Sarutobi Mako

Sarutobi Mako
Sarutobi Mako, Genin of Konohagakure
Username	Miso
Hex Code	'#cc3900'
Debut
Game	Summer 2116
Real World	18 March 2018
Voice Actors
Japanese	Megumi Han (Obito)
English	Yuri Lowethal (Byakuya)
Personal
Aliases	--
Birthdate	August 12, 2104
Gender
Sexuality	Heterosexual
Age	12
Height	170.7 cm
Weight	45.4 kg
Kekkei Genkai
Blood type	0+
Clan	Sarutobi
Affiliation	Konohagakure no Sato
Nationality	Hi no Kuni
Teams	Team Hounoki
Partner	Sou Shiwa
Rank
Ninja Rank	Genin
Ninja Registration	06-5540
Academy Graduation Age	12
Family Sarutobi Kurama (Father) Sarutobi Chiaki (Mother) Sarutobi Kairi (Sister) Sarutobi Mari (Granduncle) Sarutobi Jenoba (Grandfather)
Nature Type Fire Release
Jutsu Bunshin no Jutsu Harijutsu- Bakukunai Henge no Jutsu Kawarimi no Jutsu Katon- Gōkakyū no Jutsu

Mako Sarutobi (猿飛マコ, Sarutobi Mako) is one of the promising academy students of Konohagakure, as well as a descendant of the Sarutobi clan. Despite his lineage, he has yet to make a name for himself. Sarutobi Mako is the current PC of the role-player Miso.

Background

Prologue – Sunyin Port
Mako was born the youngest of fraternal twins on August 12, 2104 under the banner of Konohagakure. The son of Kurama and Chiaki Sarutobi, his first few years of life would be pleasant until the attack of Kumogakure. After the death of his father during the initial stand against Kumo, his mother Chiaki had moved the family to her hometown of Sunyin Port. Spending all of his life at the port city, they avoided the brunt of Kumo and the NCIA from conception to collapse. At the age of six, Mako's twin Kairi, had fell into the harbor by accident while playing ninja. Though she would be saved and would recover, she had developed a rare illness that had caused her to lose much of her hearing and limit her severely in day-to-day life. In 2114, the untimely death of his sister had greatly affected Mako. While not becoming angry or rebellious, he did become difficult socially; introverted.

At the age of eleven, Mako continued his quiet life with his mother in Sunyin Port, away from the influences of shinobi in Konohagakure. While his life was typical, a fateful encounter with a child by the name of Naminé would change that forever. In a similar turn of events, Naminé fell into the harbor after playing ninja. Jumping into the harbor as soon as he did, Mako was able to rescue the child before any further harm could be sustained. As the catalyst of altering a similar event, Naminé had in turn become a catalyst in Mako's decision to follow the ninja path; calling him her "hero". Much like his twin sister Kairi, Mako decided that in order to protect people like Naminé and his late sister, the path from within Konoha was what he wanted.

As a late entrant into the Leaf Academy, early 2116, Mako's journey had finally began.

Personality

As an adolescent, Mako is peculiarly relaxed for his age, though not particularly mature for his age either. As a pre-teen, he has a naive outlook on the world around him due to having very little life experience. Though the passing of his twin sister was a traumatic experience, Mako does not exhibit the brooding, introversive, or heightened sense for protection that many others may develop. Instead, he has a calm yet positive outlook for most situations. As a youth, he is however, still prone to external irritants which may betray his tranquil exterior at times. Mako does however have an exceptional ability to easily agree with other's opinions or decisions and then, in a almost bothersome way, just as easily go his own way, if deemed necessary. A nature that has a way of potentially creating problems for himself, he tends to forget most negative things that happen, including things the he has said or done.

Appearance

Displaying the distinct features from both parent's lineage makes Mako a sore thumb around the village. Possessing the frame for athletic potential and unruly hair from his Sarutobi father, coupled with thick textured hair, green hues in his eyes, and rich melanin of the skin by way of his mother's Rai no Kuni ancestry. He is a unique blend of the two ancestral countries, all while having a natural look of displeasure strewn across his face, even when not displeased at all.

• Casual: Typically seen in loose fitting tops and jogger type trousers. The fabric and materials that make up his clothing vary from time to time but his preference for single layer clothing and comfortable trousers is the overall theme of his appearance. Coupled together with practical footwear for play and everyday activity; Mako can be described as very low maintenance.

Abilities

Lacking the formal experience in ninpō the average child of the village has, Mako's initial starting point was further behind than the normal academy entrant. An innate ability to digest techniques aided his effort to quickly reach the assessment level of the nearest graduating class. Since his entrance into the academy, Mako became adept in harijutsu with the capability to set traps and easily hit targets. Noted to be a very talented shinobi, Mako is well-rounded in various skills.

• • His attributes are: 116 in intelligence, 120 in negotiations, 119 in dexterity, 106 in strength, 128 in perception, and 135 in chakra.
  • He was also given a skill rating in these particular areas:
    • Knowledge of Ninjutsu: ★★★★☆
    • Marksmanship: ★★★☆☆
    • Unarmed Hand-to-hand Fighting: ★★☆☆☆

The Ninja Path

Academy Days Arc

Two weeks after leaving the coastal city of Sunyin Port, Mako began his tenure at the Hidden Leaf Village's Academy. Though late entrants were generally required to enroll with the next year's starting class, his familial ties with the former Hokage and Daimyo's Sentinel Guard, enabled a special exception to be made for the youth. The conditions of his late entry had left Mako with little time to build social bonds with the other academy students and due to these conditions, rumors of special treatment spread around his class which left Mako further distanced from his fellow classmates. Within three weeks, he had caught up to the progress of his classmates but with the conditions of his late entry, was bound to the agreement until a formal assessment was made so that he may be integrated with that year's graduating class.

Several weeks into his tenure at the Leaf Academy, Mako was paired with a Chûnin mentor by the name of, Aburame Hounoki to help guide him along in the process of completing the academy. Meeting with Hounoki, the pair undertaken a day trip to the Valley of the End but not before making a short stop at the Konoha cemetery. It was within the cemetery alongside Hounoki that Mako would have a distinct representation of what it meant to serve his village and country. The rows of men and women whom passed in the line of duty of various reasons, the weight that people like Hounoki and Mako carried with the loss of loved ones, friendships, comrades. As well as appropriate and healthy ways to manage that weight. It was there that Mako had come to grips with losing his father at a young age; the weight on his shoulders alleviated.

The two departed Konoha for the Valley of the End. A quick re-fueling stop at a sit down barbecue restaurant, Mako's personality had managed to rub Hounoki the wrong way. While she would indulge his rashness by explaining her unique condition as an Aburame and that she had managed to heal people with her condition. Though Mako had prodded old wounds of Hounoki, he had made it a point to apologize for his rudeness before continuing their trek to The Valley of the End.

Accepting his apology, the two had made their way to the Valley of the End. Lightly glossing over the remnants of events that had occurred in history at this site. Their talk was interrupted with the intrusion of a powerful Yokai, Nui, that had a piqued interest in him. Stepping forth onto the body of water that was frozen solid by the Yokai, a multitude of disembodied voiced echoed in the distance; spectating; instigating while Nui poked and prodding him with conjecture at each response. After a short battle of wills, the Yokai had pressed enough to incite a reaction out of Hounoki as Mako refused to succumb to the Nui's taunting. Leading to Mako running for shore where Hounoki stood.

As Mako attempted to run, Nui had gone on the offensive. Breaking through the ice sheet and latching onto Mako's leg with needle like teeth, pulling him to the depths below. Within the depths of the water, Nui had taken to shaking the life from him akin to the way a Sea Lion may attack a Penguin; ceasing to taunt him as he left him to drown. Mako's resilience had proven to be an aberration to Nui's beliefs of the human condition. Enraged by the defiant nature of him, Nui went for the kill, severing Mako's leg with a final crunch and shake of the boy's body. In an instant, Mako had come to- on the banks of the lake as if awaking from a dream. Hounoki beside him, face lightly dusted by snow, Mako woke her. As confused about the ordeal as Mako but with a heightened sense of situational awareness, she quickly fled the area with Mako in tow. Returning to Konoha.

Graduation Arc

A week after the events at The Valley of the End, Mako was permitted to participate in the next Academy Graduation Exam. Thanks in large part to an evaluation report submitted by Hounoki. The Academy Exam was broken into two parts, one of which was a written exam and the other being an large scale group activity that replicated conditions of various missions that the students may encounter as a ninja of the village. Mako received formidable marks in each category tested, leading up to the final graduation exam. As the class was given the rules and guidelines for the field exam, each had broken off into groups of various sizes but none more than three.

Knowing none of his fellow classmates well, Mako geared up to go in on a solo effort but a sheepish girl by the name of Sou Shiwa had asked to form a team with Mako. Agreeing to the proposition, the duo of Shiwa and Mako had undertaken the ordeal of acquiring a scroll to meet the requirements for graduation. At the start of the event, Shiwa and Mako had taken a direct route to the furthest point, the Blacksmith's Forge. Once there, Mako inspected the forge while Shiwa took guard. Though Shiwa was known as the flighty bookworm, her knowledge proved formidable throughout the exercise and while teamed with Mako, grown in confidence.

Failing to ignite the forge, Mako and Shiwa had ran for a single entry warehouse nearby. Intercepted along the way by a proctor of the Nara clan, Mako had improvised a way to rescue Shiwa from capture and get the duo to warehouse. It was there that the two had run into another pair, Kiran and Hiro; the residential class clowns. In a bluff and a negotiation, Mako convinced Hiro and Kiran to cooperate, forming a four man team. Unlocking the safe which Kiran and Hiro were guarding, the group of four had acquired a scroll that would see to all of them graduating to Genin. In that moment of triumph, the ruckus of an outsider at the door had prompted Kiran to barricade it. Pleading to be allowed in and at Shiwa's beseeching, Mako took the lead and sought to allow whomever was outside, inside. As Kiran opened the door, a fellow student by the name of Sana stumbled onto the floor in a heap, sobbing and crying.

After consoling their classmate, Mako had accepted the task for seeing that Sana too had graduated. In a moment of brashness, Mako took on a new team of Sana and Kiran to tackle the obstacle of igniting the blacksmith's forge. In an elaborate plan, the three with the use of smokescreen and basic clones had escaped the Nara clan's proctor and reached the forge. Where Mako had previously failed to ignite the forge, a stroke of good luck had saw to it that Kiran's familial knowledge of smithing and Sana's prowess with fire jutsu ignited the forge. Resulting in the team's second scroll acquired right as time for the event had run out. Meeting back up with the entire class for the graduation ceremony, all five of the academy students graduated to the rank of Genin, officially becoming ninja of the Hidden Leaf village.

The five man team had naturally reduced back into the original members of Shiwa and Mako. Conversing about the exam and Mako's revelation of not knowing that any of what had happened, would happen. The two were met by Mako's mentor, Aburame Hounoki, whom was just promoted to the rank of Jōnin. Hounoki presented a proposal to the two newly promoted Genin, asking them to join her first team as a Jōnin. Accepting the proposal, Shiwa and Mako had gone from a last minute pairing for the graduation exam to an official Genin team of Konohagakure as 'Team Hounoki'.

Trivia

• Mako was born as the youngest of fraternal twins.
• His favorite hangout spot, Chou-Jip, is a play on spelling and a homophone of the Korean word Gogi-Ip, meaning 'meat house' in Korean; bbq restaurant. Similarly, Yakiniku Q, the favored restaurant of Team Asuma was a korean bbq restaurant. Resulting in the name, Chouji Ip or Chou-Jip.
• Mako is the only character of Miso to like eating miso soup. Every other character Miso has made, always categorized miso soup as a 'dislike'.
• Mako's twin sister, Kairi was named after Kingdom Hearts character Kairi. While the little girl that he saved from drowning was named Naminé after Kairi's nobody in the KH series. This was done to represent the connection of how the little girl, Naminé, reminded Mako of his twin sister, Kairi. Being the catalyst for Mako becoming a ninja of Konohagakure. Coincidentally Naminé in KH has the ability to manipulate the main character's memories. Intertwining the three: Kairi, Naminé, and Mako through his memories.
• Additional information:
  • Mako is the grand nephew of Sarutobi Mari and grandson of Sarutobi Jenoba.
  • Mako enjoys collecting souvenirs.
  • Mako's favorite food is miso soup.

Mementos