February Competition

Sensou was an Orphan, his skin normal tan but scarred from years of slavery and pain of failure to escape from his captives. A large herd of bandits were his ‘masters’ that forced him to perform labor, like farming, heavy lifting, or even fighting other slaves for their amusement at the age of 4 up to when he was 9. When he turned 10 suddenly everything changed. He was in his cage like usual, a slab of rotten break and moldy water as a meal, when suddenly fires lite outside the tents. Flames were spreading across the small Camp of bandits, lighting them on fire. Sensou looked over the fire his eyes wide but seem to carry a permanent glare.

Suddenly 3 black cloaked warriors approached, each carrying a strange symbol

‘Clan Shinobi . . . ‘the boy though having seen many bandits ambush Shinobi similar to them, some even joining the group from banishment. The 3 Clan Shinobi walked forward, they stared at Sensou before turning to each other and giving a silent nod. Sensou looked at them before his vision went black, a pain resonating from his neck before he could feel nothing at all.
He suddenly awoke this time no longer in his cage, he slowly sat up only to find himself chained to the floor by his ankle and wrist. The chains long enough to allow him to sit up, but not move from his position he quickly looked around. All around him were dozens of Black cloaked warriors, each one of them carrying some sort of large or strange blade upon their backs and waists. Suddenly a cry from his right made him look to see. . A baby, upon the ground of a large red circle.

The baby was average looking, normal tan skin, black hair and slightly malnourished. Above him is what made Sensou’s eyes widen, a shark, captured in a ball of water, a hammer head shark it appeared to be but of course he wouldn’t know that, only knew it was a strange creature. A begging plea from his left made him look to see a second boy a bit older then him on his knees begging the black warriors, a shark which appeared to be a smaller shark, but when it looked to the child it attempted to bite him. . By shooting its mouth forward almost alien like, this was a Goblin shark.

Finally Sensou looked down and saw. . . A red mark and heard a swirling of water. Slowly he looked up. A giant Great white was swirling above him, it was obvious whatever was planned here, and he was going to be a part of it whether he liked it or not. A Red glow from the right signaled even more crying as the baby and the Hammerhead were suddenly engulfed in light. The baby continuing to cry as a sickening squelch noise was heard. The baby stopped crying, and the light disappeared to reveal. . A sickening creature, half shark, half baby, on the ground dead. The Black Cloaked men shook their heads and turned to the other boy, the one with the ferocious goblin shark. This creature began to move even more violently as the red light began again. Once again, the sound of the animal and human squelching flesh together and then silence. This time however the bow appeared to be breathing. . His skin blue in color his teeth sharper, he appeared to be okay. . Until his mouth began to open and open and . . . His head ripping in two violently killing himself.

Sensou growled and the shark above him seemed to have the same idea, they knew what was happening now and were ready to end it at a moment’s notice. Both of them began struggling as the light grew, and suddenly they stopped. The light engulfed them and the shark was suddenly on his back, the 2 chakras began to fight each other, the bodies, began to merge. Suddenly the Great white sharks chakra began to mix with Sensou’s like a giant mixer, and instead of fighting, the 2 seemed to connect. The light faded away and reveal Sensou, and his new changed form. Larger then he was before, the shark boy had broken his chains, his teeth grew in length, his muscles bigger, his body perfection incarnate. The boy stood up from the red blood of the shark that surrounded him and he looked at the black Shinobi in front of him, The Shinobi walked forward and offered his hand while his face was revealed showing a dark smile. Sensou looked at the hand . . .

And growled.

And there was blood, the boy enhanced by the massive power of the shark made him strong, his skin was tough, and his teeth were sharp. The warriors never stood a chance despite their training, Sensou was born that day.
The Bloodied boy walked out of the Misty clearing and looked up, he saw a single glowing star upon the misty skies of the land. These warriors had chosen him. . a Child. . . Gaki. . a Gaki. The boy looked up at the star and fell to his knees ‘Gaki. . . Hoshigaki. . . that’s who I am. . . Sensou Hoshigaki. . .the Star child. . . ‘
Sensou Hoshigaki the star child was born that day.

At the age of 17 Sensou Hoshigaki became the first of the Hoshigaki clan. A Large compound given to him by the other clan members after the construction of the Mist village began, Sensou Hoshigaki was a well-known Shinobi and master warrior, every day eh would patrol the waters around the island, and eliminate any threats to the new village.

It was through his patrols that he learned several things about himself as well as the people around him. He learned that he was much stronger than average humans, his powers being double that of any normal human, his skin tougher, and his chakra was so large that he could in fact regenerate a good portion of it before he ever lost any of it.

The second thing he found out was that he had a vivid memory of that 1 day of his birth. He could recreate the seal that gave birth to him but in doing so he himself forgot everything that had happened before his birth.

Because of this Sensou Hoshigaki decided that it was time he started a Family of his own, a Hoshigaki clan if you will.
Hammerhead, White tip, Whale, Cookie cutter, Tiger, Goblin, and Great white. These were the Branches of the Hoshigaki clan he created.

The Hammerheads, while very angry, were also great trackers of the branches, while all the branches could track, this clan branch could easily sense electrical impulses and even heart beats.

White tip Hoshigaki were Proud, very honor bound to do their duty and wore there marks and gave their respect, they were good with the sword, clean with their marks, and deadly with their strikes.

Whale Shark, Although strange to most of the clans, the Whale shark branch could retain their chakra better than the rest of the clan, using less and gaining more, they were masters of the art of handling, sensing, and even eating chakra through the air.

Cookie cutter Hoshigaki were impressionable, they copied other branches abilities out of fun, and were mischievous, but there true skill came with speed and biting at their enemies, there speed and bites making them deadly to enemies who weren’t careful.

The Tiger shark branch were the most vicious of the shark branches, being that they grew enraged at everything they could, even the sun would anger them if it got in there eyes. They were bloodragers in more ways than the other 6.

Goblin Sharks, Sneaky hunters, there eyesight normal compared to humans, lacking in Hoshigaki terms, they were good sensors also, only because they had to be. They could fight under any limitation, because they used their sixth sense, as there only sense to fight. Fighting against this branch and losing your eye on them? Is like fighting a shadow with teeth.

And Finally the Great White shark. Tracking skills? Perfect, teeth? Perfect, Strength? Skill? Power? Perfect, Sensou being the Example showed that his bloodline was the master clan of the Hoshigaki. Nothing could compare, faster than a cookie cutter, and more rage then a tiger, swifter then a White tail, and more chakra then a whale Hoshigaki. Sensou was the Hoshigaki and the Hoshigaki were his children.

Sensou created the clan by using slaves from nearby bandit ships and camps. Freeing them and using his ability he could find the perfect match for their chakra and animal,

Harto Hoshigaki, a middle aged man with Hair like horns. Became the first Hammerhead Hoshigaki.

Kento Hoshigaki, a forgotten prince of some ruined clan became the First White Tip Hoshigaki.

Jinbei Hoshigaki, a wise Buddhist captured by slavers became the First Whale Shark Hoshigaki.  

Ginbai, and Kinbai Hoshigaki, Two female twins who were starving on rats in a cellar, stored away, Became the First cookie cutter Hoshigakis

Raith Hoshigaki, a Gladiator bandit, enslaved by his own people became the First Tiger shark Hoshigaki.

Bain Hoshigaki, a Blind teenager with a staff of iron, became the First Goblin shark Hoshigaki

After the Transformations, the Hoshigaki Branches were formed, and their pasts were forgotten, for their Birth of blood was complete. It wasn’t until 20 years later that the village was formed and the Hoshigaki clan was finally cemented with the First child. The Twins growing up to be beautiful Warriors, decided among themselves to take mates among the Clan, although not truly expected it was welcomed and Ginbai married into the Whale shark clan by mating with Jinbei and Kinbai into the Tiger shark clan by mating with Kento. The Children they had would be easily identified as to what clan they belonged, however it did not matter, for branches of the clan merely showed your legacy, and not your rank. For a child between 2 branches could give birth to either of the 2 Branches and it did not matter.

Branches of the Hoshigaki clan were different, we were recognized for our skills and power, which eventually became quite even among all. However 1 special trait seem to remain towards the 7 Branches. The original 7 clan Branch heads remained in their prime, only growing stronger as the years went by, however children born from them seem to have a normal life span.
Sensou had also grown stronger, now being over 40 years old he showed no signs of growing weaker, if anything he grew stronger each day, and eventually he was declared as a ‘Jounin’ as well as Clan head. However those things didn’t matter, as long as he could live free and fight, he was happy with his Family.

Then the blue Water war took place.

Fire Rained from the skies, and mists of blue met out to fight them, Shinobi were making the rivers run red, and the rocks were painted with the blood of all clans. Sensou stood among a group of traitorous shinobi, Sensou fought with his spear, stabbing into them with his red trident, his black blue Hair stained with blood as it splattered over him, he continued his slaughter until finally a retreat from the enemy side was called allowing for him to rest.

The war had begun with Konoha and Suna Attacking Kumo, to which Kiri had become a target by Iwa after aiding Kumo in their defense. A World war, to which the Kiri are now naming the Blue water war, due to the recent use of a new Technique, Blue Water mists. A Technique designed for an abundance of uses but mostly to defend Kiri and Poison the enemy.

Sensou helped create the Technique however, having them design it to attack and poison the lungs of those who did not carry Gas masks, creating a blue poison mist that could be used to poison water supplies, food rations, even the air itself in entire encampments that came near the islands of Water country. A technique that could be used by any Genin with Water element allowed for vast use and Mass protection of Kiri in all forms.

The War was also Nicknamed the Blue Water war due to the way the Jutsu worked, the poison would turn the bodies of those who died blue in color, making them toxic to even be near as their bodies expelled more of the blue mists into the air.
The Technique itself had Defensive properties, and could easily be used to defend against normal Ninjutsu, especially fire style Jutsu. However the basic principles of the technique were meant to mimic the legendary Hidden mist technique to a smaller degree.

The Hoshigaki clan stayed mostly to the oceans, destroying ships and boats, as there was not much of a war so much as a struggled to defend themselves until the war finally ended. The cookie cutter Clan excelled during the first few years of the war, with their ability to put holes into the bottoms of ships and leave without a trace was a great assets.

Battle field Scene 1:
Sensou Hoshigaki stood out in front of the large clearing, hidden from sight within the trees along with 100 Genin level Shinobi behind him. They were in Fire country overlooking the massive armies that Konoha and Iwa had sent to attack Kumo and then Branch off to Kiri. While it’s true they could have fought them on the water front, it was decided by Sensou as the General of the Kiri War brigades that fighting them on the water would be what they were prepared for. After all you don’t gather an army of 2000 soldiers and have them go into a sharks nest unprepared, no you give them the tools to hunt and Sensou didn’t want his family to be harmed if he could avoid it.

Sensou Hoshigaki crossed his arms as he finished Counting each of the Chakra signatures, an ability he learned from his Children the Whale Shark clan, and turns to his second in command, Kento Hoshigaki.
“Prepare the Boys . . . its time” Sensou said and Kento bowed respectively holding his sword at his side and silently raised it up and the first wave of Shinobi walked forward, all hidden with a special technique now called ‘Invisible cloak’ Technique, they silently made hand signs before spewing blue mist, while the 80 Shinobi did this, 20 Shinobi in the back gently sprayed a normal mist with to and sent the poison mist into the encampment of 2000. The effect was not instantaneous however but this was Sensou’s plan. They weren’t prepared for a mist on their own territory, and therefore could not fight it. Men began coughing and choking under the mist, some managed to hide away burying themselves underground but the general chaos came when Sensou rose his hand again and more mist was sprayed.

The massacre had ended 1750 Shinobi in a single night, and 100 of them were sick enough that they died later on, the rest retreated back to their home.

This battle was won.

For another 5 years the Hoshigaki had shifted there strategy to defending their home land using Whale Shark Hoshigaki’s Great skill in water manipulation and control, they used the strategy to of forming large tidal waves to sink larger more guarded ships. They also tended to use water missiles to put holes into the bottoms of the ships.

The War continued on for another 20 years before finally a Peace treaty was made between the lands. The Hoshigaki clan thrived after the war was over, breeding and spreading there clan to the sea’s taking them over. Of course Hoshigaki’s were simple, they did not require riches for they could find them among the sea, and they thrived in battle, and trained for years and years during the war and after it.

For over 50 years the land of Kiri was in peace, there brutal ways slowly grew however due to their ways becoming more and more bloody, Hoshigakis lived and died as they were born, however Sensou lived on, his body never grew tired even as his hair grew white he stayed powerful and strong. His age now 117 years of age, he stood taller than before, at 11 feet in height, he stood over the Whale shark clan and most Akimichi from Konoha after their Multi-Size techniques.

Sensou grew stronger even as new Kages were stepping up to the plate, shinobi dying on missions like flies, he soon grew to the point of boredom, and he desired a challenge, a warrior or greater strength.

It wasn’t until 10 years later when a Warrior from Konoha approached him wishing to fight with him. Seeking revenge.
The Warrior stood in front of Sensou, his clan symbol brightly on his shirt signaling him to be from the Hyuuga clan. Sensou sat in a large chair not even bothering to stand as he laid his head in his hand, and elbow on the armrest. The Hyuuga was average looking but very noble as well, kimono and un touched hair. Sensou stared down from his chair.

“Well? You’re here to see me . . . and now you have. . . “Sensou said almost bored, he had received death threats before, But not many actually came to meet there death.

“my name is Rengi Hyuuga of the noble Family of the Hyuuga clan, your clan has insulted and forced my hand, I demand retribution for what has transpired! “ the boy ‘Rengi’ as he is now to be named said made Sensou raises his eyebrow, his teeth grinning, his lips almost receding into his jaw.

“My children do what they wish, When they wish, for as long as they wish it, if you want them to respect you then you must go to them not me . . .now where is the one who ‘insulted’ you. . “ Sensou asked chuckling, only to stop as a brown bag was placed in front of him the Hyuuga having thrown it out, the bag opening midair letting a head roll out, the Head of Raith Hoshigaki, one of the few immortal clan heads of the Branches. Sensou stood even as the Hyuuga began to prattle on.

“He insulted Konoha, and the Hyuuga clan! He has faced our judgment, now we demand an apology for his ins- gahkf” his words stopped as Sensou had gripped his neck and raised him up, the Hyuuga not seeing it coming even with his powerful eyes could not track the powerful Hoshigaki.

“You dare . . . bring one of my Children’s heads here . . . and demand. . . RETRIBUTION?!” the Hyuuga’s eyes were wide with fear but stumbled out a few more words. “he-gak he insulted our people our village, and even threatened us with war” he said before his eyes literally popped as the hand continued to squeeze until the Hyuuga was dead. Sensou threw the body aside and looked at the Konoha Shinobi who had accompanied him, they were about to charge when Sensou said raising his arms.

“IF WAR WAS THE THREAT, THEN SO WAR IS DECLARED!”

This was the action that brought the Red Water war.

Everyone can see that in Kumogakure, Kenjutsu and Taijutsu are major focuses of the major clans that claim the most power in the village. This comes from a long history of a small mountain town, protected by clans who acted as guards; these town guards were the Samurai of the Kichida, and the warriors of the Shindou and the Yotsuki. These warrior clans were brought about by necessity as the town was always under attack from the bandits surrounding the mountain within lightning country. Over time, the bandit clans began to clash with each other, leading to assimilation of clans into one. It didn’t take long for the bandit chief, now lost to history, to assault the town of Kumogakure. A thousand men marched on the mountain, heading directly up to take the village by force, catapults launched fire down on the upstart village, killing and trapping many within their own homes. The destruction raining down was unimaginable. Fire fell from the sky, the buildings were scorched and burning, the dead and dying were crying out in pain all around, the destruction of the village was almost assured simply from the sheer destruction. The bandits of the unknown faction continued to climb higher and higher, reaching the village only to find a massive body of men and women, armed to the teeth and prepared to drive off the attackers.

    The first wave made their way directly into the wall of Kichida Naginata Samurai that stood at the forefront of the villagers prepared for war. The small wall of Samurai made their way forward, slowly pushing back the bandits who rushed valiantly into the burning village, blinded by the thick black smoke which rose from the wreckage left behind from the assault by the catapults. Slowly, but surely the wall pushed forward, inch by inch, cutting down bandit after bandit. Once they pushed the enemy down to the front gates, the Samurai of the Kichida clan rushed over their brothers and dove headlong at the enemy slicing through man after man. As the Kichida Samurai made their advance, the Shindou brawlers rushed forward to assist in the initial counter attack on the men. The progress could be heard high in the mountains and miles away as the Shindou blasted away their opponents with their explosive hits. High on the ridge and surrounding the village, the great Yotsuki clan waited as bandits would come within range of their attacks, and then would blast the men right back down the mountain side with powerful strikes of lightning. The thick black clouds, because of their actions, rained down with thunder in all directions, striking the ground in various places, causing massive amounts of damage all around. The mountain itself seemed to explode with anger, a volcanic eruption of some kind as this battle raged on throughout the night, the lightning strikes from the Yotsuki lighting the night sky, the fires burning bright and high in the air.

    Down far below in the combat, the Kichida continue their assault, driving back the bandit clan. Deep within this fray of carnage and blood, the young Tsunetomo Kichida makes his name, taking on two to three bandits at once, cutting them down like cattle in a slaughterhouse. It was until he reached the bandit captain that he stopped his assault. This is the first of the two battles these men would have, however neither of them knew this as they clashed. Tsunetomo, a young man, had the most difficult time fighting against this hardened warrior, the head of such a mighty army. In their clash, their swords clashed, their skills seemed on par until the bandit captain began to laugh. He began to swiftly dance around Tsunetomo, striking numerous blows before finally launching him backwards with great force into the mountain side. This is where the man made his mistake, he allowed for Tsunetomo to live. Not long after their bout, the captain withdrew his forces, knowing that they were battered and beaten, this being a lost assault. However he left with the promise that he would return, thus the beginning of his undoing.
This is where Tsunetomo’s story begins, the story of the chen no akuma, the Kyton of the Kichida Clan, the demon in chains. Deep under the mountain, Tsunetomo found a room, a room dedicated to the worship of demons of all kinds, and it is here where the first chain demon was created. He dropped to his knees and asked for power; the need for it to destroy his enemy, the need to eliminate an entire army, and his request was answered in full. A demon, a monster from the pits of hell itself, answered his pleas in the form of a deep blue flame which overtook Tsunetomo there in that room. The flames burned deep into his skin and deeper down into his soul, and sealing itself inside of him so that the monster may walk the earth freely. With this new found power, Tsunetomo returned to the village in agonizing pain, coated in a thick layer of chains, and barely walking on his own. This is where his story branches off into years of training, in the assistance of rebuilding the village, and building of the powerful Kichida Clan, and in the creating of Kumogakure as a ninja village. As the years rolled on, he rose through the ranks, until becoming the head of the Kichida clan, by this time earning himself the title of chen no akuma, through his many missions and the destruction of several bandit encampments throughout lightning country, raising the chains but a few times to assault, saving their power for the day he knew was soon approaching.

    Not less than a year after he became the head of the Kichida clan, did the village fear the wrath of the scorn bandit captain from years before. The catapults rained hell down on the village once more, and the bandits of a four thousand man army came up the mountain side, armed to the teeth and ready for war. The shinobi of Kumogakure rushed out to meet the first few waves of bandits, but only barely succeeded in holding them back for a while. Spirits were low and it seemed as if the village would be lost to these simply awe-inspiring forces which marched on the village.

“As Kumogakure went up in smoke, a lone man stood to bear down on the enemy. Chains of the Devil himself rise from this shinobi, ripping apart enemy after enemy. As the leader of the assault approached, the chains before us ripped apart scores of the enemy and dripped the blood of each of those men. As he reached the enemy leader, the shinobi’s chains exploded into a blaze unlike any that we had seen before, a blue flame which sliced through all metal presented before it. When the fight began between this Kichida and the leader of the assault, the two became locked in the most violent battle that any of us had ever seen. As the two shinobi giants battled it out, the remainder of the Kichida rose from the ashes of the burning village, their bodies burned and battered, but their spirits unbroken. They rushed down the mountain and clashed with the army that lay before them, fighting outnumbered twenty to one at least. This spirit, this unwavering determination to win stirred the others in the village and all who could took arms against the besiegers. As we all fought, body parts began raining from the sky as the chains sent any who were stupid enough to interrupt their battle through the sky ripped to shreds. As the battle raged on, a bright flash of blue shot into the sky and the great Kyton flew into the air, the chains pouring from his back formed a devil’s trap coated in fire around him. At each point massive chains crashed into the ground and all who were unlucky enough to be in the way. They weaved in and out of the ground, still coated in the blue flames, and tore apart the enemy. The screams. . . the screams were horrifying as men and women were pulled apart and burned by the chains. The leader was the last to go, standing alone on a battlefield of bodies, the shinobi of Kumogakure stood before the gates. The demon of chains lowered to the ground standing before the man. In an otherworldly voice, he spoke the word, “You come forth to attack our people, the people of the clouds and expect no resistance? You! You a but a pathetic man who thinks himself so great?!” The man before him began to cower in fear and the chains began to wrap around his legs, arms, and neck. “This was a foolish task, you have done nothing here, and your name will be stricken from the world. You shall no longer exist.  I send you to wander this world nameless and faceless.” With those words, he ripped each of the man’s appendages and held his torso by the neck. The flames around the leader’s neck burst into the blue flame, removing his face from his body, leaving no features and just skin. The sight was positively horrifying, this demon of the Kichida just removed a man’s face, what happens next is much worse though. He re-attached the limbs through fire, backwards to the body and the faceless man began walking away, the skin where a face once was facing us. We have no idea where he went, or where he goes. . . or even how he exists, but we shall keep watch for it.”  - ANBU Report.