Michiko Uzumaki

[Michiko Uzumaki]

NAME: Michiko Uzumaki
ALIASES: Michi
CLAN: Uzumaki
AGE: 19
GENDER: Female
RANK: D
STARTING NATION: Wind

APPEARANCE

(Art by Dice)

BACKGROUND:
Few people would have expected Michiko Uzumaki to amount to much of anything. Born as the fifth child to two rice farmers, her future appeared relatively set. She would grow up tending to the family farm, perhaps meet a boy in the nearby village, and settle down with him on a farm nearby. While some might have scoffed at such a destiny or tried to kick it off, Michiko did neither. Even from a young age, she delighted in the simple joys of a quiet, hard-working life. Unlike her distant cousins—the great shinobi of the Uzumaki clan—she had little desire for anything more adventurous than taking the occasional ship out in the great mists which cloaked the Land of Water. She was certainly a curious child, but mainly about small things: about why rice grew, how water bugs moved the way they did, or whether or not they would see crabs on the beach.

All of that changed one Spring morning. Michiko, nine at the time, woke to the smell of smoke. Minutes later, she stood outside her family’s home watching as a blaze engulfed the whole building. Her brothers dashed back and forth with barrels of water, but she knew that their efforts were in vain. The fire had spread too far and grown too high to be quenched by a few gallons of water pulled from the rice fields.
Suddenly, a streak of red dashed into the fire. She watched, wide-eyed, as a shadowed figure stood in the flames and seemingly pulled the fire into itself. As quick as the red streak had appeared, the fire evaporated. Emerging from the charred building, the shadowed figure tucked away a scroll and moved to speak with Michiko’s father. Michiko had stood awestruck for what felt like hours, staring into the embers of her old home.

She would come to understand later that what she had seen was fuinjutsu. Later still, she would learn that it was not even a particularly skilled shinobi who had sealed away the fire. However, nothing could remove the strange fascination that had settled in her heart that night. She became obsessed with learning more—smuggling books on fuinjutsu back to the farm and sending more than a few letters to her cousins the next island over. Toolshed doors began to bear the chalk markings of various seals, and Michiko’s parents stumbled upon the girl practicing hand signs more than once. Even the smallest successes—a little burst of chakra here or a glowing seal there—made her giddy for weeks.

After two years of similar behavior, a letter to the Uzumaki elders led to a quick decision: Michiko would leave the farm to study the sealing arts. Placed under the guidance of her great-great aunt Aiko, an eccentric fuinjutsu master, the young Uzumaki quickly mastered the fundamentals of the art. By the time she was thirteen, she began to assist Aiko in offering fuinjutsu and medical services to other clans. The two formed a strange couple—the child and the elder, each strangely fascinated with even the simplest of techniques, each launching into impassioned (but heavily jargoned) speeches about the merits of one seal over another.

Over time, Aiko began to introduce Michiko to the higher forms of fuinjutsu. These seals were used far less often on simple house visits, sometimes even being forbidden unless the clan elders offered their approval. Poor health confined Aiko to bed not long after, but she continued to pass on her knowledge to her unofficial successor. In her final days of life, the elderly Uzumaki began to speak more cryptically, speaking in quickened, hushed tones about what had been lost over the centuries—secret arts which ought not to have been forgotten by the Uzumaki clan, secret arts which only a true fuinjutsu master could appreciate. Michiko scribbled down what she understood of her master’s whispers, a familiar sense of fascination swelling up in her heart.

Within a week she had set off on a ship, her master’s final words still echoing in her mind. She would travel to the Land of Wind first, in search of the secrets Aiko had quietly pursued for decades, the secrets of their common ancestor: Dvesha Otsutsuki.

STARTING STATS

Ninja Points (NP): 15

Ninjutsu: 5
Taijutsu: 1
Genjutsu: 1
Technique: 1
Toughness: 2
Speed: 2
Stamina: 3

ABILITIES

Starting Affinities: Medical

Spending Starting XP and Ryo:

• +20XP - Start
• +20XP - Only One Affinity
• +10XP - For Starter Jutsu
• -10 XP - Ranking Up to D
• -10 XP - Starter Jutsu (Enclosing, Glyph of Locking, Glyph of Absorption)
• -19 XP - Other Jutsu

• Keeping remaining 11 XP
• Keeping 20,000 ryo

Clan Traits:

[BOON] LIFE FORCE: Known for their incredible life force and long lifespans, the Uzumaki are able to survive things no other shinobi could. You gain the following three features:

• Once per thread, if, at the end of your post, you have chakra equal to 5 + your Stamina chakra or lower, you can gain chakra equal to three fifths of your NP.
• Once per thread, you may halve the damage of an incoming attack (rounding up).
  
• Once per thread, when you would be reduced below 1 health, instead go to 1 health.

[BASE] FUINJUTSU: All members of the Uzumaki Clan are innately talented with Fuinjutsu.

• Once per thread, you can use a C-Rank fuinjutsu ninjutsu without spending any chakra.
• Once per thread, as a short action, you may refresh one of your active D-Rank support fuinjutsu ninjutsu, bringing it back to all of its uses.
  

[BANE] STRANGE REACTION: Since an Uzumaki’s chakra is stern, strong and in truth, quite unique, it reacts in strange ways to being struck hard enough by another. It is said that some Uzumaki find it sickening, so they choose to strike back in order to rebalance themselves, and this is often seen by others as impulsiveness.

• If you are hit by an attack of at least 6 x your NP power, your defensive and evasion jutsu cost an additional 5 chakra until you target the one that hit you with at least a D-Rank attack jutsu.

E RANK

Name: Nobori no Jutsu [Climbing Technique]
Rank: E
XP: Starter
Type: Utility Ninjutsu
Description: This technique involves focusing a fixed amount of chakra to the bottom of one's feet, and using that to climb solid without using one's hands or climbing equipment. If the stream of chakra is too weak, the user will lose their footing on the surface and fall off. If it is too strong, the user will be pushed away from the surface, causing the surface to be damaged around the point of contact.

Name: Suimen Hokō no Gyō [Water Walking Technique]
Rank: E
XP: Starter
Type: Utility Ninjutsu
Description: Similar to the climbing technique, water walking uses a focused flow of chakra in the user's feet to allow them to stand on top of bodies of water. Too strong of a flow will shoot the user out of the water, and too little will result in the user sinking beneath the surface.

Name: Fūnyū no Jutsu [Enclosing Jutsu]
Rank: E
XP: Starter, 1
Type: Utility Ninjutsu
Description: Using this technique, various objects can be stored within scrolls or other items, being released when the scroll is opened or when a specific condition is met. The stored items are locked into a sealing formula, whose appearance and characteristics change depending on what they have sealed away.

D RANK

Name: Fūin no Kago [Glyph of Grace]
Rank: D
XP: 4 (2 Base, 1 Non-elemental, 1 Lasting Aid)
Type: Support Fuinjutsu
Affinity: -
Action: Long Action
Chakra Cost: 5
Power/Damage: 2x
Effects: Fuinjutsu (Support), Lasting Aid
Description: The user of this jutsu weaves three signs before touching an ally. At the point of contact, a fuinjutsu seal appears. The seal stabilizes chakra flow through the bearer's muscles, allowing for greater control, balance, and agility.
[This technique uses 5 Chakra Points. It targets one ally. For every 10 power this jutsu has, add 1 to the target's speed, ignoring statistic caps. This benefit lasts until they have used this bonus 4 times.]

Name: Fūin no Hansha [Glyph of Reflection]
Rank: D
XP: 4 (2 Base, 1 Non-elemental, 1 Counter)
Type: Evasive Ninjutsu
Affinity: -
Action: Short Action
Chakra Cost: 5
Power/Damage: 5x
Effects: Counter
Description: The user of this jutsu weaves two signs before extending their hand in front of them. A fuinjutsu seal appears in the air around their hand which absorbs oncoming attacks and releases them back at the attacker.
[This technique uses 5 Chakra Points. If you dodge an attack jutsu, half the difference between your evasion's power and the attack's power is sent as an attack at any target of your choice (rounding down), with no action required.]

Name: Fūin no Chikara [Glyph of Force]
Rank: D
XP: 3 (2 Base, 1 Non-elemental)
Type: Offensive Ninjutsu
Affinity: -
Action: Long Action
Chakra Cost: 5
Power/Damage: 5x
Description: The user weaves a one-handed sign, activating a fuinjutsu seal on their other hand. This seal, which has been passively storing up chakra, releases a powerful burst of energy in the direction it is facing when the hand sign is formed.
[This technique uses 5 Chakra Points.]

C RANK

Name: Fūin no Jō [Glyph of Locking]
Rank: C
XP: Starter, 4 (3 Base, 1 Non-elemental)
Type: Offensive Fuinjutsu
Affinity: -
Action: Long Action
Chakra Cost: 10
Power/Damage: 10x
Effects: Fuinjutsu (Attack)
Description: The user of this jutsu weaves three signs before touching a target. At the point of contact, a fuinjutsu seal appears which disrupts the target's normal chakra flow. A powerful burst of chakra can break through this seal's effect, but until it has been overcome, targets find their jutsu weaker and their movements slowed.
[This technique uses 10 Chakra Points. Instead of dealing damage, the jutsu's power stays on its target. Whenever they use a jutsu, its power is reduced by what would have been the damage, no more than halving its power. The fuinjutsu decreases by the same amount, and fades when it reaches 0. While affected, targets cannot benefit from their Speed stat.]

Name: Fūin no Kyūshū [Glyph of Absorption]
Rank: C
XP: Starter, 5 (3 Base, 1 Non-elemental, 1 Persisting)
Type: Defensive Ninjutsu
Affinity: -
Action: Long Action
Chakra Cost: 10
Power/Damage: 10x
Effects: Persisting
Description: The user bites their thumb and taps their chest with it, causing a fuinjutsu seal to spread across their torso. While this seal drains some of the user's own chakra, it also absorbs some of the energy of different attacks directed at the user. The seal slowly dissipates the absorbed energy, releasing itself naturally after a period of time.
[This technique uses 10 Chakra Points. Instead of only going for this post, this defense jutsu persists into your next post, and into your post after that.]

B RANK

Name: Kongō Fūsa [Adamantine Chains]
Rank: B
XP: 8 (4 Base, 1 Non-elemental, 3 Slowing)
Type: Offensive Fuinjutsu
Affinity: -
Action: Long Action
Chakra Cost: 15
Power/Damage: 15x
Effects: Fuinjutsu (Attack), Slowing (Attack)
Description: Using a technique prized by the Uzumaki clan, the user shoots glowing chains out of their body. They wrap around their target, disrupting the flow of their chakra and inhibiting their motion.
[This technique uses 15 Chakra Points. Instead of dealing damage, the jutsu's power stays on its target. Whenever they use a jutsu, its power is reduced by what would have been the damage, no more than halving its power. The fuinjutsu decreases by the same amount, and fades when it reaches 0. While affected, targets cannot benefit from their Speed stat. While affected, targets lose their posts' short actions.]

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