Inari Gatama

Inari Gatama (がたま イナリ, Gatama Inari) is a chūnin of Kusagakure. She is a member of Team Ginta with Kinsei Zou and Kentaro Shida. She has the rare swift release ninjutsu at her disposal.

Background
Inari was an average student at the Academy. She wasn’t the best at anything, and wasn’t the worst, either. Most of the time, she hung around her best friend Kasumi. The two would usually complain to each other about how boring the lectures were or try to get the attention of boys like Kinsei. Soon, Kasumi began hanging around Kazō’s group, though Inari couldn’t understand how anyone would want to be around them.

After graduating from the Academy, Inari became teammates with Kinsei and Kentaro. She was quite happy with the team-up, since she could be around Kinsei all the time. She especially liked to gloat toward Kasumi over it. She saw this as a fair tradeoff for having Kentaro on her team as well. He seemed like a weakling and a coward; two traits that a ninja shouldn’t have.

This changed after their first test. For the test, they had to escape from a mansion filled with Noppera-bō. These ghost-like creatures could not be touched unless they crossed dimensions and solidified. While in this dimension, they could grab things and drag them into the other dimension. However, this usually shattered the object, as it couldn’t withstand the crossover. Nearing the end of the mansion, Inari had been caught by the Noppera-bō. Before she could be yanked by the hair through the portal, Kentaro got to her and cut her free. When the mission was over, they learned that it was all a genjutsu and that they were never in any real danger. When Kentaro tried to apologize for cutting Inari’s hair, she yelled at him. She said if she were really about to die, he wouldn’t apologize. They didn’t know it was an illusion at the time, so he saved her life.

Appearance
Inari is a fair-skinned girl with pupiless brown eyes and brown hair. Before becoming a genin, her hair hung down to her shoulder blades. After Kentaro cut it during their first mission, she decided to keep it short. She has two strands framing her face while the rest is cut close to her head. She wears a sleeveless, black shirt with a red collar and red pants. She also wears black arm warmers and red hand guards. Her headband is red instead of the standard green.

Kekkei Genkai
Inari can utilize swift style techniques. With it, she can move at rapid speeds, outmatching those who rely on raw strength to fight. She has made it quite versatile. Her Shuriken Barrage and Shuriken Firework let her thrown shuriken in rapid succession, either inward at one opponent or outward at many. With her Tremor Punch, she vibrates just her arm at high speed. After punching an enemy, a shock wave will flow through them from her arm. Since swift style requires such high speeds, one’s body needs time to register the movements. To ensure this happens, the user must come to a stop after each attack.

Stamina
Out of everyone in her generation, Inari is the most physically fit. This helps her cope with the strain of using swift style. Being in such good shape, she can usually make it safely through multiple swift style attacks without coming to a stop. If she does this, any damage she may take during the attacks will have a delayed reaction; not appearing until a few moments later, when her brain finally catches up to her movements. Usually this damage is just minor scratches from her accidently brushing by things in the midst of her attack.

Trivia

 * Inari’s hobby is reading.
 * Inari wants a rematch with Oda.
 * Inari's favorite food is steamed pork buns, while her least favorite is fried zucchini.
 * Kasumi has completed 66 official missions in total: 30 D-rank, 19 C-rank, 10 B-rank, 7 A-rank, 0 S-rank.

Reference
Inari Gatama is an OC created by KusaNin.