| abstract | - At only five feet and four inches, Izumi is hardly the most intimidating ninja. When you can’t rely on brute strength or underhanded chicanery, you learn to survive with flexibility and grace; traits that have bestowed onto and honed by Izumi. She flits about with a lithe mobility, dancing through conversations and fluttering her way through battles without respite. Izumi despises head on contact with hostility – she prefers forced diplomacy with well timed genjutsu or debauchery through the use of clones and illusions that she beckons to her side when needed. Izumi stands out amongst her peers quite heavily, from the top of her head to the shaking ground she walks on. Even her hair is a radical difference from tradition, a style that sports a closely shaved head[1] on the left side, with the top and the right side of her head being adorned by long thin flowing locks in a jet black tone that trail loosely down to her shoulder. Izumi wears the bare minimum of clothing whenever possible. When not on mission, Izumi resorts to a two-pieced duo consisting of one part cloth bound to her miniature chest that extends to up onto her shoulders and connects behind her neck, and then something of a half vest – a long, heavy strip of cloth slung over her left shoulder with three straps that clasp to the front of the piece with buckles, a longer singular one that straps over her right shoulder, and two smaller straps that sling to her hip on the same side. The small bra like wrapping is bright white in color while the sash like piece is a shade of stormy grey with flecks of deep crimson mottled throughout. However, when needed, Izumi will replace the larger piece of her outfit with an old, out of date style of flak jacket, an article that is slate grey in color, opens vertically through three evenly spaced metal clasps on the right side, padded shoulders that attach with steel buttons, and a scrunched up collar around the neck. Instead of wearing gloves like typical shinobi tend to, Izumi wraps bandages around her hands – an adhesive, medical kind, infused with just a moderate amount of chakra so that they may never break, snag, or tear during activities such as training and brandishing weapons. The girl also keeps some of the bandages bound to her ankles and heels underneath her sandals, a technique that allows her to guide her focus and stability that she may never lose balance when necessary. She wears skin tight coal colored shorts that end just an inch below the knee cap, each pant sleeve adorned by a circle of silver near the very bottom. The shorts themselves house a myriad of different pockets and pouches, all of which are themselves also lined with a silver sheen. Like all shinobi, Izumi wears open-toed sandals. Hers are unique[2], being composed of flat pads and a ribbon like cloth that tie to her legs and end in sort of a bow by the top of her ankles.
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