| Ｐｅｒｓｏｎａｌ ｂｉｏｇｒａｐｈｙ: |
Shizuka was born to a pair of nomadic mercenary ninja, ones who didn't belong to any village, doing odd jobs for the shady companies that wouldn't be accepted by or couldn't afford the price of hiring ninja from an actual village. They lived off the land when there is permafrost, there isn't a whole lot that grows ya know, traveling between the elemental nations as they saw fit and doing their best not to get in the way of any hidden village shinobi, so as not to draw their ire.
Both of them were very skilled Shinobi, especially for ones that had never been apart of a hidden village, and when Shizuka was born, they were considering doing a few bigger jobs in order to settle down in some small village, living out the rest of their days in peace with their son and leaving the bloody business of being a shinobi behind them. However, it was not to be. The winter blew when Shizuka was 4 years old, and as it continued to rage around them, the family was soon burdened by their decision to stay outside of any village. They often struggled to find good shelter in those years, and the villages began clashing and fighting with others and each other in small skirmishes over any and all resources. Those first 4 years saw to the end of his mother, who often went without eating anything his father had caught of managed to bargain/steal for in order to make sure that Shizuka would live. After that, while the year long blizzards had died down, the cold remained, and in this cold he was hardened by his father, taught skill that he was never meant to learn and forced to do things a child shouldn't have to do. Gross.
With little resources, and wars beginning to rage around them, father and son turned to a life of banditry to make ends meet Why would Konoha, arguably one of the two most noble villages (Iwa being the other in our AU) even take in a (former) bandit? KG or not?, as well as attacking caravans, small village, and whatever else they could get their hands on, even forming a small group of missing-nin around them in order to better there chances of survival. His father grew somewhat infamous across the elemental nations during war time as the 'Crimson Shadow', a reference to both the many people he had ended on most sides and his penchant for stealth and deception. The only nation that he didn't target was Konoha, not out of any reverence or respect, but due to the danger of the Hyuuga clan and their all-seeing eyes. That still doesn't explain how he got around the political fallout if anyone ever discovered Konoha took in a infamous criminal
Shizuka, with the help of one of the missing-nin that gathered in his father's small band, discovered that he held a talent for Fuinjutsu, and immediately used this to his advantage to help his father. The death if his mother, and the understanding that it was his fault no matter what his father told him, had made Shizuka do his best ever since to pull his own weight and make himself useful, despite his young age. He worked hard to make sure that all of his father's weapons were well-taken care of, was diligent in his training, and often played the part of bait during ambushes in order to lull people into a false sense of security. While usually relegated to the back line when possible, Shizuka is no stranger to death, having made his first kill at ten edge, and never once hesitating in the execution of those that his father preyed upon. However, this is not without consequence, as deep down, Shizuka is a gentle soul and often has nightmares about the people that he has killed, though he tried to hide this from his father so he wouldn't have to worry
It was around his 11th birthday that he began to here the voices, soft whisperings that spoke in multitudes, awakening with him dark, violent urges. At completely random times, he'd suddenly black-out, only to come to after his father pulled him off of some other member of their group. His father never seemed to want to speak about it, but start having Shizuka see the Fuinjutsu expert of their group to look him over from time to time, sending the young boy away whenever it came time to discuss what had been discovered about him. Eventually, Shizuka's father came to him with the eye-patch, which seemed covered in fuinjutsu scribbles, and had Shizuka wear it at all times, never explaining to him why this had to be done or what was happening. he matches the hokage sweet
While the voices never went away, they did become easier to ignore, and he stopped having violent episodes. However, he still felt dark, urges from time to time, sudden bouts of aggression that he couldn't explain that struck him like a bolt from the blue. Another odd thing that came around on his 11th birthday, however, is that he stopped getting cold, and ceased to feel hunger as he did before. He'd often feel likehe could eat, and did when ever the others sat down for a meal, but he never felt the gnawing pain that he'd often come to expect. He never told his father about this, not wanting to make the man worry about him.
Two years after this, his life would take a drastic turn as one day when his father fought with a 4 squads of Kumo shinobi who had tracked him down thanks to one of their own ratting the man out in exchange for the large bounty Kumo had placed on his head. Most of the men who stood by his side, knowing that they had little chance against this force without the element of surprise, were quick to flee from the battle, leaving only a group of five behind. The battle that followed was vicious, and Shizuka, hidden away in a small hole dug nearby for look-out duty, could only watch in horror as one by one, they were taken down. In this moment, as he saw close friends cut down, he felt hatred and vengeance boil up in the pit of his stomach. And as his father tried his best to fight them off, Shizuka could tell that he was spent. When the final blow was struck, ten Kumo shinobi had been slain, 6 of them by his father's hand.
Struck with grief, rage, and fear that he was soon to be next as the two wounded Kumo-nin began to search the camp for possible survivors, Shizuka felt the urges bombard him like never before. He wanted these men dead, and he wanted to do it with his own hands. Images of all the ways he could end their lives poured into his head, each bloodier and more disturbed then the last. As it began to reach a boiling point within him, the eyepatch around his eye suddenly seemed to burn him, chakra flaring around it wildly, causing the Kumo-nin to zero-in on his position. With a roar that didn't sound it could come from a human mouth, Shizuka tore the eyepatch from his face and his world turned red.
When he came to, the first thing Shizuka noticed was that he was completely covered in blood and gore. It didn't take him long to realize the source of this, as the heads of the two kumo-nin lay at his feet, staring up at him with cold, dead eyes. Even more horrifying, however, was the fact that despite his abject horror and disgust for what he must have done, a large part of him felt elated amidst all of this savagery, and was eager to search for more oyyyyy i just cut myself on this edge.. It took all the will power he had to get himself back to the hole, quickly finding and reattaching the eye-patch seal. As the urges faded back into the a low throbbing pulse in his core, Shizuka felt the shock of everything that just happened, the realization that everyone he could possibly turn to was murdered and that he'd likely die or go insane on his own, all he could do then was curl up into a ball and cry. And so he did, breaking down into a blubbering, pathetic wretch as his grief took him, before he finally couldn't take it anymore and passed out.
When he woke up, he found himself tied up in-front of a group of leaf shinobi that had been on their way back from a mission when they came upon the scene, instantly recognizing the face of the 'Crimson Shadow', as well as his son. He was interrogated about what happened, the shinobi seeming particularly interested in what happened to the two kumo-nin, though the grisly scene obviously disturbed them a bit. In the end, it was decided to bring him back to the village under constant watch, in case he showed signs of another 'incident'. 'haha guys lets bring this 11 year old kid hat killed two strong kumogakure nin who just killed a supposedly powerful rogue nin. i mean. what can go wrong right???'
When they came to the village, he was instantly locked up in a cage, many restraints placed upon him. And cautiously, the eye-patch was removed despite his objections. At first nothing seemed to happen, but then his body started to convulse and twitch, a scream tearing it's way out of his throat. However, he suddenly went silent and limp in the middle of his outburst, causing some to think he was dead. Then Yürei looked up at them with a wide, sinister grin. What followed afterwards was a quick, if somewhat tense conversation where Yürei explained his only two desires in the world: to kill anyone who stands against him, and to live. And so, he told those interrogating him that if they wished to use him and Shizuka as a weapon, then he'd be glad to oblige if it meant he got to kill every now and then.
It would be sometime before they was allowed out of their cage doesn't sound like something I'd do, and even longer before their presence was ever made known to the village. The eye-patch was studied and replicated so that it could not only be re-made if something happened to the other one, but also improved upon as needed. A jonin was selected to test the skills of both Shizuka and Yürei, which was around mid-to-high genin level for Shizuku and possibly Chunin level for Yürei given his ability to fully take advantage of his Kekkei Genkai, given their previous experience with battle. What really made them valuable, however, was the Kekkei Genkai they showed off, which made them particularly dangerous to the unwary, though the Jonin was able to handle them well enough once they figured out the trick.
The process took about a year and a half to complete, the higher-ups wanting o be sure that Shizuka could be properly utilized without endangering other ninja, as well as shoring up any gaps in his spotty education. However, this was joined by the end of the Winter, leading to more deliberation on whether or not the boy was needed. He was locked back up in his cage until about a month before present time, when they decided to let him into the forces proper. He was told to never remove the bandage without the permission of his Jonin Sensei, or else he'd face serious reprucussions, be sent back to his cage, and possibly be executed if the action had ld to the serious injury or death of any of his teammates. TBH, if anything, this story doesn't make much sense. not that i really give a shit. but I don't think any of our current jonins are equipped to handle him bar maybe Mawari herself. So if push comes to shove, Mawari will lord over him.
| Ｆａｍｉｌｙ ｂｉｏｇｒａｐｈｙ: |
The clan the Yoshida's belong to has no known family name, nor do they have any defined place in the world. They're spread all over the Elemental nations, so spread apart that calling them a clan is a bit of a stretch, as it's very unlikely that one sect knows interacts with any of the others, or if they even know about them. Shizuka's mother was one of the lucky few of the clan that didn't gain their Kekkei Genkai, though she was able to pass it on to her son.
| Ｆａｍｉｌｙ ｔｉｅｓ: |
Ituski Yoshida | Father | 38, N/A, Shinobi Mercenary(Mid Jonin Level), Bandit, and is deceased
Kanade Yoshida | Mother | 35, N/S, Shinobi Mercenary(High Chunin Level), and is deceased
| Ｄｒｅａｍｓ ａｎｄ ｆｅａｒｓ: |
Shizuka's greatest fear is simply losing control of himself and hurting someone who doesn't deserve it. Other than that, he finds it hard to find anything else particularly frightening or anything to truly aspire for. If he were to give voice to a dream, it'd probably be to have a dream again in the first place.
