Tatsuga

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"I'm stuck here in between the shadows of my yesterday."

BASIC INFO

NAME: Yamamoto, Tatsuga
MEANING OF NAME: Fangs from the Base of the Mountain
ALIAS: The Great Fang of the Land of Wind
AGE: 47
GENDER: Male
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
BIRTHDAY: July 27th
PLACE / VILLAGE OF BIRTH: The Hidden Sand Village
AFFILIATION: Sunagakure no Sato
SHINOBI RANK: 上忍, Jōnin (High-Class)
OCCUPATION: 医療忍 Iryō-nin
PICTURE:

PERSONALITY
"I tried to help you once, against my own advice."

A bright shining diamond in the rough is how most would describe the older man. Tatsuga was once a very kind and generous being who spoke loud and with a genuine tone. His actions were even louder though as he always was willing to lend a hand to those who were in need. And though he still does go out of his way to make sure others lives are easier, he has somewhat lost his tone and his upbeat attitude.

He spends most of his time in current days under the drink, and only appears sober during missions where he is required to be fully conscious. Even so, he mumbles a jumbled groan when he speaks and moves in a manner that is similar to that of a sloth. Even in combat, it is described that his movements are somewhat lazy and sluggish. Smoking is another vice of his that he had just picked up in the most recent years, somewhat rusting his cleaner voice and making it rather gruff. He finds it to be reflective of his inner being, despite his warm heart buried beneath all of the sorrow.

Spiteful of most others for living a less tragic life, Tatsuga tends not to socialize during most hours. Even when he does, it's usually under the influence of the drink with mindless rambling that he wouldn't remember afterwards. The man is reckless with his own body. He doesn't care whether or not he lives or dies and pretends not to mind the acts of others. Still, he acts as a guardian to those around him and watches over them to make sure they don't put themselves in harms way.

As a part of living in his own misery, the man spends most of his earnings on intoxicants after making sure he has paid for living quarters and the minimal food requirements.

Being the leader of the Yamamoto clan, Tatsuga still holds his responsibilities by watching over the district and being the keeper to the clan's secrets. In doing so, he also watches over the lesser ninja as if they were his own kin.

ABILITIES

NATURE RELEASE(S): 風遁, Fūton | 火遁, Katon
SKILL LEVEL - Ranked
KEKKEI GENKEI / HIJUTSU: Hanabi [Beautiful Flower]

SUMMONING:
SPECIALTY Iryō-ninjutsu | Chakra Control
BATTLE STYLE

JUTSU:

E-RANKED TECHNIQUES

• Name: Henge no Jutsu (Transformation Technique)
  Nature: - - -
  Rank: E
  Type: Free
  Handseals: 1
  Description:

[/i][/ul]Chakra Consumption: Very Low

[/li][li]Name: Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Technique)
Nature: - - -
Rank: E
Type: Free
Handseals: 1
Description:

[/i][/ul]Chakra Consumption: Very Low

[/li][li]Name: Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Technique)
Nature: - - -
Rank: E
Type: Free
Handseals: 1
Description:

[/i][/ul]Chakra Consumption: Very Low

[/li][li]Name: Kawarimi no Jutsu (Change of Body Stance Technique)
Nature: - - -
Rank: E
Type: Free
Handseals: 1
Description:

[/i][/ul]Chakra Consumption: Very Low
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D-RANKED TECHNIQUES

• TECHNIQUE: Katon - Atsuite
  TRANSLATION: Warm Hand
  RANK: D
  ART: Ninjutsu
  TYPE: Supplementary | Offensive
  RANGE: Personal
  DESCRIPTION:
  The user will wrap their hands in a veil of fire-natured chakra. The heat from this greatly enhances their ability to heal wounds. Then, touching the bruises of the target, the user will warm the muscles and skin, loosening the tension within the afflicted area. This allows for the target to quickly pass through the pain and relieves the afflicted area very quickly.
  
  The use of this skill can also be made to cause burns on the skin if used in an offensive manner or if the healing is performed incorrectly. A lasting touch attack that lasts longer than a moment will also cause nerve damage within the affected area, causing muscle cramps and tension.
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Hanabi Kai
  TRANSLATION: Beautiful Flower Release
  RANK: D
  ART: Ninjutsu
  TYPE: Supplementary
  RANGE: -
  DESCRIPTION:
  After forming the required hand seal, the user can choose to either activate or turn off the production of chemicals in the Hanabi glands. So long as the glands remain activated, they cause a light but steady drain on the user's chakra supply.
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Gijikiri
  TRANSLATION: Pseudo Mist
  RANK: D
  ART: Genjutsu
  TYPE: Supplementary
  RANGE: -
  DESCRIPTION:
  After activating the chakras within the toxin, the user activates a genjutsu that affects all selected individuals with this illusion that treats the area around the afflicted as if there was a thick and heavy mist that blocks their vision. Not even a strong wind can blow away this mist as it is an illusion. The furthest someone can see in this mist is 3 feet from their current position.
  

C-RANKED TECHNIQUES

• TECHNIQUE: Saitaku
  TRANSLATION: Selection
  RANK: C
  ART: Ninjutsu
  TYPE: Supplementary
  RANGE: -
  DESCRIPTION:
  Saitaku is a Ninjutsu technique which allows the user to selectively choose which people within range of their kekkei genkei are affected by the toxins. Because of this, they can utilize the skills of the clan without worrying about affecting innocents who might be within the area of effect.
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Katon - Kasaite
  TRANSLATION: Burning Hand
  RANK: C
  ART: Ninjutsu
  TYPE: Supplementary | Offensive
  RANGE: Personal
  DESCRIPTION:
  A greater version of Asuite, the user will put more chakra into the technique and increase the heat given off by the veil of flames. A simple touch can cause second degree burns on contact and a lasting touch will char the skin. The technique can be used offensively and holds the same effects as the lesser skill that it imitates.
  
  The ability is also used medically, in order to cauterize wounds and stop bleeding from heavily wounded areas.
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Housenka no Jutsu
  TRANSLATION: Pheonix Mythical Fire Technique
  RANK: C-rank
  TYPE: Ninjutsu, offensive
  RANGE: Close-range
  DESCRIPTION: Katon • Housenka no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Fire Element. The ninja does the necessary hand seals and then emits a series of small fire balls. The ninja can also hurl a projectile which is covered in these same flames. To the opponent the attack appears to be only the balls of flame, they do not see the hidden threat within the flames. Meaning that even if the flames are put out, the projectiles still converge on the target. The flames can be used to cover different projectiles like shuriken or kunai.
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Kokohi no Jutsu
  TRANSLATION: False Place Technique
  RANK: C-rank
  TYPE: Genjutsu, supplementary
  RANGE: All ranges
  DESCRIPTION: Kokohi no Jutsu is a simple Genjutsu technique which changes the appearance of a nearby object.
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Komichikai
  TRANSLATION: Passage Release
  RANK: C
  ART: Ninjutsu
  TYPE: Supplementary
  RANGE: 20 meters
  DESCRIPTION:
  The user will first form the required hand seals. They will then send out a pulse of chakra from their form that activates the hidden seals buried beneath the sands around the temple's entrance. When done correctly, the door will open, parting the sands and revealing the stairway down into the dark corridors that is the clan's hidden archives.
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Tatsumaki
  TRANSLATION: Tornado
  RANK: C
  ART: Ninjutsu
  TYPE: Offensive
  RANGE: 20 meters
  DESCRIPTION: The user will charge chakra into their weapon and then swing the Gunbai outward in the chosen direction. A small twister of wind will then form and travel in the path, lifting up and tossing upward anyone or anything that gets in it's path, so long as it is not heavily planted to the ground. A person pulled into this twister will be thrown high into the air (over 20 feet above the ground)
  
  
• Name: Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique)
  Nature: - - -
  Rank: C
  Type: Supplementary
  Handseals: 0
  Description:

[/i][/ul]Chakra Consumption: Low

[/li][li]Name: Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)
Nature: - - -
Rank: C
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: 4
Description:

[/i][/ul]Chakra Consumption:Low - Massive

[/li][li]Name: Kai (Release)
Nature: - - -
Rank: C
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: 1
Description:

[/i][/ul]Chakra Consumption: Low - High

[/li][li]TECHNIQUE: Kugutsu no Jutsu
TRANSLATION: Puppetry Technique
RANK: C
ART: Ninjutsu
TYPE: Supplementary
RANGE: 50 yards
DESCRIPTION:
Kugutsu is a skill that allows for the user to manipulate tools and puppets from afar through the use of chakra strings. These strings are made up of concentrated chakra that has been shaped to connect two points in the form of a thin wire that appears invisible to the naked eye without very detailed and close inspection. These strings are sewn through tenketsu and are manipulated by the user's dexterous movements of the fingers and act as the strings of a puppet with the same level of tension. The length of these strings can be retracted or lengthened by the user's will, but the strings must remain taut in order to be used effectively.

Attaching strings to the target is the first and most basic skill a puppeteer must learn. At younger ages, the connection can only be established through touching the point which the user wishes to attach their strings to. The skill must be learned and mastered as the user grows as it becomes more essential in combat. By the time a user is C rank, it is expected that they know to connect chakra strings to a weapon or puppet within a range of 5 feet without the necessity of actually touching the target. However, this range increases dramatically as the user becomes more skilled, tripling at each skill level after C. 50 feet is the maximum range that this skill can reach to connect to a target.

Chakra Strings cannot be cut except by chakra itself. An elementally natured weapon with an enhanced cutting edge may also disrupt the strings and slice through them. These strings, when cut, remain until retracted by the puppeteer. Chakra strings connected to a puppet or target, but not to a user actively supplying a circulation of chakra into the strings, will dissipate after ten seconds if a new supply of chakra is not fed into them. Because of this, a user may even connect their own chakra strings to the ends of another set of chakra strings. This allows for them to connect to a puppet who has recently been cut off without having to get in range of the puppet itself.

Required Hand Seals: 3
Chakra Consumption: Very Low (per string)
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B-RANKED TECHNIQUES

• TECHNIQUE: Bakuhatsu En Shotto
  TRANSLATION: Exploding Flame Shot
  RANK: B-rank
  TYPE: Ninjutsu, offensive
  RANGE: Mid-range
  DESCRIPTION: Katon • Bakuhatsu En Shotto is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Fire Element. It allows the user to shoot multiple fire shots from their hands that is able to cause fiery explosions on impact.
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Daitatsumaki
  TRANSLATION: Great Tornado
  RANK: B
  ART: Ninjutsu
  TYPE: Offensive
  RANGE: 30 meters
  DESCRIPTION: This technique acts as Tasumaki, but creates a much larger twister and is capable of uprooting trees and breaking apart large stone structures. A person pulled into this twister will be thrown high into the air (over 60 feet above the ground)
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Kireyaiba
  TRANSLATION: Slicing Blade
  RANK: B
  ART: Ninjutsu
  TYPE: Offensive
  RANGE: 2 meters
  DESCRIPTION:
  The user will charge wind-natured chakra into their fan or sword and then force the chakra covering one face to spin clockwise and spin the chakra on the other face to spin the reverse direction. The effect is a grinding effect that rolls off of the backside of the blade during mid-swing. Multiple blades of wind are left in the blade's path and continue to follow the path of the swing even after the weapon has passed. Because the grinding edge is so random in its release of wind blades, they end up skewing from the blade's actual path. This allows for the user to strike a targeted opponent even if the weapon itself doesn't hit, so long as the opponent is within arms reach of the weapon's path. This allows for the user to cut and slice with multiple small blades of wind against the target, even if they don't actually hit with their weapon, making their kenjutsu style even more dangerous.
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Kazekiri
  TRANSLATION: Wind Cutter
  RANK: B-rank
  TYPE: Ninjutsu, defensive
  RANGE: Close-range
  DESCRIPTION: Fuuton • Kazekiri is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Wind Element. This technique is used to divide and neutralize a Wind attack launched against the user. The ninja will split the incoming Wind attack and make it harmless.
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Reppuu Tenshou
  TRANSLATION: Gale Weather
  RANK: B
  ART: Ninjutsu
  TYPE: Offensive
  RANGE: 10 meters
  DESCRIPTION:
  The user will charge chakra into their weapon and create a form of wind which veils the Gunpai (War Fan). Rather than releasing a gust of wind when it is swung, it instead releases a streamed current of dense air that acts as a heavy pushing force and extension to the tool. Like a large whip of air that is capable of knocking aside heavy objects as if a giant arm of the user. The force is strong enough to knock over large trees and blast holes through stone structures. The dense stream of air then is pulled back in toward the fan to be used once again like a retracting whip. Anything that hits the whip is immediately deflected away from it as it has an outward force from the formation of air.
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Saikan Chuushutsu no Jutsu
  TRANSLATION: Fine Affliction Extraction
  RANK: B-rank
  TYPE: Ninjutsu, supplementary
  RANGE: Close-range
  DESCRIPTION: Saikan Chuushutsu no Jutsu is a skill used by medical ninja to remove harmful poisons from a patient's body. The ninja will infuse their chakra into liquid, which they will insert into the patient. They will then use the liquid as a medium to draw out the poison from the cells. This mix can then be removed from the body. Depending on the deadliness of the poison, further treatment with an antidote or medicine may be required.
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Takame no Jutsu
  TRANSLATION: Hawk Eye Technique
  RANK: B
  ART: Ninjutsu
  TYPE: Supplementary
  RANGE: varies (50 meters passively ; 1 km actively)
  DESCRIPTION:
  A passive skill that is trained over a number of years through tracking and rigorous testing. The ninja has become so familiar with sensing chakra that they can sense any source of chakra and distinguish it among other sources if they are familiar with the person or animal whom it is coming from. But the skill is limited in its range when used in this manner and may be enhanced by forming the required hand seals to expand the range of the skill. Seito can sense over a distance as wide as kilometer when focusing on this skill.
  
  Required Hand Seals: -
  Chakra Consumption: none
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Zukokuu
  TRANSLATION: Head Mincing Pain
  RANK: B-rank
  TYPE: Ninjutsu, offensive
  RANGE: All ranges
  DESCRIPTION: Katon • Zukokku is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Fire Element. The user will create a large mass of fire and this mass will quickly spread along the ground and race towards its target, burning anything in its path.
  

A-RANKED TECHNIQUES

• TECHNIQUE: Kaze no Yaiba
  TRANSLATION: Sword of Wind
  RANK: A-Rank
  TYPE: Attack
  RANGE: All ranges
  DESCRIPTION: Kaze no Yaiba is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Wind Element. After forming the needed hand seal, a cutting whirlwind will envelop his opponent and cut them to pieces. Unlike a real sword which can face resistance, the wind blade will be able to slice with little difficulty.
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Shousen Jutsu
  TRANSLATION: Mystical Hand Technique
  RANK: A-rank
  TYPE: Ninjutsu, supplementary
  RANGE: Close-range
  DESCRIPTION: Shousen Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique utilized by medical ninja. This technique allows the ninja to heal wounds by focusing their own chakra to their hands. If the ninja is highly skilled, they are able to heal more critical injuries. Highly skilled medical-Nins can use their techniques to perform surgeries that otherwise would not be possible.
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Engo
  TRANSLATION: Protection
  RANK: A
  ART: Ninjutsu
  TYPE: Supplementary
  RANGE: -
  DESCRIPTION:
  The user will first connect chakra strings to a targeted person using the puppetry technique. Then, while connected to that person, they will then utilize the skill of "Shousen no Jutsu". Activating healing chakras, the user will send down the healing abilities of the skill and may heal a wounded person from a range. However, the chakra string must be directly connected to the afflicted area. The range of this technique cannot exceed the alloted distance the chakra strings can reach.
  
  Required Hand Seals: -
  Chakra Consumption: none
  
  
• TECHNIQUE: Karada Keiko
  TRANSLATION: Body Training
  RANK: A
  ART: Taijutsu
  TYPE: Supplementary
  RANGE: Personal
  DESCRIPTION:
  Achieved over a lifetime's hard work and training, Seito has achieved a near legendary status level of strength. He might not look it at first, but his body has great power within his muscles and they are toned to their maximum potential. With a single punch, he might break boulders or knock over trees. While with kicks, he can smash walls and send opponents off their feet with ease. The true result is shown in his swordstyle though, as his great strength complements his very light-handed style and allows for him to make relatively powerful strikes with little effort.
  

S-RANKED TECHNIQUES

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EQUIPMENT:

• NAME OF EQUIPMENT: Bansho
  MEANING OF NAME: Fan of Many Winds
  TYPE: Weapon
  USER(S): Tatsuga
  DESCRIPTION:
  A large Gunbai Fan that is colored Green and Red. The fan itself is made of a very strong steel and is wrapped in a fine silk cloth for the handle. At the base of the fan is a metal ring with a string tied to two rabbits feet, while at the head of the fan is another rabbits foot similar to the two at the base. A chain may be linked to the metal ring on the handle if the user so chooses. The edges of the fan itself are also made with a sharp edge, because of this the weapon can be used as a zanbato as well as a large fan.
  ABILITIES:
  When swung, it pushes an enormous amount of air out in the direction that it is targeted in. The power of a single swing is enough to create a powerful gust enough to root out trees and send waves of projectiles off course. This effect can be felt for 10 meters on from the user's position and even felt as a strong breeze up to 40 meters away. Chakra from the user is mixed into the air within each swing and can be used to empower fire-based techniques and increase the already destructive force of other wind-powered skills. It can also be used to increase the speed and penetrating force of a thrown projectile weapon, so long as the air travels in the direction the weapon is tossed.
  
  
• NAME OF EQUIPMENT: Dokueki
  MEANING OF NAME: Venom
  TYPE: Weapon
  USER(S): Tatsuga
  DESCRIPTION:
  A rather normal looking katana with a blue cloth handle and a sheathe colored in its likeness. A ring at the base of the hilt is attached to a metal chain that is five meters in length, allowing the use to utilize the weapon as a ranged weapon as well as a melee weapon.
  ABILITIES:
  The sword itself is made to have a replenishing toxin within the very fine center of the blade that is injected into targets through the tip when stabbed into them. The venom replenishes being made of proteins within the blood that it absorbs through the metal of the blade after being stabbed into a target and is strong enough to slow a victims reaction time and give them a piercing headache after ten seconds of the poison entering their bloodstream. One minute after being afflicted with the toxin, the target will be in a state of temporary paralysis that slows their body to the point where they can barely move. The toxin will then kill the target after twenty-four hours if left untreated.
  
  
• NAME OF EQUIPMENT: Daikiba
  MEANING OF NAME: Great Fang
  TYPE: Weapon
  USER(S): Tatsuga
  DESCRIPTION: A very large zanbatou that is so heavy it cannot be lifted by a normal ninja. The sword itself is much like a katana in that it is curved and has a single bladed edge which goes against the curve. The handle is long enough that it can be held in two hands, and in total length it stands just over 5 feet long. The handle is metal but is surrounded by a rubber masking that is wrapped in a wool cloth.
  ABILITIES:
  By shaping Wind-natured chakra around the blade, the user can create a blade in its likeness that casts a veil and mimics its form. This veil of chakra spins in a manner which follows the edge of the blade, acting like the metal chain on a chainsaw. The cutting edge of this slightly larger cloak of chakra is much sharper and allows it to cut through stone with ease, and can grind its way through metal. It does not increase the threat range of the weapon by a significant proportion.
  
  
• NAME OF EQUIPMENT: Utsuwa no Suijin
  MEANING OF NAME: Gourd of the Water God
  TYPE: Supplementary Equipment
  USER(S): Tatsuga
  DESCRIPTION: A clay gourd marked with the kanji for the Water God on its side. The container itself is capped with a cork.
  ABILITIES:
  When the cork is removed from the opening atop the container, the gourd will begin to expel a massive amount of water from its form. This acts like a stream from a firehose and will release gallons of water in seconds. The tool was used originally for the sake of creating water in the arid desert to prevent the ninja from dying of thirst. However, it has the potential to be utilized as a make-shift weapon to knock back opponents when within three meters of a target. The gourd can be used for a good number of ways, but drains a rather noticeable amount of the user's chakra. Because of this, the tool is used in seldom.
  
  
• NAME OF EQUIPMENT: Uwagi
  MEANING OF NAME: Coat
  TYPE: Armor
  USER(S): Tatsuga
  DESCRIPTION: A red robe-like coat with an iron pauldron equipped on the left shoulder for light protection from other bladed weapons. The coat has many pockets and straps for the addition of holding equipment in and on its form.
  ABILITIES:
  The robe itself is made with steel wool and laced in lead to severely lessen flammability. The inside of the coat is also lined with polyester to keep the inside temperature at level with the wearer's body heat.
  
  
• NAME OF EQUIPMENT: Setsuna Tantou
  MEANING OF NAME: Flash Daggers
  TYPE: Weapon
  USER(S): Tatsuga
  DESCRIPTION: A collection of small iron tanto with wooden handles that seamlessly mold into the form of the blades. Small couplings at the base of each dagger's handle allow for user to attach chakra strings to those rings and manipulate the weapons from afar.
  ABILITIES:
  Each of the ten dagger has an individual seal that represents a kanji within the formula. A number that matches up to the fuuinjutsu technique of Tatsuga. When these daggers are aligned in a circular form around the target, a ritual jutsu can be performed.
  

ITEMS:

• Shuriken
  
• Shuriken
  
• Shuriken
  
• Exploding Note
  
• Exploding Note
  
• Exploding Note
  
• Exploding Note
  
• Metal Chain (15 feet)
  
• Storage Scroll (Yamamoto Treasures)
  
• Storage Scroll (Setsuna Tanto)
  

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BACKGROUND

PARENTS: Yamamoto, Natsu & Hibari
SIBLINGS: Senichi
OTHER FAMILY: (Son) Natsuko [deceased], (Son) Hiroshi
HISTORY:

Growing up without parents isn't easy. Especially when you're the younger brother to a child who has already inherited the title as the clan's leader. At the age of sixteen, Senichi had already taken on position at the head of the clan as a Chuunin. Close behind him, his brother Tatsuga was still enrolled within the ninja academy at age 9. The two were a bit apart by their age, but they stayed close together as they were the only ones left out of their immediate family.

Senichi wasn't all too happy about having to take up the position as the head of the clan, but he dealt with the responsibility day in and day out by simply watching over his sibling and cousins to make sure that they too would become strong ninja like their ancestors. There were elder born members of the clan, but only a few in every generation actually become ninja. Sen just so happened to be the eldest acting shinobi at the time in which he was called upon to be the leader of the clan. The ninja whom had been around before him had most recently died after a series of dangerous missions the village took on regarding a missing ninja, their parents included in these numbers.

Tatsuga clung to his brother every afternoon without hesitation. Not wanting to be left alone, he followed his brother by the heel and joined him for most of his tasks which included messenger employment and some basic maintenance around the village. When Setsuna was not around though, like if he was off on a mission, then the younger brother would find himself at home. The child usually spent most of his free time practicing his dart skills. This practice was mostly out around the house rather than inside of it, but there were odd days where he just sat in his room and threw shuriken at the walls. He was always met with a discipline from his brother though, which was something simple like not being allowed any dessert.

On Tatsuga's eleventh birthday, Senichi decided to get him something that would make the rest of the young students jealous. It was on this day that Tatsuga was handed his first puppet, a toy snake with segmented parts. The boy wasn't all too interested in puppets, but for his brother he would follow in step by attempting to learn the secret arts that the ninja of Sunagakure were well known for. Puppeteering was a skill that was usually learned young, but only by ninja because it was a difficult art to master.

Tatsuga wouldn't really have a notable history up until the age in which he became Jounin. His brother had been an elite for some time now, so it was only expected that he was about the right age for joining him. As a gift for making the rank of Jounin, the clan gave him the gift of the Utsuwa no Saijin. It was a special weapon that was supposed to be a part of a legendary group of tools known as the treasures of three, or "Santaka no Tenshin." Being handed the responsibility of looking after it was something of an honor to be bestowed, and the young Jounin would take such an honor with pride.

He began looking to his teammate, Jun, as more than just a comrade. Now that he had proven his worth in the career of a shinobi, he would begin to settle and wished to have someone to accompany him. Jun had been there all along, and would be a great love in his life. When the two were married (Tatsuga at age 22), his brother would congratulate him and entitled the clan to him. Senichi, being a bit older and not having yet learned to settle down, would move on and leave the village to become a travelling ninja. Being a tad older in his years, he had the permission of the council and would leave to act as a scout for the village. The travelling and worldly experience would just be a bonus to this mission.

Four years later, after Tatsuga and Jun had their first child, Senichi would return to the village. It was an overnight visit that would consist of a meeting between the two. Senichi admitted his traveling to be dangerous and wanted to return to the village. But something was wrong, he said there was a mission to be done. He would leave and entrust the treasures of the clan to the younger brother. Senichi would not be seen again for years.

As Tatsuga and Jun would age, their children would grow. Another four years had passed and he would permit his first born child to enter the ninja academy. His younger son, only by two years, would also begin to show an interest in wishing to join the ninja academy. But his dreams would have to be held off until he was of age. Still, both of the children would play together once the older brother got home from school. The only difference was that the younger brother was keeping up with the same teachings without even being in the academy. It was strange, but a good sign of a one day to be great ninja.

Time would continue to pass. When his eldest son would become a Genin, he was at the age of thirteen. The second son would follow shortly after and they both would be enrolled in two squads that worked rather closely together. Missions simultaneously and even the Chuunin exams at the same time. They were both growing up so quickly and Tatsuga barely had time to enjoy it. His wife seemed more tired than he, but that's because she actually was seeing them near every minute they weren't at school. Tatsuga, still being a ninja, was gone throughout most of the day and would only see his boys in the morning and late at night.

It was when his youngest son would become a Chuunin that the next major event happened. Not too long after, the worst series of events throughout Tatsuga's life would begin. At age 17, his oldest son would die in the midst of a mission. A wrong move had sent him into a corner where he had been trapped and killed in the valley beyond the gates. They brought him back mortally wounded, but the medics within the village could do nothing to save him. Tortured by this, Tatsuga would begin to train himself in the medical arts. A year later, he would be employed as a student to one of the village's best medical ninja. He was old for a student, but the training would do him good and he picked up on it rather quickly.

Unfortunately it was when he would return from a mission, tired and out of energy that he would be ambushed in his own home. Trapped within a seal with no way to release himself, the middle-aged ninja would watch helplessly as his son destroyed his house and killed his wife. The boy's murderous intent was turned back on the Jounin, but the more advanced ninja would take on the torturous weakness and use illusions to prevent him from advancing any further. Hiroshi, after freeing himself, would then flee from the village.

By the time Tatsuga could gain freedom from the seal, it was too late. His home had been destroyed, his love lay dead on the floor and his son had escaped from the village. It was obvious at this point that Hiroshi had also been the cause of Natsuko's death as well. Picking up the treasures of the clan, Tatsuga would chase after his son and follow him to the far off and distant edges of the desert.

An entire squad of ninja had sacrificed their lives for the attempted capture of Hiroshi. But the boy was more skilled than originally revealed. He might not have been stronger than Tatsuga, but he had a natural talent for homicide. When the Jounin would corner his Chuunin kin, the chance to gain vengeance was open. But the man could not bring himself to kill his own son. Not at this point, anyway. He would let Hiroshi go and let tears carry him back to the village. Later, he heard that the boy caused even more death and destruction behind him post leaving the country. The mistake was letting him go.

Consoled by his brother after returning to the Hidden Sand, Tatsuga would change his life and move into an apartment near the center of the village. Booze and intoxicants would be the life raft that would carry him in his own misery. And all that would remain on his mind would be death and revenge.

After a few months of suffering, the man would return back to the village's shinobi lifestyle and begin taking up missions once again. He still would continue his path toward learning the skills of a medic, but focused more on other abilities of the clan and expanding his reach and cover of the ninjutsu world so that he might not be surprised and trapped by a fuuinjutsu the next time he would come into contact with his son.

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USER INFO

NAME: Senken
OTHER CHARACTERS?: Fujin Akimichi

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