Kie Joukai

Theme Song: Hero by Chad Kroeger

History
Kie Joukai was born in the village of Kirigakure, which was at the time a hostile and brutal environment. At that time, Kirigakure's government had a corrupt line of officials and leaders who sought to expand their own power. Highly elite ninja became the thought police under the wing of many of these officials. Together, they were a merciless oppression on their people, using daily beatings, and even sometimes brutal public torture and executions, in order to rule the village by death and terror. It became so common that even the villagers thought of it as normal to have their homes ransacked.

Kie himself had a hard and seemingly traumatizing life. His parents were very poor, barely paying their own taxes to the government, and having to live through life by stealing food and other supplies from local stores. At the age of five, they taught him how to successfully sneak in and take whatever was needed without getting caught by store owners. They narrowly escaped confrontation several times, by both the clerks and shinobi alike, even sustaining brutal attacks as punishment.

At the age of eight, his father, feeling it necessary to have protection in case of a raid, decided to train Kie in the art of swordsmanship. He himself was a former Kiri captain, but had been discharged when he was falsely accused of killing another Kiri-nin. Thanks to step-by-step training, Kie was able to pick up on these skills quickly, and his swordsmanship skills became at adequate skill. For his success, he was given his own straight-bladed katana, which he dubbed "Mikomi".

Finally, Kiri shinobi decided to select Kie's house as their new target. They attacked with swiftness and ruthlessness, storming inside. The parents, desperate to protect their son, grabbed makeshift weapons and attempted to fend them off, but they were outnumbered and outgunned. Kie could only hide and watch on as his parents were slaughtered in front of his very eyes. Then, his house was stripped bare of possessions and valuables, before the nin finally left. He had only been nine years old.

After respectfully burying his parents, Kie went into a state of temporary depression and obsession. In public, he often kept his sword out, checking to see if any more ninja would attack him next. He often cried himself to sleep at night thinking of his parents, and was more irritable and antisocial, until finally when he was 14, when a decision was made to change his life forever.

One day in the afternoon, Kie planned his own attack against the Kirigakure Black Ops building. With only his sword (and even some cases his bare hands), he slaughtered thirty eight Kirikagure ninja, including the Black Ops official himself. However, when his body was found, it had been hung on the wall, with multiple swords pinning him to the wall in a cross-like shape. Kie himself had escaped shortly after reinforcements had arrived, satisfied with his own personal victory over what he would call his mortal enemies.