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Subject: Marriage Prospects: Ikki

	And this rounds out the Bronze Boys....

ATHENA BRONZE SAINT PHOENIX IKKI (Ikki Kiddo, apparently)

	Looks:  Ruggedly handsome, and shaggy hair actually looks good on him.
Favors a little tearing on his clothes, you won't get him into formal
wear too often.
	Smarts:  Way smarter than anyone kicked in the head as a kid as often
as he was has a right to be.  Tends to pick his battles, and studies
his opponents, often waiting until they've been softened up.
	Personality:  Aggressive, rather ruthless.  Stubborn to the point of
breaking rather than bending, and very protective of his brother.
Perhaps a little overconfident, especially under Ares' control, but
learned to mute this after Cygnus' little trick.
	Cooking:  Death Queen Island was a big camp, as I understand, (all the
Ares Saints trained there too) so they probably had some sort of
centralized mess tent.  But given Ikki's master's training methods, he
probably made him live on grubs and roots for long stretches too.
Ikki can probably subsist on less and worse food than the other
Saints, and might even survive C-ko's cooking.
	Fighting Skills:  Excellent.  Makes up in ferocity what finesse
doesn't cover.  (Remember, "fighting skill" is separate from "special
abilities", which is why I rated Shun so low in the former.  He must
have had some hand-to-hand training, but he never uses it in the
episodes I've seen.)
	Special Abilities:  Too many to conveniently number, most dealing with
fire, illusion and death.  (Including the ability to come back to life
as needed.)  The Phoenix Cloth has throwing feathers, but Ikki uses
these rarely, and usually to announce his presence.  Ikki seems to
have better stealth than the other Bronze Boys, and has personal
experience dealing with mind-warping powers.
	Competition:  his dead girlfriend, maybe Pandora.  It's unlikely
(Esmeraude?) will be coming back to life, but since she died just as
he realized he loved her, she'll stay perfect forever.  Dunno about
Pandora...
	In-Laws:  Shun, and if the adoption really went through, the rest of
the Saints.  Shun's a likable sort, though he'll be protective of his
big brother's happiness.
	Economics:  Bodyguard (and adoptive brother) to a multi-billionaire.
(I don't think the boys really understand that they should be in line
for some big bucks.)  May have other means of support; he often
disappears for long periods.
	Sex:  Well, that depends on what kind of sex education program they
had on Death Queen Island.  If none, I see Ikki as an adherent of the
"harder, faster and stronger is better" school.  If they did, it might
go something like this... ("Now remember, women like this foreplay
sh*t, so be sure to slap the b*tch around a little bit before you tear
her clothes off.  And if she isn't having internal bleeding, then
she's not really satisfied.")  Ikki would reject this of course, and
be a little inhibited until his lover showed him what women really
want.
	Overall:  Not my first choice, but if you want a man who will track
anyone who hurts you to the ends of the earth and kill them slowly and
painfully, Ikki is your man.

SKJAM!