Mizuki Senju

## Jutsu

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

**Ninjutsu**

**Genjutsu**

**Taijutsu**

## Inventory

Mizuki Senju (千手水木) is a Jōnin of Konohagakure. Before her time in the village, she worked as a wandering mercenary-nin. During her tenure as a mercenary, she was always noted for an uncharacteristic loyalty to her clients. With only a few conditions that, so long as she was allowed to uphold them, was willing to perform any job. At various points during her career, she found herself working against the Black Wolf Confederation. Because of her honorable nature she was never seen as a true enemy by them.

When Konoha was founded she was summoned with fellow mercenaries throughout the Land of Fire to join the village. Despite her reluctance, she did so and rejoined her family after they also moved back into Konoha.

## Background

Childhood is something that many dwell upon, and find good memories for. Mizuki cannot say with full certainty that there are no good memories, but reflecting upon it always leaves a sour taste within her mouth. Both men and women are trained to be shinobi, but in her family: Differences still existed. Girls were more delicate, they needed to help support men with medical ninjutsu or even some genjutsu. The men were the only ones that seemed to be allowed to really fight, crack a skull open. Yet with all of the trouble Mizuki got into when she was a child, it always seemed to be her that was cracking the skulls of boys open.

From early on, most could tell that she wouldn't be a typical lady. Even though her parents desperately wanted her to be more involved in the political environment of their country. As much as they tried however, it only drove her further away from it. Spite, and even hatred, growing towards them in the coming years. Where she held no dreams or purpose, it was through them that she realized her dream. Something that she could never hope to realistically do, something no one of her kind had ever done in the history of shinobi: Become the first female member of the Ōken.

As soon as she understood how to use her blade, and use some rudimentary Earth Jutsu, Mizuki abandoned her home in spite of her family. Her journeys began with reaching the Land of Rivers, bordering the Lands of Fire and Wind. At the time it was a hot spot of war, constant skirmishing between mercenary guilds took place there. Lords always in search of fresh shinobi to send to their deaths. Mizuki thought she was different however, but she'd regret her first footstep into that country's borders.

Sycophants ruled the Land of Rivers, and they used every trick they could to rally mercenaries to their side. She was lucky enough that her previous training came to use, easily dispatching of the common soldiers she fought against. She gained experience through her scars, stronger through the defeats she suffered. Yet, even after three years of fighting: She never won. Everyone she worked under died, the heroes and monsters killed each other with ferocity and neither would be left standing. She thought so highly of herself, and then she began to kill too. Just like everyone else did, and that's what gave her results.

It culminated into one final point, during the siege of a small castle on the Rivers' eastern border. The guild she was with were small-time, the only reason she had joined them despite the prestige she had gained was because of the lord they served under. Someone who, despite his foul intentions, seemed the best designated leader for the Land of Rivers. They stormed the castle after its gates were blown through, and began slaughtering everyone within. She was with an elite team of shinobi, the best of their guild. They reached the inner sanctum of the castle, where the noble family had gathered themselves in the worst event of this. All Mizuki could remember of that fight was that very moment, where she and her men stormed into the room before grabbing the nearest noble by the throat. It was a young boy, with orange hair and black eyes. There was fear in his eyes, tears streaming down his face. Her sword was inches away from the boy's gut, but it wouldn't go in. It trembled, just like the boy. Her weakness became apparent after everyone else in the room had been slaughtered, but she was still stuck on this one boy.

Everyone else in that room besides the boy was on the verge of death by the time Mizuki came walking out. She had a bag slung over shoulder, with awful cuts and a large, gaping wound under her left cheek. She tried escaping from that castle, but her actions were found out and so was the boy she had hidden inside of her bag. Before her very eyes that boy was lifted. Up, and up, into the air before he was hanging 20 ft. above her and the rest of the mercenaries. Kicking and choking, until the life slipped from his eyes. The lord of the guild showed up, and offered his own kind of mercy to Mizuki as she slowly bled out from her injuries. She would be allowed to live, but only if she managed to escape the Land of Rivers with them following her. As broken as she was, she still managed to accept the challenge. With an hour head start, she ran as far as she could to the east. Although she had long intended to become stronger before returning to her home country, she had no choice now.

All of her armor had been taken from her, and she had only her blade by her side. Even that had been cut in two. Leaving her with just a broken blade. Only 15 minutes passed however, before she found a quarrel square between her left shoulder blade. Adrenaline took over, and she continued running further and further away. Every person that caught up to her, she managed to fight, but not before taking another injury. They were never killed, but still maimed in the process. Her life was saved by chance when she was surrounded by all these men, but they were struck upon by a wandering monster. A deformed freak of what looked human, crushing and snapping shinobi in half like over-ripe fruit. Mizuki was caught in the ensuing slaughter, and had her right leg crushed before she was flung off into the forest. Still, she didn't give up. She persisted further, and somehow made it out of the Land of Rivers. Only once she had reached the nearest village: She finally let go and became unconscious. She was found by the local villagers who took her in, and helped nurse her back to health. For a year, she had a limp from her leg injuries and a hideous scar on the left side of her face.

As soon as she healed well-enough that she could fight again, she went back out into the business. But with new rules for herself, and her contractors. If they wouldn't allow her to stick by three self-imposed rules: She would never agree to work for them.

1. Always show mercy to an opponent, no matter their inherent nature.
2. Never attack someone who is not fighting.
3. Lead by example.

She continued to operate as a mercenary, but never within the Land of Rivers again. The Land of Fire was much more stable, and not nearly as tarnished as that minor country. She slowly began to build herself back up again, gaining a reputation for her honorable tactics in and out of battle. Always willing to compromise with the enemy, even if it boiled down into a simple duel. She never commanded a guild herself, but her word was respected by some guilds she came across. During this period, she was a frequent enemy of the Black Wolves. Often vying for supremacy over situations, although there were also times that they stood side-by-side: Fighting foreign powers.

When Konoha was finally founded, Mizuki was called to the capital of the Land of Fire. It was there that she was given the chance to enlist in the new hidden village. Although doing so would bring her back into relation with her clan. Willing to set aside her pride to work towards a greater goal, she joined the hidden village and used her experience as a warrior to help further it.

## Personality

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### Combat Skills

 Barrier Ninjutsu
 Nintaijutsu