Yukime

Yukime (ユキメ) is the president of the Snow Fox Corporation and the ruler of the White Tower in Lawless City. She was the former fiancée of Gettan.

Appearance
As a beastkin, Yukime possesses the species' natural traits which are her fox ears and her nine tails. Yukime is recognized as bewitchingly beautiful. She has a voluptuous figure, covered in her kimono which also hid her horrendous scars behind her back and has long, pure white hair.

She has Japanese hair ornaments in her hair, Japanese bracelets in her hands, Japanese rings on her fingers, and Japanese ring ornaments in her nine fox tails.

Personality
Unlike the majority of tribes of the Beastkin, the fox tribe were recognized for their cunning intellect and Yukime, a fox Beastkin, was no exception.

She was once a kind and loving girl but after her entire life was taken for her, she was left jaded. Ever since that day, she was a calculating and manipulative woman, willing to use others to reach her goal of vengeance. Despite this though, her kind heart still lingered as she's quite ashamed for deceiving those she genuinely respected and truly cared for her subordinates. She also has a teasing personality, specifically towards Shadow but it's most likely her attempts in enticing him to join her cause.

Background
Yukime was born to the daughter of the Spirit Fox tribe's leader. One day when Yukime was age 14, a rival Beastkin tribe invaded the village and she was about to be taken by them as a slave. That is until Gettan, the son of the Dire Wolves' Elder, rescued her and slaughtered the attackers. Yukime and Gettan fell in love ever since then. The Spirit Fox and Dire Wolf tribes chose to form an alliance to better defend themselves against the upcoming war by having Yukime and Gettan get married which is something both of them were happy to comply. However, Yukime had to reach the age of 15 before they could officially get married.

When the war had occurred, both tribes fell victim with only Yukime and Gettan the only survivors. While Yukime tried to comfort her fiancée, Gettan pushed Yukime away and revealed that he tried to save their tribes by gaining aid from a cult but Yukime's mother refused leading to Gettan murdering her. Yukime tried to flee but unfortunately, Gettan brutally attacked her and left slashed marks on her backs. Before Gettan could continue the assault, a mysterious figure intervened. Yukime was unconscious but she felt the figure's magic healing her. When she woke up, Yukime found that not only Gettan was gone but the invaders had been killed. Yukime found her mother's corpse, confirming what Gettan had done.

With her mother and tribe gone, Yukime only had revenge against her former fiancée. She became a battle prostitute and worked her way up till she finally became the leader of the White Tower.

Red Moon Incident
Yukime took part in fending off the vampire and ghoul forces during the Red Moon. She met up with Tyrant and Shadow and all three agreed to work together in stopping Elizabeth. After the crisis was averted, Yukime secretly invited Shadow for a proposition; an alliance between the two of them when Mitsugoshi Co and the Great Commerce Alliance engage in war.

Mitsugoshi Co vs Great Commerce Alliance
As the two corporations battle for power, Yukime and Shadow, now taking the identity of John Smith devise ways to usurp both factions. As time passes, Yukime decides to reveal to Shadow the reason for requesting his aid is to kill Gettan who is a member of the Great Commerce Alliance.

After their victory is assured, Yukime confronts Gettan and the two former lovers battle. Despite being in her most powerful state, Yukime lost the fight. Yukime then learns that the Order of Diabolos were responsible for Gettan's actions. Thankfully, Shadow arrives to turn the tide and declaring to Gettan that Yukime was special to him. This touches Yukime, believing that Shadow came to her aid out of love for her. After Gettan was defeated and Shadow healing her past wounds, Yukime chooses to form an alliance between her faction and Shadow's, both organization desiring to end the cult.

Powers & Abilities
Being the ruler of the White Tower of the Lawless City, Yukime is considerably powerful, arguably on-par with high-ranking members of Shadow Garden only Tyrant standing as her equal within the city. Still, she is far inferior to being like the Shadow and Elisabeth, the latter of whom she could barely keep up with even though she had back-up.

She fights with a pair of metal-ribbed fans.

Shadow/ John Smith
Yukime acted teasingly and unashamedly flirted with Shadow after he protected his prostitutes from the vampires. Upon witnessing his incredible strength, Yukime desired to gain his aid in order to bring down Gettan and the Major Corporate Alliance. She tried seducing him but Shadow could tell what her motives were and dismissed the attempts. She finally got Shadow's aid with the promise of riches by collapsing both the MCA and Mitsugoshi Company.

When the two worked together, Yukime was quite fearful of her partner as she learnt that not only did Shadow (now under the guise, John Smith) possessed power but also remarkable intelligence which kept her on her toes. Still, Yukime developed respect for John that by the time their plans were complete, she apologized to him for using him for her revenge.

Unbeknownst to her and John, the two had actually met years ago. When Gettan attacked Yukime for refusing to join the Cult of Diabolos, John came to her rescue and used his magic to heal the wounds Gettan inflicted on her back. Upon being rescued and healed by John once more in the present day, Yukime realized that John and her past savior were one and the same. Combined with the belief he rescued her out of care, Yukime fell in love with John.

When informed by Alpha that John had in fact used her to bring down the MCA and protected Mitsugoshi Company (a Shadow Garden front), Yukime does not hold ill will towards him. However, she was envious how many special people her love interest held dear.

Trivia

 * In the Light Novel, Yukime's age was unknown. However considering that she was 14 years old when a young Cid Kagenō saved her. It can be presumed she might be around her 20s.