Yome

Two ponytails of brown hair, curling as they trail toward their tips, frame Yome's face, which carries a blush high on each cheek. Her eyes are orange with black pupils, and her forehead protector sits in the usual place. She dresses in a tan overall top over sleeveless mesh armour, grey elbow guards, light blue shorts, purple leg warmers, and black sandals.

Quickness is Yome's hallmark. She slips through rapid flurries of attacks and can knit wounds closed with the Mystical Palm Technique, which points to fine chakra control, and she nudges water droplets to catch the sun as a signal to allies. Her renowned eyesight is a dojutsu in its own right: when her pupils widen she reads enemy movement off the reflections in tiny beads of water, and Sen claims her gaze can reach several dozen kilometres. The trick has limits, since sunlight evaporates the droplets she depends on and cuts her window short, and a sudden flash such as a flash bomb leaves her blinded. Paired with her agility, though, the sight makes her evasion formidable.

Yome grew up alongside Sen and Temari, and during their Academy days she and Sen watched from a distance as classmates jeered at Shira for lacking ninjutsu and genjutsu. His refusal to quit training in taijutsu won them over, and they cheered when the new Kazekage Gaara lifted the rule barring him from enrolling. Years later Yome joined the Chunin Exams that Konoha and Suna ran together, clearing the written phase and the race to Suna before the second round in the Demon Desert. Following Shira's scheme, she used her eyes to steer fellow Suna teams clear of strong opponents, but other Suna-nin betrayed her group and a flash bomb left her helpless until Team Guy stepped in to rescue them. After Shira dueled Rock Lee and later Matsuri, Yome's team accepted an honorable defeat. When Shira enlisted with a special force on the northern edge of the Land of Wind to stay near his ailing parents, Yome went with him, seen off by a teasing Sen who needled her about her feelings.