Ryūketsueki Zain

[Zain Ryūketsueki]

Zain Ryūketsueki

K • Mikoto Suoh
Male • 14 • 7/31 • Hetero
Iwagakure • None • Genin • Squad 1

APPEARANCE

HEIGHT
5'8"

WEIGHT
132 lbs

EYES
Red

HAIR
Crimson

Zain stands at five feet, eight inches tall. He has a lean, muscular build coming in at one hundred thirty-two pounds. Despite this, the boy is actually fairly malnourished, having to fight for most of his meals. Sometimes it just didn't work out. The most striking feature on the boy is the birthmark given to him by the Ryūrakuin. This makes his skin feel tough and calloused. His red eyes have pupils in the shape of elongated diamonds. His crimson colored hair is short and swept back in a spiky manner.

He prefers loose, non-restrictive clothing. Normally he wears a simple ensemble consisting of a red deep v-neck tee shirt and loose, comfortable fitting black shorts; using his headband as a belt with the metal piece resting on his right hip. He tends to stay barefoot unless the situation absolutely requires wearing shoes.

PERSONALITY

Zain is an odd one to say the least. Surviving in the wild alone for several years has stripped him of common social graces. For example, he can be unintentionally morbid when it comes to food. The boy speaks in broken language as a result of never continuing to learn it. He tends to be generally good-natured and earnest, unless something gets on his nerves.

He is very protective of his friends. In spite of this, he can be pretty childish and stubborn if he's rubbed the wrong way. If he's met with resistance, especially from someone of a higher authority, his natural reaction is to become defiant. Zain is also fairly naive and gullible, falling for jokes most people would find obvious. He's not one of the most organized people you'll ever meet, in fact, the opposite is probably true.

Given his more recent upbringing, he acts primarily out of impulse, trusting his instincts. He is extremely shy with a touch of haptephobia, preferring his personal space. Despite the coordination needed to fight, the boy is actually quite clumsy under comfortable circumstances. Generally a cheerful individual, he may sometimes be caught brooding about his past. This is something new to him, since before there was always something pulling him away from those thoughts. Recently Zain has began to develop dystychiphobia due to his blackouts. He is also mildly pyrophobic, being able to appreciate the merits of fire in limited quantity.

Cheerful
Childish
Clumsy
Defiant
Earnest
Good-natured
Impulsive
Naive
Protective
Shy
Stubborn

HISTORY

ACADEMY AGE
N/A

GENIN AGE
14

CHUUNIN AGE


JOUNIN AGE

Zain was born in a small town in the country of fire. His father was a ninja from Konohagakure, retired after losing a leg in combat. His mother was a civilian working as an innkeep in the town where he was born. The child was born with the Ryurakuin, causing the wetnurses to be disturbed by its appearance. His parents however were very loving toward their son.

He was a healthy child, exploring new things and getting into mischief. In spite of this, he never seemed to have any small cuts or scrapes. This was a bit strange and not what the parents were expecting, but they took it as a blessing.

Shortly after the boy's sixth birthday, his father began teaching him how to mold chakra. Even if the boy wasn't going to become a shinobi, it would serve him well in self-defense. Zain himself was not a very quick learner. In two years he had only learned a few basic techniques.

It was at this time an acquaintance of Zain's father came to town. Unknown by Zain, this was the man that had saved his father's life during the fight he had lost his leg. The man was now also a rogue shinobi, looking to cut all of his previous ties.

The boy didn't understand why when he had been told to hide in one of the inn's hidden compartments. Nor did he understand why his father had placed a barrier around him in the cramped space. The friend was a good guy right? He had saved lives, right?

Zain quietly peered through a crack in his cubby hole. He couldn't see much, only his mother's feet through the thin slit. She was facing toward the front door as if his father had went outside to talk to the stranger. The boy couldn't hear anything going on outside from his cell.

Suddenly he saw his mother jump toward the door, then promptly stumble backward as light from outdoors flickered around the room outside. He watched as his mother suddenly jerked to the ground and was assaulted by a set of gruff hands. Zain pounded against the barrier, trying to escape and help his mother in vain.

It could have been fast, over and done with in seconds but the rogue was far to cruel to let it be that easy for her. He tore her clothes, beat her, and cut her all while the boy could only pound away on his walls, blurry eyed and hoarse, until he gave up. He had only one question. Where was father?

By the time the man was finished and his mother lie limp, Zain's eyes were dry and tears caked to his cheeks. He still could not escape his prison, but he went unnoticed as the stranger left the building. Not too long after he left, Zain heard a strange crash, but what did that matter he still could not escape. The boy leaned against the part of the barrier that was guarding the door to his hiding place, but this time he fell through it.

He tumbled forward into the roaring cackle of his home, alive with fire. He looked to where his mother lay, a wall of flame separating them. He tried to get to her, but it was just too hot. The child ran out the back entrance, choking on the fresh air. He kept running into the wilderness beyond the town, only turning back once he hit the tree line. His whole town would burn that night.

The boy wasn't done running yet. Two shadows had spotted him from a distance. When he turned his back to keep going, Zain felt a sharp pain near the center of his back. He ran as he pulled what had hit him out. He was only still alive because his skin had stopped the kunai from piercing too far. Quickly he found a hiding place inside a hollow log. He waited, holding his breath and gripping the knife tightly.

He eventually heard the voices of the stranger's friends. They tried coaxing him out, shifting through the undergrowth, and even threats but the boy wouldn't show himself. Eventually one of them claimed that even if he did escape, he wouldn't get too far. After all he had hit him in the heart. The other one agreed, and the pair finally left him alone.

Zain spent the night in that log, he didn't feel safe until the sun was up. His family and friends were gone, and he was lost. The forest had claimed him as one of her own. For days he wandered, tired, and hungry. He came across a big cat. One that looked like it wanted to eat him. Sluggishly the boy fought, saved again by his skin. Now he had a meal. With no way to cook the meat his only option was to eat it raw.

It was wet. It was warm. It was slimy. It was gross. It made him sick. But it was all he had. He realized if he wanted to live here, he would have to become a predator himself. Over time his body adjusted to ingesting the raw flesh. To become the best hunter he could be, Zain honed the skills his father had taught him before he disappeared.

There was only so much the boy could do on his own, however. He could never figure out some of the thing he watched his father do in attempting to teach him. The first time he discovered his fire nature chakra he almost burned the whole forest down on accident. The scariest change he noticed was that he started blacking out when he got injured, usually during a hunt, and usually he would wake up face deep in animal guts.

One such time, a kind ninja from Iwagakure who was returning from a mission discovered him and offered to take him back to the village. Once there he was offered a position as a shinobi due to the kind ninja's recommendation on the condition that the medical ninja in the village could examine him. He would be placed under jōnin supervision due to the dangers he posed to the younger students.

SHINOBI INFORMATION

EQUIPMENT

• 1x Kunai in an individual holster on his right hip.

SPECIAL ABILITIES

1. Ryūrakuin: Details here.
2. Enhanced Senses: Zain has developed sharp senses of hearing and smell over the course of living in the wilderness alone.

^{PRIMARY PATH}
Body

^{SECONDARY PATH}
Soul

^{TERTIARY PATH}
Mind

TECHNIQUES

<sup>NATURE
Katon

MANIPULATIONS
Katon</sup>

S-Rank
--
A-Rank
--
B-Rank
--
C-Rank
^{Chinpouryau [Heaven's Charge]}
D-Rank
^{Katon: Houka Hira no Jutsu [Fire Release: Flaming Palm Technique]
Katon: Hi Shinten no Jutsu [Fire Release: Flame Spread Technique]
Konjiki Genko [Golden Fist]
Shoufuu [Rising Wind]
Tounyuu[Throw]}
E-Rank
^{Nawanuke no Jutsu [Rope Untying Skill]
Henge no Jutsu [Transformation Technique]
Bunshin no Jutsu [Clone Skill]}

OOC INFORMATION

Cbox Name: Z
Other Characters:Xero Rione

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“1/2”

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2/2.