Chieko

"Why must you all fight? Can you not know peace? Is fighting all you can do? If that is the case, people can no longer be trusted with their own fate. Worry no more! I, Chieko of the Hitorigami, will bring peace to this world."

- Chieko

Major Character

The one who will show the world the meaning of peace, Chieko ''(Wise child,ちえこ) is one of the famed Hitorigami, an esteemed triumvirate of astonishingly dynamic shinobi. Referred to as Kamimusuhi (神産巣日神, The God of Birth), she committed herself to bring happiness to those who only know sorrow, bring freedom to those who only know oppression, and bring peace to those who only know struggle.

Known and feared for her incredible genjutsu, she is one of the few people who make illusions a major skill. Her abilities also include ninjutsu and fuinjutsu, making her a diverse adversary. To top off her skills, her extensive training with her fellow Hitorigami made her a decent taijutsu practitioner. Her exploits with the Flying Thunder God Technique earned her the moniker of The Shooting Star (流れ星, Nagareboshi)

Life under the Stars
Chieko started off her days as a ninja in the Hoshigakure Academy at the age of 12. She had specialized in genjutsu and fuinjutsu, two lesser used skills of most shinobi. This was not enough to qualify her to pass the Academy, or even qualify her as a ninja according to her village's standards. At the time, Hoshigakure had been looking for exceptional ninja who excelled in Ninjutsu and only seeked to gain fame among the other hidden villages. As a result, Chieko earned low grades in the Academy and was kept from graduation until she was 16, her skills in Ninjutsu being barely average enough to pass.

Genin
Unlike traditional genin, Chieko was trained further by her parents, deciding to better their daughter's skills where she was weakest. For months, Chieko and her parents trained in nature transformation and shape transformation. Chieko, of course, did not pick up on these skills neither quickly nor easily. At the end of her training, her ability had only slightly increased if at all. The caveat that she faced was that the Chūnin Exams that were being held in Konohagakure again. Her parents worried for her safety, but in the end it was Chieko who decided to enter the Exams.

Personality
Chieko is a woman of strong virtue, civility, and of stunning character, most of which are seldom found nowadays because of the internal and external qualms lingering from the Fourth Ninja War. It is the young shinobi's convinction and spirit that endears her to everyone. Her fierce yearning to enforce and impose the ideals of peace, serenity and to further her own righteous attitude into others is unlike any other. Many call her the most benevolent Kage that Hoshigakure had ever had; showing humility, seriousness and an unusual mix of understanding, shrewdness, and respect. This has led her to make ally after ally, but at the same time has birthed more than a fair share of enemies.

The current hate and eyes glazed with judgement has spread among the Elemental Nations like a plague, but Chieko has a strict code: Respect all until they give you a reason not too, a code of which she lives by each and every day in all of her encounters. She is a magnanimous, humble woman who wishes to cement a bond among herself and those who self-proclaim themselves her enemies. Unusually, in the Hoshigakure ANBU there is no hesitance, no mercy, only perfidy; yet still, she feels that favoring death so frequently is truly something that could only lead to problems. Preferrably, instead she seals enemies or targets away within a specially made scroll which is particularly useful in torture, and capture missions in addition to avoiding possible hazardous situations such as drawing out a battle, which is not always the best action to take. Despite her wishes to not murder another, she has killed and by every means will kill if the situations provokes such means - she simply prefers not to, feeling that nothing just can come from taking a life that has brought you no malice.

Her mindset is that of success-or-failure; no middle ground and no neutral zone, this operative has an air of gallantry and unyielding allegiance to everything allied with the land she has come to know as home. Her undying commitment to Hoshigakure and to uphold the laws, justice, and the mandate of her own virtues is unbreakable --even kings, demons, and ghastly abominations of a childs nightmares move aside in wake of her appearance. Courage in its greatest form and absolute servitude to the mission at hand, as well as those who call her "comrade".

She is most reliable and valiant deemed such even by the her advising council; a determined freight train honor-bound to its word and followed shortly thereafter with its power. Never once has the Shooting Star entered a mission without being informed, and well-prepared; an atmosphere of extreme delicacy toward her work is always accustomed. Though every mission has a degree of uncertainty, even in those situations she seems to always have another route, being completely comfortable with formulating several strategies if need be, and surely capable. Most noteworthy is her ability to earn a common bond among uncommon man and woman - striking up teamwork by invoking passion and undiluted obedience into those who would otherwise, bludgeon one another to death; a trait rarely found in the world, her skillful orating ability allows her to join together forces of ANBU to stand as one, powerful unit.

Other attributes of which are most prominent, would be how she addresses others in a conventional and respectful manner. Others misconstrue her kindness as her over-doing it, or showing pity, however Chieko interprets this as simply doing her duty to the Land of Bears for saving her from her empty loneliness of which brought her nothing except endless searching, her life as an orphan having taught her too much pain. If living alone without any kin and an acting nomad in the Land of Fire had taught her anything, it was that the world is cruel.

Her obedience solely lies with that of Hoshigakure and her comrades in the "trenches" beside him. When facing those who antagonize her values regarding civility and character she shuts them out, regarding them with utter animosity. In fact, many deliberately attempt to belittle her nindō, to no avail, as the warrior of the stars bears no shame in acknowledging the individuality of others, but won't hesitate to kill you the second time 'round.

Although it was protocol to not intentionally give details to the identity of ANBU operatives; honestly resulting in that ominous truth that even the one seating beside you at lunch could possibly be assassinating enemies of Konoha when he says "I'm going for a walk". However, Chieko was most peculiar - having integrated into the Hoshigakure lifestyle, she had undoubtedly became known in the Ninja Academy as the "new kid" resulting in attaining a great many friends at a early age. This later brought on quite the hardship after she became an ANBU during her short stint at the Academy, as it forced her to severe her ties with her friends, but at the same time they know the truth: a warrior of her caliber, heritage, and demeanor, despite her age, was one meant for ANBU.

She moves about with great splendor in her stride, viewing others with a layer of tranquility that laces over her compelling dutiful nature. Much to her dismay, very rarely do others leave a lasting impression on her; instead she simply sways through the brandishing people scarcely obtaining a friend who knows everything she's been through. As a result, she has many acquaintances but almost zero friends who know of her struggle. Such a thing makes many wary of her future.

Along with her good manners she recognizes others in their entirety; only finding one execrable and literally scum if they attempt to hide their emotions. Once again the oddity, she is not the standard shinobi who obliterates every fiber of emotions within them. Instead, she converts anger, and sadness into sources of power to be pulled from to strengthen her own resolve. Those who feel nothing are no longer human or shinobi in her book, and no one should truly cut off their emotions as that would only lead to something even worse; instead, as a shinobi, you must accept that death comes along with the lifestyle. This in itself is a lie, as Chieko refuses to accept death and often overlooks death through sealing her memories or sacrificing her own life to save her comrades from a potentially fatal scenario. Chieko would admit however, a part of her, no matter how small, probably wants to die; just like most shinobi, a piece of her mentality recognizes that death would be a better end to any other alternative. In the same sense, the cruel pressure placed upon her by her former parents made her unhinged and repress various emotions that even she does not yet comprehend to the fullest.

In the end, she is a fine tuned machine and soldier; patient, working for a single purpose, and a being who cannot be barred. Among other things, Chieko is known to be a woman of femininity, heroism, and eerie story-telling. Her marvelous tales of heroic deeds done by "fabled shinobi of yesteryear" (This, of course, is her own way of "subtly bragging") has cemented a name among her peers. Every word; not all of it true but still, every single listener hanging on the edge of their seats awaiting to hear a story they've been told hundreds of times. It's delivered with great passion, vibrant detail, skillful anecdotes, and precise tenor pronunciation. Most of her stories are overtly exaggerated tales of the Hitorigami.

Intelligence
Being an inquisitive person, Chieko was always yearning to learn more about the ninja world. By the age of 7, her knowledge of chakra had already surpassed that of the top scholars of her village. She often has her nose in book in her spare time. Even on missions, she has a tendency to bring along a book or two when she is bored.

Her knowledge of the human mind had also led her to create many genjutsu, namely the Genjutsu: Serial Killing Technique which uses the brain's fear against itself.