Dōzuru Haruno

## Nature Types

 Wind Release

 Yang Release

 Yin Release

## Jutsu

**General Skills*** Body Flicker Technique
* Body Replacement Technique
* Clone Technique
* Manji Formation
* Rope Escape Technique
* Transformation Technique

**Ninjutsu**

* Blade of Wind A-Rank
* Flying Swallow B-Rank
* Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere B-Rank
* Wind Release: Vacuum Wave B-Rank
* Chakra Scalpel C-Rank

**Genjutsu**

**Taijutsu**

**Dōzuru Haruno** (春野ドウつる) is a **Jōnin** of Konohagakure. Before his time in the village, he was a wandering mercenary in service to no particular lord. He journeyed with his small family, where they would offer services with their Medical Ninjutsu, Dōzuru protected them and their clients from any harm. Despite his talents with the sword, he never seemed to grow an ego from it. Only ever asking that he receive enough pay from his jobs to survive on his own. After an incident that saw his family slain, Dōzuru steeled himself to become the strongest swordsman in the world.

## Background

Dōzuru's early life was a simple one. He was born into a small family of mercenaries that were distinctly separate from their clan. Being on their own, there was loneliness and uncertainty, yet there was also a sense of freedom. They were not obligated by any lords to fight, or sacrifice themselves for any other cause that wasn't their own. Some of Dōzuru's earliest memories was at an earlier age, when he was but a child. Although he wasn't proficient in it, he remembered spending time with his entire family trying to learn Medical Ninjutsu. He couldn't keep up with his elder siblings, but enjoyed it nonetheless. When this became apparent, he was set aside from the rest so that he could learn the way of the sword.

While his family did not have nearly enough money to give him a good teacher, or a consistent one at that, they still provided as much as they could to ensure he could learn his best. When he didn't have a teacher his grandfather would show him what he could, but the old man was often too drunk to be an even decent teacher of his own accord. However, he was an amazing swordsman in his own right and defended their family on multiple occasions. His weapon of choice was a direct link to their clan, the Gobonzakura. An ancestral Ōdachi of the **Haruno Clan** that Dōzuru's grandfather fought for in a test of skill before officially leaving the clan.

Eventually, Dōzuru began to develop his own talents for sword-fighting and helped protect his family by his grandfather's side. Life continued in a gentle manner for the family, whatever problems they faced they did it together. Even becoming complacent with the blissful life he was born into.

Dōzuru had encountered a few creatures that emerged from the **Manifestation** a few times up to this point. The only problem that emerged from this was his, and his family's, lack of experience with handling the true beasts that rested within the deeper parts within the **Land of Fire**. This lead to their first, and final mistake on the matter.

When Dōzuru was around the age of 19, his family was sent into a rural village close to the southern coast of their country. They purposefully avoided the northern side of the Land of Fire due to ongoing conflicts. This also meant that it had been a while since the place they were headed to had been kept safe by shinobi. They were only meant to help heal the village's local guards following a fight with some kind of monster. When they arrived, the village was empty.

His grandfather was uncharacteristically sobering up, and seemed on edge about the disappearance of the villager's. When the family reached the town hall, they were set upon by a great monster. Its features were twisted, with gangling limbs and a monstrous face. Yet … there was a certain humanity towards it. Dōzuru and his grandfather tried to handle the beast, but were quickly swept away. The rest of the family was running away, but the monster itself was too fast. Dōzuru could only watch as his family was crushed to bloody pulps by this demonic creature. Towards the end there were only three of the family left remaining. His younger brother, Fuji, and his grandfather. His grandfather had been fatally injured with multiple gouges in his back, while Fuji was too young to do much other than run.

Using a forbidden technique, Dōzuru's grandfather managed to cut through one of the beast's arms. With the other, it still grabbed onto Fuji. Charging ahead, Dōzuru tried to distract the monster before it could crush his little brother. With an overhead swing, he put all of his weight and strength into a flying slash. However, his sword became stuck within the hard bone of the monster's head. Lashing out of anger, he tried to kick it with his left leg but it simply opened its mouth and bit down. He could remember such an intense feeling of pain that his eyes rolled into the back of his head. He wasn't sure how he held onto his sword in that moment, but he managed to just as his grandfather stabbed into the monster's chest. The thing recoiled, biting down entirely to the point that Dōzuru's left calf was entirely amputated. After Dōzu fell, he remembered being caught by his grandfather, faintly hearing his brother's screams as the beast retreated with him in hand.

Somehow, Dōzuru's grandfather managed to carry him out of the village and to the next nearest one. As soon as he did, both of them dropped to the ground. While Dōzuru himself managed to live, his grandfather died right there clutching Gobonzakura. Months would pass until Dōzuru was awake again. Apparently he passed into a coma from his blood loss as well as an infection from the creature that nearly killed him. After being fit with a prosthesis, he was set on a long journey to recover. In the passing years, he regained his job as a mercenary. But without his family, he began to operate on his own. Typically he would protect important people, or villages from attack. He gained notoriety within the Land of Fire's underground market as a potential danger. While his reputation towards the local lords, and even some Daimyō, granted him a chance to enter Konohagakure as one of its elite ninja. Taking the opportunity, he quickly settled into his new home. While he hasn't spent much time within the village, he is frequently seen by others as he tries his best to help the village. Either helping with menial labor, or even giving some of his earnings to those that live in poverty.

## Personality

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## Power Score

### Combat Skills

 Kugutsujutsu
 Barrier Ninjutsu
 Space–Time Ninjutsu
 Nintaijutsu