Takada, Kenji

Kenji, as exemplified by his Nindo is a free-spirited individual. For the most part of his social life, he rarely ever makes any attachments to anyone amidst his kind and gentle persona. He is a man who could be easily approached most of the time, and no one ever has any hard time making arrangements with him, well if they are allies of his.

Kenji is also someone of great insight, often looking not into the superficial view of the world, but the other dimension that each individual thing has immersed within itself. A logical thinker and a rational strategist and tactician, he uses this insight, along with experience and undisclosed wit during times of battle. During times of peace though, this kind of insight and battle advantage is used mainly for entertainment purposes, such as noticing a bird's flight and calculating where the bird is about to fly off to. He is often described as a person who always has something in his mind.

In accordance with his kind personality, he is also a level-headed individual, whether as a ninja or just as a person. Most of the time insults wouldn't work against him, unless in times when he is in low morale or is frustrated. When the situation happens to be something he could hardly understand, he immerses himself in deep frustration and focus, often forgetting more unnoticeable or ignoring everything sometimes.

On to the darker side of Kenji is the most dominant of his personality, which is surprisingly not his wit, kindness or calmness. Rather it is his free-spirited and risky Nindo at which he mostly puts his situations at a dangerous stand point. When the time comes, he is never afraid to kill, and the polar-opposite, to exhibit mercy. He lives his life the way life gives it to him. He is not beyond fooling and lying if he need be, and is not afraid to make his superficial personality a facade to hide his true intentions. As such, when challenged by anyone in anything that involves risk, he would almost always take the challenge. A risk-taker, he is also someone who likes to involve creative-risks and changes, even if it meant abandoning this risk-taking personality.

When Kenji is pushed to situations that are dire and almost impossible to go through, his appearance, well mostly his eyes and smile, change considerably. He starts to exhibit focus and his faded smile turns into either a smirk or a grin. Though even with that kind of serious look, if he isn't exactly frustrated or such, his kind and calm personality holds through unless otherwise.

Often seen by his comrades and enemies alike is his smile and seemingly aloof focus attributed to the look in his eyes, often times to the indifference of Kenji, as people would otherwise be pissed for the kind of aloofness or rather be annoyed at him. It is also a point of irony that most his allies seem to note every time a remark about his eyes or general appearance is made. Another ironic thing is that amidst his kind and gentle persona, he never once used honorifics and any similar sort of mannerism.

Hair: Kenji sports a thick, grayish hair. Most of his hair is extends upwards or in other directions in a soft spike-like fashion. Though, some strands, specifically those close to his forehead bulge downward. The hair behind his head is thick ans straight though. In a periodic fashion, whenever wind blows through his hair, he would be seen clutching his hair tightly.

Eyes: Blue, crystal-like eyes that daze a thousand miles, in contrast to his personality it always seems as if he is never focused. Most of the time, you would never see his eyelids covering more than half of his pupils.

At times though, when Kenji is in a dire or dangerous situation, his eyes start to lose their shine and they look more focused; when this happens, the relaxed look on his eyes that originally were there suddenly disappear.

Physical Features: Other than his eyes or hair, his most prominent feature is his slender nose, his faded smile and his pale-white complexion. He is a well-built individual, though is mostly unnoticeable due to the nature of his garment. His overall skin is actually smooth and soft, as everyone would notice, except for his hands, due to the fact of his wind-affinity and fighting style.

Clothing/Accessories: In terms of clothing, Kenji's attire is rather unusual for a former Konohagakure Ninja. As a sneak into his history, he never really did follow the uniform regulations(if there was any) for Ninjas, since he never officially became one. He wears a brown garment complete with silver plating on its edges. The garment does not cover his entire front torso though, as part of his chest and abdomen are seen. He also sports a shoulder plate/armor that acts as defense and as a way to hold the garment to his body, and sometimes he says for training purposes. The shoulder plate comes with a skeletal-like extension that goes down to the chest, much like how a ribcage would look.

He also wears a brown-colored pants, held together to his robe with a belt that is embedded with a mini skeleton-head of yellow to gold of color. On his lower arms, he wears a protective plate that extends from his wrist up to his elbow, and gloves from the same material that covers up to one-fourth of his fingers only, with the exception of the thumb which is not in any way protected by the glove. He also wears the same kind of plate-armor on his legs, from his knees down that is connected to a pair of silver boots.

Kenji was born to Yuri Takada and Reiko Takada of Konoha, ninja who has created and mastered their own set of techniques for combat. They were quite the people in Konoha, and people admired their sense of tactics and strategy, and both were known to lead squads in successful missions with the least harm to them and the village.

After Kenji was born, both Ninja's retired from their ninja work at an early age, prompting themselves to ask for a request from the Hokage. Making a deal, both parties agreed that the Takada Couple will not engage in any sort of missions for the time being when Kenji is being raised until he graduates the academy. Once he did however, the couple would have to take part in dangerous missions when the need is present, and leave their child. They will not be allowed to contact their son as long as the mission is not done.

Throughout Kenji's childhood, both his parents already warned him of the deal, strenghtening Kenji's heart that he may accept when the time finally comes for long periods of separation. Though, to augment this mental training, Kenji's parents agreed to train him on their most-revered specialty, tactical combat.

At an early age of 6, both his parents engaged him in mental training, often times leading to fatigue for the young child. He was not allowed to eat until he solved a puzzle, or won a strategy game(Board games, or placing Kenji in real-life situations) against his mother or father. Kenji was only lucky to have had this kind of training early on, as his heart became as resolved, and made it so that he is not easily broken.

Time passed, and Kenji's wit, insight, battle strategy and intelligence were at a level superb from his generation. Though, one might notice is that, he lacks, well he didn't have any kind of skill for Ninjutsu, Taijutsu and even Genjutsu. He was smart, anyone would admit, but his lack
of actual combat skill and some even say, talent- pushes him down the ladder of Ninja standards. He was told by his peers and other ninjas alike that he would not be a practical ninja as they thought he would become, much like his parents. Well, Kenji didn't mind the harsh remarks or moral-degrading statements of anyone, until it came at an age of 10.

At the academy, he had a hard time keeping up with anyone in his age group since he lacked any kind of combat ability. His mental tests we're excellent though, but it never really helped him to get the kind of attention or acknowledgement he deserves, after all, Ninjas need to be practical. At the end, his teachers did not allow him to graduate from the academy until he has gained practical Ninja essentials apart from his wit.

This situation shaked him. It was the first time he felt desperation and frustration. He didn't know how to actually improve himself in terms of strenght and skill. Dumbfounded, he released all his frustrations on his own Senseis, his father and mother. He was actually lost at this point with so many questions. Why did his father and mother continously train him mentally, but ignore his physical capabilities altogether. Why, in spite of the fact that they knew of how his peers treated him, let him be. Lashing out his frustrations, he demanded answers.

Well, his parents were actually having a great time for the temporary peace they have had. They had enough of the dangerous situations, anxiety and close-encounters that they just had to devise something. The deal with the Hokage, and not training their son to be as proficient and masterful as they are were the answers. They in fact did know, that despite the intelligence he had, he would not succeed as a ninja with that alone. They knew that if they strenghten his resolve that being a 'smart' ninja, should be his nindo, he would not realize it. Kenji, broken went into deep depression. He was eleven at the moment.

During these times, his parents saw that he completely them and his training. He dettached himself from his peers. He stopped attending the academy. He wouldn't eat, he wouldn't sleep. He lost focus, both in his appearance and in himself. He often left the house at morning, and leave at night, with sharp cuts and bruises around his body. Though, all these times, he had a faded grin on his face. Slowly, his parents started realizing their mistakes, and vowed to 'atone' for it.

Before turning fourteen, about two months before actually, his parents came up to him. They simply said, 'Let's start training.' Not realizing anything, and out of focus, followed them to the yard where they always trained. Then, Kenji suddenly had a sharp grin when they stood on the yard, his eyes more focused than ever. He wanted revenge, actually. He wanted them down. Their parents, well they were still sharp as ever, and realizing what had just happened, they themselves lost focus and their body stopped on their tracks. It was then they saw, what Kenji has been up to when he leaves the house, allowing themselves to smile a bit.

He actually inherited lots of things from his parents. First was their intelligence and wit, second was the thing that placed them on top of the ladder of Ninjas; Their ability to create. It was then that Kenji started making his revelations.

The first month of his 'depression' was actually tragic. He was in fact in a real state of depression and didn't know what to do and disregarded his health both mentally and physically. On one particular day, he decided to visit his parents' room. There, he saw tons of books and material, all about the basics of Ninja, from taijutsu to ninjutsu, as well as how 'chakra manipulation' works. Everything he had missed to become the Ninja he is, where at his grasps. Retaining his focus and finally getting himself together, he vowed for revenge. Not revenge against his peers or his instructors, not even his parents, but for the way of life he had. He read the books everyday, and tried out some applications whenever possible. He trained and learned everyday, and with the help of his superior understanding, wit and insight was able to learn faster than his peers, and at least master everything he was able to read.

For the ultimate irony to the story, he decided to create his own set of techniques. He focused on his taijutsu from dawn to noon, and then ninjutsu from then onwards. He found out about his wind-affinity when he first did a wind release technique, and he specially noted that it was more powerful than all other nature-type jutsu he used, even though they were known to be just as powerful as each other. Since wind-based jutsu were known to be sharp, fast, and even tough to control, Kenji would often times hurt himself in the process. At times when he practices taijutsu, he would often fall from trees or force his body. He didn't like genjutsu very much, stating that 'if I learn genjutsu more than the others, It would be adding to the 'mind-freak' insult'. When he created Jutsu, he always thought of the wind as a particle, small, thin, and even fragile, and he always though of his taijutsu as a microscope, to enlarge the 'view' of the particle-like wind.

This allowed him to create a style of Taijutsu that incorported itself into Kenji's wind techniques. It also allowed him to create Taijutsu that had similar effects to wind-property jutsu.

One thing that bothered him though, is that he never really tried it out on anyone, and decided one day to see how strong he and his parents actually are. Kenji, thinking that his parents would fight back, used the most powerful technique he could use for that particular moment, his wind temple technique, that exaggerates the metaphor he made of taijutsu as a microscope, and wind as a particle. Using the dome-like technique that bombards a target with wind shards, focused on both his parents. He then suddenly realized that something was wrong, from the moment they saw Kenji activate all these techniques, they should have removed themselves from where they stood. They did not.

It was only then that Kenji on instinct deactivated his wind temple, subsequently deactivating the chamber he enclosed his parents in, only to realize the effect of his technique. Both his parents, at this moment were bloodied, and paralyzed, they were on the verge of death. It was at this moment that they both revealed their long term plan. They didn't really want Kenji to grow up as weak as he did for the first parts of his life, but they also did not want him to inherit their fighting techniques as it would be a dull way to pass on their legacy. Their legacy were their 'creativity' as one might say. Creating an elaborate plan to lure Kenji's slowly breaking resolve, they finally shattered it by saying that this was part of a plan so that they may not go into the battlefield once more. As such, the effect they expected, went smoothly.

On a particular day, the exact day that Kenji visited their room, they used a genjutsu on him so that he may suddenly have an urge to visit their room. Before this, they supplied their room with materials on Ninja and Jutsu, the essentials, the why and the how. Seeing the effect that they expected on Kenji, they allowed him to go about on his own way. Through this, Kenji not only built his physical skills, but also developed a sense of independence, creativity but most of all a harder resolve. When the time finally came, using the exact same Jutsu they used on Kenji back then, the words 'Let's start training' became the gunshot heard around the world. Soon after the revelation, and bursting into tears, Kenji was about to lose his sense of belongingness and worth, until his parents said in words he will never forget:



Never to follow anyones path, creating your own, and being an individual above all others, Kenji continued to this day the legacy his parents have passed down to him.

The village though, was not so fond of Kenji and the news of his killing his parents, and have sent a village-wide order to hunt and secure Kenji, even kill him if necessary, prompting him to leave the village. He took the risk and he won in the end, though not everyone still appreciated him. He wasn't exactly a bad person was he? It was just fate.

After leaving his village, no news about him was ever reported, and he was slowly forgotten by the village itself. Through time though, there were rumors that he improved his wind techniques and refined his taijutsu, and even went on two learn two high-level genjutsu- it was unknown if these were true, until now.

All of these, shaped him to what he is now. Even his appearance, his out-of-focus eyes, faded smile, and sharp wit and creativity, he became a man of his own.

Village: Konohagakure
Rank: B-Rank Missing Nin
Clan: None
Chakra Nature: Fuuton(Wind Release/Wind Affinity)

Primary Weapon: Kaze Ken

Secondary Weapon: None

Equipment: Kenji's equipment is mostly his armor, in terms of weaponry he uses a normal supply of kunai, shuriken and explosive tags. His shoulder plate is a strong and durable armor capable of defending Kenji's shoulder area from most weaponized attacks including those from a sword, projectiles, etc.

The plates on his arms, and legs are also of similar capability, acting as armor more than anything else. Though, because of its weight, it actually decreases Kenji's speed. Though, when he removes the armor, his speed is restored. Though Kenji also uses his armor to increase the blunt power of his strikes specially from his leg strikes as the most of his leg is covered by the armor.

Most of the time in his journeys he carries along with his armor:

[20] Kunai
[1] 5 meter silver wire, about an inch thick.
[5] Explosive tags
[10] Shuriken
[2] Brown leg holsters for his equipment

Ninjutsu:

Name: Wind Sphere Technique
Classifaction: Ninjusu
Rank: A-rank
Class: Supplementary
Range: 300m

Description: Creates a chakra-enhanced sphere around a 300 meter diameter. It requires a post to activate. Kenji may freely move about as long as he keeps a tiger seal on his right hand, and if he disrupts the seals form in anyway, he must start from scratch.

Wind Sphere also allows his person to be warned whenever any chakra-potent object is within the vicinity, or enter/exits. Whenever this happens, he is quickly notified of their position. If Kenji is using True Meotede, Kenji will be able to note even the smallest movements (closing of eyes).

Also the area of influence created by the wind sphere is bombarded by random surges of powerful wind coming in from all directions. The wind is distracting and has a force capable of pushing everything away with it.

It lasts for 12 posts.

Name: Wind Swap Technique
Classifaction: Ninjusu
Rank: A-rank
Class: Offensive/Defensive
Range: 10m
Description:

Kenji swaps with an unknowing opponent in what seems like an instant. When Kenji’s swaps with someone, his body undergoes a temporary-property change that is effectively like Wind Temple(see below), although his body is given a sharp property able to cut. When the swap occurs, their body intersects at one point, with the opponents body directly intersecting Kenji’s wind like body, thereby cutting them through most areas of the body. After the swap, their bodies would have swapped positions. The swap will stop midway if there are obstacles for their swap(such as walls). During the swap, any area of effect jutsu will still be effective on both Kenji and his opponent. The enemy may not counter the swap, but at least minimize the damage if they are able to block or use any jutsu to avoid damage, though dodging is practically impossible.

To use the technique, Kenji must have at least familiarized the chakra of his enemy, and is within 10 meter range.

He may use it only once per two posts.


Name: Wind Torture Technique
Classifaction: Ninjusu
Rank: S-Rank
Class: Offensive
Range: 300m

Description: The technique requires that Kenji has activated Wind Sphere Technique.

Summons powerful surging wind from two directions until they intersect, creating a powerful high-velocity spin in the area of intersection. The spin created also creates shards of thin and sharp wind that is induced with Kenji’s chakra. Whenever this jutsu is used, it will not allow for any movement in a 30 meter radius from the center, unless the Ninja is above B-Rank.

The powerful wind and its high-velocity spin that creates the shard is enough to cut flesh and for protected individuals (those wearing armor, creates a jutsu to block it) would still feel skin-burning pain. This last for 1 post for every Ninja inside the thread and even Kenji will be affected by it. The wind is more powerful as you enter the center, and when you are distanced 30 meters away from the center, the only effect the jutsu will have on you is from its strong force because of its high speed. The center of the area will be marked with a seal saying “TORTURE” that floats about 1 meter from the ground.

When Kenji is on Wind Temple and is using this technique, he exhibits additional properties(will be explained below)

Name: Wind Art: Wind Temple Technique
Classifaction: Ninjusu
Rank: SS-Rank
Class: Supplementary
Range: N/A

Description: Wind sphere is required for activation of Wind Temple.

The area around the sphere will be bombarded by heavy and unstoppable winds, reaching up to 150mph on wind speed alone. The sphere will then suddenly decrease in diameter, until it hits the point where Kenji's body is wrapped in the dome.

Effects:
By infusing the chakra-enhanced sphere into his body, the technique makes it so that it is completely intangible, unable to be hit by any kind of attack. Also, Kenji's body becomes sort of like a gusty aerosol substance. On contact with non-elemental enemy attacks, all of them goes through the aerosol, similar to how dust/air would react to it. Kenji's body would seem to have dispersed from that area, but they will simply go back, dealing no damage.

If Kenji is using Wind Blade, his body’s properties are inherited by it and it becomes an extension of Kenji’s body per se, except for its intangibility(meaning the wind blade is still able to cut and be blocked). His clothing and equipment also exhibit the same properties so long as he is wearing them. While on Wind Temple, Kenji is able to move at great speed, effectively being able to use it like ‘Body Flicker Technique’ only more frequently, about once every post.

A thing is that, at the expense of his intangibility, he will not be able to use Taijutsu(apart from his wind blade). To compensate for this, he may trade-off his intangibility every post so that he may able to attack with his body, and in essence be hit. When he trades-off, he will not be able to go back to his intangibility for the next two posts.

A note is that since it removes the sphere, he can not use jutsu that requires the presence of that sphere. Long as Wind temple is active, he may not create a new sphere. To be able to hit him while in wind temple, attacks must have elemental properties to them, as such nature-based taijutsu(if there are) or ninjutsu(properties that are not nature-related will not be effective) will work against his intangibility, although they will have lesser effectiveness. When in use, Kenji's body is essentially chakra-induced wind and may be used by his techniques that have prerequisites for chakra-induced wind.



Name: Aerial Wind Torture Technique
Classifaction: Ninjusu
Rank: S-Rank
Class: Offensive
Range: N/A

Description: The technique requires that Kenji has activated Wind Temple Technique

Blast

Shoots out nerve torture shards from his body at a high-velocity, in a form of a wind-blast. Along with the painful external skin-burning pain, the enemy will also experience wind torture effect if it connects in the area that the blast connected. The blast is about 10m in diameter. The blast can cover 50 meters in a single second. This may be done instantly and on will alone. When it hits a surface, it immediately explodes and creates a smaller but more powerful area of wind torture. The concentrated area is only about 10 meters, but has more cutting power and cannot be blocked by normal means, unlike Wind Torture.

He can use it three times in a post and has a unique cool down pattern.

Example:

first post, used four times, the next post he can only use it three times.
first post, used two times, the next post still, he can only use it three times.

The number of posts will tell how much wind surge he has regenerated. Four posts means that he now has the maximum number of Surges again.

Dome

Creates a dome about 5m in diameter around a target area, and subsequently barrage everything inside with wind torture shards at high-rates. In order to create the dome though, the wind sphere must decrease 50 meters in diameter, as such using it 6 times will deplete the sphere.. Once activated, the user will have no means to escape the dome if they are caught in it. If only a single body part is captured, that body part may not be removed until after the barrage is done and the dome disappears. It has the same cutting power as Wind Torture, but its most striking feature is that the enemy is not given an ability to escape, unlike Wind Torture, where there can be many innovative ways to escape, and Blast, a more powerful Wind Torture, but needs precise timing, aim and luck to be successful. Requires a post to activate(one post for activation, two for the effect).

Name: Wind-Body Explosion Technique
Classifaction: Ninjusu
Rank: S-Rank
Class: Offensive
Range: 1m

Description: The technique requires that Kenji has activated Wind Temple Technique.

Kenji’s most used combat technique whenever he is on Wind Temple Technique.

Allows his wind-like body to 'explode' in all directions. The wind generated is spinning in high-velocity and travels about 100mph. The maximum reach of the technique though, is only about 1 meter in diameter, regardless of which body part. After the technique, this body part becomes its 'normal' aerosol material and is restored. Wind temple allows him and his intangible aerosol body to spread out in an explosive and instant fashion.

The internal explosion can also be extended if Kenji is using wind blade (His weapon). Since it is travelling on a very high velocity and sharp spin, it will cut through enemy flesh and bone as easily as a blade, possible even lacerating the enemy target to pieces. Effectively, if Kenji stabs anyone and uses this technique, the explosion would occur inside the body and damage internal organs for lethal results. Kenji 'grabbing' the head of an enemy and using this is also a lethal application. Unlike wind torture, the wind shards created by this technique travels almost instantly in an explosive fashion. The technique is actually quite similar to wind torture, but its power comes from the fact that its close-range and Kenji has fuller control over his attacks.

Internal Explosion is used mainly for melee strikes with his wind blade or body. It is also effective because it can be activated on will. This is almost impossible to dodge on close-range combat, though the jutsu may be blocked.

It may be used once in every 3 posts, after which it will undergo a one post cool down.

Taijutsu:

Name: Meotede
Classifaction: Taijutsu
Rank: A-rank
Class: Supplementary/Defensive
Range: 1m
Description:
This is Kenji’s main taijutsu technique.

Creates a sphere of influence around Kenji by using chakra to enhance his instincts, agility, reaction time and dexterity. While on True Meotede, Kenji's reaction time is increased to the point that most strikes that enter the sphere would be dodged, blocked, or countered by Kenji. The sphere is 1m in diameter. The sphere’s influence is about 1 meter in diameter. To be able to enter the sphere of influence without damage, one must be very proficient in taijutsu or is using some kind of technique to avoid any physical damage. He also has an increase in power of his attacks, and can dodge even with the slightest margin.

It only lasts for 4 posts though, and he must wait 2 posts for him to use it again.

Genjutsu:

Name: Time Lapse
Classifaction: Genjutsu
Rank: A-rank
Class: Supplementary
Range: N/A
Description:

A prerequisite for this jutsu is that Kenji must have touched his enemy even once. It destroys the enemy’s sense of time completely, although temporarily. Everything around him pauses for the enemy, except for his own body. Outside of the illusion, everything runs perfectly for every one else not affected by the jutsu. Time pauses only for about a post for the enemy target, but for those with weaker than Chuunin, it lasts for two posts.

Name: Ninja Art: Earth and Sky Mirror
Classifaction: Genjutsu
Rank: A-rank
Class: Supplementary
Range: N/A
Description:

Inverts direction for the enemy’s senses, including his smell, sight, feel, hearing and even smell. For the target, this means that everything he sees on the right, is actually on the left. He hears above him, is actually below. He taste on the right side of his tongue, is actually on his left; and hears diagonally upward to the left, is diagonally downward to the right. In essence, everything is reversed for the enemy.

This lasts for two posts for all equal of Kenji’s rank, and four posts for those below him.