#asa headcanons

[mistdaze]

In regards to Asanoha's combat skill, she was never officially trained. And what I mean by officially, is that she never went to an academy and she was never registered as a shinobi of any village for that matter. During her early years, she was essentially a normal civilian until she accidentally unlocked the ability to use Hyoton around the age of ten. She wasn't even sure how she had even done it, and it took awhile for her to be able to use it at will during the time she was alone and a street urchin. She did not have any basic fundamentals on chakra control, ninjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu, etc etc. So a lot of the time, she overdid things when using her kekkei genkai.

It wasn't until a years later that she started getting something that was considered proper training, mostly from her distant cousin, Haku, someone who understood a bit better how Hyoton actually worked.

Even now, Asanoha is not exactly the strongest "shinobi", but she's not easily taken out either. Once she started being trained on the necessities, Asanoha actually became quite intrigued by the idea of Genjutsu. It's something she's more adept at doing over taijutsu.

[mistdaze]

I was thinking about the chunin exams, because it is one of my favorite parts of Naruto surprisingly enough. And I was thinking about where Asanoha would have been during all of this. Honestly, this is during a time in her life where she is deep into her "job" as an informant. And the chunin exams is such a huge event, there is no doubt about it that she would at least be present within Konoha during the exams. Though she obviously would not be participating in them of course, because she is not an officially registered shinobi in the first place. I'd even go as far as to say that she has forged documentation to get around anywhere because her birth was never officially documented and therefore she isn't a citizen of any village. Not until later on in her life.

Either way, she was present during the chunin exams in Konoha, doing what she does best; Gathering information and selling what she knew for a decent price. Dangerous work, of course. Doing this was likely how she became acquainted (and I use this word very loosely) with the likes of Orochimaru briefly.

[mistdaze]

Asanoha has this sort of not secret, where she is actually surprisingly touchy. Not to random strangers of course, but if she's comfortable be with you, expect her hands on you. Especially if she wants some warmth. She also likes to catch people off guard by just blowing cold air on them just to watch them jump.