Yoshida Kotone

Yoshida Kotone
Personal
Birthplace	Koi
Birthdate	Some Time Ago
Gender	Female
Age	16
Height	5'5
Weight	112
Blood Type	A
Kekkei Genkai	???
Classification	N/A
Areas of Expertise	Tactics
Clan	N/A
Affiliation	Sunagakure
Team	N/A
Rank
Ninja Rank	Chuunin
Ninja Registration	391020
Academy Grad. Age	12
Chuunin Grad. Age	16
Nature Type
Element	Lightning (Unused)
Family
Family	Rescinded

Signature Jutsu
Kunai Storm

Some Musical Accompaniment

Background

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When I was born, I was the third child to a pair of blacksmiths in the village of Koi. This small village, located on the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, was known for its delicious fish, flowing river, and my parents.

They were - are - blacksmiths, you see. The weapons, tools and armor that they made were well known for their quality. Originally, I had no interest in being a ninja. I believed that I would continue in the family business with my brother and sister. But, unfortunately, our best laid plans are rarely the ones which we execute.

It turned around when I was ten years old. Bandits attacked Koi, intending to capture my parents which… they did. I have no idea what they hoped they would manage to accomplish in this. Perhaps they intended to make my parents forge weapons for them, but without their forge they could really do very little at all.

Thankfully, some ninja from Sunagakure were passing through the village at the time. We had little money that we could offer them, but in exchange for some of the stock from the store, I was able to convince them to help us. What I couldn't be prepared for was the allure of watching them perform their work. It was, interesting. I'd never seen the weapons that I toiled over day by day used in such a skillful manner.

That planted the seed in me. Even at that age I was, quite skilled. Not a genius by any means, but after they had done their duties and bid us farewell, I resolved that I would track them back to their village. I don't really know what I planned to do after I got there, but I was ten years old. You can't really expect rational decisions at that age.

What actually happened was that I followed them for a time; longer than I would have expected, and then got lost in the desert. As luck would have it, I was found by a caravan which brought me back to Koi, and I received the scolding of my life.

What? You thought I'd make it to Sunagakure first time? Are you dense?

I did start training that day, though. For two years I trained daily with the tools that I had seen the shinobi use. The next time bandits attacked the village, I was ready for them, and I gave them as good as I got.

The fight cost me my eye. There were eight men, and although I managed to kill three of them, I was brought down and badly injured during the effort. Little did I know that the ninja from Sunagakure had been watching us since the last bandit attack, and this time they were impressed by what they saw in me. Despite my failure, they offered to take me back to the village and train me properly. Needless to say, I accepted.

It was not easy being an outsider, and my ruined eye has essentially destroyed any chance of aptitude with Genjutsu; I can adjust with other senses for ninjutsu and taijutsu, but my sense of sight makes it impossible for me to replicate convincing illusions.

My determination and aptitude with the tools of the craft soon meant that I earned my headband regardless, and over the next four years I undertook many missions for the betterment of the village.

I didn't really excel at anything, and so my career had been relatively standard until I heard that Koi had been attacked again. It turned out that the bandit who took my eye had survived, albeit badly injured, and decided to take revenge against my family.

I personally led a team of two other genin to go and deal with the idiot. This time, we were far more thorough. My parents didn't even recognize me, with my eye and all the training I'd undergone, I could hardly blame them.

However, the swift resolution of the problem and the fact that I didn't let my personal feelings about the situation impede my tactical judgment has seen my promotion to the rank of Chuunin. It is my sincere hope that I may prove that proper application of the basics are all you need to be a worthwhile ninja.

Personality

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Kotone comes across as a sarcastic and fairly unmotivated young woman. She doesn't see herself as being a particularly stellar ninja and is vaguely uncomfortable with her promotion, but she also accepts that the people who make these decisions have their reasons for doing so.

In her day to day life, Kotone is fairly unfocused. She trains hard, but she also has her hobbies. The one most people know about is metalworking; you don't grow up in a forge without enjoying that, and she makes her own weapons as well as decorative or useful tools, just to keep her hand in more than anything else.

She also writes terrible poetry, but she doesn't tell anyone about that.

In the field, Kotone is very different. She's still as cool and detached as she normally is, but she's also deadly focused on the mission. She approaches everything as logically and rationally as is possible, and prioritizes mission objectives with the safety of her team on a case by case basis.

Kotone views the entire 'ninja' gig as being a career, rather than a way of life. She does the work for the money, and although it has definitely effected her personal life (her family don't know her any more), she keeps a firm divide between the two in her mind. One day, she expects to settle down and raise a family of her own, and give up this whole ninja business.

Until then, she approaches it as calmly as anything else. She isn't out to throw her life away pointlessly for the village, but she is loyal and she does see the safety and security of Sunagakure as her primary concern. Whether it is possible to reconcile her relatively detached point of view with her new duties is something only time will tell.

Appearance

Kotone is a rather frightening young woman. Whipcord thin, she's probably around sixteen years of age; but clearly those years have not been kind to her. Her hair is strange. Dyed black, with bright white roots which shine through from beneath.

Her features are stern, her right eye covered by her forehead protector, which displays the image of Sunagakure proudly upon it. Her one visible eye is a washed out and pale green one. She doesn't wear any makeup, displaying her pallid, pasty flesh. Which isn't too common in the middle of a desert.

Her outfit is a dark black, made of dusty cloth. It clings to her body and gives her freedom of movement, even if the dark color does tend to make her stand out somewhat in the desert. A variety of pockets and pouches are scattered throughout the outfit, concealed from all but the most observant eyes.

Relationships

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Group 1

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Name	Relationship	Notes
Maikeru	Acquaintance	I don't know what to make of you. I have the funny feeling you're going to wind up getting a lot of people killed. I hope I'm wrong; you don't seem like a bad sort no matter how you paint yourself.
Shippodoku Konsatsu	Acquaintance	A young idiot. He'll either grow up to be a fine ninja, or grow up to be a fine corpse. I hope I'm not the one who has to clean up his mess.
Shippodoku Keiji	Acquaintance	Surprisingly insightful for a young kid. Brother to the idiot.
Watanabe Itami	Superior	Disturbingly laconic about attempts on her life. Doesn't like the cold. Not entirely sure what to make of her either.

Abilities

Kotone is known, as much as she's known for anything, for her use of traditional ninja tools. Kunai, shuriken, senbon, ninja wire and caltrops make up the majority of her combat style, and she has a personal dislike of more traditional weaponry. People who use swords, to her mind, are entirely too close to bandits.

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