Do you not know that close range combat with a Hyuga is suicide. Byakuya Hyuga
Age: 25
Birthdate: January 11
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Rank: Raikage
Village: (Originally Konohagakure) Kumogakure
Clan: Hyuga
Element(s): Water, Lightning, Earth
Specialties: Taijutsu, Kuchiyose(Snake), Kenjutsu
Special Characteristics: Appearance!
Height: 5'11
Weight: 141lbs
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Grey
General Description: Byakuya has slate gray eyes(only white while in Byakugan mode) and long black hair, which he keeps up in intricate white headpieces called kenseikan that symbolize his nobility as part of the main branch of the Hyuga clan, wearing one on top of his head and another on the right side. He wears a modified version of Hyuga robes along with a white scarf made a master weaver. The scarf is made from the silver-white, windflower light silk (ginpaku kazahana no uzuginu) and is a family heirloom that is handed down from generation to generation and is given to each first born male of the Main branch of the family. The scarf alone is worth ten Hokage mansions. He also wears fingerless white tekkou that covers only the back of his hands.
About You!Personality: As a part of the main houshold of the Hyuga clan, Byakuya acts in an aristocratic manner. He always seems serene and apathetic towards other people, even while actually deeply conflicted. He is also notably calm, even in battle. He generally acts indifferent, bordering on arrogance, to most situations that he is faced with as shown from how he rarely views his opponent as being worth his time. Byakuya is easily offended if his name is not used properly. As such, he views many people in disdain for always referring to him improperly. When Byakuya talks to people, he calls them by their full name. Byakuya is very perceptive and is fully aware of the limits of his abilities and usually anything he states in comparison to an opponent is justified. However, when he was younger, he was quick to anger and very hot-headed, as noted by his grandfather.
Byakuya strongly believes in law and order. As part of one of the great noble families, he works hard for a peaceful society. He feels that if someone in his position does not follow the rules as a good example, no one else will. He also believes that to maintain the order, all law-breakers must be punished, even if it goes against his own wishes. Byakuya feels that "part of a leaders's responsibilities are to make sure the subordinate's responsibilities are taken care of". In spite of his icy and regal manner, Byakuya cares for and protects those important to him. After the events of the Uchiha incident, he admitted that law isn't perfect and became more lenient towards people.
Likes: Byakuya enjoys the peace and quiet of his own village. He loves the energy his village gives him and the respect and loyalty that they show him. Byakuya also likes bird watching. He keeps a book of birds from all around the world that he's seen. He spends a great deal of his day perfecting his Gentle Fists and constantly trying to explore more ways to use his Byakugan. Byakuya enjoys competition. He would every now and then contact an allied Kage in order to set up friendly tournaments and ally strengthening events such as races, cook offs, and even offers his position for a day to the villager that brings Kumo the trophy home.
Dislikes: Byakuya dislikes anyone who would cause harm to his village. Any acts against Kumogakure are usually met with a punishment of death. Little is known why but Byakuya has a complete disdain for the Hidden Sand Village. No one really knows why but Byakuya really hates them. Another dislike is those who prance around with Dojutsu that do not belong to them. He will take the time out of his day to kill anyone doing such horrible things. Byakuya strongly dislikes losing. Especially after he hypes his side up so much to win. Although he'll congratulate his side for trying their best deep inside he is 9 times out of 10 breaking things in his office.
Motivations: Byakuya is motivated by the energy and strength of his village. His village supports him just as much as he supports them. Even though he is very calm and focused he makes sure to never let his village see him doing anything but trying his best to protect them. Another motivation is that Byakuya so strongly wishes to become the greatest Hyuga that ever lived. He constantly strives to perfect his Hyuga abilities to the point where he even has started making his own jutsu revolving around them. Byakuya is determined to make the Hidden Cloud Village the strongest in the world. That goal alone is what keeps him pushing his village to limits far beyond any previous leader.
Fears: What Byakuya fears most is letting his village down. He feels the only challenge he should ever lose to is that from another Kage. He strives to keep his village on the right path that way they will never feel the need to not trust him or ever turn on him. Another fear is that he feels he looks to protect the future too much. Byakuya is constantly thinking of the future of the village to the point where he tends to forget about matters happening at the moment. But on top of those Byakuya’s main fear is dying and not being able to protect his village. He constantly reminds himself that he must be aware and ready for any invaders that should ever attack.
History: Byakuya was born into a main branch of the Hyuga family yet was actually born and grew up in the Hidden Cloud Village. He would spend countless hours training, in preparation to become a part of the village’s major defense system and ultimately head of Jonin. As a kid Byakuya would often visit the Hyuuga manor in Konohagakure where his mother lived. On one such occasion, about the time he was 12 years old, Byakuyas father convinced the Raikage to allow him to go study Gentle Fist and how to properly use his Byukagan by the Hyuga Elder in Konohagakure. Although hesitant the 2 villages had no ill feelings towards each other and the Raikage allowed it. Upon reaching his mothers place and seeing the arrival of the elder, he attacked and insulted him calling him an old bag of bones. The elder playfully began to tease him, complaining about his greeting after he came all the way there to personally teach him. Byakuya expressed his displeasure at seeing him and stated that he would be the head Jonin of the Hidden Cloud soon enough, so he has no time to waste on "ancient relics" like him. After the elder stole his hair tie, he exclaimed that if the head of Jonin could get his hair tie stolen by an "ancient relic" man, then he would worry about the village’s future. He then uses his superior speed to escape from him, leaving an angry Byakuya to claim his superiority and promise to make him see the error of his ways.
Byakuya began his training and was surprisingly a fast learner and picked up on most techniques pretty fast. During the year Byakuya was closely watched by the Anbu per Hokages orders in order for him to train there. His progress was far beyond even those who had lived in the manor their entire lives. The elder was very impressed and offered Byakuya an extended stay which he declined. Byakuya had stayed for an entire year but then had to return to the Hidden Cloud as the Raikage only permitted a full year at a time. Upon reaching the Cloud Village Byakuya was greeted with a new mission to see how he had progressed. The mission was simple guard a village elder to the Hidden Stone Village. Byakuya performed excellent on the mission by detecting traps even while they were meters away and even catching enemies that were blended in with the surroundings.
When Byakuya turned 19 a tragedy struck the Hyuga Clan and his mother and other Hyuga was hospitalized while the village did nothing to help. This prompted Byakuya to leave the Cloud Village for a while. Before he left Byakuya used his love for birds as an excuse to not be counted as a renegade. Byakuya obtained permission to leave the village for his studies and thus left the village on good terms even though the Raikage knew his intentions were to find answers.
Byakuya did indeed search for the rarest birds first so he headed for Sunagakure in order to bring some type of proof back. Byakuya used to go on very dangerous missions with his close friends to capture fugitives from the hidden Cloud and return them to the village and kill any traitors if necessary near the Hidden Sand borders so he was familiar with the area. He stood outside the borders and scanned the area for any birds. While in the Hidden Sand borders he made a close connection with villagers who shared great hospitality towards him and his love for birds. But due to the fact that he belonged to Kumogakure his adventure was cut short by the Kazekage. Byakuya respectfully complied and left the Hidden Sands borders. His next adventure would be the moist Hidden Mist Village.
After leaving the Hidden Sand Village Byakuya was allowed to enter the Hidden Mist Village and continue his book of birds. The environment in Kiri was peaceful, no one attacked, and no one invaded so Byakuya was very at peace with his studies. The lack of fighting and conflict almost drove Byakuya to the point that he wanted to stay in Kirigakure. But after he found the bird he was searching for he decided to hit the mountains next.
After leaving the Hidden Mist Village Byakuya decided to head to the Hidden Leaf Village. As a guest there he was included in a number of village activities such as festivals, village tournaments, etc. Now that he has adjusted to the life and rules of Konoha he plans on staying there for a couple more months for his mothers’ sake and was completely welcomed. While in Konoha he is regarded by many in the village as the best Byakugan user of all time and would do anything to keep that title. As Byakuya had done all he came to do in Konoha he decided to return to the Hidden Sand Village. While the village is in fact in a drought he made a deal with the new Kazekage on doing all he can to uplift the youngsters in the village and hosting a bird watching contest. Byakuya managed to uplift the Sunagakure ninja spirits and was allowed to study and record more birds in the process. Byakuya returned to his mother in Konohagakure.
During his travel back Byakuya took the time to search for more common birds. Surprisingly Byakuya was welcomed back to the village after thinking they might have found out about he was had zero intentions on staying. Upon reaching the Hokage had been informed by another Hyuga that the incident that happened before was an act of Sunagakure ninja. He was also told that had the rest of the village intervened that it would cause a war between the 2 villages so the Hokage forbade it. Outraged Byakuya stormed into the Hokage’s office as he believed that a war would be well worth a village protecting their own. Byakuya spoke with the Hokage and informed him that he was leaving now that his mother was better. He also stated that if they wished to pursue him that they’d have a fight on their hands and that he was going to back to Kumogakure. He also explained that a Kage should protect everyone in his village even if it were to cause war.
As Byakuya traveled back to the Hidden Cloud Village he encountered a near death teen about to be executed. Byakuya dispatched of the Kiri ninja and took the teen to a nearby small village for treatment. As the teen awoke he questioned Byakuya about his motive for saving him in which Byakuya responded "You're still a kid your fighting abilities must be top tier to take out all those Kiri ninja." Byakuya somehow convinced the teen to join Kumo and Byakuya had since become a part of Kumogakures Borderland Squad which he stayed on for 6 years and has just recently been appointed Raikage. Upon being appointed Kage by the previous who had stepped down and acknowledged that Byakuya was indeed the right person for the job. Byakuya made his number one priority to move his mother and any other Hyuga that wanted to come safely to the Hidden Cloud where they would be accepted and protected. He had begun developing a defense system in case any invaders happened. Since his village is in the mountains he has devised a plethora of airborne defenses as well as some that use the clouds in the air to an advantage. Byakuya even went as far as to devise a plan to combat invaders trying to climb the mountains. To his knowledge there was virtually no way his defenses could be penetrated. The next step would be for Byakuya to appoint a First Officer to take his place if he is out, Peace General to go out and keep peace treaties and alliances strong, and War General to lead on invasions or lead the village defenses. Byakuya has begun his search for his potential commanders but has yet to find anyone suitable for the positions.
While the search for his generals continues Byakuya has set in a few laws to help his village flourish into the dominant village in the world. The most noticeable rule is that all villagers be trained in some form of combat. It isn’t mandatory that they become ninja but if he has a village of people capable of defending themselves then if someone were to ever get inside they’d be able to group up. Byakuya has been hailed as the greatest leader that anyone in his village has seen. Now all that Byakuya worries about is strengthening his village and filling his positions. Although there is a process to enter the village Byakuya does in fact allow those in migrating from other villages just as he had allowed the Hyuga in. Even though there is peace now Byakuya still keeps his skills sharp and ready for combat.
RP Sample: *Byakuya wakes from his slumber and heads down to his dojo. He starts his day with a routine 128 Palms to a practice dummy striking each marked spot with his eyes closed. Next he had rigged the dojo to at any given time shoot a barrage of kunai from every direction. As he begins striking the dummy attempting to infuse lightning in his gentle fist strikes the kunais come bursting out of nowhere. Byakuya remains calm and just before they hit he activates his Byakugan and begins spinning at a very high speed knocking all the kunai away. Byakuya thinks he has done enough to keep him fresh and makes his way to his office to approve some paperwork for a few missions.*
Faceclaim: Byakuya Kuchki from Bleach
Subject: Byakuya Hyuga 
Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:36 pm
