<strong>Name:</strong>Miya Yamino<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong><br/>The Yamino clan has a distinguished history among the shinobi of the Hidden Leaf, but that history has stalled for several generations.  After the untimely death of Hiroshi Yamino on what appeared to be a fairly routine B-rank mission, Hiroshi's wife forbade their children from becoming ninja.  Many years later, though, Hiroshi's great-granddaughter Miya had other ideas.<br/><br/>Although she'd heard only vague stories about her ancestors' achievements, Miya was convinced by age ten that being a kunoichi had to be better than being a carpenter or a housewife.  She showed enough promise in taijutsu to be accepted into the academy, and never looked back.<br/><br/>Now a somewhat more seasoned chunin, Miya seems to be doing well for herself.  Although she was quickly judged unfit for infiltration missions, she is a fierce fighter who has earned the respect of her peers.  Although she cares about her family, she now lives in her own apartment, feeling that she has little in common with them anymore.<br/><br/>Since she is the only living ninja in her family, the Hokage has granted her limited access to the village library's records on the Yamino clan, from which she has begun to puzzle out the clan's specialized jutsu.  It's slow going without a teacher, and the Kagemetsuki really doesn't suit her style at all, but Miya feels it's her duty to revive her clan's teachings for posterity (even if she doesn't really want to think about the "posterity" part).<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong><br/>Miya can be pleasant enough, but she refuses to tolerate disrespect (especially the sexist sort) and becomes irate whenever anyone doubts her ability to measure up to her male peers.  She doesn't really want to be "one of the guys," but she can't stand the idea of being treated as though she's less dangerous because she's a girl, and acts as tough as necessary to solve the problem.  She finds it much easier to relax around her teammates, to whom she has nothing to prove.  Miya is reasonably intelligent, but she isn't really the intellectual type.<br/><br/><strong>Physical Description:</strong><br/>Miya stands about 5'5", with fair skin and deep blue hair, which she wears shoulder-length.  Her form is lithe and toned, but she doesn't look half as dangerous as she is.  Her eyes are just a shade brighter than her hair, set in a very pretty face.  She garbs herself in a dark blue vest (with the black Yamino Clan symbol emblazoned on the back) and a matching skirt, believing that the outfit she's always worn is just as serviceable as the standard chunin flak jacket.  Her arms and legs sport shuriken holsters, and her finely-crafted kodachi and various other tools adorn her belt.  Unlike many young kunoichi, Miya wears her forehead protector on her head "where it belongs."<br/><br/><strong>Known Ninjutsu:</strong>Clone Jutsu, Darkness Summoning Jutsu, Substitution Jutsu, Transformation Jutsu<br/><br/><strong>Known Genjutsu:</strong>Genjutsu Cancel<br/><br/><strong>Known Taijutsu:</strong>Flying Swallow, various unarmed and sword techniques<br/><br/><strong>Known Summoning Jutsu:</strong>None<br/><br/><strong>Known Kekkei Genkai:</strong>The Yamino clan is possessed of a bloodline power they call the Kagemetsuki.  All Yamino are capable of seeing perfectly, colors and all, even in pitch darkness -- effectively, the world is always "lit" to their eyes.  Unfortunately, this is no use against anything other than an absence of light: smoke, fog, and any other sort of visual obstruction will still block a Yamino's vision, and most ninja are trained in blind-fighting anyway.  When a Yamino uses the Kagemetsuki, her irises turn pitch black.<br/><br/><strong>Miscellaneous:</strong>Though skilled in unarmed combat and throwing weapons, Miya's preferred form of attack is to draw her sword and face down opponents with her (hopefully) superior speed and bladework.  Her straightforward combat style hides a surprisingly deep bag of tricks, though -- for one thing, the kodachi she carries is a far lighter blade than she can actually handle, causing many opponents to underestimate her strength and skill.  She is also ambidextrous, and can summon a second kodachi from several of the scrolls she carries at her belt (the others only hold kunai); she uses this, along with the Flying Swallow technique (which extends her blades with chakra) to catch opponents off guard when they think their opponent is weak.<br/><br/>The Yamino clan's Darkness Summoning Jutsu is a fairly basic technique which briefly blots out all light in an area about 10-20 feet across.  It is not properly a kekkei genkai -- any ninja<em>could</em>learn it, but it serves no real purpose to someone without the Kagemetsuki, since a smoke bomb would do just as well.