Gensoukyou:Hikari Kazeka

Background
The Kazeka family is traditionally one of magicians, having amassed a fair number of tomes in their years, and writing a couple of their own. Naturally, their children carried the same aptitude for magic that their parents did, ensuring the line would continue smoothly.

However, the firstborn daughter, Shinya (真矢), however, grew up to take more interest in the bow and arrow, having seen the powerful Eirin Yagokoro demonstrate her skill. Shinya would take up the bow herself, but trained somewhat in magic to be able to use arrows made from danmaku, as real arrows were hard to make and easily broke. She became fairly skilled at archery, often having the best aim among her peers. Being tough and proud of her skill, she subsequently became interested in using her skills to protect the village and hunt down youkai.

The second daughter, Hikari, born three years after her sister, was the lighter and kinder of the two. She took up the more traditional route of the family, and began training as a magician. Hikari always liked the fairies of the forest, and decided to take light and wind magic to emulate them. Hikari wouldn't learn as fast as most magicians, although the capability was certainly there, over her years she had managed to gain at least some skill through her training.

Together, both sisters got along well enough, although they would have disagreements as most siblings do, especially when the more assertive Shinya clashed with the more caring Hikari. Shinya would often be out patrolling or skirting the woods for youkai that got too close, while Hikari stayed at home with their parents to continue training, or do work around the house, as they both worked to improve their craft. Hikari looked up to her sister, who had managed to gain some renown as a youkai hunter (of course she was of no compare to Reimu or Marisa), while she was only good at the basics of magic, often learning utility spells.

Shinya often wanted to show off to her family, and often pestered her sister to join her on the hunt, but Hikari was too cautious of the woods and thought she would be a burden to her elder sister. But one day, Shinya had the idea to invite her sister to go out to hunt at night. While Hikari initially refused, Shinya insisted she would need someone with light magic to help her see in the dark, to which Hikari eventually gave in. As the night came, Hikari became more and more worried, deciding to take along her magic books for when they left, and as an extra precaution, she "borrowed" her family's big tome of healing magic for the trip, although she had never tried anything in it more then the most basic spells.

The night finally arrived as they headed out to the forest near the village. But in the darkness of the night, more dangerous youkai lurk, and inevitably they were attacked by a youkai more powerful then what Shinya could normally face. Hikari hid behind her sister in the ensuing battle, at least trying to use her magic to help her sister spot the dangerous youkai, while Shinya would have to defend her inexperienced and frightened sister from harm, often having to block a few hits she would normally dodge. The youkai would eventually be driven off through a combination of Shinya's attacks and some illusions from Hikari that more help was on the way. When the battle finally ended, Shinya fell to the ground in pain, revealing she had been mortally wounded from the fight. Hikari dragged her sister out of the woods, and desperately tried to heal her sister with magic, unwilling to let her die, but the magic simply wasn't powerful enough. In a last act of desperation, Hikari tried to cast a much more powerful spell, but after preparing all the steps hurriedly, she ended up doing the spell horribly wrong, and the backlash drained her of her energy, and she too collapsed, falling unconscious... Shinya knew she was dying as she held her sister's head to her chest, crying softly. She wanted so badly to protect her sister, and although she had succeeded in that, she couldn't bear to leave her sister alone forever. She lay there in tears underneath her sister, determined, somehow, to protect her sister as she lay there dying... The urge was so great, that when she finally passed away, her spirit emerged from her corpse, firmly rooted to the spot. That night she thought for awhile, wondering what to do, before she finally decided the only way to protect her was to possess her as a spirit. It couldn't just be any possession, she didn't want to take her sister over (she had learned her capabilities as a ghost with some harmless tests), so she settled on possessing one part, her former corpse's aiming eye would be most fitting, and she could defend her sister only when she needed to, when the eye was open Now, she could stay with her sister forever, and she would never be alone or afraid...

The next morning, a farmer would find Hikari collapsed and rushed her to the doctor. When Hikari finally awoke, she found her mind in entropy once more as both personalities clashed, but when she shut her eyes, she seemed to calm down at least a little bit. Eventually, upon seeing Hikari's red eye, the doctor decided to bandage the eye up, fearing it might be injured. Oddly enough, this seemed to make Hikari's mind a lot more calm as well with her one eye open. Of course, the shock of her sister's death caused her immense pain, but as the following weeks passed by, Hikari found a strange sense of peace, as if everything would be okay, and she felt that perhaps she wouldn't really be alone after all. Eventually she returned to her normal, cheery self as well, and life seemed to continue like nothing had ever happened.

A few months passed before anything else would come to pass. Her bandage remained over her red eye, but she couldn't help but feel like her sister was still there in the back of her mind, but thinking not much more of it. One day, however, after being teased by the village children, she felt sad. But something caused her to accidentally put the bandage on the wrong eye. Suddenly, her normal thoughts faded, and she began acting exactly like her sister. Hikari had become brave and powerful. She left the house that day and showed those kids a lesson, demonstrating her skill with her sister's old bow, causing the kids to run off in panic. She went around on patrol like her sister would, and wanted to hunt youkai once more. Shinya was finally alive again! Oh how she celebrated her return, if only it was just for the day. But this wouldn't last, and the spirit relented the control once the day was over. When Hikari put on her bandage the next day, she could barely remember what had happened, except that a little voice inside her head was just a little bit more noticeable then before...

She hasn't exactly figured it out quite yet, but when the doctor removed the bandage during a checkup, suddenly her thoughts were a mess yet again. When the doctor looked at her still-red eye, she couldn't help but insist she was fine and that she wanted to leave, but when the doctor tested her green eye, she kept thanking the doctor for helping her out. Eventually the confused doctor just gave her a sash for her red eye, hoping perhaps it would return to normal later, as would the girl. She left the clinic wondering exactly why the doctor was so confused, but thinking it might have to do with that voice in the back of her head, like her sister was whispering advice in her ear...

The days would continue to pass. Sometimes she left the house looking just like her sister, eager to go on a patrol. When she acted like this, her parents got very sad, wondering what had come over their daughter to want to act just like her sister. Perhaps it was still the trauma of her death, they thought. Other times she just seemed like normal Hikari nice and kind, if not slightly ditzy.

The ghost was getting more and more greedy with her time spent controlling Hikari's body. Eventually Hikari, under the control of Shinya's spirit, was compelled to go out one night to hunt youkai, confident she could succeed. She snuck out of the house with her bow, and wandered over to the woods. After several hours of looking around, she was suddenly attacked by yet another powerful youkai. In the frantic battle of the dark, things were turning grim for her, and a voice in the back of her head desperately pleaded to help, worried this would turn into a repeat of the event that caused so much suffering before. As the battle continued, a stray shot tore off her sash, and suddenly, instead of the two parts of her mind butting heads, they worked together, like a strange combination of pride, kindness, and strength. Now, she could fight fiercely to defend herself against the powerful youkai, using her wind magic in ways like never before, the attacks of the youkai simply brushing past her, as her arrows flew straight and true. The youkai was easily driven off as Hikari was victorious. When she returned home, she was exhausted, as her mind began going back into chaos once again, at least until she could find her sash (which thankfully she managed to pick up) and put it back on over her red eye, and her mind calmed down once again. She wasn't sure exactly what had just happened that night, but she was too tired to think about it and went back to sleep.

Her days would continue as normal from then on, the memory of that night remained locked behind both sets of mind. Shinya knew she had abused her sister far too much, and would be far more cautious to come out from that point, only emerging when Hikari felt down, or thought she was weak, or needed help, but Hikari continues to wonder where the time goes in these situations, only seeming to realize she feels a lot better after she regains her state of mind.

Personality
Hikari has three personalities, depending on which eye is open, or both. The default is the green eye, as the red eye's personality only emerges when that eye is open, but it is usually covered. Hikari will subconsciously move her sash to cover her green eye instead when she feels weak, threatened, or saddened.

Her left (green) eye is her original personality. Hikari is a very kind, friendly person, often helping anyone she can. She slightly clumsy, enough to be noticeable (especially since she's 'blind' in one eye), but not enough to which she's a burden more then a help. Hikari is a little paranoid, and isn't fond of "spooky" places like caves, or the Forest of Magic, or the forest at night. Hikari tries to be alert of her surroundings, but jumps like a rocket when she's surprised.

Her right (red) eye channels the personality of her sister, Shinya. This personality is tough and proud, often very determined to get things done, and a very hard worker. Shinya's personality is full of zeal and she's a bit short tempered, but when she's angry she just gets more determined. Unlike Hikari's personality, Shinya has no problems with dark or creepy places, and is far more alert, but Hikari's jumpiness leaks over a bit, and she'll still be highly surprised and a bit embarrassed if you manage to get a jump on her.

Combined, with both eyes open, Hikari is cool, calm, and collected. The determination turns into focus, channeling any anger she has into inner-strength. She'll pour her heart into her attacks, as both personalities work in tandem to accomplish feats that would otherwise be beyond the two of them alone. Channeling both personalities at once is very tiring, and this personality only arises when Hikari is in danger, as otherwise the personalities can conflict if she isn't, so she only totally takes off the sash when things are looking grim. Hikari isn't as acutely aware of this personality as a result, often only coming into play with both parts of her mind are calling out to want to help with a perilous situation.

Power/Combat
Hikari's green eye, her original, is a novice magician who practices wind and light magic. Her magic is diverse but not very powerful, as Hikari hasn't gotten much training in the art. Her best spells are mostly cantrips and utility spells, such as balls of light, making gusts of wind, bending light, and ventriloquism. Incidentally, she's somewhat decent as making illusions with her magic, both by bending light and mimicking sounds with her wind magic, to make decently convincing illusions. As far as combat, Hikari isn't very strong. She can make danmaku with her light magic and even use wind magic to curve or otherwise move her shots, but her danmaku is weak so she isn't very threatening.

Hikari's red eye, the personality of her sister, is a highly skilled archer. Not quite a master of the bow, but she's very skilled, and she can use magic to make danmaku arrows, which are almost as powerful as the real thing. Hikari also keeps a supply of actual arrows on hand, but favors danmaku as she can fire them more rapidly and has a greater "supply" of magic then she does arrows. Hikari can fight very well with the bow, and is quite accurate, able to track ahead of a foe to hit them where they'll move, and as her arrows move very fast, she can be a formidable opponent, alebit just a human one.

Combined, Hikari uses her magic and proficiency in bows to the best of her ability, giving her increased accuracy and better ability to dodge. Hikari uses her magic to become akin to a sniper, and uses her wind magic to move danmaku or arrows towards their target with much greater precision, making them very hard to avoid if they aren't outright blocked. In addition, she uses magic to make herself harder to hit as well, as she can bend light to confuse foes as to her actual position, and physically move danmaku to graze by her with wind magic, thus lowering the foes accuracy at the same time.

Minor

 * Rosette Garrand: Employer and boss in her new job.
 * Kogasa Tatara: Managed to scare her quite badly, but she's gotten more used to the youkai being around Rosette's shop since then.