, and has a very fiery temper. She's selfish, and if you do something that inconveniences her, then she'll surely get angry at you for it, and generally let you know how low exactly her opinion of you is. As weakness is the thing she hates above all else, she always strives to never expose any sort of weakness in herself. This, though, ends up making her demeanor very aloof and distant, as she tries not to talk to others much so as not to open herself to betrayal. Because of these traits, though, she's a very disagreeable person to most, and usually left out by most of her peers. She's a loner, essentially, and to most people, it seems like that's all she is.
Despite all these things, though, if one gets to know her, they'll find that she's actually not as bad as she seems. She's very amicable, friendly, and fun-loving, and will always do her best to cheer up someone who's feeling down. Even if it doesn't seem like it given her nonchalant, somewhat dismissive attitude, she cares about those who she considers her friends, in her own weird way.
Probably her biggest oddity is that weakness, the thing she hates above all else, is also something she cherishes in others. If she thinks you need her help, then she'll give it to you freely, always trying to get others to stand on their own two feet. She's surprisingly understanding about it, too, which makes it very odd compared to her usual distant demeanor. And, to those under her protectorate, she's unshakably loyal, even kind, to the point that it's almost like she's a completely different person. Generally, those people she helps usually fall into the same category as friends, and get the same rough yet caring treatment.
LIKES
- Food ~ Mako has a monstrous appetite like no other and is the polar opposite of a picky eater. When she is hungry, no matter what it is as long as it's food, she wolf down it in an instant.
Fighting ~ Who wouldn't like the thing your best at? Mako believes the only way she can truly improve her techniques is by learning through her opponents and is always looking for a good fight to hone her skills.
Learning ~ Being cooped up at the Varia base for most of her life, Mako rarely got to see the world outside as she was growing up. Now able to go off on her own, Mako is both extremely scared and excited to learn about the world she never got to see.
DISLIKES
- Crowds ~ Mako is extremely socially awkward and isn't used to dealing with people. To compensate for this she acts aloof and bossy to hide her extreme discomfort talking to people.
School Work ~ With the little knowledge she has, Mako struggles with academics. Barely even able to read properly she finds classes boring and difficult.
Weakness ~ As stated before, Mako despises weakness in herself and in others. She believes people should try their hardest to overcome their obstacles and to do that one must learn to grow strong and have the determination to keep plowing ahead no matter what.
FEARS
- Water ~ Though she was trained by Squalo, whose name literally means "shark" in Italian, Mako does not know how to swim and every time she tries to teach herself her body locks up and she is unable to move.
SKILLS
- Athletic ~ One of the few things Mako is skilled at besides swordplay. Her torturous training has honed her body strength and reflexes and has made her quite skilled in any sort of sport besides swimming.
HOBBIES
- Otaku ~ Since Mako has arrived in Japan, she has been captivated by anime and manga especially ones of the Shounen genre for obvious reasons. The extensive plots of characters who overcome impossible outcomes with their resolve motivates the girl to become even stronger herself. She blows obscene amounts of her money on various articles of anime and manga on a daily basis.
SEXUALITY
- Bisexual
ODDITIES
- Stutter ~ Mako has a very bad stutter whenever she is embarrassed or confused.
- "Flame of Wrath" ~Mako is able to manifest and manipulate this rare flame type only used by her father and the Second Vongola Boss. Unlike the regular Dying Will Flames, Mako's flame can be ignited without the use of a ring allowing her to fully use it in combat even though she does not posses a ring. The flame is extremely destructive as it has both sky and storm flame characteristics.
Dying Will Mode ~Mako is able to enter Dying Will Mode with the help of Dying Will Pills supplied to her by the Varia. Though instead of a single flame igniting on her forehead, her hair ignites with sky flames and turns a deep scarlet red. Squalo made her go into this mode very often when she was to exhausted to continue her training. Also taking two pills at once induces Hyper Dying Will Mode which heightens Mako's fighting ability even further.
WEAPONS/TOOLS
- "çăéŒ" ~ Mako's Japanese katana which was an unnamed blade Squalo had given to her when she left for Japan. She had been using this blade during her training but it had belonged to Squalo and he claims that it was owned by an opponent he killed long ago but he had forgotten the name of the blade. So Mako decided to name it herself calling it Moe-kĆ which literally translates from Japanese to "Burning Steel" for she was able to channel her flames through it during combat.
BOX WEAPONS
- None
TECHNIQUES
- "Attacco di Fenice" - A shock wave attack which turns a powerful blow into an oscillating wave that rings throughout the opponent's body, paralyzing them for a short period of time.
"Artiglio di Fenice" - Mako thrusts forward with her sword multiple times, rapidly bombarding her opponent with a flurry of fiery stabs.
"Sontro di Fenice" - Mako slices diagonally in front of herself, tearing away anything in her path as she charges forward engulfed in sky flames.
STRENGTHS
- Swordsmanship ~ Having former training under the Sword Emperor Superbi Squalo, Makoto is extremely skilled in the way of the sword. Though her training is far from complete, Mako has already mastered many of Squalo's techniques and is well on her way of discovering her own style herself. Since her master's own style is a mixed form of all of the techniques he's seen and learned through his opponents Mako also learns through experience, absorbing her enemies styles to further improve hers. Unfortunately Swordsmanship is the only thing Mako excels at.
WEAKNESSES
- Anything other than swordplay ~ Since her whole life was dedicated to her training under Squalo, Mako never had the time to develop any other sort of basic skills. She has never done a touch of school work in her life and everyday things such as cooking, doing laundry or studying are foreign to her.
ROMANTIC INTEREST
- None (YET)
FAMILY
- Father ~Xanxus
A short time after she arrived at the Varia base Xanxus decided to do away with the young girl's old name, Makoto Fujiki, and name her Xana after his own name. He told her that if she dared call herself his daughter then he had every right to name her and from then on she was known to everyone as Xana. Mako was immediately forced to undergo training under the Varia's strategist, Superbi Squalo as Xanxus told her the only way she was going to be allowed to stay was if she learned how to fight and become useful. Of course, Squalo was against the idea of teaching "this brat", but decided to see how much she could take before she broke. Training was a living hell for Mako as Squalo's method of teaching was to literally beat it into you until you learned. And beat it in he did. To Squalo's surprise, Mako was unshakable and her desire and passion to learn inspired him to work her even harder. Squalo once asked her how she was able to keep going despite the intense pain and exhaustion she went through day in and day out. Mako simply answered, "If I need to become strong to live, that's exactly what I'm going to do."
It was around age 10 when she began to grasp how to control her extremely volatile "Flame of Wrath" which was the same type of rare flame her father wielded. Before her training she was only able to fully manifest a small ball of it in her palm when she was very angry but under Squalo's rigorous training, she was able to bring forth her flames at will as he began to teach her how to incorporate them into her swordplay.
By the age of 14 Squalo had passed down all of his techniques of the sword to Mako and due to her fierce dedication to the sword, had become a frightening swordsman. Unfortunately all of these past years, Mako spent training in the ways of the sword and nothing else meaning her knowledge of basic things such as simple arithmetic became dull. Though she was already recognized among the Varia to be a fearsome swordsman, Squalo told her she still had and extremely long ways to go to become a proper mafioso and the only one who could truly teach her properly in a short amount of time was a Hitman Tutor. When she asked where such a person could be Squalo simply laughed at her telling her, "I can tell you where he might be but don't expect him to teach someone like you just because you ask nicely. You've got to get his attention before he even thinks about looking your way."
By this time, Mako had made it her goal to find her place within the Mafia world and she believed that her place was with the Varia and the only way she was going to accomplish that was to surpass her father and take his place as the leader of the independent assassination squad. Though she knew Squalo was correct. She had no clue what it meant to be a true Mafioso and if finding this so called "Hitman Tutor" was the only way she could properly learn then she had to find him and somehow get him to teach her. When Mako told her father of her plans, Xanxus coldly replied, "I don't care what you do, but if you disgrace my name I'll come kill you myself."
So after learning of this "Hitman Tutor's" supposed whereabouts, Mako set off to Japan for a small town called Namimori where her journey will begin. Through her connections, she was admitted into Namimori high as a first year transfer student with her past name Xanxus threw out long ago as a fake identification as well as fake transcripts but having spent all her life training under Squalo, Mako had never been to school before. Thus begin's Mako's new life as an unofficial High School student in search of the legendary Hitman Tutor, Godot.