[center][color=#ACECFC][h2][u][b]Kouken, Ayame[/b][i][/i][/u][/h2][/color] [img]http://safebooru.org//samples/1442/sample_c1ebe3762d98867209d4abeb0a9f47a04b1ad453.jpg?1510079[/img][/center][hider=General Data][B][U]Name:[/U][/B] Kouken(Guardian), Ayame(Iris). [I][U]Nickname/Alias:[/U][/I] Aya. [I][U]Gender:[/U][/I] Female. [B][U]Age:[/U][/B] 25. [I][U]Age Appearance:[/U][/I] 25. [I][U]Sexuality:[/U][/I] Bisexual. [B][U]Village:[/U][/B] Iwagakure. [I][U]Birthplace:[/U][/I] Iwagakure. [B][U]Organization:[/U][/B] Iwa Barrier corps. [B][U]Rank:[/U][/B] C-B. [U][I]Position:[/I][/U] Special Jounin. [B][U]Chakra Nature:[/U][/B] [s]Earth, Water, and Lightning.[/s] [I][U]Additional Appearance Details:[/U][/I] Ayame stands at 5'5 and is a healthy weight for her height and age. She typically wears her headband around her neck as well as a necklace that she keeps hidden under her clothes. She has deep stirring purple eyes. [B][U]History:[/U][/B] Born into the Kouken family, Ayame was perhaps doomed to a life of servitude. Lead by their elders, who had known the now almost forgotten horrors of war, the Kouken family did its part in Iwagakure, playing a huge role in maintaining its many barriers and defenses. Still, despite this her first seven years in this world were joyful ones, filled even with the birth of her younger sister. Sadly, it was after these seven years passed that her story truly began, for she was deemed talented by her tutors, and so selected to carry on the tradition of their clan's Hiden Technique, the Kinzoku Youki. Her parents, fearing for her safety and wellbeing, intially resisted, but were soon bent around the fingers of the elders and made to allow the procedure to take place. Thus, on the day of her eighth birthday, Ayame had searing hot metal implanted into her arms, legs, hands, feet, and torso where they would stay for the rest of her life. The procedure took almost twelve hours, during which she passed out more than eight times and screamed so much that she lost her voice for a full week afterwards. Taking quite a long time to recover, Ayame didn't have much of an appetite or will to do anything for almost a month after that. However, with rehabilitation and training she slowly recovered from the traumatic experience, coming out of it with a newfound respect for life and normalcy. With the pain having scarred her, despite her recovery, Ayame's childhood was almost certainly over. The ensuing days were spent training with the masters of the clan and being educated by the clan elders. Ten years later, on what would have been a perfectly normal day, the lives of both sisters would change irrevocably. On that sunny day, Ayame was practicing on one of the clan's training fields, attempting to use a technique that one of her tutors was going to teach her later on, she was unaware that her younger sister had wandered onto the field. Executing the technique, she lost control and, as she turned to discharge the technique at a training post, there was her sister...right in the line of fire. Eyes widening, Ayame had no time to change tacts, and so the technique went off, creating two barriers on either side of her sister, which slammed inwards, even as a number of others cut at her, gouging open her arm while cracking other bones. Screaming out even as her sister did, she yelled for help, running to her sister to offer what little comfort she could, she held her. Still, she would never forget the look of pain and fear in sister's eyes that day. Like her eighth birthday, it appeared her eighteenth year would haunt her for the rest of her life. While her sister came out alright as healers were called quickly enough, that event drove a wedge into their relationship and so what closeness that had remained slowly dwindled. As the years passed and Ayame's fear drove her to refuse the teachings of the clan elders, she found that seemed to avoid her and the others more. Occasionally she would catch Kazue staring in her direction with a bitter look about her. Even as the two grew up and Ayame earned a place on the barrier corps like many of her ancestors and peers, this loss of companionship saddened the woman. Then, on her twentieth year during the winter season, Kazue, and their father depart for a mission outside the village. Kazue does not return, and Ayame falls into a depression, thinking her sister dead. A year passes and just when Ayame is getting her life back on track she receives a mysterious letter. In a stroke of luck, it is from her sister, telling her that she's alive. Relieved, she cries, the emotion and shock overwhelming her. Still, it is not until a year and a seven months later that she sees Kazue again. Yet, as all things do, she has changed. Unsure of where they stand after what transpired all those years ago, Ayame is hesitant around Kazue, who has changed her name to Ai. For the last five months she has been doing her utmost to rekindle the friendship and faint rivalry that they once had as young girls. [B][U]Personality:[/U][/B] Ayame is a wounded soul. She is full of grief and a measure of pain due to both her own choices and those of her clan. As a result she is a caring and compassionate woman who believes in freedom of choice, the inherent value of life, and the weight of one's actions. Ironically, despite the teachings of her clan and her own status as a shinobi of Iwagakure, Ayame is essentially a pacifist. The woman is always looking for new ways to end disputes or conflict non-violently, and should she fail she does her best to protect those innocent and guilty from harm. In this way, at least, she certainly lives up to her family name, serving as a guardian to the weak. Undercutting all of this is a deeply ingrained fear of her own potential, a fear that should she ever be violent that she will harm those she seeks only to protect. However, buried deeper still is the hardy resilience of a survivor. Perhaps one day it will be unearthed.[/hider] [hider=Equipment Data] [B][U]Base Weapons & Items:[/U][/B] X Bandages X Wire X Kunai X Shuriken X Smoke Bombs X Smoke Pellets X Explosive Tags X Senbon. [B][U]Specialized Weapons & Items:[/U][/B] [B]Name of Weapon or Item:[/B] Sekisao([sub]関棹[/sub] [i]'Barrier Rods'[/i]). [img]http://www.moviepropclassifieds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Blade-Prop-Killing-Spike.jpg[/img] [B]Description:[/B] A series of chakra conductive rods that she keeps all along the inside of her short cloak, the Sekisao are items that can be utilized to empower or create barriers. She can use these rods as origin points for her barriers or to empower existing ones. The rods can be considered an heirloom of her clan and have been repeatedly infused with chakra every generation, making them nigh indestructible. Additionally, using chakra, a user attuned to the Sekisao can alter their curvature or lackthereof without compromising their durability.[/hider] [hider=Combat Data] [B][U]Special Traits[/U][/B] Heightened susceptibility to Lightning affinity. Incredible Chakra Control. Barrier ninjutsu Savant. Average Taijutsu skill. Average Chakra Pool. [center]【Hiden】 [i][u]Name of Hiden:[/u][/i] Kinzoku Youki([sub]金属容器[/sub] [i]'Metal Vessel'[/i]) [i][u]Clan:[/u][/i] Kouken. [i][u]Description:[/u][/i] Implanting chakra conductive metal into their bodies along their bones, with nodes at their joints, the Kouken clan have created a style where they can project barriers directly from their body for both offensive and defensive purposes. These metallic implants are attuned to an individual's chakra beforehand and are covered with seals that allow them to sap chakra to generate more metal and grow with the body. Due to their attunement to the user's chakra the body does not reject them or grow sick due to their presence. The metal often greatly increases the chakra control of the user due to its conductivity. Most importantly, the seals inscribed on the metal allow those with the Hiden to immediately translate chakra into barriers without handseals so long as their focus is great enough. *The metal is non-magnetic, but is conductive. [hider=Metal Locations]Thin stripes of flexible metal through the hands and fingers. Thicker/denser metal through the arms and legs (in Ayame's case). Nodes at or near each joint and on the fingertips except the pinkies. Node at the base of the hands near the wrists. Nodes in the shoulders. Several lines along the edges of the torso on both sides. All the metal is connected. Ayame has the metal in her feet as well, in the same way as her hands.[/hider][/center] ========================================= [B][U]Techniques:[/U][/B] [B]Canon Jutsu[/B] All Academy and relevant D rank techniques. [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra_Threads]Chakra Threads:[/url] Can channel jutsu to her Sekisao or be used in tangent with Chakra Flow. [B]Custom Jutsu[/B] [B]Name of Technique:[/B] Seki Tōei([sub]関投影[/sub] [i]'Barrier Projection'[/i]). [B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Barrier ninjutsu. [B]Rank:[/B] C. [B]Range:[/B] Personal. [B]Nature Type:[/B] Variable. [B]Handseals:[/B] N/A. [B]Description:[/B] Channeling chakra through the metal implants in their body, a member of the Kouken clan can translate this chakra directly into barriers originating from any of the metal in their body. The more chakra utilized for a barrier, the stronger it will usually be. This technique may be used in tangent with the Sekisao. [B]Weakness:[/B] Seki Tōei requires a measure of physical movement to create barriers of different shapes, excluding skintight or spherical barriers. Can be disrupted by chakra absorption, some fuinjutsu, and can be broken by appropriately powerful attacks. ==================== [B]Name of Technique:[/B] Kōken no Ishi([sub]後見の意志[/sub] [i]'Guardian's Will'[/i]). [B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Barrier ninjutsu. [B]Rank:[/B] C. [B]Range:[/B] N/A. [B]Nature Type:[/B] Variable. [B]Handseals:[/B] N/A. [B]Description:[/B] Utilizing the Sekisao, the user may create barriers by connected them with the planes of said barriers following the curvature—or lackthereof—of the rods. The more rods and chakra utilized, the stronger the barrier is. *Each rod amplifies the durability by 1/4th of a rank. [B]Weakness:[/B] Can be disrupted by chakra absorption, some fuinjutsu, and can be broken by appropriately powerful attacks. ==================== [B]Name of Technique:[/B] Kui Enshin([sub]杭延伸[/sub] [i]'Stake Extension'[/i]). [B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Barrier ninjutsu. [B]Rank:[/B] C. [B]Range:[/B] N/A. [B]Nature Type:[/B] Variable. [B]Handseals:[/B] N/A. [B]Description:[/B] Channeling chakra into a Sekisao the user will form a barrier that extends the length of the barrier rod. So long as the rod retains enough chakra to fuel the effect, the barrier will act as an extension of it, making it possible to create barriers using the "new shape," of the stake. The Sekisao can also be thrown or used to block attacks. [B]Weakness:[/B] Either requires continuous chakra to maintain or it will only last for a set period of time. Kui Enshin can only remain active for a minute. Can be disrupted by chakra absorption, some fuinjutsu, and can be broken by appropriately powerful attacks. ==================== [B]Name of Technique:[/B] Wakeru Ikioi([sub]分ける勢い[/sub] [i]'Dividing Force'[/i]). [B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Barrier ninjutsu. [B]Rank:[/B] B. [B]Range:[/B] N/A. [B]Nature Type:[/B] Variable. [B]Handseals:[/B] N/A. [B]Description:[/B] Requiring at least one barrier rod, this technique has the user place one before the target of their protection, and then create two tall flat planes going backwards from the Sekisao. This technique is often used to defend against powerful head on ninjutsu such as explosions of fire or huge rushes of water or wind. The barrier has the effect of splitting the offending attack in two and diverting it around the user. The more Sekisao utilized, the stronger the barrier. *Each rod amplifies the durability by 1/4th of a rank. [B]Weakness:[/B] Can be disrupted by chakra absorption, some fuinjutsu, and can be broken by appropriately powerful attacks. ==================== [B]Name of Technique:[/B] Seki no Koi Sakana([sub]関のコイ魚[/sub] [i]'Barrier of the Koi Fish'[/i]). [B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Barrier ninjutsu. [B]Rank:[/B] A. [B]Range:[/B] N/A. [B]Nature Type:[/B] N/A. [B]Handseals:[/B] N/A. [B]Description:[/B] Requiring 3 seconds to activate, the user alters their barriers, creating a moving current of chakra that carries other chakra based attacks across and around the screen. This effect distributes the force of attacks across the entire surface of the barrier and while powerful against most large attacks, is ineffective against physical strikes or more concentrated jutsu. [B]Weakness:[/B] Small concentrated attacks and physical attacks. Can be disrupted by chakra absorption, and some fuinjutsu. ==================== [B]Name of Technique:[/B] Saishu Haji([sub]最終把持[/sub] [i]'Last Grasp'[/i]). [B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Barrier ninjutsu. [B]Rank:[/B] A. [B]Range:[/B] 15 meters. [B]Nature Type:[/B] Variable. [B]Handseals:[/B] 3. [B]Description:[/B] An advanced barrier technique, this creates two barriers which then slam together on a target, crushing them. Maintaining the physical form of the barriers is difficult and requires concentration. However, the two barriers move at incredible speed, hence the rank of the technique. Each barrier is 15x15 feet and is flat. [B]Weakness:[/B] Due to the range, the technique has a lag time of five seconds between the three handsigns and its initial formation. [b][u]Ayame will not use this technique unless cornered or someone else's life/wellbeing is threatened and there is no other way for her to prevent their harm.[/u][/b] ==================== [B]Name of Technique:[/B] Myōbatsu([sub]冥罰[/sub] [i]'Retribution'[/i]). [B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Barrier ninjutsu. [B]Rank:[/B] A-[s]S.[/s] [B]Range:[/B] 15 meters. [B]Nature Type:[/B] Variable. [B]Handseals:[/B] 3. [B]Description:[/B] Performing the necessary handseals, the user positions their hands on one side of their body, low, forming a series of complex, elongated barriers between their hands. Once formed, the user may swipe one or both hands multiple times, releasing sharp, and curved claw-like barriers forwards at high speed. The chakra of these barriers is serrated and rotates along the edges, essentially turning them into claw shaped chainsaws. If any of these barriers land solid strikes they can pierce and then shred flesh or other material. The mastered version of this technique allows the user to form these rapidly around their body and release them with deadly precision. Conversely a master might use these like claws, extending off of their hands, arms, or feet during melee combat. Ayame has not mastered this technique. [B]Weakness:[/B] Barrier weaknesses. [b][u]Ayame will not use this technique unless cornered or someone else's life/wellbeing is threatened and there is no other way for her to prevent their harm.[/u][/b][/hider]