Other: Because of Kisame's utter lack of canon, I have constructed a pre-Akatsuki history for him based on canon cues about places, characters and organisations. I am not, however, particularly precious about this stuff, so if we have players of characters who would be affected/disagree with it, I can pick and choose from it as required. The same goes for any chunks of canon that Kishimoto deigns to provide in future issues of the manga that contradict it. Honestly, I would love to replace some of it with canon fact if I get the chance
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By the age of ten, he had learned all that they could teach him. The harsh graduation ritual of the time demanded that all students of the graduating class be pitted against a classmate in a fight to the death to establish those most fit to move up into the ranks of the village shinobi. Any who refused were automatically dismissed* (*amending this to "killed" on the request of Kannagara's Madara player for the purposes of this game/application) - a failure to follow orders or a tendency to show mercy to a weaker opponent both being considered undesirable traits in a shinobi of Kirigakure. Matches were drawn by lots, and unfortunately for Kisame, when his name was called, he found that his opponent was not to be one of the more notorious bullies, but instead an older boy who had generally treated him with kindness. Nevertheless, Kisame's desire to further his skills as a ninja exceeded that of any regret he might have felt, and if his first kill was not the one he would have chosen for himself, it was at least honourable, and he did
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But Madara was charismatic, and Kisame and the other Swordsmens' respect for Yagura had dwindled almost to nothing during his rule. The Land of Water was not the most stable of countries, and Kirigakure not the most stable of villages. Thus, when the rumours had begun that Yagura was being manipulated by an unknown power; that he would betray his village and leave it to be ravaged by the three-tailed demon for which he was the vessel, they were swift to take hold. In reality, it was Madara who was controlling Yagura, and Kisame was one of the very few to be shown the truth. But to him, this was merely proof of Yagura's weakness
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The partnership proved to be a better one than either anticipated, and as time passed Kisame developed a loyalty and respect for Itachi that bordered on a kind of friendship. Their skills complemented each other, as did their temperaments - Itachi's marble demeanour offset by Kisame's tendency to devour life with relish. Together, they fight crime they carried out many missions for Akatsuki over the years in which they were partners, and at the point at which they enter canon, they are an established and highly successful team within the organisation
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Third Person Writing Sample: Hoshigaki Kisame had been trained to listen to people. Not just to the words, but to the way they said them - the way their voices changed when they lied, or the way their breathing faltered when they were scared. He'd learned to listen for the minutest slip - the slightest sign of weakness that gave him an opening - a chance to finish things quickly that could mean the difference between a mission completed and another day lost to waiting …Or between feeling the blade of an assassin's knife in his gut and the blood of that same assassin spattering warm across his skin
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