| abstract | - Like her brother before her Koyone was born to a pair of civilian refugees from the Land of Frost that had been relocated to Konohagakure during the events of the Fourth Shinobi World War. In the years following the conflict the family lived a peaceful life in the leaf-village. Before long Koyone's parents decided to make their residence in Konoha permanent, considering the village to be a sanctuary for their children. In order to finalize their relocation, they needed to return to the Land of Frost a final time to collect what remained of their personal belongings. This trip, unfortunately, would mark the final journey of Koyone's parents. While investigators were never able to discover neither the cause nor the source, Koyone's parents were ambushed near the border between the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Fire. It is believed that due to the instability of the region following the massive losses of the war, that locations far from major settlements became prime epicenters for vagrant activity. If Koyone and Kyōshi had not been left back in Konoha with their grandfather, who took up the mantle of raising them, they would have met the same untimely fate as their parents. Following the murder of his parents Kyōshi developed a deep desire to become strong, and thus he begged his grandfather to enroll him into the shinobi academy. While hesitant, as a civilian, to effectively sign a child up for the nation's military, their grandfather eventually complied with wished of his grandson. Koyone would also come seek out the life of a shinobi, in an attempt to emulate her older brother. Despite her countless requests, their grandfather would studiously reject her, stating that following in the footsteps of others didn't warrant the acquisition of power. He held this stance until his death at the hands of a mugging at their families store one night.
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