Nanashi

Nanashi
Personal
Birthplace	Unknown
Birthdate	Unknown
Gender	Unknown
Age	Unknown
Height	Varies
Weight	Varies
Blood Type	Unknown
Kekkei Genkai	Sand Manipulation
Classification	Wanderer
Areas of Expertise	Ninjutsu
Clan	Unknown
Affiliation	Hakumei
Team	Hakumei
Rank
Ninja Rank	Wanderer
Genin-Equivalent Age	Unknown
Chuunin-Equivalent Age	Unknown
Nature Type
Element (Affinity)	Sand
Element (Secondary)	Earth
Family
Unknown	Unknown
Signature Jutsu
Unknown

Background

IMPORTANT NOTE: Even Nanashi does not know the information in this background from before it woke up. Please do not use this OOC information ICly to assume you know things about it that it does not.

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There are many cruel beings in the shinobi world. Some of the worst seem to be the hidden scientists and sometimes those who rob others of a normal life by sealing Bijuu into them to create military weapons known as Jinchuuriki. In the case of the being known as Nanashi, he was taken by a combination of the two. After the battle that ended in the death of the previous Jinchuuriki of the One Tail, the crazed Bijuu escaped into the desert on arampage. However, it was stopped in its tracks by a man who'd been secretly keeping tabs on the battle, an Uzumaki who contained the creature's chakra within a set of seals and took it back to his lab where his experiments were waiting.

Back in his lab, the Uzumaki had several ideas. None were more interesting to him, though, than a teen girl he'd snatched from a very small new clan with the ability to turn their bodies into rock. They were only a small family, not that hard to capture with his resources. The girl's mind had been erased, all memories of her past and identity completely gone. This made her a perfect experiment in which to seal the twisted Bijuu and test just how mad it had truly gone and how it would influence what was essentially a blank template.

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With the infusing of the One Tail into her, the girl's Kekkei Genkai took on a rather drastic change due to the mixed chakra of the Bijuu, much to the glee of the scientist. Rather than rock, she gained the ability to morph into and control sand, which was much more malleable and in many ways more powerful due to the various ways it could be used. In the process of testing her transformative abilities, however, the girl's identity eventually became completely lost. Having never seen a mirror, she had no idea what she looked like previously. She… It had to learn to pick up traits and habits from what it saw. As part of these experiments, the Uzumaki began to allow it to read, observing the traits it picked up and chose to portray from what it learned.

learned.

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Whether due to death of the Uzumaki and his men or some other occurrence is not clear, but the nameless being awoke one morning to find her cage door open and the rest of the lab empty. The family it never knew, the guards who kept tabs on it, even its books, all gone. It took her a few hours to think about it before it decided to leave. While it tried to think of something to call itself, having no real identity, the only fitting thing it came up with was Nanashi, 'No Name'. It was when it left, however, that something seemed to unfold in its mind as well. A voice began to speak, that of Shukaku, the twisted Bijuu that had been sealed inside the being. Its voice was haunting, maddening even, as it began to tell dark tales and try to encourage Nanashi to commit acts of heinous violence, whatever seal that was keeping it from speaking before removed by the Uzumaki. If that weren't bad enough, rather than just speaking, it created a drumming noise in Nanashi's head that never stopped. 1 2 3 4… 1 2 3 4… 1 2 3 4… And it would only get louder if it started to get angry or emotional. Now, along with having to try to forge an identity, Nanashi would have to attempt to keep this creature at bay…

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Over the past year or so, Nanashi has been traveling to various lands, posing as different people. Even on missions, it has taken the shape of different types of shinobi to battle their enemies. It has stood on any side of battle, won and lost, even faked its death to cover it tracks. Once or twice, it's even been overtaken by anger and given into the One Tail's voice or the drumming, leaving no witnesses to tell the tale. And thus its tale of trying to forge an identity for itself while assuming one after another continues, sometimes light, sometimes dark, but always at least interesting.

Personality

Nanashi doesn't believe itself to have a personality in itself. What it does is basically study everything around it and try to assimilate things that it sees into itself, if only for a short while. It chooses different identities and personalities and plays them for a while, but these are only temporary things. The only things Nanashi really calls its own are things it happens to find interesting or people it grows close to who actually know what it is since only they can really form a bond with it for it to have some piece of identity in them. Nanashi is extremely protective of these rare instances and can become rather frightening if they are threatened, though it tends to not let anyone see that.

Appearance

Nanashi's appearance varies from time to time. It may choose to look like someone or something you know at times, though it does have a few signature disguises that it is continually adding to. More often than that, these are androgynous forms so people have to guess at what gender they think it is.

Various Look Pictures

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Relationships

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Hakumei!

Name	Relationship	Notes
Reina	Boss Lady… Kind of.	Reina is the leader of Hakumei. She's fun, confident, and a good leader. On the other hand, she does have a hard time keeping the reigns on Nanashi and Shinime at times. She and Shinime are constantly arguing about and trying to figure out Nanashi's gender, but neither have had luck thus far.
Shinime	Partner In Crime #2	A rather interesting partner, Shinime has many shades. While she does have morals enough to provide for families of bandits she kills, she seems to have no qualms about killing those men in the blink of an eye. Her reaction to Nanashi questioning that was rather amusing, but Nanashi values Shinime highly as a comrade.

Everybody Else

Name	Relationship	Notes
Hiroyasu	The Monk	Nanashi didn't talk to Hiroyasu too much on its last visit to Kumogakure, but he seems like a pretty interesting fellow, a member of the inner circle of the Raikage at that. He's also one of few monks it's met, which is pretty interesting. It might attempt playing that part for a day or two at some point just to see what it's like.
Hiei	The Big Guy	Probably Kumogakure's most outgoing Jounin. Hiei is a huge guy with a heart of gold and a spine of steel. On its first visit to Kumogakure, Hiei got Nanashi interested in snowboarding and taught it how. It considered having a local blacksmith make it a custom one it could carry easily, but decided to just create one from its jutsu. It'll definitely check in and see how this guy's doing next time it visits.
Sachiko	The Confused One	Though Nanashi only met Sachiko once, the woman seemed rather conflicted to it, but that is rather understandable. She was caught between the death of one love and the promise of another. It hopes she was able to reconcile that and will live happily. Maybe it'll find her one day and see how it all went for her.
Kiku	Brat Jounin	One of the two Kirigakure shinobi who got in Nanashi's way while it was trying to find out from a mercenary that stole its satchel where she put it! Since they got in its way, Nanashi had a bit of fun and played mind games with these two for a while. It's pretty sure it gave Kiku something to remember it by. Maybe it'll check in on her in a different form so she won't recognize it one day.
Akane	Brat Chuunin	The other Kiri shinobi who got in Nanashi's way! This one had a bit of a wild side underneath once the fight really got going. It was rather interesting to take her form and play the part of her crazy side for a while during the fight. Another one Nanashi'll take a different form when it visits.
Aimi	Brat Mercenary	Total brat here. Nanashi was minding its own business, just checking out the Hidden Oasis, when this girl decided only she and the merchants she was guarding could be in that area because they chose to camp there. She even attacked Nanashi, which led to a capture, and Nanashi left her in sand for a while after it left the area to teach her a lesson.
Kazumi	The Socially Awkward Penguin	Nanashi snagged this guy for a mission a while back when Reina was busy doing something else. He did well, but he was pretty nervous and socially awkward, though a good guy overall. Maybe they'll cross paths again one day.

Ninja Journal

April '14 + What? How long have I been here? Who am I? WHAT am I? The cage was left open today, but I couldn't find it in myself at first to just jump up and run for freedom. There were no guards, no scientists. The entire place was deserted. Had there been a rescue and I was left behind? Or maybe they're just letting me out as another part of the experiment. Either way, I finally got up and walked out to try to find something, anything… There was nothing really left behind about me. No mementos, no papers revealing who I might be. I guess I'll have to find out on my own… As soon as I left, something began to speak to me. Its voice was rather quiet, but it let me know basically what it was… The One Tail Shukaku, an insane Bijuu who'd been further corrupted by a monster it came into contact with. I thought its aggravation would stop at merely speaking, but then it started… the drumming… Maybe the scientists there had been protecting me from this… It never stops… Never dies down… It never loses beat… 1 2 3 4… 1 2 3 4… 1 2 3 4… 1 2 3 4… + The Glowing Girl I met a slightly odd girl at the docks in Kirigakure today. There was a glow around her for some reason. She claimed at first that she was an angel, but it was pretty apparent that it was just some trick jutsu of hers she was practicing. She made it rather hot around her and not just for her looks. When we finally properly introduced herself, she made it known that she is Miira, one of the Scorch Release clan of Sunagakure. She's a bit offbeat, but at least she's interesting, and she was actually bold enough to invite me to join her group the first time we met. Not too bright maybe since she knows next to nothing about me, but it should at least be an interesting journey. + The Slums Reina seems to have this habit of hanging around and taking missions from the sum of the earth on a regular basis. Since we've met, only a few of the places we've slept were in decent areas, and most of them have been surrounded by bandits, thieves, and murderers. If I couldn't handle myself, I'd be worried. It's still a bit annoying. Tonight, Reina almost got to see a bit of the monster in me because of her habit of picking up bad jobs. A ship carrying a huge payload ran aground then washed up. The guy that was paying us to collect it decided he'd have his men kill us instead and keep the money for himself. It wasn't that big a deal until Reina got injured… The drums started getting louder… and louder… and louder… I deflected an attack by shielding her all the way around in sand then kept her encased while I went ballistic and buried the men deep underground and got rid of them. When I finally let her out, I told her they got a way. She was a little miffed, but no matter. We got to distribute the goods and sell them ourselves for a good payoff, and she didn't see the monster. + Fun At The Reefs Some bandit woman made off with my satchel today, so I chased her through the Land of Water for a bit to the Deadly Reef. Just when I THOUGHT I was about to get some information out of her about where she put it after some tussling back and forth, I was interrupted by a pair of Kirigakure shinobi. One was really obnoxious and kept barking out orders in some attempt to show her authority. The other was focused on helping the bandit girl for a while. Since they were intent on getting in my way, I decided to have a little fun with them. I sent the bandit underground and off to the other side of the beach to scare her enough that she went after my satchel while I was "busy" with Kiku and Akane. Toying with them was rather fun. It let me test my abilities in ways I don't get to much on missions with Hakumei. It was a memorable evening, one I don't think either of them will forget any time sooner, especially since I made one of them have some kind of alternate personality episode. Once they were tired out, I finally flew off and caught up to the girl to get my satchel back.

Aug '14 +The Woman After the seal that was discovered in my head was tampered with, I began seeing this woman. At first I thought it was simply a stranger following me, but she never stopped, and I slowly began to realize that I am the only one that can see or hear her. Other people even walk directly through her without feeling her. It's like a hallucination, but it doesn't feel like Genjutsu. I can't help but wonder if I've begun to lose my mind or if this is something starting to leak its way out through the seal. +The Drums Ever since the tempering of that seal. The drums have been getting louder once in a while. Not by much, not very often, but, once in a while, the volume will raise beyonds its already maddening heights. Today I was on a mission where I went against two Kirigakure shinobi, and it got loud enough that I began to lose control. Luckily I was able to hold on well enough to merely complete the mission without any fatalities. Still, they're getting stronger by the day… +Fortune and Infamy The latest mission for Hakumei was a bit drawn out. I had to take on the guise of a man named Daichi who was to inherit his father's casinos and fortune. Since he was injured in an attack and would have to retire, this would hand a number of casinos and other businesses directly over to us. It was a bit of a pain and a rather long process, but worth it in the end since it gave us the edge we needed to grab a strong foothold in Fuuma Alley and start to take over it. While there is definitely going to be conflict from the Yakuza clan that had a hold on this village before, I think we will persevere and make a brighter future for this place. +The Ticking Clock Renai, Hiken, and I went out for a rather simple reason today, to prove a point. We annihilated a group of mercenaries that sought to get a jump on us outside the village. They were easily dealt with, but what happened afterward is what was more noteworthy. The woman that's been in the corner of my vision for some time now manifested herself. After Reina said something that made me wonder, she took on the form of a sentient sand clone and confirmed what my suspicions were. She is the true owner of this body, the person who's been locked behind that seal in my head since I woke up. I've been searching for so long for who I am, and it's that very search that's led to this… Now I wish I could take it back because I feel like my time is winding down and soon I'm going to be consumed into just a part of the true Jinchuuriki, the one Shukaku has molded behind that seal for so long…

Skills And Abilities

Being the Jinchuuriki of Shukaku, Nanashi is extremely skilled in Sand Manipulation, even moreso than it actually knows as some abilities don't come out until extreme situations hit. It doesn't seem to do much with Taijutsu, though Genjutsu is something it is working on on a bit.

Ninjutsu E-Rank Stone Twist D-Rank Earthen Rain Tremor Sense Sand Trip Sand Squeeze Sand Shot Sand Block C-Rank Sand Clone Sand Crush Sand Binding Coffin Sand Shape Disguise Draining Sand Shot Sand Reformation Sand Sensing B-Rank Draining Sand Barrage Practiced Sand Reformation Desert Suspension Sand Waterfall Funeral Monstrous Sand Arms A-Rank Sand Waterfall Imperial Funeral Sand Demon Graves

Genjutsu D-Rank Will Break Auditory Hallucinations Asphyxiation C-Rank Genjutsu Kai Blood Boil Greater Auditory Hallucinations

Theme Songs

Drumming Song The never-ending drums… The call to blood…. The call to war… See Who I Am The never-ending search for who Nanashi truly is. Monster What Nanashi hides on the inside, especially from those it calls friends. Monster Another one about the war within the being.

RP Logs

Campaigns The Unknown Reflection - Experimenting With The Unknown The Unknown Reflection - Showing Reina Fortune and Infamy - Time to Gamble Fortune and Infamy - Danger for Hire Fortune and Infamy - Enter the Shadow Assassin Fortune and Infamy - The Will and the Way Fortune and Infamy - Final Words The Unknown Reflection - Swatting the Flies The Unknown Reflection - Rise of Keiko The Unknown Reflection - Keiko’s Wrath The Unknown Reflection - Fog in the Mirror The Unknown Reflection - New Beginning The Unknown Reflection - And the Mirror Gazes Back The Shadow Man - Finally Captured Rise of the Red Mist - Investigation in the Red Mist Ruins The Usual Suspects - Seeker of the Red Mist Poison Control - Sand Lab The Unknown Reflection - Return of Keiko The Unknown Reflection - Death in the Dead Sands The Unknown Reflection - The Mirror Shatters S Rank A Rank B Rank What The Sand Hides Plugging a Leak Mind Madness C Rank Less Than Legal Transport Silence of the Bandits Invaluable Cargo A Mission of Delicacy Bury the Traitor Trouble in the Dead Sands D Rank Social Bea's Hakumei Induction Black Sands

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