Kato's History
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[spoilername="Character History"]
~Age 10 - Academy Student~
Kato had a fairly unremarkable childhood, growing up in the Fire Country. His father was an inventor and traveling salesman. While less successful than was ideal, the man had a good heart and did his best to provide for their family. In order to help with the income, Hazashi’s mother worked as a cleaning lady for a couple of the more prominent families in the fire country. As a result of both parents working so often, Hazashi was raised mainly by his three older sisters: Rin, Tenshin, and Kiera. While they were very kind, and Kato loved them dearly, they also had a less than desirable habit of dressing him up as a girl. With the youngest still being 4 years older than himself, there was not much Kato could do to fight them off either. Instead he was forced to act as their toy doll on many occasions.
When Kato was 9 the family received some good news. The Konoha Corporation which runs the Fire Country, had apparently heard of the work Kato’s father did. As a result, they decided to offer him a job with the company in their research and development, feeling that his mechanical ingenuity might help them in developing new technologies. Kato’s father graciously accepted and the family was moved to Konohagakure, the bustling center of Fire Nation.
At first Kato did not enjoy the move. A part of him resented his parents for removing him from everything he had already known, but slowly he is beginning to come around. With an increased income, the family gets to spend more time with both their parents, and Kato’s sisters now have lots more things to do and pick on him less. The young boy has even begun exploring the village in an attempt to meet others his age.
A few weeks before his 10th birthday Kato came across the shinobi academy in leaf, and spent a day watching the kids train. It seemed like fun, and it struck him as a good way to make friends, so without much else thought he begged his parents to enroll him in the academy. Within a few weeks they finally agreed.
After starting at the academy, Kato quickly made a few friends. He discovered that his Father was an Akimichi who had died when Kato was little, and also met his aunt, who instructed him in the proud traditions of their bloodline. It turned out that he was descendant from a powerful group of Akimichi whose family who had lived in lLeaf since before the red rain, and had somehow tapped into a dormant elemental affinity in the Akimichi genes. Kato's great-great-great grandfather passed the affinity down through his genes, and a new Akimichi clan branch, whose powers were tied into Earth jutsu was created. Once his aunt found out Kato had inherited the rare Akimichi-Ishi genes, and at a young age already unlocked an affinity for Earth jutsu, she convinced him to come live and train with her. He eventually left home, though he still cared deeply for his mother and step-father. He liked studying the ninja arts, and spent a lot of his time either training, or hanging out around Leaf with the other Shinobi-to-be. He settled into a bit of an honored place among his cousins, as he was the only one in a generation who had been born an Akimichi-Ishi. His life was good, until one morning when he was out to meet up with a friend, and Kato bore witness to the start of the 'bloodbath brawl'. A couple students he had met from the academy jumped into the fighting, and tried to help the shinobi of Leaf contain the rioting. Kato was going to help too, until he saw that the leaf shinobi were being overpowered. One by one he watched several of his future comrades die in the streets.
~Age 12 - Refugee~
The chubby boy panicked, and ran home first, but found that the Akimichi clan house had been abandoned. Fighting had spread to this part of the city, and by this time wherever Kato went there was bloodshed in the streets. He wished he could find his Aunt, or his parents, or his sisters, or even a cousin, but there was no way he would be able to locate them in the throng of violence. The only choice Kato had was to hide in the shadows, keep out of sight, and when he saw that Leaf shinobi were beginning to flee the village, he followed by example. He saw a couple shinobi here and there trying to stop their comrades from fleeing the village, but there was no way the still faithful leaf-nin could catch everyone. A kid like Kato went pretty much unnoticed as he slipped past several pockets of fighting and snuck out the gates. He was sure that his family had left as well, and hoped one day to find them, so he took off quietly into the woods, and never looked back.
The young boy had a hard time of it since leaving the village. he had not paid close attention in many of his survival training courses, and the new challenge of catching and finding his own food wreaked havoc on his Akimichi figure. Over the first few months he taught himself how to survive. He got good at tracking and hunting animals, building fires, and creating shelters. For a long time he stayed in the Fire Country, visiting smaller villages where he hoped his family might have found refuge, but never had any luck.
~Age 16 - Mercenary~
Now, after 4 years of living alone, Kato has decided to expand his search. It is clear to him that his family did not stay within the Fire Country like he thought they would have. He had been learning about a proud heritage of shinobi who stayed loyal to the Leaf even through the darkness of the Red Rain, but it seemed this time the clan was not strong enough to stay in Leaf. His clan was no more. There was nothing to rebuild now. The Akimichi-Ishi would never regain their lost glory. Not in Leaf at least. All he could hope to do is find the people he loved, and make sure they're safe.[/spoilername]
[spoilername="Physical History"]
~Age 10 - Academy Student~
Kato is an averaged height boy with a thicker body type. He usually wears a black sleeveless hooded sweater over a shirt made of netting, and a pair of long black shorts. He has purple eyes and medium length brown hair.
~Age 16 - Mercenary~
Kato has grown a bit from the chubby young boy he once was. Still made of a stockier build, living on his own has given him a smaller tummy with more muscle than he once had. He still wears the same black sleeveless hooded sweater and same mesh undershirt, and a pair of long black shorts. He has purple eyes and short brown hair.[/spoilername]
[spoilername="Psychological History"]
~Age 10 - Academy Student~
Kato is quiet and shy, but desperately wants to make friends. When he becomes comfortable around people he is wild, loud, and jovial. He loves to have a good time and loves to make people laugh. He hates to see anyone being oppressed or picked on, especially when it is by someone stronger. He will sometimes put himself in harm's way simply to stand up for someone who can't defend themselves.
~Age 16 - Mercenary~
Once quiet because of shyness, Kato is still a mainly quiet individual, now due to solitude more than anything. On the outside it seems as if the wild and happy youth who lived in the Leaf is dead, but instead he's simply buried deep under Kato's hard shell. Deep down he still just wants to make friends, and find somewhere he can make a life for himself again.[/spoilername]
