⌈"War will never leave those that arm themselves; even during the times of peace, violence and anger will continue to fester. The only difference is whether or not it is physical, or emotional warfare.⌋
Within Temptation || Where is the Edge
Abingdon Boys School || Innocent Sorrow
⌈"I had always wanted to stand out - yet here I am, in a profession in which I must attempt to blend back in"⌋
⌈Nickname⌋
[ Kiri | Demon Eyes | Ko ]
⌈Age⌋
[ 24 ]
⌈Gender⌋
[ Female ]
⌈Village⌋
[ Kumogakure ]
⌈Clan⌋
[ None ]
⌈Kekkei Genkai⌋
[ Storm Release ]
⌈Chakra Nature⌋
[ Lightening | Water ]
⌈Ninja Rank⌋
[ Jounin/Sensory Kunoichi ]
⌈Role:⌋
[ The Partner/The Watch Dog ]
⌈Face Claim:⌋
[ Shiki Ryōgi | Kara no Kyōkai ]
⌈A person's body masks much of their true nature: you would be best to avoid making presumptions.⌋
⌈Hair Color⌋
[ Black ]
⌈Eye Color⌋
[ Iridescent Blue ]
⌈Skin Tone⌋
[ Pale ]
⌈Height⌋
[ 5'2 ]
⌈Weight⌋
[ 100ish lbs ]
⌈Physical Description⌋
[ Kiriko is a peculiar woman whose stature has persuaded more than one drunken fool to believe her to be weak, only to be beaten senseless merely seconds later. Her pale complexion is quite the opposite from many of her kinfolk, especially with her rumored lineage, making blushes, scars and blemishes protrude quite prominently on her face and body. However, her complexion has often confused many of her actual origins - even those of her own village sometimes forget she is one of there own. One could take that as an insult, but Kiri takes it as a perk - it quite helps with her line of work as a kunoichi, and especially helps with her fighting style.
As mentioned earlier, Kiriko's physique is seen as simply petite in almost all forms, save a few. Many from afar have complimented her on how delicate and fair she looks, yet up close many retract their statements. Her hands, while small, house many scars and callouses from the constant need to train. Her arms and legs are toned and sturdy, an oxymoron to what many see in her. In the feminine sense of physique, she considers herself a deadly twig; in reality, her physique boasts more of a pear shape, with more curves below than above. Kiri finds this as the perfect body size for her line of work, seeing as she is not weighed down by unnecessary amounts of fat (she has been known to call other women of more busty features out as well).
Her face is simple, yet there is always beauty in simplicity and efficiency. Her midnight black hair is cut off below her chin line, allowing her to be known as a female while keeping it out of the way. Her bangs have been known to fall in front of her eyes, but they cannot mask them from the world; how they pierce through the night. Kiri has often been complimented on how radiant her eyes are, yet they are just an oddity she will never understand, nor known how she acquired them. While many compliment her, others have noted that her piercing gaze has been known to bring about the fear of men, even if she has no visual abilities whatsoever. Her chin is pointed, as her cheekbones are defined and rugged, with a singular cut running along the base of her left cheek due to the war. While she earned more than her fair share of scars in the war, many of them did not last, or are on her body, which she has refused to let another see for some time now. ]
⌈"I have a skill set in which I specialize in, and I don't hesitate to use it. ⌋
⌈Potential Interest⌋
Know your place.: Currently, Kiriko has no love interest, mostly due to her negative attitude towards most people. Well, it doesn't help that she has murderous tendencies and hates to be touched. So there's that.
⌈Skills⌋
- ★ Sensory || Kiriko was defined at a young age as an possibly brilliant sensory-nin. Very few masking techniques work with her, as she not only is able to pick up on a person's chakra, but her abilities to observe her surroundings are top of the line. Very little gets past her, and those that do are either applauded or murdered.
★ Stealth || Accompanying her above skill is her ability to be sneaky. As a sensory-nin, she knows how others detect chakras and goes to great lengths to mask her own from the world around her. That isn't to say she is always attempting to cover herself, but she certainly enjoys getting the job done without a whisper.
★ Mid-range combat || Kiriko, while still able to put up an impressive display in combat, ultimately is better known for her brutally masterful ability at mid-ranged combat - aka, Ninjutsu. Her ability to combine the two chakra natures to form a kekkei genkai, along with her mastery of each have allowed her to strike fear into those much bigger than herself.
⌈Ninjutsu⌋
- ✠ Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu || Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet
✠ Suiton: Bakusui Shōha || Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave
✠ Suiton: Suijinheki || Water Release: Water Formation Wall
✠ Raiton: Jibashi || Lightening Release: Electromagnetic Murder
✠ Raijū Hashiri no Jutsu || Lightening Beast Running Technique
✠ Raiton: Kangekiha || Lightening Release: Wave of Inspiration
⌈Nintaijutsu⌋
- ✠ Raiton no Yoroi || Lightening Release Armor
✠ Raigyaku Suihei || Lightening Oppression Horizontal
✠ Rariatto || Lightning Plough Hot Sword[
✠ Daburu Rariatto || Severing Bull Lightning Plough Hot Sword
⌈Kekkei Genkai⌋
- ✠ Raiton: Reizā Sākasu || Storm Release: Laser Circus
✠ Hōryū Raika no Jutsu || Discharge Lightning Calamity
✠ Raiton: Reizā Gādian || Storm Release: Laser Guardian - A technique she created herself - Kiriko focuses the lasers created to swirl around herself, and then firing them outwards. Great for removing close enemies and creating distance.
⌈I cannot do everything, much to my chagrin. What I can do, however, is deadly.⌋
⌈Other:⌋
- Gekko is not actually her last name: in fact, Kiriko has no last name. She gave it to herself so that people would not think herself in relation to those that have no last name, such as her mother. Kiriko doesn't like the idea of people realizing who her actual parentage is, as she feels that others might come to expect more from her.
- Kiriko has no hatred towards Konohagakure: hell, she has very little patriotism towards her own hometown. It is the people that are within the city that she lives for, not the name in which it was given.
- Kiriko is often found in a kamino if not in murder attire: this is because she doesn't actually enjoy tight fitting clothing. While she understands it and loves its usefulness, she would rather wear looser clothing.
- Kiriko has a burning desire to visit Kirigakure, as not only does she share a similar name to the village, but also utilizes techniques used by the old Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. It is her goal to one day learn from them some of their ways, such as the Mist techniques and hidden killings.
⌈Habits⌋
- ♈ Spying || Not her fault, she swears! Kiriko just has an annoying habit of needing to know what is going on throughout the world by any means necessary. She will constantly be seen perched up on high buildings, watching the average folks as they maneuver through their existences - some consider her quite nosy, while others see this as a creepy form of protection.
♈ Daydreaming || For a woman who composes herself nearly all day with a steeled expression, this habit of hers is one that is easily laughed at by her friends and scorned by herself. She won't even mean to, but will simply lose her train of thought instantly at certain trigger words that remind her of other things.
♈ Defense || Unless she knows you personally - and by that, meaning you are on a first name basis with her - Kiri is not one to enjoy being touched by random folks. Constantly she has had to send people to the nearest medical-nin due to her overreactions at the simplest of touches.
⌈Likes⌋
- ღ Respect || She only gives it to those she finds worth, and demands it from those she doesn't. Simplistic enough.
ღ Training || Kiriko likes to train simply because it is what she does. She enjoys the need to improve herself to protect those around her, while also improving herself to be able to kill her enemies that much more efficiently. Kind of brutal, but that is just how she likes it.
ღ Dressing up || While this does sound quite shallow, Kiriko enjoys going to formal events simply because she gets to dress up in something other than battle gear. Something about kimonos or just fancy dresses that really makes her giddy - even if she hides it profusely. There is a rumored reason, however, that she enjoys the looser outfits so that she can hide poisons and whatnot within them, but she tries her best to shrug off that possibly true rumor.
ღ MoonlightSomething about the moonlight mystifies Kiri, like all of her problems can simply melt away with the night. It is the reason why she has her fake last name, literally translating to Moonbeam.
⌈Dislikes⌋
- ✘ Herself || A secret only known to a few, but Kiriko is quite aware of her brutal/psychopathic tendencies, and isn't too fond of herself because of it. She keeps a front up to make sure nobody knows of her self - loathing, but to those that she has opened to, it is quite apparent.
✘ Food || While food is necessary for life, Kiri doesn't entirely enjoy the concept of constantly having to fuel her body. It takes time, binds her to objects that she must constantly forage or hunt for if out in the wilderness, and is overall a pain. Sure, some foods taste fantastic, but the concept of food annoys her. Especially people that eat too much.
✘ Failure || A given, Kiriko does not fail; if she does, it is considered pointless to continue. Failure in missions are not options for her, for many of her previous missions had been high level and secretive - the kind that if you failed, you died. Since she isn't to the point where death is the only way out, Kiriko refuses to fail.
⌈Strengths⌋
- ♦ Brutality || Kiriko does not understand the concepts of mercy in a battlefield, which were quite obvious back during the war. She doesn't give her opponents any breaks, and if she did it was only to bait them into another tactic to completely destroy them. She has been called many times a monster by those on both sides, but she shrugged them off as a necessity of war.
♦ Senses || Kiriko was trained as a sensory ninja for most of her young life, which made her attune to sensing the chakra around her. However, to combat the threats of genjutsus, Kiriko trained herself in the art of senses. She has trained both blind and deaf to heighten her abilities in hearing and sight, so that she refuses to rely on one sense alone. It makes her masterful at tracking and stealth.
♦ Speed || She makes up for her lack of strength with not only her ability to perform numerous ninjutsu, but also being lightening quick.
⌈Weaknesses⌋
- ☯ Brutality || A double edged sword if one existed. Kiri's brutality has made it difficult for her to understand others, and because of this she comes off as aloof and evil. Makes it hard to also connect with others, so she has few friends that can actually understand and trust her.
☯ Size || While Kiriko will never admit it, her size is a serious weakness - especially if she went up against the Raikage. Her small form makes physical fights extremely difficult for her if the opponent is much larger than her. Nevertheless, that won't stop her from trying to punch him in the face anyway. This is the reason why close combat isn't her thing: the only real weapon she can wield is a sword and kunai. But why bother when you can drown a legion of faceless people?
☯ Stubbornness || Some would call this a Strength: for Kiriko, however, it is a weakness. She will refuse to do things simply to be stubborn, which again doesn't help her inability to connect with others. It also makes co-operative missions with her painful.
⌈"I cannot really describe who I am or what I am: I just have existed.⌋
⌈Personality⌋
Kiriko is many things in this world, and many things aren't her. The amount of layers can have many people believing her to be quite complex and therefore complicated and deep to understand. In reality, that is not really the case.
The first layer of Kiri is what she gives those on the outside: a cold, harsh, exterior. Her demeanor demands respect, even if she never says it: the ways she stands and how she carries herself speak volumes. Kiri will give absurd missions to those below her, for she believes that it is only through hardships and difficulty that one can truly train and become a better version of themselves. Yet at the same time, she is always in the background, never truly in the spotlight, silently demanding the respect of those below her. She will speak only when either spoken to or in need of something; otherwise, to most of the ninja she will remain silent and behind the leader. It isn't that she doesn't talk: simply that she observes more often. Her eyes always seem to be watching those that are conversing, as if she could peer into their very souls.
Contrary to that layer, however, is her actual personality amongst those that she has deemed worthy of respect. Usually, this is through warfare, but it came be achieved through wit or even arguments in which she loses. Nevertheless, Kiriko opens up significantly to those of equal caliber. Instead of just cold, she is blunt and stubborn, refusing to believe herself wrong unless proven (which is often enough for her not to engage in many arguments anymore) While she still has difficulty connecting with her fellow nin, she does interact with them more often; albeit in a very odd manner. Seeing as how she doesn't entirely think in the same way, her call and response times vary, and her answers can either be much too short for their own good or completely off topic. Nevertheless, Kiriko actually looks as if she cares about those in front of her at this layer, actively participating in discussions, even if she is brief.
There are few that have seen her at this next layer, in which most of her world crashes down. In reality, Kiriko is a self-loathing woman, confused as to why she acts the way she does. She wants to love, yet hates the idea of it. She wants to have friends, but can't bring herself to actually interacting with those she deems inferior. She can't get over how much she wants to butcher some people, yet knows she really shouldn't. Kirko comes off as easily fluster when she is this open to others, as most people that have seen her at her worst will sometimes poke fun of her about it.
The reason she is self-loathing is because of her flipside personality. While it doesn't go as far to say that she has a split personality, Kiriko's violent and brutal streaks happen enough to install the fear that she wanted yet hated. In any form of violence, Kiriko lets all of the reins loose to fight her opponents, brutally taking them down each peg until they are either dead at her feet or begging for mercy, in which they will still end up like the number one option. Kiriko isn't entirely sure what started this moody, sociopathic side to her: only that it is her greatest strength and weakness.
⌈"I have done inexplicable horrors, yet I regret none of them. Each death was necessary to preserve my own life, yet each death will continue to haunt me as I remember each face."⌋
⌈History⌋
Kiriko, the sole daughter of a love interest between a legendary tutor of the Raikage, and a mysterious Mist ninja. Sounds like a bad rumor, but would be shockingly true if Kiriko let it out.
Kiriko was born into wilderness, the only face she really knew and saw was of her mother, and aloof and strange hermit lady by the name of Kai: as in, the daughter of Darui, the Black Lightning user. While the origins of her father were held in mystery, as Kiriko never met the man, growing up in the forest below the village of Kumogakure was more than strange. It certainly didn't help that at the time Kiri can truly remember anything, another boy was with her growing up: Hiko, the boy wonder. Kiri didn't really know what it feels like to grow up a singular child, for while Hiko was trained harshly by her mother, Kai still treated him with similar love that she gave to her daughter. This did irritate the young kunoichi for a lot of her life, as jealousy towards Hiko's natural abilities and Kai's attention to the lad caused Kiri to want to train with them. She refused to be left behind while Hiko became a masterful ninja, as she saw this as the product of her mother's love. Needless to say, Kiri dove headfirst into a den she shouldn't have, and was promptly reminded of her young place constantly. However, that didn't stop her from constantly training in the hopes to catch up to her brother figure; funny how strong a friendship can form from a petty, one sided rivalry.
As Kiriko aged, she began to stop trying to beat him, seeing as how Hiko began to dwarf her in size. Realizing that she would never truly win in any fight, Kiri began to specialize in something else: sensory training. Her mother was shocked that her daughter had a natural affinity for sensory, but trained her in ways that would enhance her skills nevertheless. Kiriko trained blind and deaf, hoping to strengthen her sensory abilities while working on her ninjutsu, seeing as she inherited the kekkei genkai Storm Release from her mother. She stopped seeing Hiko as a rival, and more of as a friend that she would cherish for all times and respect, as he continued to climb the ladder of greatness while she was still too short to reach the next rung.
So how did such a dainty girl get a penchant for murder? While Hiko decided to prance around the country, Kiriko decided to become a ninja of Kumogakure. She quickly ascended the ranks, seeing as she trained with a future Raikage - most of the others her age were not nearly close enough to her standard of expertise, which gave her the cold demeanor: hard to make friends when you were climbing the ranks faster than those your age. It was one mission, however, that shattered any form of normalcy within her, and brought forth the murderous girl of today. The mission had been simple: she accompanied a group of nin on a task to recover a few scrolls stolen from the archives, and to retrieve them. Instead, however, it quickly turned into an ambush: the rogue ninjas had used the scrolls to attract higher level jounin to capture, extract information and jutsus, and then disappear with their new-found skills while leaving a path of death behind them. Kiriko was forced to watch as they interrogated, tortured and slew each and every one of the others until it was down herself, and a medical nin. Kiriko doesn't even remember the name of the man that saved her, the medical nin who freed himself and attacked to let her run off, only to be taken down easily.
Kiriko had always been a little more harsh in her ways; however, seeing those killed around her just because they wanted to cheat the system and steal jutsus made her snap. Unlike most trauma patients, Kiri remembers everything she did to them: every cut she caused, every body she electrocuted, every man drowned. Kiriko left that place with every scroll, and death everywhere behind her.
As you can imagine, not many wanted to approach her after hearing the stories upon her return. She was finally appointed jounin, and was given special jurisdiction over missions where stealth and sensory were crucial. Unlike her friend, she did not gallivant across the country: she silent moved throughout certain cities, performing silent missions that required a lack of mercy and witnesses. It wasn't until the war that she was allowed to 'go loud', and loud she did: butchering her way through legions of soldiers by the way of water, lightening or lasers. It wasn't until the previous Raikage was slew that she truly realized the cost of war, and the weight of her actions were thrust into the background of her mind even thought she tried her best to ignore them. When Hiko finally came to be the next Raikage, she was asked to be his partner for the Double Lariat: ever since, Kiriko has started to realize how much of a monster she has become, and wonders if she will ever be able to truly open back up to Hiko again like she did years before.
⌈"There is no going back to the way I was before: there is only continuing forward the way I have become."⌋