Mētsuki Hōzuki

Mētsuki Hōzuki (鬼灯冥月 Hōzuki Mētsuki) was the last and Seventh Mizukage (七代目水影, Nanadaime Mizukage, Literally meaning: Seventh Water Shadow) before the village reformed their chain-in-command structure after her reign. During her command the village befell to a state worst then the Bloody Mist. Which makes Mētsuki the most vicious, tyrannical leader in history of Kirigakure for she heartlessly killed  and many others to elevate herself. Because of this, the former Noble became feared for a chance of creating another usurper and are hunted down even to this day.

Personality
Thanks to her upbringing, Mētsuki was quite submissive, quiet and supported her loved ones in her own self-destructive manner. She was destined to become a traditional kinswoman, dismissing her dreams (of becoming a bodyguard for the Mizukage) to pursuit the wishes of her clan to regain their creditability and once again be a highly-respected noble family. According to Kagura, this led her to never reach her full potential as a kunoichi in his lifetime, which is a white lie and understandable fact. After all, Mētsuki’s honest fear was to be consumed by an inescapable bloodthirst that could overmaster her during a battle. Something inheritable from the branches she was born from. Her teammates vouched that Mētsuki that she was no victim of this and encouraged her, along with Kagura, to remain a kunoichi — because she is strong for who she is.

In return, Mētsuki would fully support and cheer on her friends to be at their very best. Even at the cost of receiving any limelight for any successful missions or a chance at promotion, preferring to remain within their shadows. Her smiles were perfect for each moment and always felt genuine for most recipients, often blinded by her general appearance. Yet most were an act to deceive others as a distraction from her own unhappiness and insecurities, which never went unnoticed by Kagura, who could relate to her pain through his own experience. But in Mētsuki’s case, the mind became her worst enemy and all the positive, kind and supportive words from outside became unheard. Mētsuki believed fiercely that she was a good of nothing and a liability compared to others, losing all her potential and locked herself at a below-average level for chūnin. She had casted herself into a delusion so powerful that others considered her growth as kunoichi to have ended too — putting her genjutsu skill at an even more unrealistic level.

After falling victim to a foreign crimson full moon, Mētsuki experienced an unsuspecting change in personality to an incomparable woman that would bathe in the blood of her victims. Her darkness hiding deep within her heart was forcibly surfaced, something that would never have happened under normal circumstances. The mental chains she had put herself in broke completely at some point and succumbed to a thirst unseen. Her softness just as her light lilac eyes were no more, instead a woman of cruelty and lust for power overtake with eyes as the bloody moon; insanity.

Mētsuki had no qualms of becoming an usurper and the enemy of the village. She easily betrayed the newly appointed guardians of the village and killing them without hesitance. Her first victims in her coup d’etat. She savoured the defeat of her enemies, loving every second of the power she gains from them and laughing about it all along. Her ability to deceive even after this incredible feat is astounding. It allowed her to ensnare the Sixth Mizukage in her tortuous plans for him and humiliate him in front of his subordinates and civilians. She considers her predecessor too weak and pretentious, someone unable to protect his village against anyone at this point. But even when her plans got interrupted by her lover, she showed no hesitation to execute him like any other and even made it far more personal, showing she has become completely immoral. However, for a split second when Kagura took his last breath, the former Mētsuki resurfaced which caused the rain to fall down harder in the village. But from then, Mētsuki became inhumane, ruled the village in utter fear and had no toleration for any outsider — and any deserter would be hunted by the shinobi sworn loyalty to her.

Trivia

 * Her original name was meant to be related to a phase of the moon, where the crescent shape has its horns pointing upward, which reflected to her fallen victim to an Ōtsutsuki. However, the name and its combination fell unfitting to her. She was once a hard-working and gentle kunoichi that against her will became the evil of Kirigakure. Hence why her name became “Mētsuki” with the use of 冥月 that can be interpreted as a Divine or Dark Moon, highlighting both phases she endured in her life.