Name: Sarutobi, Mitsuo
Age: 22
Birthdate: June 18th
Gender: Male
Rank: ANBU S RANK EX-ANBU

Village: Niwaurushigakure NISSING-NIN
Clan: Sarutobi/Uzumaki
Element(s): Katon (S-Rank), Fuuton (S-Rank)
Specialties: Ninjutsu (S-RANK), Kenjutsu (S-RANK), Senjutsu (D-RANK)
Special Characteristics: none for now




Height: 5'7"
Weight: 180lbs
Hair Color: Jet Black
Eye Color: Emerald Green
General Description: Mitsuo's appearance has changed much over the years. He tends to let his hair down more often, allowing it to flow wildly in the wind, still has the glasses to cover his eyes (he doesn't wear them often as he no longer needs them), though now they have a string on the back to keep them in place after dspending time in desert wastelands and realising that this was a good idea. His former chinstrap beard has grown into something longer and more shaggy after his time in the desert and he still wears his former villages forehead protector around his neck, though the symbol is crossed out. On his muscular torso (when not fighting) he wears either a black mesh shirt, or his chainmail sleveless shirt, underneath a black trenchcoat. He always wears a set of gauntlets and bracers on his hands and forearms. His legs are covered with a pair of strap pants and he wears large black leather boots.

When Mitsuo goes into battle he still wears the strap pants and the boots and the trenchcoat, but underneath it he wears his old ANBU armour from his days as the head of his former village's ANBU Black Ops. He would normally wear the mask with it, but it would give away his identity. Instead he often wears his custom made mask in its place to conceal his identity. On top of this he also has the Shroud of Shadows, which mysteriously came into his possession that he drapes over himself to hide his true location.



Personality:  Mitsuo has changed a lot since he was a genin. He is no longer as rash as he once was, he has isntead become cool and collected and calculating, using his brilliant mind to his advantage. He still has outbursts of anger at times which is something that he tries to control, but as of yet life has continued to make it so that it seemed as though controlling his anger would be impossible. He is typically upbeat and cheerful, often wearing a trademark smile that it always seems wrong to not see on his face. He is staunchly loyal and is a work horse in everything he does.

He has gone through many traumatic experiences in his life, and each one of them has changed him slightly. When he was a kid he was a little bit lazy and thought himself better than everyone until the death of his brother. After his brother's death he became depressed but slightly more determined than before but still not enough to drive him to action, until the death of his father. After his father's death he took on responsibility and became the ideal leader, heading up the Sarutobi Clan and the ANBU Black Ops in his former village, that was, until the death of his lover. Now he is still determined, but in a different way. He is determined to stamp out the corruption in the world, a corruption which killed the man he loved, and he has no issues with killing to do so. He will do anything it takes to save the world, even if it means destroying everything within it.

Likes: Mitsuo is a big fan of the arts, enjoying music and visual art most of all. He is often seen putting ink to paper when he isn't training in his spare time. He is also fascinated with swords, having trained in sword use since he was a young child. He enjoys watching weapon smiths forge Katana steel and learned when he was a child to forge small tools as well as Kunai and other knives. His favorite food is pasta of all types, especially spicy pastas. He is a man who also loves to fight, though he knows when it is appropriate to fight and when talking is the better option. Mitsuo is a romantic at heart, and sadly after the death of his lover it managed to send him over the edge of sanity
.
Dislikes: Mitsuo hates people who don't do their jobs. Nothing gets him more frustrated than people who sit by when they have a job to be done. Having experienced death in his squad and with members of his family because of people who were not doing their jobs it is something he really can not stand or tolerate at all. He also dislikes people who cannot appreciate the subtle beauties of the world and people who do not truly appreciate their lives. He has been known to start fights with people who he saw as being excessively lazy or ungrateful for the gifts they have.

Motivations: Mitsuo, at this point in his life, is driven by revenge. His entire family and his lover were all killed by the corruption that lays deep seeded in the shinobi world, and he would see that corruption destroyed. This being said he is still staunchly determined to protect the ones he loves in any way that he can, as it is still something that he loves more than anything else. He is also driven to help those in need, protecting those he deems innocent and people who seem defenseless to him. He will not stand by and tollerate someone being abused by those who are more powerful than them.

Fears: Mitsuo has always feared failing his crusade against corruption and crime. He is afraid that if he fails at what he is driven towards, the entire world will essentially self destruct and there will be nothing left of the former beauty of the world. He fears the pain of loss and that failing to change the corrupted world will also cause all of the ones that he loves to perish at the hands of the corrupt and the feindish. He has also developed a fear of dying alone at some point due to the death of all of those close to him.

History: Birth and Pre Academy
Mitsuo was born into the prestigious Sarutobi clan to his father, a weapon specialist and ANBU shinobi who instilled the Will of Fire into him, and to his mother, a member of the famous Uzumaki clan, known for their sealing techniques and vast amounts of chakra. He was one of three siblings, his sister Suzume being the eldest and a skilled Medical Ninja, and his twin brother Hisaki inheriting his mothers sealing prowess. His mother was killed in a battle with Iwa shinobi protecting a member of the Hyuga clan as the Stone tried once again to steal the secrets of the famed Byakugan. After her death Mitsuo's father became more determined to make his children into powerful shinobi, teaching them a lot before they ever joined the Academy. Mitsuo's sister was promoted to a Chuunin at the age of thirteen when heand his brother turned eight. They both joined the Academy shortly after.

Academy
Mitsuo's Academy days were quick and relatively painless. His sensei was impressed by how quickly he picked up the Jutsu the class were taught, quickly mastering the Henge no Jutsu, Bunshin no Jutsu, and Kawarimi no Jutsu techniques early on, as well as all other lessons he taught them. He graduated after a year in the Academy and became a Genin, his father commending his brother (who graduated with him) as well as Mitsuo on their quick learning and mastery of the Academy level Jutsu. The day of their graduation was also when Mitsuo first met his master.

Master Hiroshi
Mitsuo's father introduced him to a tall and strangely dressed man who had two katana clasped to his hip. He would soon learn that he was a former Samurai named Sasori Hiroshi, and he would become Mitsuo's sensei in the way of the sword. Sasori rigorously trained Mitsuo in the basics of Kenjutsu for three years, honing his blade skills so that he would one day be able to be a revered swordsman. At the end of their training he told Mitsuo that the rest he would need to learn alone and he could only show him door; he would have to choose my own path. He gifted his first Tanto unto the young Sarutobi, a great honour in his eyes, and then departed back to his own lands, promising to test Mitsuo's skills again one day.

Great Failure
Finally ready and a little overconfident Mitsuo set out on a mission with a squad that had his brother Hisaki in it, as well as his lover, Kimaru Hyuga. They were sent on a simple escort mission but ended up being attacked by Hidden Mist shinobi, apparently under the belief that they were transporting information on their villages defenses from spies back to the Hidden Leaf village. They attacked the young genin relentlessly and they fought them as hard as they possibly could, Mitsuo's sensei stepping in to defend them to the best of his ability. Mitsuo and Monuto fought back to back, keeping their charge between them to better protect him as they fended off their attackers, Mitsuo using his Tanto and him using the Taijutsu he learned from our father. At one point during the battle Mitsuo wasn't quick enough and was knocked out by a swift blow to the side of the head, collapsing as he saw his brother impaled by a wind chakra infused blade before his Sensei could get back and finish dispatching their enemy. The memory of that mission haunts him still and after he decided to train more rigorously in order to be able to better protect his family, his friends, and his village and country.

Chuunin Exams
After training once more with a new sensei, the man who would eventually become the fifteenth Hokage, Takeshi Uzumaki, Mitsuo was entered to compete in the Chuunin Exams in sunagakure no Sato. Upon arriving in the location of the exams, he ran into a shinobi who would eventually beat him out of the exams, a bastard of a swordsman by the name of Masanori. Mitsuo was defeated by Masanori twice, and nearly killed by him, but that was not what was important. Mitsuo was imperssive in both of his tasks, completing his first task in an impressive time and saving a young girl from a group of bandits at the same time, and also showing an impressive tactical prowess in his match against Masanori, which he only lost due to an ability that he had no way of knowing the young shinobi had. He was instantly promoted to Chuunin for his imperssive tactical mind, and was able to proudly make his way back to the his village, only to return to disaster.

The Death of the Father, Head of ANBU, and the Chita Sennin
A lot happened to Mitsuo in a short amount of time after returning home from the Chuunin Exams. The first and most impacting thing that had happened was Mitsuo went home to find out that his father was dead. He had been murdered by men who sought to take the Sarutobi fortune to themselves, which was something that didn't even exist. Mitsuo had lost so much in so little of a time in his life that he had no idea how to cope, so he filled his life with training and eventually achieved a goal of becoming the head of his villages ANBU Black Ops. He thrived in the new position and it gave him purpose once more.

Mitsuo was eventually approached by three strange men one day while he was training with his lover, Kimaru Hyuga, in a field. They revealed themselves to be large cheetah men and told Mitsuo that they had been looking for him, as he was to be the last Chita Sennin, should he chose to accept their training. The leader of the group, Shisso Suru, was also apparently the leader of the village known as Mara Chita, which is where Mitsuo would eventually travel to be trained by master Shisso. He mastered the basics of Senjutsu before he had to return to his own village to protect it, and vowed to one day return to learn from the Cheetah King once more.

Death of a Lover
One of the most difficult things that Mitsuo had ever gone through was the death of his lover, Kimaru Hyuga. The two of them were hunting a missing nin together when they were attacked. Neither of them were expecting their opponent to be as skilled as he was and eventually he was able to get a lethal strike on Kimaru, allowing him to escape as Mitsuo clutched his dying lover in his arms. The death of his lover nearly drove him insane and led to him uncovering a plot that had been kept under wraps for decades. He burnt down his compound and took on a mission that would eventually lead to him faking his own death, and leaving his village behind.

The Desert Wasteland
Mitsuo's first stop after leaving his village was a vast desert wasteland. He refused to accept that what had happened to him was coincidence and he would find a way to stamp out the corruption and the evils in the world, even if he had to kill everyone within it. As he moved towards a small village in the wasteland he learned of a drug lord who was taking refuge from the endless storms in the small village. In his mind this was an unforgivable act, and when the village informed him that he knew nothing of what had happened, he burned them to the ground, sparing not a soul in the process. Mitsuo's descent into insanity had fully taken root and he would never again be the same person...

RP Sample:

Spoiler:

Faceclaim: Mitsurugi - Soul Caliber