Kisui Iyoku

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"In order to live, you must be willing to die. I'm not afraid to die if it means protecting those that I care most about. I'm afraid of living knowing the ones I care most about died under my protection."

- Kisui Iyoku

Kisui Iyoku (きすいいよく) is an A-Rank Missing-Nin hailing from Kumogakure. The older brother of legendary kunoichi Shinzui Iyoku of the Hundred Fist art, Kisui is renowned for his own uniqueness. Within Kisui's soul lies another, the spirit of an ancient shinobi that guides him towards morally good paths, ensuring that the things he does leads to good for the people of the world. This has led him to traveling around the world, looking for ways he can do good deeds that help people.

Like Shinzui, Kisui is a bearer of Yin-Yang Release. Only difference is Kisui has a much more powerful grasp of it, capable of creating mountainous barriers with Yin-Yang Release: Blueprint, even creating mobile barriers that move according to attack patterns. This has given Kisui a reputation of being a shinobi to be feared by those who try to battle him.

Kisui's Nindō is working towards the brightest possible future. He wants to one day see a world where suffering and wars are a thing of the past, and he'll fight for that future to the death if he has to. Death is something Kisui never feared, it's living with the knowledge that the ones he tried to protect ended up dying. He constantly strives to improve himself every day, making sure he's always strong enough to protect the ones he cares most about.

Kisui has traveled the world for eleven years, always finding something new, though it's usually in the form of increased political tension. Still, he doesn't let these tensions cloud his judgement, not like he used to. His path is towards one of peace and happiness, as such, he chooses to remain confident in the future. He wishes to find the one who gave him that new outlook all those years ago one day and thank her for giving him something to believe in.

Having been deemed EED, or Exiled, Extremely Dangerous by Kumogakure, he has been on the run, keeping away from them at all costs. Having been given asylum to Sunagakure by Akagi, the sixth provisional Kazekage, he has made the village his home.

The reincarnation of Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, Sage of the Six Paths, Kisui awakaned the Rinnegan through his usage of Sage mode. Constant absorption of natural energy gave strength to the reincarnated energy until it eventually grew so strong, it enveloped Kisui's body, granting him not just the physical attributes of a young Hagoromo, but the Rinnegan, as well.

Early life
Kisui's life was average, for the most part. At least, average for him, despite him being one of the most smartest individuals in Kumogakure. He graduated from the academy at age ten and became a Chuunin at twelve, using his book and battle smarts to land him into the spot of a young elite. By the time he turned fifteen, he was ranked up to Jounin, making him one of the youngest members to reach that rank. During one of Kisui's missions, he stumbled upon an old tomb outside of Kumogakure. The tomb was ancient, easily four hundred years old. Having found a seal on one of the graves, he peeled it off. The moment he did, a spirit emerged from the tomb and made its way inside of Kisui. This spirit had unfinished business, with the goal of wanting to spread peace in the world. By using Kisui, the spirit figured he could achieve this goal and finally rest in peace. The soul gave Kisui a mental voice that guides him, while also teaching him ancient forms of combat. During this time, Kisui began making preparations to start a personal journey, one that will hopefully led him find some answers to his questions. He wouldn't take the journey until he finished his missions, though, and held off on it until the time was right. During that time, he taught his sister, Shinzui, some of the basics of combat, hoping that it will help her with her dreams of making an impact in the village.

A lot of the missions Kisui was a part of had him traveling around the world, seeing each of the great villages firsthand. All he saw was political unrest between each of the villages, all of them having some sort of distrust with one another. The more he saw these villages, the more his tolerant views of political powers started to fade. How could they be so stubborn as to have such distrust with one another? It was something that weighed heavily on Kisui's mind. The more he was sent to these villages, the more pessimistic he became, doubting that peace could ever come between the villages. As long as they were willing to fight each other, he believed peace was nothing more than a folktale. Every mission that sent him to a village he hated, but he swallowed his pride and went through with them because even though he hated it, it was the "right" thing to do.

Kisui's travels and new friend
When Kisui finished his last mission, he packed his essentials, leaving Kumogakure after his promotion to Jounin. He has seen just how much political tension exists in the world. From the ever growing tensions between Sunagakure and Kumogakure, to the increased political unrest within Konohagakure. From his viewpoint, the world was preparing for war. But despite this, the ancient spirit within him believed that despite this potential oncoming war that peace could still be achieved. His viewpoint of the world was grim for most of his life because of the missions he had to undertake. All he saw was the darkness from the political tensions growing between the villages. It took just one person to change all of that; a girl he met on his travels. He could see that she had been through a lot, but she still looked... joyous, almost carefree. The spirit within him noted that her actions could potentially bring peace to the world one day one day.

As the two talked to each other, Kisui learned more about her. Her past, her pains, the things she gone through. He began to understand her and admired that despite what she had went through, she was willing to show joy to be within the world. When she began to clean her equipment, he noticed how much care she took in keeping them polished and refined. He could tell the tools she used had some age, but the way she kept them cleaned made them look almost new. That's when he felt a motivation; To fix the present, one must find a way to clean it for the future. By watching her clean and inspect her equipment, even though it was something small, that difference gave Kisui a new viewpoint of the world. He was so focused on seeing the dark that he forgot to see the light, but this girl changed all that. He was thankful for being introduced to that new viewpoint, but he never got the chance to thank her.

Later life and present
While Kisui continued searching for the girl who turned his life around, he began to learn many things. He got more in sync with his ancient spirit, forming a sort of student-teacher bond with the spirit. He was always being taught new things, despite the techniques being older than the spirit himself, but he took them to heart. Having more confidence than he did when he started his journey, Kisui was ready to see the world again, but this time with new eyes. As ten more years passed, Kisui saw the world with a new, more confident and optimistic viewpoint. Even through the political tensions growing stronger within the village, he saw opportunities for them to strive for peace. He learned that all the Kage were going to attend a summit meeting to discuss an even bigger threat, one he did not know of, but chose not to think about it, instead looking towards a brighter future. This was his new path; to strive for a world of peace, one where suffering and wars are a thing of the path.

He began visiting the villages again during his travels, but rather than think about the political powers that ruled them, he went there to talk to the people, get to know them more. He learned that there were quite a good number of people in each of the villages who were optimistic that the villages could one day see peace. It made him feel more confident in his goals and it gave him much more optimism. He took this time to view the villages from their humbler portions; He visited their shops, ate at their restaurants and talked to their people. He learned it's not just the Kage that makes the village unique, but the people who live there and help it grow commercially and economically.

Kisui's Bounty
When Mamoru was anointed Raikage, he placed a bounty on every shinobi that left the village with the knowledge of powerful attacks. Having mastery over the Flying Thunder God technique, Kisui was given a 10,000,000 ryo bounty for his execution. Having caught wind of his bounty, he ran to the only place he knew he would be safe; Sunagakure. He was granted asylum there should he ever need it, and now would be the best time. His views were rocked to their very core when he was marked as a criminal by his own village. He could no longer trust any Kumo nin, no matter who it may have been, for they might come after him to execute him. He now lives as an exile from his own village, no longer able to carry the title of shinobi.

The Search for His Friend
Despite Kisui being hunted by Kumogakure for his actions, he couldn't stand sitting idly by. He had a journey; he wanted to find his long lost friend, and if it meant traveling again, he'd do it. Only choosing to travel for a week at the maximum, Kisui kept a kunai with his Flying Thunder God formula on the hilt within the gate to Sunagakure just in case. His mastery over the technique lets him teleport to a formula no matter how far away it might have been. Keeping out of the views of anyone who looks suspicious, he looked high and low for her, but still never found her. Each day, his motivation sank lower and lower, wondering if he'd ever find his friend again. After a week of traveling, having cleared the entire walkable region excluding Kumogakure, he made his way back to Sunagakure with lowered confidence. All he could hope for is a potential word of ear about her, but that was a slim chance.

Gaining Sage Mode
Kisui had finally gotten sick and tired of feeling the way he did. He didn't let someone change his way of life just to throw it away. Traveling to the deserts that surround Sunagakure, Kisui learned of the Jackal Sage Anubis living within one of the ancient structures far east of Sunagakure. He sought guidance from the human-animal Sage, who would agree to teach him Sage mode under one condition; He must accept the consequences that come from the power of emotions. Anubis incorporates the "Weighing of The Heart" technique to see the emotions that the heart carries. Seeing the negative emotions, Anubis initially declined teaching Kisui Sage mode, deeming it too dangerous for someone carrying such negative emotions. But Kisui, only wanting to gain some better understanding of the world, convinced Anubis to teach him the power of Sage mode. The first task at hand was eliminating the negative emotions of feeling betrayed.

Betrayal is one of the most powerful of the negative emotions, capable of changing even the strongest heart. To eliminate the emotions of betrayal, one must accept it. This was an obviously hard task for Kisui, as his trust for Kumogakure was shattered. Early on he achieved Sage mode, but with the feelings of betrayal weighing heavy on his heart, the form was imperfect. Anubis had to forcefully end the Sage mode to prevent Kisui from becoming violent, as the negative emotions become much more powerful in this imperfect state. After recovery, he focused away from going to Sage mode and onto the difficult task of accepting such a negative emotion. But the more he thought about it, the more he began to accept these feelings of betrayal. By accepting the negative emotions, the positive emotions can be free and flow freely through the heart. Through weeks of constant meditation, Kisui's emotions began to even out, eventually his positive emotions began to become more prevalent. Within two months of meditation, Kisui achieved the perfect state of Sage mode and with it, a refreshed state of emotional well being. He finally understood that it's not betrayal for what the village was doing, but protecting their well being. Though he accepts this, he knows Kumogakure isn't just going to let him back with an apology letter, so he decided to stay in Sunagakure.

Awakening the Rinnegan
Every night since he was born, as he slept, he saw visions; Visions of a young man with pale red hair and striking eyes showing the world the concept of Ninshuu. Every time he dreamed of it, he dreamed he was that man. They were dreams that he witnessed all his life, but couldn't put them into words. Every dream was of him as the same man, doing all sorts of different things, things not even the ancient spirit within him could put into words. When he fled to Sunagakure after Kumogakure placed a large bounty on his head for leaving the village with a powerful technique, his negative emotions began to slowly build up, sort of dragging him back to his old ways. After months of the negative emotions, he felt tired of them, and learned of a Sage deep in the deserts that surrounded Sunagakure. After days of traveling, he found the ruins the Sage of the Sands called home. Kisui consulted the Sage of the Sands, Anubis, to teach him Sage mode, hoping it would serve to rid him of his negative emotions.

After several months of meditation, he began to learn that the man in his dreams was Hagoromo Ootsutsuki, the Sage of the Six Paths. He spoke to Anubis about these dreams, wondering why they filled his sleepful nights. Anubis pondered on this, and came with the theory that those who are reincarnated from someone often have dreams of their past, the things they did. Anubis began to believe the troubled young man who wanted only to relieve himself of his intense negative emotions, may indeed be the reincarnation of Hagoromo himself.

Kisui couldn't really find himself to believe it. He didn't consider himself to be important enough to be reincarnated from one of the most powerful individuals in the Shinobi world. Why would he be the reincarnation of Hagoromo when someone even more powerful could have been chosen? The Sage came to the conclusion that reincarnation isn't always a precise path, and that it could be entirely a game of chance. But with Kisui's goals set so firmly with peace, it seems that the reincarnation had brought more than just dreams to the young and new Sennin. Regardless, Kisui still took the conclusions to heart and kept them locked in his mind, believing that maybe, deep down, he is Hagoromo's reincarnation. The first time he went into Sage mode during his training, he definitely felt some sort of ancient energy surfacing into him, almost like it was trying to break free.

Over time, Kisui began feeling that same power again every time he went into Sage mode. Eventually, his physical attributes began to change, slowly forming a different face. Eventually, he began to see in his reflection the man in his dreams; Hagoromo, but at the same time, he still had his own physical properties, like his black hair. He disregarded it at first, but over time, he felt something building up within him, something powerful. He was concerned about what it was, but he did his best to keep his mind off of it. Then, when he went into Sage mode again, something happened; As if a bubble burst, his body felt an explosion of energy. Painfully, his eyes began to change, concentric lines began to paint themselves over the eyes, turning his blue eyes purple. The Rinnegan was awoken.

This didn't come without its consequences though. Kisui described the Rinnegan's awakening as the most painful experience in his life. His eyes were literally erased while the Rinnegan tool hold, changing his eyes to a pale white sclera, while a pigment of purple began to spread to the eyes and the circles came into light. He described the event as "Having acid poured into my eyes while someone took a senbon and slowly carved out the circles." Still trying to come to terms with what happened, his body initially kept trying to reject the massive amounts of energy within. His mind also tried rejecting the memories of the Sage. Mentally, he had no idea who he was anymore as his mind struggled to process the memories of Hagoromo along with his own. His body underwent severe spasms that sent shocks of pain throughout his entire body, leaving him unable to move. It wasn't until a Sunagakure native making their way back to the village who saw him and brung him to his home was he able to rest. For days, he was unable to move without his body undergoing severe spasms as it tried to adapt to the energy within him. He still had no memory of who he was, his mind still trying to process both memories at the same time. He felt like he was drained as his chakra began weakening, as if it was the only thing willing to accept the changes. The chakra from Hagoromo could not go through, though, not until his body accepted the energy. Looking in a mirror, he saw the intense, purple eyes of the Rinnegan, wondering just who he was.

For days, he wandered Sunagakure, seeing people he once knew being nothing but a blur in his memory. Day in and day out, it was the same thing; Not knowing who he was and still dealing with the bodily spasms. After two weeks, his memory slowly started coming back and the bodily spasms had ceased; His body finally accepted the Sage's energy into Kisui's energy. The more he walked through Sunagakure, the more his memory began to recover. Eventually, he finally remembered who he was; Kisui Iyoku, formerly of Kumogakure, now of Sunagakure. And he was still on a journey; to find Shima Date once again. Finally, his memories bonded with Hagoromo's, and he began seeing what the Sage once did in his life, as if he lived those memories himself. Finally, his chakra accepted Hagoromo's chakra, and his body's reincarnated transformation was complete.

Personality


Unlike Shinzui, who is hyperactive and care free, Kisui is laid-back and somewhat cautious. He's kind, but only to those he trusts. To others, he sides with an err of caution, making note that a lot of the people one can trust can end up stabbing him in the back. As such, he keeps a careful eye on people he meets on his journeys, having the voice within him letting him know whether or not the person can be trusted. He had trust issues with the spirit, until he learned of the spirit's intent. Having learned about the spirit's goal for peace, Kisui began to trust it to guide him on that path.

Kisui had initial pessimistic views of the world because of his travels, seeing only intense political tensions between each of the villages. It made him see only the bad in the world, even with the spirit's guiding words of peace. It wasn't until he met a certain individual, one who was joyous and carefree about the world around her, that he finally saw something; Even when the world is grim, there's still people out there who will look past that and live their life the way they want to. Kisui always wanted to thank her for showing him a new viewpoint in life, but he hasn't seen her since, which was years ago, when he was just starting out in his travels. Kisui has traveled the world several times over looking for the individual that changed his life, but he's never found her. During that time, even as the political tensions between the villages grew larger, his viewpoint was much stronger, all thanks to that one girl.

Kisui's laid back, but very protective, even when he's yet to find someone in his travels worth protecting. He chooses to protect them however he can with his ninjutsu, making sure that nothing happens to them as long as they are under his protection. Though he doesn't show it often, Kisui's feelings for the ones he cares about are strong. He has a big heart with the personality to match, even when it's laid back most of the time. All he wants to do is keep those close to him safe, and he will go to whatever lengths he has to in order to do so. If he's not pursuing these feelings, Kisui likes to read a good book every now and then. He enjoys delving into the story a good book can tell, almost feeling like he's one with the book itself. Reading also helps calm his nerves whenever he's stressed and it helps just keep him level headed.

When Kisui travels, he travels with a steady mind and calm demeanor. Going through the villages, he greets people with a respectful abearance, always inquiring about their day and just trying to converse with them in any way possible. Though he enjoys conversation, Kisui makes sure to avoid any negative topics, choosing more to converse in causerie topics. He's grown to be well known by people he's talked to throughout the villages he's visited, even enough where some of the shops give him a discount whenever he visits. Years of talking to people in the villages has earned him a reputation as kind but stoic individual who strives for peace.

If there's any village that has a piano, Kisui feels he has to play it. Music is the sound of progress to him, and him playing music that few have considered trying out makes him feel innovative, makes him feel more alive. The music tone he chooses to play ranges from calm to serene and anything in between. When he plays, he's in his own little world, constructing a one man symphony with just the piano at his fingers. He plays not for money, but to feel the rush of musical relaxation course through him as each press of the keys delivers a musical message.

When in combat, Kisui is calm, calculative, and focused. He lets nothing break through his concentration on the battle. When he's against his opponent, nothing gets to him, nothing changes the way he's thinking for that battle. A constant flow of information flowing through Kisui's mind gives him an advantage over those who try to use mental tactics to wear down their opponents. When his mind is concentrated and focused, nothing sets him off his strategies and he makes sure of that.

Having been marked as a terrorist by Kumogakure, he has lost all trust for any Kumo-nin. Now, he no longer makes his way to Kumogakure and nowadays stays within the safety of Sunagakure unless absolutely needed. As such, he keeps his travels as random as possible in order to throw off anyone suspicious of his actions. To further hide himself from being spotted, he does not wear the same clothes he once wore. His jacket was replaced with a Sunagakure hooded jacket that he keeps hooded over his head to avoid potential detection.

Though he promised he'd never let Kumogakure's actions get to him, that combined with the failure to find his friend has found him slipping back to his old, pessimistic ways. Though still bearing some small forms of optimism, his pessimism began to grow. He was worried; Worried that one of these days, he'll just end up as another casualty to bury in an unmarked grave, and worried that he may never find his old friend again. All he could hope for was to catch wind of her somewhere by word of mouth, but he didn't expect much from that and continued looking towards the sky, hoping for some sort of sign.

After months of feeling nothing but negativity, Kisui felt it was finally time for a change. Hearing rumors of someone finding a sage deep within the desert east of Sunagakure, he felt he would check it out for himself. After two days of traveling, he discovered a large, ancient temple that seemed to breathe life into the empty desert. Stepping within, he saw someone praying to a large altar. The being had a tall, slim body with the head of a jackal. This was Anubis, Sage of the sands. When he asked to be taught Sage mode as a means to find new meaning in his life, the sage taught him his ways. After two months of meditation, not only did Kisui learn how to utilize Sage mode, but by accepting his negative emotions, he became the person he was when he met his old friend. He was back to his better self once again. During this, he accepted his feelings of betrayal, instead embracing them as his mistakes.

When Kisui gained the Rinnegan, what came through at first was intense feelings of pain and amnesia. He had no idea who he was, what he did, or how he got where he was now. All he knew was he had a lot of energy in his body and it was trying to cope with that energy. Day after day, he struggled to remember who he was and what he did, but nothing came up but a blur as his mind tried to process both his and Hagoromo's memories at once. Over time, certain things in his mind came back into memory as his mind came at ease with the memories. Within two weeks, his memory fully returned, along with memories of Hagoromo's life. With his memories restored, he felt happier than he ever had before, and he felt more determined than ever to find Shima once again.

Appearance
Kisui has some physical traits he shares with his sister. Their hair is the same in shape, but not in color. Kisui's hair is a flat black. His eyes take on a sort of lazy look, small and blue, but still show a caring disposition. He's fairly tall and slim, choosing to wear a hoodie that bears the insignia of Kumogakure on the back. When he has bonded with his spirit, his physical attributes are greatly increased. His body mass increases nearly four fold, his face thins out and his hair grows quite long. His hoodie is replaced with leg platings and four bows are tied into his hair, two red, two yellow. He has a certain aura of free spirit that his appearance seems to take on, one that gives him his unique, laid back disposition.

He wouldn't normally stand out with how he looks, choosing to dress in a style that makes him feel comfortable. He never liked the feeling of a flak jacket, considering them to be too bulky and cumbersome. He wanted to wear something that didn't restrict his movement and allowed him room to breathe. As such, he prefers light clothes such as light jackets and pants, anything that doesn't restrict his movements or feelings of comfort.

He once had a headband that bore the emblem of Kumogakure. Since his exile from the village, he has scratched off the emblem from the cracked headband, remarking it with the Sunagakure emblem. He has since abandoned his Kumogakure outfit, replacing it with a Sunagakure outfit consisting of a red hoodie with tan pants and black shirt. When he travels, he keeps the hood over his head, choosing to wear an ANBU style mask that bears the kanji for "Exile", which the hood conceals.

After learning Sage mode, Kisui changed his outfit once again. Still bearing the colors of his Sunagakure outfit, his new attire consisted of Sage robes given to him by Anubis. During this time, he abandoned his old headband and replaced it with one that bore Anubis' name (アヌビス). His robes bear the same red his hoodie did, and his eyes have taken a drastic change; Below his eyes are Egyptian style flourishes that rest just under his eyes, and the pupils have taken on a vertical wide slit compared to the normal roundness they once had. His forehead protector is blue and the plate is tan, being made of sandstone.

When Kisui's reincarnated energy began to take hold, his appearance changed drastically. Facially, he began to resemble a young Hagoromo, while still keeping his hair, albeit more lengthened out. When he awakened the Rinnegan, his eyes changed completely, from blue, thin pupiled eyes to full purple, pupil to sclera, with concentric circles surrounding the eyes. When his memories restored after his reincarnative energy was completely mended with his own, he donned a new outfit; One of a red coat with nine dark blue tomoe in a three by three pattern with an Eye of Horus with a Rinnegon at the top of them adorning the back. Adorned on the sleeves were the same blue tomoe, along with three on each side of the inside and outside of the collar of his jacket.

Intense, physical training has built up the physique on his body immensely. What was once average body trim has been chiseled out into a fit, and very strong, physique, while still keeping a slim figure that compliments the muscle he has gained. Constant speed training has worked the muscles in his legs while his capoeira training helped improve his body overall. The demanding fighting style has given his body a complete workover, giving him a solid and very fit physique that contrasts greatly to his former body. During this time, his hair grew out more, becoming rather long. To remedy this, he keeps his hair tied into a ponytail.

Abilities
Kisui's abilities revolve solely around support for his allies. By utilizing Yin-Yang Release: Blueprint, Kisui can alter the landscape to give his allies an advantage. He can also buffer the landscape to better react to their ninjutsu should they choose to use it. Another thing Kisui can do with Blueprint is create defensive structures to protect his allies, like portable fortress walls. His structures can also react to an opponent's ninjutsu, reacting to the chakra signature of the technique in order to intercept and block it. By utilizing his Yin-Yang Release: Complete Weapon Summoning, Kisui can arm his allies with a weapon of their choosing, ranging from anything that his chakra can handle. Having learned the Flying Thunder God technique, Kisui's speed on the battlefield has been considered mythical, capable of being in several places at once. Awakening the Rinnegan enhanced his abilities even further, allowing him to perform more powerful techniques to expand into his role as a support fighter.

Ninjutsu
Ninjutsu is Kisui's dominant skill. All of his skills are support based ninjutsu techniques made solely to benefit himself and his allies, giving them a strong edge over their opponents. By utilizing Blueprint, Kisui can alter the landscape to give the advantage to his allies, creating choke points they can utilize to cut off their opponents from their allies. By utilizing it for defensive purposes, Kisui can create large structures that serve as protective barriers to defend his allies from attack. These structures can either be stationary to serve as temporary fortifications, or mobile in order to provide autonomous cover. Kisui can also create barriers that react to a technique's chakra signature, allowing it to intercept and block the attack from getting through. By utilizing his Complete Weapon Summoning, Kisui is capable of arming his opponents with whatever weapon they request, as long as he has the chakra to summon it. These ninjutsu skills make him an invaluable buffer that can be the defining advantage his allies would need.

Years of intense training has given Kisui a strong ninjutsu base while having only a handful of techniques. Despite his little amount of techniques, Kisui uses them beyond their normal potential, using them for newer purposes. Intense chakra reduction training has ensure that utilizing his techniques use up as little chakra as possible, allowing him to create many powerful weapons and barriers without having to worry about overusing his chakra. He's constantly improving himself, and his techniques become powerful as each day goes by as Kisui continues to break new boundaries for his techniques. There is no such thing as a plateau for Kisui, as he is endlessly expanding the usage of his techniques far and beyond what they were created for. His Blueprint technique has turned into an artform, capable of creating constructs straight out of someone's imagination. Whether they're simple barriers or even constructs that look like sentry towers, nothing is a problem for him as long as his chakra allows its creation.

Intelligence
Kisui's intelligence is incredible. Constantly thinking of his next move, he watches the battlefield very carefully, watching for even the most subtle change in surroundings. If he sees a change, he reacts to it in an intelligent and calm manner, using his ninjutsu to change it over to his allies' advantage. Every battle is like a game of chess to Kisui, and he is the rook that protects his allies with powerful buffer techniques that give them an offensive and defensive advantage against their opponents. His strategies rely solely on teamwork, and as long as he has a team to cooperate with, he can see them through as efficiently as possible. Kisui also utilizes his Flying Thunder God technique intelligently, using it to great lengths for when he has to go on the offensive. Prior to battle, Kisui places several formulas, each marked with a numerical symbol and an elemental or trap seal close to the formula, allowing him to create an area of effect entry attack.

When Kisui fights on his own, he takes everything into account; The playing field, the opponent he'll be up against, and even the weather during that fight. Everything is a factor for Kisui's strategies and he puts every factor to full use. When Kisui's formulating a strategy, they can be intricately drawn out. Nothing is left out when Kisui formulates a strategy, taking note of even the smallest details for his strategies. He never runs out of ideas and can improvise on the fly should his original strategy go awry. By focusing on how his opponent fights, he can develop a midfight strategy from there and figure out how to defeat his opponent as intelligently as possible. Every fight is like a chess match for Kisui, and all he's looking for is the check mate. All he needs is one of his pawns to trap his opponent's king or queen and he can emerge victorious.

His intelligence is both his blessing, and his curse. Long after the battle is over, strategies and counterstrategies run through his mind like water through a stream. Ideas constantly flowing through his head one after another into the endless void that is his vast intelligence. But for Kisui, he wouldn't have it any other way. It's his intelligence that has gotten him far in life. He constantly keeps his mind sharpened, free of redundancy. He's always reading something new, even if it's ancient. If he hasn't read something before, regardless of its age, it's new to him. Kisui's open to the ideas of gaining knowledge and looks for every opportunity to expand. He is capable of deciphering ancient languages and chemical reactions due to his constant reading. This intelligence has also expanded into music; Kisui plays the piano as a means of escaping the world. His emotions are played into every note, something that requires the knowledge to do so.

Possessing a vast knowledge of the Universe, Kisui knows more about the galaxies surrounding the solar system than nearly anyone else. Having written down and applied the theories of the speed of light, the Big Bang and many other things related to the universe in the Shinobi world, he has become a figurehead of scientific advances, paving the way for the future and building a reputation as one of the first cosmologists in the Shinobi world. It's this knowledge of the universe that gives him a joy of learning something new about the vast galaxies that make up the universe everyone lives in. He has written countless pages, mathematical equations, artistic representations and valid theories detailing the formation of the universe from the Big Bang, the properties of black holes, etc.

Speed
Having spent years of speed training, Kisui's speed was already at a high peak. This would be further increased by learning the Flying Thunder God technique, which allowed him to travel at even more incredible speeds. By utilizing his Flying Thunder God technique, his roles as a support nin were increased, allowing him to teleport to his allies and pull them to safety should one of his barriers fail to stop a technique. Constant chakra reduction training has allowed Kisui to use the Flying Thunder God technique without it putting a dent in his chakra supplies. His speed and almost apparitional usage of the Flying Thunder God technique has earned him the moniker of "Wraith of Kumogakure" (生霊の雲隠れ, Ikiryō no Kumogakure). Those that have fought him say they saw a spirit, one of large build with silver hair that took over him moments before Kisui used the Flying Thunder God technique to deliver a powerful finishing blow.

Kisui's base speed was already high from years of speed training, and learning the Flying Thunder God technique essentially quadrupled his speed capabilities. Since using the Flying Thunder God technique no longer requires a large amount of chakra for Kisui, he can use it constantly without worrying about his chakra supplies dwindling. This lets him take control of the battlefield with his speed, setting up traps for his opponents as he flashes from one formula to the next at speeds faster than the human eye can blink. By using his technique intelligently, Kisui ensures that the Flying Thunder God is enough to create an opening against an opponent that he can take advantage of.

Kisui has trained under the spirit's beliefs that one's body should move as smooth as water. As such, Kisui trains to keep his stride as smooth as possible, ensuring that nothing drags his step down. He has ran through thick mud countless times to improve his speed and stability while running in unfavorable territory. Thanks to this intense training, Kisui is capable of running through unfavorable terrain as smoothly as running through hard ground. Though this doesn't keep him free from everything. Obvious hazards like mudflows and powerful streams are capable of knocking anyone down, regardless of their strength, and Kisui is no exception.

Further expanding on his speed training after his close defeat against Matenrō, Kisui once again put his body to its absolute limit, using the newfound energy of the old Sage combined with his own to push himself to limits he's never pushed himself to before. Training in the harshest sandstorms the deserts of Sunagakure had to offer, every time he trained, he found himself able to resist the harsh winds of the desert, almost able to keep a jogging pace in the sandstorms. Weeks of training strengthened his legs to tremendous amounts, allowing him to run almost at a natural pace in the desert's unforgiving atmosphere.

Thanks to his new training, his speed has more than tripled from its already tremendously high amount. At this pace, he can almost keep up with his Flying Thunder God technique, which he had been using as a bench mark for his training. By calculating the time it takes to teleport versus the time it takes to run, he found his Flying Thunder God technique is only better by mere seconds, showing that his speed is at an elite pace. He continues to train his speed until one day, he can surpass that benchmark, turning him into an incredibly fast shinobi. Another benefit to his strengthened legs and improved speed is he can fluently deliver strikes almost faster than the brain can comprehend, delivering blinding fast kicks and blows that leave an opponent unable to retaliate.

Taijutsu
After his fight with Akagi, Kisui learned that taijutsu is a very important field of combat to utilize, having seen what his puppet Dragon was capable of. After leaving the desert following the battle, he began training in in taijutsu. His spirit began to help him, once having been a practitioner of taijutsu during his days among the living. Teaching Kisui what he knows, the spirit gave him tips on how to defend against strong attacks and counter off of an opponent's momentum. Kisui's elusive nature made him fitting for a semi-capoeira based fighting style, allowing him to use elusive movements in tandem with crippling attacks. Having spent five years of constantly training in his taijutsu, he's become a stronger combat practitioner. Capable of a wide variety of elusive physical attacks, Kisui confuses his opponent with constant evasive movements combined with powerful strikes made stronger by the momentum of his movement. By moving with an opponent's attack, he can transfer the momentum of his opponent into a counter attack, delivering an attack twice as strong.

Though his knowledge in taijutsu is quite vast, he uses it only as a fallback skill. A sort of last resort should someone be strong enough to break through his barriers. This does not make him a slouch in the department. If he has to, he can stand his own with his taijutsu long enough to either have his allies recuperate or until there's an opening he can exploit for a powerful counterattack. He has great defensive capabilities with his taijutsu, capable of intelligently blocking or evading physical attacks that leave his opponents wide open for a counterattack from him or his allies. Though he is skilled, Kisui is very conservative about who he chooses to fight back with his taijutsu. If the opponent he's up against is too strong for his taijutsu, he'll engage in evasive tactics to break the distance between him and his opponent.

When his spirit is bonded with the ancient spirit, his taijutsu gets an incredible boost. Being a traditional samurai, the spirit had tremendous skills in taijutsu. Since Kisui's memories are bonded with the spirits in this form, he gains the spirit's taijutsu skills as well. While in this form, Kisui can deliver a skillful array of physical attacks meant to disorient the opponent and leave them open for a swift and powerful counterattack.

Thanks to intensive speed training, Kisui has developed a tremendous amount of leg strength, allowing him to deliver crushing kicks that leave his opponent off guard. To ensure they do the most damage, he aims his kicks in vital areas more susceptible to taking damage, like the floating rib or behind the major part of the thigh. This ensures that every kick will deal the most damage and drain his opponent of their stamina.

Once again, Kisui found himself expanding on his taijutsu following his close defeat against Matenrō, he continued his training with Raido X, who taught him the physically demanding style of capoeira. Intense training in the harsh, unforgiving environment of Sunagakure put his physical limits to their absolute test, and every training session that passed, he was able to set a new benchmark. After Raido left Sunagakure to continue on a mission. Kisui began training himself more and more, pushing his body to the limit, training his taijutsu alongside his speed in the unforgiving sandstorms of Sunagakure. Thanks to his intense training, his skills in capoeira are near their peak. Now, at a tremendous physical peak, he can perform a brutal array of endless kicks and feints that leave his opponent completely off guard, allowing him to dance past their defense and deliver crushing blows that leave an opponent unwilling to fight him again in close quarters. His constant, blindingly fast movements allow him to dodge and counter attacks just on his moves alone, no longer having to rely on blocking to defend against physical blows.

Hunter Skills
"When you're in the thick of the forest, you've got everything to make a perfect trap; Location, allocatable resources, and most of all, isolation. This gives you plenty of time to turn the forests into a death trap for your pursuers and allow you to escape with as little blood on your hands as possible."

Because he's traveled for so long, Kisui has learned to turn the forests into his ally. Every shrubbery, every tree and every small hill can be turned into a trap to slow down or stop his pursuers entirely. Kisui can turn forests shinobi know by heart into unknown territory in an instant, either changing the layout of the forest with his Yin-Yang Release Blueprint or fill it with traps that make his pursuers second guess the forests they called home. Kisui's just at home in the forests as he is in a village, capable of using the thick forestry to hide himself from opposition while he makes his escape, making him a talented escape artist.

Kisui can also craft tools by hand meant to hunt animals if he has to stay within a forest for any extended period of time. Though he could easily create one with his complete weapon summoning, he chooses not to in order to keep his chakra levels low enough to prevent him from being spotted by sensory nin. His hunting skills are proficient, capable of felling even the strongest beasts by hitting a vital part of their body, be it an artery or even the heart itself. Kisui can also carefully skin an animal to use its pelts for either a makeshift blanket or even for trading should he find himself back in Sunagakure. There's always a profit for fur to make clothing with so Kisui grabs what hides he can during his trip back.

Incognitive Abilities
"When you're a wanted man and in a heavily populated area outside of your safety zone, the last thing you want to do is stand out. Do everything you can to conceal your appearance while at the same time, looking like a normal member of the public. Overdoing it could end up making people, especially your pursuers, suspicious of you."

Kisui's skills at blending in with a crowd have made him a very hard to spot target for pursuers. By using sunglasses to conceal his Rinnegan and every day clothes normal people wear, he can basically turn himself invisible, using the crowd as his cloak against any pursuers. Every day it's a different outfit to ensure that he doesn't raise suspicion. He learned how to do this by picking up tips from some of the villages he went to, taking each of them to heart to make sure that he can do everything he can to keep hidden from any pursuers, especially those from Kumogakure. By also keeping his chakra around the same level as an average citizen, he can further hide himself from sensory-nin, making him even more invisible to his pursuers.

Chakra Supply
Kisui possesses a massive amount of chakra thanks to having both his spirit and the spirit of an ancient shinobi. This allows him to push his techniques to their limits. It's what allows him to create such powerful structures and landscape changes with his Yin-Yang Release: Blueprint technique. This also ensures that he can outperform his opponent in more ways than he could ever think of. On his own, his chakra levels are rather small due to his physical energy far surpassing his spiritual energy. Despite his small frame, his physical energy is very high. The ancient spirit introduces more spiritual energy to equal both the physical and spiritual energies, increasing his chakra.

Spiritual Bonding
During times of duress, Kisui can combine his spirit and the ancient spirit together with Yin Release. When the spirits bond, Kisui uses Yang Release, giving him a completely transformed body; His physique is greatly increased, his hair becomes long and formed into front tails, and he dons an ancient suit of leg platings. He essentially takes on the form of the ancient spirit's original body, with some of his physical attributes combined into the body. The form is temporary, but helps replenish his body's chakra levels while also giving him a boost in his other abilities.

Due to awakening the Rinnegan and Hagoromo's energies, bonding with his spirit has become more difficult, almost impossible to do. Though he can no longer bond with the spirit, he can still gain the spirit's spiritual energy to increase his chakra levels if he needs it.

Kenjutsu
"Every swing of the sword is a play of momentum. You have to move with that momentum to ensure that little effort is put into swinging the sword as possible. You want to make sure every swing has as little resistance as you can get out of it. That's what makes a clean sword strike."

When bonding his spirit with the ancient spirit, he gains most of the knowledge the spirit had during life. One of the skills the spirit was masterful in was kenjutsu, being a traditional samurai. Capable of quick, precise strikes, Kisui can utilize combos to leave his opponent open for one well timed and powerful strike to bring down his opponent. By utilizing it with his Flying Thunder God technique, Kisui puts his moniker of Wraith of Kumogakure to good use, being the last thing a person sees before their fall. By utilizing his Sage mode, Kisui can put his kenjutsu to great use. By manipulating the air around him, he can utilize natural energy to sharpen the air with every swing of his sword, creating razor sharp swaths that cut through his opponent.

Wound Regeneration
Every member of the Iyoku clan possesses a unique property. Whenever damage is sustained to their skin via cuts or other surface wounds, these wounds will, over time, length varying on severity, rise upwards to the surface of the skin before peeling away as dead skin. Kisui is capable of the same ability. As long as he refrains from physical confrontations as the wounds heal, he can heal deep cuts in days and shallow cuts in mere hours. This dead skin eventually blows away in the wind, leaving behind skin that has been untouched as if the cut was never there. When he is in Sage mode, this regeneration is amplified, as the natural energy accelerates his body's regenerative ability, drastically shortening the time that the cuts begin to surface, turning days into mere hours and hours into minutes.

Sage Mode


After learning the Jackal Sage Mode from Anubis, Kisui can now go into the perfect state. In this form, all of Kisui's abilities are improved tremendously. If he's in the desert when Sage mode is engaged, he gains resistances to heat and sand while having a small control over the sand itself. Kisui's speed is also increased greatly. His natural speed is pushed even further, allowing him to move faster than ever. This also applies to his Flying Thunder God technique. He no longer needs to create a seal before entering the void as he can utilize the Sage mode's natural energies to pull him into the spot he desires. He just has to concentrate on where he wants to go. His taijutsu also becomes greatly increased. By utilizing natural energy, Kisui can deliver a multitude of dangerous physical attacks. Attacks that look like they have missed can end up making contact.

But the best thing Kisui feels about Sage mode is the effect it has on his barriers. When creating barriers, they become tremendously strong, up to ten times stronger than barriers created under normal energy. This turns him into a powerful ally who can give his teammates a near impenetrable defensive edge. While in Sage mode, Kisui's barriers can change in size depending on how they need to be utilized, capable of changing quickly to adapt to changing situations.

When enough natural energy is gathered, Kisui can take it a step further. He can begin absorbing the energies of the undead to complete his Sage mode. In this form, the skin and and muscle is stripped from the body, replaced with a completely built, anthropomorphic Jackal style body. Within it is an opening, revealing part of his bony structure while also bearing a hood at the top, showing part of his skull. In this state, he can summon the undead to do his bidding, allowing him to further help his allies by giving them reinforcement. Such a state is difficult to achieve, though, and requires time to gather the energy required to enter this state.

Deva Path
One of the paths Kisui discovered when awakening the Rinnegan was he Deva path. With this path, he can provide an even greater defensive support for his allies by creating a repulsive barrier that stops and pushes back objects via the use of a minor form of Shinra Tensei. He can combine his Human Path with the Deva Path to create a full throttle Shinra Tensei, one that delivers massive damage on a spiritual level. Instead of blowing the physical body away like the normal Shinra Tensei does, it literally blows the target's soul away if used at full power, sending it to the Underworld for judgement. Usage of the Shinra Tensei at full power comes with the draw back of shortening his life span, though, so such a powerful technique is used only as a last resort. Utilizing it for defense doesn't cause this drawback, though, allowing him to provide greater defensive capabilities along side his barrier ninjutsu. The other drawback is the time period where it can't be used; Five seconds at the least when utilizing it for defensive purposes.

Outside of combat, Kisui learned how to utilize Banshō Ten'in in a unique way; By pulling objects towards him, Kisui can create temporary structures as a form of shelter when needed for emergencies. By utilizing sealing substances, he can bind the pieces together to keep them from falling apart. In combat, his Banshō Ten'in can cause orbital disruptions in areas where it's active, mimicking a sort of unstable galaxy in its newest formation. Objects caught in the field where its active will have wild orbits, even being thrown out of the field at intense speeds. By adding more energy into it, it can create a stable galaxy formation where the gravity is powerful enough to create small "planets" and "moons" that can be pushed as projectiles with Shinra Tensei, accelerated by the strong gravitational field.

Human Path
By utilizing his Human Path, Kisui can read the minds of a target while simultaneously removing their soul and sending it to the Underworld. When utilized along side his Deva Path, he can combine his Human Path with the Deva Path to create a full throttle Shinra Tensei, one that delivers massive damage on a spiritual level. Instead of blowing the physical body away like the normal Shinra Tensei does, it literally blows the target's soul away if used at full power, sending it to the Underworld for judgement.

By utilizing it outside of combat, he can peer into a person's soul and observe their Dukkha; forms of negative energy that weigh down their soul. By seeing these Dukkha, he can help people who are troubled if they wish to accept help. Though without proper training in it, the Dukkha he can see is limited.

Signature Techniques
Tornado Knee: Counter Step

Kisui's utilization of taijutsu tends to involve using as little energy as possible. As such, fluid movements and smooth blocking are a must for him. The Tornado Knee: Counter Step allows him to use little energy in delivering a powerful counter attack. To do as much damage as possible, Kisui aims for the jaw if he can, severing his opponent's equilibrium and leaving them open for further attack.

Sage Art: Symphony of A Thousand Slashes

While in Sage mode, Kisui's kenjutsu takes a considerable boost, which is also boosted when combining with his spirit. By altering the air with Yin-Yang Release: Blueprint and his Sage mode's natural energy, he can turn one strike from his sword into hundreds, even thousands, delivering a powerful barrage of devastating slashes from his sword.

Quotes
"Only fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

"One of the most basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection just doesn't exist. If perfection existed, our universe wouldn't exist, and, in turn, neither would we."

"You've just gotta know when to be happy. We have to expect that not everything in life will go our way, and that we'll always suffer at some point in our life. But eventually, that suffering will turn to happiness. You've just got to decide when you want that suffering to turn into happiness."

"Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless; but no matter what happened, or what will happen, you will never lose your value. Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you. The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by who we are."

"All comes down to today, and either, we heal as a team, or we're gonna crumble. Inch by inch, play by play. Until we're finished. We're in hell right now, gentlemen. Believe me. And, we can stay here, get the shit kicked out of us, or we can fight our way back into the light. We can climb outta hell... one inch at a time. The margin for error is so small. I mean, one half a step too late or too early and you don't quite make it. One half second too slow, too fast and you don't quite catch it. The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break of the fight, every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch."

"Please excuse me while I rearrange your organs in alphabetical order."

"Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness."

"We can't just expect to find our path in the world by doing nothing. Footprints aren't made without walking through the sand."

"We all need something to believe in. Otherwise our lives are the same every single day. Just.... living, not enjoying it."

"Wisdom comes from years of listening when you'd have preferred to speak."

"Don't let anyone throw you off your path. Wherever your arrow lands, follow it, and don't let anyone stop you."

"To fix the present, you've got to scratch away the past; The betrayal, the guilt, and anguish, and clean it for the future. Kumogakure's actions doesn't set me off my path; It just paves it further."

"You can't wrestle demons without becoming stronger in the process. The only trick is to not grow horns yourself."

"Every miniscule pattern must be taken into account, every part of your surroundings. Everything is my ally once my strategies come to fruition."

"I need to find her again, wherever she may be. But with Kumogakure out for my blood, I may never find her again."

"You have three faces; The first face you show to the world. The second face, you show to your friends and family. The third face, you never show anyone."

"You know, I finally understand what Kumogakure's doing. They aren't performing an act of betrayal for hunting me.... They're just trying to protect their well being and security. It took the awakening of my Sennin energy to figure that out."

"You can't be everything you want... but you can't know what you can be or the true nature of yourself until you've tried everything. That is the meaning of self-discovery."

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us."

Kisui's Shinobi Tips
"When you're in the thick of the forest, you've got everything you need to make a perfect trap; Location, allocatable resources, and isolation. This gives you plenty of time to turn the forests into a living death trap for your pursuers and allow you to escape with as little blood on your hands as possible."

"When you're a wanted man in a heavily populated area far from your safety zone, the last thing you want to do is stand out. Concealing your appearance is a top priority and must be taken quickly. Do everything to keep your appearance hidden while still appearing as a normal member of society. You want to blend in, but overdoing it could make you stand out even more."

"Every opponent is different. If you have to fight someone, pick your battles carefully. Keep a close eye on how they move, how they strike. Keep these patterns in your head and you'll eventually be able to counter their each and every move. Your goal is to get them out of their comfort zone as quickly as possible. Once you do this, you can go on the offensive, leaving them largely unable to retaliate."

"When infiltration is required, don't wear pitch black clothing. This would only end up making you as a visible silhouette. Instead, go for dark blue clothing under the moonlight, this will conceal your appearance much more efficiently and allow you to get to your destination much easier with less chances of you being detected."