Ninja Storm OOC (Naruto RP, Rated M)

Accepted players

Shiori Midori (Reader_Maniac)
Yuki Tenba (Draginja)
Tooru Nanihara (Rokusasu)
Aoi Sato (Rapidame)
Ootori Kasai (Nideous)
Ken Ishigaki (Godzil)
Taro Takekami (FirstSnow)
Satoru Hisakawa (MichaelaTheUchiha)
Rei Kaisaku Shirogane (Lincoln West)

What is the Naruto world?


Map!

Setting for this RP


Okay, so who am I?


Recent History


People of Note


Plot


Mechanics and Info


Rules


Sign Up Sheets

I won't post the IC thread until we have a gauge of membership, so everyone can start at the same time and be assigned to their squads.

Don't worry if you miss the initial round of sign ups though. There will be opportunities to join in later on!

I wanted to start my SU, but I just can't think of anything at the moment. =(
Here is what I got so far. I googled 'japanese names', if someone else gets stuck on names.

EDIT: Done now, you can check it over as you will.

Name: Shiori(means 'bookmark') Midori(Green)


Age:15

Gender:boy

Appearance
Shiori Stands Short for his age at 4'8", but has a fairly muscular build. Short, black hair rest freely, and is almost always sticking up and messy. His glasses are attached to his head due to a strap in the back, with side sheilds to protect from dust. The glasses hide emerald green eyes, though without them, he has severly limited vision(around 10 ft.). If closely examined, you may notice that his hands are a bit larger than normal, and less noticably his legs, due to his training his bones are thicker their.

Shiori dresses simply, with a preference to black short sleeves for a shirt, tucked into dark green shorts with plenty of pockets, were he will keep healing supplys and scrolls. If it is colder, he has zip on sleeves for both his shirt and shorts. He sports a black fanny pack, with the pouch end at his back, above the waist, were he keeps various weapons, mostly for short range(more on that later). On his belt, he sports a short sword he made by himself with the guidance of his father. He wears toeless sandles of a similar color to his shirt. When on missions or training, he also sports thin fingerless leather gauntlets, with a metal scaled plates along the back of the hand and halfway down his forarm.



Personality
Shiori is a honest person, and like his fighting style, is unlikly to beat around the bush and trap you, but charge head on. He is naive when it comes to people he considers friends, and is surprised when he finds out that someone he knows lies to him. He hates being called short and such, but is unlikly to do more than grunt and ignore the person. He tends to bottle most of his emotions, saving them for battle, where he goes on an all out rampage if given the chance. He is loyal to people he considers friends, and will usually try not to hurt them physically or emotionally, unless he finds it truely nessisary. Due to helping his father, he has an assortment of weapons at home that are self made to suit his fighting styles. His training with his mother has left him familiar with all manner of close-mid range weapons, and can even impromtu a few in a manner of minutes, if found without one. He, however, carries only a few throwing weapons, deaming them useless with his current abilities.





History
He grew up in the fairly successfull buisness of making ninja weapons with his father, while his mother was a regular kunoichi who focused on small jobs. He grew interested in being a ninja, despite his mother being gone a lot. His dad, though simpathetic, still insisted he help around with the buisness. When he wasn't making weapons with his dad, he was "testing" them out with his mother when she was home,where he had taken a shine to close-mid combat weapons. His throwing skills were.....lackluster, mostly due to his crummy vision and lack of throwing finese. He was briefed on chakra and the hand signs before he was sent to ninja school, but didn't master either, yet was found to have a natural sense of chakra control.




Plans for being awesome
First and formost, Shiori is very good with weapons that put him up and close with his opponant, and I plan to get him to learn how he can summon his own weapons useing scrolls, like Tenten. I am not sure if I want to have the lightning or air element for his ninjutsu attacks, and his method of attack will vary with the one I pick. He will depend on good old chakra enhanced taijutsu attacks more often than not. If we are allowed a summon ninja animals like those in the anime and manga, I would teach him to summon ninja monkeys(Sort of like when the 3rd hokage fought Orochimaru, except start out weaker).


Sample Text

A blur and a gust of wind shortly after was the most people saw of the New Genin, Shiori Midori, as he excitingly sprinted home with a shiny new headband with the village symbol flashing on his forhead, if they saw him at all. As he closed in to his house, he stoped abruptly, barely stopping as he skidded into his front door.

"I'm Home," Shiori shouted, and quickly took off his sandels to run into the kitchen, where Haruna, his Mom, still dressed in stealthy ninja garb and Riku, his Dad sat waiting. "How did it go," Haruna asked, since from the symbol on his headband, it was clear he passed the exam. Shiori sighed, before going into the results as he saw it. "I did fine on the Substitution jutsu, for all the practice we have done. I successfully substituted five times before he hit me. My Clone Jutsu was less than admirable, and barely passed the test, though it only stood their..." They both laughed, knowing that he wasn't particularly talented in genjutsu, and Shiori barely took offence. "What of the physical test." Riku asked, and Shiori quickly replied with a smile, "Of course I passed that, I didn't do all that practice with Mom for nothing. They said I was a little above average for hand to hand, but really shined when I was tested for close combat with weapons. Said I should avoid throwing the weapons though, as the guy watching from the side barely dodged a shiruken I threw aimed for the dummy down the range..." Sighing yet again, for his apperant weak point almost cost him his genin status. His mother quickly changed the subject by putting food on the table. "Eat up, you earned it."
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After dinner, Riku spoke to Shiori, "I got a present for your graduation, out in the forge, that we can make together." Shiori ran out with his dad to the forge, were he found a variety of rare metals that can circulate chakra to power up the blade if used with the right element. "You pick what you want to make, and I will help you make it, but you must pound it yourself." Shiori thought, then decided, "I want to make a sword," His father got the nessisary materials together, and Shiori started to pound them together, into one solid piece. He folded it in on itself 13 times, creating layers of support. He then pounded it until it was a blade roughly 2'6" long, not including the tang. He ground it with the grinding stone carefully, so he didn't take away the tempering of the blade and ruin it, then finished sharpening with a sharpening stone. He fit a jet black handle to the tang of the blade, which resembles a samuri's, and fit seemlessly to the scabbard well enough to look like a dark stick in the distance. His blade was in stark contrast, as the blade shined each color in turn on the blade side, like a river of rainbows. "Well, if you stop being a ninja," Riku joked, "you would be a great weaponsmith. Blade like that would net a great sum of gold, but it is yours to do what you will." Shiori, tired, answered, "Thank you, I will use it for my battles that are sure to come," and tied the scabbard to his pants, on the left side to allow his dominant hand easy access. They both walked in to the house in silence, eager to sleep for tomarrow.

Do you have any prior knowledge of the Naruto universe, or are you coming into it fresh? The majority of characters have a specialisation - something they are known for being particularly good at. Close combat? Analytical skills?

These things may help lead you to a personality or vice versa. Hot heads don't tend to be great strategists. Nervous people often try to avoid melee. Once you have a rough idea we can work from there. If you're really struggling with somewhere to start, think of your characters parents. Do they have any? Were/are they ninja?

Hey there, everyone! I'm working on an SU now, here's what I have so far!

EDIT: It's finished!

Name: Yuki "Snow" Tenba

Age: 15

Gender: Girl

Appearance: Yuki is about 5' 0" tall, weighing around 100 lbs. She is small and thin, but has muscles that few people notice. She has an athletic build, with a narrow waist and long legs, and works hard to keep up her strength. Her focus on lower body strength gives her toned legs and slightly wide hips. Her skin tone is paler than one would expect, and her hair is dark blue, almost black. She keeps it cut short and doesn't bother styling it, leaving it wild and unkempt. With her short stature and large icy blue eyes, many describe her as simply "cute".

Her clothing is fairly simple, but an odd mix of styles. For tops, she wears a tight black halter top, and a sky blue cargo vest secured over it. She rarely goes without her vest. For bottoms, she wears black bike shorts under a white skirt, with simple open-toe sandals for shoes. She wears a set of silver bracelets, each set with a saphire, with one around each wrist and ankle. Despite their cheap or tacky appearance, she is extremely protective of her "rings", as she calls them, and doesn't like people insulting them.

Personality: Yuki is a curious and thoughtful girl. She usually projects a calm, laid-back demeanor, but is easily excited. She is intrigued by new people and things, and enjoys touching or tinkering with them. She is usually in a happy mood, and is playful towards others, not taking things seriously enough. She isn't great with people skills, due to lack of comprehension. She just doesn't "get" people, but she tries. She doesn't react well to negativity, being easily scared or saddened if people are angry at her or if she kills a good mood. In battle, she prefers to stay in the back, dealing with weak or damaged enemies, helping out an injured friend, or doing something less violent. Not that she is afraid of fighting, she just has enough sense to stay out of the rain, so to speak.

History: Yuki has an average life in the village, not being well-known, but not exactly an outsider. Most people leave her to herself, but she's friiendly and haelpful enough that they don't mind her being around. She lives with her mother, not knowing who her father is. Her mother works as a messenger, so she sometimes is gone for days at a time. Yuki trained with her mother when she was young, learning some basic taijutsu techniques, showing potential, but she still needed training. To do so, she enrolled in the ninja academy.

Plans for being awesome: At her strongest, Yuki would be an expert of mobility, her athletic ability surpassing the usual running jumping climbing that ninja are known for. Being quick and tough, but not particularly strong, she would specialize in ranged weapons and offensive ninjutsu, particularly fire- or cold-based jutsus. A selection of other, more mundane techniques would round out her arsenal, making her useful in more than just combat situations.


Sample Text:

Yuki faces her instructor, determined and ready for this part of the test. The instructor seems distant, as if waiting for her to make the first move. Yuki stares at him, waiting, before speaking up. "So, do you want me to - eep!"

The instructor rushes forward, throwing a straight punch at Yuki's face. She moves to the side, grabbing his arm and using his momentum to throw him off balance. The instructor stumbles a step, but immediately recovers, using his redirected momentum to get behind Yuki and kick her in the back. She falls forward, hitting the floor and rolling. She manages to stop, rising to a crouching position to face the instructor.

She leaps forward, tackling his legs. Through sheer strength and skill, the instructor stays standing, grabbing Yuki by the neck of her vest and dragging her to her feet. He then gently pushes her back a step, nodding. "Excellent! You have potential, Miss Tenba. Of course, a student cannot defeat a master, especially not before even becoming genin, but you did well, for a beginner. You'll do quite nicely, if you work on getting your strength up." He laughs, clapping a hand on her shoulder, making her knees buckle.

She grins at him, a soft squee of happiness escaping her lips. "So, I passed?" She excitedly hops in place, eagerly looking up at her teacher.

"You have passed the martial part of the tests, yes. Now, to test your knowledge as well!"

A stack of papers lands on a nearby desk, the instructor handing her a pencil. "Aw, come on!" She sighs, heading over to begin her "Ninja Knowledge Exam".

Pleased to have you with us Draginja. SU is looking good so far, can't wait to see the rest!

It's 2 am... I'm sorry... I'll get the sample done later today.

Name
Aoi Sato

Age
14

Gender
Female

Appearance
She has a somewhat petite, not exactly battle ready looking, frame and her features are generally soft. She's pretty much flat chested. The most notable exception is her sharp, prominent chin, which she is self conscious of. She also has a small mole right next to her left eye. Her eyes themselves are a chestnut color along with her hair, which is naturally straight, but oddly enough styled in twin drill ponytails, AKA princess curls. She also occasionally carries around a small fan, something common for go players.

As fir her dress when on missions, she wears a navy blue rain coat over a white tank top and brown ruffled skirt. Instead of a headband, her forehead protector is on the front of her coat's hood. Her sandals are tengugetas, tall and one toothed. Silly rabbit, ninjas don't have fashion sense.



Personality

She is full of energy and upbeat, simply augmenting what is an emotional roller coaster governed by often bad intuition. Whistles while she works, especially if you replace "whistle" with chugging some sort of caffeinated beverage (tea, coffee, chocolate, etc.) And with all her energy can come a little burn out. She needs the feeling of being "centered" and daily me time, meditation. She is very irritable if someone interrupts it, and very low energy if she doesn't get that time at all in a day. She can't exactly say she loves the world he lives in, but there is always something interesting, always another mystery. She hasn't found any one thing or person that's truly important to her yet, expect Sachiko, who's ship has sailed if it was even in port in the first place, but optimistically believes that "it" resides somewhere along the path of being a kunochi.

In conversation, her sheer high pitch and speed of his speech would make it hard for anyone to hear him at all if she didn't over compensate with volume, almost like a chihuahua. She's a good listener, verbally and nonverbally, and will often quickly try to match who she's talking to. Other times she has the tendency to try just a little too hard to make people like her, and as a result will be insincere, saying only what she thinks the other person wants to here. Not to mention clingy. And when her judgment of people sometimes goes haywire, it really goes haywire; she'll stubbornly stick with these judgments. She's very trusting and starving for attention.

And all of that might mislead one into think that she is meek and ditzy, though one might be surprised to find out she almost seems to know where her towels is. She has an idea of strategy and tactics at least in theory due to her experience in go. She is organized and punctual, even if her study habits were not exactly the best of the best. Perhaps it's all that artificial energy at work. You'll be sure to know when this put to use, when the light bulb comes, because you'll be sure to hear what is commonly known as the noblewoman's laugh. You know, the maniacal and annoying "Oooh! Ho! Ho! Ho!" with the palm of one's hand pressed against the chin. In other words, she becomes a schemer, ready to take charge. With her imagination, her plans are usually too big for her to carry out by herself. She's even adware she can come across as annoying and may try to play it up to psyche people out.

And this is all two sided. One on hand, she's to become a gambler and conwoman. She won't admit to growing a little greedy, but her waster is more active than the hoarder; a shopaholic, she'll blow through cash on things she doesn't need. But on the other hand, she's the kind that is more than eager to help others with her schemes, whether you like it or not. And while this usually isn't as much of desire or care for that person as it is wanting the satisfaction being able to tell herself she did right, even when her greed is her goal, she'll at least try not to involve someone too much in her schemes if can't think of a way that they can benefit or not be hurt from her success, the ends justifying the deception.

But lastly, like anyone else, she has her secrets. For her, one of big ones is that's she's gay. She's afraid of how it would make her look as a ninja if she came out. And although this partially just from being a teenager, along having with no actual romances under belt along with reading romance novels, and her feelings of hopelessness in this, she has very idealistic, unrealistic expectations of romance. On no circumstances ask for advice on matters of love unless you are looking for a laugh And it's not entirely uncommon of her to daydream of (obviously) warped version of her females friends in relationships (this could be a gag); it is something she is embarrassed about.



History
Aoi was born the first child of a couple who owned an inn. At an early age she learned the principles of Go from many of the more friendly old men who stayed often, or just frequented the bar. One day Aoi was given some money to buy some food at the market, and she such a proud little stride going into the lobby. Before she could even make it out of the inn's doors, one of the old men joke about betting she couldn't beat him in a game. She accepted, and to everyone's surprise, he couldn't go easy on her long. She won and got sick off of all the candy that she got from her winnings.

But that wasn't really where things started. A traveling merchant would frequent the dock, and he would always come in with a, and brought in his daughter, Sachiko. To Aoi, Sachiko quickly felt like a sort of cool big sis. She seemed to know so much about life outside the village, about everything. And Sachiko was so much bolder with a sidekick of sorts.

When Sachiko's father started to have troubles selling, he turned to Sachiko, and Sachiko turned to her friend. And together, Sachiko and Aoi had learned to put on an act. Seriously, who could resist when a pair of little girls gave them the puppy dog eyes or started crying? Back then, they could have sold sand to… a Sand ninja. And they even got a share of the profits.

And when Sachiko's fathers' supply had gotten raided one night, Aoi made a promise to become a ninja. So that she could be strong enough to guard it. The actual training was far harder than expected, but Aoi bore, it and that Sachiko gradually started to be really impressed, even envious, was definitely a motivator.

However, the dynamic between Sachiko and Aoi eventually changed. One day when of the male students dropped a book, she picked it up and tried to return it to him. It wasn't something he wanted anyone to know he had, so he denied in and told her to keep it. It was Sweet Guilty Strawberry Peach Euphoria, a trashy novel in the vein of the Toad Sage's Make Out series, 'cept with an all female cast. Yeah. It didn't take more than a few chapters in for Aoi to… learn something. So, Aoi evaluated things. And approached, confessing what she was sure was romantic love.

Though they still tried to pull their cutesy act to help Sachiko's dad, Sachiko could barely even stand looking at Aoi after that, which has left a hole in Aoi. And so Aoi progressively tried to reach out more and more toward her fellow ninja trainees. And come exams, she proved herself as a ninja.




Plans for being awesome
I most likely see Aoi specializing in genjutsu, but with many self made jutsu that work in unconventional ways. For example, I see her possibly almost reversing the normal purpose of genjutsu, and using it as a way to help her allies such as creating temporary telepathic links between ninja, or using genjutsu to like to numb pain or calm down emotions that could make fighting more difficult (like panic, rage, etc.). Basically, this would be based on the school of thought that genjutsu just change the chakra flow in the brain, and aren't nessesarilly "illusions." If she ends up not being the supporting type, I sort of imagine jutsu centering around directly attacking or maniulating the target's senses. Like, say, muffling somebody's hearing, making the person go blind temporarily, or playing a trick of perception so one target sees what the other target would see and vice versa.

If not a supporter or genjtusu user. I expect her to be adept at setting traps, such as arrays of exploding tags, or justu that use String Reeling Jutsu to create trip wires that would activate traps. Yeah.... think shikimaru to an extent.

Sample Text


Clack! Ol' mister Kurokawa brought his black piece onto the go board with excessive evident form the sound. Aoi twitched, thinking he'd ruin the board if he kept on being that forceful. Or maybe her game too; he was learning the game from the best. This did actually distract her a second from realizing that he was pulling an even stupider trick than least time: a mirror game. Upon the revelation, she covered her mouth to keep herself form laughing, and let a take sneeze. Knowing her for some time, he may have caught on. Regardless, he stroked his braided beard, laughed a wheezing laugh, and finally got around to speaking.

"So, I heard you're a finally a ninja, young' in'. That brings me to the good ol' days. How'd you do on da exams?"

Aoi took down her annoyed look and snickered. "You do know I'm charing you by the hour for these teaching game. Do you REALLY want to
"Hmmm," Mr. Kurokawa pretended to muse on it for a second, looking up and waving his fan. "Maybe I do."

"Well, I could barely keep up, and got knocked down a bit on the fighting parts. Not so good. But when it came to the illusions, sensei commented was impressed with my chakra control. I think I brought up the curve a little bit for the written exam! I really couldn't have done that last one without you. Thanks a lot!"

"That's my girl!" He exclaimed, but soon paused for a moment, flaberghasted. "How? I didn't help you study for that…"

"Oh, no, you didn't help me with the test." She said as she began to lean in, and soon began to whisper in his ear. "So, I got done a little early and I wrote my answers down, except for a couple I wrote down wrong on purpose so it couldn't be traced to me when the instructor saw identical test being turned in. I pass the note, Akira passes the cash. He passes it to the next kid, who passes Akira the cash, who passes it to me. So on and so forth on my little corner of the testing room. When the note comes round back to me, he instructor starts coming. I go all all crazy hands under the desk, doing that genjutsu you taught me a couple weeks a go."

"It's pretty basic, but damned useful! What did you make the note say?"

"'Do you think Mr. Instructor guy is hot?' I was sweating while he read it, it worked. He chuckled and let it slide. I guess he might have checked and noticed there was genjutsu going on if he wasn't so flattered."
The game went back on, switching move after move, and Mr. Kurokawa struggling to . By the end, he was simply lost, "You you supposed to tell me when you an atari?"

"You see," She tried to say it the most soft, polite way she could. "To put it simply, actually announcing you have Atari makes you looked you look lke an fool when you're playing a real match."
"Girly," Mr. Kurokawa leaned in. "How exactly did you get so good in the first place."

Aoi, to put it mildly, was glad he asked. He pulled out her fan and mad one of her obnoxious laughs. "Well, Mr. Okazaki, brought all sort of books on go from the bigger villages he's visited. And.."
"With you having been so chummy with his daughter."

"Exactly, but they're a little advance for you right now." She beagn to nod and smile, filled with confidence she got right where she wanted him.: "I'll throw them in for free after I've taught you enough to se your ready. Might be any day now." That he wouldn't understand them was a lie, but need a lot more than just books to make him into a good player.

"Ya know as well as I do you won't have no time for that, girly." Mr. Kurokawa said with a sigh as he began to stand up; Aoi's eyes widened as did so. "You're a ninja now, and there's still plenty of jutsu left for me to teah ya that hasn't fallen out of this ol' noggin. And since you're going to be makin' yerself a pay check now…" He began to rub his fingers with thumb as he made another hearty, but eventually weezing laugh.
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Okay guys, some really good stuff cropping up here.

@Rapidame, I like the idea of supportive genjutsu. It's something I hadn't considered before and I don't see why it wouldn't be plausible.

@Draginja All looks solid to me so far. Your idea of mobility suggests that you eventually want Yuki to become a master of evasion, hit and run tactics etc.? Solid concept, long-ranged fighters are a staple in the series.

@Everyone If the three people who currently have applications that need finished finish their applications and stay active, we already have enough for the traditional four man squad (with me playing the sensei), but if you're still wanting to apply - do! If the numbers aren't quite right to make up more squads, I'll likely make a genin myself to round out the numbers. Keep those SU's rolling in people.

P.S. Random fun fact for those who follow the series. Kakuzu is from the Waterfall, originally.

That's right! I was going for a mid-range fighter, using thrown weapons or ranged ninjutsu, but with enough speed and skill to get close when needed. I wouldn't be that good in a one-on-one fair fight, but we're ninja! We don't do that very often, right?

Also, yay! Finished my Sample, so my SU is complete!

Name
Tooru Nanihara

Age
15

Gender
Female, but presented to society as a male. Because many of her peers are still going through puberty, she can still get away with it.

Appearance
Tooru is taller than your average girl, but thankfully lacks the curves that many her age are beginning to develop (though her chest is a little bigger than average and makes binding more of a pain). Her face remains youthful, her features in proportion with each other and not detracting from her overall appearance too much (not that she wishes to be beautiful). Her hair is a very dark blue, though only seems so when she is in very bright light, otherwise it just seems black. Her eyes are also blue, but at the other end of the spectrum where they almost appear grey. Her dark red jumpsuit contrasts with this, but she does not care. The garment itself is not a full jumpsuit, with no sleeves and shorts instead of full-length trousers. Covering the rest of her arms are fishnet 'warmers', and she sports fingerless black gloves on either hand. Her legs bear nothing but the typical ninja sandals worn by her kind, and she wears no accessories of any kind.
Tooru's hair is styled very short, cut close to her head with exception of the front. Two antenna-like clumps of hair protrude from her scalp, and she is very aware of these always standing up (this is the closest she gets to vanity).


Personality
Though not particularly viable for this RP, Tooru always refers to herself in the masculine ('ore') rather than the feminine ('watashi'). Because of her upbringing there is hardly an ounce of girliness in her, and she believes herself to be a boy – until she has to remove her bindings. Because of this, she has a strong desire to learn genjutsu and ensure that no one ever learns of her true identity (feeling that she would have the power to convince friends and lovers that she was truly male), but her capabilities as a ninja prevent this – attempts at genjutsu have left her with a headaches and nosebleeds with not much else happening to her enemies (other than laughing fits). Tooru is very distant with others and feels that she has little need for friendship, especially with a lot of the people in her class. This is not to say that she is antisocial, but she finds it better to interact with older people rather than peers her own age. Boys, rather than girls, are her preference if she does (like all humans) require some social stimulation, but this is usually to start a fight or play a rough game rather than talk and hang out. She rarely smiles, even when accomplishing something positive, and lacks an array of facial expressions in general.


Despite her cold exterior, Tooru is a reliable and helpful person, and has a strong sense of duty to her family and the laws which govern her town. She prefers, however, to remain a shade of grey rather than black or white, and can either be perceived as noble or selfish because of this – she does things so other people don't have to. Another facet of her personality is her passion for cooking. As it is in her blood, she often helps out with the restaurant and can make various dishes on her own, provided she has sufficient ingredients. She abhors reading and studying, and prefers to learn the good old fashioned way – with her fists rather than with her mind, as boys should. This is not to say that she is unintelligent, for she was always within the top ten or so when it came to tests (never in the top five), but she simply had no interest in learning. She does find it difficult to concentrate at times, though this is not down to any attention deficiencies, and this is probably the reason with why she cannot use genjutsu and usually struggles with controlling her chakra.

History
Tooru only knows her maternal line; her father forced himself upon her mother when she was returning from a tradesmeet with Tooru's grandfather – with neither of the two being ninja they were unable to defend themselves from an ambush. Having lived in the Hidden Waterfall for generations, the Nanihara clan have always been known for their restaurant rather than being ninja, and Tooru is the first to attend the academy. Because of her mother's trauma, she was raised as a boy and not given a chance to be weak and defenceless – this is not one sided as Tooru is aware of her heritage and resents her feminity, as mentioned in her personality section.


There is nothing much else to report about her, sans the fights she would constantly get into at school (beyond the practise classes) and her grandfather's death. Because of her mother's desire for her daughter to be strong, Tooru had a personal tutor in her early years whose teachings boosted her abilities slightly. However the family restaurant suffered a little in the run-up to her final year before becoming a genin, and they could no longer afford his services. Now that the restaurant has recovered, Tooru no longer needs extra tutelage; she has passed her ninja exam and is on her way to becoming the strongest she can be.

Plans for being awesome
I basically want her to start off with taijutsu, and then implement ninjutsu involving gravity. Things she would be able to do include the alteration of gravity around herself and her allies/enemies via chakra (making her attacks hit harder while her body feels lighter, for example) and the 'pull' aspect of the force in conjunction with this (though without the right guidance this would more likely be an evasive manoeuvre, I can't see her doing much more than punching her enemies). To the extreme, she would be able to create small gravitational singularities, but at a great cost to her own level of chakra and her surroundings. She would use it very rarely, and it would take a long time for her to obtain a decent level of control (even then she would not have 100% mastery), and I think I would prefer her to have a balance of taijutsu as well. Tooru would not be suited to much beyond close-to-mid-range combat.

Sample Text
She knelt before the table, head hanging, fists balling as she caught her breath. For the first time since she had woken that morning, Tooru was immersed in complete silence, and ironically it was in front of her grandfather's shrine. Old Man Nanihara was always one for talking, he was the life of the party in comparison to the rest of the family who were calmer, more reserved - then again, they had to be with him in the room. He would always mention Tooru's quiet demeanour when they were together, picking up on her lack of words and encouraging her to tell him how her day went. Often she was scolded for fighting, particularly when the teacher would personally deliver her home (and then she would receive an extensive lecture on behaviour around others, as well as threats to cancel that week's appointment with her tutor).


But now was the time for silence, as Tooru's mind drifted to the events leading up to her return home. She relaxed a little, her posture became less stiff and unnatural, and her fingers unfurled.


"Old Geezer," she mumbled softly, feeling stupid because of course he wouldn't be able to hear her and she was just talking to a picture set behind glass rather than an actual person. "I did it. I'm a ninja now." And if he were sitting up there in Heaven, surely he would have watched her accomplish the feat? Annoyed at her own foolishness, Tooru grimaced got to her feet, dusting herself off and walking towards the main part of the family house. The smells of curry, ramen and grilled meats had already infiltrated the living area, meaning that in a few hours her mother and grandmother would be swept off their feet serving customers, and it was highly likely that she would be roped into helping them, not that it was much of an issue for her. It wasn't as if she had any plans, nor wanted to celebrate. Of course, they would make a fuss of her once the news got out, but she was not looking forward to that.

For a brief - and it was very brief - moment she considered whether or not some of her classmates would be coming to the restaurant that night for celebratory dinner, and whether she would be pestered if she was on serving duty. As far as she knew each student had been isolated, though admittedly she had chosen to remain on her own until called into the fighting room, and no one had seen how anyone else had done. Maybe they would publish a list of the top students, but she had no reason to be interested, unless there was a specific one for taijutsu. That was her strong point, the one that her family had invested so much in, and to be beaten by another would be shameful, in Tooru's eyes.

She sat down at the table, not having noticed the small dish filled with assorted pickles and the two onigiri - her favourite - beside it. There was also a cup and a pitcher of fresh water, and Tooru knew that her mother had probably been looking out for her and left as soon as she heard her daughter enter the main house.

"Thanks for the meal," she said quietly, picking up her chopsticks and indulging in the little snack. The rice was soft and salted, with some sort of fish in the middle. She wasn't a culinary expert at all and wouldn't be able to identify anything specific, she just knew from the taste that it was fish, and it was delicious. The pickles were very complimentary.

After finishing, she sat on her haunches and stared at the ceiling. Now her muscles were beginning to ache, and no doubt the bruises on her body would blossom into purple and blue blotches the next day. There was a part of her exam which had been extremely foolish on her part, thinking that she had mastered something that she was incapable of performing.

At first, the combatants had exchanged blows, the examiner obviously going easy on the inferior student, but not so as to patronise her. Tooru was quicker with her fists than her legs, and it was a lot easier to block her upper body and to sidestep rather than perform fancy manoeuvres. She could remember the sensation of her heart in her chest, pounding as if she were a trapped beast about to be devoured by another, more carnivorous creature. The adrenaline rush had been fantastic, however, giving her the edge she needed. Perhaps, she thought, tearing her mind away from its private re-viewing of the physical part of the exam, soldier pills would be a good investment in the future.

"You're pretty sturdy for your size," she had been told by her opponent, which (and she was rather paranoid about) made her believe he was suspecting her of being a girl and fuelled her fists in response; if she was ever doubted this was the typical way for her to deal with a person. Granted, she had blocked a few slugs which would have caused others flying, but more damage had been sustained than avoided. She was still only a rookie.

Prior to the exam Tooru had decided that, even if it killed her, she would learn at least one genjutsu to prove to herself and her teachers that she was a skilled ninja who had no weaknesses. However, without a target to practise on or an innate ability for the jutsu, her first attempt to daze her enemy had been in that exam. This had earned her a nice jab to the stomach, as well as a headache which still lingered slightly - not to mention the embarrassment of having to pick herself up off the ground while pretending that she meant to do that. They had seen the signs she had made prior to it, they knew what she was aiming to do. And speaking of aiming, she had almost taken an eye out with her shuriken... Had her teacher from the academy been there, he would have sighed at her foolishness.

She couldn't throw shuriken very well, and she couldn't do genjutsu. Two things which set her back in some classes weighed on her mind more than the fact that she was fairly strong and could probably beat her class at arm wrestling, not that she would want to come into contact with them. Yeah, it had been pretty fortunate for her that she passed. She would have to do better, learn from her mistakes...

... And try to at least get better with her aim.

Her unpainted lips were graced with the tiniest of smiles as she reached for the metal in her pocket. When her mother called her to help, she would go to the kitchen with the headband of the Hidden Waterfall adorning her head, the crown for those deemed fit to be ninja.


ooc: This is done now! Sorry if there's anything I messed up - it hasn't been long since I started Naruto and it's not really one of my fandoms. However, this RP seemed really interesting and with the filler/flashbacks which are supposedly on until May, I need a fix. xD

I finally finished my SU, whenever you get the chance to check it.

Glad to have you with us Rokusasu. Nice high quality SU there, with some pretty serious themes going on! Could you just confirm one thing for me, that no one in The Waterfall is meant to be aware that Tooru is female? Either way is fine, it's just for my notes.

@Reader_Maniac You've been accepted.

@Draginja You've been accepted.

@Rapidame Just need you to finish off your SU, but what you have so far seems good.

I'm not entirely certain to be honest; at least her classmates and possibly her instructors wouldn't know, but from a medical perspective I'm not sure. There'd be birth records saying she is female of course, but I'm not sure if that knowledge would be required for the academy etc. Maybe some higher ups would be aware of it (or able to access the information if they really wanted to), but on a social level she is male.

So really, it's up to you. :P I don't want to say that no one outside of her family knows simply because I feel that's unrealistic. Also, by having a minute portion of the Hidden Waterfall knowing (or like I said, able to learn of her true gender), it gives me a reason to make her a little more paranoid and give her the drive to learn genjutsu (even though, as I've iterated several times, she can't).

Hope this helps? xD But thanks for getting back so quickly~

Don't worry about - whenever I post an SU or anything like that I'm constantly checking back to see if it's been checked, so I know how it feels. I'm happy to say that the family, medical ninja and upper echelons of Takigakure know her gender. For her classmates and the majority of the rest of the village it's probably a bit of a non-issue, and they'll accept whatever is presented to them. But you know how people gossip, so word may have travelled to a degree.

Anyway, given that...

@Rokusasu You have been accepted.

@ Rokusasu I don't mean to be whiny, but wouldn't it be more respectful to refer to Tooru as a male? I understand it might not be your intention, but the profile gives off the impression that Tooru's trangenderism is mostly a bad thing that he was brainwashed into. I also loath the implication that Tooru is "really" female. You might also want to be careful to make sure transgenderism doesn't become become his gimmick. Granted, I might just be overreacting because I am myself a trans woman, and dislike it when people refer to me as a male. I don't mean this to be an attack on you; I actually found your sample post to be entertaining.

@ Lincoln West: RL things came up. I'll have it done on Sunday at the latest, and try to make the personality and appearance better to to make up for it. But I understand if you want to go on without me. I also understand if I have to be thrown aside anyway because squads have only three genin in them. If somebody has to be not allowed to rp because of this, I volunteer because it would be unfair to those who completed their profiles before me.

Okay, first thing first, I mean no disrespect to anyone and if I seem like I'm being offensive in anyway this is completely unintentional. Secondly, I don't see your post as an attack, rather as an eye-opener to the way I worded things (this'll teach me to write posts at 3am). Hopefully what I'm about to say will make sense like it does in my head; I'm not the most articulate when it comes to explaining my ideas.

I don't intend Tooru to be someone with gender dysphoria. I have friends, both in real life and here on PC, who are both MTF and FTM and are aware of what it is (though I'm not an expert, having not gone through it myself). I was actually talking about this RP with one of my trans friends and she recommended that I refer to Tooru as 'she' when I mentioned that Tooru does not wish to be male, she wishes to be perceived as one so as not to appear weak and inferior to society. This stems from when her mother was attacked - which Tooru does know about - with her mother not wanting her daughter to go through what she did. Of course, such thinking is rather misogynistic (the inferiority), which is what I aim to highlight throughout the course of the role play. I want this to be part of Tooru's growth, to realise that beyond the village, women can be strong and protect themselves, and just as equal to male ninja (they explained it better in my feminism lectures). All along I planned for this to go much deeper than what is in her SU, but if you feel there is anything in particular I should alter to make light of this, please let me know. I didn't want to bombard other players with every little detail about her, but my choice of words (and perhaps the tone) may not have presented her in the way I should have. Therefore, I will continue to refer to Tooru as female in my posts. Should you still have an issue with this (and I don't mean this in a bad way!), then I will leave it up to the GM to decide. Again, I apologise, and thank you for bringing it to my attention.

After much deliberation, I have decided to make room for this RP:

Name
Your first name and your family name. Japanese style names will fit the setting best, but are not necessary.

Phoenix Flare

Age
Although in the main series Naruto Uzumaki and his classmates graduated at a younger age, I'm going to request that all characters be 14-15. I feel it makes things a bit more plausible, and allows for more mature themes to be explored.

15

Gender
Is your character a boy or a girl? Hopefully straight forward.

Boy

Appearance
What does your character look like? What sort of things do they wear? Most ninja clothing in the Naruto universe tends to have military, martial arts or traditional oriental elements. (For example, most characters wear open toed shoes/sandals) They also seem to have a thing for fishnet material. These are just suggestions, so you can have whatever you want really, but no jeans. What ninja wears jeans?

Jeans and a T-shirt Phoenix is average height for his age. He has a long scar on his face that travels from his nose down to his chin. His face other than that is generally unmarred, and he wears a slight frown on it. His dark eyes have a slight bluish tint to them, and appear to be constantly hurt. He has dark brown, almost black hair, and it hangs loosely around his head. He is soft, almost delicate in appearance, and extremely skinny.

His clothing is very dark. He wear loose fitting black pants that stretch all the way down his legs, and a pair of black flats. He has a sleeveless black shirt, and white fingerless gloves that reach his elbows, that hide some scars on his wrists. He has several kunai on his belt, and wears his new bandana on his head, hanging off at an odd angle.

Personality
What kind of person is your character? Tell me how they view themselves and how they react to others. How will they deal with pressure, what is admirable about their character? What flaws do they have? What motivates them? Above all, make sure that this character is someone you like. You can be playing the nastiest piece of work in the world, but if you think they're interesting then odds are you'll be happy to play them for a while.

Phoenix is very shy and withdrawn. He is antisocial, and tends to hide in the background. He is slow to judge, and turns everyone away when they try to speak with him, rudely if they won't get the message. He is afraid of everyone, and reacts in kind.

If someone pushes through this shell, they will quickly get snapped at, and he will be revealed to have deep problems, and severe PTSD, though he won't ever share what the cause is. His self-esteem is incredibly low, and he thinks the world would be better off without him. That is why he throws himself into the fights on the job as recklessly as he does. Even now, he has flashbacks that cause him to suffer a great deal, even to the point where he harms himself.

On the job, he acts with a cold indifference, though still not talking or expressing himself. He just does it as fast as he can, with no style or flashiness and goes home. He tries to avoid fights, but when they occur, he hurls himself into them with a single minded recklessness that will either get him hurt, or win the fight, usually both at the same time.

History
What has life been like for your character in the village? Who are their family? How have they found ninja academy? We don't need to know every detail of every day from birth to graduation, but give us the key events.

Phoenix was born in a small village not too far from here, where he was raised by his father and quickly began to learn and study. He progressed at an astounding rate, particularly in Ninjutsu, developing his own fire attacks. All was going well, and he was the pride of the entire village.

Then one day, the worst happened. While he was out training by himself, he stumbled across a pair of ninja from a rival village. He followed them and learned that they were going to try and burn the village and eliminate their competition. The rash twelve year old then attacked them. He foguth as hard as he could, but was no match for the pair of foes, and they nearly killed him. His father appeared, and saved his life as they were beating him to death, and killed the pair of them. With that, he was taken back to his village and began to recover.

One day, several weeks later, the other nina returned with a vengence. They slaughtored the villagers, and killed everyone. Everyone but him, as he had been knocked out in the fighting and left to die. However, die he did not, and when he awoke, he traveled, alone, to where he is now. He was taken in and cared for, and when he recovered, he was placed with trainees that were his age. He soon rose to the head of the class, though he didn't care. He graduated with flying colors, and is awaiting the forming of a squad.

Plans for being awesome
This is a bit of an odd one for an SU to have, I know, but it's as much for yourself as it is for me. If your character were to reach the absoloute pinnacle of their power, what abilities do you see them having? Can they cause earthquakes? Are they masters of genjutsu? Do you not know yet(this is fine!)? By having a vague idea of that, we can figure out together as the RP goes on how to help your character learn and develop the skills necessary to become the ninja you want them to be. If you don't want to fill out this section and have your character grow more organically, that is of course fine and I expect a few will do that.

Phoenix doesn't have any aspriations or goals. He's content to let life simply pass him by. He is incredibly talented with Ninjutsu, and pretty average with Taijutsu, though his Genjutsu is a little weak. As far as being awesome goes, he feels he already is awesome, and thus doesn't need to improve.

Sample Text
Please provide a sample of your writing detailing either your character performing in one aspect of their graduation exam, or reflecting on it in hindsight. Use this to not only give me an idea of your roleplay style and ability, but also to lay out your characters general skill level as a fledgling ninja. Are they average overall? Do they have a slightly higher level of skill in one particular area? Your character is welcome to be considerably better in aspects of your choosing than average, but please balance this by making them considerably worse in other areas. Are they gifted with genjutsu, but are clumsy and struggle to make hand signs? Is their taijutsu top of the class, but their chakra control laughable? We want nice rounded characters with room for growth!

Phoenix leapt from rooftop to rooftop. He soon stood atop the highest building and closed his eyes. He looked at the paper in his hand and smiled. He had passed! Of course, the first thing he had done was stolen a bandana and put it on his head. He crumpled the paper up when he had memorized the information on it and smiled as it burned in his hands.

"Father... I passed the Genin Exams... I did it..." he said slowly, staring at the sky, "I'm a ninja, like you always wanted."

A single tear rolled down his scarred cheek, and he brushed it away. He sat down, now feeling a little sorry for himself that his parents and village friends weren't able to see him. They hadn't seen his moment of triumph where he fulfilled all their dreams for him. They hadn't been there, because they wee gone. Gone somewhere so far away, and he was all alone. Now, more than ever. And slowly, his triumph, his shining moment turned to sadness, and he clenched his hands together. He sighed and leaned against the wall, wishing that he could change the past.

@Rapidame Don't worry! I have plans for if the numbers don't quite match up, and I'm not limiting things to just one three-genin squad. If we have the numbers for more squads, we'll have more squads. If we're a person short, I'll make a genin myself.

@Rapidame & Rokusasu I think I get what Rokusasu is trying to do, in the sense that they want to tell a story about a woman realising women can be strong, which is a classic story I personally have a lot of time for. If anyones been a little offended by this or the potentially controversial issues regarding the character, please feel free to contact me about your concerns.

@Nideous Huzzah! Looking forward to your SU.

@ Lincoln: Woo! That's good to hear. It's done now. Also fixed some errors in the personality and history. Added a few minor, almost insignificant details, but they made me feel good. Basically all I added was that she occasionally carries around a fan as prop when not on a mission, put that if she becomes a skilled tactician it'll likely be at least partially because of what she learned form playing go, has a mole, and is going to have a habit of being annoying and taunting her opponents in order to make them lose their cool.

@ Rokusasu: I should have read over things a bit more toughly before saying something, I admit. I'm rash. I was in a hurry, and mostly skimmed except for the sample. Makes more sense when I go though again. There was a misunderstanding on my part. Let's just pretend that didn't happen. I'm sure I'm going to have fun rping with you. Also, think it'd be interesting to have Tooru and Aoi in the same team since their abilities are opposites, and personalities too, to an large extent. OMG, I didn't even heck the part about the hair antennae! I love those things.... I wanted to give Reiko the single antennae when I was thinking about making more of a ditz...

Edit: Saw a couple grammar mistakes in the profile that might have have acually one well in in the taijutsu and tools section. Ha! Hopefully all of that's fixed...

@Rapidame You have been accepted. There are still quite a few grammar mistakes, but your writing style is solid and you seem to have put a great deal of thought into this.

@Nideous The 'plans for being awesome' section isn't so much about your characters plans, as it is your plans for them. It is an optional section though, so given that you are accepted.