Michiko

Michiko Iwata
IC Information
Gender/Sexuality:	Female/Uncertain
Race:	Human
Blessed Form:	None
Place of Origin:	Kumogakure, Land of Lightning
Birthdate:	August 29, 2 B.F.
Height:	5'
Hair Color:	Dark Brown
Eye Color:	Brown
Jobs:	Chuunin in Kumogakure
House Location:	Rockpath's House
OOC Information
Source:	Original Character made for a Naruto MUSH

Michiko found herself on the island of Yuriba after going on a mission that involved boats. Something odd happened to make her travel dimensions, and now she seeks a way to return home.

Physical Description

Michiko is rather plain looking. She may not even be that impressive to most. It also seems that she's doing her best to blend with the crowd. Her dark brown hair is left down, reaching to just barely touch her shoulder. The girl has brown eyes that can easily change color with the lighting of the room. They seem to be lighted with curiosity most of the time. Her complexion is neither extremely pale nor extremely tan. It happens to be very in-the-middle; a natural tan of sorts that can only get darker with excess sun.

She wears a navy blue jacket that is almost always unzipped to show off her dark grey t-shirt. Both are very plain, though the t-shirt has the symbol of Kumogakure on the front. Around her neck is her hitai-ate, another Kumogakure symbol on it. Atop both shirt and jacket is the flak jacket of a Chuunin. A dark grey in color (with a hint of blue to it), it contains many pockets to store various items (i.e.: scrolls). She's also got on some black pants that are fairly tight. Around her right thigh is a small pouch to carry things in. Covering her feet are the traditional ninja shoes.

Personality

Michiko, since her birth, has always been more on the quiet side of things. Rarely as a child did she cry, though she also didn't laugh as much as she should have. This continued on well into her Academy years, and is even present now occasionally. While she can be withdrawn, she is starting to come out of her shell and show her true personality. She enjoys being with those she trusts and deeply cares for her friends, though it doesn't always show. She's also an extremely determined individual who will do her best not to give up in most any situation. Michiko generally has a very calm aura about her. She tries to use her head, though a gut instinct is followed just as often. In her free time, she is either reading, training, or sleeping and storing energy for the next training session.

Biography

Before Yuriba

OOC Note: Random graphic details...

Student Life

Michiko was born two years before the founding of the villages to the Murasame clan in Iwagakure. A year later, a Kumo-nin snuck into the village somehow managed to get away with stealing the young Murasame away back to his homeland. In order to make it so no one would go searching for Michiko, he had to make it seem like the girl had died. Therefore, he ended up planting a clone and having it transform into a severely injured version of a baby. He ran away before he could tell if the trick actually worked, but there haven't been any search parties for the girl.

The ninja, Iwata Kyousuke, took Michiko to his house that lay just outside the village proper and raised her as his own, making sure she knew nothing of her affiliation to the Land of Earth. Michiko grew up as a loyal Kumogakure Shinobi, spending a lot of her time training and studying so she could join the Ninja Academy at the age of 8. Her height was not impressive, even then, so she struggled to keep up with the rest of the class.

During her years as a student, Michiko often was encouraged by her father to focus on her taijutsu training to make up for her lack of height and weight. However, she disliked this idea and would always sneak a book with her, spending the two hours reading about various historical events as well as ninjutsu techniques. While reading all these books, she discovered the existence of chakra paper and used it to find that her chakra nature was fire. This was slightly confusing to her, as most Kumo-nin have lightning as their chakra nature. Regardless, she worked hard and focused on learning both basic and fire jutsu.

Michiko was able to graduate the Ninja Academy at the age of 10, finally joining the ranks of the Genin. For the next year or so, she performed small missions and trained to improve her skills further. She had only barely managed to pass graduation, and she needed to become stronger so that she could perform well on difficult missions. During this training, she found she also had a knack for earth style jutsu.

As a Genin

As a genin, Michiko was able to branch out more and more, eventually becoming a strong Kumo-nin. While she started out struggling, she quickly became known for her quick firebolts against her opponents, whether they be friends or enemies. When with her friends, she does try to hold back slightly! Michiko spent many hours training and studying new techniques, as well.

In her earlier Genin years, Michiko simply followed, watched, and trained. However, people began to notice she wasn't being useful for the village. They had yet to assign her to a team, and she wasn't going to get stronger by just sitting around. As such, Katayama Hiroyasu, Yotsuki Nariko, and Yotsuki Hiei took the Iwata under their wing. While none were made the official teacher of Michiko quite yet, it was obvious she enjoyed learning from them all.

Because of the number of mentors she had, Michiko was able to become friends with a number of genin. Junpei was one of the first people she met, along with Kenishida. Reizei Ryouji and Yotsuki Sado were, however, the two she was able to bond with most during her time as a genin. The three made the unofficial team, later dubbed Team Katonari, with no actual leader.

Eventually, Michiko was to be under the tutelage of Nariko, though she would continue to learn from Hiei and Hiroyasu. Amani, Sachiko, and several other genin would appear at various times in her life, though none were so constant as Team Katonari. The missions became more and more difficult. She experienced what it was like to be on the open sea. She fought the ridiculous bandit Flexy Lex, who later turned out to be Hiei. And she even pursued enemies that were in other lands, namely Sunagakure and Konohagakure.

Still growing, Michiko also came to learn how adept she was at chakra control. While it's not perfect, she was able to walk on both trees and water quickly, her skill close to perfection after only one or two tries. "A natural" was what both Nariko and Hiro called her.

Her only resource for new moves were scrolls and books, as not many people in Kumogakure had Fire and Earth chakra natures. Already adept at Fire, Michiko honed her Earth style until both were extremely powerful. It was by a complete accident that she discovered her ability to shape metal.

Nervous about the metal shaping, Michiko has yet to tell anyone outside of Yotsuki Sado and Reizei Ryouji. She tends to keep this ability hidden, though it doesn't stop her from using it. The girl will typically disguise her new skill set with drawing weapons from her pouch, making it difficult to tell the source of her newfound power.

The Chuunin exams brought a new challenge altogether: seeing an influx of foreigners in Kumogakure. Michiko treated all guests with respect and a fair amount of kindness. She would often hang out with Okumo Sei while he was around, eventually finding him to be something of a friend. While she was knocked out during her fight against Sado in the first round, she didn't give up the hope to become a Chuunin. Indeed, she was really already strong enough to become one at this point.

Island Life

Michiko has had a quiet existence on the island thus far. Only a few people might actually know her! Maebh, Rockpath, Kenina, and various people who are 'Seal regulars' are possibly the people she has dealt with most, alongside Hako and Violet.

Powers

On the island, Michiko has discovered her powers are drastically reduced. While she still retains her strength and stamina, her chakra forming abilities are less than amazing. She can, at least, still manipulate metal, but only a small amount at that. She hopes that it's still possible to use her abilities if she ever returns home.