Hikaru Kenshi

"If only you were ready to hear the truth..."

— Hikaru in response to Chrisy asking him about the mansion.

Hikaru Kenshi (ヒカルケンシ) was a fourth year student at Saitoyama's Academy. He (assuming) has unofficially graduated, as he never returned to the academy after the killing game at Marie's expense.

The sprite is outdated, as Hikaru has dark red eyes and not grey eyes.

Early Life
Hikaru was born in unknown whereabouts. His family was constantly traveling, never staying in one place, in order to run from classified emergencies. At the age of 8, Hikaru and his sister had been exploring a nearby wood one night, when something unsightly had caught Hikaru's eye, and when he looked up, he was face to face with a seven foot tall, horrifying creature. The last he heard from his sister was a shrill scream, and indistinguishable sirens in this distance.

When his father heard about this, they left that town immediately, and things got much worse with moving. Hikaru only made it to the Academy after gaining the title of Ultimate Conspiracy Theorist, and has had little school before it.

His mom had disappeared one evening along with his mother at the age of 16, which left Hikaru with several hundred dollars and an empty hotel. He managed to live on this and keep afloat with a small job at an undisclosed gas station. He never used his real name for those sorts of jobs, and kept the night shift.

He never felt truly alone, and that scared him into obsessively checking every corner for cameras and such. He practically lived on caffeinated drinks from the gas station, and paranoia of his fathers association with the strange secret society he always tended to talk about.

Primary Events
Hikaru's mind was set on one thing. Figuring out what the hell was going on.

With an internet connection and an old, busted laptop, Hikaru had managed to get to the top of conspiracy charts, his original theories going everywhere across the internet. He provided incredible evidence he had scrambled up himself, and hell, there were even several hundred videos online documenting his theories and posts.

He often posted pictures of his boards that he tacked up against the wall of his room, and even ran a blog about them all at some point. It eventually was deleted due to unknown reasoning. Along with this, he often called into local radio stations to express his theories and try to get the news out of Area 51. No one bought it, but he was infamous for it.

Paranoia had soon gotten the best of him, and Hikaru began moving around again at the age of 18.

Talent
Hikaru's talent refers to conspiracy theorists and how they come up with outlandish theories. Hikaru does just that, and hyperfocuses on aliens, cryptozoology and government agencies.

Appearance
Hikaru is a high-school age boy, taller than Japanese standards. Hikaru's hair is longer than usual, and a bit choppy, as he cuts it himself, and often looks somewhat oily at the point he refuses to come out of his room to take a shower. Gross. I swear he has good hygiene. Dark-red brimmed glasses aid him in seeing, and they seem to match his whole general outfit. He has red-brown pants, that cuff around his ankles to show a plaid pattern. He wears red velcro/slip on sneakers, which he deems 'makes it faster', when really, he never learned to tie his shoes. We support him. He wears a golden ring, decorated with a seeing triangle.

On his bear back Hikaru has that same symbol. It is a tattoo he got when he was very young at the expense of his father. He never bothers to acknowledge it, and when he does, he looks very afraid, and lowers to a hushed mutter.

Personality
Hikaru is an erratic, nervous boy. His imagination is vast and creative, though that combats his mental health with anxiety paired. He is passionate about his Ultimate, and constantly tends to make up theories on the spot. Hikaru is clever and smart, and although he is rather shy at first, he doesn't seem to hesitate about talking to others! The only way he can hesitate is if he's suspicious, which tends to block a lot of his social life. He cares, though, immensely, and is shown to kill for his loved ones. (S3, CH2)

Relationships
Hikaru is in a relationship with Itsuko Megumi, the Ultimate Lucky Student. His good friends were Mariko Kaiya (who he later disowned and despised), Evan Stein, and Mitsu Kaiza. His enemies were Aki Ikebana and Chrisy Leo. He got along well fairly well with everyone else.

Hikaru's Fate
Hikaru died once during chapter 6, but was revived at the beginning of chapter 7. His friend, Mariko, was cannibalistic, and lured him into the kitchen to .. feed? When she had successfully killed him using strangulation, Aki had joined her in the kitchen, who she killed in a feral sort of madness. He was eaten rather shortly.

However, he was revived, and went on to survive the season.

Quotes
"That's a lot of poptarts."

"Well, I'm sorry for trying to get us out of here!"

"There could be something BIG behind this! We just don't know it yet..."

Trivia

 * Hikaru is coded to have autism!
 * Hikaru was inspired by Touch Tone Telephone by Lemon Demon, making that his voiceclaim.
 * The creature he and his sister saw was most likely the Jersey Devil.
 * He has affiliations with the Illuminati, causing that to be what he's running from.