Prologue
In many worlds, the Haruno Clan is a clan of merchants—civilians, who often had to be conscripted due to the ever-repeating shinobi wars. Most are travelers, nomadic in nature, never settling in one village or country long enough and always returning to Hana no Kuni for annual family gatherings. Very rarely do they produce long-term shinobi and only once has a well-known shinobi been born from their fields.
This is not that world.
In this world, the Haruno clan is a long-known clan of Ninshu monks with a history as long as that of noble shinobi clans such as the Hyuga, Senju, Uchiha, and Uzumaki. Pacifistic in nature, they set up shrines all across the elemental nations as neutral zones where fighting was not allowed.
A rule many had to follow lest they be struck down by any watching deity. When hidden villages started to crop up, the Haruno shrines too, moved to immigrate and accommodate the changing world. They held themselves as civilian chakra users and the villages honored their rules just as the Daimyōs’ did. Only during war-times did they put down their prayer beads and take up ranks, to join as healers and last defense lines for the village.
Make no mistake, the Haruno were a sturdy people. Let not their varying shade of pink hair fool you. They had strong bodies and stronger minds. One needed it to be a monk or priestess of such devotion. You did not rob or defile a Haruno shrine unless you had a death wish of stupid proportions.
That being said, even while living in nearly all shinobi villages, Harunos typically stayed out of shinobi or samurai conflict. There is only one reason a Haruno would forsake their pacifist vows and unleash their fury onto the shinobi world outside of world wars.
It is when their soulmate mark(s) appear. May the sage bless any who is fortunate enough to be bound to one and may the shinigami look upon their enemies' soul kindly.