Kushinada Hyuuga

Basic Character Information:
Name: Kushinada Hyuuga.
Nickname(s): Kushi.
Shiranui Alias: Aoi [Pale].
Age: 23.
Gender: Female.
Clan: Hyuuga.

Looks:

Kushinada:

Kushinada’s Shiranui robes:

Personality: Kushinada tends to come across as a quiet and reserved person. This is a simple misunderstanding – she is not reserved, and is merely choosing not to waste words. In fact, she is a headstrong young woman who sticks to her opinions and beliefs, regardless of others. She is the first to admit that she can be stubborn at times, but this only lends itself to a good leadership personality (essential, seeing as she is leading the Shiranui).

Though labelled as a missing-nin, she fights for what can only be described as ‘morally good’ causes, putting others’ welfare before her own. This attitude forms the basis of her organization, though it has a more focused agenda than just helping the meek and innocent. She is a very passionate person, but does not let her emotions cloud her judgement. As such, in battle she is efficient and deadly. Like her ‘economical’ use of her voice, she doesn’t waste movements when fighting either. This is, of course, an attribute aided by her Kekkei Genkai, the Byakugan.

Her primary fear is that the criminal organization Akatsuki develops their plans to the point where she and her fellow Shiranui can do nothing to stop them. This stems from a teenage experience of hers (explained in ‘History’). Though she will never speak of it to anyone, she holds another fear that is arguably far closer to her heart. In abandoning her village, she left her family and friends behind. It is these people that Kushinada cares for most, and she often worries about them. From time to time, she has visited her old village in disguise, to see them (but never to approach or talk to them).

Basic Clan Information
Kekkei Gekkei: Byakugan [White ‘Evil’ Eye]
Chakra Cost: 30.
Description: The Hyuuga clan were one of the founding noble families of Leaf village. The clan itself is said to be the ancestors of the Uchiha clan who possess the bloodline of the Sharingan eye. Each clan member possess the "Byakugan" or "White Eye." Those that inherit this technique have almost featureless white eyes, which are the focus of their Doujutsu.
Special Effect: When the "Byakugan" is activated, the clan member gains an extra-sensory perception, which gives them penetrating sight and telescopic vision. This allows them to see the internal chakra circulation system in other beings. This vision also grants the member a near 360 view of their surroundings. The higher the skill of the clan member, the further the distance from which they can sense incoming attacks. Unfortunately the vision does have a weakness, a small blind spot that extends outwards from their upper back.

The clan uses this ability in conjunction with their own chakra creating the Juuken (gentle fist) fighting style. By focusing the chakra to their finger tips, they can press the tenketsu or chakra pressure points of their opponents body. When the finger nears the tenketsu the chakra is forced out, collapsing the targeted tenketsu for a period of time. The tenketsu serve as the connectors and exit points for the chakra pathways. So when they are stopped by the Hyuuga clan member, the ninja greatly loses his or her ability to utilize their chakra for jutsu.
Link: Hyuuga Clan.

Skill and Rank Information
Village: Konohagakure
Rank: Shiranui Leader [I have special permission from Cirrus].
Notes: About The Shiranui.

Special Characteristics: Wears the Shiranui pendant ‘Aoi’ [‘Pale’], that holds mystical power.
Special Effects: Twice a day, by drawing on the pendant’s mysterious chakra, the bearer’s accuracy is increased for three posts (‘Shiranui Pendants’).

Elements: Katon [Fire], Fuuton [Wind].
Skills Specialties: Taijutsu, ninjutsu.

Items/Weaponry:

15x Tora Juzai [Tiger Pill]*
20x Exploding Tag
30x Standard Kunai
20x Standard Shuriken

* The Tora Juzai [Tiger Pill] is owned only by its creator, Kushinada Hyuuga. Ingesting one pill has a dramatic effect on the user’s body, increasing chakra reserves, muscle size, adrenaline levels and speed of synaptic connections between the brain and body. It is so potent that one pill can increase these attribute by fivefold. The side-effect of taking the Tora Juzai is that, for each pill ingested, the user will need to rest for a full two days before their body can regain its normal state. The user can take another pill to prolong the state but the rest time will increase too. The pills effects will last for ten minutes for each pill taken. Once the effect wears off, the user has another ten minutes to get to a resting place before the fatigue cripples their muscles.

History and RP Sample
History:

Kushinada Hyuuga was born 23 years ago, in Konohagakure. She was born into the main branch of the clan, though the distinction between the branches by this time was almost non-existent. She also happened to be the clan’s hope for the future – when she was old enough, it was her elder’s wish that she lead the clan. She was told all of this at young age, but her head was filled with other dreams for the future, though she didn’t dare reveal these to anyone within the Hyuuga clan. Her dream was in fact to wander the shinobi world, giving aid to those who most needed it.

At nine years old, she enrolled in the ninja academy in Konohagakure, under the guidance of a benevolent sensei. Her training there was merely an extension of the training she received within her clan, but she worked just as hard at it nonetheless. Her baby sister was due to join the academy in eight years time, so she was determined to set a good example. She was a popular figure among the academy students, unusual but pretty, quiet but not shy, talented but not boastful. She made a handful of close friends – these children would remain her best friends throughout her life, though she didn’t yet know it. She spent two years in the academy, and to this day will relate to them as some of the best times of her life. At eleven years old, she graduated the academy without any fuss, excelling in each area she was tested in.

Her family were overjoyed, but her promotion presented with a new problem at home. Irregular missions and irregular training outside of the clan would now disrupt her clan training. Her father and tutor began to work her even harder when she was at home. This caused a little friction between the family, her mother fighting on Kushi’s side against her father and tutor. Tired of the fighting, she vowed to become a Chuunin as soon as she could. Once she was a Chuunin, her training would be her own matter, unless she actively sought it from another clan member.

Kushi had been assigned to a female Jounin sensei, and two male Genin teammates. Either due to good fortune or to her elder’s awareness of existing friendships, the two Genin were among the handful of close friends she’d made at the academy. In addition to that, she was secretly rather pleased that there was a female influence within the group. The team took little time to bond, displaying a reasonably good teamwork initiative during their first training session. Admittedly, Kushi and her two friends found it difficult to concentrate on the task at hand, often opting to muck around a little. Her sensei stepped in whenever this happened, explaining the dangers of not being aware at all times when on a mission. Eventually, the message got through and the three began to train seriously, impressing their sensei as they did.

Kushi and her team had been on a number of missions by the time the next Chuunin exams came around. Her sensei did not tell her that she had been entered until the day before the first exam. She was aware of how hard Kushi would be worked at home if her parents knew that she’d been entered. The written exam and the team practical exam both went smoothly for the Hyuuga and her team, though she had feared a little for their survival at the final question in the written exam. She scolded herself later for not fully believing in her companions. The third and final exam began with each member of Kushi’s team facing somewhat easy opponents. They all progressed, which culminated in the two boys fighting each other and Kushi fighting another Hyuuga. She won her match easily, but the boys had a tense fight that ended in a draw, neither of them progressing to the finals. Her talent took her to the very final fight, where she met a member of another of Konoha’s clans – an Uchiha. In a closely fought contest, Kushi learned that she would have to undergo specific training to match the predictive abilities of the Sharingan. She admitted defeat and settled for second-place. Her elders had been impressed with her progress, skills, intelligence and humility. She was awarded the position of Chuunin, the Uchiha the only other one in these exams to attain the rank.

The harsh training at home ceased, and Kushi’s family life picked up – despite her more regular periods of time spent away on missions. It was a few weeks later that her mother announced that she was pregnant. Elated at the thought of having a brother or sister, Kushi began to draw up lists of possible names, helped her father re-decorate her old room, and buy some of the necessary baby items. At six months, her mother had to be given more help by the rest of the family, because her movement was beginning to become impaired. While out buying food, Kushi heard (as did the rest of Konohagakure) the warning calls of an attack upon the village. Finding her way to the lookouts, she found two of them dead, and the third barely alive. Apparently, two men had snuck into the village and were searching for something. Appalled at the actions of the intruders, Kushi sprinted home to defend her family. When she arrived, she found the house in disarray, and two red-and-black cloaked men moving through the shadows towards the door. The second of them turned and saw the young Hyuuga, and gave a wide grin before disappearing from her sight. As he father was out defending the village main, Kushi ran straight to her mother’s room, but did not find her there. She searched for her, only to find her lying in the gravelled courtyard, her throat slit.

Kushi could not come to terms with her mother’s death, nor that of her unborn sibling. When she learned that her mother had simply tried to stop the men from ransackushig their home, she was awash with guilt. Feeling that she should have been protecting their home instead, she isolated herself from the community, doing very little with her time other than grieving. It was her friends, those that she had made in the academy, in her team and at the exams, who managed to slowly bring her back to normality. When she was well enough to leave the confines of the house, she immediately confronted the Hokage, demanding to know about the two men and what was being done in the name of justice. She was told about the organization known as ‘Akatsuki’, and of some of their previous acts. Sworn to secrecy, but finding the answer to her question wholly unsatisfactory, Kushi devoted much of her time to researching the criminal world, trying to understand the reason behind the Akatsuki attack.

Despite still being somewhat removed from normal life, she was given the opportunity to become a Jounin by the Hokage. Kushi accepted and entered a Jounin-level exam with a small number of other Chuunin. Her attitude had noticeably changed since the Chuunin exams. She was more ‘cutthroat’, dispatching her opponents quickly without any flicker of mercy. Impressed with her ability, though wary of this new attitude, she was promoted. Now a Jounin, she once again confronted the Hokage, this time to request to be start work on finding the Akatsuki and bringing them to justice. The Hokage had explained that they were an elusive group of extremely dangerous criminals, but Kushi would not hear it and left in disgust.

The thought of her mother’s murderers still alive and exacting this terrible price on other people and their families was unbearable to Kushi, who held strong views about justice. This thought began weighing on her conscience, more and more everyday. A year into her life as a Jounin, unknown to anyone else, she began designing ways to combat this threat. Her idea was to form a vigilante group of elite shinobi, dedicated to bringing Akatsuki to justice, by whatever means necessary. When she had formed a solid idea of how to enact her plan, she left Konohagakure in the dead of night, leaving behind a letter that simply explained her regret at having to leave. It was a tough act for Kushi, who was forced to leave her father, her sister and her friends behind.

For the first six months of her time outside of Konoha, she travelled the world, gathering little scraps of information about Akatsuki. After those six months, she had enough to understand a little of their motives and their targets. Satisfied that she had enough to go on to combat this threat, she set her plans to form an organization to combat Akatsuki in motion. First, she sought out a few allies she had made in Tsuki no Kuni [Moon Country]. There was a weapons-forger and two food-sellers whom she’d saved the lives of during a mission. The three agreed to provide weapons, armor and provisions for Kushinada’s organization in return for her protection of their village. To keep her part of the bargain, Kushi decided that Tsuki no Kuni would be the location of her organization’s headquarters. High up in the mountains to the north of the country, she found an extensive network of caves that suited her needs. The following few months saw Kushi establish the vigilante organization to be known as ‘Shiranui’. She developed the caves so that they would suit the Shiranui’s needs; had the robes, weaponry and pendants made; developed the signature techniques that all members would learn; and sought out the shinobi she wanted in her organization.

Currently, Shiranui has now been ‘open’ for six weeks, and Kushinada is expecting the first members that she invited to arrive soon. In the meantime, she is continuing to train hard in expectation of a meeting with Akatsuki.

RP Sample: [Note: Taken from my character’s RP on another site.]

Wrinkling her nose at the thought of the difficult situation now before her, Kushinada decided to act now rather than wait for a plan to come to her. She bit the tip of her thumb sharply to draw a small drop of blood. Forming the appropriate seals, she placed her palm flat on the ground as she spoke firmly. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu." There were two plumes of smoke that arose from the expanding seal appearing on the ground. When they cleared, two large otters were stood lookushig at Kushi. One was slightly taller than the other, but both were nearly the size of a human. "I need your help again, family Kawa-uso." The kunoichi turned to the shorter of the pair. "Chieko, there are hundreds wounded down there..." Kushi gestured to the village below, "I cannot heal them all myself. Please go and do what you can." The female otter bounded away towards the village. The other, the male, wore a serious expression. "Isamu, the village was attacked by pirates. I need you to rally as many able bodies as you can - and they must be prepared to fight. Also, please attend the village's defences, they will not hold as they are." As she watched Isamu sprint toward the village, Kushi turned once more to the elder. "I hope your people have courage enough to fight back, we will need all the help we can get." With that, she nodded at the elder and ran to join the otter pair.

Upon entering the village, Kushinada saw Chieko with her paws on a villager's arm, the familiar green glow of the Shousen Jutsu surrounding the otter's furry hands. A long line of the wounded was leant against a wall just next to them, and a few had already been healed and were walkushig away from the scene. Kushi could not see any unconscious people, and guessed that Chieko had been quick in administering her Seiyroute technique too. "...our cause. These pirates will not stop unless we make a stand. They are no more than common thieves who would bully you into submission. Will you suffer this ind..." The young Jounin half-smiled as she heard Isamu's firm, deep voice echo across the village. Hopefully, his words would have a rousing effect. Forming the correct seals, Kushi's hands began to glow with the same green aura as Chieko's. She strode over to the female otter's side and began to heal those waiting in line. At least it's just simple cuts and bruises at the moment, nothing drastic. She thought to herself. She knew that her chakra would not stretch much further if she had to heal this many major wounds.

How long do the tiger pills last before rest is needed?
Approved afterwards.

Fixed.

K.