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Kisame Hoshigaki [Part 2]
Background History: Kisame's background is not really extraordinary or a spectacular story to sit down by the fireplace and tell the kids. Although his parents are Japanese, he was born to the United States after they immigrated over, and they adapted to life in America and didn't speak Japanese around him. As a result, Kisame only knows English. Don't be fooled. His parents were not overly wealthy, but Kisame didn't grow up out back in a shack. They enjoyed a lower middle-class lifestyle, which is why Kisame tends to be slightly extravagant with his purchases now, as if trying to make up for lost spendage.

Going to public school in the middle of the city, Kisame was exposed to just about everything. Even bullying. For his first few years of school, because he was so small looking he was often picked on and called a baby. Because Kisame is someone who is easily riled up, especially when he was young, he often got in trouble for getting into fights with the other kids. Of course, because of his size, he was often the one to take the most damage in a scuffle.

This all changed come third grade though, when a growth spurt like no other kicked in and after summer break, Kisame walked into his class looking like a middle-schooler. That put a sudden and very abrupt halt to all of the bullying done against him. And if one smartass thought to try to make fun of him for being tall, he'd just beat them up. It was a good set-up, except for the days spent in the principal's office so frequently.

And this didn't get better as the years passed. Along with a growth in his height, came an enormous growth in his ego. It seemed like he'd never get through any of his classes, and he began to beat his peers up just for looking at him the wrong way. But then came high school, and he spotted the school's swimming team practicing after school one day. This was spotted, of course, while he forced a kid's head down a toilet for a swirly.

The swimming coach had heard about Kisame from the other teachers, and being one of those teachers who believed that every student wanted to learn deep down, the man would let Kisame come before and after school to swim. He took to the water like a fish, instantly loving how it felt to dive into it, to splash, to feel the resistance against your body and fight it. By his sophomore year, he was one of the most valued members of the swimming team.