Murasame Tsukumo ( 叢雨九十九 )

Character name: Murasame Tsukumo
Series: Betrayal Knows My Name (Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru)
Age: 15

Canon: Sakurai Yuki is a boy who possesses extraordinary powers; he has powers which allow him to sense people's emotional pain as well as see into their past. However, even with these abilities, he finds himself surprised that he becomes entrenched in a war involving two sides; the opposing side are the demons called Duras and the ones who fight against them are the Zweilt Guardians. Because of this, he becomes part of the Giou Clan, which is made up of the Zweilt guardians. He finds himself becoming closer to them as a family while also finding out more about his own abilities and self.

Murasame Tsukumo possesses God's ears; a power that allows him to do things such as speak with animals and listen to the voice of a person's heart. Because of this, he feels a lot for people and ends up putting all of himself out there for them. Other than that, he is a very laid-back guy who is sort of oblivious about day-to-day things such as flirting and the fact that he has a giant fan club devoted to him and his tennis playing. He usually has a very stoic expression on his face, but acts very friendly and somewhat derpy despite it. He also always has snacks on hand to eat and to hand out to others. Not only that, but he's devoted to his Zweilt partner and sister, to the point where their relationship is a bit questionable. When it's brought up, he doesn't understand the connotations behind what's wrong with it because to him he sees it as him just loving her.

Sample: I don't think I'm in the right place. There are too many hearts drawn over the landmark on this map that group of girls drew me. I don't know why they're there, but I don't think I'm at camp something or other. They told me that coach said I had to be here for a tennis training camp but they also said I didn't need to train more, which didn't make any sense at all. But if coach says it, then it has to be true.

Ah, there's a sign. It says, Camp For-- I can't read the rest. Why are there a bunch of tentacles drawn over the rest of the sign? It doesn't matter, this has to be the right place because there aren't any other camps nearby. Just a lot of swamp land. I guess it's a good way to train. If the ground is muddy and soggy, then I'll have to train harder to move against it. It's a good way to make me faster when returning serves. Good work, coach. Now I’ll see what this camp is like.

Except I'm getting kind of hungry now. I have some candy in my pockets. I'll eat this and then-- oh, hello. You're hungry too, aren't you? You keep moaning and grabbing for my candy. You can have some if you want; I don't mind sharing. You can't speak very well, but I already know what you want, sir. Your heart keeps saying brains brains brains over and over again . . . you want to be smarter so you can play tennis better, isn't that right?

It's okay. I'll help you. I'm Murasame Tsukumo and I'm here to train, but I can also help you train too. Here, take this tennis racket and try serving. Use a firm grip and throw the ball up before you swing and hit it through the bushes over there. Try not to keep your weight on the balls of your feet while you do it. A good serve can only be done with practice and precision- ah, that's not good at all. Don't worry, though. We'll work hard on it together. I’ll stay up all night with you if I have to so we can perfect your serve. Don’t worry about if I need sleep or not, I’ve done it all night before with my sister too.

So keep trying and over the next week I’ll teach you how to handle the ball and then we’ll work from there. This way we can go back to our schools as better players. So please take care of me and I'll do the same for you.

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