Seven Pupils of the Mist

The was an organization created to train choicest young people and children from Kirigakure who had once shown great skills and enough talent to one day become one of the. There can only be seven members in the group, since each child or adolescent will be pupils of one of the seven swordsmen. Each of these children is the wielder of a sword that will past from generation to generation as is done with the swords of the Seven Swordsmen.

History
The Seven Pupils of the Mist was created to improve the techniques and skills of children who had come from the Bloody Mist's graduation, and stands out from the other students which sought a position among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. After being accepted by the swordsmen, the child was selected to be one of the Seven's apprentice, usually being chosen by the holder who had a personality similar to that of the child or whose sword could be more easily handled by the child in the future. After that the child receive its own sword, which like the Seven Swordsmen, possesses unique skills, but are less powerful than those of the Seven.

In the history of the Seven Pupils, only two shinobi resigned from their posts and left the group. The first was Mekajiki Kankitsu who did not accept the methodology used for the training of children and longed for more wisdom and a higher position. than the title of Swordsman of the Mist could give him The second shinobi to leave the group was who refused to pass on his sword. To be able to maintain possession of the sword, Yagura had to murder his master as well as half of the ANBU squad.

The group went into decline when many of the Swordsmen began to show less interest in having apprentices besides the successive deaths of several of these and betrayals of, and.

Teams
Jinku Munashi was one of the Seven Pupils of the Mist for a short period of time. After starting his training with his swords and get the attention of people around him, Jinku was killed by his younger brother Jinpachi who wished to obtain the same swords and fame.
 * Pupil: Jinku Munashi
 * Master: Munashi Brothers' Master

After murdering his older brother, Jinpachi Munashi took his place among the Seven Pupils of the Mist, getting the same swords that his brother and being trained by the same swordsman. Years later when his sensei retired, Jinpachi has become one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist.
 * Pupil: Jinpachi Munashi
 * Master: Munashi Brothers' Master

Mekajiki was one of the most formidable members of the Seven Pupils of the Mist, being able to master his sword with surprising precision and skill. However, just before his eighteenth birthday he left the group disagree with the methods used in the training of the new initiates and for want to seek for more wisdom. This decision deeply angered his master, who was the man who would become the Third Mizukage.
 * Pupil: Mekajiki Kankitsu (Defected)
 * Master: Third Mizukage

While suffer with from the insecurity and lack of confidence that other people had her for having a kekkei genkai, Soyokaze was one of the best pupils who got along with her master, being known as the Cold Heart Dual. Soyokaze only not became one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist because she was killed by shinobi of Sunagakure at young age.
 * Pupil: Soyokaze Baeru
 * Master:

Throughout the history of the Seven Pupils of the Mist, Mangetsu was the most skilled and amazing of all, surpassing the records and the marks left by Yagura and Mekajiki, who was the wielder of the same sword that Mangetsu used.
 * Pupil:
 * Master: Unknown

Yagura was part of the Seven Pupils of the Mist for several years, until he refused to pass on his sword (which he had much appreciation and care). Because of that he left the group and stayed with the sword for his own use, but for it he had to murder his master and half of ANBU squad.
 * Pupil: (Defected)
 * Master: Unknown

Little is known about the time that Zabuza passed between the Seven Pupils of the Mist, besides that after his performance in the final exam of the academy, he was one of the most disputed children to be pupil of the swordsmen.
 * Pupil:
 * Master: Unknown

Unofficial Teams
Throughout history, many of the Seven Swordsmen possessed unofficial pupils, who had not been part of the Seven Pupils of the Mist or ported one of the seven special swords of the group. Among all cases of unofficial pupils that existed the most famous case was Fuguki Suikazan's who secretly trained Kisame Hoshigaki and years later was killed by him.