Born as any other child in the Nara clan, Shintaro didn't have any sort of spectacular sign of great birth or star of destiny like so many would claim. He was simply born in the hospital and carried home by a mother and father proud to have a new addition to their family. Growing up, it wasn't hard for him to tell one major difference between the Nara and other clans of the village… Nara woman led the house rather than the men because the men were just too lazy. It was kind of amusing in a way, but, due to his mother's complaints, it became a stereotype that he chose to try his best to avoid happening in himself.
Through a bit of hard work, Shintaro graduated at the Academy at 11 years old. While it wasn't really a monumental accomplishment, it at least kept him from looking like a lazy Nara kid that would probably wait until he was 13 to try to graduate. As a Genin, he studied Shadow Manipulation very thoroughly, but he also kept up his physical prowess. Through his studies, he began to plot out his own fighting style that he would begin working on, one that would set him apart from the rest of the Nara. However, it was something he would have to work on over years to be able to learn the ninjutsu arts well enough to pull it off. First, he set his mind to learning many Nara Clan techniques, such as Shadow Imitation, Shadow Skin, Cloak of Shadows, and Shadow Neck Bind. He was very thorough in training his ability to control chakra, yet Genjutsu was something he never really cared to bother with. Perhaps it would be a later task, but it wasn't something the style of fighting he wanted to create for himself later would required, thus not a current necessity.
Through hard work and combat prowess combining shadow manipulation with physical attacks, Shintaro became a Chuunin at the age of 13 through completing missions.. He began working under Jounin as a team sempai. He began participating in and leading many missions. As he grew older, his own style of fighting become predominant in him, and he began changing his looks to set him even further apart. He changed his attire from the normal Chuunin attire to one of complete black, adding glove-bracers and a hood. He then had a blue lightning bolt design tattooed on his face, and his hair an eyebrows dyed to match. The change got him a few strange looks at first, but he was more amused by that than anything.
While he wasn't really becoming any kind of legend as a fighter within Konohagakure, Shintaro at least stood out a little among the boys in his clan. Some of his cousins asked why he tried so hard when women would always rule their clan, but he would respond by asking them why they wanted be so bloody lazy. Over the past few years, he has been leading Genin on missions and following Jounin on higher level missions to prove his worth. In the various wars with other countries, while not on the frontlines much, he has done things like lead Genin in tactical missions, such as cutting off enemy supply lines. He has not been playing major roles, but important ones all the same. Leaving the glory-hogging to the Uchiha and Hyuga never really bothered him. After all, while their clans were getting killed, he was really not in that much danger. This allowed him to hone his skills a nice bit by using them on real targets. Since then, to show his loyalty to Konohagakure, and perhaps to prove to more than just his family that he isn't as lazy as most Nara men, he has taken on the role of an Academy Instructor, helping students to grow into Genin. And that is where his story shall begin…
