Mei Hikari

Mei Hikari (光冥, Hikari Mei) is one of the main characters of the series. She is a genin level kunoichi in Team Kakashi (or Team 7) along with Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha.

Background
Mei is an angel. She is born in heaven as the second child of the Royal Family.

She was cursed with the Moon's curse, making her a demon to everyone's eyes. She was the second born of a set of triplets. Her older brother had the power of the sun, the power that the Hikari family is supposed to have since Kami-sama is Sun. She has the power of the Moon, Satan's power. Her younger triplet sister has both powers, Sun and Moon. On her 14th birthday, she will choose whether to go Dark or Light. Mei vows that she will get on her sister's good side and change history.

In the history of her family, all the dark one appear to second triplet every 15 generations. They all commit suicide on their 14th birthday, when their third triplet chooses light.

Mei wasn't loved by her family, nor her fellow angels, she only got her name on earth because her parents didn't name her. She was bullied in Heaven until the age of 6. She was sent to Hell, on the order of Kami-sama and demons tortured her since she was an angel. She escaped them at the age of 9 and went down to earth.

She was found by Orochimaru. A man that experimented on her for years. She hates him for killing her on the inside and she also holds a grudge on Kabuto Yakushi, one of his henchmen. In the Chunin Exam Arc, it is said that he sexually assaulted her when she was in Orochimaru's hands. She escaped them at age 11.

She roamed around lands for about a year. She is found by Kakashi Hatake and faints on him. She wakes up in a hospital with Kakashi by her side. She is grateful but doesn't tell him the secret that she is an angel. She changes her last name to Kurai (暗い, Kurai) meaning Dark. She is given the name Mei (冥, Mei) by Kakashi and she stays true to it.

Mei then decides to stay in Konohagakure on the accord of the 3rd Hokage.

Personality
Mei is a very closed-off person and she never smiles. Her face was locked in emotionless after her passage in Heaven and Hell. She never let anyone in but she tried hard to stop thinking about the past.

Mei is shown to be caring for her comrades at times but she usually stays out of all their missions. In the chase of the cat Tora, she is seen just standing there, not doing anything. But for example in the Chunin exams, she knocks out Naruto and Sasuke and orders Sakura to bring them to safety. Sakura, not liking Mei from even the first sight agrees and leaves Mei to fight Orochimaru, her worst fear.

After the second part of the Chunin exams, sees Gaara of the Desert. She is intrigued about the sand jinchūriki. She doesn't like him at first, but due to a turn of events, when she realizes what he has been through, she becomes full of pity. Then she reminds herself that pity the worst emotion on earth. She quotes: "You can only pity when you have been through the same thing. And when you have been through the same thing, you feel yourself unable to pity." - Mei Kurai.

She gradually falls in love with Gaara and he confesses to her. They become boyfriend and girlfriend at 12. Mei becomes a loving girl and learns how to smile.

On her 14th birthday, she returns to Heaven to assist on her sister choosing paths. Her sister says she loves her deeply but has to choose the light path. Her sister tells her that she has better things on earth and it inspires her to not do like her predecessors. She comes back down to earth, wanting to live a good life.

Mei's feelings are torn when she is forced to join the Akatsuki. They threaten to kill Gaara if she refuses. Broken-hearted, she agrees.

In Shippuden, when the Akatsuki kill Gaara, Mei is broken-hearted. She leaves the organisation and confines herself. Naruto finds her and accepts her fast before boosting her mood telling her that Gaara had been revived.

She is not trusted by the Hidden Leaf yet and she stays happy that she came back to Konoha.

Appearance
Mei has pale skin, dark grey hair and dull purple eyes. She has markings down her cheeks that resemble purple tears. In her Genin years, she wears bandages all over her body, leaving her hands, feet, eyes and up free from the white bandage. She wears her hair in a high ponytail, leaving some hair down, her hair covers her right eye, she says that she can't be bothered to move it. A simple black short-sleeved shirt covers her b-cup chest and stomach. Her black gloves with a metal plate on the back of the hand arrive up to her elbows. She wears simple sweat-pants that finish on her shin. On her right thigh is bandage over her pants that her shuriken holster rests on. She wears black and white leg warmers that got down to her normal black shinobi shoes. She wears her leaf headband on her neck.

It is observed that every time something drastic happens in her life, she changes outfit. It isn't explained why. Example:

Mei changes her outfit when she was a 9-years-old that just experienced Hell and becomes Orochimaru's pet, when she escapes Orochimaru and becomes Genin, when she turns 14, when the Akasuki recruit her, when she comes back to the leaf, when Gaara proposes to her, and when she becomes pregnant with her first born.

Family
Mei isn't attached to her family at all. She honestly hates all of them. She can't even consider them family. The only person she loves from the bottom of her heart is her younger triplet sister. Mei would die for her but she is told that she has more important ties on earth.

Kakashi Hatake
Kakashi saved Mei and gave her the name she wears. She is eternally grateful and with Gaara's accord, made him the godfather of her 2 children.

Naruto Uzumaki
To Mei, Naruto used to be a complete idiot. She didn't like him because her cold heart didn't accept it. He gradually made his way in her heart as she became happy.

Sakura Haruno
Mei hated Sakura because she judged her so much. Sakura used to think Mei would steal Sasuke away from her. After the Chunin exams Mei still doesn't like Sakura but she can tolerate her and by Shippuden she respects her.

Sasuke Uchiha
In Mei's opinion, Sasuke is full of himself and does not show promise in his goal, killing his brother. Mei wanted to understand Sasuke but she failed, as Sasuke left the village in search for power. She was never a fangirl of his but she had her amount of respect for him, after all, he was strong.

Kankuro
Mei doesn't mind Kankuro, but she didn't like him at the start. Like Sasuke, he is full of himself but she can tolerate that much, after all she was with Naruto and Sakura for much longer.

Temari
Temari gained Mei's friendship right away. They talked together for a while and it immediately clicked for these 2. Temari even felt a bit bad about tricking the leaf after their encounter.

Gaara
At first, Mei doesn't like him at all. She is disgusted by the fact that he kills for pleasure. Then she becomes pitiful to the poor boy that was hated all his life because of the demon inside of him. She then reminds herself that pity is the worst emotion ever. Gradually, she falls in love with him.

Gaara confesses to her and they become boyfriend and girlfriend to soon becoming a married couple with 2 children.

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