Line #67 Characters/DreamingOfSunshineLeafTwelve


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2	[[Characters/DreamingOfSunshineTeamSeven Team 7]] \| [[Characters/DreamingOfSunshineNaraClan Nara Clan]] \| '''The Leaf 12''' \| [[Characters/DreamingOfSunshineHiddenLeaf Other Konoha Villagers]] \| [[Characters/DreamingOfSunshineHiddenMist Hidden Mist Village]] \| [[Characters/DreamingOfSunshineHiddenSand Hidden Sand Village]] \| [[Characters/DreamingOfSunshineHiddenRain Hidden Rain Village]]]]-]]]
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4	[[foldercontrol]]
5	!Team 7
6	The team consisting of Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Shikako Nara.
7	----
8	* See ''Characters/DreamingOfSunshineTeamSeven'' for more information.
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10	!Team 10
11	[[folder:Shikamaru Nara]]
12	The son of Shikaku and Yoshino Nara and brother of Shikako.
13	----
14	* See ''Characters/DreamingOfSunshineNaraClan'' for more information.
15	[[/folder]]
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17	[[folder:Chouji Akimichi]]
18	The son of Chouza and Shikamaru's best friend.
19	----
20	* BashBrothers: With Shikamaru. They team up to fight Tayuya in a BrainsAndBrawn combo, along with generally serving on a team together.
21	* BerserkButton: If you want to pick a fight you call him fat. If you want to kick-start a fight to the death, hurt his friends.
22	* GentleGiant: When he's actually a giant, it's because he's fighting, but otherwise he is very kind and gentle.
23	* MartialPacifist: He fights to protect people, but he doesn't enjoy it, and often is fine with losing if fighting a friend.
24	* NiceGuy: He's a gentle guy who won't fight unless he really needs to.
25	* OneWingedAngel: In a change from canon, this is Defied. Choji does not take the [[HeroicRROD Red Chili Pill]] that would give him power but probably kill him, because support from Shikamaru means he doesn't need to.
26	* OutOfFocus: Being Shikamaru's best friend, Shikako's friend, and one-third of the Ino-Shika-Cho Trio, one would expect him to get more time in the limelight. We still see him a lot, but the focus is on himself with other people, never just himself.
27	* RankUp: [[spoiler:Promoted to chunin in the Grass Exams.]]
28	[[/folder]]
29
30	[[folder:Ino Yamanaka]]
31	The daughter of Inoichi and a good friend of Shikako.
32	----
33	* ActionGirl: Even at a young age she had some skills in fighting and throwing weapons; unlike in canon, Shikako kept them from atrophying when she started crushing on Sasuke.
34	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Although they are friends, there are hints that she feels this way regarding Shikako. GreenEyedMonster is 100% averted, though.
35	* AnimalMotifs: Boar due to her name, but a colorful Social Butterfly, and recently her [[spoiler:[[SummonMagic Chameleon Contract]]]] has added another theme.
36	* BreakTheCutie: She became subdued for a while after [[spoiler:encountering Orochimaru's soul in one of his Curse Seals]].
37	* CharacterDevelopment: Used to be tied for Sasuke's #1 fangirl. At New Year's after graduation, when dating is discussed, Sakura still wants to date Sasuke but Ino doesn't know anymore - she just wants someone who wants and appreciates her.
38	* CreepyBlueEyes: Ino's eyes have no pupils, which is normal to Shikako but can be odd to non-Leaf ninja. [[spoiler:Exaggerated after her eyes develop pupils, because they are Orochimaru's slit-shaped pupils.]]
39	* CursedWithAwesome: Ino survives [[spoiler:entering Orochimaru's SoulJar by the skin of her teeth, but suffers a LossOfIdentity]], and is emotionally traumatized, psychologically wrecked, and may forever have trouble trusting or being trusted by people. But once she begins to work through it with her loved ones' full support, we see her incorporating the experience into her combat and life-style with exemplary results.
40	* FauxActionGirl: Justified. Ino's been hit by this during [[spoiler:the Retrieval Arc]], but mostly because she's facing an opponent miles out of her league, against whom her SignatureMove is ''useless'' [[spoiler:because of Orochimaru's seal having affected his psyche and chakra]].
41	* FlowerMotifs: Flowers and flower language in general are motifs for Ino. She uses them to ground herself, [[spoiler:since while Orochimaru shares many of Ino’s interests, all he knows about flowers is whether or not they’re poisonous]].
42	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She had her AlphaBitch moments in school, but by the first Chunin Exams she's repeatedly demonstrated an unrelenting desire to help fix people who are hurt.
43	* HealingHands: After being inspired by Shikako and Sakura, she learns basic medical ninjutsu.
44	* HiddenDepths: Ino looks like a DumbBlonde, but Shikako repeatedly comments that Ino is far cannier than she appears, noticing and deducing things that escape many of their peers. Also, despite being kind and cheerful, Ino is the daughter of an Intelligence ninja and is implied to have a good idea about the workings of Torture & Interrogation from a young age.
45	* LikeBrotherAndSister: She is sister in all but blood to Shikako, Shikamaru, and Choji.
46	* MasterOfIllusion: Once she TookALevelInBadass this became her go-to skill for most of her fights.
47	* MindRape: She has the potential to do this, but so far we've only seen her gentler uses. [[spoiler:She also suffers the full version of this when her spirit encounters one of Orochimaru's [[SoulJar Curse Seals]].]]
48	* RankUp: [[spoiler:Promoted to chunin in the Grass Exams.]]
49	* SharedUnusualTrait: [[spoiler:After her close encounter with Orochimaru, she develops snakelike pupils, a constant reminder that she now bears his influence in her mind.]]
50	* TheSocialExpert: She was this even back in the Academy.
51	* SummonMagic: [[spoiler:Ino picks up the Chameleon Contract, though initially as a probationary summoner]].
52	* SupernaturalSensitivity: Apparently has mild sensory abilities, possibly due to her clan's specialty.
53	* {{Tsundere}}: A non-romantic example, type B. Ino is generally cheerful, empathetic, and kind, but she can be very assertive and aggressive when annoyed.
54	* YouAreNotAlone: Shikako's giving her this speech and having Sakura help set up other support is what [[spoiler:stops Ino from quitting the shinobi forces]] and gives her the chance to become who she is today.
55	[[/folder]]
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57	!Team 8
58	[[folder:Kiba Inuzuka]]
59	A member of Team Eight.
60	----
61	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Among many other feelings toward Shikako, he may regard her and her team as this, which is a slight blow to his alpha personality.
62	* CharacterDevelopment: In canon and early in the story he was solely a melee fighter, but as of the mission to the Land of Moon he's displaying long range ninjutsu, remains calm during an ambush, and has good reasoning and rhetorical skills.
63	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He tries to give off a bad boy image sometimes, but he is also a total mama's boy. Then again, given how awesome [[ActionMom his mom]] is this is very justified.
64	* HiddenDepths: Works in the kennels with the animals at his family's veterinary practice and knows more about medicine and caring for small animals[=/=]children than he would usually admit.
65	* NoodleIncident: The details are uncertain, but WordOfGod on the forum is that Kiba [[https://www.fanfiction.net/topic/180237/137948546/2/Recursive-Fanfiction#138278421 once put a A-rank mission on hold to help a stray dog give birth, and then carried the puppies in his jacket for a week]].
66	* OnlySaneMan: Usually rowdy, but Kiba ended up like this on the Land of Moon mission. He was ignored and because it worked he thinks he shouldn't have objected, but Shikako later tells him he was technically correct and she was glad that he called her out.
67	* RankUp: [[spoiler:Promoted to chunin in the Grass Exams.]]
68	* WhatTheHellHero: Tries to dissuade and call no confidence on Shikako [[spoiler:in the Land of Moon mission, when she goes to return to the castle alone]], but is ignored. Shikako says that in hindsight he was right.
69	[[/folder]]
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71	[[folder:Hinata Hyuuga]]
72	A member of Team Eight.
73	----
74	* BadassAdorable: Hinata is more often describe as cute than pretty, but she is also capable of killing people with light taps of her fingers.
75	* BigDamnHeroes: Shows up and holds off [[spoiler:''Kimimaro'' when he corners Shikako]].
76	* CharacterDevelopment: Being brought along on the mission to stop Gaara and succeeding did wonders for her confidence, [[spoiler:and she briefly held her own against [[TheJuggernaut Kimimaro]] when she showed up without orders to support her friends]]. Hinata still keeps her kind, gentle, and quiet nature, but her soul is SilkHidingSteel now, and she will work out some grudges of her own, seen when she fights a Cloud ninja.
77	* LikeBrotherAndSister: She has always seen Neji this way, and after Naruto's [[DefeatMeansFriendship Therapy Jutsu]] he is beginning to reciprocate.
78	* NiceGirl: The most so in their generation, even more than Shikako.
79	* ProudWarriorRaceGirl: Subverted. Hinata's entire family is strict, militaristic, and tradition-bound, but she doesn't fit the mold and (aside from her [[WellDoneSonGuy Good Job, Daughter]] traits) doesn't want to. After some real-life experience and support from and for her friends, she blossoms and has the skills (and not the cocky attitude).
80	* RankUp: [[spoiler:Promoted to chunin in the Grass Exams.]]
81	[[/folder]]
82
83	[[folder:Shino Aburame]]
84	A member of Team Eight.
85	----
86	* BigBrotherInstinct: Toward his little sister Chiyako, expressed in his usual way as TheStoic.
87	* TheComicallySerious: Has moments of this, especially as Kiba's teammate.
88	* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After mentally and physically grueling battle with Shikamaru he is boxed in by explosive notes and surrenders rather than risk the blast. [[spoiler:As a result of his good judgement and prior performance in the match he is promoted to chunin]].
89	* OutOfFocus: He is aware of this and he resents it. Shino was literally the only member of the Leaf 12 to not participate in the Sound Retrieval Mission; this is due to being out of the village at the time.
90	* RankUp: [[spoiler:Promoted to chunin after the Konoha Exams.]]
91	[[/folder]]
92
93	!Team Gai
94	[[folder:Rock Lee]]
95	The personal disciple of Maito Gai.
96	----
97	* CurbStompCushion: He actually harms Gaara, who had never before been physically injured.
98	* FriendToAllChildren: He is completely cheerful and encouraging to the pre-adolescent Mist kunoichi he fights [[spoiler:in the Grass Exams]].
99	* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Averted. He doesn't shine as much as he could, but the only person who's ever taken Lee down was [[TheDreaded Gaara]] and he hurt Gaara worse than anyone before him. Everyone in the story acknowledges him as tremendously skilled and capable.
100	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Discussed. Shikako and Sand Siblings wonder how much of his attitude is an act [[spoiler:during Grass Exams' 2nd task]].
101	* RankUp: [[spoiler:Promoted to chunin in the Grass Exams.]]
102	[[/folder]]
103
104	[[folder:Neji Hyuuga]]
105	The cousin of Hinata Hyuuga.
106	----
107	* TheAce: Despite his misanthropy Neji is a genius with a year of experience over the Rookie Nine and it shows. He only goes down on-screen to [[TheHero Naruto]] and fellow Aces Haku and Shikako.
108	* CurbStompBattle: Thanks to Shikako's tutoring, Neji suffers this at Naruto's hands.
109	* DeathOfAThousandCuts: Suffers this from Naruto, though non-lethally and with more fists.
110	* HeelFaceTurn: After Naruto trounces him and Hinata begins growing into her skills he becomes a better person.
111	* HeelRealization: His on-screen one is when he learns of [[SealedEvilInACan Naruto's status]] and realizes how inaccurate his words were about wearing "a seal that can never be removed" and apologizes.
112	* OhCrap: A minor one during his spar with Team 7, [[spoiler:since Shikako just turned into a shadow and started choking him]].
113	* RankUp: [[spoiler:Promoted to chunin in the Grass Exams.]]
114	* TookALevelInKindness: Following his HeelRealization he becomes noticeably kinder to people.
115	[[/folder]]
116
117	[[folder:Tenten]]
118	An orphan who dreams of becoming a splendid kunoichi.
119	----
120	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Shikako is much better at using sealing and is a more combat-capable kunoichi with more diverse skills despite being a year younger. And while Tenten has a great collection of mundane or rarer weapons, Shikako has the legendary [[LaserBlade Sword of the Thunder God]].
121	* AmicableExes: [[spoiler:With Shikamaru.]]
122	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Technically, they're more comments than actual questions. Tenten's 100% accuracy is not limited to physical weapons. Shikako notes that she has a way, however unintentionally, of hitting emotional weak spots with her words.
123	* AscendedExtra: In canon Tenten was very OutOfFocus. Here she's fleshed out with a desire to be a ninja despite [[TechnicalPacifist never wanting to kill]] and the drive to do this, her interest in seals, [[spoiler:and her relationship with Shikamaru]].
124	* AscendedFangirl: Was a huge fan of Tsunade as a girl. So she's overjoyed when her sealwork gets her a personal congratulations from Tsunade.
125	* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Not very visible, but she is capable of analysing unfamiliar seals and [[spoiler:deduces that Neji will probably need a ranged support fighting a Sound Four member]].
126	* CripplingOverspecialization: As Sasuke once rather bluntly pointed out, by chunin-rank most enemies would have a skill to dodge or block Tenten's StormOfBlades. Tenten [[JerkassHasAPoint ruefully agrees]].
127	* CurbStompCushion: Tenten still gets beat by Temari like in canon, because Temari is one of the worst possible match-ups, but because Shikako whispered a warning about Temari's BlowYouAway skills it is not an easy win for Temari.
128	* DebtDetester: Shikako offers her a position as a second author in developing a new storage seal for the village to use: it's a job using her interest in sealing and her specialty within that, it will pay well, it will help the village, and they would be looking at good royalties once it's being sold. Tenten hesitates too accept because she's a no-name orphan and has already received so much from Shikako that Tenten has no idea how to begin repaying her.
129	--> '''Shikako:''' (''is trying to get Tenten out of the way of a political ploy'') I... was thinking of just fobbing all the paperwork on you.\
130	'''Tenten:''' ''[[[LaughingMad starts laughing uncontrollably]]]''
131	* GeometricMagic: Tenten is interested in seals but lacks Shikako's understanding and flair for them. Her most common use is [[{{Hammerspace}} storing all of her weapons]].
132	* {{Glomp}}: Does this to Shikako and Shikamaru after her seal work gets her personally commended by Tsunade.
133	* {{Hammerspace}}: Done regularly in cannon by Tenten. However in story Shikako gives her the idea to make a single seal that stores various small items she calls her creation “Infinite Pocket”.
134	* {{Irony}}: She wants to never have to kill someone in her career, and happens to excel at an extremely lethal skill-set.
135	** [[spoiler:Starts a relationship with Shikamaru, who in canon was with Temari (and had some ShipTease here), who had beaten Tenten in the exams.]]
136	* LaughingMad: A brief moment of this when Shikako claims to be making such a great offer to [[DebtDetester Tenten]] for the sake of fobbing off all the paperwork.
137	* OnlyOneName: Tenten has no last name. Shikako notes in Chapter 2 that some orphans, while specifically thinking of Tenten as an example, don't get one.
138	* RankUp: [[spoiler:Promoted to chunin in the Grass Exams.]]
139	* TechnicalPacifist: Why does Tenten never hurt anyone with those barrages of sharp pointy objects? Because a) she has perfect aim and b) ''she doesn’t want to kill anyone''. She actually wanted to be a medic originally, but couldn’t because of poor chakra control--so instead she's a frontline combatant who refuses to kill.
140	* TookALevelInBadass: Makes a lot of progress on seals and decides to learn about poisons and paralytics to augment her skills.
141	[[/folder]]

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