Kara za Fuyu

The Kara za Fuyu (から ザ ふゆ From the Winter) are a ninja clan hailing from the Country of Water. Currently, only one member is alive. Most Kara za Fuyu clan members call(ed) themselves no Yuki (ノゆき From the Snow), because the clan members used to be hunted.

History
The Kara za Fuyu, as explained in Part III of the FYC manga, are very distant relatives of the Hitsuji. Centuries ago, around the time of the Rikudo Sennin, a young Hitsuji ninja called Hitsuji Shihouka moved to the country of Water. He shared his Hitsuji secrets with everybody, angering the Hitsuji back in the land of Lightning. He found a family in the country, with a wife and two sons, but as soon as moved back for a visit to Lightning, he was killed. His wife in the land of Water was horrified to hear of this news, and was determined to train her children to be as strong as they could be. But as the legend tells, she was so coldened by her anger she made her children able to freeze water; the Hyouton was born. But Hitsuji Shihouka's wife got scared of her children's potential and attempted to kill them at night. She failed, as they killed her. The Kara za Fuyu clan was hereby founded. For years, the reigners of Water had been using the Fuyu as a trump card to fight off their enemy Lightning. This conflict had started when Shihouka was killed, and the war dragged on for centuries. Finally, peace was found, but it wouldn't last long.

Kara za Fuyu massacre
The eldest daughter of Chuurippu no Yuki, Shiroryuu, was a talented kunoichi and joined the Mist Seven Swordsmen at the tender age of eight. But she was also fiercely angered about the war between Kiri and Kumo; she had always been the one to scream for battle, and her parents joined her in this, as they were so happy to have such a talented child. But when Shiroryuu went as far as joining Zabuza into comitting a coup d'etat, so that she could break the peace between Kumo and Kiri, hell broke out. The Kirigakure leaders called for the asssasination of the Kara za Fuyu, as they were afraid of them. Haku was one of the lucky survivers. Chuurippu and her husband fled to Kumo, where they were accepted as civilians by the Raikage of that time - he was a human loving and idealistic man. Chuurippu gave birth to Yosh in Kumo, but Kiri wasn't satisfied; they demanded Kumo to kil the Kaa za Fuyu. As Kumo refused, war between the two cities broke out once again.