Kihara Byouri

Kihara Byouri (木原病理) is a character introduced in Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index as part of the infamous Kihara clan.

Beyond her seemingly wheelchair-ridden humble woman, belies a nature fitting of that of a Kihara. She is one of the members of her family ordered by Academy City to attack Baggage City and destroy the Natural Selector tournament held by the Anti-Academy City Science Guardians.

Etymology
As a member of the Kihara family, which has names that are often related to science and mathematics, Byouri's name can be translated as Pathology.

Appearance
Other than the obvious wheelchair, Byouri appears like that of a woman with tea colored wavy hair, tied up in a pony tail. She wears a pyjama, as if she was a patient of a hospital. One of the most recognizable characteristic she has is her blank brown eyes, which is often seen nearly covering the entire cornea.

Personality
Byouri hides her true nature with a facade befitting with that of a kind and helpess woman. Her true nature befits that of a true Kihara, having no problem with killing people off, as with the case in her attack in Baggage City. To complement this, she is also terribly devious, using her weak-looking nature to her own advantage.

In her own words, she refers to herself as a someone who is good at giving up. She indicates that she has given up on many things, and on forcing others on giving up. She is described as being one of those who give up on things.

Background
As part of her nature, she has apparently forced several people to "give up" on their dreams and ambitions. It is unknown on how many other things Byouri has given up on.

As part of the aftermath of the invasion of Hawaii, she, Ransuu, Enshuu, and several units of armed Academy City personnel, infiltrate Bagge City on November the 13th, and launches a terrorist attack on the city.

Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index

 * Main article:Baggage City Arc

She first appears right after Marian Slingeneyer brutally massacres several Academy City operatives. Here, she introduces herself as a weak wheelchair-bound woman, although, Marian discovers this shortly thereafter, and attacks her. Marian is later surprised by Byouri's ability to maneuver herself in a wheelchair. Byouri engages Marian with her mechanically enhanced wheelchair, which forces Marian to transfigure the bodies of the Academy City personnel she killed earlier into her form to dodge Byouri's assault.

As the battle continues, Byouri reveals that her wheelchair can have legs, making herself more maneuverable. However, Marian later dominates her by bending the legs of her wheelchair, and later cornering her in the burnable garbage area, near a melting pit.

With her wheelchair stuck, Byouri is forced to use the machine on her legs that allow her to stand up. Byouri takes a machete-like blade from the back of her wheelchair and tries to attack Marian. However, due to her quick thinking of calling Academy City reinforcements for Byouri, allowed her to use their living bodies for transfiguration, and from there catapults Byouri into the melting pit, making her the first Kihara to die during the Baggage City massacre.

Abilities
She has no powers, but is still very dangerous. Her wheelchair is Made in Kihara, presumably since it was developed by the Kiharas. Her wheelchair contains a machinegun and cannon with a caliber great enough to fit a human arm, as well as a machete-like weapon. Furthermore, Byouri can transform her wheelchair into a walking mechanical carriage, like a spider, allowing for more maneuverability than that of her wheels.

Finally, if there is a need, there is technology installed on her legs, like ribbons that wrapped around her it, which obviously allows her to make use of her legs.

Quotes

 * (To Marian from NT4) "...Those who are hated must put in more effort and skill than those who are popular to survive this far. Humans grow the most when they stand up to difficulties."