Xen

Zen is the jonin instructor Team One (also known as Team Zen), and is a  Konoha Jonin BloodWingdAngel created for role playing/fan fiction (should he ever get back into it). He leads a team consisting genin of Ken Shotai, Mare Kato and Shikyo Hyuua until Part II. Wanting a more peaceful life after the many battles he has been through, he goes into a semi-retirement, only returning should the situation be very grim.

Apperence
Zen is always seen wearing a trademark shinobi green vest, usually with black gloves, a black headband, blue pants and shoes, and a red, long sleeved shirt underneath it. He has a stern face and coal, black eyes. A scar is seen running down his left eye, received in a battle with an unknown shinobi. He is a large man, being about 190 cm tall (6 foot 3),

Background
Zen was a serious child, always training to better himself. As a result, Zen became a very powerful shinobi, and is known as a jack of all trades, but a master of none. He has fairly average skills and abilities, but is known to be better at ninjutsu and taijutsu then genjutsu (much like all of his team), but can at least recgonize and dispell most genjutsu, a trait passed onto Shikyo. He is a strict sensei, but is known to have his moments where he just bursts out laughing and cannot stop.

Zen was part of the ANBU for a long time, before quitting and deciding to become a jonin instructor for his Godson, Ken Shotai. Here, he met Hikaru Shotai, Ken's father, and would usually lead squads that Hikaru was in. The two became very close companons, and were often seen eating together after missions. Zen was, in fact, one of the only people that knew about Miku before she was forced to come to the village, and was made the godfather of Ken shortly before Hikaru wen't on a solo mission that he never returned from, causing grief for Zen, who almost cried in from of Miku, wish that he would have been there to protect his friend. Miku, before dying due to childbirth and a broken heart, begged Zen to take care of their child, something Zen upheld from a distance before becoming a jonin instructor.

Zen's cares about all of his students, but seems to favor Ken's development and training. This is because of his promise to Hikaru to watch over their son in the event he couldn't, and his promise to Miku to take care of the child. Often times, however, Zen get's the team into trouble, thinking they can handle activities and missions they really are not cut out for (at one time, Zen demanded a B ranked mission from the Hokage, despite his team only being month old genin).

Abilities
Often called a "jack of all trades, but master of none", Zen has skills in most fields of combat. He has trained his body for most situations that he would face, and as such is usually never caught off guard or unaware of the situation. Despite only having average intelligence, Zen is an stragist, being about to come up with plans and execute them (though some of his plans don't usually work).

Ninjutsu
Zen has always had a strong ninjutsu style, able to pick of techniques and use them to the best of their ability. Zen has trained his body and chakra to use a verity of natures, including Earth, Fire, and Water (he has yet to master Wind and Lightning). Using his skills and wide range of chakra natures, Zen is able to prepare himself for any situation his ninjutsu demands out of him.

Taijutsu
Zen has trained his body with weights on his arms, legs and torso to gain huge speed and amazing taijutsu strength. He later would use this training to increase the taijutsu of his student, Ken, and notes that Mare's father has trained her in the same way. Despite his taijutsu not being as strong as that of a Hyuuga, or Rock Lee and Might Guy, Zen is able to hold his own against Taijutsu specialists very well, and maybe even beat them.

Genjutsu
While Zen is not one to use Genjutsu, he has knowledge of how different Genjutsu's work and target the senses. As a result, he can react well to most Genjutsu attacks and dispel the illusion quickly and effortlessly.

Summoning: Wolves
When Zen was younger, he learned from his father about a colony of wolves that were rarely seen. These wolves were a fearsome bunch in battle, and were tamed by relatively few shinobi. Zen would later go on to make a contract with these same wolves, and win the respect of the wolves after much effort. Sense then, wolves have been a very strong ally to Zen, even going as far to make Zen the first Sage of the Wolves in decades.

Senjutsu
After earning the respect of the wolves and training for years with them, Zen was given the opportunity to learn senjutsu. While he cannot perfectly balance the chakra inside of him, Zen can still utilize the Sage Mode very effectively, however because he cannot balance the chakra that well, Zen gains wolf like features, almost looking like a warewolf halfway between his transformation. Sage Mode increases all of Zen's abilities, however has it's drawbacks. Zen would have to remain still in order to gather natural energy, something that wasn't possible in the heat of battle. To get around this, Zen would fuse with a miniature wolf so it would gather natural energy for him while he fought. Upon exiting Sage Mode, Zen would also be exhausted, another draw back to using Sage Mode.