Age of Shinobi: Rebirth (OoC)

[Altruistic Paladins]

Paladin i think Yoshiro should be done. Though i understand if you want more/better motives and/or more about his youth.

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ACCEPTED

It's just that, the war hasn't really started yet. It will start with the conclusion of the introductory arc (which still has battles, no doubt).

Oh I see, so the defection should happen then? That's an easy fix.

Then it is now ACCEPTED.

[Acroticus]

Hey Paladins, how many characters are we shooting for? It looks like we have plenty. Is there a number we are looking for, or do we have to work on something else before working on the IC of the RP?

[Altruistic Paladins]

Hey Paladins, how many characters are we shooting for? It looks like we have plenty. Is there a number we are looking for, or do we have to work on something else before working on the IC of the RP?

I'll give one more day before opening the IC thread.

[Shadowwell]

So do you have an IC ready or will we still have to wait fo it to be actually made?

[Jeinasi]

Tag

[Altruistic Paladins]

So do you have an IC ready or will we still have to wait fo it to be actually made?

I'm writing it-up write now.

[Altruistic Paladins]

The opening is always the hardest to write.

http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=378435

We're ready to roll!

Also, some characters:

Name: Haruka Wei
Role: protagonist
Age: 16
Rank: Chunin
Gender: male
Native Land/Village: Konoha
Current Place of Residence: Konoha
Appearance: Haruka's dark brown hair is curtained-hair with a short braided-ponytail . He generally wears a green Tangzhuang, white trousers, maroon forehead-protector, and orange toe-less shoes with the green-jumpsuit on-hand in case of exercise or necessity of inspiration. If business wear is called-for, he will wear the previously mentioned Tangzhuang suit with black shoes; if formal wear is required, a tuxedo with a leaf lapel or a kimono will be worn.
Personality: Youthful, though tempered by restraint and regret.
Biography: A descendant of Tenten by the name of Haruka. This person is not a happy camper. He was orphaned, and thus initially was so driven because of a wish to honor the family legacy as a weapons-master and eventually reopen the family shop. While at the academy, he developed a great friend who he often looked-up to for inspiration by the name of Daito, but got assigned to a different team than him. His team-mates, Kenta and Yumi, were pretty good while he took to heart the youthful lessons of Bronze Lee, a grandson of Metal Lee's, to the point of continuing the green-jumpsuit line. His place on the team was that of a weapons-specialist in the family tradition supplemented with plenty of youthful Taijutsu training. This particularly happy period of time got shaken when, during the second stage of the Chunin exams, Daito, who was critically-injured by a Leaf ninja from a different team, died despite the efforts of both teams. Later, he lost and very nearly died fighting same Leaf ninja during the final stage of the chunin exams, during which his opponent passed.

During a C-ranked mission, a notorious band of raiders attacked. The raiders were beaten back, leaving all but two genin alive on each side, Haruka and Haruhi. Needless to say, issues compounded with deaths of his comrades and mentor. Haruka, formerly descriptive as "youthful" in the terminology of those who donned the green jumpsuit, became lethargic, largely withdrawn from public life outside of his obligations as a shinobi, lacked any social relationships, stopped caring for the Will of Fire or anything that is green or a jumpsuit. He lived purely in anticipation of killing Haruhi as the last symbol for his team's death and then find a way to kill the ninja responsible for Daito's death.

During a Chunin exam, he ended-up encountering Shinko while both were separate from their groups. Shinko realized through the techniques that he used that Haruka was part of the mentor-apprentice chain of green jumpsuit-wearing ninja and that Haruka was the reputed last known member of the Wei clan, descendants of Tenten. Shinko ended-up reminding Haruka of his younger self in her enthusiasm, and told her to avoid his mistakes: placing trust in any shinobi since his best friend was killed during the previous chunin exams by another Leaf-nin and he was nearly killed again by the same person despite the shared affiliation. It came-up that he sought "justice" and that the only way he felt that he would get it was "with blood". After it becomes apparent that she is a bit of a ditz and is thus not quite getting what he is saying, he says that she reminds himself of his younger self--"A naive idiot too obsessed with the past to seek justice."

It became apparent to Shinko that Haruka was dangerous and needed sense beaten into him in the finals, but recognized the disparity in taijutsu, one that would be partially rectified via a month of intensive taijutsu training with Dust Lee. At the stadium, it rained heavily. Shinko displayed bad aim when actually using an unusual strategy to intentionally miss in such a way that happens to leave sharp weapons disguised in muddy ground and loosen the soil heavily. The mud and the weapons hidden throughout-it forced Haruka to slow down, leaving him vulnerable to Shinko's weapons. In this lull in the fight as Haruka adjusted, she called him-out as having revenge on the mind due to obsession with the death of his friends and his team that won't disappear after their deaths, thus meaning that revenge won't satisfy anything, while also disgracing Tenten's familial legacy. With a minute lull, Haruka finally came-out and engaged Shinko on a fight of equal terms, a weapon duel. Many weapons were summoned throughout the fight with very few hits being landed before a final mutual-strike on each other to the abdomens with their tonfas that sent both to the ground. As the two got back-up, Shinko said how, if he can't carry on Tenten's legacy, then she will. This caused a memory of when he was younger and a similar attitude, this time in a positive light. Before they could continue the fight, a Hyuga exam proctor called the fight in Shinko's favor on the basis that Haruka gained a major internal injury from the mutual blow, and Shinko is declared the winner. As Haruka coughed-up blood and faltered to his knees, Shinko ran-up to help him-back to his feet. Haruka again said that Shinko reminded him of his younger self--"An idealistic, determined shinobi who Tenten would be proud to see honoring her legacy," and thanked her for stopping him. The doctors tried to carry-him away, but he insisted on walking to the infirmary and manages to give a thumbs-up and a smile to Shinko on the way-out.

After the exams concluded, Haruka came to Shinko to thank her and gave her a proposal to expand the Okazaki family trade into Konoha by supplying the Wei family weapons-shop. The contract still stands, and now the Wei and Okazaki names are interconnected by trade. Haruka makes bi-weekly visits to the Sand Village/Sunagakure to pick-up supplies and train with Shinko.

He still has yet to reconcile with the ninja who killed Daito.

Motivations: Capture the missing-nin responsible for his team's death, reconcile with the ninja who killed Daito (probably by getting him to apologize), and live-up to the legacy of Handsome Green Beasts and weapons-masters by securing their place in the next generation (maybe even establishing a dojo or re-establishing the Wei clan).
Strengths: Excellent at Strong Fist and a master of many weapons, Haruka really doesn't have any weaknesses in regards to range, and thus can exploit weaknesses at any distance. Though specialized, what ninjutsu he has gives him a wide variety of weapons. He can be very accurate with throwing weapons, and said weapons can be used to deliver explosive tags.
Weaknesses: He is not good at technical play due to his specialization in taijutsu, weapons-training, and jutsus related to those two things. For this reason, he is not particularly well-adapted for dealing with Genjutsu, and could be very vulnerable to a specialist who either is well-protected or got the jump on him. Given his reliance on speed, techniques that limit his mobility could make him vulnerable. As was with the main series, the eight-gates are dangerous to more than just those on the receiving end of his attacks. As is always the case with people who regularly work with sharp objects and combustibles, caution is hugely important; taking that caution away can do major damage. He holds his liquor too well, meaning that any attempts to get him into drunken fist would require either off-putting alcohol of strong character and taste more likely to cause vomiting than the drunken fist, or a costly amount of the regular stuff.
Specialty Jutsu(s): Leaf Whirlwind, Front Lotus, Dynamic Entry, Enclosing Technique, Unsealing Technique: Shuriken, Twin Rising Dragons, Manipulated Tools: Binding Meteor, Gate of Pain, Leaf Rising Wind
Kekkei Genkai: N/A
Writing Sample: What you have written.

Name: Shinobu Uzumaki
Age: 15
Role: Protagonist
Rank: (Academy Student, Genin, Chūnin, Jōnin): Genin
Gender: female
Native Land/Village: Konoha
Current Village of Residence: Konoha
Appearance: Possesses the usual Uzumaki whisker birthmarks; she has distinct Byakugan eyes more in common with the Hyuga; currently, her hair is relatively messy tomboyish dark blue hair kept at relatively short length.

When outside of missions (or sometimes in missions in a developed when weird outfits would be unwarranted), Shinobu generally wears hooded short-sleeved tee-shirts (a particularly irreverent one which she usually does not wear outside of the Uzumaki compound is shirt with printed "I defeated pirates and all I got was this great headband and this lousy tee shirt") in combination with either a long-sleeve tee-shirt underneath or a quilted vest over it or a quipao, a headband around her head, trousers usually with a tartan pattern, earmuffs, patterned socks, and special shoes which cover the toes (seriously, try to think about when was the last time you saw people in Naruto who wore shoes that covered the toes). If business wear is called-for, she will wear a black pantsuit with a three-button blazer and bow tie; if formal wear is called for, either a kimono or a tuxedo with a white-top will be worn.

On missions, she goes with one of two types of outfits is unusual for genin, involving a utility vest (with equipment such as first-aid supplies and soldier pills kept in them), jacket, cargo pants, boots with toes on them (again with the footwear that nobody in the Narutoverse wears), short-sleeved hooded shirt worn underneath the jacket and utility vest, and a blue headband worn on the neck; unusually, they are colored such that they all match the general color scheme of the environment, with some going beyond solid colors and outright being camouflage patterns and sometimes going above and beyond by having a ghillie suit to add on. Needless to say, having to live off the land has made her paranoid about never wanting to be caught unprepared ever again, and thus can sap her stamina on drawn-out trips and limit her mobility.

The other is positively weird in possibly any context outside of a circus and I think is best left to the image that inspired it. Her reasoning behind that weird outfit is that it serves a similar to a wearing a billowing cape in that it shores-up her confidence, one which she can wear when it is time to set-aside fear and get dangerous, no longer inhibited by a bunch of survival equipment or fear of being lost to the world again, replacing them with armor to show that she is purely focused on the fight and even challenging her opponents to not get surprised by a person wearing what basically amounts to technicolor with theater masks. Even so, she has sewn-up a version which is not so ostentatiously colored for stealthy operations in developed areas (where wilderness survival equipment would not be called-for) or just a confidence boost (if you think that ostentatiously colored outfit is too much).
Personality: Usually nervous, quiet, geeky, and restrained. When circumstances are right, she can be talkative, hot-blooded, brave, and sentimental (one unrepentant call-back each of "Dattebayo" and "Believe it" are obligated in this thread somewhere, if not anyone else, then it will be in-between Shinobu's "Trust me!"s, especially if it is in response to someone insulting her family legacy).
Biography: Born into the Uzumaki, she was tutored initially by Revan Uzumaki for her first few years of training. A bright pupil, things took a turn for the worse with Revan's apparent betrayal. This security caused worry about what Revan Uzumaki tried to instill in her, resulting in her tutelage under the Toad Sage in keep an eye on her development and undo any plans that Revan might have had. In the academy, Shinobu was something a social outcast, regardless of Uzumaki lineage. She was generally considered "weird", "precocious", "overly-sensitive", and "fidgety", and was picked-on by several bullies, several of whom nearly got her and one of the other bullies killed. Regardless, schooling and training continued.

There was something of a big panic among Konoha's government and the Hyuga and Uzumaki clans because she was kidnapped with an active byakugan, thus presenting a major security risk for Konoha. The disappearance was orchestrated by air raiders who kidnapped her from an airship, looking to ransom her-off. However, she managed to escape and evade into the Mountain's Graveyard. During this same time, the Shinobi Union covered-up her disappearance by saying that she died of an immune disorder, this measure being taken so as to ensure that the ANBU would have a head-start over the Reborn or missing-nin.

Shinobu, without a sense of direction or place but knowing the risks of being discovered as having the Byakugan, decided to take-up thievery until she could find a fellow Leaf ninja. Despite their best efforts, ANBU was tricked into believing that she was in the Land of Iron by a false-lead. So as to avoid having ninja sent-after her, she developed along specific lines. Taking advantage of fine chakra control, she became focused on jutsu she knew or could reinvent while keeping an eye-out for "soon-to-be-missing ninja materials". About three years later, a bunch of brigands decided to set-up shop in the general area. She was able to use her constant training experience and the brigands' lack of familiarity with the area to successfully steal a still-unsigned summoning contract, one for the Ninja Hounds. With it, she was able to indirectly contact a Konoha ninja who also had a contract with the ninja dogs, finally getting ANBU on the way to her. During their confrontation with the brigands, Shinobu reappeared, wearing an unusual outfit constructed from materials salvaged from the camp, ambushing one enemy with a reinvented Eight Trigrams 32 Palms and blinded another with a multiplying murder of crows. One of the brigands, in an act of spite at the apparent loss of their new enclave, decided to target Shinobu, cleaving her clean in two as she boasted that she knew that the Shinobu was present and was just waiting for the motivation to kill her. The axe-wielder was then the subject of a Silent Killing technique in the middle of a boast, her body falling as the two pieces of the Uzumaki flew away from the scene as crows, the real Shinobu standing-over the body with ninken in tow. The kunoichi as they took-part in cleaning-up the rest and even leaving a mark on the leader's face before she could retreat.

Successfully-rescued, Shinobu returned to living in the Uzumaki compound. One notable change was the odd attire, the clothes' having features not common among styles of any of the ninja villages and one which is less ostentatious but still looks more similar to something the ANBU Black Ops would wear as opposed to a first-year genin. After learning a few rudimentary techniques that she had not yet learned, she became a Genin and was put on a team with Ryo and Ashi. Ryo became a Chunin two years before the present, and the team was thus left without a member until Haruka joined the team shortly after Shinko knocked some youth into him. The year before the present, Haruka became a Chunin. The team was without a pernament team-mate, and so Kaho was put on the team due to the rest of her generation's Ino-Shika-Cho having just become Chunin in a very tempestuous team due to Inoko's underlying hatred of Shinobu.
Motivations: Master more jutsu, get-over issues with toads, successfully ride Gamakichi, deal with Revan Uzumaki, become Hokage
Strengths: The Byakugan is an excellent tool, one with particularly novel applications for jutsus in need of fine control and jutsus with more esoteric usage of chakra. Access to the Gentle Fist techniques opens-up more options in terms of defending and attacking, but also allows for limiting an opponent's chakra usage and their jutsu by extension. Her determination can be great in long fights. The fact that she knows how to use Silent Killing techniques could make ambushes very costly. She has some jutsus which can be useful in being stealthy. She can bore the enemy to death. Her more-ostentatious armor does provide more armor than the average genin would wear.
Weaknesses: Though useful, the Byakugan still has its blindspot. Despite how useful the techniques might be, genjutsu was simply not worth much when she was able to get-by through camouflage and quiet movement without using-up chakra, and thus lacks anything more than transformation and has no experience in dealing with enemy genjutsu. She lacks the ability to do damage at long range. She has particular vulnerability to loud-noises. She lacks medical jutsus of any kind. Her outfits may be camouflaged or bombastic, but can be bad in hot weather, making it easier for an enemy to simply outlast her or for those with keen sense of smell to keep-track of her location, and are generally easy to find a crowd should one want to stage an ambush. Her outfits focused on wilderness preparedness do limit mobility, which could be especially good for speedy opponents. Her mouth can run faster than her mind, which can be especially bad when trying to talk with a hostile person or coordinate actions while under pressure. Her usage of the Silent Killing technique is limited by some moral guidelines. She has issues regarding toads that limit their utility. She can bore the client to death.
Specialty Jutsu(s): Eight Trigrams 64 Palms, Crow Clone Technique, Scattering Thousand Crows Technique, Summoning: Earth Release: Tracking Fang Technique, Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique, Silent Killing, Hiding in Surface Technique; Earth Release: Hiding in Rock Technique, Chameleon Jutsu, Chakra Transfer Technique
Kekkei Genkai: Byakugan, Uzumaki Private Reserves of jutsu^TM
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Name: Inoko Yamanaka
Role: minor Antagonist, later protagonist
Age: 16
Rank: Genin
Gender: female
Native Land/Village: Konoha
Current Village of Residence: Konoha
Appearance: The hair is medium-length orange with bangs, though she sometimes accents it or dyes it blond. Inoko's eyes are light spring-green, now often accompanied by visible veins and bags underneath due to recent irregular sleep. Her outfits on missions are relatively casual, often involving cargo pants or capris, sleeveless jackets, and turtle-necks of varying sleeve-length and color and jackets, usually in color schemes of primary black and secondary purple. She usually wears her forehead protector across her brow. As is traditional, she currently wears current-generation Ino-Shika-Cho studded earrings.
Personality: Generally anxious and asocial but still fiercely protective of any friends she may have, but generally takes-on a pseudo-saccharine maliciousness when around Shinobu or other Uzumaki.
Biography: The daughter of two ANBU, Inoko was, initially, a bright Yamanaka following in the footsteps of her parents and clan, tutored in tradition of the Yamanaka Shinobi by a cousin of hers, Yoshi Yamanaka. Things went downhill a while ago when Yoshi was killed in action with Revan Uzumaki to blame. Given this, during the academy, she took-out her anger toward Revan Uzumaki by bulying an Uzumaki he tutored--Shinobu.

There was an incident where she didn't intervene when she knew that Shinobu was going to be pushed into pretreatment wastewater by a different academy student in a prank which became rapidly worse than intended due to the lack of aeration meaning that she couldn't float in it, with Shinobu and one of the bullies that she managed to pull-in nearly drowning as a result. With a guilty conscience of having nearly let people get killed, Inoko ended-up coping with it by thinking of Shinobu as dangerous and needing to stop being a ninja before she gets someone else killed. Due to this, Inoko exhibited bullying behavior toward Shinobu, usually of a verbal variety.

For the while that Shinobu was gone, Inoko experienced some relief with the thought of Shinobu-out of mind, though still perceived as unusual and on-edge. When she graduated, she was part of the 20th Ino-Shika-Cho team. When Shinobu returned alongside the ANBU who rescued her, among them the wounded ANBU that included her critically-wounded father, she was brought to the edge and resolved that Shinobu was going to get someone killed and needed to end her ninja career. With her partners' having become chunin earlier than her the last year, there was now an opening to get into Shinobu's team and finally put an end to "Revan's legacy".

The fine-art of cognitive battle therapy done by a licensed Uzumaki is not going to fix everything in one fight. Instead, what is far more likely is that the fight will set Inoko on the road to recovery by merely getting her to recognize that her thinking has some flaws and needs to deal with her problems with anxiety.
Motivations: Make Shinobu stop being a ninja one way or another. Once character development occurs, sort-out her thoughts with Shinobu, find purpose in Yoshi Yamanaka's death, manage anxiety, become a member of ANBU Black Ops, kill Revan Uzumaki, and defeat her father.
Strengths: Inoko is able to be a good support member, being able to guarantee that one enemy will be out of commission. Super Beast Imitating Drawing is a flexible ninjutsu that can provide many options, including new mobility options and more. She is dangerous in combination with the rest of Ino–Shika–Chō.
Weaknesses: Taking advantage of her stressors can be great psychological warfare. Her immune system is compromised by stress, so she is more susceptible to various pathogens. Engaging with taijutsu will get in the way of her using the jutsus that she primarily relies upon. Destroying or stealing the ink and scrolls that Inoko needs for various jutsu can severely limit her repertoire.
Specialty Jutsu(s): Mind Body Switch Technique, Super Beast Imitating Drawing, Sensing Technique, Ink Mist Technique, Mind Body Disturbance Technique, Mind Clone Switch Technique, Ink Clone Technique, Body Flicker Technique, Formation Ino–Shika–Chō, Sensing Technique
Kekkei Genkai: N/A
Writing Sample: What you have written.

Name: Ashi Inuzuka
Role: protagonist
Age: 15
Rank: Genin
Gender: male
Native Land/Village: Konoha
Current Place of Residence: Konoha
Appearance: Not immediately recognizable as an Inuzuka without the facial markings, Ashi is blond-haired and of dark complexion, with a mid-length surfer-styled haircut, a chestnut cane, a pair of teashades, and the blue head-guard around his neck, though, when he feels urgency, he wears the head plate around his forehead. He generally wears sleeveless-hooded shirts with cargo pants. Outside of missions, he tends to wear strikingly-colored business casual wear with hats and eye-wear. When meeting with clients, he tends to wear less-ostentatious semi-formal clothes.
Personality: Ashi is a person obsessed with "propriety", which generally refers to cleanliness, duty, and decorum. Ashi is thus rather prone to romantic notion of dueling. Ashi is also something of a renaissance man, learning in a variety of fields that are not just related to shinobi.
Biography: Ashi was precocious, and took an early interest in medicine. Early on, he took a liking to a Hyuga neighbor who breed flowers and instilled a love of "propriety" into him. When the time came to continue the clan tradition, he got Midorimaru, a Irish Wolfhound whose fur turned a dark green when eating soldier pills. Midorimaru was an individualistic introvert who was fiercely attached to the Inuzuka clan. Knowing the state of ninja cats as being less than useful due to their catlike nature, Ashi got the bright idea to try breeding cats that were ideal for service in the Inuzuka clan. He started to be teased by various other members of the Inuzuka because of his weird fixations on propriety causing him to avoid basic practices of the Inuzuka because of their crudity or dirtiness, and has left him with a sore-spot over it and seeks to leave a lasting impact on the Inuzuka by breeding a ninja cat fit for Inuzuka service alongside the ninja hounds.

When he finally graduated, he was placed on a team with Shinobu and Ryo. He initially had misgivings of why two byakugan users and three ostensibly melee-focused fighters were on the same team. As the medical-specialist of the group, he took-up a position on a team that turned-out to be specialized in infiltration, tracking, and ambushes. He finally came to understand why Ryo was on the team when he finally heard Ryo's last name and it became apparent that Shikaryoh's use of the Byakugan's application was more as a defensive tool and instrument to facilitate precise and accurate shots with chakra-enhanced arrows. Despite the cohesion, the team did not last due to Ryo Hyuga's becoming a Chunin just one year later. Without Ryo, the group has generally resorted to using the one member who doesn't know camouflaging jutsus as bait for ambushes.
Motivations: Breed a cat fit for service in the Inuzuka clan, maintain propriety, teach some manners to his enemies (and everyone he knows), prove himself to be a valuable member of the Inuzuka clan.
Strengths: Ashi is a renaissance man with a hand in many pies, and thus has a diversity of skill sets. He is a skilled melee fighter and is generally the team's medical specialist. He generally keeps a cool-head, and thus is not likely to panic. His camouflage-related jutsus allow him to lay traps and escape bad encounters. Though not realized yet, a project he has been working on is the creation of kenjutsu for canes.
Weaknesses: Is limited by his propriety, which encourages him to pursue courses of action that are sometimes wasteful or downright dangerous. Time he spends breeding cats cuts away from training. His status in the Inuzuka clan is a sensitive topic that can be easily used to provoke him. His cleanliness tends to mean that he has a distinct scent for trackers. Refuses to learn genjutsu on account of how they "cheapen" stealth as a skill. Refuses to do any all-fours techniques without his gloves on. Knowledge of medical jutsu can make him a target or keep him unavailable for battle. Midorimaru and Ashi are far less effective when they don't work in conjunction with each other.
Specialty Jutsu(s): Man Beast Clone/Beast Human Clone, All-Fours Jutsu/Four Legs Technique, Summoning: Earth Release: Tracking Fang Technique, Chakra Scalpels, Mystical Palm Technique, Camouflage Jutsu, Hiding in Surface Technique, Fang Rotating Fang, Fang Passing Fang, Inuzuka Style: Man Beast Transformation Combo: Two-Headed Wolf; Deviate Cane, Secret Cane: Moonlight, Damascus Chestnut
Kekkei Genkai: N/A
Writing Sample: What you have written.

Name: Shinjiro Aburame
Role: antagonist
Age: 23
Rank: Jonin
Gender: male
Native Land/Village: Konoha
Current Place of Residence: Konoha
Appearance: Generally wears a dark-blue hazmat suit, Konoha flack jacket, a ballistic helmet, shaded ballistic glasses, a gas-mask, and generally wears a black great-coat
Personality: Shinjiro is rather distant, generally trying to maintain an air of indifference that is betrayed to be false by his caustic nature. Shinjiro is more introverted.
Biography: Shinjiro was a born member of the akimichi clan. Early on, he sought to follow in his mother's footsteps as a medic-nin. When raiders attacked the airship they were, she took down many and took the leader down with her in an explosion to save the rest of the ship. Shinjiro was devastated, and tried to cope with it by trying to find inspiration in his mother's death. What was found was her usage of fire and explosions, the later ending her life and the former constituting her funeral. Because of this, Shinjiro became enthused in not just living-up to his mother's role as an Aburame and as a medic-nin, but also as a specialist of explosives and fire-based jutsu so as to take-on the raiders once and for all and ensure no-one has to endure his fate ever again. He began breeding beetles, studying chemistry, practicing fire-jutsu, and became a jonin at a very young age as a result of his resolve. He was very easily recruited into the Reborn, though he has yet to do anything except wait for other people to arrive and pose as a member of a genin team in the Chunin exams.
Motivations: Honor his mother's legacy, protect the Aburame clan and Konoha.
Strengths: Shinjiro is a boss-battle waiting to happen. His intellect has been leveraged in the creation of new explosives, incendiaries, poisons, and even beetles which utilize the previously mentioned, most of which are unknown to the general public. His repertoire of jutsu is designed to allow him to keep enemies at bay and defeat enemies at range.
Weaknesses: Taijutsu is not his strong-suit, and is not good at fighting in confined tight-environments. His use of chakra scalpels has almost entirely been purely medical in purpose, and thus does not know how to apply them to combat. Killing many of his beetles would significantly lower his combat capabilities. His mother is a sore-point, and could be lead into stupid courses of actions if pressed. He has negative reactions toward screams.
Specialty Jutsu(s): Sealed Bomb Square Release, Barrier Method Formation, Fire Release: Flame Bullet, Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, Insect Deception Technique, Insect Jar Technique, Parasitic Giant Beetle Infestation, Secret Technique: Insect Cocoon, Secret Technique: Insect Sphere, Secret Technique: Insect Tornado, Spindle Formation, Insect Clone Technique, Mystical Palm Technique, Chakra Scalpels, Regenerative Healing Jutsu (basically, a boss battle where the villain plays keep-away and lays booby-traps)
Kekkei Genkai: N/A
Writing Sample: What you wrote.

Name: Inorō Yamanka
Role: antagonist
Age: 45
Rank: Jōnin
Gender: male
Native Land/Village: Konoha
Current Place of Residence: Konoha
Appearance: Inorō is blond-haired, having a crew-cut hairstyle, light spring-green eyes, and previous generation Ino-Shika-Cho earrings. His face has several scars, particularly one across the right cheek and a burn-mark across his forehead. His outfits generally are a black haori worn over a red kosode and white hakama.
Personality: Inorō Yamanaka is generally rather introverted. He often seems to be looking beyond people, generally trying to maintain an air of calm despite some circumstances where it fails. He generally does not wish to discuss the crisis or his time among the Lost. He maintains propriety, generally seeking to exude stoicism and to hearken back to older times.
Biography: Inorō Yamanaka is a career ninja. Born into the Yamanaka, he was immersed in art and gardening at an early age. He became part of the 19th Ino-Shika-Cho trio, serving with honorably during the Collapse. The Collapse changed him greatly, often intervening in members of the Shinobi Union and failing to prevent their societal collapses. Disillusionment became a problem among veteran ninja, with many becoming the Lost. Inorō had a growing hatred for raiders who so drew in disillusioned shinobi and hastened the destruction of several villages. He thus got-together with close-friends to recover the Lost and give them new purpose as the reborn. Though his membership and rank as among the highest-ranking members of the group is anonymous, Inorō questioned how long it would last. He knows that, when relations go sour between the Shinobi Union and Rebirth, he will have to leave his village to run classified communications and he knows the what the cost of the contingency plans are should Rebirth fail. Due to those contingency plans, his cell does not allow targeted recruitment from the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka clans, though still allowing priming of them and enlistment from those clans.
Motivations: Recruit the Lost; protect the Yamanaka, Nara, and Akimichi clans; end the raiders; and return the world to stability.
Strengths: Inorō's age means that he has mastered many jutsu. His Yamanaka-clan jutsus are extremely helpful for dealing with enemies at distance. His abilities focus on keeping combatants at bay and then defeating them. He is extremely focused on the usage of techniques that allow him to take-over opponents, particularly practicing it on non-human animals lately.
Weaknesses: Inorō's ability to particpate in battle is limited by his non-combat utility and is thus often forced to not intervene in battles. His abilities in close-combat are limited. He has long-term plans on the mind, and so holds-back from trying to kill anybody. Inorō will not kill old-friends, children, or members of the Yamanaka, Nara, and Akimichi clans.
Specialty Jutsu(s): Ink Clone Technique, Ink Flush, Ink Mist Technique, Mind Body Switch Technique, Mind Body Transmission Technique, Mind Clone Switch Technique, Mind Disturbance Dance Performance Technique, Mind Body Transmission Technique, Psycho Mind Transmission, Sealing Technique: Tiger Vision, Sensing Technique, Sensing Transmission, Mind Body Switch Technique, Mind Body Transmission Technique, Mind Clone Switch Technique, Sensing Technique, Sensing Transmission, Staring Bullet, Super Beast Imitating Drawing, Super God Imitating Drawing
Kekkei Genkai: N/A
Writing Sample: You know that you are writing this, right?

[Shadowwell]

Could Yoshiro be at the chunin exams?
It just be to introduce him, or i might have him be elseswhere in a fight, showcasing his badasserey. Not that he willl play a major part in anything.

[Altruistic Paladins]

Could Yoshiro be at the chunin exams?
It just be to introduce him, or i might have him be elseswhere in a fight, showcasing his badasserey. Not that he willl play a major part in anything.

Either are acceptable, though, if you go with the idea of raising hell in Konoha, it is good to follow one of Q's lessons.

[Shadowwell]

Could Yoshiro be at the chunin exams?
It just be to introduce him, or i might have him be elseswhere in a fight, showcasing his badasserey. Not that he willl play a major part in anything.

Either are acceptable, though, if you go with the idea of raising hell in Konoha, it is good to follow the advice of Q.

He will be in disguise, He wont start anything there, probably. If i got the time i might do both in one post.

[Anowa]

Name: Inoko Yamanaka
Motivations:kill Revan Uzumaki,
Weaknesses:Engaging with taijutsu will get in the way of her using the jutsus that she primarily relies upon.

>Wants to kill an S-Rank criminal and one of the best swordfighters to come out of Konoha
>Lacks sealless Jutsu
If Revan was motivated to kill any Konoha shinobi, Inoko would be sooo fucked.

[Altruistic Paladins]

Name: Inoko Yamanaka
Motivations:kill Revan Uzumaki,
Weaknesses:Engaging with taijutsu will get in the way of her using the jutsus that she primarily relies upon.

>Wants to kill an S-Rank criminal and one of the best swordfighters to come out of Konoha
>Lacks sealless Jutsu
If Revan was motivated to kill any Konoha shinobi, Inoko would be sooo fucked.

Doesn't paper smash sword?

[Anowa]

>Wants to kill an S-Rank criminal and one of the best swordfighters to come out of Konoha
>Lacks sealless Jutsu
If Revan was motivated to kill any Konoha shinobi, Inoko would be sooo fucked.

Doesn't paper smash sword?

Not if said sword has a mach cone.

[Altruistic Paladins]

Doesn't paper smash sword?

Not if said sword has a mach cone.

The more I look, the more I realize how horribly mismatched Inoko is, which makes sense since she was mostly preparing for a fight with Shinobu rather than Revan.

Oh boy, that first one's going to be a reality check with about two weeks to mull-over in a hospital bed. That's cold. . . that's fantastic!

[Shadowwell]

If you want what could happen is Revan could see Yoshiro or something, determine him as a threat, try to fight him, than inolko joins in and shit happens, idk lo.

[Anowa]

Not if said sword has a mach cone.

The more I look, the more I realize how horribly mismatched Inoko is, which makes sense since she was mostly preparing for a fight with Shinobu rather than Revan.

Oh boy, that first one's going to be a reality check with about two weeks to mull-over in a hospital bed. That's cold. . . that's fantastic!

Or about six minutes... Since Revan is back in Konoha to watch his little Cousin.

[Bycrest]

Updated Maris' app to include Manzo's appearance. Will get a post up soon.

[Shadowwell]

Is the Shinobi union thingy formed yet, or is that only after the war starts?

I ask as I was thinking of Having yoshiro have been trailed by a group of shinobi (from different villages) that he will kill/defeat.

[Altruistic Paladins]

Is the Shinobi union thingy formed yet, or is that only after the war starts?

I ask as I was thinking of Having yoshiro have been trailed by a group of shinobi (from different villages) that he will kill/defeat.

It exists, and actually has since around the conclusion of the Fourth Shinobi World War.

[Acroticus]

I ask as I was thinking of Having yoshiro have been trailed by a group of shinobi (from different villages) that he will kill/defeat.

That could work well as an introduction I think...

[Shadowwell]

I ask as I was thinking of Having yoshiro have been trailed by a group of shinobi (from different villages) that he will kill/defeat.

That could work well as an introduction I think...

Considering he is a villain, i want to show case his boss'ness.

[Bycrest]

That could work well as an introduction I think...

Considering he is a villain, i want to show case his boss'ness.

That's probably what all the villains will have to do.

[Anowa]

Name:Dust Lee 'The Green Blur of Konoha'
Age:30
Role:Supporting Character/Protagonist
Rank:Jonin
Gender:Female
Native Land/Village:Konohagakure
Current Village of Residence:Konohagakure
Appearance:

Personality:Kind, outgoing, caring, youthful.
Biography:

Born to the Lee Clan, a clan renowned across the nations for their inability to use a genuine amount of Chakra, but also for their ability to level buildings with a few well placed punches. Dust was destined to be a master Taijutsu user, but no one expected her graduation at the Academy at the age of seven. Despite her clear ability to pass the Chunin exams, she purposefully held herself back to remain with her team mates until they were ready to advance as well. This took three years to happen, but Dust never complained. Despite being nearly six years younger than a majority present at the exam she still managed to get to the final tournament bracket. She was given her Chunin vest a few days later, along with her two team mates.

Seeing the potential and synergy of her team, the leadership of Konoha renamed the team Hitomi, after her sensei, Hitomi Uchiha. Eventually it came to a point in time known around Konoha as 'The Uzumaki Stain' named so for the indelible event which ruined a fair amount of Uzumaki reputation. Revan Uzumaki killed Hitomi Uchiha's daughter, rendered a fellow konoha shinobi brain dead, and rendered his sensei in a state which left him very nearly crippled for life.

Hitomi Uchiha would later commit suicide out of grief, and her team disbanded. The rest of her team died as a result of human error on separate accounts.

Despite the mourning for her friends, she still soldiered on. She became Jonin and began taking on various apprentices in her spare time, one of which was Haruka Wei. This is still how she spends most of her time, even going so far as to pop into the academy some days to give pointers.

Goals:Protect those close to her, protect Konoha to the best of her ability, avenge Hitomi's daughter.
Strengths:

• Taijutsu: Dust is renowned for being a master Taijutsu user, considered to be on par or better than her ancestor Rock Lee.
• Titanic Strength: Dust has the capability to destroy large boulders with a single punch, and has even caused small quakes by punching the ground.
• Unyielding Stamina: Dust never seems to tire, having been able to stay up for several days of fighting before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Speed: Dust is fast, to the point of giving a Sharingan user a tough time.

Weaknesses:

• Ninjutsu and Genjutsu: Much like her ancestor she lacks the ability to use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, although she has the ability to water and treewalk as well as dispel Genjutsu.

Specialty Jutsu(s):

• Eight Inner Gates
• Front Lotus
• Reverse Lotus
• Morning Peacock
• Daytime Tiger
• One Woman Front Lotus

Kekkei Genkai:N/A

[Altruistic Paladins]

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ACCEPTED

[Nachfolgia]

I will post as soon as I can, been really busy lately.