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[b][u]General Info[/u][/b]

[b]Name:[/b]
[i]Hagane 鋼 (Steel), Haruka 遙 (Far Off/Distant)[/i]

[b]Nickname/Alias:[/b]
[i]Haruka typically goes by the nickname of “Haru 春”, which means ”spring”.
She is often referred to by others as “the clumsy swordsman”.[/i]

[b]Gender:[/b]
[i]Female ♀[/i]

[b]Age:[/b]
[i]Fifteen years of age.[/i]

[b]Age Appearance:[/b]
[i]Due to her massive amount of muscle for such a young girl, Haruka does appear a few years older than she actually is. She is very short, though.[/i]

[b]Sexuality:[/b]
[i]Haruka has never considered such things and assumes herself to be heterosexual.[/i]

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[b][u]Loyalty[/u][/b]

[b]Village:[/b]
[i]Gobigakure no Sato – The Village Hidden at the End[/i]

[b]Birthplace:[/b]
[i]Gobigakure no Sato - The Village Hidden at the End[/i]

[b]Organization:[/b]
[i]Gobigakure no Sato - The Village Hidden at the End[/i]

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[b][u]Ninja Information[/u][/b]

[b]Clan/Bloodline:[/b]
[i]Although the Hagane are technically a clan, they are a clan that lives and operates in Konohagakure (Hidden Leaf). The few members of the clan that actually reside in Gobigakure has no idea that they are of a clan with traditions.
The Hagane clan has no Kekkei Genkai.[/i]

[b]Rank:[/b]
[i]Chuunin.[/i]

[b]Chakra Nature:[/b]
[i]Suiton (Water).[/i]

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[b][u]Appearance[/u][/b]

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[b]Ninja[/b]
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[b]Casual[/b]
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[b]Formal[/b]
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[b]Body Type and Shape:[/b]
[i]Although she makes people believe that her muscle does not take hours of daily training, this is actually not true. Haruka has a naturally endomorphic body type, which means that although gaining muscle is possible for her, it requires hard work for it to not become fat.
Her body shape is easily inverted triangle, as her broad shoulders easily go past her hip measurements, although she does try to give herself a more feminine shape by the clothes she wear.[/i]

[b]Height:[/b]
[i]5'1" - 155cm[/i]

[b]Weight:[/b]
[i]187lbs - 85kg[/i]

[b]Hair Color:[/b]
[i]Haruka's hair has an odd, purple color that would probably be described as “lavender”[/i]

[b]Hair Style:[/b]
[i]Haruka's hair is cut in three layers of length. The front, her bangs, are cut to just above her eyes. The sides, her “frames”, are cut to her shoulders. The back of her hair is mostly free-growing, but she does get it cut to her middle back once it reaches her bum.[/i]

[b]Eye Color:[/b]
[i]Haruka's eyes are a deep, speaking gray color, much like that of steel. This color is common for members of the Hagane clan.[/i]

[b]Clothing:[/b]
[i]Haruka wears a crimson, sleeveless turtleneck top, with gray neck and shoulders. It clings to her skin like a second layer and bunches a bit around her waist. She wears light gray shorts. Her ninja boots are long, to just under the knees, and has a small amount of heel on them, as well as open toes.[/i]

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[b][u]Biography[/u][/b]

[b]Background:[/b]
[i]Haruka was born on May 3th, as the daughter of a chef of Gobigakure. Her father, according to the tales has mother has told her, was a great hero from Konohagakure. He had swept in and saved her mothers life and taken her heart by storm, only to leave to go be a hero in his home country again. Growing up, Haruka was fascinated with the idea of strong hero ninja. She would often ask her mother questions about her father and her mother would always exaggerate his greatness.

Little Haruka, at he age of only three, looked up at her mother with her huge, glittering eyes. Her mother knew that a question about her father awaited, but she was ready for anything, “Kaachan, was tousan strong?” the small girl asked with that slight lisp of hers, making the words come out even more adorably.
“He was,” her mother replied with a warm smile, pulling the small girl into her lap, “Your tousan was so strong that I once saw him pick up a whole cart – ox, wares and all!” she told with a tone that clearly expressed that this was a remarkable achievement.
Haruka's wide eyes wet even wider and her adorable, little face was broken up by the gigantic grin that spread her lips, “Wow!” she exclaimed, clapping her little hands together, “Do you think I can be as strong as tousan?” she asked excitedly, with the innocence that only a small child could ever bear.
Her mother laughed and ruffled her hair a little, “Of course you can, Haru-chan! You're your tousan's daughter, after all!”

Haruka took her mothers words to heart, though, and never saw them as just exaggerated tales told to a child in need of a hero. She was determined to be just as great as her father. She would be a ninja, she exclaimed over and over again, her words getting more and more serious each time.
When the time finally came for her to be trained in the ninja way, she was far from as great as she had hoped to be. She was clumsy, at best, always tripping on air and falling face-first to the ground when she was training physical combat. She had no control of her chakra, often ending up hurting herself when attempting to use her ninjutsu and genjutsu was just out of the question from the beginning, as the girl just did not have the brains it took to pull it off.
For years, Haruka was the runt of her “class”, always getting laughed at for her attempts, even though she truly was doing the best she could. Over and over again, she was told to give up and do something else; something that would actually be a help to the village. But she refused to quit. Quitting was the same as giving up and she sure as hell was not going to stop as long as she could still move.
Every day, she trained. She trained molding her chakra, often resulting in her hands having second-degree burns all over them. She trained her body, trying to do obstacle courses in hopes that she might get a little less clumsy. She did everything she possibly could, but she still dragged behind the others like a dead fish.

“Kaachan...” Haruka trailed as they sat at the dinner table, at the age of eleven. She was just moving her food around. Usually, she would be scarfing it down like she had not eaten for weeks and the run off to train some more.
Her mother swalloed the lump that was forming in her throat, “What is it, Haru-chan?” she asked as softly as she possibly could. Haruka was never like this. Her mother worried that she was actually giving up.
Haruka sighed and put her chopsticks down, looking her mother in the eye. The look in her eyes was heartbreaking. Her eyes were so sad, like the shine of the steely orbs had been matted by the test of time.
“Kaachan...” Haruka began again, tears welling up in her eyes, but not allowed to flow, “Was my tousan really a ninja?”

Her mother had finally told her the truth at that time. Her father was a ninja, but not some great hero. He was just another man who had come to Gobigakure for entertainment. He had, her mother admitted with guilt in her eyes, been just a kid. It was the truth, she swore, and Haruka left her food untouched as she slammed the front door behind her. It broke off of it hinges. Her mother was baffled as she stared at the door on the floor.
For the next few months, her mother did her very best to piss Haruka off. She wanted to show her just how strong she was, since her daughter could obviously not see it, herself. Haruka was not easily angered, though. She took all of the teasing, mocking and punishment without even blinking. She truly believed that she deserved to be treated badly.
When Haruka was twelve, she announced to her mother that she was quitting being a ninja. She was just not strong enough.

“Haru-chan!” her mother scolded, making her daughter twinge and look to the floor in shame. She took her daughter by the shoulders and gave her a shake, “You will not quit! You hear me! You won't quit!” she ordered.
Haruka sniffled, her gaze still at the floor and refusing to meet her mother's, “Why...?” she questioned with a tone so broken that it made her mother want to pick her up and cradle her, like she had done when she was just a baby.
“You're strong, Haru!” her mother insisted, “You are!”
Haruka sniffled again and pulled against her mother's hold a little, but her mother held her there.
“You're strong!” her mother repeated, giving her daughter another shake, “Listen to me!”
Just then, as she had been trying to for months, her mother managed to get Haruka to snap back at her, “I'm weak!”
“You're strong!” her mother argued, giving the girl another shake.
With tears streaming down her face and letting out a wail like a pig being branded, Haruka pulled herself free from her mothers hold with ease and pushed the woman back, denting the wall with the force of the push and the weight of her mother.

After that day, Haruka never doubted her own strenght again. It was as if she had simply not seen the muscles, much like one with anorexia sees themselves as fat, no matter what people tell them. She kept training every day and eventually, she did get the gist of things.
When she was promoted to genin, her mother gave her a sword that she chose to name “Seidou”. You can be the hero your father was not, was the words on the card. Her mother trained her in getting angry, after all those years of keeping her emotions bottled up inside.[/i]

[b]Today:[/b]
[i]Finally, after two years of being a genin, Haruka was promoted to chuunin. She still feels that everyone else is much stronger than her, mostly because she is still horrible at ninjutsu. She wants to grow stronger. She wants to be a hero. She wants to serve judgment to the wicked, like her sword tells her to. But mostly, she just wants to make her mother proud and be the true hero that her father was not. [/i]

[b]Personality:[/b]
[i]Haruka is a very insecure person. She is self-conscious about her looks, her powers and her brains. No matter how casually a remark may be said, she takes them to heart as critique. She gets easily hurt and easily angry, but calming her down is quite hard.
Haruka does not do things halfway; if she gets angry, she will get murderous. If she gets sad, she will get depressed and when she is happy, she is ecstatic. Usually, she is quite happy.
Haruka is obsessed with be strong; stronger; the strongest(!) and she will do anything to achieve this goal (read Special Traits; Will of Steel). Being insecure (as she is) is a sign of weakness and a sign of weakness she is not willing to show. She might get mad when told she is clumsy or stupid and she might get depressed when told that real ninja use Ninjutsu, but she will never admit it to the one that has hurt her. Her outward reaction will always be anger.
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[b][u]Special Traits[/u][/b]

[i][list]
[*]Will of Steel[/*]
[indent]Haruka's will of steel is something that is believed to be inherited by the Hagane blood that flows in her veins. She is stubborn like few and once she gets an idea into her head, she will not stop until her goal has been accomplished.[/indent]

[*]Not the Sharpest Tool in the Shed[/*]
[indent]Although Haruka will fly into uncontrollable, table-throwing and wall-demolishing, rage whenever someone informs her of this fact, she really is not the sharpest tool in the shed. Her brain works in mysterious ways and takes far longer to get to a conclusion than most; and most of the time her conclusions are wrong.[/indent]

[*]The Clumsy Swordsman[/*]
[indent]Despite the fact that she constantly trips over her own feet, branches or even pebbles, Haruka has chosen to wield a giant, two-hand broadsword as her main weapon. The will often fall over when swinging her sword, due to the sheer weight of it.[/indent]

[*]Chakra Beast[/*]
[indent]Despite the fact that Haruka's control of her chakra is far from great, she is not very likely to run out of it. She has copious amounts of chakra for her to use, mostly due to her excessive training in an attempt to perfect her chakra educed strength.[/indent]

[*]Chakra Induced Strength[/*]
[indent]Haruka is obsessed with being physically strong and as so, she has gone as far as to make herself stronger by infusing her muscles with chakra. Due to this, her physical power is far beyond that of a regular human and she is capable of smashing boulders with her bare hands.[/indent]

[*]Missing Tooth[/*]
[indent]During one of her many trainings, Haruka was unfortunate and clumsy enough to fall face-first onto a rock, knocking out one of her front teeth. Even more unluckily, it was a permanent tooth. This results in her speaking sort of funny, with a slight "lisp" and, sometimes, she makes small whistle noises by accident, which she finds very embarrasing.[/indent][/i]
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[b][u]Equipment[/u][/b]

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[i][*]”Seidou (正道)”[/*]
[indent]Haruka's trusty sword. “Her” name means, “The Path of Righteousness”.
“Seidou” is stuck to her back in a magnetic sheath where the blade is “clicked” into place and held there by four small claws.
Along the egg of the sword, “判断は邪悪を降りかかる (Handan wa jaaku o furikakaru)” is etched into the blade. The symbols mean ”Judgement befalls the wicked”
“Seidou” is a a giant, broadsword-version of a katana.[/indent]

[*]Ninja pouch[/*]
[indent]Haruka has her ninja pouch fastened to the back of her belt; right above her left butt-cheek. Within this ninja pouch, she carries with her a roll of bandages, a bottle of rubbing alcohol, a flash of water and a nutrition bar.
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[*]Weapon holster[/*]
[indent]Haruka carries her weapon holster on her left thigh. The holster has room for five kunai, five shuriken, ten makibishi and ten senbon, which she almost always has stocked to the max.[/indent]
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[b][u]Jutsu:[/u][/b]

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[u]Name:[/u]
[i]Henge no Jutsu (Transformation Technique)[/i]
[u]Classification[/u]
[i]General Skill[/i]
[u]Rank:[/u]
[i]E-rank[/i]
[u]Effect:[/u]
[i]The user can change their appearance to match that of anotehr person, an animal or even an object to confuse and/or lead their opponent astray.[/i]
[u]Drawback:[/u]
[i]This technique is considered the hardest E-rank technique, as it takes constant concentration and chakra use.[/i]

[u]Name:[/u]
[i]Ki Nobori no Shugyou (Tree Climbing Practice)
Suimen Hokou no Gyou (Water Walking Practice)[/i]
[u]Classification[/u]
[i]General Skill[/i]
[u]Rank:[/u]
[i]D-rank[/i]
[u]Effect:[/u]
[i]These two exercises are meant to enhance the users chakra concentration and control. The Tree Climbing Practice allows the user to “glue” themselves to even surfaces in order to walk up vertical walls or stand upside-down on ceilings. The Water Walking Practice allows the user to walk on the surface of water by constantly changing the flow of chakra to fit the movement of the water.
Haruka has not quite “mastered” these skills and often break the ground beneath her when attempting to glue herself to a surface as well as fall through the surface of the water when attempting that.[/i]
[u]Drawback:[/u]
[i]Both techniques take concentration and control; use too much chakra and you will break the surface, too little and you won't stick.[/i]
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[hider2=Taijutsu:]
[u]Name:[/u]
[i]Chakra Enhanced Strength[/i]
[u]Classification[/u]
[i]Fighting Style, Kinjustsu (Forbidden technique)[/i]
[u]Rank:[/u]
[i]A-rank[/i]
[u]Effect:[/u]
[i]Unlike the Chakra Enhanced Strength that Tsunade and Sakura use, Haruka's version of this ”technique” is not focused on chakra control in the same sense. The original version of this technique applied a layer of chakra around the extremities of the user in order to release it as an explosion-like punch or kick.
Haruka's version is, unbeknownst to her, actually not a unique thing. She is merely opening the first of the Eight Gates, the Opening Gate, which allows the user to use the full capacity of their body's muscle power, rather than the meager twenty percent that they usually use.[/i]
[u]Drawback:[/u]
[i]Serious physical strain, as human bodies are not meant to be used at full capacity. Feeling broken and battered is not unusual either, as all effects has an equal countereffect; when you punch someone in the face, their face punches back your fist. Also, there is a pretty good risk of actually breaking your own bones, as those are not meant for the human body to reach full capacity, either.[/i]

[u]Name:[/u]
[i]Shinpai no Hi (Judgement Day)[/i]
[u]Classification[/u]
[i]Kenjutsu[/i]
[u]Rank:[/u]
[i]C-rank[/i]
[u]Effect:[/u]
[i]Haruka uses her broadsword katana, “Seidou (Path of Righteousness)” in a series of slashing, brute force attacks, molding chakra to her feet to stay standing while she swings the sword, due to the weight in the force of her swings.[/i]
[u]Drawback:[/u]
[i]The technique is physically straining, due to the weight of her sword, and takes constant concentration on her chakra flow to keep glued to the ground – if she does not, she will fall over by the force and weight of her sword.[/i]
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[hider2=Genjutsu:]
[u]Name:[/u]
[i]Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Technique)[/i]
[u]Classification[/u]
[i]General Skill[/i]
[u]Rank:[/u]
[i]E-rank[/i]
[u]Effect:[/u]
[i]The user can create one or several illusions of themselves to confuse and/or lead their opponent astray[/i]
[u]Drawback:[/u]
[i]This technique can easily be discerned by any doujustu user and an experience ninja know that the illusions do not cast shadows or disrupt the environment.[/i]
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