Katsuya Jonouchi

How's Jou? He's AU so it's understandable if some questions come up.

Beyond that, I have a Visions Opt-In available, and this post itself can be used for other permissions as well- from the general, to the 4th walling, to the 'hey that accent of his gets realllll weird can we not do that in threads?'

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Katsuya has a form of second sight that allows him to, against his will, catch glimpses of the future or past- and occasionally entire minute or so long visions as well. These visions vary in clarity, and can range from reviewing an entire scene, or experiencing only the emotions and feelings as recalled by another. They can also be entirely symbolic, adding another layer of confusion.

Prior any vision of any sort, I will ALWAYS ask the other players involved if they would be comfortable with such a thing. However, if you would prefer to never have that option, OR if you have preference for what kinds of visions he should have around them at a mild level (longer ones are generally more dramatic, and concern plot points rather than things occurring in the near future or recent past), please comment below!

Name of Player: Usagi
Age: 26
Contact Info: usagisquared

Character Name: Katsuya Jonouchi
Series: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Fanfic AU; 'Skein')
Tell Me About Them “Personality”:

- Street Smart; If there's one thing Jonouchi lacks, it's academic intelligence. He's canonically among the lowest ranking students in Domino High, and it's noted at least once that the school in question is only barely above the reputation of being the worst. But while Jonouchi might not be so quick on the uptake with say algebra, that doesn't make him a fool- he's been in gangs, and he's been around the block enough to be canny to how a fight works, enough to know where to put your money where your mouth is. And also bluff. He's also in general just plain clever- an idiot doesn't come up with the idea to swing a puzzle around and catch a bunch of yo-yos, but a battle-smart guy does.

- Cautious; Jonouchi's a bit more cautious than his canon counterpart though, and not because of his history in the gangs. It's simply a matter of being bitten just a few too many times by his own gut sense; he's ignored it one too many times right before some villain of the week has jumped in with a new idea, and even worse, those guys like to jump in even before his gut sense kicks in. Over all, while he can certainly get carried away with the moment he can just as quickly pull back in fear, at the very least to pause and think 'wait, is this a good idea?'

- Loyal; Ultimately it's easy to overpower his word unless its serious though, and more than that his determination and dedication to the people he cares about overpower All caution. If he thinks it's worth it, he'll charge in gun's blazing, even if he's openly aware of a threat that the others ignored. He'll fight tooth and nail, soul on soul in fact- he literally tears himself apart for his friends in the fanfic.

- Understanding; Perhaps the consequence of being so much more torn apart and affected by things is that Jonouchi's gained an edge of 'wisdom' to him. His own friends have noted that at times he seems more mature, and more responsible- and they're correct. While it's easy to see it overpowered by his teenaged excitement, there are many times where Jonouchi is genuinely able to step back and become the voice of reason- something that still shocks the others. Part of it is helped by his visions of course, but mostly it's the result of having had to be the one pulling people through the last few times- Mokuba relies on him a lot more in the series early on, and later, he's literally the one in the computer's pilot seat...and from there he just takes it on himself to be the grounded one in the mess anyway.

- Over Excitable; Jonouchi is ultimately still Jonouchi though. He's passionate, and loud, and the more something runs with his mood and gets his blood boiling the louder he gets- whether because of a rage for an injustice against his friends, or (as is more likely) even just the excitement that comes from being able to eat a good meal, ride in an airship, try a new video game...or even see na aquarium! It's his excitement and passion that keeps his fears from overpowering him entirely, and allows him to even enjoy dueling enough to bond with his monsters once they begin talking.

- Secretive; Ultimately though, he's aware of how weird all of it is. He's aware, and while not necessarily ashamed he gets worried about how his friends will take it- and he knows that a stranger would just as soon have him committed. So he has a stronger tendency to deflect- to say it's alright when it isn't, even if it's not about the supernatural at all. What someone doesn't know...won't hurt them right?

Wiki Link: This Jonouchi is from This Fanfic Here. It's very long, so don't use that as your wiki. (Though for reference, it Here)

The general gist of Skein is that this is a world where certain portions of lore differ, as well as a world where Seto Kaiba was born a girl named 'Kaseri Kouryuu', hiding her gender first to prevent being separated from Mokuba in a non co-ed orphanage, and then later to appease Gozaburo. The facade from there stuck out of habit. Jonouchi is brought into things via Mokauba- having been brought to Seto's home for a 'reward' after helping 'him' with an unknown matter only to refuse in order to berate the elder on his treatment and neglect of the boy- who takes a special interest in him enough that when Jonouchi unintentionally uncovers this secret, Mokuba goes out of his way not only to offer the blond shelter, but also work (going absolutely too far to do so, as he interferes with matters involving Jonouchi's father to get the man arrested- Jonouchi is later in the fic able to visit him in prison, where things are actually going rather well, but otherwise the direct result of all this means he lives in the same house and gets to be part of security within the building).

From here, Death T happens- but Jonouchi takes pains to keep close to Mokuba, keeping him not only safe, but distracted from the prospect of blindly waiting for his sister to wake up. As a result, Mokuba becomes so integral to the group that he participates in the Monster World Arc. During this time as well, a connection between Jonouchi and Seto's spirit, who is building her puzzle for her Penalty Game, seems to exist. This is actually more a result of Jonouchi's own budding abilities, not that he realizes it.

Many events of canon otherwise happen with accuracy from here- however, Mokuba gives Jonouchi the key to the safe that he protects, and when he's kidnapped swallows a duplicate. Jonouchi in turn is threatened by Pegasus and so he gives the key to Yugi before entering the tournament in the same way he did in canon. During Duelist Kingdom, his connection to the duel spirits, as well as his prhophetic dreams, begins to bud- more importantly however, a shard of Seto's spirit left behind by the unfinished shadow game during her re-awakening takes refuge in his soul after Pegasus seals the rest in a card. Jonouchi encounters the embodiment of the Millennium Eye as it comes to take this piece, and successfully avoids losing her- however she sacrifices herself later to distract the CEO when he tries to seal Jonouchi away for the key, realizing all too late of course that Jonouchi doesn't have it. Jonouchi goes on a mad run through the mansion from there, eventually finding Seto's body and breaking her out before falling down a flight of stairs to avoid gunfire- Seto ultimately wakes, and helps him out until they reach the exit, where he moves himself to the side so that Mokuba can more properly reunite with her (And then berate Jonouchi for having sliced up feet and a bleeding head).

From here, things like Christmas- where Jonouchi becomes aware of Noa's existence as Gozaburo's son- happens, as well as the Legendary Heroes arc, which bears hints of Noa's continued presence. During Rebecca and Otogi's introductions however, Jonouchi truly begins to realize that he's having prophetic dreams and flashes, and more importantly is beginning to clearly see the 'Other Yugi' (Yami Yugi)'s form as a spirit- Yugi, when the two are swapped. Following the events, a casual spring is spent playing around with this (as the Other Yugi is now able to more freely converse with someone other than Yugi without taking his body), before the events of Battle City come to play.

Jonouchi temporarily stands in for one of Seto's body guards when they view the tablets with Ishizu- it is after this that the embodiment of the Tauk visits him in his sleep, explaining that they are there only to 'observe', but ultimately realizing they cannot. They confess that they feel a 'kinship' however, and warn him of 'The Flames with Eyes that Devour'. Later, when Battle City properly begins (and after Jonouchi discovers his ability to feel connection to the duel field has now grown to the point where not only does the physical damage reach him, but monsters can do what they will- Exodia punches him for one, but Panther Warrior is actually stuck in reality until the blond wakes, and he snaps at him about it) this is revealed to be the Millennium Rod- it is also revealed that while Jonouchi can see the eye of control manifesting literally, and even address the Rod itself, no item holders are in the same boat.

From here canon diverges in a slight manner as Ryuzaki watches Jonouchi's duel against Roba, the inexplicable spark damage to Jonouchi's clothes making him curious enough to remain. The latter treats the former to ramen, where he finds out that Ryuzaki is the 'Keiichi' that his sister has been talking to him about. (This becomes key later, as Ryuzaki then comes back as a spectator on the Airship with Shizuka) Malik, becoming interested in Jonouchi specifically when he proves so resistant to the rod that he has to cut him for control to set (And even then, they watch him fight invisible flames for a few moments first), opts to take more complete control over Anzu so that he can better watch.

For the duel against Yugi, Jonouchi is effectively 'locked in' by the embodiment of the Rod, which begins to gain personification the longer it holds him. He expells himself from the body to begin fighting it off, and when Yugi sets the puzzle on Jonouchi's form, the Other Yugi as well finds himself present- enough to even try helping to fight the Rod off, and even witness the duel as Jonouchi has seen them thus far (he therefore sees many of the monsters refuse to fight, even). Ultimately 'canon' end occurs, and Jonouchi begs Red-Eyes to attack him so that he can free Yugi as well- the dragon does so, and Jonouchi sinks into the water only to be saved by Seto herself. As everyone else arrives to the scene Seto is seen giving the blond CPR, from which Jonouchi fortunately recovers. He is able to reunite with his sister for the first time since the last summer (when she could still see), and they go to the airship from there (where he's forced into the medical bay with Yugi, by an irritated Seto).

Battle City's airship rounds prove a horrid test on Jonouchi's ability to deflect and deny- he deflects Yugi's questions about what they saw on the duel. He denies and even hides the fact that Malik is still vastly in control of Anzu, and more than that excuses himself to the washroom many times as he forsees things like upcoming matches and terrors. It's to the point where he is forced to confess that he can see the shadow games during Mai's match, and after further admitting that he forsaw Seto winning while within Ishizu's earshot, a conversation on just what Jonouchi even is comes up. Ultimately no answers are had, and things become even more confusing for Jonouchi when the spirit that seemed to have saved him from the shades that appeared in his duel with Rishid (nearly tearing him apart notably) reappears in his dreams- with no understanding of why.

The spirit remains as the events of the Virtual World unfold, where even more mysteries about just what lurks in Jonouchi's heart and mind come forward to the others. In particular, this arc is more visceral and battle oriented than in canon, with Jonouchi's mind proving so much of a mess that a program is made to guide him through while another is made to try and seek out a precise memory of Seto's to display to her- tormenting her with other memories of the past as a result. To keep matters brief, Noa ultimately determines that Jonouchi's body would be preferred, deciding that he can therefore use the connection to Mokuba as a continued tie to Kaiba Corp when he becomes so enraged with Seto that the idea of keeping her even as a 'puppet' becomes revolting. When he takes Jonouchi's connection to the body however, Jonouchi himself is left to become 'the computer', retaliating against Noa under the guidence of a spirit- Noa's mother. After Gozaburo reveals himself and changes things however, Noa escapes in Jonouchi's body with Mokuba at his side, forcing Jonouchi into the situation again. Jonouchi manages to barely protect himself from 'losing himself', and from there he helps the others to escape via a chess match against Gozaburo. He then is left to stay behind- first to help Seto escape (at which point Seto discovers Jonouchi has sustained scars from his duels, due to Ra's mark not existing when she gave him CPR), and then while waiting for Noa to return to give him his body.

They escape, only to find that while they were in the Virtual World, Ryuzaki was forced to face Yami Malik in combat- physically- to keep the other from killing them in their sleep. Ryuzaki 'won', but ultimately sustained enough injury that he's arguably comatose on the ship. Jonouchi, hearing that one of the doctors as well has been killed, realizes that Seto is not only continuing the tournament specifically to buy time for help, but also realizes during the Battle Royale following that Seto intends to die to take Malik down. He therefore pushes his abilities to force himself into a match against Malik, and when Seto attempts to convince him to forfeit, confesses that he loves her- giving her a kiss (and getting punched in turn), before going to face Malik.

During the duel with Malik, his ability is revealed by 'force'; while the spectators can't see the shadows or how the holograms are moving accordingly, they can see the blood as it falls from Jonouchi's form, thus watching him become impaled upon 'nothing' when his failed attack with the Devil's Mirror comes into play. Malik taunts him in the duel as well, unknowingly and knowingly- calling him seer, but also speaking entirely in Old Egyptian, which Jonouchi unwittingly understands (though he responds in Japanese). Ultimately he pulls through long enough to enter a trance state and mirror Malik's summon chant for Ra, only barely being beaten by the other- he then converses with Ra before he's struck down, and lasts just long enough to declare attack before collapsing due to his injuries over the duel, narrowly 'losing' the match.

From here Ra gives him a trial of sorts in his 'dreams', and when Jonouchi awakens with not enough time for Ra to heal his injuries, the god sends him to briefly stand at Yugi and Seto's duel, where he convinces Yugi that he'll be alright and briefly shows him the monsters of the field at their 'kindest'. Jonouchi is then able to wake up, his injuries healed impossibly into nothing but scars, and makes it up the tower in time to see the end of Seto's duel before watching the duel against Malik.

Following Battle City, Jonouchi is forced to come clean about experiencing real damage on the field, though he convinces Yugi that the monsters of his deck are courteous enough that they won't risk anything by having their duel together. They do so, and he ultimately gets Red-Eyes Black Dragon back. While the incident largely cools down, the events of YGO-R's manga soon come forward, with horrible consequence to Jonouchi. First seeming to simply negate Jonouchi's power (as he fails to enter the trance state familiar to him when Osiris is summoned), it turns out that the power of the Gods is being dampened- on top of still experiencing real damage duels, Jonouchi collapses repeatedly as memories of his past life strike in violent visions, which Honda describes as watching a 'seizure'.

Ultimately while the threat of the Evil Gods are stopped, Jonouchi's more severe visions don't fade- he begins having longer visions, and while they do not result in seizures, they do result in him freezing in place, staring off at nothing as the vision strikes.

Jonouchi's canon-point will be at the point of the very start the latest arc of the fanfic, which is still underway; specifically the Capmon arc, which means that he's gone from entering the 'world of shadows' to entering...well. Galar, Apparently. That or Alola idk how the warps work during this event. (The transport is notably after a plane crash involving himself, Yugi, Shizuka, Haga, Ryuzaki, and Haga's Sister. So very different Capmon arc.)

A Note on Powers

Jonouchi in essence can be best described as a 'living millennium item'; not surprised given that the blood of his past life, 'the blood of ancients', is what became the fuel for those very items. Primarily it's a connection to the shadows- by default he can see, hear, and speak to duel spirits, even communicating with the cards of his deck while they're unsummoned. On the field he can communicate and interact with them as if they were real, and the monsters and attacks often differ from what the holograms display. Damage however, is equally real- this goes doubly so for Shadow Games, creating near fatal consequences if he isn't careful, and even causing him to witness them as the participants view them; blood will even spill upon him and *become* visible to those around him. Technically, he has the power to extend this effect to his opponent, but he has yet to do so beyond 'opening the eyes' once or twice for those close to him.

It's worth noting that he's spoken to the God Cards this way, and has even entered trances to recite their summon chants against his will. (Scares the pants off of Malik that way)

Aside from this connection to the shadows, which in fact allows him access to his Ka beast the Red Eyes Black Dragon, and could as well allow him to summon cards to reality in the way those with items (ie Bakura) do, Jonouchi has a natural resistance to the items forces. For starters, he can see the true forms of the items embodied power, and react accordingly- but from there it comes down to how those items interact with him as well. Once given direct access via a cut for example, the Millennium Rod was able to take hold.

Notably, this connection intensifies the power of the items as well; the millennium rod itself feels more individual while taking over him, and when briefly in posession of the puzzle Yami Yugi as well felt more 'alive'.

Returning to resistances, the Tauk is entirely unable to look into his fate- and more alarmingly, unlike the Tauk, Jonouchi has visions that are unchangable; when defied, fate itself reacts violently in turn (And as such, most of his visions are so vague that he cannot identify what they refer to until it's too late). He has also had numerous visions of his past life, the victim of the Kul Elna massacre.

Over all, he just has a really weird connection with shadows and ghost and item things, and mostly this works to his disadvantage since go figure, seeing the future in the form of a few short bits of words can be irritating at best...especially when they take metaphorical instead of literal form. There's also the standard past life bleed that causes the flashbacks in the first place, and lets him understand Old Egyptian in spoken form (his past self couldn't read most forms).

Possessions:

- Dog Tags; Platinum dog tags Seto gave him for Christmas. They have his vital information on them.
- His Deck; THE GANG'S ALL HERE
- His Duel disk
- Ra, how the fuck did you get in his pocket,

RP Sample #1: Look a TDM Thread
RP Sample #2: yes i'm going to re-use this for my first log

Jonouchi Katsuya had been here for about a week.

The last thing he remembered, was that chaos had all but broken out above the map-like trap of a massive temple in the middle of India, not long after a plane crash. Someone had maybe pushed someone?? Maybe he got pushed.

Well something happened, and that was the important part. Something happened, and then he was...here. He fell, passed out, and woke up with a rainbow pony licking his face.

"...nice t' meet y' too..." he had muttered at the time, not really sure what to do about it all. About five minutes after that the panic had set in, and he'd begun running around trying to find Yugi. Shizuka. Ryuzaki...

Hell Haga and his nervous as heck sister even, where was everyone?

And then it turned out he wasn't even in his own world. No one even knew about 'his' world, for that matter.

They just knew about theirs.

Suffice to say it was a rough week. The pony- er, Ponyta- stuck around at least, and that was pretty handy considering the fact that it was plenty obvious all the weird animals around were less the equivalent of duel monsters no one could see and...er. The local wildlife.

He knew he'd pulled someone out of his cards once or twice before, but he was pretty sure they wouldn't like being called out to deal with. The local pets.

So, Ponyta. And she wasn't too bad, kind of a sweety even! When it became clear she wasn't going away, he even got a cool idea. One that he'd get his ass kicked over, probably. "Heheheee...bet Seto-chan'd hate it if I showed up an' said yer name was Kaseri..~"

Unfortunately, registration didn't really hear him right.

"Ka...Kassuu...Kassureee..." Katherine.

Well, whatever. She could be Kaseri in his heart, that was plenty enough.

But a week is a week, and he sure as hell wasn't going to stay here forever. He might not have been in tip-top shape after falling from another dimension, but he was recovered enough now and that meant taking a few stretches and belting off into the wodods with a whoop. "Heh! Alrigh'! Let's head on out an' get home already! We gotta find Yug' an' the others before that French guy does..!"

"Tyaaaaa~!" What she said.

...

Man though, he really hoped time was going slower in his own world or something like that, because it was going to suck if he wasted his spring break on this...