Sokudo



is a shinobi descending from the Namikaze Clan, and a shinobi from the Village Hidden by Mist. Being one of the Namikaze people, she was born with the gift of speed, becoming one of the fastest shinobi by far. Her mastery of the Flying Thunder God Technique, combined with her usage of the , makes her a deadly force.

Sokudo is one of the legendary Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, being the wielder of the Kiba, also referred to as the Twin Lightning Blades. Her Namikaze blood made her an interesting asset to Kirigakure when they first found her, abandoned. Sokudo is currently one of the most formidable Kunoichi in the Shinobi Continent.

Background
Born in the summer afternoon of the last day of August, Sokudo was brought into this world and immediately abandoned. Soon after her birth, she was placed in a carriage and sent away from the Namikaze lovers that had brought Sokudo into this world. The carriage was found not even two hours after Sokudo had been abandoned by shinobi from the Hidden Mist Village. At first, the shinobi were unsure of what to do with the child, before they succumbed to a certain instinct, and took her back to their home village.

Upon the shinobis' arrival, they took the child to the Mizukage, and the gracious leader gave the child to a couple in Kirigakure. The couple raised the child as their own, treating her as if she was a royal princess. Sokudo showed signs of shinobi blood within her from a young age, as she could commonly be seen infusing her own chakra with kitchen knives. Upon discovery of Sokudo's shinobi blood, the Mizukage ordered for there to be a DNA test, to find out the bloodline of Sokudo. After the lengthy DNA test had occurred, the Mizukage was informed that Sokudo has blood from the Namikaze Clan. This discovery was startling to the Mizukage, as she now knew that Kirigakure would have a powerful asset.

Once Sokudo was of age, she was enrolled into the Kirigakure Academy, where even there she stood out. Her blonde hair acted as a beacon, combined with her natural beauty, she was often the target of shinobi who wished to impress her. Sokudo, being the innocent child she was, dismissed this, and simply saw it as childish stupidity. Sokudo proved to be a prodigy from a young age and was even able to defeat her teachers. This fact did not go unnoticed, and this made its way to the higher ups, specifically the Mizukage.

Sokudo attended the Genin Academy for two years, and at the young age of seven, Sokudo graduated from the academy when she was simply seven, an outstanding accomplishment considering her age. After graduation, Sokudo was placed on a team of Genin, and this was when her diva personality, saying that she did wish to attend certain missions of which she was assigned. Her diva-like personality was shattered after a mission. Sokudo's team was assigned a B-rank mission, as to the Jonin teacher's request. The mission was infiltrate Iwagakure, steal a document, and return, a relatively simple mission. However, this mission was easier said than done, as the mission quickly went south quickly.

It started off well, the team making it into Iwagakure relatively quickly. Upon arrival, everything went haywire. An Iwa-nin appeared from beneath the team, and more Iwa-nin stormed into the area. The Iwa-nin attacked, and so did the team. Sokudo used her understanding of a technique which her fellow clansmen made famous, the Flying Thunder God, as well as used her basic understanding of the Silent Killing  technique to devastate the battlefield. After her seemingly tenth kill, the Iwa-nin showed they had a Dust Release user. Out of fear, Sokudo teleported herself away from the battlefield, and when she returned, she found the mangled corpses of her team.

Upon returning to Kirigakure, Sokudo was given immense sympathy from those around her, attempting to understand her pain. Sokudo was placed into another team, where she began to mask her sadness by consistently cracking jokes, and putting on a facade of happiness. This fake happiness eventually developed into actual happiness as time went on as Sokudo found herself bonding with her new teammates. They continued for a time, becoming close as well as completing countless missions. After a year, her team was given the opportunity to enter the Chunin Exams, an event which the team accepted.

The Chunin Exams were regarded as one of the most important events for any aspiring Genin. Sokudo, alongside her team, were most likely the most prepared, as they had been training ever since they entered the exam. Seventy Genin had entered the exam, making it a lengthy exam. The Mizukage, wanting to reduce the amount of Genin recruited, brought forth a crowd of war prisoners, setting one in front of each of the Genin. The Mizukage commanded the Genin to kill the prisoners in front of them. Many hesitated, but Sokudo killed the war prisoner in front of her with no hesitation, using the Silent Killing technique to do so. The use of the Silent Killing technique caught the eyes of the Mizukage. Only twenty prisoners had been killed meaning out of the seventy Genin who had applied, fifty were disqualified.

The remaining twenty shinobi were first congratulated on successfully passing the makeshift first stage of the Chunin Exams. Once the gratitude had been spread, the Mizukage began to speak on the pressing matter at hand, the remaining exam stages. The Mizukage explained that there would first be a simple exam on Kenjutsu, and would eliminate ten more Genin. Afterwards, the remaining ten would engage in a free-for-all battle, until one shinobi was still standing. With all the relevant information relayed, they were dismissed and allowed an hour of training before the next stage would take place.

The hour that separated the murder of the prisoners and the next stage of the Chunin Exams were highly tense, many Genin ready to simply quit right there and then. However, this tense atmosphere barely impacted Sokudo, as she simply practised her Kenjutsu, ignoring the tense mood that floated about amongst the Genin. After the hour, which had seemed like years, had passed, the Genin were called out.

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