History Characters / CatchYourBreath

* TwoFaced: The right side of Obito's face is badly scarred as a result of the injuries he survived at Kannabi. He's still a NiceGuy, though, thanks to [[ForWantOfANail his other canon traumas being butterflied away]].

* BloodBrothers: Kakashi and Obito are this, due to their shared pair of Sharingan. Kei, who performed the transplant, is also included in this bond.

* {{Bokukko}}: Turns out that Kei tends to use "boku" in casual conversation, which exacerbate her problems with being mistaken for a boy.

* AnArmAndALeg: When the boulder crushed him, he specifically lost the arm and corresponding shoulder, as well as about a third of his ribcage. If not for the intervention of Madara Uchiha and [[ArtificialLimbs the number of White Zetsu parts used in his recovery]], Obito wouldn't have survived that day. The prosthetic has neither veins nor visible hair, and doesn't have nails. In his own POV sections, Obito admits that his right side gives a less tactile feedback and doesn't feel as much pain, nor does it bleed normally.

* CoveredWithScars: Like his canon counterpart, Obito has prominent scarring and discoloration along the right half of his body. He covers the majority of it with long-sleeved shirts and gloves, but doesn't bother when it comes to his face. Instead, he just wears an eyepatch to cover his empty left socket.

* TheHeart: During the period where he's presumed KIA, the remainder of Team Minato basically shuts down. Later on, he also shows a penchant for peacemaking, including forging an uneasy truce between Kakashi and Isobu. Obito may be as subtle as a sledgehammer, but his method works.
* NiceGuy: Obito is one of the kindest characters in the story, for all that he has a quick temper and is occasionally thoughtless. Aside from people he's actively antagonized, everyone agrees that he's a goofy, well-meaning sweetheart.

* SadClown: In some ways, Obito isn't nearly as cheerful as his enthusiasm and excitable nature suggest. He still deals with self-worth issues and the aftereffects of the StockholmSyndrome inflicted on him by Madara, even years later.

* TheAce: In combat, Minato has few relative peers and even fewer true equals. He's also friendly, dorky, and viewed as a paragon by most of the village.

* OneManArmy: While Kei cites Minato as having killed two hundred enemy combatants in a single battle, canon states the number is ''a thousand''. Either way, he's leagues above most other characters in terms of threat level.

* PrettyBoy: Minato often takes advantage of his pretty face to make others underestimate him, which succeeds surprisingly often given his reputation.
* ShipperOnDeck: For [[spoiler:Raido and Genma,]] to the point of shutting the two in his office together until they sort out their relationship.

* FriendToBugs: Rin's very fond of her summon contract animals, which are scorpions in a dozen shapes and sizes. The largest of them rivals a Katsuyu in sheer size.

** Obito is closest to Jiraiya, being the hothead who originally didn't seem like much at the start. Rather than a slow rise to power (or a FaceHeelTurn), though, Obito's career is in many ways defined by the outcome of the Kannabi Bridge mission, revamping his powers and allowing him a second chance at winning the respect of peoplea around him.

The main character of the story. As the victim of a {{reincarnation}} gone wrong, Kei fumbles her way through the plot of the ''{{Manga/Naruto}}'' plotline and tries to make things better along the way. Older sister of Hayate Gekko.

** In ''A Ninja's Guide to Gotham'', Kei actively avoids fights wherever possible. Her only goal is to find Hayate and go home. Unfortunately, she's constantly targeted by the League of Assassins and her brother befriends the up-and-coming Red Hood, which draws her into the main conflict in Gotham anyway.

* JackOfAllStats: A very, very powerful one once she's in her mid-twenties. Kei has multiple skill sets in which she's "pretty good," with the only true standout being [[HeroesPreferSwords kenjutsu]]. Even then, her style's succession technique never made it to her. She's not the fastest, the strongest, smartest, the best at any ninja skill, or the best at hand seals. Heck, she's even one of the weakest full-grown jinchuriki (bar Yugito) [[spoiler:due to a GameBreakingInjury in her teens]]. However, Kei is good ''enough'' at everything to have options to fall back on if her initial tactics don't work.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Obito is like a brother to her.
* MakingASplash: Kei's default chakra nature, though she doesn't learn any water techniques until she's in her teens. Eventually, this skill is boosted to inhuman levels by bonding with Isobu, with the added bonus of ignoring ElementalBaggage concerns through sheer brute force.

* TheMedic: Barely. Kei is IncompletelyTrained in both medicine and medical ninjutsu, though she served as Rin's study partner and guinea pig for a while. She is eventually forced to give it up entirely after [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan she becomes a jinchuriki]], because her chakra control suffers as a result, and she never wants to unintentionally harm a patient.

** The jinchuriki seal on her chest becomes visible when she molds chakra. Since it's usually under her clothes, people don't usually notice.

** Subverted when it comes to the tattoos on her left arm. The initial fuinjutsu-derived tattoo was to act as magical prosthetic for [[GameBreakingInjury her destroyed chakra coils]], and it cannot survive large amounts of Isobu's chakra. Pushing that limit would destroy the seal and likely cause her left arm to disintegrate. In the end, Kei elected to camouflage that tattoo in a full sleeve depicting Isobu and Tsuruya.

** In ''A Ninja's Guide to Gotham'', Steph realizes quickly that Kei is only intimidating because of her strength. In social situations, [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike she, Dick, and Tim all separately compare her a turtle that only briefly pokes its head out of its shell]].

* LadyOfWar: Basically this trope in the form of a huge bird. She's sweet, polite, and practices ikebana, and is fond of shogi, and she's a battle summon.

* RazorWings: Tsuruya's wings are metallic, and she can fight in melee with them and do serious damage with her impressive reach. Projectiles tend to bounce right off of them.

* InUniverseNickname: Rejected. Tsuruya always refers to Kei as "Keisuke-sama," though Kei's told her that it's not necessary. She's one of very few characters to even use Kei's personal name instead of her nickname.

* {{Bishonen}}: Minato often takes advantage of his pretty face to make others underestimate him, which succeeds surprisingly often given his reputation.

* PeekABangs: Has never been drawn with both eyes showing.

* BlowYouAway: Tsuruya's preferred nature transformation. She's strong enough to shape wind around her, whether that means to give herself a tailwind when flying and create dust devils. Her attacks are often named after {{{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Pokemon moves]].

* InUniverseNickame: Rejected. Tsuruya always refers to Kei as "Keisuke-sama," though Kei's told her that it's not necessary. She's one of very few characters to even use Kei's personal name instead of her nickname.

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[[folder:Obito Uchiha]]
!!Obito Uchiha

An eager young Uchiha clan member with a lot of baggage underneath his cheerful, clumsy demeanor. Kei often refers to him as her best guy friend.

* HeroesPreferSwords: Kei's early shinobi career lists her as a kenjutsu specialist, though she has other minor knacks for [[TheMedic iryo-nin work]] and [[StuffBlowingUp making paper bombs]]. While her focus wavers on the other two aspects, Kei never lets go of her roots [[HeirToTheDojo because it's what her mother taught her]].

** Comes across as this most strongly in ''Ocean Stars Falling,'' due to not really being invested in the overall conflict between pirates and the World Government. She really, really just wants to go home, but unfortunately CantRefuseTheCallAnymore is in full effect.

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Kei has been known to berate herself for being lazy, selfish, or useless, though it quickly becomes apparent that she has nasty self-esteem issues. This ultimately comes to a head in the Memory arc, when Minato's mistakes coupled with her issues leave Kei dangerously isolated and badly traumatized.
* InSeriesNickname: Luffy, being who he is, calls Kei "Hei" through most of their offhand interactions in ''Ocean Stars Falling.''

* TheSnarkKnight: Kei is prone to sarcastic asides to herself and to Isobu, but always makes sure to acknowledge her own foibles.

** In ''Ocean Stars Falling,'' Utakata and Yugito are especially quick to point out that Kei is considerably less imposing in person.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Turns out to have been a victim of this throughout his childhood, because he's a direct descendant of Madara Uchiha.

* CoveredWithScars: Like his canon counterpart, Obito has prominent scarring and discoloration along the right half of his body. He covers the majority of it with long-sleeved shirts and gloves, but doesn't bother when it comes to his face.

* NiceGuy: Obito is one of the kindest characters in the story, for all that he has a quick temper and is occasionally thoughtless.

* ParentalAbandonment: Kei mentions the apparent incongruity of Obito being an orphan while also being an openly acknowledged member of the Uchiha clan. According to his personal records, his parents died when he was a baby and his clan left him mostly to his own devices [[SinsOfOurFathers for being Madara Uchiha's last living direct descendant]]. While Obito tries his best not to resent them for the years of neglect, he keeps them mostly at arm's length even into adulthood, with the exception of his cousins Sasuke and Itachi.

* SadClown: In some ways, Obito isn't nearly as cheerful as his enthusiasm and excitable nature suggest. He still deals with self-worth issues and the aftereffects of the StockholmSyndrome inflicted on him by Madara, even a year later.
* ThinkingUpPortals: His main, and mostly unique, power. Gained from the trauma of seeing [[spoiler:his foster mother]] killed in front of him, which set off a sympathetic reaction in the eye he gave to Kakashi.
** PortalCut: Weaponized by his use of Kamui in combat to neutralize enemies.

** Hayate is an extremely close-range sensor, to the point of being TheEmpath. But only for about five meters.

* TheApprentice: Hayate learns the tricks of the shinobi trade from three different teachers: his mother, Kei, and Kakashi. He also has a formal mentor in the form of Inoichi Yamanaka, his genin team's sensei.

* {{Protectorate}}:
** Hayate is unambiguously Kei's most important person. She spent much of her childhood haunted by nightmares of his horrible demise, and it cranked her protective instincts up to eleven. Anyone who regularly interacts with Kei knows that hurting Hayate is a guaranteed way to set her off.
* TheRival: To Tenzo, out of sheer competitiveness.

* TriangRelations: Type 8 with Konan and Yahiko.

* TriangRelations: Type 8 with Konan and Nagato.

* TriangRelations: Type 8 with Nagato and Yahiko.

** On one occasion, this led to Hayate being attacked when enemy shinobi. He decides to grow his hair out after that.

* NotEnoughToBury: [[spoiler:As a result of being killed in a battle with Kumogakure ninja when Kei is eight years old in ''Catch Your Breath'']].

* KidSamurai: Hayate's approximate characterization and skill level for much of the story.

** Wataru and Miyako/Tomoe have more prominent roles in the prequel/AlternateContinuityFic ''Dig Two Graves''.