Category:Kyuzaku Hoshigaki

Kyuzaku is a genin of the Village Hidden in the Mist. He's strong willed, and a born leader, and known for his shark-like appearance.

Days at the Academy
RP Start

Kyu's days at the academy were different than many other ninja. At an early age, the teachers at the Academy noted Kyu's innate ninja skills, and placed him in an accelerated course known as the Kirigakure Honors Academy. In this Academy, Kyu didn't learn the nuances of math and language in class. Instead, his classes were primarily combat and mission orientated.

Most of his classes were replaced with practice scenarios and simulations of real missions. Kyu would be placed on a team of ninja he often had no experience with, and was challenged to complete a goal. Simultaneously, another team of students worked against his team for an opposite goal (such as assassinating a target versus protecting a target). Kyu proved to be an excellent student; for the entire duration of this training, Kyu remained at a constant success streak. His zero-loss record earned him a signifigant reputation in this circle.

In Kyuzaku's last mission scenario, he was given the task of eliminating a training dummy surrounded by the opposing team. The pre-genin ninja lead his team to victory by utilizing one member's ability to use the Hidden Mist Jutsu, and another's ability to use Genjutsu. Kyu used his knowledge of trap making to put together a few exploding tage mines and some log firing traps. The enemy team was turned around in the mist, and redirected into Kyu's traps. In the midst of the chaos, Kyu assassinated the target dummy.

At the end of this mission, Kyu was promoted to Genin by his sensei, and so started his ninja career in the Village Hidden in the Mist.

Trash Trouble
RP Start

Kyu's first D-Rank Mission began the day after his promotion. His first assignment was to pick up trash at the South Kirigakure playground. The work was hard, long, boring and back breaking. However, some time in, Kyu noticed that he could easily summon up his trusty Water Clone to help him pick up the trash. Part way through their combined effort, Kyu was faced with an unknown entity inside a trash barrel. Using his Clone as a proxy, Kyu kicked the thing out of the trash, and into his Clone's face. In the splash of water following his clone's destruction, Kyu found out that the monster was simply a racoon. Kyuzaku simply reactivated his Jutsu, and continued his cleaning effort.

Before finishing, Kyu was confronted by a gang of children who took the playground as their turf. To Kyu's disust, their leader was the source of the cigarette trash all over the playground. The kids threatened to beat up the genin, and when they attempted, they were promptly defeated. As a punishment, Kyu enlisted their aid and finished the clean up with their manpower.

Temple Tune-up
RP Start

While returning from his first Mission, Kyu was given his second D-Rank Mission by Hawk. A local buddist temple's roof collapsed, and required Kyuzaku to do some of the dangerous repairs. At the tip of Kirigakure's South Side was the Southern Kirigakure Buddhist Temple. Upon viewing the sight of the fallen-in roof, Kyu noted that it looked better with that particular lighting. This point was agreed upon by the Temple's Elder, who directed the boy to the hired achitect for the fixup.

Kyu's job was to create notches in the horizontal ceiling beams, and push in pegged wooden pylons. Due to their size, and the properties of the fit, the job was difficult, but Kyu was able to complete the fisrt load-bearing beam by using his taijutsu and his Single Water Clone technique. Following the first, he and his clone split up and worked in parallel to fix up the place. When Kyu left the temple, he left with the pride of a ninja who had single-handedly completed his second mission.

Downtown Blues
RP Start

Kyu finds himself in on yet another mission, this time accompanied by new friends Rinku Kaguya and Hibiki Inuzuka.