Hikari Uchiha

A young shinobi that left her home and family to find her brother willing to live with the recourse that may come

from abandoning her village and family to be happy and whole once more.

“You can be whatever you want to be so long as you can reach high enough in the sky to grasp it.”

Basic Information
Gender: Female D.O.B.: June 20th

Age: 11 years old

Height: 4'9"

Weight: 79 lbs

Blood Type: O

Clan: Uchiha Clan

Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan (One Tome)

Affiliation: Status: Alive
 * Konohagakure (Formerly)
 * Kumogakure (Currently)

Personal Information
Occupation: Shinobi

Relationship: Single

Allies:

Enemies:

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Ranks
Ninja Rank: Genin

Skill level: Genin

Academy Graduate Age: 11 years old

Family
Takuya Uchiha - Older Brother (26 years old)

The Early Years
Hikari was a surprise to the Uchiha Family. Coming late in the life of the Older Uchiha parents with their oldest child Takuya already the age of fifteen, Hikari was a welcomed addition to the family. It was around that same time that Takuya had taken the next step in his Shinobi life and stepped into the world of the ANBU. Their mother, feeling the loss of her oldest child not being in the house as much, took to tending to Hikari with all the love and devotion that any mother would and only seemed to spend extra time with her while Takuya was gone. Their father saw how much it had effected his wife to not have their oldest son there and gave his word that Hikari would be able to stay home and have the normal life of a young child instead of him starting her in the practices of chakra control and fire nature releases that were passed on through the bloodlines of the Uchiha.

The stories of the Clan had always been ones of sadness and death. Loss and destruction. While the older members of the Clan would speak about it, Hikari's laughter would echo through the halls of the home. There wasn't much that the child would truly give thought to as she was able to live as she wished. The sun and flowers that she played in during the day was her favorite part of the day. Her onyx ponytail bouncing as she played amongst the happy faces that she would envision on the bright flowers. It was her own little world and she would be the only one that would be able to hear the flowers sing with her when she was humming and singing to herself. The scene would cause her mother to smile and relax knowing that Hikari would be one that would not have to fear the same outcome that many of their clan had gone through. She would not have to worry about the 'Curse of Hatred' that had plagued so many of their clan over the centuries. To watch Hikari sing and dance amongst the flowers with a smile on her face that was bright and without worry, gave her mother hope that perhaps their time of worry would be over soon.

Laughter from the child was contagious as she continued to play with her imaginary friends and speak to the flowers like they were truly alive. The imagination of the child was one that was vivid and was not overlooked by her father. Though he stayed silent about his observations, he would simply take note of how well her mind worked and began to make games that would help in her training for Genjutsu. Often times, she'd kneel at the table with her daily afternoon snack giggling and smiling while she would paint pictures for her father with words of scenarios he would place out there for her. Her attention to detail was beyond anything of a small child. But this was the young and vivid mind of a child that had never seen death. She'd never known loss. The world to her was still bright and wonderful thus still her imagination had yet to find a darkness that would corrupt her innocent thoughts. All the while she'd play these imagination games with her father, he's secretly be strengthening her mind and getting it ready for the Genjutsu that would come once her Sharingan would awaken.

Though her days were filled with love and laughter, there was no day that was happier than the ones that she was able to share with her brother. To the outside world, the age difference between Takuya and Hikari should have made a difference in the way they acted with one another, but that just wasn't the case. If anything, the fifteen year age difference only made the bond that the two shared stronger than any that the people of Konoha had ever seen. It had often been said by the Elders of the Village that it would be a sad day that the two were ever to be separated for the two seemed to share the same soul between the two of them. They were both fine on their own, however when they were together was when they were their strongest. It was even rumored that death itself was not going to be able to sever the bond that the two shared. However, none of that was even a thought in her mind.

When Takuya was home, it was just the two of them. Not even their parents got in the way of the two of them. Takuya was the brave Samurai from her fairy tales and she loved him with all her little heart was able to. The smile he would give her as he looked down at her was enough to cause her to smile brightly and light up her face and eyes with a playful giggle. Her squealing laughter was heard coming from the house when they played together. He'd often hold her in his arms after her afternoon snack where she would fall asleep in the warmth and safety of his arms. Often she would wake up to see him sleeping only to reach up and poke the end of his nose with a giggle. He'd wake up and smile to her with a hand reaching the top of her hair and ruffling it up. On trips into the village, she'd happily ride on his shoulders while holding her hands across his forehead so that she couldn't fall backwards when he jumped up making her squeal in laughter. She'd lean down and wrap her small arms around his head, holding on under his chin as she spoke purely from her heart. "I love you, Niichan." To which he would often smile and take her from his shoulders and hold on to her with his smile on his lips. "I love you too, Hikari." He'd then kiss her forehead and let her run out in front of him. Often times he'd call out to her to be careful. When she'd fall and skin her knee, he'd sit her on the stone wall outside their home and fix up her scrapes and cuts while she cried. With understanding, he'd look to her with warmth in his eyes and ruffle her hair. "Let's be more careful next time, huh?" She'd smile and give a nod before leaping towards him with opened arms, hugging him tightly around his neck.

The first five years of the youngest Uchiha's life were full of love and laughter. Her world was perfect and she couldn't have asked for anything more in her life. As far as she was concerned, her world was whole and complete and she wouldn't have asked for anything more in her life. But life has a way of taking the most perfect things and tarnishing it with no rhyme or reason. In a single night, the perfect world that Hikari had lived in was destroyed. So easily it was just taken and smashed before her very eyes by the only two men in her life. Standing to the back side of her mother, Hikari held on tightly to her mother's skirt while her onyx hues looked upon her father and her brother. The two men that were most important to any little girl were at the other end of the hall fighting with one another. The anger that flashed over each of their faces was something that the young child had never seen before. Her father's face rage stricken while Takuya's was one that she had no name for. It was one that held the look of anger and murderous intent. However at that point in her life, she had no idea what to call it. All she knew was that it was the look that he had always come home with after he had come home from missions for the ANBU. The words that were shouted and muttered between the two of them were unmistakable. Her brother was finished with the life's path that he had taken and wanted nothing more to do with it. While their father saw it as a disgrace to the name of Uchiha and argued it. To make his point, Takuya had thrown his mask down against the floor causing it to shatter while his eyes were focused on their father. The words that came next cleaved Hikari's world and heart in half. "You are no son of mine!" It was as if lightning had just jolted through the small child. She was helpless to stop the actions that were taking place. She had let go of her mother's skirt as she watched Takuya turn from their father. Running towards him, she was abruptly stopped by the hand of their father. Her arms reaching for Takuya, tears streamed down her face while her voice cried out for him. "Niichan!!!!" But her father would not let her go to her brother. Not even to say good bye. Her cries and sobs would go unheard as she watched the man that was her world walk out of their home and with him walked the other half of her soul. As soon as the door slammed shut, the world around Hikari became cold and hollow. The child fell to her knees on the floor while her eyes stared blankly to the floor as she tried to wrap her mind around what had just transpired.

Hikari tried to continue to be a happy child, especially for her mother who walked about their home with bags under her eyes from nights of restless sleep and redness to her eyes from continuous weeping. However, there were days that her own sadness would consume her and a smile couldn't be brought to the surface no matter how hard the child tried. Days upon days, she'd wake up from the nightmare of her brother leaving crying out his name only to run to his room and find that it was empty and it was indeed a reality. Takuya was gone. Hikari was completely in her right to hate her father for what he had done. For casting out the one person in her world that she couldn't live without. Sitting in her bed in the light of the moon one night at the age of six, she made up her mind while holding a picture of her and Takuya together at her last birthday that they were together. "When I am old enough..." She looked up to the moon as if the glowing orb would be the witness to her vow. "... I'll leave and go where Takuya is. I'll search the entire map if I have to but I will find him." The look of determination in her eyes, her thoughts were absolute and concrete. All her actions and moves from that moment forward, would be to get her ready for the journey that she would take. The next morning, she walked up to her father and asked for him to sign her up for the Academy. The look in her father's eyes was one of pride seeing his youngest child wanting to walk the path of the Shinobi while her mother would look to her with hurt in her eyes knowing that this path was what caused her to lose her oldest child. Within the child's mind, she could only think of how right her mother was to worry knowing that this path was going to cost her the second of her two children as well, but for a much more different reason. The path of the Shinobi would be Hikari's only way out of Konoha with any chance of survival. Though she knew it would break her parents' hearts, she began her planning. Slowly, she'd steal money and store it away little by little so she would have enough come the end of her four year tenure at the academy.

The Academy Years
At the age of seven, Hikari embarked on the most important leg of her preparation for her to find her brother. She began her schooling at the academy. It was to be the most important piece of the equation for her. However, it was not as easy to be there as she had hoped that it would be. There was no mistaking the whispers and giggles from the other students as she walked by. There were many times that she had heard the whispers of gossip about her brother and how they would just die if there was a Rogue in their family. Their gossiping whispers only helped to fuel Hikari's determination to succeed at her classes. She took her studies seriously and made sure to learn all that she could. Learning to read and write were the two most important things in the beginning. Once she was able to read, she'd bring books home and begin to take notes in things like what herbs were good to eat and what to stay away from. She'd learn about the wildlife in the area and what to do with wild game after she caught it. This studying she'd do while in her room while sitting at her desk so that her parents would never know what it was that she was studying. When Geography came to be one of her lessons, she listened well and even would ask for extra work to take home and work on. She'd check out books on the terrains of the various areas and trace maps of the various places. It was while she was studying these maps and creating her own that she began to map out her route that she would be taking. What villages she would be going to and roughly how long it would take her to get there, though at this point she didn't know how fast she was.

It was when Hikari began her Shinobi classes that she began to assess just how long it would take her to go from one point to another. she'd practice and train her hand to hand combat. Focusing on an unfamiliar usage of gymnastics in her form of fighting. While many of her classmates relied on the usage of leaps and dodges, Hikari would 'dance' her way through a spar. Her movements were graceful and fluid showing the constant mobility of her muscles under her skin. She was well honed in her movements and when her mind was focused on the task at hand, she would only need to see the movement from the corner of her eye and already she was acting to counter it. Her fast movements would also allow her to make the hand seals that were needed for her to perform many Ninjutsu techniques. Her performance of the seals were best in her class and though she had all rights to gloat in the faces of those that gossiped about her brother, she kept it to herself and continued to train with her father at home. Having heard that she had learned chakra control, he began to teach her the basic fire release techniques within the privacy of their own home. How little he knew that he was aiding her in her journey to find the very man he cast from their home. He would also go as far as to teach her about the Sharingan and what it was able to do. While she was in her Genjutsu classes, she would learn about how to get out of them rather than create them. Her father had already told her that she would have no issues creating the illusions that she wanted with her imagination. She was going to be all set.

The final of her classes was one that she didn't think she needed but it wasn't until she was shown how to blend in to the people in the area by doing simple female things, that she realized that her kunoichi class was indeed going to be a great help should she run into some trouble while in a village. She listened and even practiced hanging laundry and arranging flowers to make sure that she had it right. All her work. All her preparation was coming to a close as soon her graduation was coming and then the beginning of her journey.

The day had come for her graduation and she was getting nervous. The night before she had packed her backpack in the light if the moon. Bandages. A change of clothes. Food. Some other supplies. The maps that she had drawn out and finally was her picture of her and Takuya. Setting the bag in the bottom of her closet, she knew it was ready to go. The day had gone like any other normal day only her parents were gleaming with pride. Her father's a happy while her mother's held a bit of sadness to it. She could understand it perfectly well. This was the one step closer to her losing another one of her children to the shinobi life. Hikari saw the emotion in her mother's eyes and couldn't help but feel the ping of sadness and betrayal that went through her heart. If only they knew what would be happening within a few hours after nightfall. Standing before her Instructor, she looked to him with a determined look in her eyes and a smile on her lips. When the leaf forehead protector was placed in her hands, she wrapped her fingers around it and held it tight. This was her ticket to find the piece to make her whole once more.

That night the family threw a small celebration for her in congratulations for becoming a shinobi of the Leaf. Though she smiled, in the back of her mind was the constant reminder that she was only going to be betraying them in a few short hours. It would break their hearts. Her eyes flashed over her parents as she thought about this. Her mother didn't deserve this pain again. But then her eyes fell upon her father. The man that she had every right to be upset with. Would he care that she would be gone come morning? Would he feel the anguish that she had when he cast out her brother? She hoped that her mother blamed him for her disappearance and made it a living hell for him every day for the rest of their lives. After only a little while longer, Hikari had bid both her parents good night but what they didn't understand was that the underlying tone was that she was truly saying good bye. Giving them both a hug and a kiss, she put herself to bed.

She would grab only a bit of sleep before she would wake up once more. Her eyes looking to the moon that shone brightly in the sky as if to tell her the time had come. Quickly, she dressed in her shinobi attire and grabbed the forehead protector that she had just received and placed it in the bottom of her bag. Throwing her bag onto her back, she'd place one foot on the window sill as she looked about her room once more. This was it. Pushing herself out of the window, she'd run across the rooftop to the edge where she would leap on to the next one. Rooftop after rooftop she'd run. Her eyes focused on the gates before her. Just before she'd come to the gate, she'd veer off and leap over the wall knowing full well that the front gate would be manned with the night's watch. She couldn't have her journey end before it even began. Coming to a crouch on the other side of the wall, she'd stand and take off in a sprint through the forest. Once she was just out of the sight of the main gate, she walked out onto the main road and looked back towards the village. A soft tear fell from her eye as she whispered as if someone would hear her. "Good Bye. I love you." Taking only a moment more, she turned and began once more sprinting down the path before her. Tonight was the beginning of her journey to find the other half of her soul. Come hell fire or arctic ice, she would be whole once more even if she had to travel to the realms of death to be with her brother once more.

The Journey Begins
Hikari had stopped running long before the sun came up with the early morning. Now walking along the path in the light of day, it had been many hours that she had been traveling already. The idea that she was alone was very real with each step that she took. There was no other that she could talk to and no one to watch her back. Doubt began to creep into her subconscious and the idea that her parents would have alerted the Village to her disappearance by now. Every sound from the bushes and trees caused her to look from the corner of her eyes to ensure that she wasn't being followed by the shinobi of the Leaf. How devastated she would have been to have all that prep work done and to have carefully planned her journey only to have it end before it really started. The long travel along the main road had taken her to many branches that lead to other places. Not knowing which way to head, she had taken out her map of the Land of Fire and began to read it. Her journey would take her through the forest of the land of fire to the North East.

Time passed by her slowly and each step that she had taken felt like she had taken a thousand before that one. Though the forest provided some coverage from the sun that beat down upon her, it didn't help to keep the heat from her. She had come to drink all her water before mid afternoon and found that she was going to need to find a stream or a spring of some sort. Moving through the forest with the road still in her sight, she'd listen carefully for the sound of water trickling. Further in she had come across a small stream and filled her bottle. After that, she had splashed the water upon her face. It was cool and refreshing on her warm face. A simple reminder that she was on her own. She gazed into the water at her own rippled reflection and began to wonder if she had decided to go on this journey too soon. Was she truly ready for such a journey? The image of her brother flashed through her mind and she had closed her eyes. The time away from him tore at her in a way that she couldn't begin to describe to others. They wouldn't understand how she felt. Standing, she had placed her water bottle back into her pack and decided to travel along the side of the road, just within the edge of the treeline. It would keep the sun from her and give her some sort of coverage if she had ran into trouble.

But luck would have been with the young Uchiha just as her body had began to rebel against her. Coming up the road heading in what looked like the same direction, was a cart filled with cabbages and an old woman driving it. Excitement and surprise filled Hikari's eyes and a smile crossed her lips. That was her ticket to covering more distance. Slowly the child moved from the side of the treeline and she waved down the woman and her cart. The old woman looked to her curiously then spoke. "What is a young child like you doing so far from a village?" Her old knowing eyes landing on Hikari after she looked about for others. Pressing her lips slightly, Hikari spoke. "I'm traveling to a small village just on the border of the Fire lands. My brother's there." It was a flat out lie and the fact that she was now lying to strangers when she was a truthful child. The woman looked to the child then to the katana on her hip and nodded her head. "I see. Well, I am traveling to a village not far from there. Perhaps we can strike a bargain. You see this wagon safely to the village and you can ride with me. What say you, young lady." She was sure that the woman would have recognized her as a shinobi just by the way she dressed and by the instruments that she had on her. BUt she didn't say anything to which Hikari was thankful for. A smile crossed the child's lips and she gave a nod. "Agreed. Arigato." She said as she hopped into the wagon's back. With a click of the reigns, the wagon jolted to a start once more and once more she was on her way.

For some reason the journey wasn't as scary now that she was with the old woman. Though it was she that was going to be protecting the woman and her goods, there was a sense of security that came from knowing that she wasn't alone. A small comfort that she couldn't begin to describe. The feeling was there though she was still in a great amount of danger, it didn't feel like it. In that small comfort she took refuge and leaned her head against the side of the wagon. The old woman looked behind her at Hikari and chuckled softly while speaking to herself. "Sleep little shinobi. The world is dangerous and you are so far from the safety of home. Rest and be safe for a small time." The rocking of the wagon caused Hikari to indeed become comfortable and with the passing minutes, her eyes drifted closed and she fell into a light sleep.

The scream of the horse had woken her from her sleep as the wagon jerked about. Waking with her hand on the hilt of her katana, she heard the old woman cussing out someone. Turning around the side of the wagon, Hikari saw the woman holding a full katana with a very shaky grip towards a bandit that only looked to the woman with a mocking laugh. Slowly, Hikari had taken her katana from its sheath and held it still at her side. Slowly she walked up the inside of the cart while she felt the heat of her chakra flow from her hand and slide down the length of her blade. It began to glow brightly as the fire engulfed it. Her dark eyes looked just on the other side of the wagon's walls to where she would have guessed the bandit to be. Silently she listened to the old woman and smirked. She was a feisty one. She liked that. Once more the man laughed and it was at that moment that Hikari jumped from the back of the carriage, katana blazing with bright flames of yellow, orange and red. Her eyes were determined and set on the man before her. A shocked look came across his gaze to see the young Uchiha child come at him with a downward slashing of her katana. It cut across from his neck down along his torso severing his body in two and incinerating the cloth that was around the area that she had cut. The man had fallen to the ground at Hikari's feet dead but that was not good enough. From behind her, she heard the sound of strangling and choking. Turning quickly on the balls of her feet, her eyes had come to lay upon the woman as blood dripped from the corner of her mouth. Behind her was the fallen bandit's companion. A sinister grin on his face as he pulled a blood soaked blade from the back of the old woman. Hikari looked in horror as the woman fell to the ground before her and all that stood before her was the fully grown man. Taking the katana in both hands, Hikari's eyes set upon the man that was before her. She had made a deal with the old woman and she was going to fulfill her promise. Her blade still ablaze, she watched the man's movements and reacted. Like in her academy training, she would dance with the man. Her blade slicing against his skin and causing his clothes to burn just from the heat of her blade. There was no easy ending to this. While she had taken many slices to the torso, arms and face from the bandit's blade, she had landed many of her own. Breathing heavily, she held her side where a large slice had cut deeply. The bandit looked to her and laughed as he tried to take advantage of her weakened state. RUshing towards her, he had his blade raised up high only for him to come to an abrupt stop. His face was one of surprise as a trickle of blood fell from the corner of his lips. Through his chest was her flaming blade and she had made sure she hadn't missed the place just to the left of the chest bone. Jerking her katana free of the bandit that was dead and just didn't know it yet, she walked over and wiped the blood clean from her blade and placed it back into the sheath. Kneeling beside the woman, she cradled her head in her hands with a soft tear falling down her face. "I'm sorry. I failed you." She said softly. The old woman looked up to Hikari with her old and knowing eyes. A smile cracked across her lips and she coughed up some blood. "No, little shinobi. You did as you promised. The deal was that you were to see the wagon to the village that I was going to safely. I said nothing about making sure I got there. Did I?" Hikari thought about the woman's words and the bargain struck between the two of them. She was right. The look of shock crossed over the child's face as she had realized that the woman had given her life for her so that she could continue on her journey. She moved to the back of the cart and moved some of the cabbages aside. Wrapping the woman in a blanket for comfort, she made sure that she would get to the village as soon as she possibly could. Getting up into the driver's seat, Hikari cracked the reins and winced at the jerking back into motion. She was bleeding from all areas of her face, torso and arms, but she had given her word and she would see both the carriage and the woman to the village.

Two days had passed and Hikari had tended to both her and the old woman. She'd stop to feed and water the horse while the old woman rested from the trip in the cool of the tree's shade. Her mind encompassed the fact that she had taken the life of two people. She had never thought the idea would plague her so badly. The happy child that ran about in the flowers of her home in Konoha now was the taker of lives. Two men she had killed. But is that why her brother would come home quiet from his missions? Was that the feeling that had overcome him while he was working for the ANBU? Casting the thoughts aside, she looked to the wounds that were on her torso. Raising her upper lip a bit, she could see the redness that was surrounding it and knew that she had to get to a doctor soon. Helping the woman to her feet, they walked back to the wagon where the old woman sat in the front with Hikari this time and guided her to the village that they had been heading for. To Hikari's surprise, it was just beyond the border of the Fire lands and began into the land of Hot Water.

The village wasn't busy but when Hikari and the old woman showed up, they were greeted and taken into care for medical treatment. Much to Hikari's surprise, she wasn't asked about where she was from or where she was going. The old woman didn't say anything either but simply told her peers that she was a young shinobi on a mission which made Hikari truly smile. The woman had become a welcome companion in the few short days that they had been together. But it was a lesson in trust and comradery that she needed to learn. They had taken a chance on each other and in the end it had come to be a fruitful one. Hikari had been forced to stay in the village for a day to make sure that the infection  in the major wound had been taken care of and she was able to rest up before setting off once more. While there, she had looked about to see if there were any signs of her brother but with no one knowing who he even was, she then remained quiet about it and just tried to enjoy the small bit of hospitality that she was being shown. She had been granted a horse by the old woman's son as a thank you for taking care of his mother to with Hikari was so very grateful for. Bidding the village goodbye, Hikari continued on her journey.

With the horse, Hikari was now able to make better time. Though she had no set place to be, she figured that she would be able to cross over the map much quicker with the aid of the horse. Village after village she asked and showed his picture to those about but to her aching heart, no one had remembered seeing anyone to the likes of him. With a heavy heart, she continued through the Land of Hot water and into the land of frost. To which she was given the same results. No one had heard of the man or seen him. Hikari began to believe that she was looking in the wrong direction but continued on nonetheless. Her desire and determination was one that would not end. She would find her brother and not even death would stop her.

Into the Land of Lightning she crossed and the road began to take her into the mountains. When the terrain had become to much for the horse, she sold it in a local village after asking about her brother and when the answer had once more come back as a no, she once more continued on the rocky road that lead further into the mountains. Only sleeping when she absolutely needed to and eating while she walked.

It had been early morning on the sixth day when she truly came to understand just how much this journey would put her in danger. With the sun just cresting over the mountain range the sinister laughing came to her from around a mountainous bolder that was just before her. Her steps became slower as her eyes moved about the terrain before her and to the sides. She couldn't see anyone but heard the laughter as it crawled over her skin. There was no place for her to go to for a different way around. The last mile had been nothing but a path with high walls on either side of her. There was no way for her to get out of this. One step. Her hand was on the handle of her katana once more. A second step, her other hand had formed the tiger seal as she began to kneed and churn chakra within her belly causing it to become chakra fueled flames. Leaping on to the side of the wall, she recoiled off and looked behind the boulder. Seeing the man there, she unleashed the fire from her lips towards the man as she came down on the other side of the boulder. When the fire had stopped burning, all that was seen was just the scorch mark of her fire. There wasn't anything there. Her eyes then went wide as she realized that she had been tricked. It had been a clone. From the sides of the ravine, three men came over and quickly went to work. The eleven year old child had no chance against three grown men when they had the upper hand and the element of surprise.

Wire was wrapped around her neck which made her drop her katana and claw at the binding that was cutting into her skin and causing her to lose her breath as she was pulled up against the body of one of the men. She couldn't gasp. She couldn't scream. But only when the words of the man touched her ear did she realize just how much danger she was in. "You're  just in time for our morning workout, pretty." Her eyes went wide as he licked up the side of her face while her teeth clenched together and a strangled sound of denial came from her. Tears began to  well up in her eyes as pure terror took over. Before her another of the men came towards her. A kunai in his hand, he began to cut the straps to her backpack causing it to fall to the ground beneath her. Picking it up, he tossed it to the third man. "Take a look in there for anything of use." With a nod, the third man went through her bag. Her maps and clothes were thrown onto the ground along with the picture of her and her brother. He then took out her forehead protector and held it up with a chuckle. "Oi. Looks like we have us a Leaf shinobi in our midst." The Man in front of her looked to her and smirked deviously. "Then this workout is going to be worth it..." He ran the blade across her lips cutting her bottom lip and her chin. "Isn't it girlie..." With her hands still trying to claw at the wire that was at her throat, she thrust her foot out to kick at the man before her. Hitting him in his groin, he fell over while holding himself. The wire only became tighter around her neck and threatened to cut her neck causing her to become lax against the man behind her and her eyes forcefully closing as the world around her became dark. "No!" She thought to herself as she then fell into a world of dark unconsciousness.

When she had come to once more, she had been tied up against the rock wall. Her face hurt and felt swollen while she felt the dripping of blood run down her arm. Her previous wounds had been reopened. Slowly she looked up as she tried to move against her bindings. It was of no use. Silently she was going through her list of jutsus that she had learned and realized that most of them would require and seals that she couldn't make at this point. "Well.. well.. well." Her eyes looked up to the man that she had kicked and saw that he looked to her with sinister pleasure crossing his face. "You are quite the handful. If you had played nice, we wouldn't have had to bind your arms and made a mess of that pretty face of yours." He walked over to her and smirked right up against her face. "I owe you one..." He said in a low growl as he reared his arm back with a clenched fist then drove it forward into her ribs. Pain seared through her as she cried out. The sound of breaking bones were heard both by her and by the bandit before her. He smirked and chuckled in a low tone. "Now.. where were we..." Taking hold of her shirt at the collar, he ripped it open exposing the bandages from the last village that were now bleeding once more. Her light skin shining in the morning light as his rough hand gripped her barely budding upper chest taking a sadistic pleasure in knowing that she was fresh to the world in all ways. Tears continued to stream down her face while she protested against his touch. She tried to kick him again but was blocked with his own leg. She spat in his direction and snarled. He only laughed and wiped her spit from his face and licked it off his fingers before he reared back and back handed her causing her lips to slit once more. Her head lulled against her chest as she felt the waistband of her pants go lax with the sound of 'riiiiiiippppp.' Once more her head shot up and her eyes were wide. She screamed out her protest with all she had while he continued his exploration of her on the outside of her undergarments. The juncture between her legs moist from fear as it ran down the inside of her legs. Again she screamed her objection and tried to fight against him but he had pressed his body up against her legs to keep her from kicking. His enjoyment in her torture apparent as he made sure to grind his crotch against her.

The bandit's fun had been put on hold when his comrade called over the embankment. "Oi! Got a group of travelers coming. Leave the girl. We can come back for her. Not like she's going anywhere." He said with a laugh. The first bandit looked to her and smirked. "I'll be back for you." Taking hold of her face tightly, he thrust his tongue past her pressed lips in a very sloppy kiss that was vile and revolting. Hikari took the moment to bite down hard on his tongue and came close to biting through it when she felt another punch to her ribs that caused her to cry out and let him go. Holding his mouth that was now bleeding from his tongue, he smirked. "I'm going to enjoy tearing you from the inside..." Leaving, it left Hikari alone finally. She hurt all over. She felt sick to her stomach and spit the blood from the man from her mouth onto the ground before her. There had to be a way out of this. Calmly, she closed her eyes and thought once more about that which she had been tought. After a few moments time, she smiled. Performing the escape technique that required no hand seals, she was able to slide down the side of the rock's face to the ground below. She stood there for a moment while she gained her bearings. In a corner was her things. Quickly she went to them and grabbed her bag. Stuffing her things back into the bag, she noticed that the money she had was gone as was the katana that her father had given her. She didn't have time to sit here and lament over it. With as much strength as she could muster, she sprinted along the path from there. Her body screamed at her and fought her with every moment of movement. When her body no longer could stand running, she had placed a good couple of miles between them and her. It was then that she collapsed on the ground. Taking off the remaining clothes she had, she exchanged them for ones that were functional and whole. Her torn shirt was tore up even more as she wrapped her forearm to stop the bleeding. She had to continue to move. She needed a medic badly and just wanted to get as far away from that mountain pass as possible.

Standing once more, she once more began to walk up the path. After an hour more, a village gate was seen before her through her blurry vision. Exhaustion was beginning to take over and she was doing everything she could to continued on her way to the village that was just before her. What her eyes were unable to see was that before her were the gates to Kumogakure and beyond them was her sought after treasure.

Personality and Behavior
Hikari is normally a good natured and well balanced girl. Fun loving for the most part, there are few things that will cause the smile to fall from her face. However, the trip from Konoha still weighs heavy on her as there was much that she had to do that she is not proud of. When asked about how she made it to Kumo, she simply smiles and changes the subject very politely. She is often seen playing and practicing gymnastics of sorts. Loving to sing and dance, she makes sure that she can spend as much time as possible making up for lost time with her brother.

Behavior:
 * When her past is brought up, the expression in her face becomes a somber one.
 * She is not one to just hug anyone any more. She has to trust the person to even allow them to touch her.
 * Due to recent events, she is very closed off to physical contact. Sparring is one thing, but all other physical contact is quickly rebuffed.
 * When thinking or in an awkward situation, she'll press her lips together and to the side.
 * When she is anxious about something, she will often be seen chewing the inside of her bottom lip.

Appearance
For a young Uchiha girl of the age of 11, she has bright and expressive black eyes. Her hair is just below her shoulders that is normally kept up in a ponytail at the back of her head with bangs brushing over her forehead. She wears a long sleeved shirt to cover over scars on her forearms. She also has shinobi pants that have fishnet along the midriff and ankles. Her feet are covered with black shinobi shoes.

Abilities
Speed/Agility - Due to her small body and frame, Hikari is able to move quickly both offensively and defensively. Her incredible speed combined with a lean and flexible body allows her to incorporate a form of gymnastics into her fighting style which makes for an increasingly difficult target to hit.

Intelligent - Once Hikari had made up her mind to search for her brother, she took to studying every thing she could as far as geography, survival manuals and history of other villages. Her mental reaction time is alarmingly fast though it is also a hindrance as she is often told she acts before she thinks.

Flame Nature - Hikari is well adapt in using the Flame nature that is of the Leaf and of her Clan. It is her personal dream to become a great Flame Release user and become the next Phoenix Sage.

Katana Mastery - Though still a child, Hikari has made it her mission to practice the usage of the Katana and study sword play. Though her parents believe that it is her own natural ability, it was truly inspired by her brother that they could have a connection while parted.

Jutsu List

 * Academy Jutsu
 * Transformation Technique
 * Clone Technique
 * Body Replacement Technique
 * Rope Escape Technique
 * Unsealing Technique
 * Enclosing Technique


 * Ninjutsu
 * Chakra Flow (Rank D)


 * Fire Release
 * Great Fireball Technique (Rank C)
 * Dragon Fire Technique (Rank C)

Nature Type:

 * Fire Release

Tools List

 * 1 Katana
 * 4 Kunai
 * 4 Explosive tags
 * 1 Flash Bomb
 * Seal Earrings

Casual

 * A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
 * Early Morning Training

Storyline

 * You're all I have now
 * Asingments of new Genin/Kidnapping of the Raikage