Aki Hyuuga

Aki Hyuuga (秋・日向) 

Aki is a Konohagakure kunoichi created by Knifeless-Juliet from DeviantART. She was first envisioned in 2006.

Background
Aki, named after the season she was born in, was a very skilled young kunoichi in her academy years and graduated at 9 years old due to her mother's persistant teachings. Regretfully, as a child, because she trained so often and so seriously, she made very few friends and has always had difficulty making them because of this. When her mother died when she was 7 her father Hizashi Hyuuga quickly married another woman and they had a son of their own, Neji. Regretfully, she soon found herself on her own and so desperate for attention that she went to great lengths to be the absolute best student at the academy to win her familly's praise. She succeeded in doing this, which was mostly unnoticed except for the fact that the main branch acknowledged that they would have one of Konoha future-strongest ninjas as a body guard for the future clan head. At the academt she was second only to Itachi Uchiha, whom she was able to befriend, however, her inability to make friends kept Itachi at a distance. Her constant need for the attention lost when her mother died grew to be depression and anger towards her family, but she did have a soft spot for Neji. She began to resent the main branch, as Neji would, but for reasons far beyond her father's death. She was a tool to be used for war, not a person and her rebellion lasted until her untimely and suspicious death.

During the beginning of the initial plot, Aki the leader and founder of a special group of ANBU called "The Last Shadow" (最後の影; Saigo no Kage) who wear completely black ANBU uniforms and specialize in the silent and sightless kill, infiltration, assasination and, especially, torture. As a member of this organization, her codename is "Flare" (火炎; "Kaen" in Japanese) due to her firey temper and apptitude with fire and lightening releases and her mask is that of a cat with red markings. For nearly the entire time prior to Shippuden she was taking mostly A and S ranked missions directly from the Hokage that were often kept secret from the rest of the villiage.

In her spair time she trains and attempts to make friends outside of her (living) former team which she was assigned to after the members of her origional team were killed during the Chuunin Exams. This new team, consisting of young members Daita Saionji and Chinatsu Inuzuka (and Kogin) studied under Reii Kumihachi. The idea was to put her with ninja her own age to increase her teamwork, however, they are oblivious to her being a member of "The Last Shadow".

Prominent familly members since birth are the members of the main branch, Hiashi, Hinata and Hanabi as well as her parents, Hizashi Hyuuga and Maako Nanoda and younger half-brother, Neji. She is mostly estranged from the Hyuuga clan and lives quietly in the branch house, even after Neji moves to the main house.

As for the creation of the "Last Shadow", it was the idea of Aki and the Kage's that there should be a unit specialized in being unmerciful and with a certain bloodlust, a feared unit that would be known for its wrath and cruelty if it didn't kill almost everyone who ever beheld their black masks. Point blank, the kage needed individuals who could be like ghosts, and therefore unsuspected, in Konoha and full-time ninja who would break the ninja laws to protect their country. Aki's ability to balance her severe bloodlust and anger, as well her charity and willingness to share stories (appearing a decent member of the community), made her the perfect choice, especially where she was a member of a prestigious clan. Itachi was being considered as a member, however, his coup de etat against his clan, which would have been something The Last Shadow would do, required him to become an enemy of Konoha; Itachi was never hunted by The Last Shadow because of this.

Personality
Aki is known for many reasons as an excellent leader in battle, especially for her wisdom in the art of war. Her bravery makes her easy to follow, and she accumulates stories from all over the map to share with the children in Konoha, though she's often sharp with them and loses her patients with them easilly. She's is over-confident and rushes head on into battle, no matter what; she believes anything can be done with willpower and adrenaline, however, the severity varies, depending on how fired up she is. Her opinion towards her opponent is one of respect, if they're strong, and haughty if they are small and weak. Though her all is given to great warriors, she toys and maliciously tortures the weak and practices her technique on them -- she hates to get rusty as the Last Shadow is seldom used. Though she sometimes seems heartless, she also is quite loud with a good sense of humour. She can be brash and fun-loving as well, even snarky. She would never leave her friends on the battlefield, even if saving them is generally against the ninja code.

She cannot stand people who talk constantly, such as Naruto, however, she also cannot stand those who are quiet and serious, like the Hyuugas. She finds she gets along with feral, deep thinking or thoughtful individuals, such as the Inuzukas, Naras and the Akimichis (these are simply examples, she is not friends with any of the main characters, except Itachi as a child).

Her life goal is to merely be free of the main house. She has often thought of becoming a freelance bodyguard, rather than a Konoha ninja, however, she does indeed have strong loyalties to Konoha. She doesn't care much of the "shinobi way" or the thoughts of other ninja.

She rather likes to eat beef and teriyaki curry and sweets. She herself enjoys cooking and baking, training and using her fire jutsus to smith swords. She also collects seeds from the many flowers she finds during missions and keeps them in a white stone bottle, sealed with a cork, in her pouch. If she decides to "not do anything," she can be found naping in a tree or sitting on the branch house's roof, staring blankly at the sky.

Appearance
Distinguishing markings: On her forhead, Aki has the Hyuuga curse seal, on her cheeks, slightly curving inwards, she has 3 green dots in the same colour as a seal that receed in size. On her right shoulder she has a red ANBU marking. On the left of her lower back, she has a long scar that leans towards her spine from an old sword injury.

Aki typically wears a black two-piece body suit, which is worn under her ANBU gear. The top is halter-like and ends half-way between her chest and navel and she wears gloves of the same material that extend from mid-bicep and enclose her middle, ring-finger and thumb, leaving the pinky and pointer fingers free; the gloves are held in place by wrappings in the bicep. The shorts end half-way down the thigh and begin a few inches below the navel. Aki's hair is straight and chestnut coloured, ending 3/4 down her back and is tied with a dark olive wrapping near the bottom. Over this, she wears a tan and plum yukata with the Hyuuga clan insignia on the right shoulder. It is tied with a thick black leather corset-like binding which is done up on the right-side with red rope. Aki also wears almost-knee-length black boots, which she wears with her ANBU attire.

Aki's dual-bladed sword, "Lotus" (蓮; "Hasu" in Japanese), has a golden guard, collar and pommel, all which have Japanese maple leaves engraved on them; the sword's pommel has a hole drilled through it and two ropes with a Ryo (Konoha's currency) are tied to each. The handle is wrapped in with a red binding and the double scabbard is black. The sword itself is kept on Aki's back with a strip of brown leather, attached around Aki's arms. It also holds two long knives that match the sword. Later on this wear was ruined and Aki had special clasps attatched to her sheath and clothing.

The necklace with the transparent blue stone she wears around her neck blonged to her birthmother and was left to her when she died. It is her greatest prossession above her sword.

Abilities
Besides the basic abilities that come with her rank, she also has mastered a great deal of sword techniques for close range only. Though skilled with the Byakugan they are not her primary choice for close range, except for their unnatural ability to see. If her sword persistantly fails or is more of a strateigic problem than an asset, she will use the Hyuuga clan's techniques. In terms of most frequently used jutsu, she isn't very fond of it. Brute strength and illusions are her forté, however, her signature ninjutsu is the Lightning Release: Black Panther. Though abnormally skilled with the sword, Hyuuga techniques and mastery of an advanced lightening jutsu like the Black Panther, she has a difficult time personally deviating from those teachniques. She can lead ninjas into battle and take their techniques into account, but her stubbourness to change hinders her spontanuity. Once her nature is figured out she's easier to defeat. A major flaw, besides her predictablity is that she leaves the coins on her sword to "jingle". Though they're kept at different lengths on their ropes, they sometimes make noise, depending on how Aki is moving, making her able to be heard by an opponent, proving that her unwillingness to change is a downfall, just like her brash way of running head-long into battle.

She preffers close-combat to long-range, however, when it comes to long range, she mainly uses fire



and lightening jutsus.

Kekkei Genkai
Byakugan -- Protection of the Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms, however Aki uses Eight Trigrams: Lion Palm more frequently.

Part I
Soon to come.

Part II
Soon to come.

Trivia
Here you should bulletpoint things such as favourite foods, basic hobbies and name meanings. To make a bullet point:
 * The meaning of Aki's name is litterally "Autumn".
 * "Hyuuga" means "sunny place".
 * Aki's sword and necklace was left to Neji in a smooth maple wood box after her death.
 * Aki doesn't like bugs or fish.
 * Favorite part about being a ninja? Travelling.
 * When she was a child, her mother used to call her "Ki-ki," like the sound a monkey makes; appropriate for a hyper child that climbs on everything.
 * Aki is most comfortable in high places.

Reference
The Hyuuga clan symbol is copyright the creators of Naruto and VIZ media.

All images are copyright Knifeless-Juliet of Deviantart.com,