Nagayama Amaya

Nagayama Amaya
Personal
Birthplace	Land of Lightning
Birthdate	April 17th
Gender	Female
Age	25
Height	5'6" tall
Weight	155 lbs
Blood Type	???
Kekkei Genkai	N/A
Classification	Field-Operative
Areas of Expertise	Taijutsu
Clan	Kemonoken
Affiliation	Kumogakure
Team	None yet
Rank
Ninja Rank	Jounin
Ninja Registration	024501
Academy Grad. Age	N/A. Genin equivalent at 11.
Chuunin Grad. Age	N/A. Chuunin equivalent at 14.
Nature Type
Element	Unknown
Family
Father	Nagayama Chirico
Mother	Nagayama Keiko *Deceased*
Husband	Saito Jon
Signature Jutsu
Five-Claw Strike

Cat-like kunoichi of the Fierce Beast Cat-fist Style. Ex-Jounin; wife; War-vet.

Background

OOC Note: Some parts of Amaya's background would be relatively common knowledge for Kumogakure residents, and more generally people of the Land of Lightning. Other parts would more or less be unknown to anyone unless an individual had actually been personally involved. The parts that are publically known will be indicated as clearly as possible. Further, certain subjects/people/events/etc. may be marked as ICly important! The ICly important parts will eventually have their own informational sections somewhere on the wiki (on Amaya's page or elsewhere). If there are not presently any notes or similar for ICly important info, then feel free to ask about them on the MUSH, via page or @mail to Amaya (alias "Neko").

+ Show BG Section: Birth and childhood

Nagayama Amaya was born in the Land of Lightning, prior to the founding of Kumogakure. She was trained from childhood by her father in Ki-manipulation arts of the Kemonoken (the Fierce Beast Style specifically). Amaya oddly did not put much effort into her training, despite growing up in an age of war, starvation, and hatred. This frustrated and worried her parents, but they understood it was due to Amaya's nature. Her personality was greatly reminiscent of the so-called "common" house cat, and though Amaya seemed to possess a great deal of natural talent, especially for acrobatics, speed, and dexterity, as well as being quick to solve problems, she just didn't focus a lot of time on her ninja studies. Instead she spent more time playing, or sneaking around, or sleeping. Lots and lots of sleeping.

While it was understood that she was young yet, and though she had a certain degree of intrinsic disregard for authority and a general apathy towards good work ethics, she had to start working harder or she would not be able to defend herself in the mountains and wilderness of the Land of Lightning. The Clan Wars were still in full-swing after all. When she was deemed to have finally mastered the basics of the Kemonoken, she was expected to begin a whole new level of hyper-intense training.

+ Show BG Section: A reason to grow

Unfortunately, though her father, Nagayama Chirico, was an experienced veteran, and at least Jounin-level in terms of skill and power, he could not seem to motivate his daughter to do anything further. Infact…

When Amaya was told she had "graduated" from the initial training set for her by her father, she saw this as an excuse to more or less stop training completely. Her lax attitude kept her off the rosters of available ninja who could be called upon to fight in the wars. And that was more or less okay with her. Chirico was not so lucky, and was in almost constant demand for his phenomenal fighting skills, and his mastery of the Fierce Beast White Tiger-Fist Style. With his tactical knowledge, seemingly supernatural physical strength, and the whispered-of ability to turn into a raging berserker that could wipe out entire ninja armies single-handedly in the rare instances of being seriously wounded or the — sadly, more common — event of losing good friends and trusted team mates to battle, he was essentially considered an "I Win" card for whichever force had his allegiance at the time.

Amaya was left to do what little training she actually engaged in on her own, developing her Fierce Beast Cat-Fist Style and learning the limits and potentials of Geki — the form of Ki used by the Fierce Beast school of Kemonoken. Though she hadn't had much trouble in life, there were times when she had to fight others, and Amaya discovered that she wasn't very able to defend herself, due to her lack of effort in training. And in a time period where highly-lethal ninja warriors could be encountered just about anywhere, there was really no choice to be made. She would have to put aside her lazy tendencies and start training full-force if she wanted to remain alive.

However, what really made her choose the path of the warrior was the fact that her mother had been ill for much of Amaya's life with some mysterious wasting disease. She was not getting better. She was getting worse. And with the Clan Wars showing no signs of coming to an end any time soon, and with Chirico away fighting other people's battles in order to be able to afford to support his wife and daughter, it was up to Amaya to protect Nagayama Keiko.

When Amaya was 12, she had decided it was time to stop wasting her life, and become even stronger than she already was. Maybe if she contributed to her family's earnings, they could afford whatever medicine was needed to cure her mother! She had to hope that there was a way to make her better again. She had no reason to think otherwise, but there was always that horrible suspicion that she tried to keep buried in the deepest, darkest reaches of her thoughts, where she refused to go willingly for any reason. To entertain the notion that her mother might be dying — and worse, that she might not be able to do anything about it — would be the same as admitting defeat.

+ Show BG Section: Blood-soaked hands

During the next couple years, she met Saito Jon, a slightly older young man who was chivalrous, and respectful towards her — something she usually didn't get from males who had hit puberty, due to her body — and yet also a cunning and skilled fighter. They quickly became friends while training and fighting alongside each other, and eventually this deep and solid friendship became something more. The first major mission that Amaya underwent on a real ninja team was one to to the largest city in the region, where a Feudal Lord lived and held sway over the land within the then-undefined borders of the Lightning Country. It was more or less successful. Though the Kyakume Crime Syndicate had invaded and used Artificial Ninjutsu Weapons obtained from an unknown source to wreak havoc upon the unprepared — and primarily non-shinobi — soldiers and citizens, with the efforts of multiple ninja teams, the villains were thoroughly defeated and the Feudal Lord was rescued unharmed.

Jon had a close encounter with a powerful explosive device but escaped without serious or permanent injury. Amaya likewise got through it all without getting a scratch on her… But that was physically only. Emotionally she had received a wound that was unlikely to ever heal. She had done it accidentally. She hadn't >intended< to kill that Kyakume goon. But it had happened anyway. He had attacked, and she had struck without thought, without motive. She hadn't even been trying to defend herself, really. There had been no time for survival instincts. Her hand had lashed out without her consent, and shredded the man's chest and the fragile internal organs stored therein. She watched him die from only a few inches away, with her hand planted in his body. By the time she managed to pull herself free, both hands were soaked in blood, and she was traumatized enough that she was basically useless. Fortunately, her temporary team's task had already been completed.

She left that city without a scratch on her. But she also left a piece of herself behind as well. It was something precious that could never be recovered.

+ Show BG Section: Guilty conscience

Amaya didn't want to be a murderer. She didn't want to think of herself as a killer, or some kind of monster that just took human life without thought or feeling. But she doubted herself, and she imagined she could still feel the warm wetness around her hand, and the increasingly erratic and gradually slowing beating of a damaged heart. She loathed herself and blamed herself for her thoughtless action. She mentally berated herself for not finding a better way, for not realizing that the building she had been investigating was a trap, and all the other things that she could have and should have done differently to avoid taking a life.

Various people tried to soothe Amaya and provide her with their sympathy. But it did not help. The two people who contributed most to Amaya moving past this dark point in her life were Jon and Chirico. The reason for this was simple: Both Jon and Chirico had taken human life before, and neither one had enjoyed it, or done so lightly. Every death caused by either of them was a burden on their consciences. They would have to live with that guilt for the rest of their days. But they would kill again if it was necessary to protect their own lives, or the lives of those they cared about, or who were simply innocents or bystanders that did not deserve to be hurt or killed themselves. They told Amaya the same things everyone else did: it was self-defense; she had not intended to kill him and thus shouldn't feel guilty; he was a bad guy attacking a civilian population and thus deserved it; etc. All those reasons and justifications… The difference was that they felt the same as her about killing. They felt that all the excuses in the world wouldn't make the faces of those they had slain go away.

Knowing that one can take a life and still retain one's humanity… That helped to make the pain a little more tolerable. And by tolerating that deep pain, instead of expunging it from her soul, she increased her ability to endure suffering. At the time she thought that was good. But it was just the beginning of something worse.

+ Show BG Section: A destiny apart

When a failed kidnapping attempt left Nagayama Keiko in poor health, and Chirico poisoned with a diabolical toxin, it was up to Amaya, Jon, and three trusted friends of the Land of Lightning to track down the ones responsible, and obtain the cure from whomever had engineered it.

The culprits turned out to be students of the Confrontation Beast school of the Kemonoken, taught and directed by none other than an old girlfriend of Chirico's, from before he had met Keiko. They had apparently parted on very bad terms, and now the time had come for the hate-driven woman named Haruka, a master of Confrontation Beast Black Lion-Fist Style, and ostensibly Chirico's equal in battle, to seek revenge. She had sought to hurt Chirico's wife and daughter, in order to hurt Chirico, and then the White Tiger-Fist user would come in a weakened state, thanks to the poison that was flowing through his veins, for the cure. Haruka did not want a fair battle with Chirico. She simply wanted to destroy him. Her past love had been warped into pure hate and loathing, and she wanted her once-boyfriend to suffer before he died.

She had not planned on Chirico's daughter and friends coming for the cure instead. They managed to fight their way through various students in order to reach Haruka of the Black Lion-Fist. They succeeded only to realize they were completely and utterly outmatched. There was no chance of success here unless they fought smarter rather than harder. However, fortunately for Amaya and friends, they did not have to fight the Jounin-level opponent. Because that is when Chirico appeared.

Even weakened by the poison, and holding back due to his past feelings for Haruka, he was more than a match for her. Perhaps it was because she was so caught up in her own anger and hate that she became erratic and blinded. Perhaps she was just not as good as she thought she was. But the turning point came when she realized that Amaya, the daughter of Chirico, was standing a few feet away. If she killed Chirico's daughter right in front of him, he would be too distraught and angry to fight properly, and then the advantage would be hers!

She threw a kunai. It hit Amaya right in the stomach.

And that was when the nearly legendary ability of Chirico to become a berserker kicked in. The sight of his daughter being injured in such a manner caused him such pain that he was engulfed in a blazing aura of red Fierce Ki, and he quite literally beat his old girlfriend into pulp. By the time he stopped attacking her corpse, the corpse looked nothing like a dead body. It looked like raw hamburger. The unwashed, extra-bloody kind. It was sickening, and yet… Even as Chirico collapsed due to the strain of using that technique of his, and the travel to the hideout, and the combat that happened when he got there, all stacked on top of being poisoned… Amaya could only think of one thing.

"That's the technique I've been trying to make work. The thing inside of me that feels like it's trying to claw its way out… My dad knows how to use it."

It turned out that Amaya's wound was not life-threatening, but it would need treatment. Chirico, however, needed medical care as soon as possible and the cure for the poison in his system. Luckily, the one who had made the poison was nearby, and he was easily found. He provided the antidote, and cryptic words for Amaya alone, concerning the nature of suffering, and the strength that can be gained through a conflict between two extreme and opposing viewpoints.

Amaya admitted she already knew that, and that she was already working on it. A way to make herself suffer and then turn that suffering into strength. She left the man behind, and never saw him again.

+ Show BG Section: Union and seperation

Amaya's and Jon's hearts were broken and reforged in the fires of battle, and more than once they had been convinced that the other had been killed in some conflict or explosion or similar. And yet they always turned up alive — though not always in the best condition. Around the age of 18, Amaya finally realized how much she loved Jon, and he seemed to come to grips with the same thing. The Clan Wars were finally starting to slow down. Everyone seemed to be tired of the fighting and bloodshed. But there was no guarantee that anyone would live to see another day.

So, the two of them decided to make the most of what time they had left. During a massive invasion of the Land of Lightning from a previously unknown enemy force, from the vicinity of the Shattered Shores, Amaya and Jon were married in a simple ceremony that nonetheless meant all the world to the both of them. The next day, the mountain fortress they were in was assaulted by the enemy. Much blood was shed. Word later came that Yotsuki Raiga, the man who had lead and unified the various Clans of the Land of Lightning, and protected the civilians who had no ninja to defend them, had been slain by the masterminds of the invasion: three brothers called the "Dead Brothers". This was a crushing blow to the wavering morale of those who had followed Raiga. Though the battle at the mountain fortress had been successful, it had also been costly, and if there were enemies strong enough to slay Raiga, even with his fabled Lightning Release Armor, then the diminished Lightning forces felt they were most likely doomed.

During all of this, Amaya's mother succumbed to her illness, and died. Most human beings would have simply given up at that point. But Amaya used the pain of loss to drive herself onwards, to greater levels of savage strength and ferocity in combat. She had unlocked a further advancement in her progress with the Kinjutsu that her father had used and had warned her against trying to master. The "Pain to Power" technique. She tried to take a toll in blood for the pain she felt at the loss of her mother. But all the blood in the world would not have been enough.

But then, as Amaya, Jon, and Chirico cut a path through the last remnants of the enemy forces, prepared to take the battle right to the Dead Brothers, the previously-unknown student of Yotsuki Raiga, a woman known as Takahashi Raiko, announced that she had defeated the Dead Brothers. The invasion was ended.

+ Show BG Section: The end of the beginning

Soon, Raiko was made the First Raikage, as the Clan Wars came to a close, and the Village Hidden in the Clouds was established. Amaya and Jon were both given positions of power within Kumogakure, but not simply as a reward for their service during the wars… It was because they were trusted to protect the Village, and the people of the Land of Lightning. They had proven time and time again that they were able and willing to lay down their lives for each other, and for those who could not defend themselves.

But the history of the Hidden Villages had only just begun. It was now the time to build the future.

+ Show BG Section: This present future

To be written…

Personality

Amaya has a lot of good times in her past and a lot of bad times as well. However, unlike some others with dark and tormented histories, Amaya tries not to let it impact her outlook on life or to influence her behavior. It is impossible to completely divorce herself from the memories of the trials she has gone through, but she can at least not dwell overly on the negative parts. To this end, she may seem care-free, up-beat, and generally optimistic. However, at rare times she can be remarkably glum, depressed, and mopey. It generally only takes something positive happening or being said around her, however, to make her bounce back.

The death of her mother is a major source of guilt for Amaya. She feels that her mother died because she failed to find a cure in time. She could have made a difference if she had tried harder, or done something differently. That's what she tells herself, and no matter what anyone else says to the contrary her emotions will remain the same on that matter. Amaya is extremely protective of those close to her that are still alive. Her father, her husband, and her friends are all people she is sworn to protect. She has a tendency to over-react or to behave violently when she perceives a threat to her loved ones.

Loyal, generally honorable, but willing to do what needs to be done to protect the innocent, Nagayama Amaya is firmly entrenched on the side of the "good guys". She may hurt inside a lot more than most good people, but she can't let personal suffering get in the way of doing what's right.

Appearance

Amaya is a woman with long white hair that has two odd points in it — almost like cat ears. She has thin black eyebrows over deep-green eyes. A small nose is set over her soft lips. She wears small eye-glasses sometimes — particularly while reading. Amaya is fairly slender, though she has tightly-packed muscle all over her toned form, giving her a cat-like, athletic build… Though with a >very< generously proportioned chest, a narrow waist, and sufficiently wide hips to mark her as a full-grown woman. She has smooth, strong-looking legs, and moves with natural grace and precision.

Amaya is currently wearing a violet, sleeveless vest that doesn't fit her properly in the slightest, tied shut in front with a combination of white laces and a bow right at the top of where her cleavage becomes visible. And there is plenty of cleavage visible. It seems there's precious little underneath that vest of hers. She wears Kumogakure army/soldier-style combat boots on her feet. Amaya has a pair of sleek, black, fingerless leather gloves on both hands, extending up her forearm, and terminating in white fur trim. Covering each glove at the wrist is a shining, polished steel bracer that probably hurts like hell to get hit with.

Hanging >very< low on her hips are a pair of baggy, green army pants that are common to Kumogakure soldiers, though with the addition of a large hip pouch on the right side, for storing ninja tools, scrolls, etc. The waistband of these pants has apparently been damaged at some point, because a piece of fabric has been looped through and tied off in a knot at the base of Amaya's belly in order to keep the pants from falling down. From how low they ride, the knot is apparently not doing a very good job.

When on duty or combat missions, Amaya wears her Kumogakure hitai-ite (forehead protector) on… Her forehead, of all places!? How strange!

Relationships

+ Show Amaya's relationships

Family

Name	Relationship	Notes
Jon	Husband	Info
Nagayama Chirico	Father	Info
Scruvo	Jon's Crow	Info

Friends

Name	Relationship	Notes
???	???	Info
???	???	Info

Allies

Name	Relationship	Notes
Reza	Fellow Jounin	Info
Takahashi Raiko	The Raikage!	Info

Acquaintances

Name	Relationship	Notes
Hinotori	Tournament Spectator	Info
Ryuk	Weird Kid	Info
Kukiko	Foreign Jounin/Sensible Woman	Info

Rivals

Name	Relationship	Notes
Yasushi	Foreign Jounin/Competition	Info
Tessen	Stubborn Jerk	Info

Enemies

Name	Relationship	Notes
Kyakume Syndicate	Enemies!	She is going to hit them with her fist. Yes, the entire syndicate. At the same time.
???	???	Info

Abilities

+ Show Skills and Abilities

Chakra Natures

???

Fighting Styles

Cat-Fist
Kumo ANBU Style
Kunoichi Assassination Arts
Sacrificial Taijutsu
White Tiger-Fist

S-Rank

???

A-Rank

Earthly Deity's Aura (TF)
Tiger Palm (Attack)

B-Rank

Sun God's Fist (TF)
Aura Sphere (Defense)
Catskill: Green Mountain (Attack and Defense)
Hellcat Technique (Attack)
Hundred-Claw Strike (Attack)
Pain III: Agony to Ascension (TF)

C-Rank

Cat Scan (Defense)
Feline Agility Move (Attack and Defense)
Pain II: Suffering to Strength (TF)
Self-Inflict II (Defense)
Striped-Skin Armor (Defense)
Twenty-Claw Strike (Attack)

D-Rank

Chakra Dodge (Defense)
Chakra Sensitivity (Defense)
Feline Awareness (Defense)
Five-Claw Strike (Attack)
Pain I: Pain to Power (TF)
Painful Blows (Attack)
Ten-Claw Strike (Attack)
Tree Walking (Skill)
Water Walking (Skill)

E-Rank

Ninja standard.

RP and Mission Logs

+ Show Logs

Campaign

First World Ninja Competition - Mind and Body, Heart and Soul: Mune vs. Onimitsu
First World Ninja Tournament - Good to the Last Whock: Moriko vs. Jon
(Combat) First World Ninja Tournament - Good to the Last Whock: Moriko vs. Jon
First World Ninja Competition - To the Bitter End: Amaya vs. Tessen
First World Ninja Competition - Terrifying Jutsu: Mune vs. Hiroshi
First World Ninja Competition - Cat Fight: Kuki vs. Amaya
First World Ninja Competition - Snowy Skirmish: Hinotori vs. Mitsuomi
First World Ninja Competition - The Beast God And The Spirit Of Earth: Yasushi vs. Amaya
First World Ninja Competition - Ephemeral: Amaya vs. Fuyu
Bloody Mist Cup - Volatile Materials: Jon vs. Mune
Bloody Mist Cup - Nightmare Land: Amaya vs. Kanami
Pylon of Efficacy - Desperate Plight
Eye For An Eye - Haunted History
A Letter From The Front

S Rank

A Rank

B Rank

Fetch the Doctor
Confrontation Caper

C Rank

D Rank

Goat Chuckers

Social

Dinner At Home For Jon and Amaya
How We’ve Changed

Click here to go back

---

Villages	Konohagakure - Sunagakure - Kirigakure - Kumogakure - Iwagakure - Other
Countries	Land of Fire - Land of Wind - Land of Water - Land of Lightning - Land of Earth - Other
Other	Characters - Jutsu - Narutography - Diplomacy - Factions
Misc.	News Files - Mission Logs - Upload Files - Contact Us - Sandbox - Category List - Template List

---

---

---