Senju Hiragi

Senju Hīragi is a young Shinobi from Konoha who specializes in Taijutsu and medical techniques. She seeks to cure her traumatically injured brother. She is quite shy, and is known as a bit of a weirdo and failure despite her genius potential and legendary bloodline.

Senju Hīragi
Senju Hīragi, age 17
Username	Rhapsody
Hex Code	--
Debut
Game
Real World	Fall 2015
Voice Actors
Japanese	Masumi Tazawa
English	Sarah Blandy
Personal
Aliases	--
Birthdate	May 12, 2099
Gender
Sexuality	Straight
Age	17
Height	165 cm
Weight	60 kg
Kekkei Genkai	Mokuton
Blood type	b+
Clan	Senju
Affiliation	Konohagakure no Sato
Nationality	Hi no Kuni
Partner	--
Rank
Ninja Rank	Chūnin
Ninja Registration	024642
Academy Graduation Age	14
Family Senju Iromomiji (Father) Senju Inumaki (Mother) Senju Kobushi (Brother)
Nature Type
Jutsu

Summary

Name: Senju Hīragi

Alias: ---

Clan: Senju

Shinobi Rank: Chuunin

Other Ranks Held: ---

Village: Konohagakure no Sato

Nationality: Hi no Kuni

Specialty: Lotus Style Taijutsu

Age: 17

Birthdate: May 12, 2099

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Straight

Appearance

Height: 5’5"
Weight: 130 lbs.
Hair Color: Light brown, cropped above her shoulders.
Eye Color: Golden.
Clothing: Hīragi most often wears loose clothing that allows freedom of movement. Most of her garments are oversized hand me downs from family members and charity shops. On missions, she wears a grey sweater and black pants under her flak vest, and a black headband on her forehead.
Physical Description: Hīragi is tall and willowy, with a bony appearance and lanky arms and legs. Though graceful in her steps, she feels endlessly awkward about her boyish figure, hiding it underneath billowing and baggy clothing in neutral colors. With protruding hips, a small chest and scrawny arms, the young woman does not feel there is much to be proud of. Her feet are most often bare, perhaps contained in stirrup leggings, but she does carry around a pair of studio wraps in case they are needed. In times of harsh weather or terrain, a pair of brown, faux leather boots serve her well.

The girl’s thin hair is light brown in color, falling to her shoulders in length. Usually it is just allowed to fall freely, holding a slight wave but when the girl practices her ballet or medical Ninjutsu, she whisks it up into a top knot and out of the way. When on official business, Hīragi wears a black headband across her forehead. For missions she will typically wear a black flak vest over a gray turtleneck, black pants and brown boots. Various pouches in her vest hold a number of ninja tools and curative items.

History

Senju Hīragi, Age 6

When Hīragi was young, she danced. The expression of her feelings through the movement of her body was a means by which she felt content and complete. The young woman found meaning in the rhythm of her feet, comfort in the lithe and willowy form of her body. In the world of ballet, she felt as comfortable as a tier in the jungle. Hīragi felt as if she belonged.

Aside from her dedication to dance, a decidedly civilian past time that seemed out of place in a war-torn world, Hīragi’s childhood was normal. She was the younger of two siblings, equal in their ghostly appearance and talent for the physical arts. Kobushi, the older brother, was a talented gymnast in his own right. He had joined the national team at the age of 13, one of the youngest ever to do so and the most talented by far. It was not long until there was talk of him representing the country in international games and tournaments.

The two lived with their parents on the Senju estate in a modest row house. It was a peaceful existence, and while they all were blessed with the gifts of their ancestry, none of the four members of the family showed any willingness to become shinobi. Only Hīragi’s mother, an accomplished botanist named Inumaki, ever used the Mokuton in daily life. Her father, a factory worker, had never shown much of a penchant for anything beyond tinkering. A timid and aloof soul, Iromomiji preferred to read by the fire or play with puzzles.

This quiet life continued until the dawn of the NCIA, and even then was largely uninterrupted by its fearsome wave. The family moved to Hotarunoshi to escape the destruction in Konoha but, other than that, were allowed to resume their lives in much the same manner as before. Their heritage did mean that they were forced to register their whereabouts with the NCIA, presumably so the organization knew where to look if they suddenly decided to start a tree-related rebellion. Other than this brief interaction, which mostly exposed the family to bureaucracy rather than violence, they had little to do with the invading force that had taken over the shinobi world.

When finally the world returned to some form of normalcy, the family moved back to Konohagakure no Sato and helped in the efforts to rebuild it. Hīragi and her brother resumed their respective activities, with Kobushi having an eye on the highest prize at the upcoming international gymnastics meet. The boy was talented, and pushed himself to the limits regularly in hopes of scoring the top prize, something he was expected to win easily. Hīragi, meanwhile, had recently been offered a contract to join an internationally renowned touring dance company. She was set to depart for the land of Birds on the day that Kobushi fell. He did not get up.

At first the young man's prognosis was optimistic. He had fallen from a great height, but doctors were confident in his strength and youth. Eventually, though, they had to admit that he was a lost cause. Kobushi had hit his head and broken his neck, resulting in both paralysis and severely crippling his cognitive abilities. In a flash, he had gone from being a promising young talent to a vegetable. The brother Hīragi had known, who had driven her to succeed from day one, was nothing more than a shell of his former self. He had to be bathed, fed and wheeled around like a small baby. What few attempts he made to communicate were garbled and nonsensical.

Kobushi’s injuries felt like a stake through Hīragi’s heart. When the doctors were unable to fix his condition, she drove herself mad attempting her own medical research. The girl’s understanding of Ninjutsu was rudimentary at best but she truly believed it was the answer to her brother’s problems, and that the doctors at Hinata Hospital simply were not trying hard enough. While her parents worked long hours to pay the mounting medical bills, and spent what little free time they did have caring for their stricken son, the girl made up her mind that she would be the one to cure Kobushi. She withdrew from the dance company that had offered her a position, and set about her task.

Hīragi enrolled in Konoha’s Shinobi Academy, studying hard. Ninjutsu and its required chakra control proved harder than she had anticipated, and Taijutsu was where the young Senju really seemed to flourish… much to her chagrin. By the time she graduated a few years later, the doctors were already unanimous: Kobushi would lead a short and pitiful life requiring round the clock care. She refused to believe it.

With nothing left for her to do, and no other viable way to spend her time, Hīragi took up the mantle of a Shinobi. She’d heard it was a dangerous job, but the cut of her apathy had grown sharp and cruel. The girl no longer cared.

Combat Style

Hīragi is often seen alone.

Hīragi is quite lazy, and not one for violence. Though her strength is great, thanks to the techniques of the Legendary Tsunade, and Haruno Sakura, the girl doesn't really throw her muscle around. She tends to hang back in battles, curing wounds and trying to stay out of trouble. The girl has yet to be forced to kill another human, but does not believe she is capable. Even if she were to be faced with a terrible foe, or someone who deserved to die, Hīragi would be more likely to incapacitate or arrest the offender rather than murder them.

As in life, she tends to be passive on the battlefield and yields readily to orders.

Quotes

• "I will save you, dear brother."
  
• "What a bother..."
  

Trivia

General Knowledge Available to Public; IC

• Hīragi used to be a ballerina, and had been scouted to join a prestigious dance company before becoming a Shinobi.
• The family has three cats: Icchan, Niichan and Sacchan, named in birth order.

Private Knowledge; OOC

• Hīragi means "Holly," and all of her other family members are named after some sort of tree.
• She does not know that her brother's condition is incurable, and as such has still not accepted it.
• Hīragi is incredibly unlucky in life, but sees setbacks as challenges to be overcome.
• Thanks to medical bills, her family is incredibly poor. They get by largely thanks to the generosity of their clan, who allow them to live in their tiny home rent free.
• Hīragi is vegan, and follows the Buddhist faith.

Outside the Box; OOC

• Hīragi failed out of the Chuunin Exams in Rai no Kuni because creator Rhapsody was too busy in real life. Womp Womp.
• Inspiration for Hīragi comes from several sources: Nohara Rin, Tsunade, Haruno Sakura and Monks in the Bravely Default Series.