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Background-
The 4th Great Shinobi War has broken out. For many years now it has raged on between the larger countries, which hold the most power. To try and escape this shinobi from all over the world came together to a small patch of unclaimed land nestled between the Lands of Earth, Bird, and Wind. They have called this place Ken no Kuni, Land of the Sword. It is a small country but has been slowly rising to power over the years and establishing connections to its neighboring countries.
Even though it is small it has it's own hidden village. Shi-sugakure, the Village Hidden in the Sheath. Sheath rests in the heart of Sword country, and equal distance from it's three neighbors. Earth to the north, Bird to the east, Wind to the south, and nothing but wilderness to the west. This village is run by the Yaibakage, or Blade Shadow, Daisuke. Daisuke is an elderly man secretly dying of an incurable disease. He has but a few months left but has gone through great lengths to allow only the members of his staff and the two other founders of Sword country to know this though.
The other two founding shinobi are Sonkei Tsumaru, formerly known as Sonkei Okami, of the Ikimono*, or animal, clan, and Keiko Hitama, of Iwagakure. these two have become man and wife and now have a son named Kazi Tsumaru, who was born in Shi-sugakure. Sonkei is the in line to become the second Yaibakage, however he has presently been sent to the Land of Fire to try and talk peace to the countries at war.
*The Ikimono clan. Members of the Ikimono clan are not necessarily related by blood. These are simply with a unique sort of kekkei genkai, that that isn't the right name. Every member of the Ikimono clan is born with the spirit of an animal inside them (not one of the tailed-beasts or anything). The spirit is kept inside their body, in an eye or hand, just some part of the body. They are marked with two signs of their animal, aside from whatever physical trait they may have because of it. Example: a person born with the spirit of the eagle may have a birth mark like a feather or wing and another like a claw or beak mark. further more the Ikimono clans live in secret villages with no name aside from what type they are, like burrows or tree houses or cliffs. No one outside of the Ikimono clan knows where these are. And each member of the clan has their own last name unique to the animal spirit they house.
The animal spirit grants them extra chakra besides their own, allows them to change form, completely or partially, into that animal, and allows them to speak to and summon those animals while in the transformed state.
Story-
All children born in Shi-sugakure have a piece of their chakra taken from them and placed into a chunk of metal ore. This ore is kept save until they are old enough to enter the academy, then it is forged into a weapon unique to the person whose chakra resides inside. The child may choose any weapon they like, and as they grow so will it, not physically, but spiritually. As their amount of chakra increases over time so will the among stored within the weapon.
Soon a bond is made between the weapon and it's owner. The weapons gives strength to while jutsu and attacks, helps preserve their energy, and if lost it can be found by the owner very easily, as the chakra in the weapons is still connected to them.
This weapon is called a Tanjoukan, a Birthright, and anyone who ones such a piece of equipment should be proud and strong.
However, there was one child who had something go wrong. His name was Genzai Jyagyu, and everything was going fine until it was time for his chakra to be forged. something went wrong, and as the ore was being heated the chakra within escaped. because of this Genzai was unable to claim his birthright, and a part of himself was lost forever. After this his amount of chakra was perminatly decreased, and he began to change and become dark.
At the age of thirteen he became a tokubetsu jonin, was about to be adopted into the ANBU, then disappeared, leaving a note saying that he would one day return and get revenge on all of the Land of the Sword.
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Character Sheet-
Name:
Age:
Village: (Home Village, can be any)
Rank:
Jutsu Specialty: (Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu)
Main Weapon(s):
Tanjoukan: (only if born in Shi-sugakure)
(Extra): (anything special you think we need to know that doesn't go somewhere else)
Favorite Jutsu(s): (at least three please)
Appearance:
Personality:
Background:
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Basically you are in the Hidden Sheath Village, in the newly claimed Land of the Sword. the 4th great war ha broken out, and Genzai is coming, with his gang of S-Class missing-nin to try and destroy it, then take it over. but that's not all. he always wants to take all the kekkei genkai and special jutsu's he can in doing so, since this village is a mix up of shinobi from all over the ninja world.
Now, you don't have to be a ninja, though I don't know why you wouldn't want to be. You can be any rank you want, have any kekki genkai, but, you must give a very good explanation as to why you have it, if it already exists, and describe it well if it's made up. iNo one can be a character that already exists, but you can be a relative or part of the same clan as them. And you can be good or bad, your choice.
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My characters-
Name: Kazi Tsumaru
Age: 18
Level: Jonin
Home Village: Shi-sugakure
Jutsu Specialty: Taijutsu
Favorite Weapon: Tanjoukan (Birthright)-
Kekkai Genkai: Hantametsuki (Hunter Eyes), stages 1-4*
Most used Jutsus:
Earth Clone- Tsuchi Bunshin no Jutsu
Bringer of Darkness- Kokuangyo no Jutsu
Secret Technique: Inner Beast Transformation- Hidenjutsu: Naimenteki Yajuu Henge
Summoning Technique: Ninja Wolf, Crimson Dragon- Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Ninokami, Shinkuryu
Physical Description:
Kazi is about normal height with long arms and legs and a thin but muscular build. He has dark brown, nearly black hair that's just past his shoulders and normally tied back in a ponytail. His eyes are chestnut brown behind his thin glasses frames and he has a jawline beard, trimmed neatly short. His left ear has a small silver cross hanging from it with a red gem in the center, and he has a simple silver chain around his neck. His outfit is simple, though maybe a bit odd for a ninja. Over his skin tight black long sleeve shirt he wears a loose open crimson long sleeve shirt, a pair of loose black pants with many large pockets, and tobi boots. Around his waist is a belt with three pouches, one for shuriken, one for medicine, and one for whatever else he may need at a moments notice. On his right and left hip he carries a kunai case strapped to his leg, each holding three of them. For protection he wears metal shin guards under his baggy pants and metal forearm guards under his crimson shirt, and of course his hidden sheath headband is wrapped around his forehead. His hands are hidden in black leather gloves with no fingers, but on them are tattoos that allow him more control over his birthright.
Mental Description/Personality:
Kazi is very quiet most of the time. Rather than speak up and draw attention to himself he likes to hang back, watch, listen, and scry the information flowing around him. In battle he can be calm and collected or rash and brutal all depending on what the fight is all about. He doesn't fight over small things, like reputation or ridicule, but rather over matters such as life and death, or whatever his mission may be. Once he takes a mission he fulfills it unless one of the few friends he has becomes endangered because of it.
Background:
Kazi was born and raised in the heart of Shi-sukagure. Everyone knows him and everyone has a different theory on why he's so quiet, but really he acts like his father Sonkei Tsumaru, who was in line to become the second Yaibakage before the fourth great war broke out and he was called off to die for his country. But that was when Kazi was young, and he doesn't like to think about it, or the fact that his mother was sent away as well. Instead he focuses on training both body and mind and strengthening the bond between his tanjoukan, and himself
*Hantametsuki, Hunter Eye, has four recorded stages, though so far Kazi has only unlocked the first two. He is unsure weather this is because he hasn't mastered it yet, or because of his mixed heritage.
Stage One: Using a 'bug,' a small piece of material charged with his own chakra, he is able to track whom ever it is attached to, and see the 'bug' through anything, so the person cannot hide.
Stage Two: At will Kazi can focus his eyes and see where the 'bug' is. IE, he will see everything within a ten foot radius of the bug. Doing this however requires alot of concentration, because he sees itusing his mind more than his eyes.
I will also be controling Genzai, but I'll introduce him through the story, as no one knows much about him. And I would like no more than...say, 5-6 others at the most for this rp.