Nanase Sudachika

Sudachika Nanase:

Appearance
Nanase has short pink hair (which was dyed on a whim while she was in the academy and she was never made to change it back) and brown eyes. She wears gloves that help her to grip kunai and senbon and she wears a scarf given to her by her grandmother. She wears a blue shirt with dungarees over the top- the shorts have pouches on that can hold various items in addition to the kunai and senbon she already owns, and she wears black leggings. She rolls up the legs of her dungarees because otherwise they obstruct movement.

Personality
Nanase is very wilful and stubborn, something that was only condoned by her parents when they spoiled her and did not bother to stand up to her- they always let her have her way. However, this stubbornness brings persistence, and if she believes that she can master a skill, she will work hard to learn it. She has a love for the written word that earns her some criticism and insulting from some classmates, but she often ignores this. Due to her wilful streak, she can be classed as an extrovert and will voice her displeasure as soon as she is not happy. She tends to berate others for mistakes, including her own. However, she can be true to her friends and will not hesitate to help them as long as it doesn't involve breaking any rules. She is generally cheerful.

Background
Born into a civilian family, Nanase was oblivious of the harsh past of her village concerning ninja. As a youngster she loved to read, and a lot of the books she read romanticised the ninja lifestyle. From the age of five, she wanted to be a ninja. Her parents were set against this, especially as they had heard of the academy slaughter which produced the monster Zabuza. However, Nanase was headstrong in addition to being an avid reader and when she signed herself up for the ninja academy, her parents were furious. Luckily, after discussions with Terumi Mei, the Fifth Mizukage, they were reassured and gave up the fight, allowing Nanase to be a ninja. For her ninth birthday she received a kunai and a small set of senbon, and after a week's worth of practise she gave up at trying to master throwing them, frustrated because she couldn't hit a target. Her father bought her a book on basic ninja skills including how to throw projectiles, and she attempted it again and mastered it. As she had been a good student when it came to learning at civilian school, she began to believe that any single skill could be learned out of books, and she learned how to channel chakra to walk up trees before she entered the academy. With this attitude, whenever it took longer than a week or so to master a skill described in the book, she became annoyed or even angry, and would have small tantrums. Also, because she was an only child, her parents spoiled her and this meant that she was never discouraged from temper tantrums. Six months before she entered the academy, her mother became pregnant again- her parents decided to have another child both for a playmate for Nanase, whose attitude meant that she didn't have very many friends, but also just in case she was killed so that they would be able to fill the gap caused by the loss. When told, Nanase became very jealous. However, her father spoiled her more so that she would forgive them, and she grudgingly accepted the fact. Upon entering the academy, she made a few friends- because she could walk up surfaces, she could show the skill off and impress other prospective ninja. Thanks to her photographic memory which helped her memorise the part of the book about chakra use, she could explain to those friends how to walk up walls. While some of them left her soon after, only being social with her to learn the skill, some of them remained with her. She showed her smartness when it came to non-practical skills and often helped her friends with tests, for example written theory on skills or geography and history quizzes. However, she would never help her friends cheat- behaving well gained attention and praise from her teacher, praise that was missing at home because it was directed towards her baby brother. While she was far from neglected, she thrived from praise. Nanase mastered the basic academy jutsu thanks to another book, and she also mastered the basics of taijutsu, though her form was sloppy because the intuitive elements only learnt through practise and fighting were not picked up. She passed her genin exam with flying colours. While the academy and the presence of her baby brother managed to make her less spoiled, her attitude to book learning remained the same. This was encouraged by her teachers, who ignored the part of her that was spoilt and did not advise her about practical learning and patience for future life. She has been placed on Team 14, and she naively hopes that the jounin will have lots of books about ninjutsu- although she went through phases of wanting to be a medic-nin, genjutsu master, ninjutsu master, genjutsu master, taijutsu master and medic-nin again, she has settled on a short-term desire to learn a few ninjutsu.

Abilities
Nanase is proficient with throwing projectiles and can use chakra to walk up walls and other surfaces. However, her taijutsu is sloppy and she knows no genjutsu. She has mastered the Academy jutsu and is functioning at a genin level.