Taking a step back from the story to explain as many things as i can, i said i was going to do this a while ago. Here contains contexts and jutsu that i've been using. I took a gamble of not revealing everything until the story is well under way. I've kept cannon until the forth shinobi war was over but anything bast that has been changed. I didn't want to just repeat events in the Anime either so it's an entire arc set afterwards.
Narhina, You are right about Naruto being underwhelming. He misread the situation badly (very badly) and thought he had a free shot at Fukushi, who was blind and running on borrowed time. But now i have the story context in place I can finally concentrate on Naruto's development and hopefully you can see how he wants to deal with his revenge from nearly loosing Hinata (which i'd imagine he would be more angry over)
Hopefully now you will know the motivations of everyone now.
Don't burn me for what i say below, i just think it would have been a logical way (to me) of events post war which probably wouldn't be a massive stretch to happen.
Feel free to ask questions, i have probably missed something but at this point i am happy to explain things, please continue to favourite and read on.
Geopolitical Climate.
My story is set roughly two years after the forth shinobi war. Peace has finally been achieved by the five great nations but not without problems. The war had devastated the numbers of shinobi from a couple thousand per village to a few hundred. Broadly speaking this is from deaths and missing ninja. With low man power the strength of the villages are less than what they once were. (I like to think that a war of that magnitude left many dead or deserting.) This has caused many problems such as increasing wealth and power of the noble class, a relatively useless part of society with more money than wits or strength. Civilians are also divided into two divergent opinions on shinobi. One group has seen them as a blessing and sought their protection, hence an influx of migrants around the great villages. While others blame the shinobi for the destruction caused by the war and have created marauding bandits to take advantage of the weakened villages unable to protect everyone.
Land of Earth,
Where Act I was based, had been hit hardest by crime as many mafia-like crime syndicates had emerged and have caused chaos within the area. For two months when Fukushi was still relatively under the radar, many smaller groups have been killed off which helped Iwagakure by proxy but also the Ro alliance. A particularly large, wealthy, and influential group lead by the rising noble class. They have been able to buy ninja for services to benefit their alliance and had used Fukushi to great effect, a nameless shinobi who only asked for relic pages in payment. His more direct approach to situations had the additional benefit of removing competition for the Ro alliance. Both the noble alliance and the village hidden in the stone know about each other and for now wish to just look the other way. Civil unrest from the crime has been made the priority in the village and so the Ro alliance is relatively unchallenged in the area.
Land of Lightning,
Potentially on of the best weathered village from the war. Their only issue is space as civilians are starting to live in cramped and squalor conditions. However, there is less crime here so the priority of Kumogakure is to help the other villages with their issues. Especially the Mist.
Land of water,
Civil war is at risk of spreading once more after the war. Many Mist shinobi have been blaming the Mizukage for poor management and allowing access to their village archives. In short, they are against the shinobi alliance of the five nations. With help from the leaf and the clouds they have been hoping to ease tensions before things fell apart once more. This doesn't seem likely however as small scale terrorism acts have been damaging the area and anything the foreign shinobi do to deal with the issues leads to more discontent towards them and prompting more terrorism.
Land of Wind,
With similar issues of migration as the Land of Lightning, a lack of space had caused more squalor conditions for the civilians. Their problems were made vastly worse by a plague. Squalor conditions, hot climate, and migrants who were not used to the heat had caused disease to spread like wildfire and killing many more people. With the death toll reaching hundreds if not over a thousand, many medical ninja and quaritine has been enforced which has tangled up the sand village from helping the others. Tsunade whom retired from the kage position had travelled here to help find a cure for the disease before it spreads out of the desert and affects other nations.
Land of Fire,
The land of fire has seen the most migration to the Hidden Leaf village. Mostly because of the fame Naruto had earned from the war. If people sought protection by the shinobi, then where better to go than near the most powerful ninja in the known world? In addition, the better sort of civilians had arrived here meaning the area is busy but crime is still manageable. As a result, Konohagakure is in a better position to help others which has earned praise throughout the world on its selfless deeds.
Land of Iron,
Because of the lack of shinobi, the land of iron had suffered the most losses of personnel during the war which had effectively ended their ability to help; even the land of earth next door. Rouge samurai hold most of the power and resources are slowly being leeched further to the point their nation is much worse off than before the war, once more the shinobi alliance was to be blamed for their instability as many civilians feel cheated by not receiving as much help as they put into the war effort. Their issues of rogue samurai could be dealt with easily but the lack of man-power in the area has meant the issue cannot be addressed anytime soon.
Minor lands,
With a couple exceptions, the situation here has been large scale movement away from the smaller villages. This has left the noble class nearly full reign of the land as crime varies from place to place. Peace may have been secured with the major nations but this has narrowed their view of the smaller nations who are struggling more than ever. Civilians and rouge ninja who distrust the alliance also have set up shop in these lands. Taking advantage of the great villages looking after each other to notice their rising power and influence most notable would be the emergence of the Land of Silence (In my story they were left untouched for longer, despite on cannon they would have dealt with them by now.)
Character development,
Hinata and Naruto,
Over the two years the pair have been working together more and more. Their training and apparent synergy had made them into a very effective shinobi pair. While many shinobi were send on security ninja, Naruto and Hinata have been mainly on diplomatic missions to other nations and to deal with small groups throughout the Land of fire. Their work is partly the reason Konoha has less issues than many of the other nations. (on cannon by this time the movie, 'the last' would have happened and Naruto would have realised Hinata's love.) In this story though those events didn't happen and Naruto is still clueless, even with their confession in Iwagakure he still doesn't fully understand her feelings towards him thinking it's more like a crush than deep, real feelings. Their time spent together has made them closer and they have been starting to show their affection towards each other.
Kurama, Naruto, and Hinata,
Since the seal was taken down in the great war. Naruto and Kurama have been living together more comfortably, based on trust and understanding of one another. They entered an agreement of Kurama has full freedom and in return he wouldn't take total control over Naruto. Not that Naruto was unable to beat him a second time. However, the lack of the seal has meant both personalities had influenced each other. Naruto sometimes gets angrier than he should have, this is down to Kurama still holding on to some of his anger. Naruto is dealing with his anger but it's a lengthy process that takes time because no one can switch off such imbedded emotions so easily and Kurama was no exception. However, Naruto had his influence over the Biju as well and so his hidden perverted side and his cheerful or playful side had rubbed off onto Kurama. Hinata, in her quest to fully accept Naruto, had wished to speak to Kurama herself so she could fully understand her love. Like she was asking for the biju's permission to be with Naruto. By using Ino, Hinata entered Naruto's mindscape and talked for many hours to Kurama. The Biju could sense her fear but not once did she back away from him and so earned his respect as they also accepted each other.
Sasuke,
Since the war Sasuke had changed his attitude to one of searching for forgiveness. He began by wondering the world to see it through eyes which weren't blinded by hate. He grew a greater appreciation for the world around him. When problems became evident in the Land of Water he had begun to offer his services over there to help protect the status quo. He helped greatly keep the peace but alas he was still one man and too much was happening for him to ultimately prevent civil war. His relationship with Sakura is still up in the air. He writes to her once every three or four months but kept things vague talking about small stories that he heard along his journey, almost as if to tease her but nevertheless no one else received personal letters so Sakura felt special in that regard.
Genin Training Program.
A program agreed by the five nations to help boost ninja numbers while preserving Jonin numbers. Each village spared one jonin and sent between four and ten teams of genin with them to the Land of Earth to train. Rock Lee was the Leafs' candidate as he had unparalleled taijutsu which he could train the latest crop of genin. With careful planning and hard work the program appears to be a success with the first year of genin who used the program were still just as good as those team who stayed at their village for more personalised training by their jonin. The program is in its second year with some additional gening teams joining on the account of its success.
Off Cannon Character Profiles,
Fukushi of the Solaris Family. Age 17 Rank S
Background,
Fukushi was born in the far west, an unknown region even further than Mount Myoboku where the toads that Jiraiya and Naruto are famous for summoning. Although Fukushi never approached said mountain in his travels. His family name is alike the clan system in the known world and he is loyal to the black setting sun symbol which represents his family name. His family was known for their ninjutsu, learning, creating, and recording the jutsu over many generations. They were influential and wealthy like the Hyuuga but more-so humble with many members sharing mundane and domestic tasks just as farming or merchanting goods. The Solaris family is bound by name and not necessarily by blood although marriage within the family was slightly more frequent than outside the family, but both still happened. They treat ninjutsu with great respect and frequently ritualising certain jutsu as a rite of passage of sorts. For example, the soul bound jutsu. To which Fukushi partook when he was eight. Unfortunately, their great power attracted great jealousy and a group who simply call themselves Legion. A large army lead by a king who desired nothing more than to conquer. He relied on non-jutsu using people as leverage to become popular with the majority and was seen as an equalising force in the unknown world.
Upon feeling his home, under his father's instructions, Fukushi ran across the land to the east and tried his luck in the Badlands, an area of difficult terrain full of swamps and deserts almost side by side. Along with the constant stench of sulphur. He was ten years of age by now and had been soul bound for two years, long enough to bond with his soul partner (though their relationship was either professional during training or childish). His small profile and well trained body made him almost impossible to be found in the Badlands. His immediate symptoms of mental damage from the broken soul bound jutsu was intense hallucinations of the blue-haired woman. Or other dangerous creatures and people 'attacking' him. Forcing him to mentally relive bad situations repeatedly. He spent a week in the Badlands before reaching the other side of the massive canyon that contained the poor environment. He had to leave as he was found by scouts during one of his outbursts. Fukushi kept heading east until he eventually reached the great jungle, an impenetrable wall of nature and far more dangerous than the forest of death at Konoha. In the forest, he was finally able to rest from his pursuers as a plant ate one of their scout party and put them off chasing the boy into the jungle.
It had taken Fukushi two years to reach the other side of the jungle where he was put on high alert as he found civilisation but quickly realised they spoke in a different language which made him feel utterly abandoned. By this time, Naruto would have left Konoha to train under Jiraiya. The jungle had trained Fukushi how to survive in any conditions by now as the unpredictability of the terrain and the dangerous animals forced him to learn or die.
He had met a man, a noble by the name of Tenushi, who also founded the Ro alliance which at the time was a small underground organisation of illegal death matches. He taught Fukushi Japanese and helped him streamline his fighting technique. Both of which came at a cost, Tenushi was able to guilt trip Fukushi into fighting on his behalf in the death matches. His unique jutsu making him very popular and valuable in the ring. It was among the fighting to the death and the physical 'conditioning' (borderline torture) that Fukushi lost his eye to his opponent. Once his teleporting jutsu became known but before he was adept at it he was forced into heavier confinement and spent many years caged and blindfolded. His book, that we was tasked to protect, was eventually given up to them as payment for everything they did for him. (Fukushi had been conditioned by Tenshi.) Only released for fighting, conditioning, and out of power lust, raped. The idea of doing what they wanted and exerting their own power over a powerful shinobi, it quickly became a drug to them. During the war, the Ro alliance had expended into the entity it is during the events of my story. Fukushi was now fifteen, and the forth shinobi war was in its finishing moments. Post war had the Ro alliance had suffered damage from the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Tenshi had been worried about violent action against them as other crime syndicates had sprung up once they realised the shinobi villages were weakened. He allowed Fukushi to be freed from containment once he was sixteen (A year after the war.) to which he would act as Tenshi's body guard. Fukushi complied and became better known within the alliance because of it. However, a week before Fukushi started his hunt for the missing pages he had found out that his book, the same one he had to protect, was being sold page by page by Tenushi. Enraged from the obvious betrayal, he killed the noble but not just killed he destroyed his body with a mix of jutsu and in front of other nobles who immediately feared for their lives. One man called Huramwa who had been wanting to take over the Ro alliance anyway struck a deal with Fukushi. Their lives for information to where those pages were sold. Fukushi accepted and begun his quest. If only he found one of the great villages instead.
By the time her met Monica, who was screaming in fear, and attracted his attention to the small bandit camp. He had spent four years in torture, and little over two in the wild. He was alone and had to constantly regulate the schizophrenic symptoms from the broken jutsu. One good thing that came from his experience was he had plenty of time to control his mentality and pass off as a reasonably normal human being.
Appearance,
Fukushi is a reasonably tall seventeen-year-old at the height of 5ft 10, He has a malnourished body from having a poor diet and constantly fighting. Frequently relying on willpower over strength to keep going. He has short scruffy brown hair which is kept in check by cutting it with a kunai. His face has two scars, one from his left ear and destroying his left eye while the second one comes up on his cheek and through his left eye while the rest of his scars are unseen. His remaining eye was purple, an uncommon colour but one that is hereditary through his family. Fukushi's left arm is covered in the soul bound fuuinjutsu symbols which runs from his fingers and covered his chest where his heart is. In addition, he had four chakra sealing fuuinjutsu on his right side. Four is a balance between volume of chakra and time it takes to refill all the seals. Potentially Fukushi could have hundreds of such seals but his downtime would be months. His other tattoos consist of his right shoulder being covered in an intricate pattern to show he had defeated his first opponent from back when he was first trained. The second is on his right wrist, A small band of patterns with the black sun of his family being the dominant motif. Fukushi is often dressed in a sleeveless shirt and a pair trousers of plain white and brown. He has a belt capable of holding his katana on his left flank along with a few pouches but much of his storage is within his jutsu. He kept his cloak from when he left his home. It used to be white with orange sunset and a black sun as the centre piece. But had faded into a rough grey colour. Keeping his arms uncovered was important to Fukushi whom had many issues about his tattoos. He should be wearing them with pride but many look at him as if he was cursed. His burns on his left hand hadn't helped dispel the belief of him being cursed.
Stats,
Ninjutsu: 4 (Natural affinity and has a wide variety and can learn quickly)
Taijutsu: 3 (Untrained but decent through survival techniques)
Genjutsu: 0 (No talent to use even basic ninja genjutsu, utterly vulnerable too)
Intelligence: 3 (knows two languages)
Strength: 2 (Malnourished though closer to 3 on full health)
Speed: 4 (teleporting techniques and taijutsu is geared to speed)
Stamina: 2 (5 with seals)
Hand signs: 5 (unique to the known world, additional hand signs to specify jutsu further)
Affinities: Lightning, Wind, Ex-water (he lost the affinity when he lost is soul binding)
Taijutsu and kenjutsu,
Fukushi is adept as using his katana as his primary weapon. The blade used to be his father's and it was made with chakra conductive metal. Strong, and sharp. His fighting technique is usually supplemented by a kunai in his left hand. Although he can use both hands on his katana. Because of his summoning ability, losing his katana isn't much of an issue as he resorts to summoning weapons and taijutsu easily. Although his taijutsu is very rough after not being properly trained in the art. So his potential effectiveness in melee is less than expected.
Ninjutsu,
Because of his background in ninjutsu, Fukushi has a more refined set of hand signals. He still used the twelve (the cannon signs) but in addition he had a bank of new signs which refined his chakra and replicate the jutsu and its effects perfectly. The pay-off for slightly longer to sign jutsu is his ability to learn new jutsu quickly as he doesn't need to practice getting the amount of chakra right. Instead the seals do it for him so he just has to memorise the jutsu to use it. Fukushi was able to teach himself one handed signs which allowed him to keep armed while casting a jutsu. Third, Fukushi is also able to internalise jutsu, in short, manipulate chakra without signs. Although this takes a long time to practice and can only be done with a few jutsu. If you like, Naruto technically internalised his resengan, manipulating his chakra into a rotating ball of death without the use of hand signs. Fukushi has also learned about eight basic jutsu affinities (like the cannon five affinities, on the three additional ones could be seen as too rare or lumped in with another larger affinity.) The affinities are: Fire, Lightning, Wind, Dust, Earth, Nature (plant jutsu like wood), Water, Energy. In the known world, dust is often considered wind, and nature was thought to be unique. Secondary jutsus are combinations of two elements while tertiary jutsus are combination of three. Fukushi also understand chakra has two types but with increasing intensity. There is spirit and body chakra (cannon) while spirit goes into nature followed by life. Body increases to blood then to death. Basically, the yin and yang of the world to keep a balanced equilibrium in such a way.
Death Jutsu isn't a new concept it just refers to a jutsu that frequently has worse effects than death, It's Fukushi's version of forbidden jutsu. Death chakra is the lack of life, a theory of when there is no other chakra that this is what's present. It's a means of keeping balance in chakra of where there is life there must be death.
Genus Fulminis: Arma Orbis (Lightning style: Weapon summoning)
Rank B, close range
One of Fukushi's first jutsu to internalise. It's using his chakra to construct a weapon that's usable. Like shadow clone jutsu only it doesn't clone off an actual object. This allows for seeming unlimited projectiles and for Fukushi to never be unarmed. Can also be used in a non-military context or used in conjunction with secondary jutsu to have a wide mix of effects. Fukushi is very proficient in this jutsu which matches his speed a versitality.
Genus Fulminis: Instrumentum Ardendu. (Lightning style: weapon firing)
Rank B, Medium range
A commonly used jutsu that summons the desired weapons (typically four but sometimes eight or even more) and fires them at great speed to their target. A very accurate strike that often can't be blocked easily. Also can be combined with other jutsu for desired effects.
Genus Fulminis: Fulgur Palmarum. (Lightning style: Lightning palm)
Rank C, Close range
Channels lightning chakra into the palm or weapon to create an explosive bolt which typically blasts away the target away from you. Can be used with kunai.
Genus Fulminis: Fulgur Percusserit (Lightning style: Lightning strike)
Rank C, Medium range
Like the lightning palm only the strike is from the sky. Can be attached to a kunai or internalised and strikes on will.
Genus Fulminis: Fulgur Murum (Lightning Style: Lightning wall)
Rank B Close-mid range
A deployable wall of energy which can be defined by Fukushi throwing kunai onto the floor. The shield is able to block most physical damage but is vulnerable to flank attacks or very powerful attacks. It's expensive in chakra cost to hold it for extended periods of time. Has a secondary version of a shield on Fukushi's left arm. A much smaller energy wall that can be internalised by Fukushi for rapid defence. However, Fukushi often prefers to just parry the attack with his kunai than waste chakra on the shield.
Genus Fulminis: Fulur Unda (Lightning Style: Lightning Wave)
Rank B Close-mid range
Combining lightning strike into a wave of strikes. Can be used as either a ring around the caster or directed into a single path which has longer range.
Genus Ventus: Ventus Pugno (Wind Style: Wind punch)
Rank B Close range
A taijutsu style supplemented by wind chakra which allowed for Fukushi to strike invisibly about six inches off his body. Also, when struck a certain way can be used to forcefully blast the target. Fukushi prefers to be armed however and this jutsu requires to be unarmed. A version of it is channelled through his katana and extends the cutting range of the weapon.
Genus Ventus: Ventus Inter Legumina (Wind Style: Wind Pulse)
Rank D Medium range
A weak Jutsu that pulses air. Can knock targets back.
Genus Ventus: Gyrat (Wind style: Wind blows)
Rank C Medium range
Manipulating the wind to knock projectiles out of the air, can be used to redirect and fire the projectiles against Fukushi's target but he isn't adept enough for it yet. Doesn't work on heavier projectiles.
The lightning writing technique and the chakra ball technique by themselves are hardly worthy enough for even D rank. The lightning writing is flowing chakra into the fingers and can be useful to write fuuinjutsu or even just writing in general. Think of it as a very, very weak chidori as the principles are the same just one might impale her heart (if you know what I mean) while the other would give a surprise if it touched you (Would make the thousand years of death very painful). Chakra balls just show your affinity, can be adapted into something else but as a base is basically for show or utility use such as light or heat.
Fuuinjutsu.
Fukushi is able to write fuuinjutsu without the use of chakra infused ink. He uses his own manipulated chakra to create the markings needed for the insignia to work. As it's still done with his chakra the results are the same as ink only Fukushi doesn't need to carry it. (he stil has emergency pot of the stuff though) This can happen on cannon as Naruto's summoning does the same thing when he plants the jutsu on the ground.
Sigillum Libri. (seal scroll)
Rank C
A cross between ninjutsu and fuuinjutsu as a means of storing physical objects into a small pocket dimension. The seal itself, so long as it can be remembered, is able to maintain itself without burning much chakra at all. Can be used of physical scrolls if desired. This allows Fukushi to carry many objects without running out of space with scrolls to hold them on. The banner consists of the user's chakra and about 8 inches wide by 3ft in length. There is a central circle where the object or objects or stored along with 6 smaller circles to make each banner identifiable to summon as desired. The rest is just fuuinjutsu markings which fill the rest of the space up.
Chakra can be stored in a modified version of the fuuinjutsu but unlike material storage it must be on a physical scroll otherwise the chakra holding the chakra would just disperse and waste it all. As a side effect when someone casts genjutsu on the use who has sufficient chakra sealed then the genjutsu accidently tricks the seal in seeing the foreign chakra as no chakra and so floods the user with chakra. A very crude and wasteful method but it works and has the added benefit of backfiring to the caster of the genjutsu.
Tempastatum (storms)
Rank A
A pentagram that attracts nature chakra and with it manipulates a storm into the local area. Different chakra affinities can produce different effects. For example, lighting chakra makes the jutsu strike lightning. Fukushi uses it to cover his tracks during his attacks, it's partly what earned him the nickname lightning demon as the storm became the signal that someone was going to be attacked.
Corruptio Aeris (Air Distortion)
Rank C
A Pentagram which stabilises and empowers the wind pulse. It distorts the surrounding air creating a mirage which makes users inside the field appear invisible. It also can mask smells by preventing them leaving the immediate area. Fukushi uses this primarily to have a relatively save campsite. This is useless to skilled sensory ninja who could simply sense the chakra used in the jutsu. The sharingan and the Byakugan can also see past the jutsu with ease. Meaning the site isn't totally safe but safe enough to be practical.
Anima Ligabis (Soul Bind)
Rank S
A Decagram which surrounds the pair who wish to be bound together. Although typically between a young boy and girl, so they could grow up with each other and get used to it. Gender or age doesn't matter so much, nor does number of people bound. The pair also obtain fuuinjutsu up their arms and over their chest, typically on the left arm although not required. The pair mush hold hands and keep contact until the jutsu is complete in order to create the link. It is a very delicate and lengthy jutsu that is irreversible but have three main benefits to it.
Protection, both users are able to heal each other wounds, in addition and providing the bound pair are strong enough can be used to reverse death upon being casted (doesn't happen post casting)
Knowledge, both users are able to use each other's senses (sight, touch and hearing etc) and even chakra networks. This means both bonded pair is able to use the other's jutsu, for example if one member had fire affinity and the other member had water affinity then both are able to use either and even unlock secondary effects with this method. It also stacks so it becomes possible for one person to obtain every affinity through soul binding including bloodlines such as the sharingan. A pair skilled enough in the binding can use each other's bodies like a mind transformation jutsu from the Yamanaka clan. Remote communication is also included.
Understanding, Bound pairs also have full access to emotions and memories of each other. Often going as far as reading each other thoughts. Some have experienced shared dreams where both are aware they are together whilst in a dream creating a serial and unique experience.
However, despite this, the jutsu can be abused. The relationship of the bind is not to give or allow another your chakra but instead the other demands and takes the chakra. This means self-restraint, mindfulness and chakra control are required unless you kill your partner by draining them of their chakra accidently (or on purpose) There is an incomplete version of the jutsu which binds the person one way. Allowing for one person unpreventable use of a second persons' chakra but not risk losing any in return. This makes it a very secretive Jutsu to Fukushi as he understands the potential devastation it could cause if someone ran amok with it. (I think Orochimaru would go nuts for this one)
One major downside to being soul bound is if one member dies the other member will probably also outright die from synaptic feedback. Those who live are left with a broken soul binding jutsu, they are still pushing out their own chakra from the jutsu while most who end up with a broken jutsu end up with either bi-polar as the conscious of their bound partner is now within their body. Or with Schizophrenia symptoms as their mind is shattered by the synaptic feedback. The last option is considered lucky as it can be fixed or the symptoms dealt with.
Fulgura (Lightnight flash)
Rank S
By far Fukushi's most deadly jutsu It's almost exactly like the Hiraishin that Minato used when he was alive. While Minato was faster and could use the Hiraishin more frequently which earned him the SS rank. Fukushi is able to internalise the jutsu and through visualising the fuuinjutsu on the target location he can teleport there. It means he has a reliance on sight which is exploitable but for the most part he will only get faster as he practices the internal version of the jutsu. This was the product of coincidence that the known and the unknown world would have developed the same jutsu. Fire and water affinities have been known to also be used to make a teleportation type jutsu but some affinities like Earth cannot be used in such a way.
Genjutsu,
He was born into a place where genjutsu wasn't really considered or even known about. As a result, he has nothing to protect him aside from chakra seals. Maybe after some training he would be able to counter genjutsu but he has no affinity for it.
Monica Uandi, age 17, Rank C
Background,
Monica comes from a family who lived within the Land of the fire. They come from a background of lumberjacks and farmers and have no relatives who were shinobi. Growing fears from the Akatsuki and the desire to move to a city life had decided for her family to pack sticks and move to Konoha. Monica at the age of eight, had signed up to become a shinobi and was accepted after seeing some potential. She had slugged through the academy and developed much slower than the rest of her peers, her lack of shinobi background had meant she felt left out and struggled to relate to many people. She had tried to graduate when she was thirteen but after spectacularly failing her genin exams she got the reputation of being a useless or clumsy ninja, often referred to as a failed Naruto (Even he managed to get through the academy first time, just). She became more quiet and reserved after that which earned her the title of weird by her class. She had hardly improved much during the second attempt. Failing that her depression and anxiety kicked up and she started feeling useless herself. It was after a stern talking to from her teachers and realising the disappointment from her family, that she managed to pass the acadamy exams albeit barely. She became genin at fifteen and the war ended before she was sent anywhere.
She was paired with Nago and Dentsu who were both brighter and stronger than her but two years younger (thirteen at passing the Acadamy). At first, they didn't notice her but she quickly dragged them down and they both made sure she knew about it. With many pranks and sly remarks going under the radar of Lee, who became their sensei once they graduated to genin. She was always the quiet on until Lee managed to persuade her to wear the green jumpsuit thinking it would inspire her, much to everyone's amusement. Her anxiety hit a new low after that point and she lost all moral to do training. As a result, their teamwork became so bad they couldn't take the chunin exams which made Nago and Dentsu loathe her more.
She joined the genin training program to see if new people would help her break out of her shell. Unfortunately, being two years older than most genin coupled by Nago and Dentsu spreading rumours. Some more extreme than others. Monica was noticed by the other genin and then judged by it. If only somebody gave her a leg up for once.
By the second year of being a genin many people in the training program started to ignore her which left her alone and their skills became further and further ahead of her. This was when he had a training accident and knocked out in the forest outside Iwagakure. Nago and Dentsu had left her alone, they were naive of the dangers in the area as no one dared go near a group of forty odd ninja, genin or not. She was seventeen by this point where bandits wounded her and captured her. The stress of almost being raped had snapped something in her mind which is why she saw Fukushi in a whole different light. He saved her from a fate worse than death and never quite recovered from the ordeal in the weeks to come. Fukushi became a stabilising influence in her life, a person who would brush away her anxiety and make the world clear so she could concentrate properly on her training for the first time.
Now she'd only listen to him after realising he didn't treat her as useless and had even helped her find out her forte and how to use it. She grew respect for him as he showed her how much will power he had to keep on going. To her it was a steep learning curve but she would train in the rain, sleep outside without fire and in fear of being found. Scavenge for food and becoming invisible in public. She pushed hard to improve so she wouldn't end up resented by Fukushi and regret allowing her to follow him, that and to just survive the bitter cold nights in the mountains. It was in brief moments of Fukushi's guard down in the hot springs when Monica realised that he was alone and exhausted and she could help. He was human after all with a painful past that she was never told, she just read his body language in those brief moments.
Appearance,
Monica has the height of 5ft 6 with a feminine but not exaggerated hourglass shape to her body which came with a ninja lifestyle. She had perky C-cup breasts on her chest (for those who need to know) which show impressively through her attire despite trying to flatten them out with tight clothes, she used to hate being judged by them so made an effort to conceal them. She typically wore black tights or black shinobi trousers under a long beige coat which gave the appearance of a shirt if she wore a flak jacket on top. Since Fukushi saved her she lost her coat and wore a simple shirt and no longer a tight bra, becoming more confident around him. She wore a cloak much like his own, in fact she probably subconsciously tried to copy him. Her grey cloak is much less worn and lacked the motif of the black sun as she didn't know about it. Her orange shoulder length hair is another feature, she kept is wild and messy, more so once she was in the wild. She used a couple clips to keep her hair out of her face but other than that her hair appeared to be dark brown in some places and bright orange highlights in others. Monica also had two noticeable scars. One covered her left side from her ear down to her hip and the other on the right side of her neck. At first she hated the look and the memories they help but after a while she accepted them as a part of her, even going as far as liking her rogue look.
Stats,
Ninjutsu: 1 (2 when confident but her lack of jutsu is holding her back)
Taijutsu: 1 (2 when confident, though she is quickly approaching Fukushi's skill)
Genjutsu: 1 (She has basic ninja training (henge and substitution for example))
Intelligence: 2 (she does study hard but her anxiety makes her decisions doubted)
Strength: 1 (2 when confident, though improving quickly as she trains)
Speed: 2 (3 when confident, she gets vicious when she wants to be)
Stamina: 2 (3 with seals, she had managed to store chakra on scrolls)
Hand signs: 3 (4 when confident, she's been learning Fukushi's efficiency.)
Affinity: Fire
Confidence refers to when she is near Fukushi and better reflects her skills, without it she becomes panicked easily and relatively weak.
Taijutsu and Kenjutsu,
Her style is mixed between the refined academy style, elements of Lee's own style and Fukushi's more direct approach to surviving. She is unpredictable and can easily switch between armed and unarmed combat. Her low score is from her lack of experience in fighting but will improve over time. She wields a Wakizashi as a weapon longer than a kunai to help aid in her range but not so different that she had to retrain from using kunai all her ninja career. (It's basically a shorter katana, about under half the length)
Ninjutsu,
Monica has the fire affinity which burns a bright emerald blue which gives her a distinct jutsu as the colour isn't common but her lack of a shinobi heritage no one could say for sure where her fire affinity originates from, with the possibility of her being the first to have this type of fire affinity. Other than colour it acts exactly the same and a normal fire affinity though, or the potential hasn't been discovered yet.
Fire style: Fireball (Though she may use Fukushi's language, but Japanese is far easier for her.)
Rank C/B Medium range,
She knows far less jutsu than Fukushi as she's only been training to manipulate the chakra ball. However, she's managed to manipulate it enough to make it into a useful weapon but hasn't mastered it enough to internalise the jutsu yet. She had learned the ability to direct the fireball during her stay at Iwa in secret which makes it much harder to dodge and efficient as she can reuse the same ball of fire.
Fire style: point defence
Rank D
A throwback when she learned to harden her chakra balls into something that can deflect projectiles, although she can only make a few and are useless for anything else, being easily overwhelmed or tricked into missing their mark. She can internalise the jutsu which gives her a small advantage in that regard.
Fire style: Summoning weapons
Rank C
Same as Fukushi only Monica isn't skilled at it yet.
Fire style: Fire Waterfall
Rank D
Typically used with her kunai the jutsu spills fire, as if it's a liquid, on the target. Although she hasn't managed to make it hot enough to cause any lasting damage it still has the shock factor of being set on fire.
Fuuinjutsu,
Monica has learned how to store items and chakra but aside from that she has no additional skills.
Genjutsu,
Fire style: Burn
Rank D
A combination of her basic training and genjutsu and Fukushi's improved chakra manipulation. Has led to her targets thinking that her fire is everywhere. Doesn't damage the target any more than the fire waterfall jutsu but also has the shock factor, which could mean a misstep, or for lesser ninja, outright panic.
This is how things stand during Act I, in Act II the characters would have advanced further, but that'll be in the story. Might have a wee break because i have due essays to write now. But i might have something in a week or so to post so don't loose faith.