Ninja Gaiden

A slender and graceful Hyūga woman with ink-black hair cut just above the shoulder and pale lavender eyes that seem to judge everything they see. She wears lightweight, close-fitted training robes in soft grays and pale lilac. Her stance is always perfect—even when she’s furious.

Specializes in Byakugan-based taijutsu, pressure point chakra disruption, and precise countering. Prefers speed and clarity over brute force. Her style is surgical—soft step, hard truth. She is quiet but not shy, and will always speak up when someone is being a fool.

Aya is the eldest daughter of a branch family within the Hyūga clan—gifted enough to shame the main house, but leashed by rules that weren’t made for her. She passed the Academy with distinction, though rarely spoke. Her Byakugan bloomed early—during a spar gone too far, when she saw a bone fracture beneath the skin just before her palm broke it. Now she trains under Tsunade as part of Team 9, alongside Shirō and Takeshi. Shirō gets on her nerves. He’s loud, hungry, and clearly nursing some shameful fixation on their sensei. Takeshi? She’d die for him before ever saying it aloud. She does not want power. She wants freedom—from duty, from clan eyes, from her own perfection. And some nights, she prays that no one sees her wishing for failure.