Kusari Inuzuka

"The world of ninken isn't cute or amusing. Death befalls every creature; more than often, it's prematurely done."

- Kusari's words toward the unknowing

is a kunoichi previously hailed from 's. After accidentally killing her companion through the discovery of her, her supposedly all-loyal clan shunned her. Though her village attempted to redeem her, the grief of not only losing but being the one to end the life of her greatest comrade ate at her even as she trained to better her combat skills. The Inuzuka clan opposed it, but Kusari received another canine, which she named similarly to her first companion only for its fate to end the same as the previous, this one less an accident than the last. After much grieving, Kusari meets an, who possessed her unwilling body as punishment for the killing of two innocent canines.

Through manic words, the two come to an agreement that Kusari was to contain the spirit that would then hold the souls of her past canine companions. The inugami was not kind, forcing Kusari into many cruel acts on humanity. After knowledge of this possession spread beyond Konoha, many feared her affiliations with the afterlife.

Due to the inugami's possession, Kusari no longer required the use of live ninken and as such, cut off all remaining ties with her clan in return for mercenary deals. After an attack, Kusari was the lone survivor of her team. Knowing the blame would be pinned on her after all her previous doings, she fled under the suggestion of the inugami. Her village titled her a missing-nin after.

History
As with every clan "killed off", there were survivors of the. As war was on the horizon, those harboring the unique gift Shikotsumyaku grew in value to collectors and those preparing for combat. Those greedy enough auctioned off seemingly meaningless lives as mere weapons of war. Most harboring the title as "slave" or "collectible" killed their new owners and left to fight their own wars. Some, however, stayed behind to live a more peaceful, if not degrading, life. They existed in a protected world, passing on their genetics to whomever their owners deemed worthy of such. This became the daily task after the slaughtering of the Kaguya clan. Those of the clan spiked in price, infant males being especially valuable. With excessive breeding came muddled genetics and soon even the offspring with clear Kaguya heritage grew incapable of utilizing the clan's gift.

So when a girl was born to Inuzuka clan with a father hailed from the misguided clan, few so much as hoped for her to activate even mediocre skills with her gift. As such, Kusari took her mother's surname.

Abilities
Hailed from the Inuzuka clan and the Kaguya clan, Kusari was subject to great potential, which most say she's not lived up to but also exceeded it.

Nature Transformation
Kusari's use of is purely of supplementary value. First harboring no affinity toward any one, Kusari was determined to learn and master as many as possible, but when it became apparent of how unnecessary such a skill would be on her, she opted to practice the most versatile of natures. . Such a decision proved well thought out. Due to her meek-looking statue, she often to her form to give her already hard strikes more power. For further surprise, she can of her target to make her moves all the more powerful. She does this either through physical contact or, more often than not, through channeling her chakra via her that make contact to her opponents. She can use these techniques on her exposed bones as well, making her bones not only hard as steel, but also of great or light weight depending on the condition necessary.