Name: Kaoru Fuoka
Nicknames/Titles: n/a
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Height: 5'6
Weight: 145
Personality:

Kaoru is an upbeat and vibrant girl, always striving to be happy and make other people happy. Increasingly, though, Kaoru is finding it harder and harder to maintain such a demeanor; the events of the past three years have weighed heavily on her mind, and the reality of her situation has made her prone to moments of melancholy and depression. Even so, however, Kaoru still does her best to have a cheery disposition, in the hopes that one day, her happiness can become genuine again.

History/Background:

Kaoru was born as the eldest daughter of the Godaime Tsuchikage of Iwa, a man named Aishi Fuoka. For most of her life Kaoru lived a good, if somewhat privileged, life in Iwa, and from an early age she was trained to be a shinobi of Iwagakure. She received the best training available, and blitzed through both the academy and the rank of Genin quite easily, becoming a Chuunin at age eleven.

After she became a Chuunin, Kaoru started to participate fully in the Fifth Shinobi World War, as did her younger sister, Megumi. Her sister was still a Genin, but was also the current jinchuriki of the Gobi, and thus was allowed, if not forced, to fight in the war. Kaoru always did her best to get assignments with Megumi, as she wanted to protect her sister and help her fight; since childhood, Kaoru had looked out for her little sister, and even a Shinobi War wouldn't stop that from happening.

Everything changed when Kaoru turned thirteen, and Megumi twelve. For reasons that she still doesn't know, the demon within her sister went berserk, and went on a devastating rampage throughout Iwa, which resulted in the emergency extraction of the Gobi; and thus killed her sister in the process. Kaoru was crushed by Megumi's death, and irrationally blamed herself for her sister losing control over her demon; the matter wasn't helped, either, when her father the Tsuchikage chose her as the new jinchuriki of the Gobi.

Kaoru did not...react kindly to this turn of events. Enraged at her father, the Gobi, and at the world in general, Kaoru attempted to commit suicide, refusing to share a body with the beast that killed her sister. Her attempt failed, however, and the Tsuchikage managed to save her life.

Kaoru was put into a medical coma during her healing process, and met the newest occupant of her body, the Five-Tailed Beast. She spent a good deal of time talking to the demon Kokuo, demanding answers for her sister's senseless death. Surprisingly, Kokuo was quite accommodating to her, and if anything was apologetic for its earlier actions; the Gobi confessed that its sudden rampage hadn't been intentional, and for reasons beyond its control or comprehension, this rage had been forced upon him. Kokuo also apologized for Megumi's death, and to Kaoru's surprise, asked for forgiveness.

Kaoru was unable to completely forgive the beast at that moment, but the talk with her demon proved to be much needed, and thus Kaoru reluctantly accepted her role as the new jinchuriki of Iwa, promising to herself that she would live up to Megumi's memory, and wouldn't let her sister's death be in vain.

However, anti-jinchuriki sentiment swelled in the Shinobi nations after the end of the Fifth War, and Karou found it harder and harder to live in Iwa. Her father still loved her and protected her, in his own way, but many of the inhabitants of her Hidden Village now openly resented her and called for her immediate banishment or execution; to Kaoru's horror, even her old Genin teammates turned against her.

When the Akatsuki proposed a solution to the jinchuriki problem, her father gained some cautious hope. He attended the summit where the Akatsuki demonstrated the jutsu that would supposedly kill the Tailed Beasts within the jinchuriki, without killing their hosts. When their lies were revealed, the Tsuchikage was furious, of course. Despite Akatsuki's rational, he refused to surrender his daughter to the organization, unwilling to sacrifice his only remaining child.

However, his own village did not share that sentiment. The majority of Iwa continued to pressure the Tsuchikage to surrender his daughter to the Akatsuki. In the end, he had no choice but to cave into those demands. He invited the Akatsuki to Iwa to get Kaoru, but the night before their arrival, the Tsuchikage helped his daughter escape the village, and urged her to run away, and flee somewhere safe; somewhere where the Akatsuki wouldn't harm her.

And since then, Kaoru has been on the run, never staying in one place for too long. Eventually she was able to find sanctuary in Amegakure, alongside the other remaining jinchuriki. For the moment Kaoru is glad to be safe, but she has lingering suspicions that Ame might not prove to be a safe haven forever; especially if the Akatsuki come to hunt her down...

Origin Village: Iwagakure (Hidden Stone)
Rank: Chuunin
Role: Jinchuriki
Clan/Bloodline: n/a

Academy Graduation Age: 9
Chuunin Age: 11
Jounin Age: n/a

Weapons: Standard ninja weaponry; kunai, shuriken, the works
Chakra Natures Known: Earth and Wind
Kekkai Genkai: None
Tailed Beast: Kokuo (the Five-Tailed Demon, the Gobi)

Chakra Level: Immense
Chakra Control: Skilled
Hand Seal Speed: Fast
Agility: Lightning

Ninjutsu Proficiency: Experienced
Taijutsu Proficiency: Advanced
Genjutsu Proficiency: Basic
Additional Skills:

Summoning: Ninken (Dogs)

Releases and Techniques List:

Wind Releases:

-Wind Release: Air Bullets
-Wind Release: Flower Scattering Dance
-Wind Release: Dust Cloud Technique

Earth Releases:

-Earth Release: Earth Spear
-Earth Release: Fist Rock Techniques
-Earth Release: Earth Dome
-Earth Release: Mudslide


Other Notable Techniques:

-Shadow Clone Technique
-Tailed Beast Mode
-Summoning Contract with the Ninken