Nara Jin

Nara Jin
Nara Jin, after becoming a Genin.
Username	Ootspunter
Debut
Game	Summer 2116
Real World	December 25, 2017
Personal
Alias	Jin, Jin'ichi, "Jini"
Birthdate	October 17, 2101
Gender
Sexuality	Heterosexual
Age	15
Height	180.3 cm
Weight	70. 3 kg
Kekkei Genkai	--
Blood type	--
Clan	Nara
Affiliation	Konohagakure no Sato
Nationality	Hi no Kuni
Partner	--
Rank
Ninja Rank	Genin
Other Ranks Held	--
Ninja Registration	--
Academy Graduation Age	12
Family Nara Shinjirō Nara Chinami
Nature Type --
Jutsu Bunshin no Jutsu Henge no Jutsu Kage genshi no Jutsu Kawarimi no Jutsu

Nara Jin (full name: Nara Jin'ichi) is a Genin of Konohagakure no Sato, the hidden village of Hi no Kuni. He is currently the youngest shinobi of Konoha's Nara Clan. A Genin fresh out of the gates, Jin hopes to visit every major shinobi nation in his life and to become a foreign relations advisor to the Hokage.

Appearance

Hair: Dark black. Half swept back, half side swept with long bangs draped down over the face on right side. Jin has deliberately avoided the typical Nara spiked ponytail.

Eyes: Nara dark brown, with black pupils

Clothing:

• Comfort/Civilian: Jin wears his comfortable clothes at his home outside the Nara clan forest or when making trips into Konoha proper. He wears wooden geta with red straps on his feet with loose black drawstring pants, ankle-length. On top he wears an oversized white baseball tee with dark sleeves and the Nara clan logo on the back.
• Travel/Work: While traveling or working at home, Jin wears clothes more suitable for active wear. Black sandals extend ¾ of the way to the knee. Light gray pants are comfortable and breathable. A black pouch is worn tied to Jin’s upper thigh and is used to carry traveling tools. A pale bluish undershirt is worn and a black hitai-ate used as a belt with the protector to the side so as to blend in more easily during travel. A long grayish coat with a semi-high collar is worn and a black sling is thrown across the body in order to hold additional travel gear/materials. A small Nara clan logo appears on the right shoulder of the coat.
• Ninja [battle]: In battle, Jin wears white wrap around the whole leg. Black sandals are worn with black pants dropping down to knee height. A light gray, almost tan-ish, long sleeve shirt with tied closures is worn tucked into the pants and a gray sash is worn around the waist concealing a pouch used to hide ninja tools. Light wrist protectors are worn outside the shirt. A cape is worn which wraps around the shoulders and upper chest and is colored black with a deep, reddish-brown on the underside. A hitai-ate with white straps is worn in proper placement on the forehead.
  
  

Description: Jin has an average looking face with a few distinct features. He rarely shows emotion on his face and as such his skin is clear with very little signs of wear. He has light birthmarks on both upper cheekbones which are symmetrical and form 2 parallel crescents (scooped towards the eyes). As Jin is getting older, straight dark facial hair is beginning to grow on his chin and cheeks, but as yet there is no sign of a mustache. Jin also wears the customary earring on the right side that represents the ino-shika-cho bond. Additional earrings on the earlobe and cartilage are worn by Jin to represent his general enmity towards authority and his openness to boding with people of all sorts of clans and countries.

Jin has an average build for his height and appears somewhat lanky. His body is built for speed and endurance rather than strength. He utilizes a classic Nara thinking pose while concentrated. The pose involves holding the hands upright in a prayer like state with the palms pressed together except the left hand has the fingers curled in making a fist. The hands are held in this position whether the arms are pointed upward or are held down, either may be used. In battle, the closed left hand may be holding a weapon such as a kunai or poison-laced needles at the ready during the thinking pose to allow quick action. The hands are asymmetric deliberately and represents the dual nature of wise decision making; the closed left fist represents intuition and emotion while the upward right hand represents logic and intellect.

Relationships

• Nara Shinjirō (father, deceased) : Jin’s father, Shinjirou, was a formal but loving shinobi. He died honorably fighting in Konohagakure’s failed resistance to the Kumogakure Empire in 2109. Jin, who was 8 years old at the time, was on somewhat bad terms with his father at the time. Shinjirou was known as the most stubborn member of the family and they had been fighting about Jin’s entrance into the academy the last time they had seen each other. Jin and his mother did not know the true nature of Shinjirou’s mission until his comrades returned, as they had been sent as spies to the Empire. He sacrificed himself in battle in order to save his teammates and ensure their return home. Using the Nara clan’s famous kageshibari no jutsu, Shinjirou held a large group of Kumo-nin in place after luring them into a building nearing collapse from the wear of battle. He held the shinobi in place and, using a final burst of chakra, brought the building down on top of them. Jin, of course, is proud of his father’s honorable end—but he hides the anger he feels at his father for failing to return home.

While still alive, Shinjirou was a quiet man with a great sense of fortitude. Once Shinjirou made a decision about something, he scarcely allowed any other path to be taken. While intelligent to an intimidating degree, Shinjirou tended to act first from his values, and second from logic. In this way, he often gave the impression of thinking from wisdom rather than pragmatism. His dedication to his clan and his country were unwavering and, to Jin’s unending frustration, oftentimes came before family. Shinjirou never allowed Jin to be angry about his father’s absences, instead expressing that his love for Jin was shown through his protection of the clan. Although Jin never questioned his father’s love and dedication, even despite his quiet nature, he has harbored resentment at his father which has only grown in depth and intensity since his passing in battle.

• Nara Chinami (mother, alive): Chinami, consistent with her warm and loving nature, affectionately calls Jin “Jini.” Having had to raise Jin mostly by herself (and entirely by herself after the death of her husband), Chinami is overworked and constantly exhausted. Even so, she refused to let anyone see her out of stamina, and the warmth she is able to express in the few minutes each morning reverberates throughout the day and night. But do not mistake Chinami as passive, for the dull embers of her natural warmth ignite to a torrential flame at any signs of danger to her clan or her son. In fact, it is from his mother’s quiet fierceness that Jin gets his loyal, protective nature.

After the death of her husband, things changed for Chinami just as they did for Jin. Even though she knew it would be a time Jin needed her most, unfortunately she was forced to work even longer and harder. While she had already been a deer herder who specialized in the safe extraction of the deer’s medicinal antlers—no small or unexciting task—she took an additional job as a secretary in the Nara clan estate embassy in Konohagakure no Sato.

• Hyuuga Yugi (older brother figure, alive): Hyuuga Yugi is a Hyuuga/Konoha representative who was sent by Hokage Hyuuga Yatako after the fall of the Empire in order to build relations with the Nara clan. Not much older than Jin, Yugi weathered the storm of the NCIA and the Konoha resistance with strength and grace. Jin was asked by the Nara elders to take Yugi through the remaining resistance encampment in the Nara Clan forest as a part of his visit. Upon seeing his level-headedness in a location that brought Jin fear and resentment, Jin began to look very highly upon Yugi and began calling him Yugi-senpai. Jin looked forward greatly to the visits Yugi made to the Nara Clan. He began to look up to Yugi in a way he had not of someone sense his father died. Though Yugi may not know, he is responsible for helping to reignite Jin’s love for Konohagakure and Hi no Kuni
  

History

Jin enjoyed a happy childhood, growing up with loving parents and the support of his clan. As an only child, Jin both longed for someone to spend his time with and learned to enjoy solitude. While young, Jin loved to explore the Nara clan forests and he showed a natural affinity for the deer who protect the forest’s secrets. When they had the time, Jin’s parents used to take him out to the Nara forest to watch the deer graze and to teach him how to harvest the antlers. From this he learned how to control the Yin energy within him which would eventually be used to make the classic Nara kagemane. Jin learned from this a love for the deer and the forest and he developed a longing to discover what other natural havens exist outside in the world. While loving the oasis of the Nara Clan forest, Jin ached to travel to other cities, other countries, and to discover other habitats and environments. If the Nara harbor such peace and beauty in their home, what other natural sanctuaries could other clans out there be hiding? Jin made it his goal to find out. But for now, as a young child, Jin’s explorations would go no further than the forests edge with his parents. A small three-person team of their own, they affectionately called themselves “Shin-Jin-Chin” and Jin felt safe, protected, and happy.

Still at the same time, life in the Nara clan was not as perfectly idyllic as their little family made it seem. Shinjiro, having been just old enough to remember Cenarus’s infamous summoning of Koudaikou the great deer, has strong feelings about the clan’s recent controversies. Jin had been brought up to prefer the old ways of the clan, in line with his father (who himself was attached to even the pre-Shikamaru days of the Nara), but to be outwardly supportive of the uniting of the clan’s two ways. This caused tension even within Jin’s family. Chinami, Jin’s mother, had always been a fervent supporter of the current clan head, Nara Hiei. The conflict was always minor at worst however, and Jin was lucky enough to be born into a time of peace an unification within in the Nara clan.

But peace within did not—could not—beget peace without. When Jin was a mere 6 years old, Konoha and much of the world over were overtaken by the Kumogakure Imperial forces and subjected to the tyrannical reign of the NCIA. As a clan, the Nara were in conflict about how to manage the crisis. For the first time in his life, Jin saw not only the carnage of battle, but signs of division within his clan. The Nara could not come to agreement about how best to handle the increasing NCIA presence. Should they retreat further into isolation to protect their clan and It’s sacred forest? Or should they increase their presence in Konoha to assist in the growing resistance? During the increasingly turbulent times, Jin’s family tried its best to maintain some semblance of normalcy. Shin and Chin tried to take Jin into their forest trips as much as possible. Shin began to prepare Jin for life in the Ninja Academy, although Jin resisted. He was becoming scared by the NCIA and wanted to stay in the safety of the forest. But Shinjirou insisted and, while more understanding of Jin’s fear, Chinami agreed. The night after what would (unbeknownst to Jin and his mother) become one final argument, Shinjirou left to be a spy assisting in Konoha failed first freedom attempt. Jin never saw his father again. No only this, but he saw his sacred forest invaded as resistance Fighters disbursed by the failed freedom attempt in Konoha looked for places of sanctuary. Jin had lost his father and the sanctity of to him what was the most important location in the world.

Jin then had to adapt to life after the dual traumas of surviving the NCIA and losing his father. The result if this was that Jin became highly questioning and critical of authority. This extended naturally after the fall of the Empire for many, but it was Shinjirou’s death that had the larger impact on Jin; how can you trust someone to have authority and power if they could end up failing you? All of this occurred at a time in which Jin was beginning at the Academy. Though he did not want to attend the academy in Konoha, still harboring feelings of anger towards for its failed resistance that led to his father’s death and the occupation of his clans forest, Jin held back his anger and went. He felt guilty that his last interaction with his father was an argument about the academy, and so he went begrudgingly in order to honor his father’s final wishes. He ended up loving the education, and appreciating the time it took him away from the Nara forest which was still full of foreign resistance shinobi at the time. Jin took to a study of ninjutsu, Shinobi history, and foreign locations. He finally got to learn about other countries, other climates, and made his plans for where he would one day travel. Gradually the pain of his father’s death faded, the safety and solitude of the Nara Clan forest was restored as resistance Shinobi returned to their homes, and Jin’s life with his mother regained some stability.

Jin graduated the academy without issue and was excited to become a Genin. Though he is not sure what his immediate future holds, he knows he can’t wait to become strong and smart enough to travel the Shinobi world as he always wanted. He hopes to make enough money as a Shinobi to relieve the burden on his mother so she never has to work again. Inspired by the great Nara Arashi, Jin wants to use the wisdom gained in travel to become an advisor to the hokage, specializing in Gaikoku relations. Driven strongly by his goals, Jin came out of the academy with few acquaintances and even fewer friends. He is focused and motivated, but his mother worries that he is becoming increasingly isolated and lonely. Constantly on the move but not in one place or with one person for too long, Jin seems to be avoiding attaching himself to anything strongly as he once did to his sacred forest and his family life.

Quotes

• "Knock knock...(who's there)...Nothing...(nothing who)............"
  
• "Empty vessels make the most noise. "
  
• "You can't just jump on every nonsense idea that pops up in that void between your ears!"
  
• "A real shinobi can protect those they love from a great distance, rather than from right up close."
  

Trivia

General Knowledge Available to Public; IC

• Jin's name was chosen deliberately to rhyme with the shortened versions of his mother and father's names.
• Jin holds Nara Arashi as his greatest role model.
• Although Jin got all high scores at the academy, he was suspended twice for aggressively questioning his sensei's orders.

Private Knowledge; OOC

• Even though Jin loves and protects the Nara clan deer, his favorite animal is a Falcon.
• Jin secretly loves children and strives to be a father one day, despite his outspoken contempt for fathers.

Outside the Box; OOC

• Jin was made to be a Nara character because Ootspunter's favorite Naruto arc s the Hidan/Kakuzu arc in which Shikamaru used his intelligence and kagemane to defeat the two Akatsuki members.
• The inspiration for Jin's name came from Gin Freecs, the Hunter X Hunter character
• Jin is Ootspunter's first ever online RPG creation.