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Basic Information
Name: Kenshin Himura
Nickname: Shinta, Sandaime Amekage, Hitokiri Battōsai (Previously)
Gender: Male
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Age: 28
Clan: Valentine
Looks:
Kenshin is of small, slender build with a youthful, feminine visage. His youthful appearance along with his small build belies his twenty-eight years of age, making him look roughly ten years younger. Kenshin is easily recognised by his unique features including his mid-back length red hair tied in a thick ponytail as well a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek, given to him in his youth. Kenshin's cross-shaped scar actually consists of two separate scars - a long one running diagonally down his face from just below the outer corner of his left eye to just above his chin and a slightly shorter scar running diagonally across it in the other direction from just to the left of the bridge of his nose to his left jawbone.
Kenshin's hair is thick and abundant, with all of the shorter frontal hairs falling across his face as bangs rather than being in the ponytail at the nape of his neck. During his youth outside of Amegakure, Kenshin wore his ponytail higher than he does today. Kenshin's eyes, too, have an unusually coloured iris, being a deep violet. With his clan's abilities to sage-morph, his eye do occasionally shift from violet to gold, to signal a change to a more serious and violent personality. Strangely enough, the rapid healing and latent sage-morphing abilities of his clan, were not enough to heal his scar. Upon being inducted into the main branch of the clan, it was deduced that the scars would almost never heal so long as Kenshin carries the emotional stress that he associates with the scars.
Kenshin dresses simply, wearing a plain men's kimono of cheap, worn cloth with a white umanori hakama, zori and white tabi. Kenshin changes his kimono between four colours; a soft red like burgundy, a bolder red, a purple and a deep blue. His Katana is worn under his obi at his left hip in a black, steel saya.
Personality:
Soft-spoken, serene and humble, Kenshin's usual demeanour suits his effeminate appearance perfectly. Always willing to put others before himself, both in terms of well-being and social standing, Kenshin usually refers to others with the noble honorific of "-dono" while nearly always speaking of himself in a particularly humble manner. He carries himself with an air of amicable temperance, politely conversing with the people he encounters and freely giving his meagre services to those who need a hand. Kenshin doesn't hesitate to put himself in the path of harm to shield those around him and often attempts to diffuse contentious situations with soft, calming words and a somewhat clownish personality involving feigned clumsiness and his trademark interjection "oro". These traits lead those unfamiliar with Kenshin to view him as ineffectual or easily exploitable, but more perceptive people become aware in short order that his gift for placatory eloquence and veiled redirection of disagreeable situations suggest a deep wisdom belied by his youthful, unassuming visage.
Tormented by his past as a Hitokiri, Kenshin has developed an acute appreciation for life and has taken a vow in his heart to never again kill another person and to do everything within his power to protect people from being killed. This vow is the defining characteristic of Kenshin's personality and the primary motivation for his transition into the higher ranks of his clan and a Leading role in his Amegakure. Despite this, however, he holds his own existence cheap and carries in his heart a grievous guilt that prevents him from becoming emotionally close to the people around him and compels him to a life of humble service and selfless personal sacrifice. Even with his prodigious skill as a prolific swordsman, Kenshin refrains from wielding his great combat strength for his own sake, drawing his sword only for the well-being of others when words fail to appease. Though unwilling to simply be killed by unrelated attackers, Kenshin freely accepts that any grudges against his past self are well-deserved; he remembers the face of every person he has wronged as the Hitokiri Battōsai and will face their hatred or judgement without complaint, believing that he does not deserve the same happiness as others. Spending much of his alone time in quiet contemplation of his past misdeeds and future retribution, Kenshin often ponders what the right path toward redemption is and laments each life lost due to his weakness. As such, he has a tendency toward trying to solve problems all by himself and alienating his would-be allies with secrecy so as to keep them from becoming involved in his risky endeavors. Having lived his own life carrying heavy regrets, Kenshin is reluctant to judge others for their personal actions, beliefs or mistakes and always offers hopeful encouragement so that those who have stumbled onto the wrong path might redeem themselves in the future. However, when forced to draw his sword against those who abuse their power and undervalue the lives of others, Kenshin's calm temperament gives way to a marked intensity capable of intimidating even other skilled Shinobi and can go so far as to become a powerful fury, despite his compulsion toward diplomacy.
During times when his strength to rely on the peaceful teachings of his Clan is insufficient to defend against a particularly threatening foe, Kenshin's restraint falters and his personality reverts to that of his days as the Hitokiri Battōsai. He immediately abandons his serene humility, dropping the humble tones from his speech in favour of a harsh and direct tone. Kenshin's normally warm nature becomes cold and distant, allowing him to contemplate taking the life of his opponent and even make vicious, bloodthirsty threats. This side of his personality is one that Kenshin struggles to suppress despite the fact that it keeps emerging when he is under great stress and in need of extra strength. His greatest fear is that, one day, he will return to his former self and become a Hitokiri once more. As such, he has come to rely on his close friends and allies in order to keep him in check and to seek their assistance in times of need, despite still being quite reluctant to do so.
Village Info
Village of Birth: Hidden Frost Village
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Village of Alliance: Amegakure ||||
Rank//Chakra Info
Ninja Rank: Kage
Speciality: Lightning | Wind | Valentine Clan Jutsu | Jeet Kune Do
Elements:
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Your Ninjutsu:
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The scar of my past will determine my future!.
Background Info
History:
Kenshin was born into a small-branch of the Valentine Clan that chose to live their lives as simple humans, away from the teachings of the clan and Shinobi in general, originally named "Shinta". After losing both his parents during a raid on their village, he is sold into slavery. The slave-traders' caravan is attacked by bandits who kill all of the peasants except for Shinta, who is saved by a skilled shinobi. Seeing him clutching a blade, attempting to save some of the other slaves the Shinobi delivers Shinta to a village in the Snow Country, renaming him "Kenshin", as the name 'Ken' (sword) and 'Shin' (heart) were more fitting for a swordsman-to be.
After a few years under learning Kenjutsu, the shinobi of Kenshin's village noticed he displayed an aptitude in chakra control which they then decided to teach him Ninjutsu. The traits of his clan began to show through and the villaged noticed his great strength as well as his wish to protect the people with his skills. This results in a shadow ANBU of the Snow Country, alluring Kenshin to join their organisation as an assassin, under the guise that he would build a stronger Snow Country; a folly to keep Kenshin voluntarily working for them. Within the first six months of his career, he killed over 100 people, and eventually becomes known as the "Hitokiri Battōsai". It is during this time he receives one half of the scar on his cheek, the long scar running diagonally down his face from just below the outer corner of his left eye to just above his chin.
At one point, Kenshin comes face to face with a woman named Yuki clan, who initially wanted to avenge the death of her fiancé whom Kenshin had killed, but falls in love with him instead and starts a romantic relationship. After a crisis that saw the end of the Snow Country's ANBU Root, both Kenshin and Tomoe act as a married couple to keep anyone from finding out Kenshin's true identity as an assassin and flee to a remote village in the Frost Country.
Sometime later, Kenshin's wife meets with the leader of the group that took down the Snow Country's ANBU Root, that had formulated a plan to assassinate Kenshin in order to fully remove any trace of the fallen Root Organisation. She realises that all along they had actually used her to create Kenshin's weakness, playing on her original grief at the death of her previous fiancé. Meanwhile, Kenshin runs off to find his wife, but is ambushed by the new Snow ANBU and is severely wounded, left deprived of his physical senses including his sight due to the effects of poison they used against him. He manages to defeat them and eventually finds Tomoe with the leader of the Snow ANBU. In a desperate attempt to defeat the leader, Kenshin blindly swings his sword, killing both his assailant and his wife, who jumps in at the last minute to save Kenshin from a fatal attack. His wife's knife flies into the air and coincidentally slashes Kenshin's already scarred cheek, creating the famous X-shaped scar across his left cheek. Before dying, her last words come to reveal the dark tragedy that ultimately leaves Kenshin forever changed.
After these events Kenshin vowed never to kill again and began to roam the ninja world, doing good in any small village he could whilst being careful to avoid the major Countries for fear of being noticed. Eventually he found himself in the Hidden Rain village, finding the bustle of the large village and the constant rainfall and calming place to reflect on his previous life as a killer. It is in the village he first began to make lasting friendships and learn Medical Ninjutsu as a way of helping people, while using the resources of the village to grow his strength to be able to better protect those he holds dear. Eventually Kenshin began to take an interest in the village affairs and quickly moved up through the ranks, becoming the assistant to the Peace General. It was around this time it was discovered that Kenshin was a descendant of the Valentine Clan, which explained his great strength. He was then fully inducted and taught the clan's secrets and abilities, while continuing to rise through both the village ranks and clan ranks, eventually becoming Sandaime Amekage and also a Dark Crusader, the highest rank other than Clan-Leader among the Valentines.
You can use whatever technique you like, but now that I've said I'll kill you... Your death tonight has been assured.
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Lightning Mastery:
Kenshin has gained such great confidence and prowess with the lightning element that he can perform all Raiton jutsu with only a single hand seal and execute the jutsu with great speed.
Wind Specialist:
Honing his Wind jutsu through years of practice, Kenshin has gained a greater understanding of Wind, incorporating it more and more into his fighting style to the point where he can perform all wind jutsu seals quicker than the average Shinobi.
Kenjutsu:
Wearing his Katana at almost all times, Kenshin tends to rely on it and kenjutsu, preferring to use Kenjutsu over taijutsu and close-ranged ninjutsu. He has no special abilities when it coms to Kenjutsu, only a passion that and instinct that allows him to rely on his blade when it matters the most.
Valentine:Being a member of the Valentine Clan, Kenshin has; improved transformation abilities, ability to passively absorb senjutsu (although only sufficient to source the chakra for the modes used for the Clan Techniques), physical strength and durability increase due to the senjutsu chakra regulating around the user at all times (+15 damage to all taijutsu, +10 damage to all ninjutsu), and due to training with natural energy Kenshin has the ability to detect living things through their life force also gaining a naturally high resistance to toxins and pathogenic matter, as well as a longer lifespan.
Kenshin has progressed through the clan and holds the rank of Dark Crusader:
The inner circle of the clan. They have attained near mastery of the clans abilities and have access to all the clans techniques. Due to their mastery of the arts of the clan, these individuals can live for hundreds of years. Their transformations last 1 turn longer than normal.
Kenshin is also branded with the Valentine Cursed Seal, worn on the back of his neck, worn below the height of his collar so as to not be noticeable by others.:
Valentine’s Cursed Seal (Tanabata Juinjutsu)
Type: Supplementary
Rank: S
Range: Short-Long (can only be applied at close range)
Chakra: 40
Damage: 80
Description: A technique that brings a member of the Valentines under the control of the user. The techniques works similarly to Hyuuga’s Juinjutsu, and is only taught to the high ranking members of the clan and select officials of the Rain village/Akatsuki as a countermeasure against betrayals. The seal is placed on all members of the Clan upon joining and is automatically activated upon death. The seal has numerous functions, primarily causing an extreme paralysis with a single Seal of Confrontation, the same way Danzo’s Juinjutsu works. The curse seal has the appearance of a Black Heart placed on the right side of the members chest. When activated sealing scripts pour out of the heart and bind the body.
The secondary function of the seal is to completely this destroy the victim’s body. The function activates automatically upon Death but can also be forcefully triggered by a user of this technique. When activated, the Black heart on the chest breaks apart and splits into two. This makes the seal unstable and the effects extends to the victims body, the seal absorbs natural energy at an extreme rate quickly petrifying the victim into a statue form. This both kills the victim (If he’s alive) and completely destroys the D.N.A rendering the body unusable.
Alternatively, the technique could also be applied on opponents in the middle of battle by striking the chest. The seal has the same effects of paralysis and petrification even on Non-Valentines. Also, activating the seal against an opponent counts as one of the user's 3 jutsu per turn.
Note: Can only be 3 times per conflict.
Type: Supplementary
Rank: S
Range: Short-Long (can only be applied at close range)
Chakra: 40
Damage: 80
Description: A technique that brings a member of the Valentines under the control of the user. The techniques works similarly to Hyuuga’s Juinjutsu, and is only taught to the high ranking members of the clan and select officials of the Rain village/Akatsuki as a countermeasure against betrayals. The seal is placed on all members of the Clan upon joining and is automatically activated upon death. The seal has numerous functions, primarily causing an extreme paralysis with a single Seal of Confrontation, the same way Danzo’s Juinjutsu works. The curse seal has the appearance of a Black Heart placed on the right side of the members chest. When activated sealing scripts pour out of the heart and bind the body.
The secondary function of the seal is to completely this destroy the victim’s body. The function activates automatically upon Death but can also be forcefully triggered by a user of this technique. When activated, the Black heart on the chest breaks apart and splits into two. This makes the seal unstable and the effects extends to the victims body, the seal absorbs natural energy at an extreme rate quickly petrifying the victim into a statue form. This both kills the victim (If he’s alive) and completely destroys the D.N.A rendering the body unusable.
Alternatively, the technique could also be applied on opponents in the middle of battle by striking the chest. The seal has the same effects of paralysis and petrification even on Non-Valentines. Also, activating the seal against an opponent counts as one of the user's 3 jutsu per turn.
Note: Can only be 3 times per conflict.
Jeet Kune Do: Kenshin has trained in the art of Jeet Kune Do which, is basically a style without style, a philosophy/fighting style in which the user tries to out smart the opponent using their own strength against them. He is able to move his body in short bursts moving limbs in the blink of an eye as well as perceive and react to attacks three times his own speed.
Will of Rain:
Kenshin has a really strong willpower and carries a strong will to protect Amegakure and prove himself as a competent shinobi of Valentine lineage. Having such strong will means that in a fight, small injuries are not enough to stop him.
Kingfisher Summoning:
Kenshin is the current owner of the Kingfisher summoning contract and as such has a tattoo on his right should to signify his pact with the Kingfishers. Kenshin also carries a scroll with the Kingfisher tattoo on it that he uses for one of the special summons.
Kingfisher
Scroll Owner:
Other Users who have signed contract: Kuroh, FeeLPain, Roger23, elmage
Summoning Boss if existing: Augustine
Other Summoning Animals tied to contract: The Water Kingfisher Jade, The Kookaburra Leach, Burning Angry Birds, and The Lightning Kingfisher Torotoro
Description and Background:
As with the Toads in the Narutoverse, The Kingfishers will greatly vary in size. Some will be their normal real-world size and others will be large enough to carry one person on their backs and off course some sizes in between.
Some of the Kingfishers will have an affinity for an element and each have there own specialised attacks. They will also be able to communicate using human language and have developed an intricate social structure back in there homeland forest.
The tattoo signifying that Kenshin has signed the contract:
Scroll Owner:
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Other Users who have signed contract: Kuroh, FeeLPain, Roger23, elmage
Summoning Boss if existing: Augustine
Other Summoning Animals tied to contract: The Water Kingfisher Jade, The Kookaburra Leach, Burning Angry Birds, and The Lightning Kingfisher Torotoro
Description and Background:
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As with the Toads in the Narutoverse, The Kingfishers will greatly vary in size. Some will be their normal real-world size and others will be large enough to carry one person on their backs and off course some sizes in between.
Some of the Kingfishers will have an affinity for an element and each have there own specialised attacks. They will also be able to communicate using human language and have developed an intricate social structure back in there homeland forest.
The tattoo signifying that Kenshin has signed the contract:
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Weapons
Kenshin generally carries a standard Katana, though He alternates this with a Sakabatō, both of which he would wear on his left hip. The Katana is only worn during times where Kenshin believes the lives of his villagers are at stake and no other option but to fight exists. He wears the Sakabatō during the day-to-day happenings of Amegakure and any diplomatic missions so as to keep the good name of Amegakure and to distance himself from the brand of a killer.
Kenshin also stores in the sleeves of his haori several kunai and shuriken in specially designed pouches for quick access. He also has a pouch on his back where he keeps more tools and weapons such as flash and smoke bombs, explosive tags, ninja wire and many scrolls.
Kenshin will also wear leather gauntlets that he has grown to find helpful in the many Sword encounters in his time.
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Snake Summoning Contract:
Having signed a pact with the Snakes, Kenshin wears a Tattoo on his left forearm as well as carrying a summoning scroll as a back-up.
Snake Summoning Tattoo:
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Amegakure Armoury:
As a member of Amegakure, Kenshin has access to its armoury and to a number of weapons contained within...
Umbrella Kenshin will occasionally a battle enhanced Umbrella that can only be operated by a member of Amegakure that he will wear on his back with the Umbrella's handle over his right shoulder:
Senbon Shower: releases a hailing "shower" of senbon. It cannot be dodged by moving away since the needles cover a wide area in all directions, controlled by chakra. Although the needles are said to be able to pierce a five millimetre thick steel sheet, they can still be blocked by a powerful enough shield. Medical ninja can dip their senbon with poison to increase their lethality.
(Jouro Senbon) - Sprinkling Needles
Rank: C
Type: Attack
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra Cost: 15
Damage Points: 30
Description: After hurling their umbrella into the air, the user will unleash a torrent of needles. Using their chakra they can guide these needles towards their opponent.
Rank: C
Type: Attack
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra Cost: 15
Damage Points: 30
Description: After hurling their umbrella into the air, the user will unleash a torrent of needles. Using their chakra they can guide these needles towards their opponent.
Shield: The cover of the umbrella is made up of metallic threads, capable of defending against weak physical attacks and projectiles.
Added Modification: Wires, the rib-cage of the umbrella could be modified to shoot out wires from the end. This could be used to bind targets.
Fūinjutsu seals:
Having been taught the Generic Sealing Technique, Kenshin has placed a number of seals on his body:
- On the back of both Kenshin's hands, are the Kanji "甲" which is the symbol for the first character for Gauntlet. By activating these seals (two in total) Kenshin can summon his both his leather gauntlets as described above, already on his wrists.
- On the inside of his left palm, the Kanji "刀" which is the symbol for Katana. Using this seal, a spare Katana will be summoned in his hand.
- On the inside of his right palm, the Kanji "傘", the symbol for Umbrella which he keeps a spare Amegakure Umbrella within (Same specs as above).
- In his Ninja pouch, he has four pieces of paper with the Kanji "手", the first character of Shuriken. Each one will summon two giant shuriken to the battle field. Also in his ninja pouch, is a piece of paper with the Kanji for Fan, "団", of which a giant fan will be summoned to battle.
- Kenshin also carries five pre-drawn scrolls with the Kanji for Lightning, Wind, Fire, Water and Earth on them as well as a blank scroll for use in certain Fuuinjutsu.
If fighting could provide us with the truth, nobody would make any mistakes in their lives. A person's life is not that easy. The truth you must learn from yourself, from how you live your life.
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Theme Song and Background Music:
Battles
Won: None
Lost: None
Perhaps the distant part of the sky always seems clearest, so that we will always strive to reach it.
Dropping
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