User Profile

Name: Matsuri
Age: 14
Height: 5'4"
Blood Type: B
Astrological Sign: Virgo
Affiliation: Suna AKA Village Hidden in the Sand
Current Rank: Chunin
Family: None (parents are deceased)
Associates: Gaara (Suna) - former sensei, Kankuro (Suna) - friend, Temari (Suna) - friend, Naruto Uzumaki (Konoha) - acquaintance
Relationship Status: Single, but waiting...



Ninja Aptitude
Ninjutsu: 3.0
Genjutsu: 2.0
Taijutsu: 4.0

Background: Matsuri is a student in the Hidden Sand Village's new ninja school. While the other Genin flocked to Kankuro and Temari’s groups, she was the only person out of the entire class brave enough to choose Gaara to be her teacher, and she referred to him as "Gaara-sensei." She has a fear of weapons – especially short swords – after witnessing the murder of her parents. Gaara, sensing her hesitation and inhibitions, decided to start her off with a non-lethal weapon, the rope dart. Unfortunately, because of her importance to Gaara, Matsuri is soon kidnapped by four ninja from the Takumi Village to try to lure Gaara out. They wanted to steal Shukaku's chakra to use in resurrecting Takumi Village's founder Seimei, and take revenge on the Five Great Nations that had been oppressing their village for the past century. After being freed from a cylindrical human-sized box, Matsuri saves an ally from a fatal attack by her rope dart when she realized that weapons could be used to protect people from watching Suna’s ultimate weapon, Gaara, using his sand to shield his comrade. When Seimei is defeated, she returns to Suna with Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari. But before she leaves, she asks Shikamaru to tell Naruto that he had made her understand what Gaara was trying to tell her, and that she will continue to train as Gaara's student.

Three years later, Matsuri is still training under Gaara, and she was part of the Suna ninja team that Temari (Gaara's sister) had assembled to aid in rescuing their kidnapped Kazekage. Since then, she, along with Temari's team, have been sent to patrol a border crossing. Matsuri seems to have undergone a personality change since she first became Gaara's student: she is no longer the shy girl afraid of weapons, and has become somewhat outspoken, as shown when she complains to Temari about how they should be trying to rescue Gaara rather than defending the border against countries that might seek to take advantage of the Kazekage's absence. She becomes one of many of Gaara's admirers dedicated to protecting him, but she shares a longer history with Gaara than his other shallow fangirls.

Personality: In the beginning of her introduction, Matsuri starts off being a shy and very soft-spoken girl, but now she has become braver and more outspoken under Gaara's tutelage (and probably because of Temari’s influence as well). After the time-skip, she has fewer inhibitions about using weapons, but likely still prefers to use non-lethal ones because she doesn't like to hurt people. Matsuri is very caring and will go to great lengths to help her friends and comrades, such as putting herself in very dangerous situations. Even with her personality changes, she is still polite, and addresses most people with the “-san” suffix (except for Gaara, in which case she uses “-sama”). She works hard to be a more-than-adequate ninja, because Suna has a reputation for having high-quality shinobi, in spite of their small numbers. And of course, there are also high expectations that come with being Gaara’s student, seeing as he is the strongest ninja in the Sand Village, and she feels like it’s necessary to help Gaara uphold his reputation. She wouldn’t hesitate to stand up for him, such as smacking anyone who utters a single negative phrase. Matsuri treats Gaara with a great deal of respect, and it’s quite apparent that she has romantic feelings for him.

All that being said, Matsuri has her faults: she is a little clumsy, seems to be quite naive on a number of subjects, and lacks some self-confidence. Normally, she would think before leaping into any situation, but if it’s an issue that concerns Gaara, she will likely go in on instinct alone to help him, maybe even disobeying orders from higher authority. Nevertheless, she means well, and always tries to improve herself.

(This journal is for Matsuri of the Naruto series as a participant in the RP shown below...)

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