Pakura

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Pakura (叶仓)
Alias(es)	Aki; Pakura of Scorch Release; Sunagakure’s hero 141 239
Gender	Female 92
Affiliation	Formerly Sunagakure; later Akatsuki and Amegakure; participates in the Allied Shinobi Forces’ defense 92 191 239 301
Occupation/Role	Sunagakure jōnin and intelligence handler; later a high-ranking Amegakure official and liaison with Konoha 92 239
Status	Alive at her latest documented appearance; a missing-nin wanted by Sunagakure following her defection 192 311
First Appearance	Chapter 92, “Double the Stakes” 92

Background / History

Early Life and Service to Sunagakure

Born in Sunagakure, Pakura became a ninja in her youth and rose to the position of village hero. She spent more than a decade living by mission numbers, superior officers’ orders, and reporting protocols before being assigned infiltration work in the Land of Water 111.

Kaede recognizes her as an elite since childhood and one of Sunagakure’s few kekkei genkai users. His knowledge of her background also identifies Maki as her disciple, with whom she shares a close bond 92.

Simulation: Kaede’s Intelligence Handler

• First contact: Pakura meets Kitahara Kaede, a Sunagakure mole embedded in Kirigakure, after five years of one-way communication. She verifies his identity through a code and tests his reflexes with an unexpected kick 92.
• Professional respect: Kaede’s reports combine military observations, assessments of the Mizukage’s intentions, and profiles of new genin squads. Their quality forces Pakura to reconsider his capabilities 95.
• Conflicting loyalties: When Kaede questions whether Sunagakure treats its operatives as disposable, Pakura presses a kunai to his neck. Nevertheless, she accepts his extraction map without punishing him 98.
• Warning signs: Her orders increase from roughly once every half month to once every three or four days. Repeated targets appear designed to confirm her location, prompting her to confide in Kaede 103.
• Special assignment: Pakura receives a peace-talk mission and plans to extract Kaede from Kirigakure afterward. Kaede recognizes the assignment as a likely betrayal but doubts she would believe a direct warning 105 110.

Kaede initially regards Pakura as a second route for achieving a high simulation rating alongside Terumi Mei. He intends to become someone she trusts before her village betrays her, placing himself beside her at the decisive moment 92.

Simulation: Betrayal and Escape

Pakura arrives for the supposed peace talks and verifies Ao’s code, unaware that Sunagakure has handed her over to Kirigakure for execution. Kaede interrupts Ao’s attempted attack; the ensuing confrontation reveals the meaning of the mission 109.

After briefly freezing at the realization, Pakura chooses survival. She incapacitates Ayan with Scorch Release and a kick, allowing Kaede to concentrate on Ao and Terumi Mei. The two escape along a route Kaede prepared in advance, and he reveals his identity once they reach safety 109 110.

• Break with Sunagakure: Pakura rejects returning to a village that would need to erase her as evidence of its betrayal. She remains in hiding on the outskirts of the Land of Water and protects Kaede by withholding or destroying evidence of his undercover identity 111 128.
• Life in seclusion: She settles in a remote fishing village, changes out of her standard ninja attire, and keeps a small yellow dog 116.
• Failed reunion: Concerned by rumors that a mole has been exposed, she prepares luggage and a nautical chart, then waits at the North Fishing Port. Kaede never arrives; she later hears Kirigakure guards say that Terumi Mei killed him 128 131.

Main Timeline: Mount Kikyo and Returning Memories

In the main timeline, Pakura is assigned to Sunagakure’s assault force near Mount Kikyo. She leads advance squads into the Land of Fire and stays at an inn under the name Aki 133 139 141.

Kaede steals an intelligence scroll from her room while hiding in her wardrobe. The information enables Konoha to prepare defenses, depriving Sunagakure’s attack of surprise. Pakura discovers the theft and the traces of his hiding place, realizing that he was present while she changed clothes 144 149 150.

• Battlefield pursuit: She searches for Kaede across the central front and left flank before moving to the right. Konoha reports that she has killed more than ten shinobi, leaving survivors alive for interrogation 149 151.
• Confrontation: Pakura finds Kaede and demands answers about the scroll, his knowledge of her identity, and the wardrobe incident. His movements and words resemble those of the person in her dreams 153.
• Conflicting allegiance: During the campaign, she repeatedly sees opportunities to attack him but feels no killing intent. Instead, she worries that he might be injured—even when he is fighting Sunagakure forces 156.
• Growing suspicion: Memories of being sacrificed to Kirigakure make her increasingly wary of the village leadership. She resolves to scrutinize their orders and survive if the betrayal from her dreams approaches 156 178.

Pakura also fights Terumi Mei in a dangerous border skirmish. Mei considers her a combatant on her own level; a landslide separates the battlefield before either side can finish the fight 164 239.

Main Timeline: Defection and Amegakure

Pakura eventually disobeys Sunagakure, incapacitates two pursuers without killing them, slashes her forehead protector, and leaves it behind. Sunagakure issues an S-rank arrest warrant 191 192.

She finds Kaede near the Land of Fire’s border and confirms that they share the same additional memories. Rather than send her away alone, he accepts responsibility for helping her and arranges temporary shelter in an abandoned cave 193.

• New refuge: Kaede supplies inconspicuous clothing and proposes that she join Akatsuki in the Land of Rain 196.
• Intelligence assignment: He asks her to watch for a force attempting to turn Hanzo against Akatsuki, while keeping her strength concealed and prioritizing survival 203.
• Hanzo’s ambush: Pakura fights back-to-back with Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato against Rain ninja while Kaede confronts Hanzo. All four survive with nonfatal injuries 210 212.
• Political role: Under the identity Aki, she becomes a high-ranking Amegakure official responsible for liaison matters with Konoha 239.

Main Timeline: Kaede and Romantic Rivalry

During a visit to Konoha, Pakura asks Kaede to show her around. Their outing includes shopping, dango, and takoyaki; she openly regrets how quickly their time together passes 216 218.

Her unanswered letters and Kaede’s prolonged stay in Kirigakure intensify her concern about Terumi Mei. After overhearing nurses discussing Kaede and Tsunade, she acknowledges her own feelings and decides not to give up on him 237 238.

• Offering respite: When Kaede arrives exhausted in Amegakure, Pakura postpones her questions, insists he rest, and brings him breakfast the following morning 252 253.
• Fight with Mei: After Kaede spends a month in Amegakure, Pakura kisses his cheek in a deliberate provocation witnessed by Mei. Their argument escalates into a potentially lethal clash, stopped by Kaede’s Wood Release barrier 257.
• Respecting his obligations: Afterward, Pakura tells Kaede not to keep treating her as a debt he owes and encourages him to handle his own affairs 258.
• Considering his perspective: When Mei proposes joining forces against Tsunade, Pakura recognizes both the self-serving intent behind the proposal and the difficulty it would create for Kaede 292.

Allied Shinobi Defense

Pakura arrives in Konoha with Amegakure’s delegation and later fights alongside Terumi Mei on the western defensive line 291 301.

• Against the Two-Tails: Mei restrains and redirects Matatabi while Pakura concentrates successive fireballs on the same point, stripping away part of its chakra cloak. Together they drive it into a prepared sealing formation 301.
• Covering retreat: When White Zetsu threaten the sealing squad, Pakura stays at the rear and destroys the leading attackers, buying time for the others to withdraw 301.
• Exposing an impostor: A White Zetsu copies Pakura’s appearance and chakra presence to approach Mei. The real Pakura arrives, and the two women coordinate without speaking to trap the fake with acid and fireballs 301 302.
• Western breach: During a Tailed Beast Bomb attack, Pakura follows Mei’s instruction to clear an escape path while Mei shields the wounded camp. Kaede subsequently finds Pakura exhausted and Mei critically injured 305.
• Medical support: Tsunade reassures Pakura and treats Mei. Pakura later watches Kaede’s battle with Feng alongside Mei, remaining concerned for his safety 307 311.

Appearance

Pakura’s early appearances emphasize green hair tied in a bun, orange bangs, and orange eyes 92 109.

• Ninja attire: A black backless outfit with armor at the waist 109.
• Disguise: During her reconnaissance near Mount Kikyo, she works without her forehead protector and uses the name Aki 141 142.
• Civilian clothing: While hiding in the fishing village, she wears a dark gray, short-sleeved, high-collared top 116.
• Later portrayal: A subsequent description depicts the real Pakura’s appearance as long, straight black hair in a hime cut, differing from the earlier green-haired descriptions 301.

Personality

Pakura begins as a disciplined, guarded operative whose identity is deeply tied to Sunagakure. She expects concise reports, checks meeting locations, and reacts harshly to criticism of the village. That loyalty persists even after suspicious mission orders begin troubling her 98 101 103 105.

Her severity does not exclude personal concern. She tells Kaede to stay safe, plans to take him out of Kirigakure, and later protects the evidence of his identity. Betrayal forces her to confront how little of her life exists outside missions, ultimately leading her to choose survival and independence 92 105 111 128.

With Kaede, Pakura becomes warmer and more openly affectionate, but jealousy can make her confrontational. She provokes Mei and participates in their dangerous duel, yet also recognizes when Kaede needs rest rather than interrogation and avoids actions that would damage his relationship with Tsunade 252 253 257 292.

Abilities & Skills

Scorch Release

Pakura’s kekkei genkai produces intensely hot fireballs capable of rapidly evaporating moisture from an opponent’s body 92.

• Lethal dehydration: Victims can be reduced to charred, dried corpses 149.
• Close-range application: A fireball grazing Ayan’s blades causes his arm to spasm and his skin to crack, opening him to a follow-up kick 109.
• Concentrated bombardment: Repeated hits on one point strip away a portion of the Two-Tails’ chakra cloak 301.
• Area clearance: Large fireballs destroy advancing White Zetsu and cover allied retreats 301.
• Named technique: Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder expands her fireballs into a powerful finishing attack 257.
• Limitation: Her Scorch Release is primarily offensive and offers little protection against indiscriminate attacks such as Tailed Beast Bombs 304.

Taijutsu and Weapons Handling

Pakura combines forceful kicks, elbow strikes, and precise kunai attacks 92 153.

• Tests Kaede with a sudden whip kick aimed at his neck 92.
• Knocks Ayan into a tree after disrupting him with Scorch Release 109.
• Challenges Kaede at Mount Kikyo without using her kekkei genkai, relying on close-combat pressure instead 153.

Espionage, Stealth, and Field Leadership

Pakura manages Sunagakure’s spy network in the Land of Water and evaluates intelligence gathered from Kirigakure 92 95.

• Verifies contacts through codes and exchanges instructions through scrolls 92 101.
• Leads reconnaissance squads using hand signals 139.
• Bypasses Kirigakure’s visible and hidden sentries 131.
• Uses elevated blind spots for concealment and potential ambushes 153 196.
• Later applies her intelligence experience to Amegakure’s diplomatic liaison work 239.

Simulation Memories

Pakura acquires an additional set of memories involving the Land of Water, a fishing village, a pier, and Kaede 193.

• Initially experiences them as dreams and fragmented recollections 153 156 193.
• Recognizes familiar speech and combat habits before fully confirming Kaede’s identity 153.
• Uses the remembered betrayal as a warning to question Sunagakure’s orders rather than obey blindly 178 193.

Equipment / Items

• Kunai — used for combat, threats, and cutting a defection mark into her forehead protector 98 153 191.
• Sunagakure forehead protector — discarded after she slashes its symbol during her departure from the village 191.
• Intelligence scrolls — carry reports, mission instructions, and operational information 95 101 144.
• Extraction-route map — prepared by Kaede and accepted by Pakura during their intelligence meetings 98.
• Travel pack and nautical chart — prepared during the simulation for her intended departure with Kaede 128.

Relationships

• Kitahara Kaede — Initially her undercover subordinate, later her rescuer, trusted ally, and romantic interest. Their shared simulation memories shape her decision to seek him after defecting 92 110 193 218 257.
• Maki — Her disciple; Kaede’s knowledge of Pakura’s background describes them as very close 92.
• Rasa — The Fourth Kazekage who, in the fate known to Kaede, agrees to sacrifice Pakura as a bargaining chip for peace with Kirigakure 92.
• Terumi Mei — Former battlefield enemy and rival for Kaede’s affection. Despite their hostility, they develop exceptionally effective coordination against the Two-Tails and a White Zetsu impostor 239 257 301 302.
• Tsunade — A romantic rival whom Pakura recognizes as important to Kaede. Tsunade later comforts her while treating the critically injured Mei 238 292 307.
• Yahiko — Akatsuki leader and later Amegakure’s leader; Pakura fights beside him and reports the details of the Konoha alliance to him 210 218.
• Konan and Nagato — Akatsuki companions who survive Hanzo’s ambush with her and make space for her outing with Kaede in Konoha 210 212 216.
• Minato Namikaze — Her diplomatic counterpart as Hokage. He discusses Amegakure–Konoha cooperation with her while protecting the secrecy of Kaede’s mission 237.
• Might Guy — Delivers Kaede’s letter to her during her visit to Konoha 237.

Notable Quotes

“What am I now?” 111

“As expected, you have the same memories too.” 193

“Time passes so quickly when I’m with you.” 218

“Don’t always feel like you owe me something. Deal with your own matters first.” 258

Trivia

• Pakura uses Aki as an inn-registration alias before it becomes the identity associated with her Amegakure political career 141 239.
• Her secluded simulation household includes a yellow-furred, floppy-eared puppy that accompanies her while she waits at the fishing port 116 131.
• During her Konoha outing, she enthusiastically tries three-color dango and takoyaki 218.