Tsubaki

Appearance: Tsubaki is a 12-year-old samurai, hailing from the Land of Iron. She stands at 4'4, has fair skin, long, dark brown hair tied in a high ponytail reaching lower back by two pink flower-like beads, cropped bangs, apart from chin-length strands that frame her face, thick eyebrows, pink eyes, a flat chest, pink nipples, a small waist, narrow hips, a small, soft butt, and a smooth, puffy pussy. She dresses in traditional samurai attire, consisting of a white robe with pink lining on the collar and sleeves, a turtle-neck undershirt, shin-length pink hakama, black panties underneath, black leggings and socks, and straw sandals. She also wears black arm guards that cover her forearms. Secured regularly at her hip is a sword with a black cloth hilt, and scabbard with the hilt shaped like two opposite-pointing arrows. While travelling, she wears a traditional umbrella-shaped bamboo hat and a pink cloak.

Personality: Very mature for her age, Tsubaki is a very driven young girl. Disciplined and committed to the task at hand, Tsubaki had adopted a no-nonsense mentality, and thus has no knowledge of sex or its pleasures. If introduced to such a thing, her mind will plagued by thoughts of what she could do to pleasure herself, keeping her from focusing on her training properly until she finds an…outlet. She has a strong commitment to the traditions and ancient ways of samurai and likewise to honour her teacher's wishes, taking great pride in being one and is open about that. At the same time, this driven nature has led her to be somewhat arrogant and distant to others. While overall very respectful in the way she talks to her superiors, she can be rather condescending to all others. Viewing the shinobi of the modern and peaceful era as sloppy and lacking of commitment, she openly considers her reassignment as a member of a shinobi team as temporary and purely an obligation. However, upon seeing how committed her new team was to protecting the each other, Tsubaki began to respect what Konohagakure has to offer in soldiers. During her time in Konoha, while still proud of the Land of Iron's commitment to tradition, she came to admit it also constrained the country, making it harder to progress. She has also come to see her reassignment as both a chance to grow as a warrior and valuing the friendships she has made.

Despite her normal attitude, Tsubaki is not without some childish traits. Having committed herself so much to her training, she is fascinated by the more modern cuisines of the world, showing a special enjoyment for fries. At the same time, wanting to maintain her poise, Tsubaki prefers to keep her enjoyment of such things secret. Also, she is shown to be rather competitive. While proud of her high individual skills compared to the genin she works with, she hates the idea of losing, even in a team-effort. Likewise, while openly proud as a samurai, she is eager to prove her might in comparison to shinobi during official competitions. Her goal is to rise through the ranks and help her country grow.

Friends: Wasabi Izuno (teammate, captain), Namida Suzumeno (teammate)

Rank: Genin

Kenjutsu: Proficient

Physical Prowess: Trained personally by the general of the Land of Iron, Tsubaki is a very skilled warrior. Despite her young age, she was easily able to defeat two wanted criminals in the Bingo Books. Konoha leadership considers Tsubaki's skill in comparison to a shinobi of Chūnin-level. Tsubaki is an expertly trained swordswoman, able to use precise and powerful strikes to pentrate most defenses. She skilled in various styles and tactics of swordsmanship and likwise able to defend herself with just the scabbard of her sword. With her actual blade, she excels at quickdraw techniques, able to take down opponents before they can realise it. When wielding her drawn sword and her scabbard in the opposite hand, she can fight in the ambidextrious nature of dual-blade combat. For group enemies, she can channel her chakra into it, able to produce a powerful tornado to repel all around her. She excels in various misdirection tactics to create openings against her opponent. She is also very agile, skilfully able to jump from rooftop to rooftop.

In addition, Tsubaki is highly trained in hand-to-hand combat, able to seamlessly strike with kicks and punches, and switch between them and sword strikes without warning.

Background: When Tsubaki became a student to Mifune, she befriended a senior disciple, Sazanka, looking up to his commitment to honing his skills. They frequently trained together and discussed their goals. During a tournament, it was rumoured the winner's prize was the right to claim Kurosawa when Mifune retired. Tsubaki advanced to the final round, when she had to face Sazanka. Despite him having the clear advantage throughout the fight, she was able to exploit an opening at the last moment, defeating him. The loss shattered Sazanka, who went on to kill his other fellow disciples when they tried to stop him from claiming Kurosawa by force. After Sazanka's actions forced him to flee the Land of Iron as a wanted criminal, Tsubaki blamed herself for Sazanka's change.