Kaede Meitochi

Kaede Meitochi is a major character of the fanfiction, Naruto: Kimza Chronicles, and its sequel, Kimza Chronicles: The Last Sealer. She is a chunin-level shinobi of Konohagakure, a medic-nin, and a member of Team Gen.

Background
Kaede was born in Shiragakure, a warring Hidden Village that wanted power and control over the world. When Kaede was 6, Shira started a private war with Konohagakure due to the supposed death of Orochimaru. Despite the Shira military's strength and tools, Konoha was better prepared and more in numbers, resulting in Shira's slow defeat. Rather than join in the pointless war, Kaede's parents and the rest of their family rebelled against Shiragakure, at first becoming spies, then fighting Shira directly. After Shira is crushed by Konoha, Kaede's family fled to Konoha for protection. Only Kaede and her mother survived the flight to Konoha.

Shortly after arriving there, the people of Konoha, having known about the war at last, shunned Kaede and her mother due to being aligned with the enemy. Kaede spent the next 3 months alone, being harassed by the Konoha civilians. She eventually met Saphiro Kimza, a young boy who was kinder than kids his age. The two eventually became friends and he protected her from any emotional harm. Once he started being harassed in the Ninja Academy due to his low physical grades, Kaede stepped up to protect him instead.

Personality
Kaede has a warm bubbly demeanor and she is calm, collected, and very confident. Despite this, deep within her, she still has emotional scars from not only the Konoha-Shira war, but also due to the teasing and harassment she and her mother went through during their first years as Konoha residents. However, she tends to hold her feelings inside and rarely lets anyone know. She slowly opens herself up to her teammates and friends, though she sets up an emotional barrier when anyone else tries to get close to her.

Kaede has expressed her dream to become a Water Release master many times in the series. She has leaned on her goal so much, that she had forgotten her affinity for Earth Release techniques just to learn Water Release techniques. Due to the two being polar opposites, her determination to learn is strong. During the beginning of the series, the reason why was unclear. However, during a talk with Saphiro in The Last Sealer, Kaede reveals that all the water around her when she uses ninjutsu makes up for the tears she shed all her life.

Kaede has a tendacy to strive to become more than what she is, and this is stated when she not only becomes a sniper-nin, but a medic-nin as well. Gen states that she felt like she couldn't help her family during the Konoha-Shira War, and is now doing her best to make up for it. She also seems to train harder than Saphiro and Art, but Art's increase in difficulty and Saphiro's natural learning process usually makes her training slightly more inferior.

Kaede shows a love for a her comrades, especially Saphiro, since the two are considered best friends throughout Kimza Chronicles. The two took their bond to the next level and begin dating after the Ezemaru Arc. Kaede took great pride in her boyfriend and doid her best to protect him during fights, though Saphiro usually ended up saving her instead. She regulary cursed herself for her weakness, but Saphiro comforted her, saying that she'll get her chance to save him one day.

After Saphiro leaves the village in favor of Shinziro, Kaede's warm attitude subsides and she gains a degree of regret of knowing Saphiro. She also became more distant, only conversing with Gen, Art, and her new teammate Kenno Sagii when neccesary. She made it a personal goal to find Saphiro and do whatever she could to make sure he came home, even if that meant killing him. After Saphiro came home and he slowly regained his respect, Kaede slowly rebuild their friendship with him. She eventually falls in love with him again, but is currently too afraid to admit it.