Kenjiro Honda

Kenjiro is a Kasai-born shinobi of Konohagakure. Growing up, his mother was sacrificed to turn him into the Four-Tails Jinchuriki and his father was cruel and unaffectionate. Later migrating to the Leaf as is customary, he faced a difficult life as a pariah until becoming a leader of the Recon Team against the tides of the Revolution.

## Background

Born in Kasaigakure, the Village Hidden in Ash. Kenjiro grew up under the watchful eye of his father, the Patriarch of the Honda Clan. His mother a woman named Suchin, an Iwagakure native, and the Jinchuriki of the Four Tails at the time. She defected to Kasaigakure after faking her death with the help of others, and fooling Iwagakure into believing they still have the Four Tailed Beast. Suchin started to grow ill after giving birth to him, suffering from a mysterious illness that rendered her confined to a bed. Kenjiro’s father, Goro Honda was seeking ways to save his wife, upon discovering the weakened Jinchuriki seal. He believed that the transferring of the 4 Tails to another host, would save his wife. But there was an ulterior motive, the Honda Clan actually worshipped the Four Tailed Beast, which explained the importance of fire to the clan.

Goro believed this to be a sign of some sort, Suchin was pregnant with a child and the seal was starting to weaken. That’s when he came to the conclusion that this child was chosen by Son Gokū himself, and he would inherit what he called “The Will of Fire”. Leading up to Kenjiro’s birth, the entire clan prepared to seal the Four Tails inside of Kenjiro, there was an extremely small window of time to act. The events of the sealing were never documented, and those present swore secrecy. It was recorded in the Honda Clan library that Suchin died due to “complications” that occurred during Kenjiro’s birth. Though he was just a baby at the time, memories of the events that took place would come back to Kenjiro as he grew up, though they are mere flashes, making it impossible to fully piece things together.

Kenjiro grew up in an extremely restrictive household and was sheltered, stunting his social growth a couple years. Though he did find academically in the Kasaigakure Academy, he struggled socially and tended to avoid other students. Upon reaching the rank of Genin it was time for him to partake in the coming of age ritual, like most Hondas he had to put a part of his body into the flame. To earn the respect of his father Keniro offered both of his arms to the flame, resulting in large burns up to his shoulder. After that, Kenjiro was subjected to relentless day and night training, in both Tai and Ninjutsu. Though the Honda Clan were already naturally skillful in Fire Release, Keniro was a natural prodigy in Ninjutsu and demonstrated amazing chakra control. Thus, granting him easier use with both Kekkei Genkai. Kenjiro was then sent to go out to Konohagakure like most Hondas are after the ritual. Not much worth noting happened during his time as a Genin in Konoha, but over time he broke out of his shell and tried to make friends, but none of his fellow Genin had interest in him. Upon being placed on a team, he was treated as the black sheep (no pun intended) and often subjected to unfair treatment by a majority of Konoha due to him being foreign born. However upon being introduced to his squad, things seemed to change. Kenjiro was placed in a team with other pariahs amongst Konoha, his squad consisted of: Adachi, a Nara with average intelligence. Rubi, a clumsy girl from the Lee Family. And lastly, Yuusei Urahara, also known as loser Yuusei due to being outdone by literally everyone. They were known as Team 16. Though he was reluctant to join Yuusei’s squad, over time he would grow to feel like an actual part of the team and establish connections with them. They went on many adventures, mainly D and C rank missions due to them being under the tutelage of a low rank Jounin, but many good times were had. But those good times came to an end, once The Stone and Leaf War had begun, and due to his team being overall low rank, they were thrown into Konoha’s Suicide Corp which were seen as glorified cannon fodder.

Deployed on the battlefield at the age of 12, Team 16 would take part in the Takigakure campaign and witnessed some of the bloodiest battles in the war. Over the course of the campaign he could feel himself becoming more desensitized towards violence, Adachi would disconnect entirely during warfare, and Rubi would often crumble entirely. To help boost his team’s morale, Yuusei would teach each of his students a powerful new technique in case they were caught in a bad situation. Kenjiro would be taught the Rasengan along with another student named Tamura, the two would grow to become rivals who took every chance they could to compete against each other, unlike Tamura, Kenjiro struggled immensely with the shaping and rotation while Tamura was creating Rasengans left and right. Though their rivalry would be cut short due to the unit Tamura was in being moved elsewhere, and soon after that Team 16 would push further into Iwa. Team 16 would then be sent on a scouting mission through a valley, throughout the duration of the trek through the valley the Team could feel themselves being watched. Until they were then attacked by ANBU level Stone Nin, with his sensei trapped Kenjiro had to rely on his team and his wits, and with their combined effort they managed to survive long enough to free their sensei. Kenjiro would watch as Yuusei battled these men, both him and his team were amazed by the high level battle going on right in front of them, but unfortunately they couldn’t account for one of the men who would then trap him. Kenjiro couldn’t recollect what happened next, Yuusei was about to end those men with his ultimate Rasengan, but then the man in front of them bleeding out. Yuusei sacrificed himself to save them and as he fell, the Rasengan in his hand was passed to Kenjiro which then grew to a massive size, a Big Ball Rasengan was now held by him. Kenjiro could barely hold it, this amount of power he wasn’t used to but thanks to Adachi and Rubi, they helped him hold it as they ran towards the last two men who launched a large fireball towards them. Adachi was the first to drop from exhaustion, then Rubi passed out right before Kenjiro pushed forward and clashed with the fireball before pushing right through it with the giant Rasengan. The Teacher-Student Rasengan swallowed up the two men before launching off into the sky and exploding in a bright display, it was a strangely beautiful, and the last thing he saw before passing out.

After Yuusei’s death, Team 16 would stick together for the final year of the war. Eventually they would end up getting separated much to their dismay and tried their best to keep in contact with each other. Kenjiro would end up in a heated argument with a Jounin in command and up striking him, earning him a place in a squad for troubled youth, an Alternative Squad. Once he returned to Konoha would compete in the Chunin Exams and be promoted to Chunin at the age of 14. Not long after that, the Alternative Program would shutdown due to little faith being put in the program. The Troubled Nin (as they were often called) would be abandoned by Konoha, Jounin turned them away each and every time, leaving groups of Chunin with various social and mental issues throughout Konoha. Those documented as Troubled Nin wouldn’t be allowed to participate in missions unless they were given permission by Jounin, which was rarely given and often resulted in harsh ridicule. Kenjiro felt betrayed by the place he was supposed to call his home, the entire system had turned its back on him and now he was truly alone. It wasn’t until recently he would finally be allowed to accept missions, due to his status as a Troubled Nin finally being removed off his record due to good behavior, he would take part in many B and A rank missions, along with being of assistance to Jounin on an S Rank mission. Though he has a less  than stellar standing in Konoha, he’s made a name for himself and though he qualifies as a Jounin in skill, he remains a Chunin.

## Personality

Known for his rebellious nature and fierce temper, Kenjiro is a really angry teenager. He's often keeping to himself due to both not wanting to interact with people, nor actually wanting to do so, yet he finds himself drawn into social interactions left and right. Whenever he's in social interaction, he likes to dominate the conversation and make sure everyone hears him loud and clear. Due to events occurring in his past, he has a severe distrust and disdain for any form of authority if they don’t earn his respect. However, if Kenjiro does respect someone he tends to put on a front and refuses to admit he does, he’ll actually treat them worse than most people and subtly hint that he likes them. To put it bluntly, Kenjiro is tsundere as fuck. Also on a side note, he goes by Kenjiro because he doesn't like being called by his full name, however to those he trusts he doesn't mind being called Kenjiro.

## Appearance

Kenjiro is very tall for his age, standing at 6'3'' at age 16. He has short black hair which he sweeps backwards. He has red irises, to match his burning passion and fiery personality. Untypical for other Konohakagure residents, he has dark skin. He wears a red jacket that's usually left unzipped showing a plain black t-shirt, on the back of the jacket is the Honda clan symbol. He wears a pair of standard black Leaf ninja pants and blue Shinobi sandals. Around his neck is a sky blue scarf, one of the few things that he had taken with him to Konoha from Kasaiga. Hidden by the sleeves of his jacket are bandages that go all the way up to his shoulders, the bandages cover the horrible burns he suffered from the ritual.

## Relationships

### Miroku Oki (Friend)

Kenjiro and Miroku have a kind of rivalry, not that they are very equal in ability but Kenjiro helps Miroku grow stronger and offers training from time to time. They often spar and train together and have a strong friendship, although Miroku shows it more than Kenjiro. After a fight, Kenjiro forbade Miroku from using the Rasengan.

### Fumiko Akimochi (Girlfriend)

Kenjiro and Fumiko are in a romantic relationship. Fumiko shows her affection far easier than Kenjiro does.

## Abilities

### Earth Release:

Earth Flow Wave

Earth Style Wall/Mud Wall

Tearing Earth Turning Palm

Earth Flow Divide

Imprisoning Earth Style Clones

### Fire Release:

Dragon Flame Jutsu

Dragon Flame Bullet

Great Fireball Jutsu

Flame Whirlwind

Fox Fire

### Lava Release:

Scorching Rocks Jutsu

Magmatic Fist

Searing Hot Magma Blades

Scorching Armored Fist

### Other:

Rasengan (A)

Ōdama Rasengan

Chōōdama Rasengan

Shadow Clone

Shuriken Shadow Clone

Sexy Jutsu

Sexy Jutsu: Girl on Girl technique

## Trivia

* Despite calling Miroku 'bastard' every time they are together, the pair hold a decent sense of comraderie.
* Kenjiro is revered for his expertise in Taijutsu and use of chakra blades, while he tends to mix up his style of hand to hand combat rather frequently, he typically tends to fight in a style akin to a boxer. But even in that style of combat, he will switch between Out-boxing, Slugging, and Swarming.
* Kenjiro is completely numb in the entirety of his arms.
* Kenjiro’s conception was originally inspired by Prince Zuko of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series, but later on became a desire to make an Anti-Naruto.
* In his earlier variations, Kenjiro was originally planned to succumb to temptations during later arcs and become an antagonist who leads a Jinchuriki Uprising.
* Kenjiro grew to dislike sweet foods after the passing of his mentor Yuusei, to the point he gets emotional at the sight of dango.