Yuki, Raishi

### Background

Yuki, Raishi was born into the Yuki Clan in Kirigakure during the month of May. His father was usually the one out in the line of duty as a Shinobi while his mother stayed behind to assist the clan. Like some Yukis, both parents were well-mannered and elegant in their ways. The two have now retired and usually hang about within the Clan Compound, though they aren't usually seen.

Raishi at a young age was forced to adapt to the ways of Kirigakure. He took note of the gruesome nature between the citizens and shinobi alike and was taught to understand that there was a pecking order with the Yuki Clan being second under the Kaguya Empire and the rest under him. Despite this, the boy was also taught to be well-mannered and to do the most that he could to make the clan, his family, and the village proud like the Yuki are shown to be.

### Personality

Raishi is usually quiet for the most part. He only speaks when he feels that he has to or to get a point across. Along with his quiet manner he tends to show a pokerface-like expression as a result of training himself to be indifferent to the ways of the "Bloody Mist". He tends to hide his disgust for the Kaguya and usually ignores most other people unless being forced to interact with them due to certain circumstances.

### **Welcome To Hell**

With the official opening of the Academy came the gruesome tasks that the group of civilians within Kirigakure had to overcome in order to join. These tasks were simple, yet pushed the children to do something that Raishi never thought he'd experience. The children with the goal of entering the Academy in mind, viciously fought to accomplish that task, and at a level a thirteen year old never dreamed of witnessing at such an age.
As days prolonged with the various incidents sprouting up due to what was set for them, Raishi began to learn just who the people that he resided in the village with really were like in Kirigaure. He learned physically as well once confronting the hatred of the Yomei Clan Leader and being attacked only to begin believing that the Leader was jealous because of the similar abilities between the clans along with their conversation.

### **This should have been my decision all along...**

Days prolonged as each individual within Kirigakure fought each other for possession of the items needed to enter the Academy. With each growing incident, Raishi grew closer to believing that it was entirely impossible to be able to trust in the rest of the villagers and see them as comrades. This idea was confirmed after an incident between his clan and the Hozuki's clashed thus forcing his very own clan leader to set an example out of the Hozuki family on their status on the list of the 'pecking order' with the gruesome torturing she did to one of their members.

Though young and unable to even stomach the sight of such a thing, it was embedded into Raishi's mind along with the other savage incidents happening throughout the village and warping the boy's personality as a result. He came to terms that there'd be no reason at this point to be able to trust his family with their actions speaking for themselves on the matter.

As a result, Raishi was now forced to see the Hozuki Clan-including the leader who he cooperated with as possible threats to those within his own. It was an inevitable outcome with the multiple problems within Kirigakure, but at this point it was now settled that one day, he'd probably do battle against one of the family despite how he successfully worked with one who actually gave him advice.

### **I'll never trust them...**

> *"You will not tear yourselves from the inside out - you /will/ operate together, not by yourselves. If you are to draw blood against one another, you will not do it out of spite - but you will do it because you have to, you will do it because you /know/ what you're doing is right - that it will make you great. Do away with this false sense of independence amongst your peers and work together." ~ Ryouta*
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With the various incidents causing increasingly problems within Kirigakure, the actions of the children reached the ears of the Mizukage. With that came a meeting that were for him to give his response to the rising problems and allow for understandings to be made. Thus, came his ideal on the infamous prestige that Kirigakure was proud for such as the *"Bloody Mist"*, and the pecking order. Along with these ideals came the wish and command from him of the villagers working together and cooperating lest they're forced to strike down their comrades when presented as the only option.

These words however, weren't enough to change how the thirteen year old Yuki perceived his villagers. A sizable amount of them had blood-his clanmember's blood on their hands which he couldn't forget. A lot of his own shed blood and harmed those who were amongst them in the same office. The Yuki only asked the Mizukage a simple answer to which the response forced the Yuki to reaffirm his decision. He'd never be able to trust the same villagers that exemplified such savagery and couldn't even look at them the same now that the brutal fights were commanded to the halt by the villager's strongest and most highest-ranking shinobi.