Katsumi

**Katsumi Hanada Kikuchi** is married to Haruka, and is the mother of Kat and Ana. She's known as the Ninja of Beauty and Nature due to how much her beauty shines within her mastery in Ninjutsu as well as for her love of nature. She is one of the highest ranked Ninjas of the Iga Clan along with her husband Haruka. Being both hardworking as a ninja and a mother, Katsumi does her absolute hardest to keep her husband and twins happy as well as keep the world safe.

## Background

Katsumi was born in the Iga Clan Village just like Haruka. When she was growing up, she trained under the teachings of some of the higher ranked ninjas as well as the clan leader on her ninjutsu. However at home, her mother taught her to be ladylike in the house as it was important in her family for women to be hospitable at least for guests. With the lessons from her mother on hospitality and being a lady along with the training she was receiving on being a ninja, it influenced Katsumi on her fighting style as it became a more graceful but powerful fighting style. As such with her grace and powerful attacking forms, the clan leader praised Katsumi on how much she was working hard as she continued to grow up into a fine ninja as well as praising her unique fighting style. When Katsumi was old enough to take on missions, she excelled in missions that usually were rather difficult for first time ninjas as she was quick with her wits and strategy.

Katsumi was 20 years old when she encountered Haruka during one of her patrols around the Iga Clan Village area, to which she decided to challenge him to a ninja dual to see who was more stronger in strength. Haruka taking the challenge, the two dualled. The dual led to Katsumi being the victorious ninja with Haruka getting the bitter defeat, though Katsumi gave a request to Haruka on wanting to pair up on ninja missions together. Though bitter, Haruka decided to accept the request and from there, the two began their life as partners in missions. However as time went on for them, they both fell for each other and became a ninja couple before Haruka proposed to Katsumi with a bouquet of her favorite flowers to which she accepted and became his wife. During their early days of being newly weds, Katsumi gave Haruka a shock due to how much she was really formal to him in the house with her hospitality. Initially she was confused and concerned if she did something wrong when she saw his shocked face but much to her concern, Haruka told her that he wasn't used to how gentle and formal she was in the house as opposed to her usual focused personality outside on ninja missions. Haruka told her that she didn't have to be so formal around the one she has been married to and that she should just be herself around him. Taking that thought, she decided to tone down her formality around him and act like how she normally would be around him. As the days went by, Katsumi continued to work hard in the house as well as tending to Haruka with whatever he needed while giving him as much affection as she wanted to give him. She even had mentioned to him one day while they were on a mission that she wanted to have a family with him as she felt really confident on having a child. Haruka full heartedly promised her that he would give her as much support as she needed which led to the two fully setting their plan on having a family. It led to Katsumi's wish being fulfilled as she found out she was expecting one day and she was super happy along with Haruka.

Upon knowing that she was expecting, she had told the clan leader about it and she was given time off to focus on maintaining her health as well as the child's health as she stayed in the village. Haruka on the other had to go on missions by himself but he didn't mind it as he always came back home with flowers to give Katsumi more positive reassurance. On the day that Katsumi was to have the baby, she was shocked by the amount of pain she had but was more shocked to know that she had twins. Though super exhausted, she was happy at least that both of her twin daughters were born super healthy with no problems. When Haruka found out about the fact they had twin daughters, he initially was shocked but also happy at the same time but he also had lots of concerns for Katsumi due to how much he saw the exhaustion showing on her face. Katsumi told Haruka not to worry much on her and told him that she was just happy that their babies were finally blessed into the world as the two started their parenthood on that Spring morning. While she was recovering, Katsumi had tried often to do her usual chores around the house while tending to both of her twins but that always led to Haruka telling her to go back to resting in bed as he knew that she needed to stay resting. Though worried about how Haruka was going to deal with the housework, Katsumi decided to step back and rest her body up but it didn't stop her from taking care of her twins. She loved both Kat and Ana as they began their growth as she often would hold both of them in her arms and cuddle them always in bed. She constantly would make sure both twins were growing up as healthy as they could be without getting sick and continued to give them the equal amount of love to each other. In the night she often worried about Ana due to how much she would cry in the late hours much to Haruka giving up most of his rest to calm Ana down. Katsumi often felt really sorry for Haruka giving up most of his much needed rest to calm Ana down at night but he reassured to her that he didn't mind it as long as their twins were doing alright as he always kept the twins and Katsumi's wellbeing as the first priorities out of anything he prioritized. When the twins were starting to show interest with learning ninjutsu, Katsumi and Haruka worked together to train them both which led to the two learning quite fast for their age. However upon learning that Kat and Ana had left the house to go follow Haruka's training path when they had both hit the age of 5, Katsumi was distraught as she was super worried on both twins heading out on their own, but she told Haruka not to blame himself for the cause due to him apologizing to her about what he did when he was younger. When they finally found the twins living in Diamond City, Katsumi and Haruka were both relieved at their twin daughters being safe but both decided to let the two begin their own journey even if they were both were upset at the initial stunt they did of leaving the house without letting them know. Even though as of current, Katsumi would live with the twins with Haruka during their breaks, she always felt sorrowful about the amount of days she'd miss out on both Kat and Ana's growth as ninjas.

## General Information

### Physical Appearance

Katsumi is a rather tall slender woman with fairly light skin sporting blue eyes and pink hair like Kat's. Her hair is rather long as she always likes to tie it up in a ponytail and she likes to wear pink flower hair ties along with pink flower hair pins that pin one side of her side bangs. She wears a more unique ninja attire as opposed to Haruka and the twins as her attire doubles as a dress a little bit that splits on both sides on the skirt. she also wears a ribbon choker around her neck that wavers behind her along with pink slippers. When she's at home, Katsumi wears a kimono in the house which often sports a light pink floral pattern.

### Personality

Though diligent and serious about her focus on ninja missions, Katsumi is also wise and gentle but also can be strict around certain things. She's also very much motherly towards her twins as she loves and cares for both of them equally. She also has a love for flowers as she's often making floral pieces to place in the house with her own flowers that she grows in the garden. Being taught when she was younger on being ladylike in the house, Katsumi is often very hospitable whenever other people visit the home. During the early days of her and Haruka's relationship and marriage, she often flirted with Haruka by complimenting on his strength and handsomeness. Though now she tones down the flirting after the twins were born as she wanted to focus on taking care of her babies, Katsumi still likes to compliment her husband in their alone moments from time to time. Katsumi often liked to teach the twins on being respectful to other people just so they wouldn't cause any sort of trouble while also teaching Ana about different flower meanings when Kat was having some father daughter time with Haruka. During her early motherhood days, Katsumi always worried on her twins as she constantly made sure they weren't going to get sick or get themselves hurt in any way which often got Haruka to constantly step in to calm her down and reassure her.

### Strengths, Weaknesses, Powers, Abilities

Being a high ranked ninja, Katsumi is a skilled fighter. Though not as strong as Haruka, she's still quite agile in her speed. Katsumi's own fighting style mixes with her graceful nature as her attacks and movements often are graceful looking before landing a powerful blow. Katsumi is also quite stealthy as she's able to land a sneak attack on any enemy. Just like Haruka, she can use a cloning ninja technique as well as move fast enough to temporarily teleport at a distance. Often times Katsumi would use flower petals to give a bit of a distraction before going for an attack. She shares weapons with Haruka but her all time favorite weapons to use are shurikens due to how much she loves attacking at a distance. One weakness to Katsumi however seeing her husband or twins getting themselves into hostage situations due to the fear of getting them hurt. Another weakness is her compassion for flowers mainly due to how distraught she becomes when her flowers get destroyed which can drop her guard significantly.

## Relationships

### Haruka

Haruka is Katsumi's beloved husband and fellow high ranked ninja. Katsumi found Haruka in the wilderness training so she decided to ask him for a dual to see which ninja was stronger. After taking the challenge, Katsumi was able to beat Haruka mainly due to him getting distracted by her graceful moves. Upon defeating him, Katsumi decided to ask him while holding her hand out if he wanted to become partners with her in ninja missions, to which Haruka accepted even though he was bitter on the loss. Overtime the two became more and more close with each mission they did before eventually the two became a couple which led to their marriage later on. At home, Katsumi surprised Haruka with how ladylike she was in the house during their first few days of being newly weds as he wasn't used to the hospitality she showed to him as opposed to her usual focused mindset during ninja missions. Upon figuring out that she was taught at a young age on being a lady in the house, Haruka told Katsumi that she didn't have to be so hospitable towards her own husband and just told her to be herself around him. Even though Haruka didn't mind her being herself like she always was in missions, Katsumi continued to be as respectful towards him but it didn't stop the two from loving each other. Katsumi often flirted with Haruka during their alone moments but after the twins were born, both of them toned down on the flirting to care for their babies but she still loves Haruka as he continued to be an amazing husband and father to her and their daughters.

### Kat & Ana

Kat and Ana are Katsumi's twin daughters that she loves very dearly and equally. At first, Katsumi thought she was expecting one child when she found out she was pregnant. Much to her shock, she had twins when the time came but even though she had twins, she embraced both of her daughters as she felt more blessed having two children at once. As much as she was exhausted during her first few days of being a mother, she pushed herself to continue her usual chores around the house even though Haruka constantly worried on her recovery. It led to the point of Katsumi going back to resting as the most she could do was watch her twins in bed with Haruka taking care of everything. Watching her twins grow, Katsumi loved every single moment of the two developing their skills in walking and talking before eventually teaching them both on respect and later on ninjutsu with Haruka. Katsumi often would show and teach Ana different flowers in her garden as a mother and daughter bonding moment as Haruka often was having a father daughter moment with Kat. When the twins left the house to follow Haruka's path of training, Katsumi was distraught mainly because she thought her daughters went missing initially but after finding them in Diamond City, Katsumi soon felt reassured and thought that her daughters were growing up. Even though she knew she could live with them on her and Haruka's break days, Katsumi always worried on how much she was missing out on Kat and Ana's growth every time she went out on a ninja mission with Haruka.

## Trivia

* Katsumi is 30 years old currently. She was 25 years old when she had the twins, and 23 when she married Haruka.
* Katsumi's favorite flowers, out of all flowers, are Sakura, Cosmos, Primrose, Crocus, Pink Roses, Red Chrysanthemum, Wisteria, Purple Iris, and Forget-Me-Not. Though she loves all flowers of any kind.
* Around the house, Katsumi tends to make lots of flower bouquets in vases mainly on shelves or the tables. Typically some of the flowers are also given by Haruka.
* Katsumi likes drinking matcha often as her favorite drink
* Initially her mother was going to have Katsumi marry someone else but Katsumi strongly held her ground telling her mother off with wanting to be married with the person she herself chooses. In the end her mother decided to let her which allowed Katsumi to marry Haruka.
* Katsumi tends to wake up pretty early to make breakfast for Haruka and the twins, she usually wakes up around 5:30am in the morning.