Kuroiten

Naruto : Cold Contention - Past A/U rp, Always accepting!

Morikaze Shizuka

"Ah, the forest. I love it here."

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When Kenshiro begins addressing the students, a young woman redirects her attention from her self-imposed sentry duty downwards. Sharply downwards, since she is perched high in a tree and looking far more comfortable in the canopy than she has any right to be. Once Kenshiro mentions having an idea of where the opposing forces might be meeting, she starts descending the tree, hopping from branch to branch with casual precision belied by intense concentration. By the time he asks if anyone has any questions, she lands on the ground in a crouch before straightening and striding towards him. "Yes, Hyuuga-sensei," Shizuka says, positioning herself for a better view of the map. "Several, to narrow down locations." She squints at the map for a solid minute, eyes darting across its surface and occasionally using a single extended forefinger to trace shapes in the air in front of her. "Old encampment locations, first," she eventually says decisively. "If we have them. Knowing their terrain preferences will help." She nods to herself before continuing. "Next, overt chakra use. They probably know we're watching. Shouldn't plan around those techniques." She pauses to think, then realizes exactly who she's talking to and how commanding a tone she was just using with her superior officer. The visible portion of her cheeks color a deep crimson before she adds, "That is, uh...please consider these questions. And why I asked them." And not HOW I asked them, please oh please, she thinks fervently to herself.

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✖ ‖ N a m e

Morikaze Shizuka

✖ ‖ A g e / B i r t h d a y

13 / May 6th

✖ ‖ G e n d e r

Female

✖ ‖ B o d y T y p e

Wiry and tall, a climber's build

✖ ‖ V i l l a g e

Konohagakure

✖ ‖ C l a n

Morikaze - One of the minor founding clans of Konoha, prominent due to their part in scouting out the site of the village

✖ ‖ F a m i l y

Father: Kaede
Mother: Hoshi
Siblings: Haruko (younger sister), Momotaro (younger brother)

✖ ‖ R a n k

Genin//Battalion 1

✖ ‖ T i t l e s / N i c k n a m e s

Shizu, Quiet Girl

✖ ‖ P e r s o n a l i t y

Thoughtful, deliberate, laconic, and pragmatic. The first three mean she often has a hard time expressing herself, and due to this is often thought of as shy (at best) or stupid (at worst). Very focused on self-improvement and the improvement of others, whether improvement is welcome or not.

✖ ‖ L i k e s

✖ - Autumn
✖ - Spectacular views from high places
✖ - Herbal teas
✖ - Reading
✖ - Dry humor

✖ ‖ D i s l i k e s

✖ - Open, flat spaces
✖ - Being talked over
✖ - Bitter foods
✖ - Things in her outfit that are not her
✖ - Poisons

✖ ‖ N i n d o

"Improve myself, help others improve. We grow, Konoha grows."

✖ ‖ B i o g r a p h y

It was expected that Shizuka would enter the Academy once she came of age. As the Morikaze clan played a small but important part in founding the village that housed it, it was only natural that their eldest daughter learn to uphold and defend their legacy. What was not expected was that Shizuka would excel, or to what degree. Her parents worried that their quiet little Shizu would wilt under the combined pressure of the demands of honor and the demands of academic life. They needn't have worried. Shizuka took her clan's role to heart at an early age, and though she said little, she learned much by watching and listening. You might be surprised how many things people say around quiet, serious young girls, not expecting them to be heard or remembered. This served her well, and the knowledge she gained let her graduate near the top of her class as well as making her an excellent candidate for the ANBU program. Now she has to live up to that reputation as well, which may prove a greater challenge.

✖ ‖ N a t u r e s

Wind

✖ ‖ T a l e n t s

Juggling: When Shizuka settled on shurikenjutsu as her combat style, she was encouraged by her mother to learn to juggle. Keeping multiple objects airborne was a fundamental skill for the basics of shurikenjutsu, and juggling was a non-combat method for growing proficient. An unexpected side-effect was Shizuka's appreciation for the art of juggling, one that she practices regularly during her downtime.

Scouting: The Morikaze clan's claim to fame is their role in helping scout out the location for what is now Konoha, and both of Shizuka's parents did what they could to ensure that the clan's legacy lives on in her. An outside observer might have considered their training methods...lax, but countless hide-and-seek games and long camping trips helped hone Shizuka into a hunter, tracker, and wilderness survivor worthy of her family's reputation.

Tactics: As long as Shizuka can remember, her father's squadmates would come over to her house to drink once a week and talk about missions they'd run together. And she would always listen. Though she's not sure if she started reading about combat tactics to try to understand the stories better or to figure out how much of the stories were impossible, it led to her getting a decent grasp of battlefield theory which she still works to expand.

✖ ‖ J u t s u

Autumn Gust (Body Flicker Technique): A shower of leaves briefly conceals Shizuka as she moves at chakra-fueled speeds to another location. Her movements scatter the leaves haphazardly, leaving no trace of the direction she went. Hand seals: Tiger.

Chameleon's Rainbow (Transformation Technique): Shizuka transforms herself, with a marked preference towards plant life. Hand seals: Dog, Boar, Ram

Go to Ground (Cloak of Invisibility Technique): Shizuka drops flat under a mottled cloth, using chakra to help mimic the appearance of low-lying plant life or bare ground. Hand seals: None

Leaf Phantom (Body Replacement Technique): What appeared to be Shizuka bursts into a swirl of leaves, leaving no trace of the kunoichi. Hand seals: Tiger, Boar, Ox, Dog, Snake

Nettle Slap: Shizuka conceals a senbon in one hand before entering hand-to-hand combat, using primarily open-handed strikes until an opening to stab with the senbon presents itself. While she usually uses the larger opening the pain and surprise this attack creates to move to her preferred range, in more desperate straits Shizuka can follow up with a disabling or killing strike. Hand seals: None

Sealing/Unsealing Technique: As a practicioner of shurikenjutsu, Shizuka needs ready access to several varieties of throwing implements at a moment's notice, and carrying them all would be impractical to the extreme. To counter this, she spent a sizeable part of her time at the Academy learning the twin techniques of Sealing and Unsealing, to the point where both are second nature to her. Hand seals: None

Stinging Gust (Manipulated Shuriken Technique): After flinging a shuriken or kunai, Shizuka alters its trajectory by means of a durable translucent elastic string attached to it. For an added surprise, she can combine this technique with Autumn Gale or Leaf Phantom, using shuriken designed to resemble leaves for that very purpose. Hand seals: None

Wind and Water Walking (Chakra Adhesion): Shizuka is skilled to an almost absurd degree at chakra adhesion, to the point that some mockingly (and grudgingly) say she could walk on a breeze. She can move across vertical surfaces, uneven terrain, and water with the same ease that most people move across solid ground. She uses this skill to gain high vantage points, both for tactical usage and for her own amusement. Hand seals: None

Wind Release: Eye of the Storm (Wind Release: Breakthrough): With a chakra-infused shout, Shizuka whips the air around her into a roaring blast of wind, pushing anything in the immediate vicinity away. Still a work in progress, though her control of the blasts of wind has increased with focused training. Hand seals: Dog, Horse, Bird

Wind Release: Leaf on the Wind (Wind Release: Verdant Mountain Gale): By maintaining a hand seal, Shizuka can control the flight of a single weapon and increase its sharpness by imbuing it with Wind chakra. Still a work in progress, as Shizuka's current control of the weapon is flighty, at best. Hand seals: Snake

Wind Release: Zephyr Step: Shizuka can propel herself quickly across the battlefield with summoned wind, and through focused training has developed it to the point where she is able to do so with a one-handed seal, leaving the other free for a throwing weapon. Zephyr Step combines the maneuverability of a Body Flicker Technique with the jet propulsion she accidentally created using Eye of the Storm. Though it is faster than she can run and uses less chakra than a Body Flicker, it does have a limited range and, unlike a proper Body Flicker, she remains visible to the naked eye. Hand seals: Tiger (1h)

Wind Phantom (Clone Technique): While Shizuka is limited to one clone with this variation of the standard Clone Technique, subtle application of chakra allows the clone to disrupt its surroundings (leave footprints, kick up dust, etc.), making a shadow the only thing separating it from its user. Hand seals: Ram, Snake, Tiger, Bird

✖ ‖ W e a p o n s A n d T o o l s

In scrolls: Kunai, shuriken, leaf shuriken, fuuma shuriken, senbon, climbing gear (crampons, rope, grappling hook, harness)

On person: Blank/filled scrolls, ink & brush, kunai, shuriken, modified outfit (hermetically seals/unseals when the hood is raised/lowered), one long senbon to hold her hair back (Note: approximately the size and length of a chopstick, the long senbon is in truth a chakra blade hidden under a light layer of decorative lacquer. Shizuka is unaware of this)

✖ ‖ F i g h t i n g S t y l e

A combination of Shurikenjutsu/Ninjutsu relying on strategic positioning and mid- to long-range attacks, with a smattering of close-range techniques to either drive opponents back or let her move to a more comfortable distance. She is attempting to incorporate Chakra Flow into this style, with marginal successes so far.

✖ ‖ T h e m e S o n g

TBD

✖ ‖ P l a y e d B y

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Naruto : Cold Contention - Past A/U rp, Always accepting!

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✖ ‖ N a m e

Morikaze Shizuka

✖ ‖ A g e / B i r t h d a y

13 / May 6th

✖ ‖ G e n d e r

Female

✖ ‖ B o d y T y p e

Wiry and tall, a climber's build

✖ ‖ V i l l a g e

Konohagakure

✖ ‖ C l a n

Morikaze - One of the minor founding clans of Konoha, prominent due to their part in scouting out the site of the village

✖ ‖ F a m i l y

Father: Kaede
Mother: Hoshi
Siblings: Haruko (younger sister), Momotaro (younger brother)

✖ ‖ R a n k

Genin//Battalion 1

✖ ‖ T i t l e s / N i c k n a m e s

Shizu, Quiet Girl

✖ ‖ P e r s o n a l i t y

Thoughtful, deliberate, laconic, and pragmatic. The first three mean she often has a hard time expressing herself, and due to this is often thought of as shy (at best) or stupid (at worst). Very focused on self-improvement and the improvement of others, whether improvement is welcome or not.

✖ ‖ L i k e s

✖ - Autumn
✖ - Spectacular views from high places
✖ - Herbal teas
✖ - Reading
✖ - Dry humor

✖ ‖ D i s l i k e s

✖ - Open, flat spaces
✖ - Being talked over
✖ - Bitter foods
✖ - Things in her outfit that are not her
✖ - Poisons

✖ ‖ N i n d o

"Improve myself, help others improve. We grow, Konoha grows."

✖ ‖ B i o g r a p h y

It was expected that Shizuka would enter the Academy once she came of age. As the Morikaze clan played a small but important part in founding the village that housed it, it was only natural that their eldest daughter learn to uphold and defend their legacy. What was not expected was that Shizuka would excel, or to what degree. Her parents worried that their quiet little Shizu would wilt under the combined pressure of the demands of honor and the demands of academic life. They needn't have worried. Shizuka took her clan's role to heart at an early age, and though she said little, she learned much by watching and listening. You might be surprised how many things people say around quiet, serious young girls, not expecting them to be heard or remembered. This served her well, and the knowledge she gained let her graduate near the top of her class as well as making her an excellent candidate for the ANBU program. Now she has to live up to that reputation as well, which may prove a greater challenge.

✖ ‖ N a t u r e s

Wind

✖ ‖ T a l e n t s

Juggling: When Shizuka settled on shurikenjutsu as her combat style, she was encouraged by her mother to learn to juggle. Keeping multiple objects airborne was a fundamental skill for the basics of shurikenjutsu, and juggling was a non-combat method for growing proficient. An unexpected side-effect was Shizuka's appreciation for the art of juggling, one that she practices regularly during her downtime.

Scouting: The Morikaze clan's claim to fame is their role in helping scout out the location for what is now Konoha, and both of Shizuka's parents did what they could to ensure that the clan's legacy lives on in her. An outside observer might have considered their training methods...lax, but countless hide-and-seek games and long camping trips helped hone Shizuka into a hunter, tracker, and wilderness survivor worthy of her family's reputation.

Tactics: As long as Shizuka can remember, her father's squadmates would come over to her house to drink once a week and talk about missions they'd run together. And she would always listen. Though she's not sure if she started reading about combat tactics to try to understand the stories better or to figure out how much of the stories were impossible, it led to her getting a decent grasp of battlefield theory which she still works to expand.

✖ ‖ J u t s u

Autumn Gust (Body Flicker Technique): A shower of leaves briefly conceals Shizuka as she moves at chakra-fueled speeds to another location. Her movements scatter the leaves haphazardly, leaving no trace of the direction she went. Hand seals: Tiger.

Chameleon's Rainbow (Transformation Technique): Shizuka transforms herself, with a marked preference towards plant life. Hand seals: Dog, Boar, Ram

Go to Ground (Cloak of Invisibility Technique): Shizuka drops flat under a mottled cloth, using chakra to help mimic the appearance of low-lying plant life or bare ground. Hand seals: None

Leaf Phantom (Body Replacement Technique): What appeared to be Shizuka bursts into a swirl of leaves, leaving no trace of the kunoichi. Hand seals: Tiger, Boar, Ox, Dog, Snake

Nettle Slap: Shizuka conceals a senbon in one hand before entering hand-to-hand combat, using primarily open-handed strikes until an opening to stab with the senbon presents itself. While she usually uses the larger opening the pain and surprise this attack creates to move to her preferred range, in more desperate straits Shizuka can follow up with a disabling or killing strike. Hand seals: None

Sealing/Unsealing Technique: As a practicioner of shurikenjutsu, Shizuka needs ready access to several varieties of throwing implements at a moment's notice, and carrying them all would be impractical to the extreme. To counter this, she spent a sizeable part of her time at the Academy learning the twin techniques of Sealing and Unsealing, to the point where both are second nature to her. Hand seals: None

Stinging Gust (Manipulated Shuriken Technique): After flinging a shuriken or kunai, Shizuka alters its trajectory by means of a durable translucent elastic string attached to it. For an added surprise, she can combine this technique with Autumn Gale or Leaf Phantom, using shuriken designed to resemble leaves for that very purpose. Hand seals: None

Wind and Water Walking (Chakra Adhesion): Shizuka is skilled to an almost absurd degree at chakra adhesion, to the point that some mockingly (and grudgingly) say she could walk on a breeze. She can move across vertical surfaces, uneven terrain, and water with the same ease that most people move across solid ground. She uses this skill to gain high vantage points, both for tactical usage and for her own amusement. Hand seals: None

Wind Release: Eye of the Storm (Wind Release: Breakthrough): With a chakra-infused shout, Shizuka whips the air around her into a roaring blast of wind, pushing anything in the immediate vicinity away. Still a work in progress, though her control of the blasts of wind has increased with focused training. Hand seals: Dog, Horse, Bird

Wind Release: Leaf on the Wind (Wind Release: Verdant Mountain Gale): By maintaining a hand seal, Shizuka can control the flight of a single weapon and increase its sharpness by imbuing it with Wind chakra. Still a work in progress, as Shizuka's current control of the weapon is flighty, at best. Hand seals: Snake

Wind Release: Zephyr Step: Shizuka can propel herself quickly across the battlefield with summoned wind, and through focused training has developed it to the point where she is able to do so with a one-handed seal, leaving the other free for a throwing weapon. Zephyr Step combines the maneuverability of a Body Flicker Technique with the jet propulsion she accidentally created using Eye of the Storm. Though it is faster than she can run and uses less chakra than a Body Flicker, it does have a limited range and, unlike a proper Body Flicker, she remains visible to the naked eye. Hand seals: Tiger (1h)

Wind Phantom (Clone Technique): While Shizuka is limited to one clone with this variation of the standard Clone Technique, subtle application of chakra allows the clone to disrupt its surroundings (leave footprints, kick up dust, etc.), making a shadow the only thing separating it from its user. Hand seals: Ram, Snake, Tiger, Bird

✖ ‖ W e a p o n s A n d T o o l s

In scrolls: Kunai, shuriken, leaf shuriken, fuuma shuriken, senbon, climbing gear (crampons, rope, grappling hook, harness)

On person: Blank/filled scrolls, ink & brush, kunai, shuriken, modified outfit (hermetically seals/unseals when the hood is raised/lowered), one long senbon to hold her hair back (Note: approximately the size and length of a chopstick, the long senbon is in truth a chakra blade hidden under a light layer of decorative lacquer. Shizuka is unaware of this)

✖ ‖ F i g h t i n g S t y l e

A combination of Shurikenjutsu/Ninjutsu relying on strategic positioning and mid- to long-range attacks, with a smattering of close-range techniques to either drive opponents back or let her move to a more comfortable distance. She is attempting to incorporate Chakra Flow into this style, with marginal successes so far.

✖ ‖ T h e m e S o n g

TBD

✖ ‖ P l a y e d B y

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