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Name: Meiko Crescentia

Age: 16

Family:
Sister - Sayaka Crescentia
Grandfather - Genjiro Crescentia

Weapon: Needles 

Weapon Awakening: Knives of Damnation (Mephistopheles's Familiar)
Weapon Awakening: Mystic Knives (Kyoko/Sayaka's  Familiar)

Race/Class: Human (Familiar) 

Height: 167.64cm (5'6")

DOB: December 2nd

Favorite Food: Shrimp  

Year: 1st Year at Nocturne Academy 

Appearance:
Although they are related Sayaka and Meiko actually don't look to much alike. Meiko took a strong resemblance to their mother while Sayaka had a mix of both their mother and father. Side by side you can see the resemblance but without actually saying it most people cant guess they're related unless they hear their last name. Due to Meiko always playing outside when she was younger her skin tone is a bit darker than Sayaka whose tone seems to be quite pale. Meiko like Sayaka has dark Navy Blue hair hair and green eyes. Though unlike Sayaka, Meiko has grown her hair out allowing it to reach down to her lower back. Meiko is about the same height as Kyoko maybe being an inch or so taller but it's not very noticeable. Like Sayaka, Meiko also wears glasses due to her somewhat poor eyesight. She believes they got this from their father who also wore glasses. It seems everyone on their fathers side wore glasses so Meiko assumes they also obtained this trait of poor eyesight.  Since she on the student council Meiko always wears the full school uniform making sure she is always neatly presentable. During the winter Meiko's uniform usually consist of the black blazer, long sleeved white button up,cream cardigan, red ribbon neck tie, black and red pleated skirt, and the black loafers. She also wears black pantyhose along with her uniform. 

When summer rolls around Meiko will discard the blazer, cream cardigan, and long sleeved shirt for the schools sleeveless cream vest and short sleeved white button up. Her summer attire for holidays or the weekends will usually be a short sleeved white blouse tucked into black dress pants with short black heels. Along with that she usually wears a black ribbon neck tie with her blouse. Meiko and Haruki (another girl on their team) are the only ones to change their hairstyles during the summer. Meiko Will sometimes tie her hair into a ponytail even though this is only on especially hot days. During the winter Meiko will usually wear a pink and white letterman's jacket with a white sweater underneath. Along with that she'll wear black jeans with pink shoes. 

Personality:
Some people tend to say that Meiko is the complete opposite of Sayaka when it comes to personality. While Sayaka is kind and helpful Meiko seems to be harsh an spiteful. Meiko isn't exactly a completely mean person, she's just never had friends due to her attitude. Unlike Kyoko who put on a cold attitude to drive people away an later adapted to it until it became natural, Meiko started out with this sort of mindset. Due to countless people trying to use her and Sayaka because of their families wealth. Due to the countless people who would do this Meiko began distrusting others very easily. This led to her harsh attitude toward people. Meiko was also very studious as a child allowing her to simply pass all her classes. Due to her highly perceptive nature and how well she excels at school whether it be in knowledge or sports Meiko had also developed a sort of god complex. Even with this she doesn't exactly believe she's better than everyone (although at times she believes she's better than most).  Mainly she'll look down on those who aren't as intelligent as her if they try to act as her equal. She also looks down on those weaker than her or those who haven't had their powers for long. Like in the beginning when she was still teamed with Mephistopheles she taunted Juzo due to him being a familiar. Even though she was one herself she stated that he was just expendable garbage for Murakami to use as she pleased. Further insulting Juzo caused him to try an attack Meiko but she easily ended up taking him down using her poison. This event also led to Juzo being controlled by Mariko. 

Although Meiko is highly intelligent, sometimes her condescending behavior can backfire on her. Such as mentioning to Mariko how Juzo was an important asset to 
Mephistopheles an not to let her tiny demon brain mess this up. With that slip of info it allowed Mariko to hatch her plan to use Juzo against them. As she joins the team you begin to see how much Meiko can accidentally blurt out things she didn't mean to say due to her sometimes saying things with confidence without actually thinking about it. Meiko's' attitude does change somewhat as the series continues. It is shown that she starts to see the others more as friends than just comrades. It seems that other than Sayaka the only person Meiko show's kindness to is Kyoko. This is partially due to Kyoko saving Meiko's life but mainly due to Meiko learning of Kyoko's past and seeing the two had more in common than she had initially thought. It is shown that Meiko develops deeper feelings for Kyoko as the story goes on, This is partially show when Meiko gave up her position of council president to Kyoko due to Kyoko wanting to take on some of the schools affairs due to the passing of her father.  with the quote "I'd do anything for you lady Kyoko... even if its degrading as long as you request it I shall follow~" It truly shows the devotion Meiko has for Kyoko even though its a bit over the top. She's even gone to the point of always calling her Lady Kyoko. It is strongly shown of her feelings for Kyoko whenever Juzo and Kyoko get close, Meiko can usually be quoted saying things like  
 
"Why do you always spend so much time with my Kyoko!?"

"Just be lucky Lady Kyoko gives you the time of day, If it were up to me you wouldn't be allowed anywhere near her"

These are just some of the things she'll say out of jealousy. Meiko's behavior really changes when Kyoko is involved, Instead of her usual scowl she'll smile and become almost nervous around her. The others always say its like she's a different person whenever she addresses Kyoko. Even if Kyoko doesn't recognize Meiko in that way, Meiko will continue to show her devotion to Kyoko no matter what.  

Profile:
Meiko is
 a being known as a Familiar. A Familiar as stated before is a being that is summoned to the human world by a specter in order to serve and support them in combat. But like Juzo, Meiko is a human that was called upon to be a familiar. Although unlike Juzo, Meiko was still alive when she was made into a familiar, not only that but due to becoming Mephistopheles's familiar she gained alot of dark powers as well as the natural abilities a familiar would have. Due to Mephistopheles's harsh training within a year Meiko ended up learning all the elemental abilities. Since it was him who had made her a familiar she even obtained the power of darkness. As stated before Darkness is a rare elemental ability that only high ranking shadows such as guardians or demons are only able to use. But due to the energy given to Mephistopheles in the void, he was also able to use this power seeing as his being was made of essence now. It is rare for a familiar to learn more than one elemental, so for Meiko to learn all of them in just a year intrigued Mephistopheles. At first Mephistopheles thought it was nothing more than the dark energy he gave her. That was until Meiko transformed her weapon. A skill that no familiar or other being is suppose to be able to do. Weapon awakening is a skill that is strictly special to specter's but to see her a familiar be able to do it after only a year of training peaked Mephistopheles interest. Meiko's weapon awakening is called The Knives of Damnation, This awakening is used by gathering all of Meiko's hate and rage transforming her Needles into dark jagged knives. This not only allows Meiko to now directly attack her foes, but it also lets her gain a new ability called curse. This allows Meiko to cut an enemy and even if she doesn't attack the same spot the wound will continue to grow. Not only was she smart but she seemed useful in terms of combat. He figured her drive came from her life of being tormented by the shadows but either way it didn't matter to him. The stronger she got the more useful as a tool she became for him.   

As a child Meiko was able to see the shadows. She didn't know why nor did she know why others couldn't see them. This caused alot of teasing an bullying when she would cower when the shadows would constantly bother her. This caused Meiko to get into alot of fights. Not to mention people trying to use Sayaka. It seemed as if Meiko was in a fight almost every day. Due to this Meiko's mother was always coming to the school to have to listen to the trouble Meiko had gotten into that day. Meiko's mother was busy being a single mom due to the passing of their father shortly after Sayaka was born. So having to constantly come in to hear that Meiko got into another fight or hurt another kid just put more stress on her. The more Meiko fought the colder she grew. She began to hate going to school an wouldn't say anything to anyone. This negativity is what she now believe allowed her to start seeing the shadows clearly. Shadows are drawn to negativity an dark thoughts. And as a child with the problems she caused an the amount of hate she had stored up thats probably what allowed her to start seeing the shadows. It got to the point where at night the shadows would get aggressive with her causing cuts and other injuries. Meiko would hide these injuries since her mother nor Sayaka could see the shadows they'd just think it was due to another fight. So in order not to cause her mother any more trouble she kept quiet about it. But her mother eventually found out and blamed Meiko for fighting with the kids at school. Meiko would usually argue with her mother about this but this time was different due to the problem actually being something she couldn't control. After some words were said Meiko was sent to live with her grandfather who resided in the Nocturne district. He was a kind old man who gladly took in Meiko. From his knowledge Meiko and Sayaka had always been good kids so to hear such stories from their mother worried him. Regardless he took her in with open arms. Although shadows roamed there as well they seemed to leave her alone for the time being. It wasn't until she hit middle school that the shadows became aggressive again. Due to not being able to tell anyone since no one else saw them, this in a sense drove Meiko insane even causing her to contemplate suicide to escape this torment. But Meiko wouldn't give up so easily, she tried her best to find some way to defend herself against these creatures. Unfortunately it seemed no weapons or anything she had on hand would work against. Though she could attack or cut off limbs they seemed unfazed by the attacks. Due to this her only option was to run from them. Though it worked for a while she would eventually still receive cuts an bruises from them. Then the unfortunate day happened when a shadow with poison attacked her. Meiko began to grow ill and was even taken to the hospital but none of the medicines administered were able to stop the spread of the poison. It was then that Meiko decided to take matters into her own hands and hunt one of these poisonous shadows. Though weakened Meiko went out in the night and captured a smaller shadow that seemed to have the same poisonous effect as the other that attacked her. She used this shadow an researched with a bunch of other medication she had been taking to ease the pain to make a chemical that could cease the spread of the poison. Although it kept the poison at bay, she would have to inject herself each day in order to keep the poison from spreading. As we know from Mephistopheles story this was around the time she met him and then became his familiar. Once becoming Mephistopheles familiar Meiko trained hard in order to be able to finally get revenge for the years of torment she faced due to these creatures. Putting every last bit of her will into her training she was able to surpass the powers of a normal familiar. 

Even though Meiko remained 
Mephistopheles loyal familiar for two years it soon came to an end when Meiko protected Sayaka and joined up with her, Kyoko, Mariko, and Juzo to defeat the shadow Mephistopheles let into her grandfathers mansion. Mephistopheles appeared after the battle as gave Meiko a sinister grin. 

"For shame Meiko, I believed you were smarter than that. I thought you of all people would know the consequences of betraying me." Mephistopheles said with a chuckle. Meiko couldn't do anything but shake in fear. She knew this would happen but she couldn't allow anything to happen to Sayaka. "I bet you were looking for this" Mephistopheles said holding up a syringe. It was the antidote she had always been carrying around in case of running into any poisonous shadows. 

"Y-you.... when did you!?" Meiko said as she began panting. The poison had started to make its way through her system again. 

"I told that worthless guardian that if you were to try anything funny to swipe it off of you when you were distracted. An when you decided to be a hero an save your precious sister, that's when he made his move." Meiko watched as Mephistopheles dropped the syringe on the floor and stepped on it. He turned his back to the group and spoke a few words that sounded like gibberish. 

Kyoko's eyes widened at hearing those words "Wait that's the...!" Just then Meiko clenched her chest in pain. She dropped to her knees as her needles fell to the floor. The minute they hit the floor they all shattered like glass then disappeared. Meiko removed her hand from her chest to see the mark of the familiar begin to fade. 

"This is what happens when you go against me..." 
Mephistopheles said in a dark tone as he entered the darkness he emerged from an disappeared. 

Meiko fell to the floor gasping for air as Sayaka ran over an grabbed her. "Meiko! Meiko! what's happening to her!?" Sayaka yelled up to the others. 

Juzo looked at Kyoko and Mariko in confusion looking for either of them to answer. Mariko's face looked grim as she shut her eyes an turned away. It was then that Kyoko spoke. "Those words he spoke....they were the release spell for a contract..."

"Re-release spell?" Juzo said in confusion. 

Kyoko continued on "There are three ways to end a contract between a familiar and the master. The first is through normal means where the master and familiar are both agreeing to end the contract seeing as the familiar has severed its purpose. Once it's finished the familiar is peacefully sent back to the shadow world. The second method is through uncontrollable means, Meaning either the familiar or the master was killed in combat or some unknown force severed the contract. And the last...which is this case....." Kyoko paused looking at Meiko who was suffering on the floor. 

Mariko then spoke up "In the rare case a familiar tries to attack an kill their master in order to gain freedom.... a certain spell has been created to forcefully sever the contract through....harsher means."

"harsher means?" Juzo and Sayaka said simultaneously.

Kyoko spoke folding her arms "This method not only severs the contract but it also teaches the familiar a lesson not to turn on their master. This will not only send the familiar back to the shadow world but it will also cause the familiar immense pain. It causes enough pain to bring the familiar close to death." Kyoko said shutting her eyes with a sigh.

"Usually familiars who experience this are then picked off by surrounding shadows...there's never a lesson learned...this is just a brutal way of killing them...." Mariko said with a now stern look on her face as she saw Meiko's slowly begin to loose consciousness.  

"And seeing as she's a human....more than likely this will be enough to kill her...even if it doesn't I'm positive the poison will" Kyoko said beginning to walk away. "For him to use such a dirty tactic.... no... at this point it should be expected of him." Kyoko said as she neared the doorway. Mariko looked at Sayaka and Meiko and an forced herself to follow Kyoko. 

"W-wait aren't you going to do something!?" Juzo yelled as he reached out toward Kyoko. 

"What do you mean?" Kyoko stopped walking keeping her back to Juzo. 

"I-I mean we can't just let her die....can we?" Juzo said looking down at Sayaka who held her sister as tears streamed down her face. 

"Meiko Crescentia was our enemy Juzo.... No matter how we look at it saving her would be nothing more than aiding the enemy..." Kyoko said closing her eyes with a sigh. 

"But thats just it! she WAS our enemy. Now that 
Mephistopheles broke their contract she's just a normal girl. Come on Kyoko we at least owe it to Sayaka for helping us! If it wasn't for her we would've been done for back there!" Juzo pleaded to Kyoko. 

"Please....if there's anything you can do Kyoko......" Sayaka looked toward Kyoko as the tears continued to stream down her face "Please save her!" Sayaka pleaded. 

Kyoko turned then walked back over to Sayaka and Meiko. Kyoko stared down at Meiko with her usual blank an uninterested gaze. Meiko who was drifting between consciousness and unconsciousness couldn't make out any words but saw Kyoko standing over her. She saw sayaka who was crying an holding her say some things then she saw Kyoko say something. Everything seemed to move slowly in Meiko's vision. She thought that her time had finally been coming to an end. She then saw Kyoko lean down next to her in move closer to her. It was then that her vision faded to black. that last thing she remembered was something warm press against her lips. When Meiko woke up she was in her bed. She jumped up holding her chest as she looked around. 

"I see you're awake sleepyhead. You've been out for three days" A light voice said. Meiko looked to her right to see Sayaka sitting on a chair next to her bed. Though her vision was a bit blurry due to not having her glasses she could tell that Sayaka looked as if she had just woken up herself. Either that or she had stayed up the whole time waiting for her to awaken.  

"S-sayaka?.... wh-whats going on...?"

"Everything's alright" Sayaka said with a smile. "Juzo and Kyoko explained to me the issue with that guy....I still couldn't believe you were working for someone awful like that...but I guess you had your reasons so I wont question you on that." Sayaka said sadly as she looked off to the side. She then turned her gaze back to Meiko an spoke again. "Grandpa is doing alright as well, He said he feels a bit stiff but he seems to be doing fine. He says it feels like he's been asleep for long time. He doesn't even recall what happened in the study as well as his odd behavior." Sayaka smiled.

"But what happened to the Poison!?" Meiko said a bit worried.

Sayaka smiled "Don't worry, after we made you a familiar again the poison began to fade away an you've just been unconscious ever since" 

"A-a familiar!? But how?" Meiko said grabbing her glasses off the dresser to see the mark of the familiar on her chest. 

Sayaka smiled. "Its all thanks to Kyoko." 

Just then the memory of warmth touching her lips came back to her. Meiko lightly touched her lips with her fingertips. "M-murakami... saved me?" 

"It was only temporary though, It took allot of energy for Kyoko to hold a contract with two familiars so she taught me how to make a contract. I was a little shocked an embarrassed that kissing was involved but she was actually able to just transfer the contract instead of me creating a brand new one. So I guess now you're my familiar" Sayaka smiled. "I don't think I'd be able to make a contract with a familiar if I had to kiss them each time" Sayaka said with a small chuckle. 

Meiko blushing still thinking of Kyoko then shook her head "D-don't worry about that! That only applies to those without power. Its a sorta way to transfer power if the familiar didn't have any to begin with. But since most from the demon world do have power the kissing is unnecessary." Meiko said laying back down an turning over in the bed trying to take her mind off the kiss. 

Sayaka smiled. "Well thats a relief...." a few moments of silence passed as Sayaka then spoke with a firm look on her face. "I've decided to join Juzo and the others...." 

"Huh?" Meiko said still facing away from Sayaka. 

"Iv'e decided to help them in their essence collection. I cant stand back while they risk their lives out there! With my power I can help them now too.... An I know what you're gonna say that you don't wan-"

"It's okay..." Meiko said still facing away. 

"Huh?" Sayaka said shocked at her answer. 

"I had a feeling you were gonna say something along those lines seeing as you awakened to that power... and knew that I wouldn't be able to stop you....No matter what I said. You've got a special power that can really help those guys Sayaka so...I think you should go out and do it." 

"M-meiko!" Sayaka teared up hugging Meiko 

"Ahhhh hey come on calm down...besides.... I'll be right there with you...."

"Huh?" Sayaka said as she stopped her excessive hugging. 

"Not only do I owe it to you but....I owe it to her as well.... for saving me." Meiko said as her face glowed red. Her heart began beating faster at the thought of the kiss. No matter what was to come Meiko was determined to protect not only Sayaka but Kyoko as well now. 




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Arte-of-the-wind's avatar
Oh! She's really pretty too! <3 Also dang. I really don't like that Mephistopheles, but he is the bad guy.