Ezemaru Kimza

Ezemaru Kimza is a main character from the fanfiction, Naruto: Kimza Chronicles. He was the first main antagonist of the book and becomes the starting point for understanding the story. He was the Fourth Iyokage of Arizogakure, the brother of the Fifth and last Iyokage, Arizono Kimza, and the uncle of the main character, Saphiro Kimza. He was known as the most powerful Kimza of his generation.

Background
Ezemaru was the first son of two unknown Kimza parents and the third known grandchild of the Third Iyokage, Toshiya Kimza. Not much is known about his early life, except he was very talented and displayed knowledge in things that were unknown to others his age. He awakened his Nokerrogan at four years old, the youngest Kimza at ever doing so. He graduated from Ninja Academy at seven, became a chunin at 11, rose to jonin at 14, and became an ANBU squad commander at 16.

Around the time he was 17, Ezemaru became known as the most powerful Kimza of his generation, even more powerful than some of the last members of the Kuguari clan, his ancestral clan. He was a pacifist who hated violence, but wanted peace at any cost. Many said that his peacefulness was a staple of his power, erasing any blind ambition from his heart. Around this time, the village of Arizogakure was at war with Shiragakure and was currently at a stalemate.

Ezemaru expressed interest in becoming Iyokage, and was a shoo-in due to his high amount of power and his peaceful ideals. Accepting a mission to go to Konohagakure and began negotating an alliance, Ezemaru took a squad which also consisted of his younger brother Arizono Kimza and headed for Konoha. While they were away, a Kimza clan member murdered Toshiya on the ground that the Kuguari clan elders told him too. This was true but he initially refused. However, he was warped by Bukarok the Guardian Beast and was manipulated to do it. The elders ordered Ezemaru to return home at once and accept the title of Iyokage. Ezemaru finished the negotations and became the Fourth Iyokage, the youngest in the village's history.

During his years as Iyokage, Ezemaru began a restoration project for Arizo, building it up to the glory he knew it was. Along the way, he also gave more control to the elders, showing them moral support. He had forgotten about the alliance to Konoha, but was happy when Luragakure, another powerful Hidden Village annexed itself into the Land of Skies Even though the village was thriving, Shira still wanted a resolution to the war. And after an attempted invasion, Ezemaru turned to the offensive and wanted to wage war again. However the elders, who actually approved Ezemaru's plans to restore the village, didn't want to start a war that could demolish the village again. Enraged by their rejection, Ezemaru went to the temple to pray.

While at the temple, Ezemaru ran across a scroll. Ezemaru found out that the scroll conatined the spirit of Bukarok, the Wasp Beast of the Four Guardians of Hell's Gates. Bukarok's spirit told Ezemaru that the Kuguari elders were only using him to rebuild the village, and after they were done with him they would assassinate him like they did his grandfather. Ezemaru refused to believe the beast, but Bukarok used a genjutsu to prove to Ezemaru it was telling the truth. Using his anguish to its advantage, Bukarok possessed Ezemaru and sought out to kill the elders. Despite their combined power, the Kuguari elders were no match for Ezemaru, fueled by rage and Bukarok's chakra. When Ezemaru came to, he was unaware that finished off the last of the Kuguari clan. Ezemaru was restrained and was imprisoned for high treason and multiple murders.

A few months later, Ezemaru's trials were held. The judge initially sentenced Ezemaru to prison for life, but Bukarok possessed the judge as well and sentenced him to death. He was further shocked when he found out that Arizono was made Iyokage by the new council shortly after the former council's murder. Within his cell, he was contacted by Bukarok again, being told that Arizono always wanted to surpass him and now the new council ha plans to destroy Shira and take over the world after his execution. Ezemaru was outraged by the thought of his own brother being a pawn and disgusted that the clan he was once proud to be a part of wanted to incite war and bloodshed for personal gain. Bukarok told him that the only way the would be peaceful was if the Kimza Clan was erased as well and the bloodthirsty clan would cease to exist. Bukarok taught Ezemaru a sealing technique and Ezemaru sealed Bukarok within himself, becoming times more powerful at the cost of peaceful demeanor.

At his execution, the most powerful elder used the most powerful Kimza Weapon, the Kimza Dragon Summoning to finish off Ezemaru, but Ezemaru used Bukarok's chakra to protect himself. Free of his holdings, Ezemaru summoned Bukarok's energy and went on a rampage, killing any who crossed his path. He ran into Arizono and the two fought until the council made him escape. Ezemaru made short work of the council and finally decided that Arizogakure was a next of violence and the only way to find true peace was to kill everyone affiliated with the village. Standing atop the canyon the village was nestled in, Ezemaru used a Kimza Weapon: Great Dragon Summmon larger than any ever seen and slammed it into the village, destroying it in an instant and killing more than 90 percent of its inhabitants. Ezemaru knew that some Kimza, including Arizono, survived and he had to find them.

For the next two years, Ezemaru perfected a genjutsu known as the Living Nightmare Technique and used it to find and kill every Kimza clan member that escaped Arizo's destruction. After six years, Ezemaru killed every Kimza he could find and was certain that his brother died in the village, despite having the power approaching that of a kage. He quickly pinpointed the last five Kimza, in which one was his brother and another was his toddler son, Saphiro.

Finding the caravan they were travelling with, Ezemaru killed everyone minus Arizono, his wife Hiara Tokomiya, Hiara's brother Zoka, and Saphiro. Ezemaru told Arizono that the legacy of the murderous Kimza and Kuguari clans would end with him and his son. Ezemaru soon fought off Arizono and Zoka as Hiara protected Saphiro. Even when Hiara joined in, the three shinobi, who were all powerful in their own right, was little match for Ezemaru. Ezemaru, realizing that the battle could turn at any moment, used his own special ninjutsu, the Wind Release: Severing Impulse Technique to kill off everyone. Arizono, Hiara, and Zoka died, but Saphiro was spared and was sent to Konoha.

For the next 12 years afterward, Ezemaru tried to pinoint Saphiro, but to no avail. Also, he had to flee not only the ANBU, but the Shinziro Tenga Group as well. Ezemaru made it a goal to find and kill Saphiro to end the Kimza's reign of terror, even if it killed him to do it. All the while, Bukarok, still within Ezemaru, planned to take Ezemaru's body and use it to recreate the body that was sealed away by the First Kimza many years earlier.