Post by Yuuhi Kurenai on Dec 4, 2006 14:38:27 GMT -5
Name: Yuuhi Kurenai
Age: 13
Village: Konohagakure no Sato
Rank: Genin
Clan: N/A
Gender: Female
Clothing or Armour:
Kurenai wears a beige jumper, which is relatively loose for easy movement over a black mesh top. This jacket has two maroon coloured stash zips on each side of the waist (normally used for carrying things like explosive tags which don’t really show), the jacket only has one sleeve; this sleeve is on the left and helps her to hide the weapons she stores along her left arm (usually senbon). She also carries weapons on her upper right arm, but these are carried in a buckle-on black pouch. Her lower arms are completely bandaged all the way down to the middles of her fingers, she always makes sure she changed them daily or else they’d go a murky grey colour.
There is another weapon’s pouch around her waist that is worn like a belt, it’s the biggest one so it usually stores larger objects like bandages and kunai, and the second largest weapon’s pouch is around her right thigh. Kurenai wears blue three-quarter lengths that seem rather tight around her thighs but get noticeably looser around her knees where they end. Her lower legs are wrapped in bandages and she wears the usual blue ninja sandals too, the heels of which are noticeably worn, but Kurenai hasn’t taken the time to repair or change them yet. Kurenai will usually carry around a brown rucksack with her when she’s out on missions that will hold the bulk of her essentials. Sometimes she’ll also wear black fingerless gloves that have mirrors on the palms, which help to look around corners (and even help her to apply her lipstick on special occasions).
Physical Appearance:
Kurenai is somewhat short standing at 4’9 (only 0’1 taller than Hinata when she was 12), but that doesn’t bother her too much, or at lest she’ll deny being bothered by it. Her upper frame is lean, making her an agile ninja who can bend her torso in many nimble ways. Having only reached adolescence means Kurenai’s chest hasn’t quite developed completely, but there is some noticeable blossoming in that area. While her upper body is lean, Kurenai’s hips are noticeably wide and thus she has received a fair amount of ridiculing for them, they also make her thighs seem larger than the norm, but her calves and ankles appear to be very slim. She has slender fingers and small palms that find moulding into handseals very quick and easy.
Her skin is a pale shade, but not a ghostly white, however the skin against her cheeks gradually seems to muster a rosier colour. It’s a shade that surprisingly compliments her vibrant red eyes. Her eyes are probably her most noticeable feature that she likes to think make her stand out against the other, more ordinary looking kunoichi. They are a murky red around the pupil, but that shade of red grows more vibrant as it gets nearer to her irises. She has long, naturally curled eyelashes and pink bow shaped lips. Her eyebrows also have a natural arc and Kurenai hasn’t yet taken up the act of masking her natural facial appearance with make-up everyday, only some red lip-stick now and again, usually on special occasions. So far she doesn’t appear to have any blemishes on her face either, and no horrific scars adorning her body, only the rare bruise of cut from either training or a mission (most likely a mission though, for Kurenai spends most of her training hours on genjutsu techniques). Her hair is always worn down and falls in lustrous black tresses that have a slight kink to them, Kurenai secretly hates the thought of wearing her hair up, as she likes it to frame her face and it makes her feel more feminine…she doesn’t admit this though, since people would only mock her for such petty vanities.
Weapons:
Kunai and shuriken are her most commonly used weapons, she keeps them around her waist and on her arms so usually they are fairly accessible and she can throw them in all sorts of angles and even with spinning motions. Sometimes if there are too many opponents, Kurenai will attach an exploding tag to one of her kunai and aim it into the ground to harm the surrounding shinobi, thus giving her time to flee.
Her favourite weapon however, would have to be her senbon that are discreetly positioned on her covered arm. Theses weapons are perfect for an illusionist. If she needs to capture someone rather than killing them she will aim senbon at a foe to hit somewhere close to a vital point, but not the actual vital point itself. The opponent is momentarily stunned when they see that the weapon has hit a vital point (or so they think), they do not usually expect the opponent to make another hit after that, but Kurenai will; using the time they are stunned effectively and to her advantage. Or if she’s really accurate she can hit a point on their nervous system that effects the opponent’s movement, however; these parts of the body are a lot more difficult to hit.
Sometimes Kurenai will scatter some of her smaller weapons like senbon in various positions on the terrain (all of which usually well thought out, that’s if she has the time), and either using direct sunlight, or the mirrors on her gloves to change the direction of the sunlight she will make the weapons glimmer. This tricks the opponent, and gives them false knowledge on her whereabouts, and thus its very handy for surprise attacks. Her mirrors are also useful for flashing Morse code to a comrade who is a fair distance away.
Jutsu:
(She has the academy basics)
Mangen: Zassou Satsu (Demonic Illusion: - Root Bind Death) (Genjutsu): In this jutsu the user makes themselves appear invisible so they can get close to the opponent without being noticed. Once this is done an illusion of weeds will grow around the target’s feet to ‘immobilise’ them. Once they think they are trapped the user can reappear behind the foe and attack the opponent; the attack also dispels the jutsu.
Ninban Dankai (Demonic Illusion: Second stage): The demonic illusion can be countered by such things as Genjutsu Kai, or having someone else make contact with the opponent. Raising it to the second stage makes physical pain the only way to break it, by either the person trapped or the person using the jutsu. (But Byakugan and Sharingan can still see through it). There is a third stage, but Kurenai has not yet learnt it.
Name: Kori Shinchû no Jutsu (Sly Mind Affect Technique) (Genjutsu): This genjutsu makes the oppenent belive they are waling towards their desired destination when infact they are merely walking in circles. This eventually wears out the opponent, because because the effects take so long its best for evasion purposes only.
Tsuriai Sonbou no Justu (Balance loss Technique) (Ninjutsu): Using the properties of Genjutsu the user manipulates the foes chakra and cut off any chakra to the foe’s tympanum, thus causing them to loose balance and accuracy. Of course you could permanently damage the tympanum by piercing it with a senbon needle, but that would take an incredible amount of precision that in battle; there really isn’t any time for. Although it is considered Ninjutsu, it can be countered in the same ways a normal Genjutsu could.
Kekkei Gekkai: N/A
Battle Style:
Kurenai’s fighting style is all about trickery. Usually she will stick to genjutsu to confuse an opponent or immobilise them, and simply let her team mates do the more brutal punishing whilst she keeps herself at a distance and plans her next move. Of course if she’s alone she will have to make the attacks, but usually she will throw a weapon rather than getting too close, and if she does get close she tends to flee shortly after an attack.
Close range-combat is defiantly her weakness, and if her foe possesses a doujutsu such as the Sharingan or Byakugan (that is strong enough), her genjutsu is simply rendered useless. But Kurenai is not stupid enough to only rely on genjutsu. She will use her cunning and apply it to her weapons instead, though this takes her more time since she has to come up with strategies. That’s another reason as to why she tends to keep so much distance; to plan her next more before her opponent can strike. Another weakness of hers is brute strength, her frame is small and she is considered weak in the area of Taijutsu.
Companions: N/A (for now >.>)
History: (might add more later, lord help us O.O)
Kurenai grew up in the outskirts of Konoha with her mother and father who owned a large farm there, although her father only worked on the farm part-time because he was a shinobi. She enjoyed living there; there was always plenty of space for training and always lots to be done in terms of farm-work when she wasn’t training. But in such a big place it had also been lonely, as Kurenai had always wanted a younger brother or sister to share her childhood with, but after three miscarriages that occurred after Kurenai’s birth her mother and father had soon given up on having another child. As sad as it was at the time, Kurenai had soon gotten over it, because unlike a lot of the children in her academy class, her upbringing had been happy, and she had plenty of friends there too. But living in the outskirts always made going to the academy difficult, especially in the winter season, and it also made spending time with friends outside the academy difficult too because her house was so inaccessible.
She always managed to get there on time though, each and every day. Kurenai had a very determined attitude towards her studying and training; and many things spurred this determination. Her main focus (although she wouldn’t admit it) was to impress. Impress the boys who thought Kunoichi weren’t as strong, impress her teachers with her dedication, but most of all, Kurenai wanted to impress her crush.
It was true, she wanted to be an independent kunoichi, but she couldn’t deny her feelings towards a certain boy in her class, Asuma. She always liked his rugged look, and would sometimes be caught ogling him by her teachers, luckily they didn’t mention it outloud to any of her classmates; perhaps they let her off because she was such a hard worker (when she wasn’t daydreaming). Kurenai was a girl, who was although dedicated, she was always average as a shinobi, her book smarts were average, her throwing skills were average, agility, taijutsu, ninjutsu… all of them were average.
Around her peers Kurenai was a chirpy girl, she seemed nice enough and very polite…but at the end of the day she’d rather be alone. On the long walk home she could only think about…how average she was, and it was depressing for someone so young, who hadn’t really suffered many hardships to know true depression, so this little downfall irked her considerably.
It was then that she went through a faze of being overly self conscious and she seemed to shy away a lot more. She began to worry about not only her training, but her looks too, her height, her weight, her complexion, everything! And one day she even came into class wearing make-up, there was crimson lipstick painted over her lips, the teacher sent her out straight away. It was the first time Kurenai ever got into trouble. And that only seemed to make things worse, instead of being self-conscious and shy, she became self-conscious and angry.
At the end of that day she was confronted with a few of the girls from her class, who snickered that she was too young to wear make-up, and that she was only doing it to impress the boys. Kurenai’s already sour mood became foul, and inevitably she got into a fight with the ring-leader of the group, who happened to be very good at throwing skills, and she simply mocked Kurenai’s average attempts.
It was only seconds later that all of the other girls had crowded around their ring-leader, who was passed out on the ground.
“What did you do to her!?” One of them spat as Kurenai looked at the unconscious girl, shocked by her own merciless actions Kurenai stepped back. Kurenai never usually got this angry, she was never this cruel, and she couldn’t believe it herslef. Nor could the teacher who quickly found the scene and ran to the other girl’s aid. He soon concluded that Kurenai had cut off chakra to her head, which made her faint; basically, she had manipulated that girl’s chakra.
The teacher looked over to Kurenai who was now balling her eyes out and apologising profoundly, she hadn’t meant to really hurt that girl. Kurenai felt so ashamed of herself then, and she knew she deserved to be punished. But instead her teacher placed one hand on her shoulder and smiled. Kurenai looked up and wondered why he was smiling, and he simply said.
“You’re very good at manipulating chakra, you’d be good at genjutsu.”
It was about a week later that the two girls spoke again. Both grudgingly seemed to make amends, but soon enough those girls created a friendly rivalry, rather than a bitter one. So far Kurenai hadn’t had any victories in their rivalry, but by now she was out of her self-conscious/shy faze and didn’t feel bitter about it.
Her first victory was only around the corner though, when the teacher announced what they’d be studying next.
“This term we will be studying genjutsu.”
Kurenai’s face lit up when she found out months later that she had ranked top of the class in the end of term test.
When she passed the Chuunin exams at the age 13, Kurenai knew she would be assigned for many more missions, thus with some funding from her parents she moved out to live nearer to the centre of Konoha. It was a modest place, but difficult to get used to when you lived on a constantly busy farm.
She’s gotten used to it now though, and likes the fact she can visit her friends more frequently. She’s improved in pretty much all her ninja abilities, but now her book-smarts and genjutsu techniques appear to be her forte. While she is out of her overly self-conscious faze, its still there at the back of her mind, she has been teased for having wide hips in the academy too, and while her self-doubts are not as noticeable now, she still worries about her looks a little bit. But that’s something she likes to keep a secret.
Personality: Kurenai’s personality is simple and honest; she’ll speak the truth but because she isn’t one of these nasty or anti-social types, she’ll try to say things without being too harsh…unless of course, she’s addressing someone she despises. She wont hide her disdain from someone if she doesn’t like them, nor will she admit to liking someone more than she should cough*asuma*cough.
On a mission or the battlefield she will always try her best to succeed, she will think as a tactician and try to push her instincts to the back of her mind, knowing they’d only hinder her. However, if someone she cares about is hurt during battle she can’t help but worry; after all, she’s only human, and to not care would only make her mind twisted. However, she will not sit around and mope or act like the vulnerable case in these situations, instead she will be spurred on to protect those dearest to her. She is constantly trying to please her sensei and fellow comrades, but tries to do so as discreetly as possible. She also idolises the Yondaime, and wishes to be just as legendary as he, but in a 'genjutsu specialist' type of way rather than a 'hokage' type.
Some may see her as over-protective, and they’d probably be right. She doesn’t like worrying too much but she really can’t help herself at times. If anyone’s is ever in despair, Kurenai will always lend a shoulder to cry on and a pair of ears to listen to a problem. Some would class her as a ‘big sister type’ to her female friends, and then a ‘girl who just wants to fit in’ with her male counterparts.
It’s true though, Kurenai does want to fit in with the boys, she doesn’t want to be seen as weak just because she’s a girl, and thus; she will do whatever it takes to make them see her strength, one in particular though. At the same time, Kurenai is secretly image conscious; she has been ridiculed for having large hips and for a fair few years, which made her want to hide away. She will put up a pretence and act confident in herself, but secretly she wishes she had some make-up on or something that would make her seem more attractive. But if she did that, she’d only ruin her chances of proving that kunoichi are just as worthy by giving into vanity. Oh the petty problems of adolescence!! All in all, Kurenai can be broken down into layers:
Layer 1 is a confident comrade who thinks as a tactician, she’s a good listener and problem solver. All in all, oozing a confident and friendly aura.
Layer 2 is shown in more dire situations, where she begins to worry and her instincts are let loose, and we see the more self-conscious side of Kurenai. Protraying a more emotional person generally, but being a ninja had taught Kurenai to not let this become her first layer.
The middle is simply a girl who wishes to please, she seeks appraisal from her friends when she gives them advise, she seeks appraisal from her Sensei and the boys, and most of all, she seeks appraisal from her crush.
RP Example: (200 words) (Will write later when I have more inspiration >.>)
Age: 13
Village: Konohagakure no Sato
Rank: Genin
Clan: N/A
Gender: Female
Clothing or Armour:
Kurenai wears a beige jumper, which is relatively loose for easy movement over a black mesh top. This jacket has two maroon coloured stash zips on each side of the waist (normally used for carrying things like explosive tags which don’t really show), the jacket only has one sleeve; this sleeve is on the left and helps her to hide the weapons she stores along her left arm (usually senbon). She also carries weapons on her upper right arm, but these are carried in a buckle-on black pouch. Her lower arms are completely bandaged all the way down to the middles of her fingers, she always makes sure she changed them daily or else they’d go a murky grey colour.
There is another weapon’s pouch around her waist that is worn like a belt, it’s the biggest one so it usually stores larger objects like bandages and kunai, and the second largest weapon’s pouch is around her right thigh. Kurenai wears blue three-quarter lengths that seem rather tight around her thighs but get noticeably looser around her knees where they end. Her lower legs are wrapped in bandages and she wears the usual blue ninja sandals too, the heels of which are noticeably worn, but Kurenai hasn’t taken the time to repair or change them yet. Kurenai will usually carry around a brown rucksack with her when she’s out on missions that will hold the bulk of her essentials. Sometimes she’ll also wear black fingerless gloves that have mirrors on the palms, which help to look around corners (and even help her to apply her lipstick on special occasions).
Physical Appearance:
Kurenai is somewhat short standing at 4’9 (only 0’1 taller than Hinata when she was 12), but that doesn’t bother her too much, or at lest she’ll deny being bothered by it. Her upper frame is lean, making her an agile ninja who can bend her torso in many nimble ways. Having only reached adolescence means Kurenai’s chest hasn’t quite developed completely, but there is some noticeable blossoming in that area. While her upper body is lean, Kurenai’s hips are noticeably wide and thus she has received a fair amount of ridiculing for them, they also make her thighs seem larger than the norm, but her calves and ankles appear to be very slim. She has slender fingers and small palms that find moulding into handseals very quick and easy.
Her skin is a pale shade, but not a ghostly white, however the skin against her cheeks gradually seems to muster a rosier colour. It’s a shade that surprisingly compliments her vibrant red eyes. Her eyes are probably her most noticeable feature that she likes to think make her stand out against the other, more ordinary looking kunoichi. They are a murky red around the pupil, but that shade of red grows more vibrant as it gets nearer to her irises. She has long, naturally curled eyelashes and pink bow shaped lips. Her eyebrows also have a natural arc and Kurenai hasn’t yet taken up the act of masking her natural facial appearance with make-up everyday, only some red lip-stick now and again, usually on special occasions. So far she doesn’t appear to have any blemishes on her face either, and no horrific scars adorning her body, only the rare bruise of cut from either training or a mission (most likely a mission though, for Kurenai spends most of her training hours on genjutsu techniques). Her hair is always worn down and falls in lustrous black tresses that have a slight kink to them, Kurenai secretly hates the thought of wearing her hair up, as she likes it to frame her face and it makes her feel more feminine…she doesn’t admit this though, since people would only mock her for such petty vanities.
Weapons:
Kunai and shuriken are her most commonly used weapons, she keeps them around her waist and on her arms so usually they are fairly accessible and she can throw them in all sorts of angles and even with spinning motions. Sometimes if there are too many opponents, Kurenai will attach an exploding tag to one of her kunai and aim it into the ground to harm the surrounding shinobi, thus giving her time to flee.
Her favourite weapon however, would have to be her senbon that are discreetly positioned on her covered arm. Theses weapons are perfect for an illusionist. If she needs to capture someone rather than killing them she will aim senbon at a foe to hit somewhere close to a vital point, but not the actual vital point itself. The opponent is momentarily stunned when they see that the weapon has hit a vital point (or so they think), they do not usually expect the opponent to make another hit after that, but Kurenai will; using the time they are stunned effectively and to her advantage. Or if she’s really accurate she can hit a point on their nervous system that effects the opponent’s movement, however; these parts of the body are a lot more difficult to hit.
Sometimes Kurenai will scatter some of her smaller weapons like senbon in various positions on the terrain (all of which usually well thought out, that’s if she has the time), and either using direct sunlight, or the mirrors on her gloves to change the direction of the sunlight she will make the weapons glimmer. This tricks the opponent, and gives them false knowledge on her whereabouts, and thus its very handy for surprise attacks. Her mirrors are also useful for flashing Morse code to a comrade who is a fair distance away.
Jutsu:
(She has the academy basics)
Mangen: Zassou Satsu (Demonic Illusion: - Root Bind Death) (Genjutsu): In this jutsu the user makes themselves appear invisible so they can get close to the opponent without being noticed. Once this is done an illusion of weeds will grow around the target’s feet to ‘immobilise’ them. Once they think they are trapped the user can reappear behind the foe and attack the opponent; the attack also dispels the jutsu.
Ninban Dankai (Demonic Illusion: Second stage): The demonic illusion can be countered by such things as Genjutsu Kai, or having someone else make contact with the opponent. Raising it to the second stage makes physical pain the only way to break it, by either the person trapped or the person using the jutsu. (But Byakugan and Sharingan can still see through it). There is a third stage, but Kurenai has not yet learnt it.
Name: Kori Shinchû no Jutsu (Sly Mind Affect Technique) (Genjutsu): This genjutsu makes the oppenent belive they are waling towards their desired destination when infact they are merely walking in circles. This eventually wears out the opponent, because because the effects take so long its best for evasion purposes only.
Tsuriai Sonbou no Justu (Balance loss Technique) (Ninjutsu): Using the properties of Genjutsu the user manipulates the foes chakra and cut off any chakra to the foe’s tympanum, thus causing them to loose balance and accuracy. Of course you could permanently damage the tympanum by piercing it with a senbon needle, but that would take an incredible amount of precision that in battle; there really isn’t any time for. Although it is considered Ninjutsu, it can be countered in the same ways a normal Genjutsu could.
Kekkei Gekkai: N/A
Battle Style:
Kurenai’s fighting style is all about trickery. Usually she will stick to genjutsu to confuse an opponent or immobilise them, and simply let her team mates do the more brutal punishing whilst she keeps herself at a distance and plans her next move. Of course if she’s alone she will have to make the attacks, but usually she will throw a weapon rather than getting too close, and if she does get close she tends to flee shortly after an attack.
Close range-combat is defiantly her weakness, and if her foe possesses a doujutsu such as the Sharingan or Byakugan (that is strong enough), her genjutsu is simply rendered useless. But Kurenai is not stupid enough to only rely on genjutsu. She will use her cunning and apply it to her weapons instead, though this takes her more time since she has to come up with strategies. That’s another reason as to why she tends to keep so much distance; to plan her next more before her opponent can strike. Another weakness of hers is brute strength, her frame is small and she is considered weak in the area of Taijutsu.
Companions: N/A (for now >.>)
History: (might add more later, lord help us O.O)
Kurenai grew up in the outskirts of Konoha with her mother and father who owned a large farm there, although her father only worked on the farm part-time because he was a shinobi. She enjoyed living there; there was always plenty of space for training and always lots to be done in terms of farm-work when she wasn’t training. But in such a big place it had also been lonely, as Kurenai had always wanted a younger brother or sister to share her childhood with, but after three miscarriages that occurred after Kurenai’s birth her mother and father had soon given up on having another child. As sad as it was at the time, Kurenai had soon gotten over it, because unlike a lot of the children in her academy class, her upbringing had been happy, and she had plenty of friends there too. But living in the outskirts always made going to the academy difficult, especially in the winter season, and it also made spending time with friends outside the academy difficult too because her house was so inaccessible.
She always managed to get there on time though, each and every day. Kurenai had a very determined attitude towards her studying and training; and many things spurred this determination. Her main focus (although she wouldn’t admit it) was to impress. Impress the boys who thought Kunoichi weren’t as strong, impress her teachers with her dedication, but most of all, Kurenai wanted to impress her crush.
It was true, she wanted to be an independent kunoichi, but she couldn’t deny her feelings towards a certain boy in her class, Asuma. She always liked his rugged look, and would sometimes be caught ogling him by her teachers, luckily they didn’t mention it outloud to any of her classmates; perhaps they let her off because she was such a hard worker (when she wasn’t daydreaming). Kurenai was a girl, who was although dedicated, she was always average as a shinobi, her book smarts were average, her throwing skills were average, agility, taijutsu, ninjutsu… all of them were average.
Around her peers Kurenai was a chirpy girl, she seemed nice enough and very polite…but at the end of the day she’d rather be alone. On the long walk home she could only think about…how average she was, and it was depressing for someone so young, who hadn’t really suffered many hardships to know true depression, so this little downfall irked her considerably.
It was then that she went through a faze of being overly self conscious and she seemed to shy away a lot more. She began to worry about not only her training, but her looks too, her height, her weight, her complexion, everything! And one day she even came into class wearing make-up, there was crimson lipstick painted over her lips, the teacher sent her out straight away. It was the first time Kurenai ever got into trouble. And that only seemed to make things worse, instead of being self-conscious and shy, she became self-conscious and angry.
At the end of that day she was confronted with a few of the girls from her class, who snickered that she was too young to wear make-up, and that she was only doing it to impress the boys. Kurenai’s already sour mood became foul, and inevitably she got into a fight with the ring-leader of the group, who happened to be very good at throwing skills, and she simply mocked Kurenai’s average attempts.
It was only seconds later that all of the other girls had crowded around their ring-leader, who was passed out on the ground.
“What did you do to her!?” One of them spat as Kurenai looked at the unconscious girl, shocked by her own merciless actions Kurenai stepped back. Kurenai never usually got this angry, she was never this cruel, and she couldn’t believe it herslef. Nor could the teacher who quickly found the scene and ran to the other girl’s aid. He soon concluded that Kurenai had cut off chakra to her head, which made her faint; basically, she had manipulated that girl’s chakra.
The teacher looked over to Kurenai who was now balling her eyes out and apologising profoundly, she hadn’t meant to really hurt that girl. Kurenai felt so ashamed of herself then, and she knew she deserved to be punished. But instead her teacher placed one hand on her shoulder and smiled. Kurenai looked up and wondered why he was smiling, and he simply said.
“You’re very good at manipulating chakra, you’d be good at genjutsu.”
It was about a week later that the two girls spoke again. Both grudgingly seemed to make amends, but soon enough those girls created a friendly rivalry, rather than a bitter one. So far Kurenai hadn’t had any victories in their rivalry, but by now she was out of her self-conscious/shy faze and didn’t feel bitter about it.
Her first victory was only around the corner though, when the teacher announced what they’d be studying next.
“This term we will be studying genjutsu.”
Kurenai’s face lit up when she found out months later that she had ranked top of the class in the end of term test.
When she passed the Chuunin exams at the age 13, Kurenai knew she would be assigned for many more missions, thus with some funding from her parents she moved out to live nearer to the centre of Konoha. It was a modest place, but difficult to get used to when you lived on a constantly busy farm.
She’s gotten used to it now though, and likes the fact she can visit her friends more frequently. She’s improved in pretty much all her ninja abilities, but now her book-smarts and genjutsu techniques appear to be her forte. While she is out of her overly self-conscious faze, its still there at the back of her mind, she has been teased for having wide hips in the academy too, and while her self-doubts are not as noticeable now, she still worries about her looks a little bit. But that’s something she likes to keep a secret.
Personality: Kurenai’s personality is simple and honest; she’ll speak the truth but because she isn’t one of these nasty or anti-social types, she’ll try to say things without being too harsh…unless of course, she’s addressing someone she despises. She wont hide her disdain from someone if she doesn’t like them, nor will she admit to liking someone more than she should cough*asuma*cough.
On a mission or the battlefield she will always try her best to succeed, she will think as a tactician and try to push her instincts to the back of her mind, knowing they’d only hinder her. However, if someone she cares about is hurt during battle she can’t help but worry; after all, she’s only human, and to not care would only make her mind twisted. However, she will not sit around and mope or act like the vulnerable case in these situations, instead she will be spurred on to protect those dearest to her. She is constantly trying to please her sensei and fellow comrades, but tries to do so as discreetly as possible. She also idolises the Yondaime, and wishes to be just as legendary as he, but in a 'genjutsu specialist' type of way rather than a 'hokage' type.
Some may see her as over-protective, and they’d probably be right. She doesn’t like worrying too much but she really can’t help herself at times. If anyone’s is ever in despair, Kurenai will always lend a shoulder to cry on and a pair of ears to listen to a problem. Some would class her as a ‘big sister type’ to her female friends, and then a ‘girl who just wants to fit in’ with her male counterparts.
It’s true though, Kurenai does want to fit in with the boys, she doesn’t want to be seen as weak just because she’s a girl, and thus; she will do whatever it takes to make them see her strength, one in particular though. At the same time, Kurenai is secretly image conscious; she has been ridiculed for having large hips and for a fair few years, which made her want to hide away. She will put up a pretence and act confident in herself, but secretly she wishes she had some make-up on or something that would make her seem more attractive. But if she did that, she’d only ruin her chances of proving that kunoichi are just as worthy by giving into vanity. Oh the petty problems of adolescence!! All in all, Kurenai can be broken down into layers:
Layer 1 is a confident comrade who thinks as a tactician, she’s a good listener and problem solver. All in all, oozing a confident and friendly aura.
Layer 2 is shown in more dire situations, where she begins to worry and her instincts are let loose, and we see the more self-conscious side of Kurenai. Protraying a more emotional person generally, but being a ninja had taught Kurenai to not let this become her first layer.
The middle is simply a girl who wishes to please, she seeks appraisal from her friends when she gives them advise, she seeks appraisal from her Sensei and the boys, and most of all, she seeks appraisal from her crush.
RP Example: (200 words) (Will write later when I have more inspiration >.>)
