A (Mamoru)

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time"

- Mamoru addressing Team Omoi

Decimated by the power of a, those who survived the initial attack were subject to mutation, death or sometimes both after being exposed to the fallout of the corrupted chakra. Similar to natural energy, the chakra of this god influenced the environment: hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning storms and Tsunamis hit the Land causing increasing damage. After months of damage, the natural disasters came to a cease, but without a few mere months many were lost. The entire country, buried under it's own ruins, found itself without resources, men or money to rebuild. Plaguing this land with violence, rap and murder, the Land of Lightning found itself destroying oneself even more. The Daimyō murdered, the forming a haven that provided protection from these sinful creatures, order was lost in the Land. However, a man bearing a Demon rose above all to quell the violence and restored order, assuming the position as the Daimyō of the Land of Lightning and the raikage of.

, revered as the rose above all odds to quell the destructive nature that the Land of Lightning had plunged itself into. Eventually adopting the title of Raikage after the Civil War of the Land of Lightning, Mamoru has surpassed the legacy his father left onto the world. Adopting this name, he additionally adopted the responsibilities associated with this status. As the Raikage, Mamoru is tasked with restoring the land back to its former glory while simultaneously protecting them from other lands looking to destroy them.

Mamoru is the child of the previous of the  Ushi Oni and woman belonging to the same clan as the famed. Raised alongside the current raikage with his teammate, Kei Yotsuki, Mamoru naturally held a name for himself. His skills in regards to his is noted by the villagers, proving to be equally versatile on the battlefield and off. Trained by a professional artist, coupled with his ability to generate Ink, Mamoru's own artistic skills is said to surpass that of the creator of the technique, of the.

Secretly, for only Yoru and Kei know of the organization, Mamoru has started a between the Jinchūriki of several different lands. A low key organization, the Jinchūriki establish treaties between themselves and their lands, for when the time comes they will call on one another. A group originally coined by the Jinchūriki,, they seek to carry on his legacy by using their powers to balance the world when unbalanced. When the time calls, they meet and act on their own accord. Mamoru is a major member of the organization, assuming the head of the organization despite his youthful age, for his tailed beast is the one who had the closest connection with Naruto, thus Mamoru is the remaining link to the true message and the methods that Naruto would partake in. For this reason, his is essential to its survival, something that he intends to ensure for future generations and so forth.

Appearance
Resembling his father in more ways than one, this includes his appearance, seemingly only inheriting his mother’s enormous chakra reserves. An artist, the child of Killer B and the cousin of A, it would be surprising if Mamoru did not have a superior cardiovascular build than most. However, his cardiovascular build isn’t as noticeable as his cousin or father in fact, as he appears to simply be normal sized, for the result is that he possesses an equal amount of white and red muscle tissue rather than being mostly in possession of red muscle tissue like his family members. For this reason, he is seen as lean, but with a well define build. Relative to his defined muscular identity, Mamoru is not a very tall man, averaging just an inch above the average height for a male and his weight is similar to that. An average man in general appearance wise, rather unimpressive for someone of his status and heritage.

His physical features, rather than his cardiovascular build, is often noted as identical to that of his father. His flesh is a beautiful rich brown, like the color of instant pudding as every six year old child makes it, twice as much sweet cocoa powder as the instructions call for. Accompanying his rich, brown flesh is hair that was ghostly in its bloodless color, short and spiky. The hairstyle he tends to sport is a rather popular one, consisting with a bang that showers his forehead. When his eyes are visible, they have been described to possess an intense shade of grey and a rather focused appearance as if he is completely concentrated on a single thing.

Completing his appearance is the attire, which is rather simple. He wears a simple jacket that is zippened up only halfway, revealing a large portion of his chest, while stopping slightly above his belly-button. Following this are leather, dark pants that stop at the very beginning of his heel, overlapping the top of his leather boots. His attire, though simple, does include a few mere accessories that reflect his artistic nature. He wears a necklace with a symbol of a cross on it, black shades that shield his eyes from the sun and lastly a red, bionic like glove.

Personality
"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask Mamoru how he did something, he feels a little guilty because he didn't really do it, he just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things"

- Gyūki about Mamoru

Creativity, the true characteristic that differentiates the common human life form from an artificial creation, for it provides the closest thing to fulfillment that conscious, living creatures can ever hope to acquire. Everything that is compelling, important, and human are the result of creativity. The defining trait that separates humans from apes and unconscious beast is creativity, resulting in language, value, expression, understand and technology. Among the human race, they're exist notably creative people, though they seem mysterious in how they function. Known for the ability to adapt and make use of their resources during any situation to reach their goals, creative people are often described in two words, complex and strange.

From a young age, Mamoru was said to possess enormous amounts of energy, even without Gyūki's interference. This would suggest that one would be extremely hyperactive, however Mamoru is often at rest, sleeping. However, despite his teammates and other children his age, Mamoru was always a child who could stay focused for an extremely large amount of times. During meetings, he could listen for hours without losing focus and can even work for hours without losing concentration. His energies are not ruled by a schedule, but he controls them himself, for he possesses the ability to focus his energy intensely and can recharge his energy supplies. Endowed with such an ability, it affects his abilities-battle wise and governs his actions in life.

Due to his ability to concentrate his energy and focus on a single aspect of his life for extended periods of time, Mamoru in terms of his shinobi skills is heavily educated in the mechanics of ninjutsu and genjutsu. However, due to his intense studies and submergence into the shinobi arts, Mamoru is socially naive. When kids would play outside, he would train and hone his skills, possessing an always present guardian at his side. As such, he never developed the social skills needed to understand people. For this reason, he has very little understanding of humor of the basic social conventions, evident by how he would walk into women bath homes or even use the girl's restrooms. As such, he is seen as naive by his fellow peers outside of training.

With Gyūki constantly showering him with parental love, but tough love it is, Mamoru is not a spoiled child despite being seen as a prodigal child of the. With this, Mamoru often never accepts gifts from others for he is typically satisfied with whatever he has, failing to take anything for granted. In addition, the manner in which he speaks is respectful in every aspect of the word. In terms of his dialect, Mamoru applies formal titles to anyone he meets and he never swears even in stressful situations. His formal dialect is attributed to his maturity and serious disposition. His tough training regiment supplied by the elders of Kumogakure and the enormous push that Gyūki supplied him with, Mamoru is virtually prepared for all situations. For such reason, he has amazing control over his own emotions, allowing him to stay calm and composed.

Despite his formal dialect, Mamoru is not good with words, being quite direct. For this reason, he comes off as quite rude, causing many to disregard him. In addition to this, this seems to be a misunderstanding he has with most women, because of his ability to speak indirectly, he often forms very little relationships with people and women even less. Unable to discern between a rude statement and a true statement, he often angers those easily offended. For this, he is more conserved during social events, often listening rather than talking, and even when asked to he often refuses.

Although socially inverted, morally Mamoru is noted to have a great deal of honor. Genuinely, he cares for people and values the lives of the people of Kumogakure, especially his friends. Raised by Gyūki, a man whom was tamed by Killer B, he was taught to always stick with his word. Because of this, Mamoru would qualify as a natural leader, however as a man of creative nature, Mamoru possesses the ability to generate tons of ideas, but he lacks the ability to choose the best one for the situation due to his lack of social comprehension. For this, while he has potential to be a leader, he lacks decisiveness which is his most fatal flaw, however due to Gyūki's deep understanding of the world, he is often capable of choosing the perfect situation that Mamoru conjures, working in perfect symmetry with one another.

While honorable, Mamoru is noted for doing anything necessary to ensure that he reaches his goal. During the Kumogakure civil war, while acknowledged for his skill, Mamoru was notably cruel and apathetic in his ways. Using sheer force, Mamoru would execute and tear through his opponents, adopting a similar ideal that his own uncle once held of the weak will lose and the strong will survive. Because of his social awkwardness, Mamoru rarely forms bonds with others, thus he cannot properly understand traditional feelings. For this reason, he could easily kill his enemies without hesitation, for he would never understand the effect it would have on others. Truly a shinobi, Mamoru was known obviously called out for his coldblooded nature.

In terms of killing, this coldblooded nature only applies for shinobi who wish to betray Kumogakure and the Land of Lightning or anyone else not native to the Land. As the leader of Lightning and Kumogakure, Mamoru believes that it is his duty to preserve the lives and liberties of everyone dwelling within it's boundaries, causing him to see them as his own "children" just as Gyuki does with him. Adopting this belief and ideal, Mamoru does whatever he can to secure better conditions for his people, without hesitation.

Relationships

 * Arguably the best friend of his father, Killer B, Gyūki naturally was drawn to protecting his child at his comrade's request. Promising to shield and protect him from danger, Gyūki has adopted Mamoru as his own spawn. The seal inscribed allows the two to naturally meld their energies together, allowing Gyūki to potentially protect Mamoru by supplying him with his power, educate him, train him and provide the fatherly love Mamoru would not receive. Similar to his personality, Gyūki's relationship with Mamoru is often described as "tough love", resulting in him almost always scolding Mamoru for doing something, usually on his social awkwardness. Constantly in surveillance, Gyūki was always an active figure in Mamoru's life, and combined with his scolding he essentially is said to be very overprotective, constantly watching Mamoru and judging his actions accordingly to what he sees.

Despite speaking in a rude dialect, complimenting it's tough disposition, Gyūki gets rather angry when Mamoru uses a swear word or fails to address someone with the proper title. Even little things such as a failure to make up his bed often lands Mamoru in the range of Gyūki's scolding rays. In fact, if he find it necessary, Gyūki will demand control over Mamoru's body to momentarily fix the problem or apologize to the person whom he believes Mamoru has wronged. Nevertheless, Mamoru views Gyūki as a father figure despite the tough treatment he receives as it seems he's incapable of pleasing the Tailed Beast. Regardless, his respect for Gyūki is at it's highest, as he rarely ever talk back to the beast nor does he ever deny to do a task for the beast. During battle, this dual relationship works well together, for because of Gyūki's willingness to protect Mamoru and Mamrou's respect for Gyūki, they often agree on the same strategies and cooperate accordingly.

The Cursed Royal
A war fought over demons of prodigious power, the Fourth Shinobi War catalyzed the fall of Kumogakure. When certain plans advanced, and the was called onto earth, his blessing struck the fortified village, causing devastation. The initial impact of the ball, enshrouding the entire village under its massive size blocked the sun, destroying rays of light and hope that would have lit any thoughts of counterattacking. In the end, the village was engulfed by the Ball. The initial strike eradicated anyone in the immediate area, then took the form of a wave which shot through the entire Land of Lightning, in every direction. The wave was something of great force, as if the gravitational force was multiplied by thousands, killing many who encountered it easily, even those with such extraordinary durability. Crushing their bones and organs, people died easily. Those who weren’t killed by this wave, were affected by the massive fallout of corrupted chakra in the area, mutating them or killing them.

As the Ten Tails Chakra is almost identical to that of Natural Energy, it influenced it, tainted it. Moving the natural energy, natural disasters formed and plagued the land for months to come following the Fourth Shinobi World War. Tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, lightning storms became much more prominent, occurring on a daily basis. The survivors tried to adapt, but found themselves incapable of doing so, thus more people perished. Returning to this Land to assist, were Killer B and his brother A, along with the thousands of other Kumogakure shinobi who fought in the war. During this time, A was killed by some assassin of some sort. One day, consecutive disasters struck the same area altogether, concentrated around two particularly powerful chakras. Killer B and his wife, the direct cousin to Kisame Hoshigaki, as their clan was infamously known for massive chakra levels. Striking this place all together, and the pregnant Hoshigaki woman who could do almost nothing was forced to survive under these conditions. In the end, the disasters had stopped, but during this, Killer B was gravely injured. Seeing little options, the Hoshigaki woman and Killer B sealed Gyuki into their unborn child. A few minutes later, Mamoru was born prematurely, resulting in his mother’s death, but ensuring that Gyuki remained in safe hands.

Following his birth, Darui and other elite shinobi who ruled under the raikage, took the recently born Mamoru to their secret location, protecting him as he grew up. A plea from Killer B, Gyuki became a father figure to Mamoru during his infancy, subconsciously taking care of him and speaking to him, prompting him to learn and control his power in due time. Constantly being planted with this thought, seemingly an angel speaking to him from the depths of his soul, Mamoru engulfed himself with learning this power, requesting to do so as soon as he could talk. Seeking to conquer his need to control his power, Darui and the other shinobi decided to place him in the Ninja Academy. Ultimately this silenced him for the time being, but nothing seemed to quell this desire. One day, during a training session, a group of bandits attacked the Teacher and his classmates who were in the middle of the forest, nearly killing the instructor. Mamoru, activating his latent powers, summoned the power of Gyuki unintentionally and killed the bandits in cold blood. Alerting the world of his presence, of whom he was, Mamoru was isolated from the people of Kumogakure on their own accord. Hating, loathing the power of the Tailed Beast who had devastated them so much, Darui had no choice but to pull him from the academy and begun private training. The people of the Land of Lightning loathed Mamoru, wrapping him with such an intense hate. Attacks, assassinations attempt grew, the number of attempts generally increased. Exceeding ten within one week, Darui felt as though Mamoru would inevitably be forced to learn to control his power at a young age. When ten, Darui assigned elite shinobi to take Mamoru to the Island Turtle, to harness the power of Gyuki whom he was destined to do. With a seal that naturally allowed Mamoru and Gyuki’s chakra to mix in small amounts, time was off the essence. In the middle of the night, the group left Kumogakure in pursuit of the Island Turtle. Masking their faces with mask, obstructing new names, they traveled across the Land of Lightning, reaching the turtle before their captors could claim their lives. Reaching the turtle, the training commenced.

Slim Chances
Stepping onto the land, the elite shinobi prompted Mamoru to the Falls of Truth, where he ultimately commenced in his training. Seeing his darker self, something that existed within himself, Mamoru as an apathetic and rather serious individual gave very little effort to change it. Wise beyond his years, creative in all measures, Mamoru accepted that everyone was ultimately corrupted, seeing those who have tried again and again to assassinate him. Under the impression that experience breeds corruption, Mamoru knew that with more experiences that he would become corrupted in his own way, but being corrupted was not necessarily immoral. Seemingly already affected by the spiritual energy portion of Gyuki’s chakra being channeled into his own, Mamoru passed the test of the Falls of Truth rather easily.

Traveling behind the Falls of Truth, Mamoru entered the Temple of Tailed Beast alongside the other Jonin leveled shinobi from Kumogakure. Entering a secret room designed to hold Tailed Beast, Mamoru entered his own subconscious in an attempt to harness the beast, a feat unprecedented for a child the age of ten. Mamoru gallantly walked through the depths of his mind. It was filled with water, a forest that encapsulated a single city surrounded by a barrier. Birds, deer, insects, squirrels and all animals alike scurried along the river banks and within this forest. Nothing was any happier. Taking a step towards this barrier encapsulated city, one could see that it was abandoned, desolated. The tops of the buildings were destroyed, and wither vines coiled around every piece of cement. The city was dead, and Mamoru understood this is where he had to go.

Taking a deep breath, Mamoru took a step inside of the barrier, stepping into the city itself which was uglier than it was on the outside. The barrier disappeared, replaced by a large wall made of cement which was constructed so poorly that one could see the bricks misplaced, bulging outwards. The structure was seemingly broken, easily breakable for someone of average strength. Water, leaked into the wall, no rather it poured. Unabsorbed by the cement below him, it formed a puddle which seemingly traveled under his feet. Suddenly, the water assumed a form; small tentacles made from water came from the puddle beneath him, intending to wrap around Mamoru. Pulling a kunai from his side, fast, Mamoru spun around, slicing the tentacles, then leaping from his left foot he was in the air a second later.

What he didn’t count on, was another tentacle shooting from the puddle. Incapable of dodging the attack since he was midair, the watery tentacle wrapped around his leg, tightening not a second later. He could feel the water, the pressurized water push into his skin, gradually entering while forcing the blood outwards. Suddenly, the tentacle swung around to the right, carrying Mamoru with it in a similar fashion and released its grip, allowing Mamoru’s own momentum to carry him across the air and into a building, crashing through the cement. His leg was bleeding, his arm broken, and incapable of identifying the enemy, Mamoru’s chances were pretty slim. He struggled to stand, but managed to do so with some practice, falling multiple times.

Mamoru took a step towards the hole in the building, spotting the wall which was once a barrier in the distance. He saw the wall, water pouring through it, but never escaping and understood. His only chance was to escape, for he had entered a trap constructed by the beast inside of him. True might is what he was facing, and he realized that it was a battle he could not win. Pulling two kunais from his pocket, he leaped out of the window, running along the street, hidden under the buildings to prevent being spotted. This didn’t turn out well. Suddenly, shooting out of the wall next to him was an intense wave of water, striking Mamoru on the side instantly. It forced him into the wall next to him, creating a crack. Landing directly on his right arm, Mamoru felt the crack, the feeling of his arm bending sideways, moving a new manner that he wasn’t used to. Mamoru cried out, but little time to mourn the loss of his arm, for another wave came.

He leaped into the air, landing on the top of a building. Soaring across the buildings, Mamoru gradually approached the wall. Wave after wave, he evaded, dodged, was hit, but nothing seemed to slow him down. Tentacles, of all sort came from all directions, and he seemed to get hit, but continue moving, standing. Sheer determination, for the child only had one goal in mind, escaping. Suddenly, a jet wave shot from underneath of him. He leaped to the side, but it hit his right arm, striking underneath of it, on the armpit. Like a blade, it tore through, slicing the arm right off. Blood poured out, and the child cried, shrieked in utter pain. Following this, another wave appeared, shooting from underneath of him like a geyser, but this wave was enshrouded with hot water, steaming in nature.

It burnt him as it shot him into the air, shooting him to the wall he was hoping to escape to. His skin was melting, his face, and his features. His body was cut, bruised, tattered and beaten and burned. He landed on his face, head first in a puddle. He pulled his face out of the liquid, looking down at after doing so. It wasn’t water anymore, but rather blood; HIS blood. Letting out a warrior’s cry, Mamoru pulled an explosive kunai from his pouch and stabbed it into the wall. It exploded, pushing him backwards, but destroying the foundation. Water poured in, and he found himself submerged under the water. Inside of the water, tentacles formed, choking him, grasping him; he couldn’t breathe. His eyes, slowly, his vision became blurry and soon enough everything turned black. A voice whispered, echoing. “I’m surprised you managed to destroy the wall…you’ve passed the test, Mamoru…" Following, unconsciousness was slammed upon him and all awareness and thought had been abandoned.

Becoming best Friends
Gaining consciousness, Mamoru found himself in a city, filled with vegetation. Trees surrounded the place, water fountains littering the street. The buildings were of excellent condition and the sun illuminated the world. Animals scurried along the streets, filling the city with their pleasantness and happy dispositions, radiating something worthwhile to the world, something that the world needs; peace. He sat upwards, finding himself lying on his bed, gazing out of his window. His room, his bed was king sized and his window was decorated with purple, silk curtains with patterns of clouds sitting on them, similar to that of an organization that once hunted Jinchuriki for the Tailed Beast inside them. Ironic truly, but of course, the current generation knows nothing of those before them, ignorant to the past that caused devastation to the future. All they know are Uchiha, two Uchiha were the cause of this decimated, corrupted future.

A place, such a place in which Mamoru’s eyes were fixated upon could not exist, not in the world he knew. “A-Am, I dead?”, the Jinchuriki muttered to himself. He turned away from the window and looked down at his hands. His right arm was present, there in his presence when he distinctly remember it being sliced off and it wasn’t broken either. His skin was beautiful, unscathed. All scars, even ones prior to this battle, were gone, replaced by brown, gorgeous skin. He looked upwards, in front of him and on his wall was a portrait of a man and woman. The man was muscular, his skin was the same complexion as Mamoru’s and he wore sunglasses that covered his eyes, completely blocking out all traces of light. The woman had blue skin, with purple eye-liner and long white hair that took the form of a ponytail. She looked a bit like a shark, but nevertheless she was eccentrically beautiful.

Mamoru stared at this portrait, unable to identify the two at all. Why were a picture of two strangers in this room, but why was he in this room? He pulled the purple bed sheets off of his body and took a step off of his bed. He was covered in purples robes that felt good against his flawless, conflict-free infused skin, radiating a sense of peace. On the robes were the clouds once more, fluffy but symbolically important. Why were they there? Why was he there? Mamoru danced across the floor, the carpet on the floor massaging his toes with every step, over stimulating them with pleasure. He exited the room, spotting nothing but a manor, outside his room was a circle-like stairway dressed with decorations, and of course the clouds. Mamoru slowly walked down the stairway, reaching the bottom within a few seconds, welcomed by a beast of titanic proportions.

The beast was purple, a lower body consisting of tentacles and the upper body containing an ox-like build. Extremely muscular, with two horns, fully complete. In its massive hands was a massive newspaper, which it seemed to be focused on, like really focused on. When it looked up, it’s facial expression revealed a surprised nature, as if he didn’t expect for him to be standing in front of him. “Well, I’m surprised you’re awake, already that it is. Of course, I expected you to wake up…”, the creature spoke, without moving his mouth at all. Sound, words filled Mamoru’s ears, but the creature hadn’t moved at all. He observed, thought, analyzed in awe. Nothing was as intriguing as this beast. “A-Am I in heaven?” Mamoru inquired, staring at the creature with mesmerized eyes. For his answer, all he received was a laugh, one of humorous nature rather than something of evil, as if the question he had just asked was stupid.

Suddenly, the creature stopped laughing and adopted a serious-like expression. “Oh, you were serious…Well, I can say that you aren’t dead, not even close. Well, you were close to death, but then again you really did surprise me. Someone of your age, able to get past the Falls of Truth and then break the barrier is surely deserving of my power. Just like your father, you are truly worthy. But this road won’t be easy. I’m going to work you hard every day, to ensure that you truly learn how to use my power. Any Jinchuriki can access transformations, but what will give you an edge is if you use techniques, use my power in a different manner. Which is why today, your real training will commence”, the creature informed, glaring at Mamoru intensely. He could feel the seriousness, the intensity radiating from this titan; the power. “Hachibi”, Mamoru muttered. “Speak up!”, The Eight Tails commanded. “I couldn’t hear a word yo—“

“I said, you’re the Eight Tails!”, Mamoru yelled, glaring at the titan, his eyes filled with worry and memorization. His eyes were glued onto the beast and his attention was dedicated to absorbing every piece of information that he could from a single visual outlook. “My name is Gyuki”, the Hachibi informed, glaring down at Mamoru, his tone suggesting that he was offended by the label that the child planted upon him. “And yes, I am. I’m the one that resided in your father, my best friend, and I’m the one who resides within you. I’m the one that your father and mother, entrusted to you. Of course, they were the two you saw on the portrait”. Images of the two flashed throughout his mind. “A shark and a octopus…that’s a weird duo”, Mamoru said, evoking another laugh in Gyuki. For some reason, the titan’s laugh was comforting, extremely comforting. Mamoru smiled, joining the Hachibi in the art of laughter. A bond then formed, one which would ultimately coexist. Melding their energies together, the duo were able to communicate, allowing for instant understanding.

Defending Kumogakure
Years had passed that Mamoru stayed on the island turtle, mastering Gyuki’s associated abilities and perfecting them, blending them within his own style to produce and unprecedented manner of fighting. A man of seventeen, but a rather successful Jinchuriki was the accomplishment of the intense training. Understanding that he had completed his training, the Jonin tasked with guarding him requested to return to Kumogakure. Several days had past, yet no reply was heard. One day, a thick mist surrounded the turtle, masking them from the outside world. Enemy shinobi, rogue bandits of some sort, infiltrated the island, challenging the Jonin and declaring that Mamoru be handed over immediately for justified execution, a term that had become quite popular during this bandit filled era as some method to make their murders seem moral. They weren’t moral.

Refusing to hand over their beloved Jinchuriki, the Jonin battled against the rogue bandits, guarding the asleep Mamoru who had yet to awake from his slumber. While their skills individually surpassed the rogue shinobi, these enemy forces charged with prodigious shinobi, rushing Mamoru’s elite protection squad with sheer numbers. A battle that continued for almost an entire hour, the protection squad inevitably grew tired, the members collapsing one after one due to sheer exhaustion. Normally, these rogue shinobi would have admired them, praised their skill, for power was the only respectable skill someone could have. However, because of their desired to protect Mamoru, they were also sentenced to execution. Approaching the leader of the protection squad, a rogue shinobi drew his blade, pointing the tip towards the head shinobi’s next. Lifting his hands upwards, he charged the blade with potential energy and in a flash, the blade went crashing towards the protector’s head.

The enemy shinobi went tumbling across the ground, his blade sliding across the grass. Bloodless, the rogue bandit cursed, expressing great dismay. Looking upwards, he examined a man, not of intimidating stature; this man was Mamoru. Standing in front of his protector, Mamoru uttered a word, promising that he would now be the one to protect him. Unleashing his newfound Jinchuriki capabilities, the Hachibi host unleashed a counter attack on the attacking enemy shinobi. Releasing the chakra of Gyuki, the melded energies between the two, Mamoru generated ink that molded into shapes, creatures that were sentient. Tigers, Lions, Bears and other beast of all sorts equipped for combat charged towards the shinobi, overrunning them with numbers and an unpredictable nature. Successfully controlling his power, Mamoru not only repelled the enemy shinobi but slaughtered them all, leaving them drowning in their own pool of blood. His comrades watched in horror, as Mamoru disposed of the bodies, using his creatures to devour any remaining pieces of the shinobi. A cold act, witnessed by shinobi of the highest caliber, but even they couldn’t understand the cold, apathetic disposition of the Jinchuriki Teen.

Realizing that they were compromised, they abandoned the island turtle within the next three days, making haste back to Kumogakure and praying that the villager would enjoy his presence despite being a Jinchuriki. Scanning the area constantly, sneaking from town to town, Mamoru and his protective detail inevitably arrived at Kumogakure with very little trouble, the exception being a bandit here or two, but nevertheless anyone who was of hostile nature and capable of identifying Mamoru were surely killed, ruthlessly and without any mercy. A cold blooded warrior he had become, a perfect weapon, the embodiment of what a Jinchuriki was destined to be. Arriving at Kumogakure, the villagers were naturally against the idea of Mamoru residing in their town, but soon came to tolerate him under the rule of their beloved Raikage, Darui, who was set on rebuilding and exterminating all corruption. Loathed by the villagers, socially out casted, word of the Jinchuriki returning spread across the entire Land of Lightning, and thus a plan was hatched by bandits across the land. Preparing themselves, grouping together to form an army of massive size, they gathered around Kumogakure and demanded that Mamoru be handed over, hoping to exterminate him after all.

Naturally resisting, Kumogakure denied this army their request, despite the threats of attack and invasion being imposed on them. Nevertheless, they stood strong and the villagers gathered under the rule of their raikage, someone whom they respected fairly well, and prepared themselves for the upcoming battle. Hearing word of this, Mamoru approached the gathering protective forces, signaling them not to enter the battlefield for they would only prove to get in his way. Abiding to this request, Mamoru walked outside of the village, standing before an army of hundreds, prepared to take them all down on his own, shouldering the burden of being a Jinchuriki; a title that he accepted dear to his heart. Puling a scroll from his pocket, Mamoru opened it, unleashing hundreds of his own creations molded of ink, tigers, beast, and creatures of all sorts. Alongside Mamoru, they attacked, using numbers against numbers, hoping to destroy the bandit army for good. The first battle, one that would become known as the Battle of the Titan, a complete massacre with a single survivor, became the catalyst for a civil war in the Land of Lightning.

Returning to the village, Mamoru was praised by the villagers, those whom didn’t fear his abilities. Without remorse, without pity, without an ounce of sadness, Mamoru continued with his daily activities as if nothing had happened. Proof to the villagers that he truly felt nothing, they began to fear his mentality, his abilities, and his worth as a shinobi. As such, Kumogakure itself began to divide, breaking splitting in half. Those who praised him, worshipped him, joined Kumogakure in protecting him, but those who feared, loathed his power joined the side to destroy him. The Land of Lightning fell into an era of war, a civil conflict between them on the status of their Tailed Beast. Anything that could possibly recreate a conflict of such magnitude, one that completely destroyed them, had to be avoided and that could succeed with the death of the Tailed Beast. A small price to play, for the safety of thousands. Joining Darui, Mamoru understood the worth of the Jinchuriki, and sought to protect himself. Forming a squad with the Jonin leader, Omoi and two comrades in arms, Yoru Uchiha and Kei Yotsuki, they would train together for several months, learning techniques from one another and strengthening their skills for the upcoming battle that would decide the fate of Kumogakure and the fate of Yoru, an Uchiha who was being targeted out of fear that he’ll embrace a mentality that threatens the world and Mamoru, the Jinchuriki host of Gyuki.

Guardian of Kumogakure
Assigned to the main battle regiment, the First Division which would prove to encounter the most enemies, as they were essentially plowing through the armies until they reached the enemy leader, Mamoru, Kei and Yoru stood prepared to engage in the battle ahead. Leading the entire division, Yoru assuming the head while Mamoru and Kei stood directly behind him, each taking a side, they hovered on the cliff, overlooking the valley where the enemy army awaited, massive in size. Receiving a speech from a hero, one that signified how a demon could ascend and atone for his sins, that Satan could rise and prove to be a savior of this world, Yoru stood among the army with his words of wisdom, inspiring the shinobi and flooding the army with a general sense of confidence. Reflecting a specific Uzumaki who once saved the world, Mamoru and Gyuki both were inspired, Mamoru from his friend and Gyuki from the resemblance. Inspired the most, they were the first to launch their assault, conjuring tons of creations to attack the army. Following behind them was the first division, attacking the opposing army with all their power possible.

Slicing, tearing through the armies on immense, immeasurable in numbers, the Kumogakure forces proved to match in sheer quality. Yoru Uchiha, the leader of the first division, sliced through the enemies, moving faster than light itself, so that when he cut his enemies down, their life flashed before their eyes following their death. The fastest man in the division. He tore through the enemy forces, killing tens, to twenty of men within seconds of flashing. Flames, white flames grilled the enemy army, those opposing the first division were burned, grilled and baked to a crisp. The only light that they received was the light radiating the white flames. Kei, the second general, tore through the army using his lightning based powers, his armour providing all the defense possible. Lastly, Mamoru supplied his massive army, using the ink to kill this army. Tearing through these low level ranked shinobi. For some reason, the enemy forces put their weakest shinobi on the front, only to be annihilated by Team Omoi, without the assistance of the army behind them.

Proceeding forward, this army tore through the enemy shinobi forces day after day, striking everyone without much effort. Overwhelming ink creations, white flames, lightning based strikes made it nearly impossible for the enemy shinobi to overcome using mere force alone, even their strongest shinobi fell prey to this dynamic triplet. Reaching the capital in three simple days, the Kumogakure army faced a ton of pressure and force, the Team protecting the army more than using the offensive. Taking advantage, the enemy forces bombarded the Kumogakure shinobi, using all of their strength to attack several different areas of the Kumo army, dividing team omoi allowing casualties to gather. Inevitably, facing the brink of destruction, Yoru devised a plan that would allow for them to retreat by advance simultaneously.

Alongside Mamoru, both prepared the technique which would transport the entire army into the capital, allowing for them to invade without further damage to the fighters. Five hours passed, the army gathered on the inside of the city, battling against the forces, destroying their stationary guards allowing the other divisions to enter and standing among these shinobi was Team Omoi, running among the main street, traveling directly to the capital building to end the war, starting with the leader of the right-wing organization seeking to kill Yoru and Mamoru and change the way that Kumogakure was rebuilding. In a matter of a few minutes, the team reached the capital building, meeting the leader who was a member of the extinct Tsuchigumo clan (土蜘蛛一族, Tsuchigumo Ichizoku). Shirtless, he bore a seal on his back, one that was glowing. Encapsulated in a barrier that nullified all forms of ninjutsu or interference, he revealed to the group that he had triggered the clan’s secret kinjutsu which would destroy the entire capital and everyone in it, Team Omoi found themselves startled. Retreating, they left the man to his fate.

Escaping to the outside world, Team Omoi found themselves under a drastic situation, for not everyone could retreat, concluding that they had only three minutes left to live. In fact, only they could escape, leaving everyone else to die. Then, a plan was devised, used by Yoru who would use a technique that would allow everyone to escape. Hidden from his team however, he would perish, for it would swap his location with everyone else’s. He couldn’t bear such a heavy burden on them. Signaling Mamoru to place tags across the entire village through the use of his creations, in which Mamoru created ink-like birds that scattered two the four corners of the village, which would ultimately allow Yoru to erect a barrier that would encapsulate everyone and those who were subtle to ninjutsu would be transferred out of the village. Yoru himself, had already exited the village, using his speed to get as far away as possible. Within a manner of two minutes, he had succeeded, using sheer speed alone to escape the grasp of the technique. Mamoru and Kei, waited on the inside, preparing to be transported.

Conversing with one another, they planned a party that would honor Yoru, for he would be a hero and recognized for this day, which happened to be his birthday as well. Suddenly a barrier erected across the entire village, and suddenly, they found themselves on an empty plain, in utter awe, with both forces ceasing power. Realizing the plan worked, Mamoru and Kei both cheered, informing every one of the circumstance and that Yoru had saved everyone, including his foes. However, when questioning his location, he seemed unfound. Then, reality kicked in. He swapped positions, rather than pulled them to him.

Yoru lay in the city, on the top of a building, his sharingan deactivated and his breaths heavy. He looked up at the sky, the blue sky one last time, watching as the clouds soared in the sky, blowing with the breeze. The clouds formed, taking the figure of his friends, Kei and Mamoru, the two he had cherished so much. His master was there too, alongside Kei and Mamoru. Having exhausted all his chakra, he couldn’t simply leave teleport his way out of this, and his body was much too weak to move. Thirty seconds, he counted, thinking to himself as images of his life flashed before his mind, images of his team. He did nothing but smile, dreaming to himself, hoping that Kumogakure would finally unite. Twenty seconds, nineteen, eighteen, seventeen…The time decreased, counting down his life. A short one, but one filled with experiences, one that hopefully would help the prosperity of Kumogakure and the Land of Lightning. Caused by a member of his clan, Obito and Madara Uchiha, maybe it was he that was destined to fix everything. Ten seconds..Yoru closed his eyes, looked up at the sky, and with his last breath he wished upon the clouds. Then, in an instant, he was gone.

Days had passed since Yoru’s sacrifice, earning him the moniker Guardian of Kumogakure, and since then, the two organizations had united, under one oath to honor his sacrifice and to allow Kumogakure to prosper. Standing in the raikage building, preparing for the ceremony was Mamoru alongside his partner Kei. Wearing the traditional raikage outfit, Mamoru looked into the mirror, a sort of sadness filling his eyes. Comforted by Kei, he put on his hat, stepped away from the mirror and assumed a new expression. Walking down the corridor, met by a blaze of light, Mamoru exited the raikage’s building, standing alongside the balcony. Meeting him was Darui, the previous raikage. Taking a moment of silence to honor Yoru, the citizens of Kumogakure bowed their heads in respect, some breaking out in tears and others outright holding back their emotions. “And now, to honor the new raikage”, Darui muttered. “Mamoru, child of Killer B!!”, he claimed, in which Mamoru stepped forward. Looking down at the citizens, they all seemed to gather in a unique position, one which if you looked from a position in which everyone was visible, they took the shape of a face; Yoru’s face. Mamoru smiled and wave to the crowd below, assuming the position of raikage.

Abilities
A nation always revolving around the capabilities of a man rather than the charismatic or erudite nature of a person, the raikage is someone who is physically capable of protecting the village from harm, utilizing their skills to provide the village with safety and promises of protecting every citizen. The past raikages have been shown displaying incredible surges of strength and power, often being responsible for controlling the Tailed Beast, especially Gyuki, a creature even more powerful than a majority of the Tailed Beast with the exception of the Demon-Fox. Since the destruction of Kumogakure and the rebuilding effort led by Darui, the Cloud have truly embraced this role even more so than before. Requiring a leader with the ability to forcefully unite the shinobi of the Land of Lightning under one name, the raikage were chosen with careful precision, noted for their military prowess rather than their charisma. War heroes, murderers, slaughterers were generally encouraged to be raikages. However, what these leaders did need to possess was a fierce loyalty towards the village and the people that resided there, shinobi or nonshinobi alike. As such, the raikage in actuality is followed under the single rule that those of Kumogakure are not expendable, with the rest of the world being so. In essence, the raikage’s actions are approved by a majority of the people, if these actions do not interfere with the safety of the Kumogakure citizens.

Endowed with such an authority, as the raikage of the current Kumogakure, Mamoru is supplied with immense political power, essentially ruling in a complete monarchy. Doing such, decisions often are made quickly, but efficiently for a single perspective is shared by the ruler and the people; improving and bettering conditions for the citizens regardless of what happens. Ruling in such a time, Mamoru has the ability to declare war, use missions, and other tactics that would allow him to better the position of Kumogakure with approval from the people, and less interference. Since entering office, Mamoru’s sole objection is rebuilding Kumogakure back to its former glory, worrying about this more than anything. Taking advantage of the geographical opportunities provided by the Ten Tails’ influence, Mamoru has transformed Kumogakure into a military and economically flooded state. Due to Kumogakure possessing five central climates; north is a polar/artic-like climate, south is a desert-like climate, east is a tropical-like climate, west is a wet-land/mild-like climate and central, the main Kumogakure, is a thunder-storm filled climate.

In each one of these different regions, a “village” is established, allowing for a military outpost in every part of the Land of Lightning and every associated region. Stationed in every region, Kumogakure has “eyes” all over the entire Land of Lightning, giving them more influence over foreign affairs. Especially concentrated in the middle of each of these regions, and along the borders, they seek to prevent any terrorist organizations or criminals or even other villages from invading them. More importantly however, this supplies Kumogakure with better control over the Land, as instead of being concentrated in a particular area in the Land of Lighting, it exist in a multitude of places within this country, thus allowing it to be most influenced by shinobi affairs, thus creating a perfect “shinobi country”. As the head commander, working in “central” Kumogakure which is said to direct the activities and responsibilities of these stationed villages, Mamoru personally controls each region of the Land of Lightning, gifting him equally, or perhaps, with even more power than the shinobi daimyo; whom, in truth, works in conjuction with Mamoru.

As the raikage of Kumogakure, a village whom elects their fellow kage based on pure skill and dominating battle prowess, while also being a perfectly realized Jinchuriki, Mamoru is an immensely powerful shinobi. Most famously recognized for his Jinchuriki-abilities that grant him access to unique traits, Mamoru possesses a natural affinity towards his animal techs. Considered one of the strongest shinobi of Kumogakure’s era, Mamoru feats include being capable of destroying an entire army on his own alone, implying that his might far surpasses that of ordinary shinobi.

Stamina and Chakra Prowess
As the child of a Jinchuriki, Killer B and a woman whom’s clan is recognized for their incredible chakra reserves, known and praised in the world’s history, Mamoru was blessed with an enomous surge of energy at his disposal. Naturally, without the Tailed Beast, Mamoru’s chakra levels have still proven to being absurd and unprecedented, though he claims that his chakra levels without Gyuki are incapable of matching his distant relative’s energy levels, Kisame Hoshigaki, whom’s chakra levels in combination with Samehada earned him the moniker, “Tailless Tailed Beast”.

For a majority of the Hoshigaki Clan, their chakra reserves are responsible for their animal-like features and capabilities. As the overflow of chakra inserts itself incorrectly internally and leaking from the Tenketsu mutates the appearance externally. Depending on the nature affinity, every member of the Hoshigaki are mutated into an animal-like creature of their own right. Because of her earth related affinity, Mamoru’s mother was that of a dog-werewolf like creature, and originally she constantly activated a permanent transformation technique to change her appearance. However, meeting with Killer B and joining him in a relationship caused her to accept herself, just as he had done, thus the need for the transformation was useless. Nevertheless, Mamoru’s inherited her affinity, but his appearance remained unscathed. A seal that unintentionally prevents Mamoru from assuming this form, Gyuki receives any excess energy from Mamoru, seemingly being used like that of a storage room. Thus, an overflow of chakra never actually occurs, thus it doesn’t look internally and externally so that the mutation never occurs. After breaking the seal and melding the two’s chakra together however, Mamoru and Gyuki normally would be forced to face this issue, however Mamoru’s chakra is often regulated by Gyuki. When exchanging and combining their chakra, Gyuki takes most of the chakra majority of the time, similar to the unequal sharing of electrons between two non-pure covalent bonding molecules. Thus, because Gyuki possesses most of the chakra, most of the time, an overflow doesn’t occur and Mamoru’s internal and outward phenotype remains pure.

When Gyuki and himself began sharing and melding their energies, Mamoru’s chakra levels were substantially multiplied. Increasing his chakra levels beyond that of his deceased clansmen, Mamoru can use chakra taxing techniques continuously and often in a rapid succession for extended periods of times without becoming fatigue. However, while his reserves are exceptionally large, naturally and because of Gyuki’s influence that exponentially increases his chakra levels, Mamoru does not possess extremely poor chakra, like his substantial chakra capacity would reveal.

Due to the nature in which Mamoru and Gyuki share one another’s chakra, Mamoru only has a small of this chakra pool at a given time, thus he has been forced to regulate it efficiently to avoid draining himself with a single technique, acting as If the chakra he has is an “allowance” that needs to last. More importantly, the smaller pool of chakra present in Mamoru at a given time, allows him to concentrate his focus and control on that certain amount without worrying about his other chakra interfering. Thus, on top of his own large reserves, his control makes his chakra last for even larger periods of time, making it seem unlimited in nature.

Taijutsu and Kenjutsu
During the destruction of Kumogakure and the years following, Samurai were split, those who found it essential to get involved in the shinobi world and certain shinobi affairs, and those whom wished to remain a separate state. Possessing deep roots with the Samurai, as Samurai and Shinobi were the result of such a lang, the samurai traveled to assist in the recovery of the Land of Lightning. Restarting, resuming, repopulating the Land, samurai once more intergrated into shinobi society, bringing their skills along with their genes. As such, the modern Kumogakure shinobi have properties of both warriors, inheriting their unique Kenjutsu and martial arts styles. Mamoru, as an important figure to Kumogakure, was exposed to his own unique martial style, being trained by the best of the best.

Displayed from a young age, Mamoru excels and specializes in taijutsu, possessing such natural aptitude for the shinobi art; so talented that his skills in the academy surpassed those of his mentors, to the point where he could teach them how to improve their own abilities. During his training to perfect his abilities, alongside the master martial artist that he encountered during his training on the Island Turtle, he mastered and perfected the Wudang Chaun and combining its principles and techniques to develop his own unique fighting style known as the.

During his martial arts training, Mamoru mastered full control, even the flow, of his internal energy such as user's of Tai Chi, granting him the use of Neijia. With this, he managed to consecutively use his two nature transformations alongside one another, rather than combining them, to achieve his geomagnetic control in which he uses it in conjunction with his own taijutsu abilities. Following his physical movements, he directs his internal energy, making the energy within the earth follow the energy and the movements, allowing for control using physical movements.

The stance Mamoru normally assumes is in which Mamoru holds his head, torso, and feet along the same vertical plane, with his left arm held out, his palm facing his opponent, and with his right arm spread across the bottom portion of his abdomen. This inevitably allows Mamoru to easily and quickly protect both his head and torso simultaneously, along with attacking with his feet, usually preforming low sweep kicks to cause his opponent to lose balance then defending himself with his hands; essentially a perfect offense and defense. While it isn't really known, this stance also allows for a state equilibrium, for when he does strike it allows more power to be generated from both of his legs, increasing his power and chances of defending from attacking, almost able to switch between these offense and defense instantly.

Naturally, Mamoru have always displayed tremendous levels of physical capabilities, with many people admitting that he truly did inherit the body of the Hachibi, considering that he is the Jinchuriki and the child of one. His most prominent display of his physical capabilities is his tremendous, raw strength, passed down from both sides of his family. Like his father, Mamoru can send people flying across the battlefield with a punch. The man's strength is also so great, that with a simple stomp onto the ground he caused a crater in the earth, turning into a large fissure moments afterwards. This raw strength was later enhanced during his training with his samurai, martial artist in which he would train with weights, allowing his muscles to grow stronger and denser. This not only increased his strength to the point where he could break the bones of Susanoo with a single punch, but the muscles in his legs and feet also strengthened, increasing his speeds to unknown levels.

Due to his immense speed, Mamoru can cover large distances of land within short spans of time, most people mistaking his speed for the Body Flicker Technique. Not only is he fast running wise, but the sheer speed of his strikes are incredible as well. With his speed, Mamoru can throw multiple strikes to his opponent's body, appearing as if he never moved in the first place. Along with his speed, Mamoru's level of durability was increased as well; as the recovery of tissue also increases it's density, allowing majority of his body tissues to become much more dense. The density of his body tissue increased to the point where knifes and other sharp weapons has trouble penetrating him; as most strikes barely affects his being. Following his level of durability is his recovery rate. Due to his continuous process of destroying his tissue and then healing it, Mamoru's body has adapted, and naturally begins healing almost as soon as his body tissue is being damaged. This grants the man's a faster recovery rate from strenuous battles and techniques.

In addition to the pure strength of his bodily tissue, Mamoru's martial arts training has also managed to influence what "color" tissue he has; possessing an equal amount of white tissue, which gives the human body explosive power, and red tissue, which allows the body to continue rigorous exercises for an extended period of time; along with conditioning both of these tissues to their fullest potential. With this, he has achieved the highest physical condition possible, possessing the perfect balance between strength, speed, stamina and power.

Mamoru is a skilled kenjutsu master, commonly use a Jian, a straight two-edge blade, in battle; making use of it's natural compatibility to his Fist of the Sage unpredictable fighting style. Mamoru's swordsplay possesses a special quality, something which is rarely seen within the shinobi world, displaying both deadly and beautiful, smooth movements of the blade. With these movements, Mamoru can fully control the blade with relative ease, seen in several of his moves where he lifts the blade towards the sky at a 35 degree angle and then brings it down towards his opponent's forehead, sometimes their feet, with a single flick of the wrist. Mamoru's attack with blade are usually swift and strong, relying on the strength and flexibility of his wrist as a basis.

Mamoru's swordsplay is simply one continuous movement instead of several movements at once, though this is not simply just his blade and requires his body to be in tune with the blade. As a result, Mamoru tends to move his entire body together as opposed to standing in a single place and stance, allowing him to attain a flow to his swordsplay and increases his ability to maneuver and evade enemy attacks while delivering precise strikes to his opponent rather than their blade. Mamoru tend to rely on linear movements with the blade, granting him the ability to cleanly slice, stab, and cut through most substances all in one motion, utilizing the natural energy as an enhancer to it's powerful power. Defensively, this linear motion can be used to defend himself from attacks, as it allows him to deflect and parry attacks with a steady hand, his sword being unmovable once clashing with other blades, unless he chooses otherwise of course.

In addition to this, Mamoru has noted that this unique style isn't based off of attacking his opponent first but is rather a response to the user's emotional state, thus they attack based off of what he feels at the current time; thus he wouldn't throw his arm towards his opponent if he felt that it would be a danger to his own body, thus the swordsplay usually changes accordingly and is more of a improvisational form of fighting as opposed to simple and common forms that a swordsman would continuously rely on daily. Usually, when swordsman battle their body tenses up in certain places where they are meeting a type of force which pushes against their own, creating a sense of tension. Due to the unique, flowing movement that this fighting style employs, it is much easier for Mamoru to battle and to control the flow of his internal energy to relax these areas of tension simultaneously, granting him the ability to respond to most attacks without tension or stiffness, allowing for faster and smoother attacks.

Nature Transformation
Inheriting more of his mother’s chakra-like qualities, her incredible reserves being one, Mamoru inadvertently inherited her nature transformation that governs earth. Being one of the basic nature transformations, earth is one of the basic elements that allows the user to manipulate the surrounding earth for offensive and defensive purposes or create it, be it dirt or rock. Mamoru naturally possesses this nature affinity, however he rarely ever uses it alone. Gyuki, the tailed beast, possesses the nature transformation of lightning, symbolizing the land he resides in. When melding the two chakra together, Mamoru’s and Gyuki’s, Mamoru can imitate the magnet release, using them simultaneously, not combining them, but to generate a technique that grants him control over the magnetic field of the earth in a specific place. Using his earth natured chakra to connect his lightning chakra to the magnetic field of the earth, he can manipulate it, granting him a form of geomagnetism.

Through his geomagnetic feats, Mamoru’s most notabale capability is his ability to control any metallic mineral and the properties of it, in the small quantity. Once magnetizing it, using his movements to guide his chakra within the earth, causes it to follow him as a pet does to its master. Mamoru can employ this technique in a multitude of ways, essentially gaining the ability to use any earth technique he wishes, eliminating the need of handseals or any need of any additional chakra. Manipulating the earth, he can generate large walls of earths, create large fissures, creating earthly constructs such as rock like soldiers; all while do this instantly, and can even utilize all of these techniques simultaneously to attack and defend at the same time, overwhelming his opponents and then allowing him to trap them.

Poison Techniques
Originally an ability that was uncontrollable, Mamoru possessed the ability to breathe out a poison, a vapor-like liquid that proved to be dangerous for his opponents later in life, as opposed to earlier when he found it uncontrollable. The poison itself is not dangerous, because truth is that it is simply his geomagnetic chakra in a completely different from, mostly taking that of a liquid or a mist. Mostly as a liquid however, for the gas form is much more suspicious and thus harder to trap an opponent in, it is generated from the magnetic field in the form of precipitation, rain. Upon contact, the poison magnetizes anything it touches, giving them magnetic properties that Mamoru can exploit, using his own control to subsequently control the unlucky soul “poisoned” by his chakra. Notable trait is that only those who are living creatures are capable of being affected by this poison, for it seeps into their own chakra network and catalyzes the magnetism of their own energies.

Rain Tiger at Will Technique: A technique that follows the same principle as a Certain leader of Amegakure, Mamoru has modified it to better his own abilities. A perception ninjutsu, Mamoru uses this ability in conjunction with his geomagnetic abilities to watch over Kumogakure. Instead of rain, Mamoru's own poison falls from the magnetic field above Kumogakure that Mamoru has constant dominion over. Falling in the form of precipitation, appearing as so, those who are caught in the "rain" are subject to the poison, which magnetizes their chakra and allows Mamoru to control them. Following a time schedule, Mamoru makes it "rain" every three days in Kumogakure to ensure that any invader can be terminated.

Ink Capabilities
A technique held by a shinobi of Konohagakure, Sai, Mamoru possesses the ability to mold constructs made of ink that are then capable of being animated and then used for purposes, including combat, transportation, recon and many other uses, for the technique is of the highest versatility. Unlike Sai however, Mamoru’s inability to draw and paint would make imitating the technique in the same manner impossible, however because of his connection to Gyuki and such, Mamoru does not draw these constructs then animate them, but rather through a manipulation of the ink as it is a direct response of his chakra. Making use of extreme chakra control to formulate them, the ink creations are mostly yin when being constructed, however after their form has been determined then Mamoru injects them with yang chakra, supplying them with life and motion, following the will that has been implanted upon them with his yin.

Because he possesses the capabilities to generate ink, Mamoru can generate ink of different colors, and because he molds his creations rather than draw them, Mamoru can essentially paint them in the third dimension, allowing him to include texture in his creations. Along with the different colors that he can generate, he can create colors and mix them, blending them almost perfectly. As such, Mamoru’s creations are often realistic, for texture and color and exactness, makes them appear real. A bear, for example would be brown with tons of pines protruding, imitating hair in essence, thus it would look like a normal bear, and etc. For this very reason, those who are unaware of Mamoru’s abilities often mistake these creations as real animals, making it so much easier for the raikage to trick and trap his opponents before they can realize what has occurred or that the animal is not real. Mamoru often dubs this, the Realistic Super Beast Imitating Drawing.

Jinchūriki Transformations
Due to the intense magnitude that the Tailed Beast chakra emits, those who experience one’s power are often subject to change, especially when interacting directly with it. They experience a shift, a change in their abilities along with their physical appearance when manipulating the respective demon’s chakra, causing them to adopt a demon-like phenotype that is molded and dependent on the type of Tailed Beast that they are borrowing power from. Dependent on their control over their Beast, the Jinchuriki can initiate these transformations willingly or unwillingly, and depending on the strength of their seal, the Jinchuriki can release a certain amount of the chakra. Mamoru, as the child of Killer B who was Gyuki’s best friend, Mamoru’s chakra naturally mixed with Gyuki’s as they exchanged, and when gaining control the seal was eradicated giving Gyuki and Mamoru access to one another’s chakra without restraint. As a perfectly realized Jinchuriki, Mamoru has access to all of the associated Jinchuriki Forms.

Initial Jinchūriki Form
When tapping into small quantities of his tailed beast chakra, Mamoru can initiate the first phase of his Jinchuriki transformation, in which he gains a layer of wispy chakra that surrounds him, radiating from his being rather than sticking to him, as if it was an aura being pulled away from him. When activating this initial form, he experiences an increase in strength, speed and healing and durability. Conventional means of physical harm prove almost useless against Mamoru, for this durability is increased to a point where kunai can be broken with his bare hands, but those that do managed to impale him, he regenerates a few short minutes later, appearing completely unharmed as if nothing had truly occurred. Though the physical enhancement is enormous, outstanding in nature, Mamoru exhibits no physical alteration, with the exception that his muscle mass increases slightly. Generally, a simple increase in physical attributes with little else to contribute, being Mamoru’s least used transformation.

Cloaked Jinchūriki Form
Titled the “Demon cloak”, named by the incredibly famous legendary Sannin, Jiraiya, Mamoru possesses the capability to form a cloak of chakra around him, unlike the initial jinchuriki transformation, this cloak is more like a dense shroud. The shroud, a translucent red with bubbles of chakra (reminiscent of boiling liquid) forming all along it, provides a degree of physical protection. The physical changes experienced in the initial transformation become more pronounced in this cloaked form. The cloaked transformation has two different forms, “version one” and “version two”, version one requiring the least amount of chakra. Whereas version two appears to replace the skin with chakra, dense, red chakra, version one simply surrounds them in a transparent cloak.

In the version one transformation, Mamoru’s chakra cloak takes the form of Gyuki, in which he develops two chakra horns on his head. Malleable chakra, the shroud has the capability to be extended beyond the reach of Mamoru, in which he can use chakra arms that allows him to extend the range of his attacks. More importantly, in this form, Mamoru begins manifesting the numbers of tails that correspond to the Gyuki, in which the number of tails dictate the exponential increase in power. Being that of the eight tails, Mamoru can generate eight tails in the version one form, before he is forced to enter the version 2 form. For each tail produced, Mamoru gains an incrementally greater boost to speed, strength, and of course chakra.

In version two, Mamoru chakra coils tightly around his epidermis, seemingly replacing it. As such, his features are generally capable of being made out with relative ease, due to the manner in which it is coiled. Using his body as a endoskeleton, a dark red, nearly black layer of chakra envelops him. The physical manifestations of the corresponding beast that are vaguely present in Version 1 states become far clearer in Version 2, in a way fully reproducing the beast in miniature: muscle mass increases and beast-specific attributes such as shells and ears become clearly defined.

When entering this form, Mamoru has such control over this state that he is capable of generating different tails in version two, starting from the first tail and watching as his power generally increases with the number of tails that increases. Nevertheless, being the final stage before actually forming the flesh of the tailed beast, entering this version requires a great deal of energy, in which the chakra is so dense and concentrated that it creates a crater upon release and causes dense effects on the atmosphere. Strength, speed, and chakra are once again increased beyond the levels of the previous forms, the shroud remains a reliable defence against attacks, and other features, such as chakra-arms, are still accessible. Another unique aspect of the version 2 form is that Mamoru is capable of generating “bones” of some sort around the chakra shroud, in which he’ll make a bull’s skull or other exoskeletons to serve even more protection against incoming attacks.

Fleshed Jinchūriki Form
Following the version 2 chakra form, Mamoru is capable of unleashing the flesh and anatomy of Gyuki, including the skeleton, ligaments, and even tissues. For Mamoru, he makes use of Gyuki’s durable nature, as an ox, he’ll often apply the dense, dermal armor that is his skin to different portion of his body to amplify or block incoming strikes. In addition, Mamoru can temporarily generate tentacles to assist with increasing his dexterity, using the tentacles to swing him midair, change his position and grappling onto people ore objects in his surroundings. Being so skilled with this, Mamoru can generate these transformations almost instantly and almost anywhere on his own body.

Another, unique transformation that Mamoru utilizes, is a partial transformation in which he literally transforms himself into a smaller image of Gyuki, creating a more humanoid form. When transforming into a miniature form of Gyuki, Mamoru adopts eight appendages with six arms and two legs, and octopus like face. In addition, his skin becomes a pink-purple like color and a grey hair, spiked style that are meant to represent the horns that Gyuki possesses, as Mamoru uses them to impale enemies. He has an extreme muscular build and the skin is seemingly surrounded by a hard layer of armor that provides protection, like that of an ox. On his forehead, the seal that was once used to seal Gyuki in Mamoru appears before Mamoru, though the reason for that is still unknown.

In this form, Mamoru is gifted with several different abilities, including the ability to breathe underwater, manipulate the magnetic field of the earth, and generate ink and many more things that he had access to following. However, what Mamoru tends to do is use his six styled kenjutsu fighting style in which he bears six blades that he then uses to overwhelm his opponent. Because of his armor, extremely hard skin, Mamoru can fight recklessly without much worry of damage to his own body, adopting a reckless, berserk fighting strategy. In this state, Ma moru only seeks to overwhelm his opponent with pure offense, using no defensive maneuvers at all.

The next phase, following this, is where Mamoru can fully transform into the Eight Tails, doing so using his control over his Jinchuriki-like abilities. When transforming into Gyuki, Mamoru exhibits an extensive rise in size, easily standing over the tallest mountain. More notably, Mamoru inherits the ability to use the Tailed Beast Ball, a famed technique in which the Tailed Beast release their chakra extensively, capable of destroying entire villages if large and powerful enough. Because of his control, Mamoru can choose the size that he wishes to assume when transforming into Gyuki, but in this form he gains a notable increase in endurance and durability, for those who have battled him head on head find very little success dealing damage to his being because of his ox-like skin and incredible dexterity.

Chakra Absorption Trait
Seemingly affected by the blade of Samehada, constantly being transferred to chakra to, along with inheriting the trait from his mother, Mamoru has shown the capability to absorb chakra from others, chakra that is not transformed naturally. When doing so, he drains their physical and spiritual energies separately, using those two things to empower his own self, along with various other uses. When absorbing an opponent’s spiritual energies, Mamoru has access to their experiences, allowing him to extract information that they wouldn’t normally give. The ultimate form of interrogation, Mamoru is capable of extracting information from a target without their willing cooperation. When absorbing his opponent’s physical energies, Mamoru can enhance his own physical attributes for a limited amount of time or even trigger his healing factor, causing to activate and act a higher rate than what it normally would, using it to rejuvenate or heal any injuries dealt to him.

Sensory Perception
Born with the capabilities of absorbing chakra, Mamoru was also given the capabilities to sense it, in order to discern which energy he wished to absorb. Mamoru can expand his range of sensing to detect others who are not in the immediate detection zone, and even remember sensing specific chakra signatures which allows him to pick individuals among a crowd. In addition, he can detect the species of the approaching creature dependent on their chakra signature, along with their chakra reserve and potency and even detect whether or not he is in a genjutsu, allowing himself to become aware and allowing Gyuki to break him free. In truth, his sensing is much more sensitive than many, requiring him to detect the ratios of energy in an opponent’s body to determine their nature affinity, and many more feats that further fortify his claim of being a “gifted” sensor.

Quotes
"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets" (Mamoru to Kumogakure)

"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers" (Mamoru to Nakano)

"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do" (Mamoru to Kei)