Name: Maya Natsume

Age: Appears 24

Hair: lavender 

Eyes: Blue

Skin: Pale

Relationship Status: Complicated (NOT LOOKING)

Family: Riku Ookami Natsume (son), Shin Natsume (Brother/deceased), Aya Natsume (sister), Ookami Valerious Kaito (Adopted Brother)

Best Friend: Pyra Reavstone 

Maya is a strong and confident woman. She is very direct and has little shame. Despite her usual bluntness she is often very indirect when it comes to personal matters. Often opting to simply leave others in the dark about emotional situations rather than deal with it; making her a very selfish individual when it comes to this aspect of life. She does not easily express how she is feeling and prefers to show her emotions through trust, actions, and friendship; rather than speak them aloud. She is most interested in helping others to realize their own potential whether it be in mind or body. 

Maya is the middle child of the Head Family of the Natsume. The Natsume originate from the twelve founding families that supported the Takayangi family in the creation of a strong alliance consisting of what is known as Red and White Feather families. These families each possessed specific abilities or forms of fighting styles that made the group the strongest in the country and created Todou Academy, the school famous for being a “fighting paradise”. The Natsume are one of the Red Feather families known for their Dragon’s Eye ability. The loyalties of the 12 founding families was disrubted under Mitsomi Takayangi, as a result of his premature takeover of the Takayangi Head position. This leads to the formation of a group known as “F” who is believed to be controlled by Mitsuomi but is actually being controlled by the head of the Kago family, Sohaku, who turns out to be Souichirou’s father.  After Maya’s brother, Shin Natsume, was killed; Mitsuomi has attempted to get Maya to join him, though she always refuses, believing Mitsuomi to be corrupted by his power and creating a rivalry between the Juuken Club (Maya is leader) and the Executive Council (Mitsuomi is President) of Todou Academy. 

Maya’s past is clouded in much mystery as many of the events of her family’s history have been covered up by the Natsume Elders. One of the most dangerous elements of the Dragon’s Eye is the overwhelming need for control and a true sense of self. Without these disciplines the Dragon’s eye will consume the wielder with its power and drive them to insanity whenever possessed by it. This is what happened to Shin Natsume. Maya was given a ceremonial nodachi as a child; instructed to keep it safe, to be its scabbard, and never to allow anyone of Natsume blood to handle the katana. Maya was given this task because of her inability to possess the Dragon’s eye, making her the only one unable to activate the nodachi’s mysterious powers. When wielded by a user of the Dragon’s Eye the blade is able to instantly activate and intensify the power of the Dragon’s Eye. At the age of eight, when she received Reiki, Maya did not understand all of this; leading to her allowing Shin to take the blade and activate his Dragon’s Eye long before he was able to control it. The power drove the young Shin to madness, forcing his parents to lock him away in an underground cell within the Natsume Estates. Maya was the only one allowed to visit him and, for reasons revealed with time, Shin seemed only to be able to remain in control when she was nearby. This created an odd bond between brother and sister making Shin very dependent on and protective of Maya. This dependency would also be their parent’s downfall when they decided to send Shin away to keep him away from their youngest sister, Aya. The night Shin was to be sent away, consumed by fear and the power of the Dragon’s Eye, he killed their parents so he would not have to be separated from Maya. With their parents dead, Shin became head of the Natsume until his own death were Maya, as the next eldest, was obligated to take the role. 

Reiki is the ceremonial nodachi, presented to Maya when she was eight years old. She was instructed to protect the blade and keep it from the hands of anyone of Natsume blood; a task she thoroughly failed in. Reiki was given to Maya because she, as the only member of the Natsume unable to possess the Dragon’s Eye, would not be able to activate its powers. She was known within the family as Reiki’s Human Sheath. After her brother’s death, she kept Reiki locked away in the Natsume Estates storage room, nearly forgetting its existence during her day to day life. Until, one day, her younger sister; Aya, looking for a weapon to use to become stronger took it from the storage room. Maya, knowing what the blade was capable of doing to her sister, began to search for her; going as far as enlisting the help of Mitsuomi Takayangi and the Executive Council. Once finding Aya with the katana, Maya immediately took it from her, and in her usual fashion, provided no explanation as to why Aya could not use the blade, leaving Aya to simply believe her sister did not think her strong enough. Aya’s belief that Maya did not believe in her strength created a rift in their relationship, among other personal matters, causing Aya to eventually engage her sister in combat. Maya defeated Aya, teaching Aya the importance of emotional control and the difference between the fighting spirit and vengeance. After this pivotal fight both sisters gained a new respect for one another. Though Maya would never let Reiki out of her sight again. 

Later, as the group sets out on a rescue mission to save Souichirou from his father, Kago, who has kidnapped him; they are forced to fight Kago’s forces. Maya engages in a battle with Tetsuhito Kagiroi, a member of another Red Feather family that possess the ‘Iron Fist’. During this battle, Maya is seemingly unable to match Kagiroi’s powers and is initially defeated to the point of killing Maya. Aya, who remained behind to train rather than go on the mission, is called through the power of the Dragon’s Eye and Reiki to warn her that Maya was in danger. Aya is able to utilize the Dragon’s Eye to astral project herself to the battle and activate Reiki in order to help Maya. The sisters continue the battle fighting together. However, Kagiroi is still too strong and Aya is unable to keep the connection after a series of blows that leave her unconscious breaking the astral projection. Maya is once again left alone but asks, the still active, Reiki to take her life in order to defeat her opponent. Absorbing Maya’s ki, the blade is revealed to have a ‘true blade’ as an outer casing shatters and finally allows Maya to penetrate Kagiroi’s Iron Body, splitting his arm in half long ways, and killing him by severing his torso. 

As a result of her battle against Kagiroi, Reiki having absorbed all of Maya’s ki, Maya is left in a coma like state. Reiki is able to use Maya’s ki to create a solid form and appears to Aya as a naked woman. Aya’s experience communicating with Reiki allows her to realize that Maya is not dead, her ki is simply trapped within Reiki. If they could figure out a way to remove Maya’s ki from the katana and place back within Maya, they would be able to save her. Souichirou’s mother, Makiko, is the only one capable of doing such a thing and without telling the others of the consequences she gives her life to save Maya’s. Maya is unable to understand why Makiko would give her own life for her until it later revealed that Maya possess the Amaterasu Dragon’s Gate which will be needed to defeat Sohaku. 

From this point on, Maya and Reiki find they are able to constantly sense one another, as well as utilize each other’s ki to work together in battle. Reiki is able to manifest into her solid form using Maya’s ki while Maya is able to utilize Reiki’s blood abilities. The two have become inseparable and partner’s for life.  

Riku Natsume is Maya Natsume’s three year old son. He is a very curious and adventure seeking child that enjoys breaking rules for fun, as most young children are. Maya has kept Riku locked away inside the Natsume Estates since his birth, only allowing close friends and family to know his secret. Riku’s father, Mitsuomi Takayangi, does not even know about the boy’s existence; though this is more likely due to Maya’s inability to address personal matters considering Mitsuomi is one of the few individuals she trusts with her life. As a result of Riku’s Natsume/Takayangi bloodline Maya made the decision to keep him hidden, creating a barrier around the Estates that only those of Natsume blood can pass through unless allowed to by Maya herself. This allows the Natsume to focus on Riku’s training concerning the Dragon’s Eye which he has been able to activate since he was two. The precautions also allow Riku to avoid the concerns and pressures of the Takayangi who often ask their younger generation to perform immoral and undesirable tasks in the name of providing for the Takayanagi.