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HOTAKA, KAORI
The Elementalist
I know this place, it smells like innocence lost.
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DescriptionShow The easiest way to describe Ao would have to be eccentric. A bit of an oddity appearance-wise, Ao doesn't exactly say "stealthy" when one gazes upon her. Her hair, being every color of the rainbow imaginable, stops just past the bridge of her nose, being a bit longer on the right and much longer in the back. Her eyes are a miss-match of a doujutsu of various colors as well as an extremely bright blue. She has an average figure, save for being well toned and decently muscular. Ao wears black eyeliner, contrasting with her hair and eyes greatly, yet also with her rather pale skin. The Kanji for each of the five elements are tattooed on her back in wheel of sorts, each kanji being a color appropriate for the element they represent. Along her left arm and leg are several cloud and stat tattoos. In her left ear lobe, Ao has two rings. In her right, a red jewel stud. Clothing/AccessoriesShow Ao dresses for the weather. Being in Kumo, it is often necessary to dress in layers to fend off the cold. Generally she wears a black pair of insulated pants which are tucked into fur-lined black boots in lieu of typical shinobi sandals. Her top consists of a long-sleeved white shirt underneath a pale pink hoodie. In colder weather she will additionally wear another Jacket, black in color. Ao often wears a pale pink scarf, a shade matching her hoodie. Ao also wears a large pair of goggles with reflective purple lens. She often does this to disguise her doujutsu, though with it being unique to her it isn't common knowledge. Lastly, Ao opts to have her forehead protector wrapped around her upper left arm. Ao often wears a cord necklace with 5 beads evenly spaced in front, one of each elemental base color. One of Ao's other generally used outfits is not normally utilized for missions but more so when traversing the village or country in a more formal This outfit is much less combat-oriented, but still able to house all of her equipment either under or over the rest of it. The top for this set up is dark gray and black, the sides of her torso being covered in a thin gray material, though becoming thicker and darker as it covered the middle of her navel, chest, and back. The darker sections have a bright red trim that runs parallel to the edge of the darker portions, giving a defining outline to the material. Around her neck, Ao wears a black scarf, folded over her right shoulder and her head, forming a hood. The scarf is rather long and while the one end of it flows down to her knees, the other is secured in place with a red and black pin at her left shoulder. Black elbow gloves run up ao's arms with this outfit, with a bright red stitching pattern adorning the back of her hand and trailing up towards the elbow. Her pants are a very dark gray and contour to her figure rather sharply, seeming to flow seamlessly with the black shoes she wears upon her feet. A black slightly translucent beach-scarf is wrapped around her waist, tying on the left side and covering most of her right leg. The shoes have red-trimmed black leather buckles that secure them in place over the legging-like pants. The last of Ao's usual outfits is namely utilized when she feels the need to go out and about as a civilian, enjoying social activities with the other villagers and not at all having to worry about the shinobi life. For the most part, the entire arrangement is black in color with select areas being trimmed in an iridescent blue-green fabric. The topic is tight-fitting, several buckles wrapping around just below her breasts. Her collar bones and upper chest are revealed with this outfit, though her neck is entirely covered by the fabric of the hood. The hood itself is black on the outside with a dark green on the inside, accenting the rest of her outfit. The sides of the hood connect to the arms of the top, but break away into two tails the flow down to her chest, meeting together and secured with a sea green tie. The arms of the top are long and include her middle finger and thumb, encasing them in the black and thin fabric. A few black leather buckles adorn the wrists on her right side, with only a single black buckle adoring the left wrist. Towards the top of the arm, just below the shoulders are a spiral-pattern, turquoise in color. Ao's leggings are black with a very subtle print layed upon them, swirls of blue-green that show at the top of her legs, circling around the entire way. The lower portion of her legs are shrouded by her boots, black in color and with many buckles that run from above the ankle to just under the knee. A belt lines Ao's waist, several long pieces of fabric jutting from the bottom, black in color. One piece flows past her groin and down to her knees, the other two pieces come down at her hips, symmetrically falling down her legs on the outside. These black protrusions are trimmed along the edges with a light blue line. EquipmentShow Along her person, Ao has several pouches and pockets full of weapons. Both her coat and hoodie each have pockets on either side, usually having weapons stored in the outermost pockets dependent on the weather. In her right pocket, 15 yelow kunai, 5 of which have explosive tags equipped to them. In the left pocket, 15 light green kunai, 5 of which have explosive tags equipped to them. In a pouch at the back of her right hip, 15 orange-red kunai, 5 of which have explosive tags equipped to them. At a pouch at the back of her left hip are 30 kunai, 15 of which are light blue and 15 of which are brown. Ao has three swords in sequence at her left hip, each blade of varying lengths of 60 cm, 75 cm, and 1 m. Each blade has an iridescent sheen, causing a spectrum of colors to be reflected when light shines upon them. Otherwise, the sheathes, handles, and guard of each blade are entirely white. Each blade has been infused with her "Raiton of Brown: Great Saber" jutsu. On both the inner and outer sides of her boots, Ao has 5 Kunai strapped in place, spanning a total of 20 Kunai of various colors between the two of them. Above her boots and extending to just below the knee there are two shin guards made of steel, strapped with leather buckles. The steel is finely barbed, meant to shred any flesh that comes into contact with it. On either forearm, Ao has a steel vambrace, with a line of four hooked protrusions on the edge outside of her body with palms down. The hooks curve towards her elbow, each one protruding about an inch and a half away from her arm. These vambraces are strapped to her harm with leather buckles. Their primary function is to shred an opponent when in melee combat, either by blocking incoming blows or utilizing them as a weapon in and of themselves. They can also be used to block weaponry. Both the shinguards and vambraces have been infused with her "Raiton of Brown: Great Saber" jutsu. A segmented chestplate which covers her entire front and back but leaves her sides exposed adorns her outerware. The chestplate has also been infused with her "Raiton of Brown: Great Saber" jutsu. PersonalityShow Ao is eccentric. A strange woman with a unique outlook on life, she enjoys throwing others into strange and different circumstances in order to see how they will fair. It's her own unique twisted way of teaching. Those who have grown close to Ao would say that she really lives up her eccentricness, taking ownership of it and making it a part of her very being. Considered to be a very honest person even with her unique style of teaching, Ao is often courteous of others, putting their needs before her own, even if she doesn't necessarily think doing so to be ultimately a good idea. Ao is not known for taking risks, having a calm mind and an almost foresight in the battle-field, her instincts and life experiences serve her well in many regards. Ao has the capacity for self control, but finds more pleasure in being aloof unless its necessary to have a more serious conversation. She is easily able to distinguish between work and play, though finds pleasure in getting others to enjoy work the way she does. Ao does not easily trust these days, having very few she would consider trustworthy in her eyes. Normally, she finds those of the younger generations to be much easier to trust, as they have yet to be adulterated by the harshness of life. Reluctantly loyal to Kumogakure, Ao sees her new title as well deserved yet also bittersweet, wishing there had been another way to have helped the war. A different outcome. Ao is exceptionally observant, especially nowadays. She prefers to speak less when in a serious environment, keeping her observations and opinions to herself until necessary. In a more civilian-centered environment, Ao is far more outgoing even though her face usually portrays quite the opposite. Though she often looks and appears nervous, it couldn't be further from the truth. Every decision made, every word spoken, is made with the utmost confidence in the world, delicately chosen and layed out far in advance. When provoked for long periods of time a different side of Ao may appear. A cold, uncaring version of Ao which she tries extremely hard to keep burried in the back of her mind. The Ao that got her through the war. HistoryShow In the early stages of her childhood, Ao exhibited a very calm and docile behavior with a high knack for picking up on just about any task. Her parents were agricultural workers by trade and had never had any shinobi in their family. As she was entered into the academy, it was discovered that the girl while not incredibly intelligent, had a knack for simply learning how to do something from watching it happen even once. Her ability to simply pick up things as though they were second nature to her was extraordinary. Soon it was decided by Ao that she wanted to become a shinobi and so she progressed onwards into the shinobi academy. In the shinobi academy, Ao didn't perform particularly well in genjutsu, but her taijutsu skills were passable enough and she was overly adept at ninjutsu. Around this time, Ao made good friends with an Ishiguro clan member by the name of Yo. Upon attempting to discover her elemental affinity, it was discovered that Ao had a bloodline mutation that had never been seen before, a mutation which gave her a natural affinity for all five basic elements. It was with this discovery that Ao began to learn very basic fundamental jutsu of the elements, easing her progress through the rest of the academy and quickly earning her a place on a genin team. As a genin, Ao was partnered with her friend Yo as well as a Supaida clan member named Gusa. The three of them had a Jounin instructor that would oversee their development and help to push them in the right directions. Saito would encourage each of them to experiment with the basics of what they already had, pushing what they knew to the limits to achieve greater results. It was with Saitos help that Ao would come to fully understand her unique bloodline and began to blur the lines of what each of the basic elements were capable of. Gusa and Yo were able to change the way they did things. Yo developed a doujutsu which would allow him to see chakra more clearly as it was formed, and Gusa began to experiment with imbuing his webbing with different elements. The three of them coming along nicely as genin, it came as no surprise when they passed their Chuunin exams with relative ease, each moving on to pick up other trades, helping out the village as a whole when not needed as shinobi. The three of them made a great squad, often being kept together on mission assignments when able to do so, their teamwork being impeccable. As Chuunin, they each delved further into the shinobi arts, Ao began to learn sensory techniques, utilizing her natural affinities to observe areas with ease. Soon, Ao would make her way into the realm of Special Jounin, specializing in sensory and defensive capabilities. Her unique talent for warping and redirecting opposing elements was highly beneficial and became a great asset to her career. Still, during these times of supposed peace and neutrality Ao spent more time at her day job, helping at the farms her parents worked at and making a decent living for herself. Soon, the Kumogakure Civil War began just as Ao was promoted to Jounin and so her life as a peaceful farmer was over. It was during the first few months of Kumo's involvement in the war that Ao received the Kyorigan from Yo, her Ishiguro friend. Not long afterwards, Ao discovered another latent ability she had yet to utilize. Fission chakra, a unique chakra property which allowed her to split rare elements into their base forms. A woman whose gentle nature and kindness was once a mark of great leadership, had been changed. Sent out on missions she wanted no part of but had no choice but to commit to, Ao did what she always did. Her best. And Ao was the best. Her sensory detail and mastery of all the elements was a massive asset in any detail she was assigned to. Singlehandedly capable of taking out armies of samurai by herself or slip by unannounced and unseen to assassinate key political figures, Ao became a great tool to the Hojo faction, exceeding expectations of both the village and the Country. Many had heard the tales of Hayate in the great war, a man who single-handedly turned the tides of battle by merely showing up. But few had heard of Ao, a quiet woman who hid in the shadows. A woman who lead elite squads behind enemy lines and dismantled entire armies in the blink of an eye. Her time in the war has changed her. She sees things differently now, no longer being as optimistic as she once was. This isn't necessarily a bad change, however. She has begun to question the motives of those around her. She goes about life finding out what makes people tick. She hopes to pass on her experiences to the next generation, and hopes that they will never need to use it. The Bannin title is supposed to be a blessing, but for Ao It is only a reminder of the atrocities she has committed in the name of peace. Ao has done an exceptional job of keeping her shinobi life quiet to prying ears. The general population doesn't even know she exists, nor that she is a Bannin. She prefers to keep her civilian life separate from her shinobi life. |
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Combat StyleShow In combat, Ao will generally utilize his elemental proficiency to take out an opponent, usually waiting and changing incoming jutsus properties to send back at an opponent or otherwise using his own elemental mastery in order to subdue a target. Abilities: 3/3Show Kyorigan: Fission Chakra: Harmonious Chakra: ConcentrationsShow Ninjutsu Concentrations: 5/7Show Katon: Fuuton: Raiton: Doton: Suiton: Taijutsu Concentrations: 0/5Show . Genjutsu Concentrations: 1/5Show Sight Initiation:
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