Idate Morino

is a fictional character in the Naruto Series. He is the younger brother of Ibiki Morino.

Background
Idate Morino is the younger brother of Ibiki Morino and a filler-arc-only character. He participated in the Chunin Exams, and reached the tenth question, in which the person with the worst answer would be permanently barred from taking the Chunin Exam. Idate chose to continue, and failed the test for having been willing to sacrifice one of his teammates to become a Chunin. He protested the decision, but Ibiki suggested that he should not be a ninja. Idate's instructor Aoi Rokusho told Idate he could become a Chunin by stealing a secret jutsu scroll and the Sword of the Thunder God. Unfortunately, it quickly became clear that Aoi merely used Idate to get his hands on these two objects and become a Jonin in the Rain Village. Therefore, Idate was classified as a fugitive by his home village and had to go on the run in order to save his life.

It was not long before Ibiki uncovered Aoi's plan and chased after his little brother. However, Aoi quickly brought in Amegakure allies to capture Ibiki and eliminate the two ANBU Black Ops members with him. Aoi then cruelly tortured Ibiki to read the scroll, in the process accidentally setting the building on fire after Ibiki managed to free both himself and his little brother. However, despite Ibiki's fierce efforts, the flames soon separated the two siblings and Idate was forced to flee the fire that would (supposedly) kill the two older nin, though they both escaped separately. At some point after that, Idate tried to steal money from Jirocho Wasabi and failed, though he took pity on him, and let Idate join the Wasabi clan.

Land of Tea
Just a little after Tsunade becomes Hokage, Idate is hired to be the Wasabi Clan's runner for the moroki shrine Race in the Tea Country with Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno employed as his bodyguards. Aoi and Team Oboro turned out to be the bodyguard of the Wagarashi clan's runner, Fukusuke Hikyakuya. Their leader Kirouku Wagarashi hired them to take care of Idate for him. And although Team Seven is constantly angered by Idate, they still protect him at any cost, especially after hearing his tragic story and realizing that Ibiki is his older brother. After enduring difficult battles with Team Oboro and Aoi, Team Seven helped him win. When Ibiki comes to pick up an injured Sasuke, Idate bows to him, while Ibiki says he doesn't have the eyes of a coward anymore.

Abilities
Despite no longer considering himself a ninja, Idate has shown to still be proficient in basic ninja defensive as seen from how easily dispelled a genjutsu. He has also trained his body and gained incredible speed (especially when removing his weights on his legs).