M U R A K U M O , M I K O T O



“Oioioi, who are you callin' pipsqueak?!”



NAME
Murakumo Mikoto

ALIAS
"Mikki" (Hates it), "Young Oneesan"

GENDER
Female

AGE
Twelve

ORIGIN
Konohagakure

RANK
Genin



APPEARANCE
As is typical among the Murakumo clan, young Mikoto is blessed with a head of golden blonde hair and brilliant crimson eyes. Due to the Murakumo's ventures into the realm of fashion, and Mikoto's position as a member of the Murakumo's crafting branch, Mikoto is known to dress rather finely for a ninja. However, most important to her is her cape, which she makes an effort to wear at all times. While Mikoto is by many accounts "cute", and the spitting image of her mother, it is not uncommon to find the young Murakumo affecting some sort of glare. When engaged in combat, Mikoto has a tendency to cover the lower half of her face with a mask.

PERSONALITY & MOTIVATIONS
Headstrong and confident, Mikoto shows hot-bloodedness in spades. Mikoto can be more than a little abrasive, especially when faced with those who underestimate her skills or disrespect her (or her friends) in any way. As one who seeks to prove her skills against others, Mikoto will rarely, if ever, back down from a challenge. As such, she can be a bit of a showoff, never hesitating to throw taunting remarks when she has the upper hand.

While Mikoto has a hard time making friends her own age due to her bluster, she is actually quite doting on those whom she considers her comrades, much as she'll deny it herself. That being said, she gets flustered rather easily by praise, or general displays of affection from others, so she'll often exit such situations to save face if it proves to be too much.

CLAN HISTORY
The Murakumo are a fairly long-standing clan made up of two branches. One of the branches is known as the 'Clothier's Branch", wherein the members focus on the art of sewing and other methods of clothes-making. It is typically the members of this branch that are tasked with sewing and fitting the vestments for the Hokage, and it is seen as one of the highest honors as a member of the clan to be the clothier selected for such a task. While members of the Clothier's Branch do not typically join Konohagakure's shinobi forces, they are still taught Murakumo Clan Ninpo for the sake of self-defense purposes. Complementing this branch is the "Shears' Branch", from which many of the clan's shinobi originate. Among the clan, the two branches are considered equal, with the Clothier's Branch providing the Murakumo with economic power, and the Shears' Branch providing fighting power to the clan and Konohagakure as a whole.

PERSONAL HISTORY
Character history, experiences, and life. Their home life and their academy life is a big plus. Detail as much as desired.

INFLUENCE & RELATIONS
Within your clan and the academy/village.



CHAKRA NATURE
Lightning

SPECIAL TRAITS
A practitioner of Murakumo-ryu Ninpo, a system belonging to the Murakumo Clan said to "Embody the Skies and the Greater Heavens themselves". Divided into Ittoryu (Single-Sword Style), Nitoryu (Two-Sword Style), Shurikenjutsu (Shuriken Techniques) and Itojutsu (Thread Techniques) at the greater level, both the Nitoryu and Ittoryu are further subdivided into three "branches" of skills, with most practitioners pushed to be versed in the use of each:
Yumaiarashi(Heroic Storm): Easily the most straightforward of the branches in theory and execution. Yumaiarashi sword techniques are meant primarily to overwhelm the opponent with speed, never giving them a chance to breathe as the practitioner mounts strike upon strike before they can adequately defend. Many of the more advanced techniques in this tree require one to be versed in the use of Lightning and/or Wind chakra natures.
Kosuizuki(Cunning Moon): Techniques akin more to assassination techniques than straight swordplay. Techniques from the Kosuizuki branch involve misdirection or combining genjutsu with swordplay in order to allow strikes to land true.
Mabushiiyo(Dazzling Sun): Likely tied in sheer straightforwardness with the Yumaiarashi branch techniques, Mabushiiyo sword techniques apply Fire nature chakra to strikes for the express purpose of obliterating an enemy (or several enemies) in a single blow.

As Mikoto is still young, however, she is far from mastering the full range of skills that Murakumo Ninpo has to offer, though she has shown a particular affinity for Yumaiarashi branch skills and shurikenjutsu.

FOCUS & SKILLS
As a member of the Murakumo's Shears' Branch, Mikoto is trained in the arts of Kenjutsu, Shurikenjutsu and Ninja Wires. As such, Mikoto tends to prefer melee ranges, supplementing her swordplay with smart use of ninja tools.

EQUIPMENT & INVENTORY
-Shirasaya
-Shuriken
-Ninja Wire

JUTSU







CUSTOM JUTSU