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|fullname = Taki
  
|fullname = Taki
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|alias = None
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|alias = Sealed Sword of Godspeed
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|origin = ''Soul Edge'' (1996)
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|origin = ''Soul Edge''
 
|occupation = Fu-Ma Ninja clan
  
|occupation = Fu-Ma Ninja clan
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|skills = Superhuman speed, Stealth, Short swords, Kunai, Explosives, Muso-Batto-ryu
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|skills = Superhuman speed<br>
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Stealth<br>
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|hobby = Training, Killing enemies
  
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Martial arts<br>
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|goals = Slay evil and demons, destroy Soul Edge, prevent Mitsurugi acquiring Soul Edge
  
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Agility<br>
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|friends = Siegfried Schtauffen, Sophitia Alexandra, Mitsurugi
  
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Poise<br>
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|enemies = Cervantes de Leon, Nightmare, Soul Edge
  
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Swordsmanship<br>
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|type of hero = Honorable Heroine, Ninja, Fighter}}
  
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Kunai<br>
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Explosives<br>
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Muso-Batto-ryu
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|hobby = Training.<br>
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Killing her enemies.
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|goals = Slay evil and demons.<br>
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Destroy Soul Edge.<br>
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Prevent [[Mitsurugi]] from acquiring Soul Edge.
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|family = [[Natsu]] (disciple)
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|friends = [[Siegfried Schtauffen]], <br>
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[[Sophitia Alexandra]], <br>
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[[Mitsurugi]]
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|enemies = Cervantes de Leon, <br>
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Nightmare, <br>
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Soul Edge
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|type of hero = Honorable Ninja
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|size = 200
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}}
 
{{Quote|I cannot ignore your evil deeds.|Taki}}
  
{{Quote|I cannot ignore your evil deeds.|Taki}}
 
{{Quote|It's time to go back to where you belong.|Taki after defeating Cervantes and his followers in ''Soul Calibur IV''}}
  
{{Quote|It's time to go back to where you belong.|Taki after defeating Cervantes and his followers in ''Soul Calibur IV''}}
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==Personality==
  
==Personality==
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As a ninja, Taki takes her job very seriously. She is often times stern and emotionless, and will assassinate a potential threat, no matter if they maybe evil or not.
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As a ninja, Taki puts her mission above everything else. She will end evil through her own ways. She seems to show concern to some people who are connected with Soul Edge (i.e. Sophitia) and warns them the dangers of the evil blade. She can be emotionless and serious, as a ninja should be. She easily sees through deceptions and will use the best attack to defeat her opponent.
  
   
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She considers herself an enemy to most of those affiliated of Soul Edge and doesn't mind killing them if that's what she must resort to, but to those that are not truly evil, such as [[Sophitia Alexandra|Sophitia]] and the [[Libra of Souls Protagonist]], she is more remorseful towards, and instead warns them about the evil blade's true intentions.
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Taki truly cares for her apprentice, Natsu, having chosen to take an active part in raising her due to her own perceived failure in stopping Arahabaki in time. However, she has mentally prepared herself to 'do what's necessary' if the seal containing the demon within Natsu were ever broken.
  
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To her only known disciple [[Natsu]], she shows great care in teaching her the disciplines of a true stealth warrior, but she is aware that should the seal containing the demon residing inside Natsu break, she will take whatever measures are necessary to stop it.
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Alongside Sophitia, [[Siegfried Schtauffen|Siegfried]], and the [[Edge Master]], she is one of the few individuals aware that Soul Edge is truly evil.
   
 
==History==
  
==History==
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===Early Life===
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===Early life===
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It is implied that Taki was orphaned when she was a girl, by her parents. One day, she was taken up by her master Toki, and was trained extensively in the art of ninjutsu. Overtime, she was also able to forged her own ninjatō, a sword named Rekki-Maru, which held supernatural powers and which Taki used whenever possible.
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Taki was orphaned at an early age and was brought up by a ninja master named Toki. She was trained in the ways of the ninja, growing into an expert spy and a great schemer, techniques taught by Toki, whose clan lived in seclusion. Many among this clan had extraordinary abilities that had either been lost or forgotten by the general population. Taki, being blessed with supernatural powers of her own, decided to travel throughout Japan to conquer the evil demons who threatened ordinary people. To aid her in this task, she forged her own weapons with love and care, her favorite of which was a short sword, Rekki-Maru, which also held supernatural powers. During this time of civil war, many military commanders employed ninjas, but, Taki worked for herself.
  
   
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One day, Toki suddenly summoned all of the members of the clan for a meeting - telling the assembled ninjas that Hachibei, a man who had once led the ninja clan with Toki, had stolen the spiritual ninjatō, Mekki-Maru, and had run away with his daughter, Chie. By the clan's law, the two were now nuke-nin, or rogue ninjas.
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Eventually Toki called upon Taki and the other members of her clan, where he told them that a former clan member turned traitor named Hachibei had stolen a sacred artifact belonging to the clan: a ninjatō called Mekki-Maru before fleeing. Because Ninja of the clan were not permitted to defect until death, Toki order Taki, alongside the rest of the loyal clan members to hunt down and assassinate the traitor ands daughter Chie.
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Ninja's were not permitted to leave their clan until they died because of the clan secrets, making the clan responsible for the nuke-nin, and often given the task to terminate them. In accordance with the code, Toki ordered the ninjas to hunt down Hachibei and Chie, kill them, and return the Mekki-Maru. Although this was the normal course of action, something in Toki's eyes made Taki suspicious of her foster father for the first time.
  
   
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Taki eventually located Hachibei, and when she confronted him, he revealed his motive for stealing the sword. Apparently, Toki had grown too attached to the scared blade that its demonic powers began to manipulate the Clan Master, secretly driving him insane; Hachibei was aware of this, so he took the sword for his former masters own safety.
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Hachibei proved to be a hard man to find, as his skill for remaining hidden had been the finest in the clan. Taki, with her sixth sense and massive intelligence network, eventually found a few leads. Chie had been Taki's childhood friend, and by following a slight trace of Chie, Taki was able to locate Hachibei. The two were running a small stall on a vacant road. An extraordinarily strong man named Li Long was living with them at the time, so Taki waited to confront Hachibei when the old man was out. Hachibei was surprised to see Taki at first, but his face soon filled with relief when she only requested for him to give her the Mekki-Maru. Before doing so, Hachibei revealed to Taki that Toki had been possessed by madness and that the Mekki-Maru had a dangerous control over the ninja lord now. He stated that it was for this reason that he had taken the sword, and left.
  
   
 
===''Soul Edge''===
  
===''Soul Edge''===
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Taki had her suspicions with Hachibei, but because he was a respected member prior to the assassination order by Toki, she had no choice but to believe him. Hachibei, believing that Taki was more trustworthy than Master Toki, gave Mekki-Maru to her, but warned her to keep it away from her master.
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Even though Taki had her suspicions about Toki, she still found it hard to believe that the dull blade Hachibei held in his hands had extraordinary spiritual powers. The old man explained that if Toki were to come in contact with the Mekki-Maru again, that he would surely kill him. He then gave the magical blade to Taki, warning her of what would happen if it got into her master's hands. Hechibei's trust caused her suspicion of Toki to grow, and so she let he and Chie go free and hid the Mekki-Maru where she was certain no one would find it. When Taki returned to the clan, she fabricated a story about Chie's Chinese lover taking the sword and killing both Chie and Hachibei. When Toki heard this, he grinned and ordered the clan to pursue Li Long and kill him as well. When he gave these orders, Taki realized that Toki was no longer the man she knew. The only explanation was that an outside source was affecting the Mekki-Maru, causing it to resonate with evil and warp her foster father. Hearing rumors of the cursed sword, Soul Edge, Taki felt certain that this was the source of evil and thus set out on journey to find the blade and destroy it.
  
   
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Upon returning, Taki confronted Toki and lied to him by claiming that she killed Hachibei and Chie and that their bodyguard Li Long had fled; pleased but not fully satisfied by this, Toki ordered the rest of the clan members to hunt down and kill Li Long. Realizing that her master was completely disregarding the code of honer of ninjutsu, she came to the realization that Toki was not the master she once knew, and that Hachibei was right. However, she sensed that an outside source was responsible for this thirst for power, and after hearing stories about a legendary sword called Soul Edge, she believed that the cursed sword was responsible for driving her foster father and master into insanity, and vowed to destroy the demonic blade. Overtime, Taki's signature sword Rekki-Maru, began to wane in power, believing that Soul Edge was affecting its power. She believed that eventually, Mekki-Maru would also be affected.
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For some time, Taki had noticed that her favorite sword, Rekki-Maru, had been acting strangely. Its once considerable power had weakened. When she had been called in to slay the Fury demons which had been confined in a temple, she was barely able to defeat them and seal the gates back. Though, after the revelations with the Mekki-Maru, Taki was sure that Soul Edge was affecting her own sword as well. Thus, she now had two reasons for going after the legendary blade.
  
   
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Eventually, Taki made her way to port in Spain, where she confronted the source of Soul Edge: an undead pirate named Cervantes, who was about to kill the angelic warrior Sophitia, who was critically injured by a shard of Soul Edge after damaging the blade. Although Rekki-Maru's power was almost completely gone, Taki jump in front of Cervantes before he had a chance to kill Sophitia, and killed the pirate captain, as well as destroying one of his swords in the process.
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Though it took time, Taki eventually tracked Soul Edge to an abandoned port town in Spain. When she arrived at the docks, she came to find a weakened pirate standing over an injured girl. And to Taki's surprise, in his hands was the demonic sword she had been searching for! Before the pirate, Cervantes, could deliver the final strike to the girl below him, Taki called out to challenge him. And thus, a battle like none Taki had ever fought before began. Although she had been improving her armor for years, it was designed for fighting ghosts and lesser demons and began to crack under the strain. Her sealing spells proved useless and Rekki-Maru had nearly lost all of it's power. However, Cervantes' battle with [[Sophitia Alexandra|Sophitia]] had left him severely depleted and Taki eventually struck a fatal blow, causing the mad pirate to shriek in pain and slump to the ground. Even though she was exhausted from the ordeal, Taki still managed to carry the wounded Sophitia away from the harbor. As they left, they heard an immense explosion of evil energy from behind them, which turned out to be the release of the Evil Seed.
  
   
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Taki saved Sophitia, and the to exhausted heroines retreated to safety, but little did either of them know that Soul Edge survived, as the second sword Cervantes was wielding was also the cursed sword, and in leaving it intact, the two unintentionally released the Evil Seed.
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Once a safe distance away, Taki removed the shards of Soul Edge that had riddled Sophitia's body and treated her wounds. She accompanied Sophitia back to her family, and then left for Japan with the shards of the now destroyed blade. Taki hoped that with the destruction of Soul Edge that the Mekki-Maru had returned to normal and that Toki would be himself again.
  
   
 
===''Soul Calibur''===
  
===''Soul Calibur''===
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When Taki returned home, she unfortunately found that Toki was still under an evil influence and was actually attacked by his assassins. After easily defeating them, she learned that their purpose was to steal the Mekki-Maru, which meant that Toki was aware that she knew of it's whereabouts. Taki quickly went to the spot where she had hidden the sword and took it home so she could keep it away from Toki and his clan.
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Taki returned to her home, and found that her master Toki was still insane from the evil sword's influence. There she confronted a number of attackers and defeated them, only to learn that they were after the sacred sword Mekki-Maru. Upon realizing that Toki was suspicious about Mekki-Maru's whereabouts with her, Taki left.
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In order to restore her swords' lost power, Taki attempted to bond a shard from the Soul Edge into Rekki-Maru. However, they were resistant to each other and would not join properly. Although, when she tried the same trick on Mekki-Maru, the two were immediately united and began to emit a dark aura. The aura was so dark that even common people could sense it, so Taki closed it in it's sheath and sealed it with magic cards. Mekki-Maru's power still shone through the magical seal, which led more of Toki's assassins right to Taki. She defended herself with her new blade, but she eventually ran out of power and was captured by Geki, Toki's right-hand man and highest ranking ninja. Exhausted from the relentless battle, Taki could do nothing as Geki took Mekki-Maru and claimed it in the name of Toki. Taki warned Geki not to undo the seal, but it was too late and his entire right arm was blown off by the shock wave that was released. Taki seized the moment, took the sword, and ran past Geki's stunned assistants Gaki and Doki. Thus, Taki became a nuke-nin like Hachibei.
  
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Taki used a shard of Soul Edge, which she obtained from the battle against Cervantes to mend the lost power into Rekki-Maru. She tried the same trick one Mekki-Maru, but failed, and in doing so, both swords released a dark aura, which drew more attackers towards Taki. The female ninja tried to fend off the attackers, but eventually she was overpowered and captured by Toki's right-hand man Geki, who took Mekki-Maru in an attempt to return it to Taki's former master turned enemy. Taki warned Geki not to break the seal, but the arrogant ninja did so, and had his right arm blown off from the sword's evil aura. Taki then grabbed the demonic blade as Geki's henchmen were distracted, and in doing so, was branded a traitor like Hachibei.
   
 
===''Soul Calibur II''===
  
===''Soul Calibur II''===
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Overtime, Taki fended off numerous assassins summoned by her former master to kill her, and although she managed to defeat them one-by-one, she knew that she would not be able to hold them off forever.
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Toki's assassins were powerful, and Geki, who wanted revenge for the loss of his arm, was the most dangerous of them all. Taki was able to drive their attacks back, but she knew that she could not hold out forever. Taki was bewildered as to why there was still an evil influence affecting Toki. Even Rekki-Maru was still powerless. It was then that she remembered that Sophitia had only destroyed one of the evil swords called Soul Edge. Rumors reached her of a berserk knight that was ravaging Europe with an evil sword, and Taki was sure that the sword must be the remaining part of Soul Edge. Taki devised a plan to track down this Nightmare and pit the Soul Edge and Mekki-Maru together with the hopes of destroying both evil powers.
  
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It was then that Taki had a sudden realization: Soul Edge was not completely destroyed during her battle against Cervantes. Overtime, she heard rumors of a similar dark warrior, clad in azure armor and after hearing that the this dark knight was wielding a powerful, demonic blade, Taki realized that it must be Soul Edge.
   
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Before Taki could begin tracking down Nightmare and destroy Soul Edge, she sense that the powerful ghost-demon Gel-o-Fury had escaped from the bamboo forest Taki had trapped him inside so long ago after the Evil Seed's power had grown powerful enough.
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However, her trip was delayed when the powerful ghost, Gel-o-Fury, gained enough power from the Evil Seed to break Taki's seals in the bamboo forest, where she had trapped him. After he escaped, he headed toward the Hoko-ji Temple in Kyoto, a great temple of madness that was constructed by warped ideals that would be the ghost's final battleground. Taki used Mekki-Maru to defeat the Fury demon, and decided to share her fate with Mekki-Maru as she searched for Soul Edge.
  
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The demon then traveled to Hoko-ji Temple in Kyoto, where Taki confronted him and used Mekki-Maru to defeat him, but in doing so, she sealed her fate with Mekki-Maru as well.
   
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Taki the began her search for Soul Edge, but hoped that in the time between, she would control the demonic power that was contained within Mekki-Maru, and use its tremendous power to her advantage.
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During her time of using the legendary ninjatō, Taki realized that Mekki-Maru was a tremendous yet dangerous weapon, she just wished that there was some way to control it.
  
   
 
===''Soul Calibur III''===
  
===''Soul Calibur III''===
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A clan that opposed Toki revealed to Taki that he was located in the capital of the Hoko Temple. After given this information, Taki found and faced off against Toki in the Buddhist shrine.
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Taki confronted a clan that was opposed to Toki's clan. There, they revealed to her the her former master was residing within Hoko Temple. Upon reaching the temple, Taki battled her master; although the two were at first evenly matched, Taki managed to gain the upper hand when she used techniques that her master had taught against him.
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Although it was fierce battle, Taki was given the ironic advantage of the Fu-Ma techniques that Toki himself had taught her. She also had the Mekki-Maru, the sword that her former master sought after.
  
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In the end, Taki was able to defeat Toki, but as she stepped forward, preparing to put an end to Toki, he weakly called out "Taki... is that you? It's very dark..."
  
   
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Before Taki had a chance to kill her master, Toki spoke up to her, stating "Taki... is that you? It's very dark..."
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The female ninja was caught of guard. She didn't see any insanity in him when he said these words. She opened her mouth to call out her master's name, but suddenly, his eyes widened and an evil entity came out of his mouth and disappeared.
  
   
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Taki had no doubt that Toki was now heading for Soul Edge. She knew that she had to find evil blade and destroy it before Toki did, and since the evil sword was temporarily weakened - it could easily be found.
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Suddenly, a spirit with dark aura escaped from her master's body, before it fell limp. Knowing that the entity that escaped from Toki's lifeless body was the evil spirit residing within him for so long, she vowed to tracked Soul Edge and destroy it, before the spirit did in order to exploit its powers. Sensing the evil sword's power was temporarily waning, she felt that now was her chance.
   
 
===''Soul Calibur IV''===
  
===''Soul Calibur IV''===
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Taki came to the Lost Cathedral, and witnessed the battle between [[Siegfried Schtauffen|Siegfried]], who had Soul Calibur, and Nightmare, who had Soul Edge. She expected the two swords to destroy each other, but the opposite happened. They unleashed a powerful cataclysm, which obliterated the cathedral. Taki barely escaped herself.
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Taki traveled to the Lost Cathedral, where she witnessed Siegfried (who had recently broken away from Soul Edge's influence) battling Nightmare with [[Soul Calibur]]. She initially hoped that both swords would destroy each other in the climatic battle, but instead, it caused a large explosion that destroyed the cathedral in the process.
   
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Even though the cathedral was demolished, Taki knew that the soul swords had survived, and it was most likely that they would clash with each other again. It was then that Taki learned that Soul Edge was in Ostrheinsburg, and that Siegfried was heading there with Soul Calibur. Taki wondered if this man had the will to control the spirit sword's power. Not wanting chance to decide this question, she hurried to do what must be done.
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Both Taki and Siegfried escaped alive, but Taki had sensed that Soul Edge was still alive, and sensed its presence in Ostrheinsburg. Knowing that Siegfried was heading there, she decided to travel there in the hopes that Soul Edge would also be destroyed for good should the Tragic Knight manage to control the spirit sword's power.
   
 
===''Soul Calibur V''===
  
===''Soul Calibur V''===
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Taki's skill in ninjutsu, as well as blacksmithing, made her unique to a newly reformed Fu-Ma clan.
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Having thoroughly studied both the forging techniques of the blacksmith group and the demon-sealing techniques of the sealing group, Taki was the sole member of the Fu-Ma clan to be a veteran in both areas.
  
   
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After Soul Edge was destroyed, Taki supported and raised a young girl who was a member of the demon-fighting Fu-Ma clan, Natsu. Natsu had the great demon, Arahabaki, sealed within her and was often shunned by her fellow ninja. Taki protected and trained Natsu to become a ninja like herself, and even though Natsu rebelled against the clan's rules, she never questioned Taki.
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After Soul Edge was destroyed by Siegfried, Taki recruited a disciple named Natsu, who was processed by a powerful demon named Arahabaki. Although the rebellious and upbeat girl opposed the clan's rules, she respected Taki, and agreed to follow her instruction to avoid causing trouble.
   
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Taki trained Natsu extensively in the art of ninjutsu, just as her late former master did, but she knew that the burden fell on her to protect Natsu's life in the event that Arahabaki broke away from her.
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She supports her apprentice Natsu with her entire being, and has protected her from several crises. While she carries the burden of being responsible for the misfortune that befell Natsu's life, she is determined to do what must be done in the case that Natsu would turn into a demon. Though neither Natsu's appearance or behavior are of any special concern, the treatment she presents in her decorations appear to be worrying.
  
   
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Before the events of Soulcalibur V, Taki had heard rumors about the appearance of Toki, who she was certain was dead. She left on a journey to the west, telling her disciple that she would be gone no longer than two weeks. However, she has not returned since...
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During this time, Taki heard rumors about sighting of her former master Toki in the west. Wanting to see if the rumors were true and quench the threat if so, she left Natsu behind, telling her that she would be back in two week's time... she was never heard from again.
   
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===''Soulcalibur: Unbreakable Soul''===
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===''Soul Calibur VI''===
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In the intro to the alternate timeline, Taki helps Sophitia once again defeat Cervantes and destroy one of the two swords he was wielding, but in the process, left Soul Edge ultimately intact, setting forth the eventual consequences that would lead to the Evil Seed.
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Taki is fought at the Hoko Temple when she senses the presence of Soul Edge within the player. After she is defeated, she understands his/her true goal and gives him/her Mekki-Maru, trusting the blade to his/her care. She then directs the player and Cassandra to the Adrian Fortress in Spain to find and defeat Cervantes.
  
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Shortly after the ordeal with Cervantes, Taki became an outcast of the Fu-Ma clan. She fails to forge the shard of Soul Edge with her sword Rekki-Maru, but succeeds in doing so with Mekki-Maru. In doing so however, Geki, a member of the Fu-Ma clan demands that Taki hand over the demonic sword to him. Taki defeats him, before retreating to Mt. Fuji to learn more about Mekki-Maru.
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Taki confronts [[Yoshimitsu]], and battles that automaton in the belief that he is working for Toki. Afterwards, she heads towards Hoko-Ji Temple in Kyoto in an attempt to defeat the demon Gel-o-Fury, whom Taki had sealed away long ago.
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Along the way, Taki confronts Shuki, a memeber of the Fu-Ma clan's Fujibe faction, and battles him. Their, he reveals that she should've been the real master and not Taki, before giving her Ranjatai, an incense embedded with Celestial power to help her defeat Gel-o-Fury.
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Taki eventually makes it to Hoko-Ji Temple after defeating his henchmen Miime and Niime, there she confronts Gel-o-Fury, who has processed Geki's body. Taki then battles a processed Geki. Taki defeats him, and drives Gel-o-Fury out of Geki's body. Geki then tells her that Toki has left Japan in an attempt to evade retribution. Realizing that he likely in search of the cursed sword Soul Edge (which Taki realized was still intact), she heads off in search for both her former master as well as the evil sword.
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In the ''Libra of Souls'' Campaign, Taki is confronted once after the Protagonist gets lost in the forest while in search of Azwel to stop him from releasing the Ultimate Seed. Taki attempts to assassinate the protagonist, believing that they are merely another henchmen working for Nightmare, but the protagonist defeats her and proves otherwise that they are not affiliated with the cursed sword. She warns the protagonist about the evil sword's power, in an attempt to give them second thoughts about obtaining it, before leaving just as [[Grøh]] finds them.
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She is encountered a second time should the protagonist's alignment lean towards evil in an attempt to find Soul Edge over Soul Calibur. She battles them once, and is once again defeated by the protagonist. Realizing that the protagonist could in fact be the one that could stop theUltimate Seed, she entrusts them with finding Soul Edge, but heeds the same warning as before, implying that should they become insane, she will be forced to kill him. She then leaves for other matters unbeknownst to the protagonist.
   
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==Namco X Capcom==
  
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Taki makes an appearance in Namco X Capcom. She is a playable character game along with [[Mitsurugi]].
  
 
==Quotes==
  
==Quotes==
 
{{Quote|Forgive me!|Taki}}
  
{{Quote|Forgive me!|Taki}}
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{{Quote|I'm sorry, but I cannot let you go.|Taki}}
  
{{Quote|I'm sorry, but I cannot let you go.|Taki}}
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{{Quote|That overconfidence...will be your demise.|Taki}}
  
{{Quote|That overconfidence...will be your demise.|Taki}}
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{{Quote|A warrior of your caliber should have no need for evil power.|Taki}}
  
{{Quote|A warrior of your caliber should have no need for evil power.|Taki}}
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{{Quote|In the end we must all face our demons alone.|Taki}}
  
{{Quote|In the end we must all face our demons alone.|Taki}}
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{{Quote|Relying on such power will only give rise to new evil.|Taki}}
  
{{Quote|Relying on such power will only give rise to new evil.|Taki}}
   
 
==Gallery==
  
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taki-sx.jpg|Soul Edge Appearance
  
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taki-sx.jpg|Soul Edge Appearance.
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51b83840fda88ed312f14b6a5698d6fa.gif|Namco X Capcom Opening.
 
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“ I cannot ignore your evil deeds. „
~ Taki
“ It's time to go back to where you belong. „
~ Taki after defeating Cervantes and his followers in Soul Calibur IV
“ Relying on such power will only give rise to new evil. „
~ Taki to Siegfried in her ending

Taki is a fictional character designed for the Soul series of fighting games, making her debut in the first game of the series, Soul Blade. She has thus far appeared in all the following games, including Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny and Soulcalibur Legends. She is known as the Hunter of Darkness in Soul Blade, the Partial Shadow of Demon Sealing in Soul Calibur, and the Sealed Sword of Godspeed in Soul Calibur III, Soul Calibur IV, and Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny.

Taki is the female ninja in the games, and as such is a character known for her agility and speed on both movements and strikes. She is also recognized for her many acrobatic movements, exaggerations of ninjutsu skills, and the use of magic-based unblockable attacks.

In the game's universe, according to the Edge Master Mode profile in Soul Blade, Taki is a Japanese orphan raised in the Fu-Ma Ninja clan, under the care of it's headmaster, Toki. She is a capable fighter in both unarmed and armed combat, as well as an accomplished demon huntress, spy, and blacksmith. Being one of only three characters to have never been dropped from a single game, either arcade or console versions, she has become one of the staple characters of the series.

Personality

As a ninja, Taki takes her job very seriously. She is often times stern and emotionless, and will assassinate a potential threat, no matter if they maybe evil or not.

She considers herself an enemy to most of those affiliated of Soul Edge and doesn't mind killing them if that's what she must resort to, but to those that are not truly evil, such as Sophitia and the Libra of Souls Protagonist, she is more remorseful towards, and instead warns them about the evil blade's true intentions.

To her only known disciple Natsu, she shows great care in teaching her the disciplines of a true stealth warrior, but she is aware that should the seal containing the demon residing inside Natsu break, she will take whatever measures are necessary to stop it.

Alongside Sophitia, Siegfried, and the Edge Master, she is one of the few individuals aware that Soul Edge is truly evil.

History

Early life

It is implied that Taki was orphaned when she was a girl, by her parents. One day, she was taken up by her master Toki, and was trained extensively in the art of ninjutsu. Overtime, she was also able to forged her own ninjatō, a sword named Rekki-Maru, which held supernatural powers and which Taki used whenever possible.

Eventually Toki called upon Taki and the other members of her clan, where he told them that a former clan member turned traitor named Hachibei had stolen a sacred artifact belonging to the clan: a ninjatō called Mekki-Maru before fleeing. Because Ninja of the clan were not permitted to defect until death, Toki order Taki, alongside the rest of the loyal clan members to hunt down and assassinate the traitor ands daughter Chie.

Taki eventually located Hachibei, and when she confronted him, he revealed his motive for stealing the sword. Apparently, Toki had grown too attached to the scared blade that its demonic powers began to manipulate the Clan Master, secretly driving him insane; Hachibei was aware of this, so he took the sword for his former masters own safety.

Soul Edge

Taki had her suspicions with Hachibei, but because he was a respected member prior to the assassination order by Toki, she had no choice but to believe him. Hachibei, believing that Taki was more trustworthy than Master Toki, gave Mekki-Maru to her, but warned her to keep it away from her master.

Upon returning, Taki confronted Toki and lied to him by claiming that she killed Hachibei and Chie and that their bodyguard Li Long had fled; pleased but not fully satisfied by this, Toki ordered the rest of the clan members to hunt down and kill Li Long. Realizing that her master was completely disregarding the code of honer of ninjutsu, she came to the realization that Toki was not the master she once knew, and that Hachibei was right. However, she sensed that an outside source was responsible for this thirst for power, and after hearing stories about a legendary sword called Soul Edge, she believed that the cursed sword was responsible for driving her foster father and master into insanity, and vowed to destroy the demonic blade. Overtime, Taki's signature sword Rekki-Maru, began to wane in power, believing that Soul Edge was affecting its power. She believed that eventually, Mekki-Maru would also be affected.

Eventually, Taki made her way to port in Spain, where she confronted the source of Soul Edge: an undead pirate named Cervantes, who was about to kill the angelic warrior Sophitia, who was critically injured by a shard of Soul Edge after damaging the blade. Although Rekki-Maru's power was almost completely gone, Taki jump in front of Cervantes before he had a chance to kill Sophitia, and killed the pirate captain, as well as destroying one of his swords in the process.

Taki saved Sophitia, and the to exhausted heroines retreated to safety, but little did either of them know that Soul Edge survived, as the second sword Cervantes was wielding was also the cursed sword, and in leaving it intact, the two unintentionally released the Evil Seed.

Soul Calibur

Taki returned to her home, and found that her master Toki was still insane from the evil sword's influence. There she confronted a number of attackers and defeated them, only to learn that they were after the sacred sword Mekki-Maru. Upon realizing that Toki was suspicious about Mekki-Maru's whereabouts with her, Taki left.

Taki used a shard of Soul Edge, which she obtained from the battle against Cervantes to mend the lost power into Rekki-Maru. She tried the same trick one Mekki-Maru, but failed, and in doing so, both swords released a dark aura, which drew more attackers towards Taki. The female ninja tried to fend off the attackers, but eventually she was overpowered and captured by Toki's right-hand man Geki, who took Mekki-Maru in an attempt to return it to Taki's former master turned enemy. Taki warned Geki not to break the seal, but the arrogant ninja did so, and had his right arm blown off from the sword's evil aura. Taki then grabbed the demonic blade as Geki's henchmen were distracted, and in doing so, was branded a traitor like Hachibei.

Soul Calibur II

Overtime, Taki fended off numerous assassins summoned by her former master to kill her, and although she managed to defeat them one-by-one, she knew that she would not be able to hold them off forever.

It was then that Taki had a sudden realization: Soul Edge was not completely destroyed during her battle against Cervantes. Overtime, she heard rumors of a similar dark warrior, clad in azure armor and after hearing that the this dark knight was wielding a powerful, demonic blade, Taki realized that it must be Soul Edge.

Before Taki could begin tracking down Nightmare and destroy Soul Edge, she sense that the powerful ghost-demon Gel-o-Fury had escaped from the bamboo forest Taki had trapped him inside so long ago after the Evil Seed's power had grown powerful enough. The demon then traveled to Hoko-ji Temple in Kyoto, where Taki confronted him and used Mekki-Maru to defeat him, but in doing so, she sealed her fate with Mekki-Maru as well.

Taki the began her search for Soul Edge, but hoped that in the time between, she would control the demonic power that was contained within Mekki-Maru, and use its tremendous power to her advantage.

Soul Calibur III

Taki confronted a clan that was opposed to Toki's clan. There, they revealed to her the her former master was residing within Hoko Temple. Upon reaching the temple, Taki battled her master; although the two were at first evenly matched, Taki managed to gain the upper hand when she used techniques that her master had taught against him.

Before Taki had a chance to kill her master, Toki spoke up to her, stating "Taki... is that you? It's very dark..."

Suddenly, a spirit with dark aura escaped from her master's body, before it fell limp. Knowing that the entity that escaped from Toki's lifeless body was the evil spirit residing within him for so long, she vowed to tracked Soul Edge and destroy it, before the spirit did in order to exploit its powers. Sensing the evil sword's power was temporarily waning, she felt that now was her chance.

Soul Calibur IV

Taki traveled to the Lost Cathedral, where she witnessed Siegfried (who had recently broken away from Soul Edge's influence) battling Nightmare with Soul Calibur. She initially hoped that both swords would destroy each other in the climatic battle, but instead, it caused a large explosion that destroyed the cathedral in the process.

Both Taki and Siegfried escaped alive, but Taki had sensed that Soul Edge was still alive, and sensed its presence in Ostrheinsburg. Knowing that Siegfried was heading there, she decided to travel there in the hopes that Soul Edge would also be destroyed for good should the Tragic Knight manage to control the spirit sword's power.

Soul Calibur V

Taki's skill in ninjutsu, as well as blacksmithing, made her unique to a newly reformed Fu-Ma clan.

After Soul Edge was destroyed by Siegfried, Taki recruited a disciple named Natsu, who was processed by a powerful demon named Arahabaki. Although the rebellious and upbeat girl opposed the clan's rules, she respected Taki, and agreed to follow her instruction to avoid causing trouble.

Taki trained Natsu extensively in the art of ninjutsu, just as her late former master did, but she knew that the burden fell on her to protect Natsu's life in the event that Arahabaki broke away from her.

During this time, Taki heard rumors about sighting of her former master Toki in the west. Wanting to see if the rumors were true and quench the threat if so, she left Natsu behind, telling her that she would be back in two week's time... she was never heard from again.

Soul Calibur VI

In the intro to the alternate timeline, Taki helps Sophitia once again defeat Cervantes and destroy one of the two swords he was wielding, but in the process, left Soul Edge ultimately intact, setting forth the eventual consequences that would lead to the Evil Seed.

Shortly after the ordeal with Cervantes, Taki became an outcast of the Fu-Ma clan. She fails to forge the shard of Soul Edge with her sword Rekki-Maru, but succeeds in doing so with Mekki-Maru. In doing so however, Geki, a member of the Fu-Ma clan demands that Taki hand over the demonic sword to him. Taki defeats him, before retreating to Mt. Fuji to learn more about Mekki-Maru.

Taki confronts Yoshimitsu, and battles that automaton in the belief that he is working for Toki. Afterwards, she heads towards Hoko-Ji Temple in Kyoto in an attempt to defeat the demon Gel-o-Fury, whom Taki had sealed away long ago.

Along the way, Taki confronts Shuki, a memeber of the Fu-Ma clan's Fujibe faction, and battles him. Their, he reveals that she should've been the real master and not Taki, before giving her Ranjatai, an incense embedded with Celestial power to help her defeat Gel-o-Fury.

Taki eventually makes it to Hoko-Ji Temple after defeating his henchmen Miime and Niime, there she confronts Gel-o-Fury, who has processed Geki's body. Taki then battles a processed Geki. Taki defeats him, and drives Gel-o-Fury out of Geki's body. Geki then tells her that Toki has left Japan in an attempt to evade retribution. Realizing that he likely in search of the cursed sword Soul Edge (which Taki realized was still intact), she heads off in search for both her former master as well as the evil sword.

In the Libra of Souls Campaign, Taki is confronted once after the Protagonist gets lost in the forest while in search of Azwel to stop him from releasing the Ultimate Seed. Taki attempts to assassinate the protagonist, believing that they are merely another henchmen working for Nightmare, but the protagonist defeats her and proves otherwise that they are not affiliated with the cursed sword. She warns the protagonist about the evil sword's power, in an attempt to give them second thoughts about obtaining it, before leaving just as Grøh finds them.

She is encountered a second time should the protagonist's alignment lean towards evil in an attempt to find Soul Edge over Soul Calibur. She battles them once, and is once again defeated by the protagonist. Realizing that the protagonist could in fact be the one that could stop theUltimate Seed, she entrusts them with finding Soul Edge, but heeds the same warning as before, implying that should they become insane, she will be forced to kill him. She then leaves for other matters unbeknownst to the protagonist.

Quotes

“ Forgive me! „
~ Taki
“ I'm sorry, but I cannot let you go. „
~ Taki
“ That overconfidence...will be your demise. „
~ Taki
“ A warrior of your caliber should have no need for evil power. „
~ Taki
“ In the end we must all face our demons alone. „
~ Taki
“ Relying on such power will only give rise to new evil. „
~ Taki

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