[NarutoITP] Character Registry

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Name: 節優 麗曲 (Fushiyasa Urama) (Last name, First name), the Blind Melody; originally 秀康 咲夜(Hideyasu Sakuya), then 平源 咲夜 (Taramoto Sakuya)

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節 = Fushi, meaning "tune"

優 = Yasa, meaning "gentle"

麗 = Ura, meaning "pretty"

曲 = Ma, meaning "melody" but can also mean perverse, or pleasure

Thus, her last name can mean "Gentle tune", while her first name can mean "Beautiful melody", but also "Perverse melody" (the "pleasure" part will make sense later).

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Classification: B-Class Chuunin

Birthdate: June 13th

Age: 25

Height: 5'4"

Weight: "It is impolite to ask a lady for her weight, is it not?"

Gender: Female

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Affiliation/Kage:

• Otogakure
• Land of Rice

Appearance:

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Her most distinctive feature is her clothing: Urama wears a beautifully-made traditional dress that looks very similar to the Heian spring court dresses worn in real-life medieval Japan. It's well made, but not luxuriant, befitting her former life as the wife of a minor lord. The dress has been modified to allow Urama to move about much more easily than a typical dress of that kind would--instead of being multi-layered, the edges are simply "frilled" to create the illusion of being multi-layered. The dress is colored white and decorated with flecks of red--to many, it simply looks like red flower petals against a snowy background, but to Urama, it feels more like funerary wear spattered with blood. Underneath her outer dress she wears quality traveling clothing. Her eyes are wrapped with a plain white linen blindfold.

As for the rest of her body, Urama is a shapely, refined, and beautiful woman with a constant look of serenity and gentleness on her face--the ideal noblewoman. She is often seen with a slight smile. Her hair goes down to the middle of her back and is let loose. She wears makeup, but not very much of it aside from a little lipstick (or the equivalent thereof back in these days) and eye shadow.

Personality:

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Urama's outer personality (and, really, almost all superficial aspects of her) is heavily based off of the Yamato Nadeshiko ideal (tvtropes warning! Don't click on the link if you don't have any free time!). She is gentle, caring, soft-spoken, but also driven and exhibits a hint of unrelenting steel when confronted or opposed. Above all, she is motherly, especially towards younger genin/academy students whom she often considers to be children.

This Yamato Nadeshiko personality hides a sadistic, hateful nature, however. Despite this darker nature of hers, Urama never drops her gentle, smiling attitude--even when she's bloodily murdering someone and drinking in their screams. Beneath this layer, though, is a young woman ridden with guilt and regret over her past, guilt and regret over failing to protect that which she had valued the most.

Bloodline: None. Urama comes from a minor ninja clan from the Land of Rice, but they possess no bloodline techniques.

Notable Jutsu:末音術 (Mashiinjutsu: "Art of the Final Sound")

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Urama relies almost exclusively on sound ninjutsu for combat and, due to her blindness, navigation and daily activities.

For fighting, she relies entirely on a combination of genjutsu generated by her voice and ninjutsu generated by her shamisen:

Voice: By singing certain musical notes and mixing the soundwaves with her chakra, she can create genjutsu that affect all who hear it...including herself. Most of her genjutsu are focused on affecting their sense of hearing or sight. In order to prevent herself from being affected by her own genjutsu, she swirls chakra through her brain in a 3/4 musical rhythmic pattern (all of her songs are in 2/4). This is a closely guarded secret of hers: if this were to be leaked, all of her genjutsu would be rendered useless. Finally, the genjutsu target must be able to hear and properly process the sound--thus, deaf targets don't work, nor do targets that are out of range. A target hit by a genjutsu but manages to move out of range will recover naturally within a few seconds. Otherwise, her genjutsu are dispellable as with any other genjutsu:

The first option is for the ninja to stop the flow of chakra in their body, and then apply an even stronger power to disrupt the flow of the caster's chakra; this is called Genjutsu Release (幻術解, Genjutsu Kai). This can also be done by an unaffected ninja by applying a sudden surge of chakra into the affected person. In addition, tailed beasts can break their Jinchūriki hosts out of genjutsu in a similar fashion.

The second option is through intense pain not caused by the genjutsu and utilizing the resulting pain to bring their senses back in order (of the two options, the latter seems more effective in most situations, or at least is the easiest). This can involve breaking one's finger (like Shikamaru in his battle with Tayuya) or by simply applying huge amounts of stress on it.

The third option is accessible only to Sharingan wielders. Members of the Uchiha clan can break or see through genjutsu using their Sharingan. Breaking Tsukuyomi is possible with an ordinary Sharingan, but it requires a lot of skill.

Fourthly, ordinary people can sometimes train their eyes (without Sharingan) to break genjutsu through unknown means, like Deidara.

Finally, one can prevent a person from casting genjutsu using obstructive jutsus like the Hidden Mist jutsu to prevent one from seeing the opponent in the first place, as Zabuza demonstrated against Kakashi.

Shamisen: By playing certain notes on her shamisen and mixing the soundwaves with her chakra, Urama can convert or amplify sonic vibrations, shaping them into deadly concussive blasts or even slicing blades. The low-pitched string generate wide-area blasts, not unlike canon Zaku's air blasts, capable of cracking stone, denting metal, and tearing flesh down to the internal organs. Middle-pitched string generate more focused shots, similar to cannon balls or even bullets. High-pitched string create slicing blades not unlike canon Temari's wind jutsu.

Since Urama is capable of singing and playing at the same time, she prefers to stun or confuse the enemy with her gejutsu, then finish them off with her ninjutsu.

• The Color of Leaves: Genjutsu. A song about the fading color of the leaves in autumn, and about the transience of life. The victim, meanwhile, sees everything slowly fading to white, and can hear only the song. If the genjutsu is disrupted in any way (often by the target itself), then the target recovers quickly: thus, a common counter to The Color Of Leaves is to attack Urama. To prevent this Urama distracts the victim with sound blasts from her shamisen. Unlike most other genjutsu within Urama's repertoire, The Color of Leaves, once it sets in, continues to affect its victims up to an hour after it leaves the genjutsu's range.
  
• Fragrance of Memory: Genjutsu. A song about how the passing of time makes memories seem more beautiful. This genjutsu tries to toy with the victim's memories: the victim recalls bits and pieces from a random memory associated with a strong feeling of emotion. For example, if the victim had a particularly traumatic past, then the song might cause them to experience the same feelings that they had during that time while also flashing images that reminds them of the incident. This can backfire, however, if, say, the recalled memory gives them courage or rage instead of despair or deluded joy. Disciplined ninja are usually capable of fighting off the effects of this genjutsu. Although the genjutsu stops bringing up images and memories once the target moves out of range, the target may still be emotionally affected.
  
• Withering Grass in the Winter Wind: Genjutsu. A song about, well, the the withering grass being pummeled by the harsh winter wind, and about the cold loneliness of winter. This genjutsu causes the victim to feel extremely cold, to the point where they begin to feel numb and their minds are distracted by the sudden drop in temperature. Weak-minded victims may abandon everything and try to seek warmth to their own detriment (this can have a hilarious effect on fire ninjutsu practitioners, who may try to burn themselves with their own techniques).
  
• Markets Beneath the Castle Walls: Genjutsu. A song about the hustle and bustle of the market, and about the chaos of every day life. The victim hears extremely loud and painful noises, designed to distract him and break his concentration.
  
• Art of the Shamisen: Mind Demon: Urama's favorite jutsu. Once she has a victim thoroughly affected by her genjutsu, she can begin playing a certain melody on her shamisen. The chakra-infused soundwaves begin to vibrate the blood in the victim's brain; by the end of 30 seconds, the victim's neural blood vessels will rupture violently. This is only possible when Urama uses her genjutsu to manipulate the victim's chakra in their brains and makes it flow in a certan pattern.

Weaknesses: Though Urama's ninjutsu/genjutsu may seem insurmountable, Urama herself has a number of easily exploitable weaknesses available for the astute ninja...

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* She has little to no defensive abilities against non-projectile jutsu, or projectiles that are too massive for her to easily destroy with her shamisen. She must dodge to avoid such attacks, and since singing, playing, and mentally focusing on her counter-rhythm take too much concentration, she can't really perform any jutsu while on the move. Combine this with the fact that she can't traverse terrain easily...

* Likewise, breaking her concentration is especially detrimental to her combat ability, since she won't really be able to do anything if that happens.

* Alternatively, one can defeat her by engaging in a battle of attrition by spamming her with projectiles--her only real means of defense is to blast away incoming attacks with her own, so those who can outlast her in such a contest will inevitably defeat her.

* She's blind, so purely visual cues (such as color or texture) are almost impossible for her to detect. Filling the air with loud noises disables any real means for her to detect the location of anything,.

* Should anyone figure out the counter-rhythm trick, Urama loses her most potent weapon--her genjutsu. Her shamisen techniques, while reliable, aren't anything special. She must use her genjutsu to distract or disable her opponent before she can reliably finish off her enemies.

* She keeps her past hidden, but anyone who knows it can very easily press her buttons, and an unfocused Urama is a doomed Urama.

* Her genjutsu obviously does not work on truly deaf opponents.

* Urama has focused on her singing and shamisen techniques to the detriment of her other ninja abilities. She can throw shuriken and kunai decently, but her battle echolocation can give her only so much detail, so her attacks are inherently imprecise. Her taijutsu is pretty much laughable. This means that, without her shamisen, Urama has very limited offensive choices left for defending herself.

* Should Urama herself go deaf, the power of her techniques is reduced significantly. She can still perform them thanks to muscle memory, but she's not used to operating while deaf. Of course, being deaf also messes up her echolocation.

Her abilities, combined with her limitations, relegates Urama to primarily spying and assassinations. Her sharp hearing and demeanor, plus her claimed profession as a traveling minstrel, often gets her into positions where she can eavesdrop into sensitive conversations. This also allows her to position herself for assassinating high-profile targets with ease by entertaining her targets until the opportune moment, in which she kills them with a swift shamisen shot to the head. Alternatively, she can ambush travelers by luring them to her with her music, hitting them with a genjutsu once they let their guard down, then finishing them off with her shamisen.

Ninjutsu: Decent. She mostly sticks with using her shamisen's soundblast attacks, which are unimaginative but reliable and fairly powerful. The fact that they're soundwaves makes them a little tricky to block.

Genjutsu: Her greatest strength, though it has a crippling weakness should one figure it out.

Taijutsu: Negligible. She can throw kunai and stuff, but that's about it. Little to no martial arts to speak of.

Special Abilities:

• Precise echolocation: By emitting small, concentrated bursts of sound and focusing on how they return, she can detect things she normally can't, such as engravings on surfaces and precise body shape. This, plus an attention to detail, allows Urama to identify and infer a surprising amount of detail: for example, by detecting the presence of a certain kind of hat, plus the body language of the target and any personal effects they may be carrying, she could surmise that the person she detects is a Kage. This ability requires a high degree of concentration and silence, however, so it's useless in battle.
• Musical skills: Duh.
• Divine Tea: Due to her upbringing and her usual attention towards detail, Urama is really, really good at making tea. She has a teapot and two teacups with her at all times.
• Of a noble persuasion: Again due to her upbringing, Urama is highly familiar with court mannerisms. She has the demeanor of a high-born lady, and knows how to pull strings through speech when necessary.

Backstory:

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Hatred. Vengeance. Guilt. Regret.

Before the consolidation of Otogakure and the unification of the shinobi of the Land of Rice, the Hideyasu were but a small clan in service to the local daimyo. Urama, then Sakuya, was born to the clan chieftain and was considered to be the heir to the clan, such was her skill. Even at a young age Sakuya loved music and practiced her shamisen often.

When she was 15, however, the Hideyasu were given a blessed political opportunity: one of the daimyo's younger nephews, Taramoto Genji, had hired Urama for a mission, and fell in love with her skill, silent tenacity, and devotion to her duty, and requested her hand in marriage. Her father could not pass up such an chance, and so her wedding was arranged quickly and without her consent. Needless to say, she was less than happy about the affair, but she quietly relented, swearing that she would subtly make her new husband's life a miserable hell with her ninja skills. However, her husband was a kind and loving man, and within a year she grew to love him back. The two of them worked together to bring prosperity to the Taramoto estates. They even had a pair of twins when Sakuya was 17 years old; a boy named Kenshin (謙信--"modest", "truth") and a girl named Mizuki (美月--"beautiful moon"). At times, Sakuya felt nostalgic about her shinobi past, but she loved her family too much to put them aside (though sometimes, when her husband and the kids were asleep, she'd sneak out and leap across the rooftops, watching the moon).

Her peaceful life was shattered into pieces over the course of one night.

A team of shinobi infiltrated the castle and slaughtered all within but Sakuya. She fought them the best she could, but she was only one, rusted ninja against a dozen, and after paralyzing her with ninjutsu, they forced her to watch as they killed her family in front of her: her husband first, who begged his captives to let his wife and children go as they took his head, then her son and daughter, who cried out for their parents as they were cut down. As for Sakuya, they blinded her with a kunai, ran her through with her husband's own sword, and tossed her body into the nearby river, confident that she was dead. The assassins then set fire to the castle and left--to this day, it is unknown who they were and which village they came from, if any.

Her body drifted down the river until a certain person encountered her and nursed her back to health. When she came to, she told her savior her story and begged him to kill her, as she lacked the strength and the means to do so due to her injuries. Instead of granting her request, however, the benefactor convinced her to take revenge instead. She asked him how, when she was blind and had no idea who murdered her family; the man replied by introducing her to an associate of his.<sup>1

1</sup>If Hollow Zaraki doesn't mind, I'm hoping that said person is Chains himself.

The associate convinced her that her assassins were Konoha ninja, and even showed her a Konoha forehead protector as "evidence", claiming that it was found in the burnt ruins of her home. He then showed her the secrets with which, along with intense training and determination, she could take her revenge. Swearing vengeance, she discarded her old name and history, and made a new identity for herself. Thus, Fushiyasa Urama was born. By the next several years she had all but overcome her disabilities, and mastered her new Mashiinjutsu.

Today, she serves as Chains'² attendant of sorts, often posing as an interesting "trinket" that he carts around for his amusement. Few realize her deadly potential.

² Again, this is only assuming that Hollow doesn't mind.

Quirks: A side effect of losing her children is that she tends to regard younger people with a bit of a soft spot; as much as she enjoys killing Konoha ninja, she can't help but feel a bit sad when one of her victims is particularly young. She also tends to get very attached to any young genin who happen to be under her command.

Her years as the wife of a landed noble have left her with the before-mentioned Yamato Nadeshiko personality, which she maintains at all times. A part of this manifests in her speech--she speaks in an highly polite manner of speech, and takes care to not be insulting, rude, or pushy.

She enjoys both drinking and making tea, and roasted meat (a holdover from her shinobi days). Urama strongly dislikes spicy food.