A young shinobi girl from Kumogakure with long, dark hair, lavender eyes, and a small, waif-like body. Few would suspect someone so adorable to be a dangerous ninja, but underestimating her because of the way she might appear would be unwise and likely lead to an untimely death.
Tenjin Mayuri, a Kumogakure kunoichi, stands before you. She is not an imposing figure by any means, standing at barely four-and-a-half-feet at best, and weighing in at a paltry eighty pounds, the girl is very small. However, one cannot be judged on their size alone. The little kunoichi has a pristine posture, and her movements are swift and graceful, like those of a dancer. Her expressions are often serious and focused while on her own, and more cheerful when with others she enjoys.
Mayuri can be considered cute, not only because of her size, but she is rather adorable. Her face fits well within the golden ratio and thus has exceptional symmetry making her pleasing to look at. Little-to-no marring of her body means the kunoichi has nothing to detract from her natural, feminine beauty. As young as she is, she has developed on a little in terms of her female figure. The earliest developments of her hips and bust show, but she remains very slim and waif-like either way.
Her more striking features are her eyes, a pair soft lavender irises set within her pale visage create a lovely contrast and match well with her dark hair. Though much is chopped short and barely teases her shoulders at best, she does have an incredibly long ponytail, able to reach her knees.
Mayuris outfit has a dual monochromatic color scheme, with dark brown leather equipment and a lighter brown in her hakama. She also has black in most of the rest of her primary clothes, while a lighter gray or off-white color permeates her accessory garments.
Her upper body is covered by a form-fitting vest-like garment that offers mild protection from the environment, less-so from weaponry or other attacks, as well as matching gloves, each detached and secured just above her elbows. She wears a belt that secures her hakama into place, which has a split quarter-skirt draped along the back of her legs for decoration. She wears a pair of mid-calf black boots of which her hakama are tucked into, soft soled, though durable, reinforced with a tougher bracing they are quiet when she walks yet strong enough to keep her feet safe. And comfortable.
Abilities
Styles and Techniques
Skills
Earth Release
Water Release
Fire Release
Herbalism and Poison Poison Sharp
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Relationships
Note: List is not conclusive and will be periodically updated… maybe…
Iwata Michiko is another Kumogakure kunoichi, and despite being only a year older than Mayuri, she has nearly achieved the rank of jounin! Because of this, Mayuri looks up to her as a rolemodel for what she could potentially achieve. Shortly after meeting Michiko, Mayuri was introduced to the Iwata's team, and became part of it. She will be learning from Michiko in the future.
Ryouji has been a rather constant presence since Mayuri graduated from the academy, and whether or not that is a good thing remains to be seen. He is always good for a little training or sparring, and is rather rambunctious, as one would assume of a boy his age. If nothing else, Ryouji promises to be a good shinobi that Mayuri can count on when needed.
Mayuris parents, like a good number of the Tenjin clan, were wanderers.Originally from Kusagakure, they were often expected to show at least minor allegiance to Konohagakure and to the Land of Fire, but neither were interested in such overt matters. They were more down-to-earth and kept to themselves when it came to philosophy, political or otherwise.
During their travels, they became widely knowledgeable on the various herbs and plants across the lands, and were well respected herbalists. Though many Tenjin are shinobi, or trained as such, both of Mayuris parents were less-so. They were capable, to a degree, but neither had ever taken up that particular profession.
Their travels ended in Kumogakure, after Mayuris mother revealed her pregnancy to her husband. Together, they decided that it was not safe for anew mother to be travelling across the lands, or to be endangering their unborn child by handling dangerous poisons, and so they started a new life together, with Mayuris mother focusing on becoming a mother and her father doing his best to support them as an apothecary and herbalist in the village.
Not long after they had settled into their new life, Mayuri was born. Acute little daughter that both loved with all their heart. She was a healthy child with plenty of vigor and pizazz, who loved attention and behaved well,rarely crying except in the direst of situations. She proved to be a rather brave young one, never being afraid or startled by much of anything.
As she grew up, Mayuri showed an interest plenty of hobbies and was very active. She particularly enjoyed flowers and the water, and would spend plenty of time in the small pool her parents had built in their garden. For Mayuri, it was a sanctuary and a place she could rest and relax without worry.
Around the age of six, the young Tenjin girl showed signs of being able to wield chakra rather well, and had promise of becoming at least a decent shinobi. However, when her parents began to test her, she showed far more remarkable progress. When they could get Mayuri to focus on shinobi studies, the young girl excelled to a potentially prodigal degree, but she showed particularly less interest in it than sitting in the flower garden. This lack of attentiveness greatly slowed her learning down.
Mayuri did, however, show a more potent interest in herbalism, so that pleased her parents. They were glad that they may actually have something to teach their daughter. The little Tenjin gobbled it up like candy, and so the family had a good way to spend time together. Mayuris father would show her how to utilize herbs and the like, while her mother would take her outside the village to collect herbs or into their garden to gather the more rare items.
When she was older, Mayuri was sent to the Kumogakure academy to learn the ways of the shinobi. Initially, she spent more time making friends and fooling around than studying and practicing, but after the first year, she had settled in and matured a bit, becoming far better at maintaining focus. Due to her increased attention span, Mayuri was able to discover she possessed a wide array of capabilities. As exciting as it was, she also didnt initially understand that she was going to struggle to keep up with her classmates, or other shinobi in general, if she attempted to pursue every avenue that she could think of.
Regardless of that, she buckled down and began to study. Her ability to soak up information and spew it back out, retain it, or utilize it were top-notch and it allowed her to excel at her multi-proficiency training, though her parents and some instructors encouraged her to select at least one field of study. That did not appeal to the young Tenjin. She wanted everything. So, by the time she graduated from the academy with flying colors and a rather impressive reputation, she had her basics down for everything she wanted to learn, or at least most of it. Now it was down to finding someone willing to train someone of her talent and aspirations someone able to feed her everything she wanted to know.
I was happy to meet the Raikage's wife, Sachiko, in the village center the other day, because I would never have expected her to be so nice to me! It was amazing. I offered to, well, be her assistant, as any good citizen would do, but she said it was unnecessary, instead, she offered to train me! I could not pass up such an amazing offer, so I accepted. Sadly, she does not have a lot of specific things she can teach me, so its most going to boil down to helping me learn to utilize my abilities in a combat situation.
What was even more awesome was that she offered to introduce me to the Raikage, whom I had already met and introduced myself to before, but she convinced him to train me as well! While we do not share a lot of capabilities, the Raikage did offer to teach me Taijutsu, and then I got to watch him and his wife do a little of their own training for my benefit. It was amazing! I'll never forget it.
