Azuke Uchiha

### Appearance

Azuke has black hair, combed to the right side, hiding most of his face. He also very often wears a black mask over his mouth, which most of the time makes only his left side visible, leaving his black left eye visible. He is usually dressed in a dark color and carries his sword with him all the time. It is also possible to spot him in the company of his raven, Yoru.

## Skills

### Talent 3

Kenjutsu

Azuke was born in 600 in the land of Fire. As far back as he can remember, he has always lived in the village. Azuke joined the Academy quite late in his life. Indeed, it was at the age of seventeen that he decided to enter. He wasn't sure why he was there, but he enjoyed it very much. Azuke didn't say much about it, but he was very tormented that he still hadn't managed to awaken his sharingan. That’s why he was extremely discreet during classes and mostly just listened to the lecture. He had more or less managed to make some friends, however, until his promotion to genin.

### Genin

When he started out as a genin, Azuke didn't do missions. He preferred to continue attending classes without too much action, to avoid appearing weak on missions since it seemed that all Uchiha had already awakened their sharingan by this age. Yet one day he felt ready and had joined a mission. The mission didn't sound too difficult, the team just needed to protect someone as far as the Land of the Moon. However, the team had come under attack from bandits. For the first time, Azuke had no choice but to fight. He had done his best, but when his teammate Wasabi Hyuuga was attacked by one of the bandits, Azuke felt a deep sense of hatred. Even today, he's not sure why, but he wanted to defend him. As a result of this feeling of hatred, Azuke had awakened his sharingan and no longer had any reason to avoid missions.

Following this, Azuke had to try to find a team, to be able to progress. So he had tried to apply for the team of a Jounin, from the village that was looking for genins: Sen Uzumaki. However, it was not after these tries that Azuke was accepted into the team. This was after training where he and Koguto Uchiha had to fight a samurai (apparently a friend of Sen), which Azuke had officially accepted into Team Seven.For some reason that still escapes him, Azuke saw his friends less and less, until they disappeared completely: Kimao, Ichigae, Wasabi, Tetsuo, Takayuki, Miyahira. Azuke then wondered why he had formed such bonds. They only served to hurt him, to disappoint him. So he told himself that if he no longer had any relationship with others, Azuke would be stronger. So he decided to stay alone. In this case,if something happened to him it wouldn't affect people, and if something happened to others, he wouldn't care either. So it was a pretty good idea, in his opinion.

Yet, during a discussion when Azuke asked Koguto why he was a ninja, the Uchiha replied that if he had become a ninja, it was to become stronger and protect those he loved. Koguto then advised him to try to get closer to others, in order to understand these bonds, and at the same time become stronger. Azuke then followed Koguto's advice. He forced himself to socialize with others. He began to try to talk more in class, to stay after classes or missions to talk a little more. It seemed Koguto was right. Azuke had managed to bond, especially with Hikazumiji Hyuuga. "Hika" had become what Azuke might call friend. They had practiced a lot together and they even happened to just sit down somewhere to chat. These things were new, but Azuke didn't hate them. Azuke did his best to bond again. He just hoped that the bonds he was making, the feelings he had for all these relationships, weren't going to be broken again.