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Rock Lee
Name: Rock Lee
Canon: Naruto
Character Journal:awokentospring
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Birthday: November 27th
Village Affiliation: Konoha
Rank: Chunin
Canon History:
-Wiki link: http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Rock_Lee
Canon Abilities/Powers: Lee is a taijutsu specialist. Because of his inability to perform ninjutsu or genjutsu, Lee has to rely solely on his own body’s physical abilities to attack. Lee follows what Gai calls a Strong Fist style of fighting, which means he relies on his attacks to do external damage and to break bones. Most of Lee’s attacks are in the form of kicks, favoring the stronger muscles that can be found in the legs over those in the arms, though he has strength in all of his body. His regular taijutsu moves are:
♦ Leaf Gale – a spinning, low kick
♦ Leaf Whirlwind – a high kick followed swiftly by a low kick
♦ Leaf Great Whirlwind – a greater series of kicks in similar succession as the Leaf Whirlwind, this time starting lower and working the way up, ending with a heel drop
♦ Leaf Raising Wind – a forceful, upward kick
♦ Shadow of the Dancing Leaf – a move where the user follows closely to their opponent and mimics their body movements
Lee also is a user of chakra, as anyone aspiring to be a shinobi must use chakra. Chakra is a mixture of both physical and spiritual energy that when manipulated correctly allows the user to perform special types of jutsu. Lee does not need chakra for his more basic taijutsu techniques, and he has no use for it concerning genjutsu or ninjutsu. However, Lee can manipulate his chakra to the extent of performing the basic Tree Climbing and Water Walking techniques.
Lee is also a master of at least five of Eight Gates. The gates are limiters on a person’s body that are usually closed in order to keep the user from exceeding their physical limits of safety. By breaking through these gates Lee has the ability to perform stronger, more dangerous techniques. In return, these techniques also take their toll on Lee himself. His techniques that require opening the gates are:
♦ Front Lotus – Requires opening the first of the Eight gates. Lee uses his powerful kicks to knock his opponent into the air, then follows that up with a Shadow of the Dancing Leaf. He wraps his opponent with his bandages and then sends them hurtling headfirst down to the ground. After he’s performed this, Lee is fatigued and needs a few minutes to rest before he can attack again. To an extent, he is still able to defend himself.
♦ Reverse Lotus – Requires supposedly a minimum of three gates but Lee uses five. Lee’s speed is increased to the point where he is nearly impossible to see, and with this increased speed he attacks by launching his opponent into the air and hits them with a succession of power strikes from all angles. It ends with one last powerful strike, sending them crashing to the ground. After this attack has been performed, Lee is left virtually immobile and defenseless.
It should also be noted that Lee’s physical appearance changes when he opens the third gate. His body color changes to a deep red, and the pupils and iris of his eyes seem to disappear altogether.
Lee’s last great ability is that of the Drunken Fist. He’s a natural fighter when inebriated, much more flexible and unpredictable, and that much more deadly. However, despite his increase in strength and greater evasion, Lee needs only to experience a little bit of pain to sober up and lose this ability. It’s not a very reliable means of attack as Lee loses himself to the fighting spirit and has no filter, just a wish to fight. He’ll destroy anything and everything, and pick fights without a qualm.
Appearance: Lee stands at around 5’6” and weighs about 120lbs (all muscle!). Lee has a great amount of striking features, including dark, round eyes, strange eyelashes, super thick eyebrows, and pouty lips. He also has very dark, shiny hair that he keeps perfectly filed in a bowl-cut to emulate his sensei’s style. Lee is very lightly tanned, and his body, while lanky, is chiseled in wiry muscle. His body is also riddled with scars and bruises.
Generally, Lee dresses in a full spandex suit of forest green and keep his shinobi headband affixed at his waist with a red cloth. Along with that, Lee also wears pumpkin orange legwarmers, crafted by his own sensei, which he uses to hide the leg weights he wears at all times. He also wears standardized blue shinobi sandals.
Lee also wraps his arms with medical bandages, from elbows to the knuckles of his fingers. He does this for two reasons; one, because he’s constantly training which leaves him covered in bruises, scrapes and scars, and two, because he needs his bandages to perform his Lotus attacks.
Personality: Lee’s most obvious trait is his hard-working nature. Although he has no talent in even basic shinobi techniques, he has determined to prove others wrong and become the best shinobi he can be. Even against all odds, Lee never gives in, or at least not through his own free will. When Gaara injures him (in canon), leaving one of his arms and legs completely crushed, Lee still stands in readiness to fight despite having fallen unconscious from the pain. It’s a reckless type of willpower he possesses. He even trains when he should be on bed rest, even covered in casts and bandages.
Lee is also extremely energetic. He’s the poster child for the phrase “no pain, no gain.” Like his sensei, Lee can train at anytime and anywhere. Remaining idle is not an option for this boy. Even after everyone else might have gone to bed, he will be training hard, only to wake up earlier than anyone else and train again. When he loses a fight it’s never a matter of growing tired. Usually it’s his own repercussive attacks that take him down, making him an easier target for his enemies. If not for his own self-inflicted damage, most of his enemies would find him too fast to land a hit on.
Lee is also polite and chivalrous. He speaks in a formal manner (often pronounced by his refusal to use contractions); even when he’s complaining he’s generally polite. He responds to taunting with either polite remarks or silence, rarely ever rising to someone’s baited words. (However, if he’s ever inebriated he loses all politeness and becomes almost an entirely different person. Once he’s sobered up, he’s back to normal.) Lee also will save anyone in need. He comes to the rescue of Team 7 during the Chuunin exams as well as to Naruto’s aid during the search for Sasuke. He believes it’s his duty as a man to help others, and he always keeps his promises.
Lee has been taught to believe in himself, and most of the time he can do this. Gai believes in him, so Lee knows it must be true that he can become a great shinobi! He shows confidence by displaying his Nice Guy pose and encouraging others, but Lee is not always completely confident. When Tsunade’s diagnosis of his injuries came back, Lee grows very unsure. It goes to show that while he may want to encourage others and give off a confident air, he’s actually got the tiniest bit of a realist in his heart.
Lee is known for taking even little things very seriously. No matter how silly or strange a challenge/rule/whatever may be, he’ll go with it. He never belittles others for their dreams or goals. This is likely a response to his own experiences as a child when other kids and teachers never took his own dream seriously.
Lee is very friendly and trusting, too. Despite their differences in ideology, Lee considers Neji a friend as well as his rival. Lee also never holds a grudge against anyone who has wronged him in the past. Despite Gaara having inflicted grave injuries and also attempting to kill Lee a few times (again, in canon), Lee looks past that during the fight against Kimiharu.
Lee is also easily impressed and extremely impressionable. Most people would praise Gai for his prowess in battle, but few would ever reach the hero-worship state that Lee has taken in his admiration for his teacher. He holds tight to every word and lesson imparted onto him from Gai, and even goes so far as to copy his teacher’s dress code. Other than Gai, however, Lee is also fairly mindful of his fellow shinobi. When analyzing the attacks and techniques used by others, Lee often finds himself appreciating their skills and praising them. On a side note to this, it’s important to establish that while Lee is a bit gullible, he is not stupid. He’s just more willing to accept what someone says at face value rather than doubt from the get-go.
And last but not least, Lee is perhaps the most loyal and devoted person anyone could find. Lee may roll over and take all the verbal abuse anyone would throw his way with a grain of salt (he’s used to it after years of taking insults from his peers in the shinobi academy), but say anything about his friends, or especially Gai-sensei, and he will champion them for all he’s worth. He has no tolerance for anyone putting down his precious people, and it’s about the only thing that ever puts him in a real rage (other than drinking).
Strengths and Weaknesses: A lot of these were covered in the personality section already but just to make things clear...
Strengths:
♦ Tough as nails
♦ Not one to give up easily
♦ A go-getter
♦ Passionate
♦ Super polite
♦ Idealistic
♦ Encouraging
Weaknesses:
♦ Overly emotional
♦ Insecure
♦ Easily impressionable
♦ Trusting
♦ Cannot perform ninjutsu or genjutsu
♦ Reckless
♦ Cannot hold his liquor
Sunshine Abilities/Powers: Should remain the same as in canon and stated above in the powers section.
Sunshine History: The previous in-game history write-up is A-OK for me! By which I mean, basically all his history will remain the same save for his opponent in the Chunin exams being a nameless shinobi and his healer being a shinobi that was not Tsunade.
Prose sample: Lee raced around the perimeter of the village. He hadn't really been ordered to do any sort of safety drills today but he had felt like it. Plus it meant adding a layer of security while he took his evening run; truly killing two birds with one stone, in his humble opinion.
Above him the starts were burning bright and he could hear all the world around him, many creatures still awake despite the late hour. Owls, insects, the occasional fox or deer ambling about. It was refreshing and enjoyable all the same. Coming to a stop at the great gate, Lee caught his breath and raised a canteen to his lips. The water felt cool on his throat and he smiled, capping the canteen with flourish.
With that done it was time to head home and go to bed. Or that's what he should have done. Really it was. He couldn't seem convince his legs to start dragging him that way just yet. Instead, he headed out down a familiar road and shortly found himself in a small clearing. It was a bit messy now, strewn with leaves and branches that hadn't been cleared away and showed a lack of activity in the area. However, what really took center stage in the clearing was a training log, set up just as he had left it the last time he was here.
Walking close, Lee placed his hands against the thick block of wood and breathed deeply. How many times had he hit it with his fists and legs? How many days had he spent out here, training himself to exhaustion just to sleep a few hours and return to do the same the next day? And why did he stop using it, just because he got a little busy with missions?
No. The last time he had hit the log there had been a distinct sound of cracking wood and Lee had retreated for the day, telling himself he would be back the next. But he didn't come back, nor did he return the next day or the following. And now here he was, staring back at that same training log he had used up until it was fit to bust. It was still standing after all the time and likely would only need one last hit to smash apart.
Taking up his stance Lee took a centering breath. He calmed his mind, focused his chakra, and threw a punch... only to hold back at the last second, just short of smashing his knuckles into the log. He drew his hand back and his lips formed a pout. Then he turned his back and started walking back home.
Someday he would break that log, just as he had always vowed he would as a child. Work as hard as he could, and when he did he would certainly be the best shinobi he was meant to be. But Lee wasn't ready to say he was done training. He wasn't ready to end it just yet.
Missive Sample: [Written in a rough, quick fashion and with many exclamation points:]
Dear Gai-sensei,
At last, my long mission as a guardsman is complete! The merchant safely returned to his home and all carts of rice were accounted for! We did run into a few rogue nin along the way but they were nothing I could not handle! It seemed our patron was correct in assuming his goods would be targeted on the way to the markets in Kanna! I understand that staples crops here are scarce in Ice but that kind of aggression over rice is quite remarkable! The people of this land seem rather proud, however, so I doubt they would care to have shinobi stationed along the roadsides outside of the event of war!
According to a fellow traveler, on good days and at a harsh pace I should expect to be home no sooner than a week and a half! However, I plan to break that record and do so in half the time! Wish me luck, Gai-sensei! I shall see your face again soon and we will share a hardy embrace!
-Your devoted student, Rock Lee
[Quickly scribbled at the bottom in smaller, even messier writing:]
I have procured a few souvenirs for Neji, Tenten, and yourself! I certainly hope you will enjoy the surprise!
Canon: Naruto
Character Journal:
awokentospringGender: Male
Age: 17
Birthday: November 27th
Village Affiliation: Konoha
Rank: Chunin
Canon History:
-Wiki link: http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Rock_Lee
Canon Abilities/Powers: Lee is a taijutsu specialist. Because of his inability to perform ninjutsu or genjutsu, Lee has to rely solely on his own body’s physical abilities to attack. Lee follows what Gai calls a Strong Fist style of fighting, which means he relies on his attacks to do external damage and to break bones. Most of Lee’s attacks are in the form of kicks, favoring the stronger muscles that can be found in the legs over those in the arms, though he has strength in all of his body. His regular taijutsu moves are:
♦ Leaf Gale – a spinning, low kick
♦ Leaf Whirlwind – a high kick followed swiftly by a low kick
♦ Leaf Great Whirlwind – a greater series of kicks in similar succession as the Leaf Whirlwind, this time starting lower and working the way up, ending with a heel drop
♦ Leaf Raising Wind – a forceful, upward kick
♦ Shadow of the Dancing Leaf – a move where the user follows closely to their opponent and mimics their body movements
Lee also is a user of chakra, as anyone aspiring to be a shinobi must use chakra. Chakra is a mixture of both physical and spiritual energy that when manipulated correctly allows the user to perform special types of jutsu. Lee does not need chakra for his more basic taijutsu techniques, and he has no use for it concerning genjutsu or ninjutsu. However, Lee can manipulate his chakra to the extent of performing the basic Tree Climbing and Water Walking techniques.
Lee is also a master of at least five of Eight Gates. The gates are limiters on a person’s body that are usually closed in order to keep the user from exceeding their physical limits of safety. By breaking through these gates Lee has the ability to perform stronger, more dangerous techniques. In return, these techniques also take their toll on Lee himself. His techniques that require opening the gates are:
♦ Front Lotus – Requires opening the first of the Eight gates. Lee uses his powerful kicks to knock his opponent into the air, then follows that up with a Shadow of the Dancing Leaf. He wraps his opponent with his bandages and then sends them hurtling headfirst down to the ground. After he’s performed this, Lee is fatigued and needs a few minutes to rest before he can attack again. To an extent, he is still able to defend himself.
♦ Reverse Lotus – Requires supposedly a minimum of three gates but Lee uses five. Lee’s speed is increased to the point where he is nearly impossible to see, and with this increased speed he attacks by launching his opponent into the air and hits them with a succession of power strikes from all angles. It ends with one last powerful strike, sending them crashing to the ground. After this attack has been performed, Lee is left virtually immobile and defenseless.
It should also be noted that Lee’s physical appearance changes when he opens the third gate. His body color changes to a deep red, and the pupils and iris of his eyes seem to disappear altogether.
Lee’s last great ability is that of the Drunken Fist. He’s a natural fighter when inebriated, much more flexible and unpredictable, and that much more deadly. However, despite his increase in strength and greater evasion, Lee needs only to experience a little bit of pain to sober up and lose this ability. It’s not a very reliable means of attack as Lee loses himself to the fighting spirit and has no filter, just a wish to fight. He’ll destroy anything and everything, and pick fights without a qualm.
Appearance: Lee stands at around 5’6” and weighs about 120lbs (all muscle!). Lee has a great amount of striking features, including dark, round eyes, strange eyelashes, super thick eyebrows, and pouty lips. He also has very dark, shiny hair that he keeps perfectly filed in a bowl-cut to emulate his sensei’s style. Lee is very lightly tanned, and his body, while lanky, is chiseled in wiry muscle. His body is also riddled with scars and bruises.
Generally, Lee dresses in a full spandex suit of forest green and keep his shinobi headband affixed at his waist with a red cloth. Along with that, Lee also wears pumpkin orange legwarmers, crafted by his own sensei, which he uses to hide the leg weights he wears at all times. He also wears standardized blue shinobi sandals.
Lee also wraps his arms with medical bandages, from elbows to the knuckles of his fingers. He does this for two reasons; one, because he’s constantly training which leaves him covered in bruises, scrapes and scars, and two, because he needs his bandages to perform his Lotus attacks.
Personality: Lee’s most obvious trait is his hard-working nature. Although he has no talent in even basic shinobi techniques, he has determined to prove others wrong and become the best shinobi he can be. Even against all odds, Lee never gives in, or at least not through his own free will. When Gaara injures him (in canon), leaving one of his arms and legs completely crushed, Lee still stands in readiness to fight despite having fallen unconscious from the pain. It’s a reckless type of willpower he possesses. He even trains when he should be on bed rest, even covered in casts and bandages.
Lee is also extremely energetic. He’s the poster child for the phrase “no pain, no gain.” Like his sensei, Lee can train at anytime and anywhere. Remaining idle is not an option for this boy. Even after everyone else might have gone to bed, he will be training hard, only to wake up earlier than anyone else and train again. When he loses a fight it’s never a matter of growing tired. Usually it’s his own repercussive attacks that take him down, making him an easier target for his enemies. If not for his own self-inflicted damage, most of his enemies would find him too fast to land a hit on.
Lee is also polite and chivalrous. He speaks in a formal manner (often pronounced by his refusal to use contractions); even when he’s complaining he’s generally polite. He responds to taunting with either polite remarks or silence, rarely ever rising to someone’s baited words. (However, if he’s ever inebriated he loses all politeness and becomes almost an entirely different person. Once he’s sobered up, he’s back to normal.) Lee also will save anyone in need. He comes to the rescue of Team 7 during the Chuunin exams as well as to Naruto’s aid during the search for Sasuke. He believes it’s his duty as a man to help others, and he always keeps his promises.
Lee has been taught to believe in himself, and most of the time he can do this. Gai believes in him, so Lee knows it must be true that he can become a great shinobi! He shows confidence by displaying his Nice Guy pose and encouraging others, but Lee is not always completely confident. When Tsunade’s diagnosis of his injuries came back, Lee grows very unsure. It goes to show that while he may want to encourage others and give off a confident air, he’s actually got the tiniest bit of a realist in his heart.
Lee is known for taking even little things very seriously. No matter how silly or strange a challenge/rule/whatever may be, he’ll go with it. He never belittles others for their dreams or goals. This is likely a response to his own experiences as a child when other kids and teachers never took his own dream seriously.
Lee is very friendly and trusting, too. Despite their differences in ideology, Lee considers Neji a friend as well as his rival. Lee also never holds a grudge against anyone who has wronged him in the past. Despite Gaara having inflicted grave injuries and also attempting to kill Lee a few times (again, in canon), Lee looks past that during the fight against Kimiharu.
Lee is also easily impressed and extremely impressionable. Most people would praise Gai for his prowess in battle, but few would ever reach the hero-worship state that Lee has taken in his admiration for his teacher. He holds tight to every word and lesson imparted onto him from Gai, and even goes so far as to copy his teacher’s dress code. Other than Gai, however, Lee is also fairly mindful of his fellow shinobi. When analyzing the attacks and techniques used by others, Lee often finds himself appreciating their skills and praising them. On a side note to this, it’s important to establish that while Lee is a bit gullible, he is not stupid. He’s just more willing to accept what someone says at face value rather than doubt from the get-go.
And last but not least, Lee is perhaps the most loyal and devoted person anyone could find. Lee may roll over and take all the verbal abuse anyone would throw his way with a grain of salt (he’s used to it after years of taking insults from his peers in the shinobi academy), but say anything about his friends, or especially Gai-sensei, and he will champion them for all he’s worth. He has no tolerance for anyone putting down his precious people, and it’s about the only thing that ever puts him in a real rage (other than drinking).
Strengths and Weaknesses: A lot of these were covered in the personality section already but just to make things clear...
Strengths:
♦ Tough as nails
♦ Not one to give up easily
♦ A go-getter
♦ Passionate
♦ Super polite
♦ Idealistic
♦ Encouraging
Weaknesses:
♦ Overly emotional
♦ Insecure
♦ Easily impressionable
♦ Trusting
♦ Cannot perform ninjutsu or genjutsu
♦ Reckless
♦ Cannot hold his liquor
Sunshine Abilities/Powers: Should remain the same as in canon and stated above in the powers section.
Sunshine History: The previous in-game history write-up is A-OK for me! By which I mean, basically all his history will remain the same save for his opponent in the Chunin exams being a nameless shinobi and his healer being a shinobi that was not Tsunade.
Prose sample: Lee raced around the perimeter of the village. He hadn't really been ordered to do any sort of safety drills today but he had felt like it. Plus it meant adding a layer of security while he took his evening run; truly killing two birds with one stone, in his humble opinion.
Above him the starts were burning bright and he could hear all the world around him, many creatures still awake despite the late hour. Owls, insects, the occasional fox or deer ambling about. It was refreshing and enjoyable all the same. Coming to a stop at the great gate, Lee caught his breath and raised a canteen to his lips. The water felt cool on his throat and he smiled, capping the canteen with flourish.
With that done it was time to head home and go to bed. Or that's what he should have done. Really it was. He couldn't seem convince his legs to start dragging him that way just yet. Instead, he headed out down a familiar road and shortly found himself in a small clearing. It was a bit messy now, strewn with leaves and branches that hadn't been cleared away and showed a lack of activity in the area. However, what really took center stage in the clearing was a training log, set up just as he had left it the last time he was here.
Walking close, Lee placed his hands against the thick block of wood and breathed deeply. How many times had he hit it with his fists and legs? How many days had he spent out here, training himself to exhaustion just to sleep a few hours and return to do the same the next day? And why did he stop using it, just because he got a little busy with missions?
No. The last time he had hit the log there had been a distinct sound of cracking wood and Lee had retreated for the day, telling himself he would be back the next. But he didn't come back, nor did he return the next day or the following. And now here he was, staring back at that same training log he had used up until it was fit to bust. It was still standing after all the time and likely would only need one last hit to smash apart.
Taking up his stance Lee took a centering breath. He calmed his mind, focused his chakra, and threw a punch... only to hold back at the last second, just short of smashing his knuckles into the log. He drew his hand back and his lips formed a pout. Then he turned his back and started walking back home.
Someday he would break that log, just as he had always vowed he would as a child. Work as hard as he could, and when he did he would certainly be the best shinobi he was meant to be. But Lee wasn't ready to say he was done training. He wasn't ready to end it just yet.
Missive Sample: [Written in a rough, quick fashion and with many exclamation points:]
Dear Gai-sensei,
At last, my long mission as a guardsman is complete! The merchant safely returned to his home and all carts of rice were accounted for! We did run into a few rogue nin along the way but they were nothing I could not handle! It seemed our patron was correct in assuming his goods would be targeted on the way to the markets in Kanna! I understand that staples crops here are scarce in Ice but that kind of aggression over rice is quite remarkable! The people of this land seem rather proud, however, so I doubt they would care to have shinobi stationed along the roadsides outside of the event of war!
According to a fellow traveler, on good days and at a harsh pace I should expect to be home no sooner than a week and a half! However, I plan to break that record and do so in half the time! Wish me luck, Gai-sensei! I shall see your face again soon and we will share a hardy embrace!
-Your devoted student, Rock Lee
[Quickly scribbled at the bottom in smaller, even messier writing:]
I have procured a few souvenirs for Neji, Tenten, and yourself! I certainly hope you will enjoy the surprise!