User:Schiffy/Mr. Inoue

Mr. Inoue is Orihime's late father, who became a Hollow sometime after his death.

Appearance
Mr. Inoue is a slender man with short, dark hair and a long mustache reaching below his upper lip. He wears a dark suit and bowler hat.

In his Hollow form, he retains his face from when he was a human, and his body changes into that of a large white serpent-like creature with a black stripe down the middle, which is interrupted by his Hollow hole. His hole is surrounded by four bolt-like objects. His hands are large and white with black fingernails, coming from appropriately large white arms protruding from behind his head.

Personality
Mr. Inoue is driven by anger and sadness. Fearing that he was slowly losing his place in Orihime's heart to Ichigo Kurosaki, he went as far as killing his own daughter so they could be together forever.

History
After his wife passed away, Mr. Inoue raised Orihime alone up until his death. After he died, Orihime would pray at his alter every day. Within this time, he became a Hollow, yet still felt at peace after hearing his daughter's prayers. Once Orihime entered high school, however, she would come home and talk about Ichigo more and more. Mr. Inoue feared that he was losing his place in her heart to a classmate. Trying to change things, he had Ichigo pass along a message to her saying that he's lonely. Still afraid that his daughter would soon forget him, he came to the conclusion that if he killed her, they would be together forever in death.

Bleach Pilot Chapter
After killing Orihime, Mr. Inoue came to take her with him, telling Ichigo that he would lead her to Soul Society. . Right before the now-deceased Orihime attempts to confess her feelings to Ichigo, he interrupts her, saying that doing so would only suffocate him.

After taking his daughter away, Mr. Inoue asks to see the ticket to Soul Society that Ichigo gave her, and tears it in half. He says that he won't let Orihime go to Soul Society, and that they'll live together forever, at which point he transforms into his Hollow form. He is interrupted by Ichigo, and the two proceed to fight. .

Hearing his daughter begging him to stop, Mr. Inoue asks why she still favors Ichigo, and accuses the latter of trying to tear the two of them apart. Ichigo, not understanding, asks him what he means by this. He explains his fears of losing his place in his daughter's heart to Ichigo, and about his plan to kill her so they would be together again. When Orihime expresses her disbelief, Mr. Inoue tells her that it's her fault that he has to resort to killing her. He and Ichigo continue their fight, during which he grabs Orihime in his large hand, continuing to express his sorrows, until he is stabbed in the throat by Ichigo's Zanpakutō. Right before he dies, Orihime tells him that the reason she kept talking about Ichigo more and more was because she wanted her own father to hear about her high school life, her friends, and the guy she liked. After hearing her apology, and that she loves him, Mr. Inoue dies.