Parents:
One would find it difficult to find such a bright and enthusiastic individual such as Zigato. He was a kind and simple man, he didn't indulge himself in ninja politics nor seek the life of honor as many claim to want but never fully possess. He lived in the village of Kusa all of life in a apartment complex near the marketing district. He was a stunning man with long black hair, tan skin and a masculine face. He was born into a traditional clan is Kusa who weren't a spectacular but they were well known for their friendliness. Zigato made his living by selling herbs which he would pick during weekend near Kusa's forest area. He had a natural talent for agricultural studies and he sold his herbs for ryo at a small shop he had off the corner of his home. Back in that time Kusa was still a some-what poor civilization, and everything was a bit more rural. 

One day when out in the forests near the countryside of Kusa, Zigato was heard footsteps into the darkness as he placed his final pickings inside his basket. Startled, he quickly covered his items and looked around to see what was around him, but all he saw were the shadows of the night. Laughter broke out between the trees across from him, and five men appeared from the trees, all wearing masks and twirling weapons. Zagoto wasn't a ninja, and he didn't know how to protect himself, especially from rogue nukenin. Backing up into couple of shrubs, he was cornered, and the nukenin were slowly approaching with murderous intent in their eyes. One of them took their chained hook and lunged it at Zagato, and before the blade touched his skin, it was grabbed by a woman who appeared with instantaneous speed. She was remarkably beautiful, flowing white hair, marble white skin, gray eyes, and tattoos going down both her arms. Zagato was startstruck, and before he finished his speechless admiration, she quickly leaped over to the nukenin and defeated them effortlessly. The bandits ran away with broken arms and ribs, receiving their karma for their dishonorable ways. The woman turnned back to Zigato and smiled. The two locked eyes, it was love at first sight. Her name was Amai, Amai Gichiga.

After their first encounter the two of them became a remarkable couple. They fell in love rather quickly and eventually moved in together after a few years of intense dating. Both Zagato and Amai now lived in a large home in the hillsides of Konoha, with had a beautiful scenery with a perfect sunset. Zagato continued his profession in selling herbs and plants at his local shop, and Amai continued to perform her Jonin tasks in the village. Eventually Amai became pregnant, which caused her to leave her ninja duties and stay home to tend to her health. Zagato was ecstatic to become a father, and from then on the small soon-to-be family lived what many would call a perfect life. 

Bijuu Arc - Sealing of Gobi:
Something happened during the time of Amai's pregnancy, dark energy swarmed the entire country side of Kusa which was felt by nearly anyone. The sky became dark with raging black clouds and the winds turnned into roaring gales which blown the fine trees of Konoha off their roots. Amai, who was in labor during that time was unable to flee her home on the countryside to avoid what was coming. Zagato and her stayed within their small home and prayed that Kusa's military would come to their aid. From the eclipse of the great darkness, a ominous stomping sound echoed across the valley. The animals raced across the field around Zagato's home, endless numbers of them all of which fleeing the unstoppable power coming their way. Zagato knew something was wrong, and he'd have to react quick to save his wife and unborn daughter. He lifted his wife with all of might, and raced out of the house carrying her in his arm. Running across the grassy fields he looked behind him, only to see the great bijuu Gobi swarming in on him from the distance, spraying chakra onto the sacred gardens of Kusa. 

They've made it to the village safely, and took refuge at the village hospital. The baby was coming quickly, and Amai was about to conceive in the midst of a great attack on such a small village. Gobi had arrived, and caused massive destruction on Konoha. It rained the elements down onto the wooden buildings, and destroyed landmasses with its menacing chakra ball. When Etsu was born, his mother had passed away in labor which left Zagato in a comatose state of depression. A councilmen had an idea which would forever change the life of Etsu, and the village. Etsu's mother, Amai, had special markings upon her arm which were not tattoos, but ancient clan seals. The council wanted to transmute those seals onto Etsu, and serve them as a seal to capture and seal the Gobi within Etsu. Since Etsu was linked to her mother by blood, transferring the seals were a quick and easy process by the user of jutsu.

The Gobi finally arrived at the village hospital, where it fell right into the villagers hands. All nine council members chanted a powerful fuinjutsu spell which caused the Gobi to become sucked into baby Etsu's seal located on his stomach. It was a gory process and the Gobi screamed with rage a final time which created a shockwave around Etsu. The wave blown the council members acres away, and destroyed a large quarter of the hospital, including his Zagato. With the long trial and tribulation completed, the young Etsu now hosted the Gobi within herself. The village was rebuilt over time, but blame and intolerance would forever plague the young Etsu for hosting such a terrible creature that destroyed many.

Childhood Arc:
Etsu spent most of her childhood alone. Even at his early years of adolescents she was looked down upon by her fellow villagers, being seen as an abomination to this world. She was teased and beaten by her peers, which caused her to suffer from low self-esteem and self hate. She stayed at a village foster home with other kids who've lost their parents in the field. She was horded inside a room with four other young kids who were terribly afraid of her, claiming that they were bunkering with a demon. Etsu nights were full of tears and sorrow. She had no family, no mother, nor father, simply her and her growing hatred.

Life got better for Etsu as she fell into the arms of a newly acquired friend, Kaneko. He was a nice old man who was sort of a father figure to Etsu. He was one of the only individuals whose treated Etsu like a human being and has shown kindness to her during hard times. She continued to reside in her foster home but would usually spend some nights at Kaneko's home which he didn't mind. Upon reaching the age of five, Etsu enrolled in the academy.

Academy Arc:
Etsu was a quiet student in the Academy who displayed excellent talents in nearly all forms of ninjutsu. She was a natural in at nearly everything that was learned to her, including being an adverse thinker and strategist. The other young kids in the academy didn't seem to mind Etsu too much. Their ignorance was bestowed to them by their parents which knew the secrets of the Gobi and Etsu's pass, but to their children, Etsu was just a hated kid for no apparent reason. However there were some individuals who liked the idea of Etsu being different, such Yishini and his friends. All of them formed some sort of clique in their academy, four young boys and a girl causing mischief and mayhem across the academy. Having the idea of 'friends' uplifted Etsu very much so, and it was nice doing normal things for once instead of brooding.

It was also this time that Etsu started to come into the attention of the Hokage, whose been keeping a close eye on Etsu's activity. One day when Etsu left the academy after late training, he stumbled into the Hokage who was waiting at the entrance just to see him. She was a bit weirded by the random appearance and interest, but he knew that she had answers that Azien needed to ask. The two sat on the playground swings and had a long discussion. It was odd seeing the Hokage sitting on a swing like a regular shinobi, but Etsu wasn't a fool, there were probably about twenty ANBU watching from the trees. The Hokage didn't sugarcoat anything, he told her what she was and how important it was to believe in herself. Taking these words to heart, Etsu had a more positive outlook on life.

Graduation time had finally approached and it was time to see who was skilled enough to become Genin. Etsu graduated at the top of his class, displaying temondous feets of strength, speed, and flawless talent. Many Jonin that attended the ceremony said she was the spitting image of her mother, who also was a talented ninja.

The Administration Building upheld its name for being the most clean and professional of all the great organizations that Kumogakure had to offer. Like most buildings in the village it was rather immense and crafted in stone, to serve for obvious protection against thunder storms and lightning. Although the great Lightning Rods located at the top of the village mountains served as the magnet for the lightning strikes which occasionally radiated from the sky, on rare occasions sometimes one or two bolts will strike the village without warning. Besides the rough rock structure of the building, the Administration was highly decorated with many streamers and drapes. Some say that the Raikage designed the layout of the building herself, while others say its design was dated during the Ninja Wars. Either way it was the perfect spot which served as the nexus for military operations, and also the spot where annoying Genins complained by their unwanted missions.

Kinu stood behind a large wooden desk that was owned and worked upon by a rather stereotypical secretary woman. She had long black hair that was wrapped in a pony tail and a pair of black horn-rimmed glasses that settle perfectly on her pointy nose. Like most villagers in Kumogakure she was dark skinned and muscular, although still retaining her thin a feminine like feature. She supported her head on her hand with only her elbow to secure her stability. It was obvious that she was rather tired this time in the morning, and having Kinu there didn't help the situation. After being informed about a mission the night before by his father Izaku, Kinu decided to leave extra early the morning after to ensure that he would be the first one to arrive. He was always ready for a mission and eager to prove his masculinity and power to his comrades, even though he always gave the image of a dorky schoolboy at times. He was also informed just recently by the desk lady that another Genin will accomplice him in the mission, creating a trio instead of a duo in which he had thought. The lady casually rolled back from her chair and retrieved a letter from behind her desk, and presented it to Kinu in hopes of him taking it. Kinu kindly denied the letter for now, and told the lady he'll take the letter after he uses the restroom.

While in the bathroom Kinu contemplated the layout of the mission and reminisced about what could happen. He had been to Iron Country before but never for mission like purposes such as this. Looking into the clean mirror above the sink, Kinu fixed the imperfections in his clothing. His red over-sized shirt was rather wrinkly as he forgot to iron it before he left his house as usual. Repetitively he would flatten down the wrinkles with his fingers but only to be retaliated by the wrinkles popping back in place. Giving up he moved on to his short black hair which was spiked and combed downward on his head. Rinsing his fingers with the cool water from the sink, he retained some of its moisture and attacked his head with primal ferocity. His hair flung upwards and shook which caused his neat black spikes to turn into nappy black needles. Although quite messy, his hair actually was cool-looking to his perspective.

Finishing up, Kinu exited the restroom and made his way back to the Administration Desk with the intention of waiting a few more hours for his teammates. He walked casually down the large hallway and subconsciously admired its vacuumed and shampooed carpeting. Before turning the corner, the voice of a young boy became heard to Kinu. ""Hello, My name is Karamu Tomasu and I am here about the letter to be taken to Iron country and back that will secure unity." The young boy said at the to the desk lady. Kinu was still around the corner of the hallway and not yet seen by anyone from the front desk. He peeked around the corner and saw the young boy who he obviously knew was his teammate. He had a long sleeved black shirt that was rather low cut, almost like a V-neck. With that, most of his torso was shown but yet became unglamorous with the scars he had on his chest. But what struck Kinu out was his black jacket with the fur hood, Kinu thought it was quite fashionable. He watched as Karamu made his way to the seat by the wall after being handed the letter. "Wow... that boys kinda ugly..." Kinu thought while making a stink face.

Finally turning the hall to greet his teammate, he was beaten by another young man who just entered the door. Kinu caught glimpse of him as he stepped in, a half-way decent looking boy he looked quite average clothe wise. But why on earth was he wearing shades? It was still early morning and the sun didn't even say hello yet. But in any sense he spoken at a tone similar to that of a ghost. "I'll assume that you are my teammate, then... Unagi, Koma. K-O-M-A. Koma." He said as if everyone in the room was mentally retarded. Kinu including the desk woman rolled their eyes, and released a sigh in conjoined harmony.

"Well hello my fellow comrades, its very nice to meet you both..." He greeted with a sarcastic cough that he knew was undetectable. "My name is Kinu Yamazaru, and I guess I'm the last member of this squad. So everyone knows the dealio right?" He said while looking at Karamu. "We take the letter to Iron Country and get it signed by the delegates, sounds easy enough eh?" He said while casually walking pass Unagi and to the door. Kinu grabbed the door knob and opened it with a gentle twist. "Kunoichi first?" He said like a gentlemen.