Personality:
Hikari can be described as a rather neutral person at first sight. She doesn't try to stand out, but will perform things as requested. At the same time, however, she will quietly take initiative, if it is allowed, and perform things beyond what is required, often conflicting with her desire to not stand out. On missions, she will do her best to work alongside others, despite not having much experience with this.
When it comes to fighting, she isn't the most calculating or calm person, but she does try to stay aware of the environment around her the best she can. Due to not having much training with her Tanto, she feels slightly less confident using it in battle, despite trying to take it out as often as she is able to.
While not in missions or in combat, Hikari tends to be a bit more relaxed, but still won't show it well. She will keep Maintaining a posture fitting for a noble lady and the mindset that she still needs to be doing more things, as idle hands are bad for a lady to have.
History:
Born to Masaki and Kana Torimoto in the middle of the great war, Hikari was raised in what many would consider to be a more luxurious lifestyle. Her father, coming from a noble family in the Water Country, had attempted to make sure Hikari did not need to see any kind of mentions of the war in the last two years, and even after, he made extra efforts to prevent her from seeing anything he considered to be harsh.
When she got to the age of 6, Hikari started showing signs of being capable of using chakra. Scared of what this might entail, her parents were quick to consult Masaki's parents, who gave Hikari's father the instruction to let them take over raising her, to ensure she will become a lady and not some war-mongering shinobi. While the couple were briefly hesitant, Hikari's grandfather, Teiji Torimoto, promised the two she will be the ideal daughter once he is done with raising her.
Being raised in her grandparents estate was nothing short of brutal in Hikari's memories. She was consistently instructed to follow a very specific set of instructions, and any attempts to divert from them was met with some kind of punishment. Several times she attempted to view or learn something that Teiji did not approve of, which ended up with Hikari receiving a physical punishment. There were two instances in which Hikari was burnt, leaving a mark to ensure she tries to not stray towards topics that Teiji found to be absolutely despicable.
At the age of 10, when her parents came to visit, Teiji welcomed his song and daughter in law as expected, showing them the improvement he had performed with their daughter. Kana, however, saw her daughter's misery, and after talking to Masaki for two days, ended up convincing him to take over from Teiji with raising their daughter. Furious, Teiji denounced Kana, telling her she was no family to him, and that if Masaki allows Hikari to follow suit, she will be denounced as well. Having made up his mind, Masaki still took Hikari away. Teiji's denouncement of Hikari was made public not too long after.
Living with her parents again, Hikari's confidence to explore things had been shaken up. It was further shaken when she learned that her grandmother, Hiromi, had passed away, but she was not allowed to go visit the grave. Kana decided to sit down with Hikari and talk to her about how things were. Not understanding what she had done wrong, Kana told her she was free to explore whatever she desired now, without fear. Hikari decided she wanted to explore the feeling that she felt once before, when she experienced chakra. While reluctant at first, Kana told her she understood and said she'd support her the best she could. Masaki, upon learning of this choice, elected to leave the house and move to live on his own, not willing to bare the thought of his daughter going in the path of a war-monger.
While Kana began working in order to provide for the family, Hikari started looking over some of the village's shinobi training, hoping to better understand how to utilize chakra by doing so. While she did catch how some of the movement was performed, she realized that without the more basic understanding, she would be unable to actually perform anything.
At the age of 12, she approached the academy, hoping to try and make it into the place, with the support of her mother. While she was accepted, she never made it more than a month in, as the oppression of Shoji over the Shinobi had came into effect. This made Hikari fall into a depression, as once more something influenced her life and prevented her from exploring the path she wished to take. Without much other option, she went and joined her mother in working at a job, helping provide for the household in an attempt to slightly ease her mother's work. While Hikari could only perform odd jobs, she always felt her mother's appreciation for doing so.
During the oppression, Teiji Torimoto came by Kana's house. While her mother wasn't there, Hikari was surprised to see him come by, and offered him to enter, but he declined, saying he was stopping by only for a moment. He informed her that he heard from Masaki of her chosen path, and while he could not approve of it, as he still did not find it fitting for a noble lady, he knew her grandmother's family would've been proud. Hikari then learned that her grandmother, Hiromi, came from a line of warriors that ended with her, and seemed to try and surface once more through Hikari. He then offered her a tanto, telling his granddaughter it was Hiromi's prized possession, and to take great care of it. Departing, Hikari looked at it with awe, as though she had just gained motivation to keep trying to go towards her goal, regardless of the limitations placed on her by the oppression. She began training herself with basic strikes, doing so in secret as even though she was not a shinobi, she didn't want to be caught training with a weapon at these times, but felt as though she had to.
Once Shoji's oppression had ended, Hikari had went to reenter the academy, and managed to do so successfully. Passing the academy, however, proved to be more of a challenge for her. She had failed to successfully pass the academy two years in a row, finding the Ninjutsu bit to be the hardest. While she was able to mimic the movements properly, she had a hard time understanding the basics behind the movements, what needs to occur behind.
During those years, Hikari also saw the Water Country face an attack from the Six Tails, which brought more anger towards the fifth Mizukage, before the Mizukage faced her own demise. This led to the rise of the Republic, which Hikari felt conflicted about. Her grandfather, who was a nobleman, now was among The Members of Honour, the people who wanted the republic to honor the days of old, while her father, Masaki, chose to stand against his father in The Sons of Kaizoku faction, believing the Republic should increase its power further. Even though she did not have as much interaction with either, she did hear about actions both took in the names of their factions, which only brought more confusion to her mind whenever she thought of it.
At her third attempt, she passed the Academy, and Hikari felt overjoyed. Now all she needed was to wait to be assigned to a team, and keep walking forward in the path she wanted to take.