Shikaniku Nara

"Power resides only where men believe it resides. A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And often times a very small man can cast a very large shadow"

- The Malevolent Shinobi of the Shadows

Yami Nara (闇奈良, Nara Yami), renowned as The Shinobi of the Shadows (忍びの影, Kage no Shinobi), hails from the prominent and noble Nara Clan of Konohagakure and is often considered a prodigy among shinobi. He is currently a Tokubetsu Jōnin, attributed to the fact that he only specializes and is prominent in his Clan's unique and Hiden techniques and is also the current leader of the Nara Clan as he assumed this position twenty years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, making use of his enhanced charisma, strength, intelligence to convince his fellow clansmen that he would protect them from the terror of the world caused by previous war beforehand, involving the Ten-Tailed Beast.

Being the leader of the Nara Clan, Yami possesses a fierce loyalty towards his clan, evident by the mere fact that he'll do almost anything for them as he contains the belief that the Nara clan are indeed the strongest clan the world has ever seen, surpassing that of both the Senju Clan and Uchiha Clan. As the leader of this clan, Yami believes that he is the strongest shinobi the world has ever seen, in which he often compares his powers to that of the Ten-tailed beast himself. To achieve his goals of putting the Nara on the top of the world, Yami will do anything and use any method; killing children, men and women. In addition, he will use his own shinobi abilities, political abilities or will even rely on backstabbing and betraying anyone.

After the unfortunate death of the beloved Hokage, Yami was selected by the Daimyo and recommended by several of the noble clans of Konoha to become the next hokage. Using the influence he holds over the Land of Fire through his Daimyo puppet, Yami managed to promote himself well, for his public image held up well with the traits that the Daimyo was spewing. For this very reason, Yami rose to power as the next Hokage and assumed the responsibility of protecting the village. After the Daimyō had passed, for it was the connection to all of his puppets, Yami was promoted to the Daimyō himself, assuming the position. However, when murdered by a specific shinobi she physically broke the seal that bonded the Daimyō and other shinobi, causing Yami to lose connection to the Daimyō altogether.

Power wise, Yami is known clan-wide for his employment and complete mastery of his clan's techniques which revolve around the manipulation of shadows; renowned throughout his clan as an absolute prodigy of these techniques, with some believing that he was simply born with the ability to use his clan's techniques without proper training. While he is capable of rising beyond the mere ranks of a Tokubetsu Jōnin, Yami chooses to keep his lower ranking status as tool sneakily gain more and more power without anyone taking him as an immediate threat, until it was obviously too late for them to do anything. According to himself, every battle that he lost is completely intentional, for he never loses when fighting seriously.

As a result, many of his fellow clansmen consider him an absolute political mastermind and perhaps the best mind of their current time, being called the reincarnation of Tobirama Senju; a recognition which he dislikes to a large degree as he considers Tobirama simply a preview, sent by god, of himself. Secretly, Yami once associated with the most dangerous of groups, including the likes of the Akatsuki; an organization who is dangerous but pales in threat to Yami that he poses to them. In addition to this, he has noted that he has captured two entire villages that now serve under the Nara Clan and claims that he now possessed even more military power than two of the Five Great Nation themselves. Despite his cooperation with these groups, Yami has done so in utter secrecy and has yet to be caught, for these organizations would never betray him as they have been promised power, but also because they pose little threat to him since his rise as Kage, for they understand that in a simple order he can eradicate them. They are slaves to his will.

Early Childhood
Yami’s birth was nothing special nor was it that important. He was born to two Chunin Shinobi of the Nara Clan who barely possessed any other skills other than their clan’s technique, which even with those their skills weren’t that great. Attributed to this, the infant wasn't expected to become a prodigy or anything above a Jonin. This doubt generated by his fellow clan members eventually affected his parents’ decision in placing him into the newly formed under the command of  who instead made the organization to make use of one’s emotions during battle and to teaching them that true strength originate from the will to protect someone; which later caused Yami to dedicate himself to fighting to protect his fellow Nara Clan, completely ignorant of the thoughts that his fellow clansmen created about his being. Inevitably, Yami began training hard to master his abilities, practicing but most of all watching his parents and fellow clansmen use their hiden techniques.

Upon his fourth birthday, Yami’s family decided to take a trip to Sunagakure to visit his aunt and her children, as they moved there after the Fourth Shinobi World War with their father who originated from the Sand Village. During their journey however, a group of bandits ambushed the three member family and nearly killed both of Yami’s parents who were doing their best to protect their son, commanding the child to run. Upon seeing this sight, the child awakened his latent powers and turned the bandits’ shadows into tiny tentacles which penetrated the attackers and killed them. Do the wounds they gathered during their battle, Yami’s parents both passed out and awakened in a wooden cabin in a soft bed with Yami sleeping in a chair. He had made his parents more than proud, but at that moment where he killed the attackers they knew that he was special, that he was naturally gifted with their unique hiden techniques. With this realization, the parents took their child back to Konoha to continue his training with the root, informing Sai of what happened. Sai agreed to harness this power to the max, and personally took the boy to train him himself.

The training was extremely tough, challenging the four year old child on multiple cylinders though he slowly began to show improvement in controlling his unique abilities. His abilities stemmed further than manipulating his own preexisting shadows, Sai eventually realized, instead seeing that this child naturally possessed the ability to manipulate something much bigger than shadows; darkness. Determine to harness this power, Sai told Yami to pack up and that they were heading out in the morning. Approaching his home, Yami informed his parents of what Sai and they packed. The next day, the child and his teacher headed into a deep forest where sunlight rarely struck the ground. This would be Yami’s training field for the next six years. During this training, Yami and Sai created several techniques stemming from his powerful and unique employment of the Nara’s hiden techniques, and by the age of ten Yami surpassed all of his fellow clansmen in regards to their hiden techniques, to such an extent that they considered and hailed him as a prodigy, the best of his generation.

Exiting the forest, Yami soon discovered that a large majority of his classmates had been sent to fight in the Fifth Shinobi World War and that he would not be deployed to the front lines, being excused from battle because of his uniqueness and high worth that he held. Angered that he wouldn’t get to protect his friends, more specifically being his clansmen, Yami secretly set out to join the battlefield and to find his fellow companions. The child didn’t get far however; he being attacked by several enemy shinobi along the way and all of these shinobi being chunin level and above. They were kids though and it wasn’t “right” that they were fighting in this war, being killed in this war. Nevertheless, Yami knew that he had to find his friends and protect him and thus he did what he had to do. Using their own shadows, he created large tentacles which pierced all of them in their throats, killing them painlessly and quickly. He couldn’t bring himself to killing them in a horrible manner.

Despite winning, this little battle slowed Yami’s progress down considerably and he was soon found by several high ranking konoha officials who secured the boy and brought him back to Konoha, claiming that he was much too valuable and important to be used as a pawn for the world’s silly wars. This claim would eventually lead to Yami believing that he simply better than everyone else. However, while Yami was safe in Konoha his friends were all killed, every single one of them slaughtered in a horrible manner by several shinobi belonging to Iwagakure. As a result, he was left with very little friends, essentially none. This granted him the capability to focus on his skills alone and dedicate all of his attention to his abilities as well. This was later revealed to being a perfect plan executed by several members of Konoha’s council, against Sai’s wishes.

Rise to Fame
Three years had passed since the extermination of Yami’s friends and he had improved considerably. His skills regarding his own hiden techniques were incredible. To measure his abilities, Konoha elders matched him against five Jonin level shinobi and commanded that they be defeated without the use of anything other than his hiden techniques. Following their wishes, the thirteen year old child defeated all of the jonin with the use of a single technique in which he used his own shadow to combat them, without doing any actual work himself, and soon the Jonin were overwhelmed by his shadow and Yami was considered the strongest Nara clan member of his time, perhaps in history.

Due to the comments and thoughts that he was injected with, Yami was absolutely arrogant and believed that he and his clan were the best in the entire world. He desired to rule them, to become their leader and to lead them to the top of the world, but even he realized that this would take two life-times but he only had one and there was no one else who could take his place; no they were all to take over the world, they needed his skills to succeed. Realizing this, Yami would continue perfecting his technique while also spending a bit of his time every day to perfect a technique which granted him the ability to stay youthful forever, so that he could lead his clan to success when the time inevitably revealed itself, but for now he would be patient and wait until it was his time.

A few days after his battle with the Jonin, Yami was commanded to go on a mission alone, which revolved being the bodyguard to the Daimyo of the land of fire. Without hesitation, the Nara child accepted the mission and left the village immediately. Now was the perfect time, the moment that he had been waiting for. Now was his time to make his mark on the world. Within a matter of hours, he reached the Daimyo’s meeting place where he met several other high ranking warriors from all over the Land of Fire, one person being the famous Sannoto Senju who occupied the area with his organization, Seika no Heiwa. Before he even had a chance to get accommodated into the area, a large group of bandits attacked. What a foolish mistake, as they attacked at the night. This was Yami’s time to shine. Using the darkness around him, Yami made short work of the bandits, without the assistance of anyone else who was protecting the Daimyo. Amazed at his abilities, the Daimyo requested that Yami be his personal escort to the area where he was supposed to meet his fellow allies to discuss the aftermath of the Fifth Shinobi World War and the status of the Land of Water. Accepting his offer, Yami accompanied the Daimyo alongside Sannoto Senju; once the pride of the leaf.

After gathering the remnants of his army, the Daimyo decided to move out and personally requested that Yami sit in his carriage alongside him. During this expedition, the carriage was once more attacked, but this time an entire nation of shinobi appeared before them, requesting that the Daimyo be handed over to them immediately. Obviously disagreeing to their request, the protectors of the Daimyo (including Yami) leaped into battle; the nara child leading the defense and successfully repelling his attackers. This battle eventually became known as the Battle of the Titans and Yami was noted as the commander of the winning army at the time. News of this quickly spread out across the shinobi world, and everyone knew that a thirteen year old child was responsible for the defeat of an entire nation of shinobi.

Returning to Konohagakure, Yami was renowned as an absolute hero; typically being referred to by his clansmen "A King Among Men". This fortified his arrogant nature quite the bit. A few hours after his return, Yami was called before the entire Konoha village to be honored, though things didn't go as he expected them to. Approaching him was the leader of the Nara Clan, who then revealed that this thirteen year old boy would become his apprentice leader of the Nara Clan today; Yami was simply speechless.

Leading the Nara
A mere year had passed since he was granted the honor of becoming a apprentice chief and leader of the Nara clan, though much changed in that time. Under his rule, the Nara clan became more treasured than what they already were; they became much more treasured than the or  clans, though they still seemed to be on par with the. This wasn't a problem though, as Yami knew that once he finished his extreme training to master his abilities that the Nara would become the most treasured clan in the world. What also changed with the state of the nara clan was his unique powers as well, they all developed extremely well and becoming much more powerful though they still weren't complete. He thought he had discovered a way to make himself immortal, though he was extremely wrong.

Waiting until it was noon, Yami went into the middle of a grassy plain on the outskirts of the leaf village, standing in a position where his shadow was fully projected. After doing so, he then activated his Shadow Gathering Technique, using it materialize his entire shadow until it resembled himself exactly. Finally, the latter physically pulled the shadow into himself, infusing it with his entire being. Not everything went as he expected. He didn't fuse with the shadow, as the latter simply rejected his body and seeped out of his mouth onto the ground beneath him. Following this, it opened up, creating a hole to the Darkforce Realm, where he was pulled into. Upon being pulled, he met several shadow-like beings who threatened to destroy him, until he revealed that he was a member of the Nara Clan; the shadows praising him afterwards, as the Nara Clan were responsible for their creation and the creation of this realm. According to these shadows, the Nara clan before the Era of the Warring States manipulated the earth and the shadows, which is why they were targeted and nearly wiped out. The Nara used to manipulate their shadows through a unique employment of their earth natured chakra. Listening to this story, Yami requested that these shadows train him how to utilize his powers to the fullest form to which they agreed. With that, the training began and Yami began learning how to employ his earth chakra/yin yang chakra.

Six more years had passed and Yami's training was complete; he was released from the darkforce realm with all of the experience and information that he needed to utilize his powers to their fullest extent. Upon returning to the real realm, Yami was greeted by his clansmen. A few cried and few rushed at him, believing him into being dead. With someone asking him where he was, Yami made up a fake story. Only one person failed to believe it, that person being the previous leader of the Nara Clan, though he approached Yami much later when the latter was alone in his backyard. Yami revealed the real story to the Nara leader. The leader was not pleased and threatened to reveal the entire story to everyone while also planning to kick Yami out of the Nara Clan, the clan that he loved so much! Without thinking, he killed the leader and devoured his body using his shadow to hide any trace of evidence. Then, using his charismatic attitude, he convinced everyone that the leader disappeared suddenly, allowing him to assume his position as the leader of the Nara. From that point on, Yami led the clan and continued consuming shadows, growing stronger by the day and improving his abilities tenfold.

Appearance
Raised to believe that he was better than everyone else, Yami's own appearance reflects this disposition. As a result, he is normally seen smirking complacently, in such a way that many can discern that he's arrogant, even random and complete strangers; thus, many refuse to associate with him for this very reason, with the exception of women who feel the need to have a dominating and confident man. One rare occasion, even when under an immediate threat, does his complacent smirk ever falter.

Despite his lack of taijutsu training, Yami was still a child of average size; being around 5”5 when he was thirteen and possessing extremely lean muscles which bulged out of his shirt, a trait many believed in being a natural indication that he was naturally skilled in taijutsu, which is an ironic assumption indeed. In addition to his size, Yami was often categorized as “cute” by many of the females of his age, often subjecting him as a target of envy and jealousy from various males. Coupled with his average size, Yami’s notable features made him a very attractive teenager; he possessed fair skin and bright, green eyes which shone like emeralds in the sun. His face was perfect, every feature being shaped in the correct manner and placed in the perfect place, as if his face was chiseled by the best artist. Even more impressive than his facial features was his shaggy, brown hair, a feature which everyone loved. His shaggy, brown hair was absolute astounding, evident by the fact that every strand were the same size and that they all flowed in the same direction. If one strand of hair was lying down, they all were laying down; it was so nice and extraordinary that Yami rarely had to do anything to keep it as it was.

Disregarding the praise he received about his appearance, Yami was still unsatisfied when being forced to wear the traditional Konoha shinobi outfit, considering the outfits as too plain, simply and ugly for his taste. As a result, Yami personally requested that his own outfit be designed. Because of this, his usual attire looked nothing like that of a shinobi outfit. During his childhood, Yami wore a black vest with white buttons over a white collared shirt with black buttons, to which he didn’t button the top portions of both pieces of cloth and then folded them backwards to resemble that of a V-Neck. Following this, he wore black pants which he tucked into large brown boots. Completing this outfit was a purple cloth which he tied around his waist, allowing it to hang downwards; which was followed a yellow belt which held his blade on his waist, along with black gloves as an additional accessory.

As he grew older and trained much for extensive periods of times, his appearance began to take a shift. His scrawny appearance turned into one that was muscular and as he grew older his face changed, developing more masculine features to accompany this masculine physique. Although this current appearance is much different from that of when he was younger Yami still is extremely pleased and proud of himself; thus, he is often referred to as the, though this may also be because he is indeed still a very handsome man. Perhaps the most noticeable trait/evidence of his complacency is the fact that he poses when attempting to impress someone, usually during his attempts to impress a lady; often showing off of his well defined muscular build, displaying his extreme masculinity regarding his appearance.

While as a child he was called cute, Yami is now referred to as handsome, if not outright stunning. This characterization is attributed to his features; who are so well defined that they seem as if they were created by God himself. Yami is a fairly tall male with fair skin. He has spiky, brown hair with two long pieces hanging from both sides of his face, resembling that of sideburns. He has blue eyes which resemble the same coloring as the ocean. His nose is perfectly shaped, pointed at the tip as if it's a sword. Yami interprets this shape as a symbol of his absolute power that he holds.

Never outgrowing this trait, Yami still has his own clothing tailored by the best tailor in the Land of Fire, because he absolutely loathes the Konoha uniform. However, Yami has adapted a more "responsible outfit" as opposed to wearing clothes for their style, despite the fact that they inhibited his movements; his clothes now allow him to move gracefully and access his techniques in a much smoother manner, due to their loose fit. Currently, Yami is normally seen in a purple, v-neck shirt which reveals his broad chest and the upper portion of his abdomen which are tucked into white, silky pants in which are then tucked into his blue boots which are used to protect his "precious" feet. Completing this unique outfit is a long, blue, short sleeved haori with the Nara clan symbol on the back and a white lining on the inside which reads "The Shinobi of the Shadows", along with black, fingerless gloves and a green bandanna. Contrary to what most believe, Yami assumed this appearance at the age of sixteen years old, which was over eight years ago, but his face hasn't changed or aged in the slightest, not even a single wrinkle has developed, which is because of his extensive treatment and care of his skin.

Personality
Essentially raised to believe that he was god, Yami is an extremely arrogant individual who possess little to no ability in congratulating or complimenting others on their skills because of his extreme case of complacency. His arrogance has affected how he battles, often underestimating opponents despite their reputation and how he presents himself, often requiring his outfits to be tailored by the best. Yami's arrogance is the most noticeable of his characteristics as a human being, but even more so is responsible for several other traits, which normally reveal this self-indulged pride that he holds for himself; a pride which has only increased as his powers grow stronger.

Stemming from his arrogant nature, Yami is a very flippant man who seemingly goes out of his own to anger or frustrate anyone else, casually mouthing off to even the strongest of foes, because he basically loves rubbing people the wrong way. While majority of the time this seems to just be a mean-move made by Yami, he has noted that he casually mouths off to his opponents to anger them and force them to make a mistake due to that anger, making it a strategic move as well which displays a bit of Yami's intelligence which is normally hidden behind his arrogant disposition. During his mission to guard the Daimyo as a child, Yami is never serious during that trip, though he states he could have been if he wanted to, and was never without a witty comment or comeback to his opponents.

Attributed to his pride-full attitude, Yami is also never seen fighting at his full potential, believing himself into being much stronger than his opponents, which occurs a large majority of the time. Yami is simply unflappable, never showing fear when things don't go his way, such as being ambushed by large groups of bandits and also Jonin-level shinobi. During his time in the Darkforce realm, his unflappable nature is actually what saved him, standing up the shadows who guarded the area. Even when battling for the lives of himself or others, Yami will still underestimate his opponent and hold back, simply to make the fight more interesting and longer; this trait revealing a bit of his child-like nature, as he was essentially without a transition stage between a child and a adult, thus he never ridden himself of these child-like habits such as joking around, playing tag and sleeping with his brown teddy bear, Brown-San.

In addition to these other traits stemming from his arrogant disposition, the nara is also a very proud and loyal person to himself, the nara clan, the noble clans of konoha, konohagakure and the land of fire, due to the fact that he believes they are the best in the entire shinobi world, being ranked in that specific order. Regarding himself, Yami would nearly do anything to preserve his goals and fulfill them in, even if it meant betraying or killing anyone; even little children, though this rarely occurs. Yami loves the Nara Clan more than anything else, excluding himself though his love for his clan may rival that for himself, if not slightly a bit lower.

As a result, Yami will do anything to help the Nara Clan reach the top of the food-chain as they are the sole reason he trained so hard a child. Even to those he doesn't know, Yami feels as if he has to protect every Nara, regardless of what they did or will do, even going as far as to threaten the Hokage after they tried to persecute a member of his clan. For the Nara Clan, Yami associates with criminal organizations, other lands and even other clans so that they can eventually reach the top of the world. Perhaps his most extreme testimony to his love for the Nara Clan is they mere fact that he purposely turned himself into a shadow so that he could ensure that they became the true rulers of the world. Following behind the Nara are the other noble clans of Konoha: Akimichi, Sarutobi, and Yamanaka. While they aren't as important to Yami as the nara are, he still believes that they are very important clans, attributed to the relationship that their clans share with one another. Yami commented that once the world was dominated, these nobles clans were serve as the nara's second in command, with their leaders becoming the leaders of certain portions of the world. According to himself, there is only one thing he wouldn't sacrifice for these clans, and that being the nara clan themselves.

Ambition
"World Domination? Well sorta. It's just simply that I want to be the best, at the top of the world and I want certain people to follow under me; the Nara Clan, the other noble clans of Konoha, then Konoha, and finally the land of fire itself. Eventually, this world will fall into darkness and I will rise and protect everyone everyone from themselves. Then i'll forcefully unite the world through political power and military power and then.....everyone will be the same village. No more fighting. However that peaceful part comes a bit later, after I rise to the top of the world. Little do these people know, that they're making my life so much easier right now."

Even as a child, Yami was told that he was the best and that he would be the greatest shinobi to ever live. This mentally affected him as a child, to an enormous degree. Yami truly has taken this statement to heart and has developed his entire goal around being the best. Inevitably, the truth of the matter is that Yami believes that because he is the best that he should have utter control over the entire shinobi world, as they need the best leader to control them and to truly rule them. So that they can escape the current dark age that the Fourth Shinobi World War has left them in, to preserve the world that is worthy enough of his presence. With this, Yami has a three step plan which he will use to achieve this goal. As of currently, he has achieved the first step.

The first step to his plan was to officially take over the Daimyo's position, which he has accomplished. This grants him access to one of the strongest villages in the entire shinobi world, Konohagakure, along with several other smaller villages that reside in the Land of Fire. With his military power and economic prowess, Yami began conquering other lands to gather more military, political and economic prowess. This essentially starts an arms race against other lands, as they now feel the need to further increase their military prowess and expand, even lands without the money to do so. When they try to do so, they'll ultimately go bankrupt.

The second step after he has bankrupted other lands, Yami will sit back and watch the country destroy itself out of lack of money, food, and supplies to take care of its civilians, without allowing anyone to enter his lands. This will leave their world in shambles, forcing people to fight and kill eachother. This gradually weakens the emotional status of their country and destroys any sense of nationalism held by the civilians. Following this, he will open up the gates to the Land of Fire and allow people to enter. This will increase his economic, military, and political power of the people. Using these resources he will capture the Tailed Beast with these people and use them to establish more power. The last and final step he has it to use the Tailed Beast and his resources to destroy anyone outside of his empire. This eliminates all opposition and truly allows him to rule uncontested. He will destroy the world itself and then use his powers and resources to build the world back up again, in his image. He will be the sole ruler, then the Nara Clan will be the government, then the noble clans of Konoha will be the leaders of certain sections of the world.

Muzai Kaguya
Originally an ally, Muzai has become more than that to Yami, for both men share a single common goal and they have decided to fulfil that together. Seeing him as a younger version of his old self, a boy filled with ambition and desire, Yami has claimed Muzai as a friend sincerely in his heart. For Yami, he has adopted this boy. In his mind, he is his protector, to ensure that his goal is reached, for he is his greatest ally. A child, surviving and prospering after hundreds of years of oppression and rising as a superpower in the shinobi world, Yami recognizes greatness in this man. When around Muzai, Yami often jokes around with the man, for that is the relationship that they share. Although, when a serious disposition is needed, Yami can immediately switch in between his joking manner and serious nature.

Konohagakure
Raised to believe he was god, praised by the villagers as a child prodigy, becoming the leader of the Nara Clan, Yami is loved by the citizens of Konohagakure for his bravery, charismatic attitude and sheer power. A true shinobi, a title which he holds dear to his heart, Yami is seen as a leader, the Hokage; a man who will lead Konoha into an age of prosperity and greatness using his charismatic disposition and power. For some, they claim that he may become greatest hokage since the First. Essentially, everyone hails him as a natural leader, someone worthy of embodying the title and responsibilities that the Hokage position offers. Once he reached a reasonable age and the current hokage passed, he was looked up to, offered the position almost immediately once he became twenty five.

Although Yami does share a love for his home village, in truth they are all apart of master plan for world domination. Like they villagers believe, he does wish to put Konoha at the top of the world, but unlike what they think, he will not hesitate to sacrifice them for his cause, for his true goal is for the Nara to dominate the world alongside Muzai, his fellow companion. His compassionate nature, charismatic disposition are simply political strategies, mask to increase his overall approval rate from the villagers of Konoha. A political strategy is all that he wishes for it to be, but the true nature of his being is hidden.

Junten
A group of great power, people of socially and politically high positions, Yami fits directly in. Although the group hasn’t officially met, they are able to identify each other with a simple word. As such, it is quite obvious that he shares very little interaction with the members, for he truly only knows of one man within the organization. This man, Izaya, is the ruler of Amegakure who achieved his power through backstabbing, spying and political strategies. As such, he is highly respected by Yami who used similar manners to gather power. Yami, despite only meeting him once, claims to have a liking towards him. Not for his personality, but because of his abilities and usefulness. Like he does with many others, he sees Izaya as an ally, nothing more and nothing less.

As a sign of his respect, Yami sent one of his strongest soldiers to privately protect him from a group seeking to remove him from power. Due to this, it is quite obvious that he finds the man a useful ally, for he rarely waste even his weakest men to protect those of power. Only, on rare occasions does he ever openly admit the resourcefulness of others, thus Izaya is of some worth. When interacting with the man however, Yami is kind, charismatic, brave, the ideal leader for this is a perfect façade to assume when speaking to people in general, especially to other leaders. While he does respect him and find him resourceful, Izaya, like people in general, is simply a tool that can be used to help him achieve his goal, his number one ambition. Since Izaya’s uprising, Amegakure emerged as a very powerful military state, thus with his trust, Yami seeks to use this military to assist himself.

Though he plans on using Izaya within his plan, Yami has not informed the man yet, for he claims in secret that his trust only lies within himself, Kanko and Muzai. Inevitably, as he has claimed, he will inform Izaya of his plan, but once the man is in a position where he is forced to accept his offer. Despite being seen as a tool, Yami does plan on offering him a portion of his land to govern over once the world is ceased under his control, but this is if things go according to plan. If at any time, Yami feels threatened by the rule of Izaya, he will not hesitate to attempt to assassinate him and claim his shadow as his own, which appears to be the highest form of praise from the nara, for if one is claimed as a shadow, then they are highly resourceful and useful; not just to Yami, but to a large group of other people. Because he knows Izaya better than the rest of the group, Yami will vote alongside Izaya before anyone else.

Kanko Nara
"Why do I always tamper with your love-life, watch over you, follow you everywhere you go? Because, death is the only thing that can keep me from you, my little princess"

- Yami speaking to Kanko

Abilities
As the ruler of the Land of Fire and the Hokage, Yami possesses an enormous amount of power which he can use to bend other nations to his will, using his military power that he acquired through specific means. By using this expendable army, Yami can take multiple approaches to getting power. By using his charismatic disposition, he can generally get the public on his side while secretly planning in the shadows. In addition to holding all of the resources that the Land of Fire possesses but as the leader of the Nara Clan and being the Hokage, he is well respected by all of the villagers in Konohagakure. Also, because he is was once affiliated with criminals, most criminals see him as an ally and present their undying loyalty to him, out of fear that he’ll use his power to end them. With these opportunities, he can gather the best of both worlds to add onto his prodigious military, economic and political power. Due to the respectable position that he currently holds as the leader of the Nara Clan, Yami is granted respect by several, if not all, of the villagers he encounters. Even those he doesn’t know, Yami is greeted with respect as if he is their superior. Several of the villagers raise their children to believe that he is their savior, that he is their leader, thus this generation and the generation beneath Yami loves and praises him, meaning his power will only continue to grow as the village grows older and the more people have children.

Like people of an earlier time, Yami and the Nara Clan are naturally close with the Sarutobi, Akimichi and Yamanaka clans. In fact, these clans basically praise the Nara as of now, making them seem as if they are their unofficial superior’s as opposed to their partners. Due to this, Yami has the other clan’s most upmost loyalty and have made them confess that they will do anything to preserve the bonds between the Nara and them. This, however, isn’t a move based on charisma but is one based solely based on their belief that when the Nara rise they will rise alongside them. This belief is not limited to these noble clans but is also within a multitude of criminal organization who seeks power. As a result, Yami possesses more power than documented and is the master of several clans and hundreds of criminals. In addition to the power he possesses within the Land of Fire, Yami has invaded other nations through the Daimyo and has conquered other clans on his own time. Several nations that he have conquered include the and the. Being conquered, these following lands provide resources: economic and military. In addition to this, these lands are also used as hideouts for following criminal organizations when being targeted by other lands and are also a hideout for Yami himself, who usually hides here when being chased. Also, these lands are often used to send their shinobi to fight upon the Land of Fire’s command.

Ability-wise, Yami is noted into being an excellent combatant who is normally seen as a foe that you mustn't cross on the battlefield. Evident of his skills was present even as a child and he gained an enormous amount of respect when he personally defeated the bandits which attacked the Daimyo when he was younger. On many occasions, Yami is personally requested by many to do missions for them. However, he will normally never request money and will instead request that they pledge their undying loyalty to him. To those who disagree, their missions are denied and they are forced to hire someone else. The main issue with this, however, is the missions that Yami are assigned to are S-Rank and require a shinobi of his skill, thus when he does decline these missions the shinobi assigned to the mission fail and are normally killed. As a result, the employer is then forced to request Yami again and accept his terms. During this time however, Yami request both payment and loyalty, increasing his power economic and political wise.

Chakra Prowess
Originally, Yami’s primary weakness was his extremely large chakra reserves which would normally be enough for most shinobi, however Yami’s heavy dependence on his chakra, due to his rare usage of physical objects, often relying on his shadows for makeshift weapons, along with his poor chakra control exhausted whenever he fought for extended periods of time. To compensate for this weakness, Sai trained Yami to control his chakra in the best manner possible so that he would possess refined chakra control, granting him the ability to use his techniques with the minimum amounts of chakra needed to perform the feats he wished to perform. By the age of thirteen, Yami’s chakra control was so advanced that he could perform his clan’s techniques with one hand as opposed to two. However, his training to perfect his chakra was further improved during his time away from the normal shinobi realm, as he instead found himself among ancient shadows who knew the secrets of the world and of the Nara Clan. By the time his strenuous training was complete, Yami's chakra control exceeded even the highest of expectations that the shadows, others and himself had set; his chakra control allowing him to fight for extended periods of time due to the severe decline in chakra needed for a specific technique, to such an extent that many of his opponents would mistake him as a Jinchūriki.

When first learning to control his chakra, Yami was tasked with normal exercises which are commonly used to help improve chakra control such as and the  to help him improve where and how much chakra to release and use. These exercises were basic, but extremely helpful in assisting the Nara’s own chakra manipulating abilities. However, these exercises when used in their basic training methods were not enough. Not if Yami was to be something great. Under his own personal motivation to be the best in the world, Yami soon discovered his own training method. Connecting his chakra to his hiden ability, Yami soon focused on using his unique earth-based chakra to control his own shadow and other shadows. When controlling his own shadow, Yami would typically focus on using the lowest amount of chakra possible to change the shape and size of his very own shadow. As one can tell, this helped him master the quantity portion of his chakra control. When attempting to control other shadows, Yami would attempt to shift the shape and size of those shadows without making actual contact with them. To perform this feat, he would release his chakra from the palm of his hands and extend his own chakra to the shadows.

These exercises tested and helped him improve his chakra control significantly, to the point where he could complete the feats with very little ease and without exerting the tiniest of effort. By the time he reached the age of thirteen, Yami could control multiple shadows at one time and shift their form into the most detailed of things, such as that of a mere fruit fly. Note that this was prior to his training in the Darkforce Realm, which is where his skills as a shinobi truly developed. During his time in this realm, Yami soon discovered that his own abilities were not limited to that of the shadows. Shadows are yin-yang based, thus they require both a yin and yang force to be created. Using the forces of Yin-Yang, he can control shadows. However, while in the Darkforce Realm, he learned that he can also use Yin-Yang forces separately to manipulate the Yin and Yang of shadows, both light and darkness. As a result, Yami learned to manipulate darkness using a yin force and light using a yang force to truly obtain, understand and promote the potency and scope of his clan's own hiden techniques.

Using the Yang-nature transformation and Yin-nature transformation to manipulate a yang and yin force of nature, Yami soon found himself struggling to do so. In fact, his natural talent during this period failed to display itself, requiring him to put in even more work than he would on a normal basis. On rare occasions what there ever a day that Yami didn't practice his unique yang and yin based abilities. In fact, the Nara would even dedicate a large portion of his nights to mastering certain aspects of his abilities. Inevitably, hard work and dedication that was present during the entire course of his training finally emerged. After his first discovery and force motion of the light and dark forces, Yami worked on perfecting the manipulative portions of his abilities, attempting to do some of the most complicated feats with very little chakra. Spending an more than half a decade on perfecting these two particular skills, Yami skills progressed quickly and his proficiency with these abilities and his chakra control rapidly improved. Three years into his training, Yami could use his yang-nature chakra to bend light to create illusions, increase the intensity of it to cause massive skin damage. With his yin-nature chakra, Yami could envelop and entire area in darkness from a single point or form minions and creatures created from the darkness around him.

Emerging from the Darkforce Realm after his training, Yami's own hiden abilities entered a completely different league compared to the members of his clan, so much that they often referred to him as the greatest Nara to ever live, an epithet and title that he personally takes to heart and is one of the main reasons that his rule as the leader of their clan was never objected by any other clan member. Yami's very own chakra control alone is indeed the sole reason for his success as a shinobi, as his chakra control allows him to switch between elemental forces that he is going to use to manipulate the different yin and yang forces present in the natural world. While the Nara's hiden often does a a portion of the work for them, Yami has achieved such mastery over his clan's abilities and his own chakra that the hiden does very little work unless he wants it to. If that is the case, his mastery and chakra control is so great that the hiden ability itself will do all of the work for Yami, displaying his amazing chakra and Yin-Yang Hiden prowess.

Bukijutsu
As all of the organ systems in Chinese Medicine are discussed in yin and yang pairings- the spleen is not excluded from this pairing system. As the liver is paired with the gall bladder, the heart with the small intestine, and the kidneys with the urinary bladder, the spleen is paired with the stomach. What is unique about the spleen pairing is that the system functionally comprises the spleen, the pancreas, and the stomach, being the only one of any element to do so, as the spleen and associated organs correspond with the earth natured energy that Yami tends to manipulate. As opposed to other systems in this lost philosophy you will see the terms stomach and spleen used far more interchangeably due to the complex relationships between these organs. The "spleen" ultimately refers to the spleen/stomach system so an understanding of both of these organs is important to grasp the range of health issues that may be contributed to by imbalances in these systems.

Anatomically, the spleen is the first organ located in the upper portion of the abdomen, lying between the stomach and the diaphragm. The principle responsibilities that the spleen possess are unrelated to anything revolving around digestion, although the pancreas is heavily related to digestion, but instead concerns itself with our immune and cardiovascular systems. The spleen is bestowed with the responsibility of removing old blood cells and supplying and storing new white blood cells in the body, cleansing the bacteria that may be in the blood and provide important tissue healing and other essential immune responses throughout the body. Essentially, the spleen is tasked with the responsibility of cleansing the blood and aiding immunity. The second organ, the stomach in which lies within the spleen system, is located right above the spleen. Fulfilling the classic stereotype of an organ within this portion of the body, it is heavily involved in digestion and provides chemicals that break down food, proteins, carbohydrates and fat. In the modern day, this plays a huge role in a shinobi’s ability to produce chakra as if the stomach can break down more food, the more energy can be drawn from that and the more chakra someone can receive. When properly monitoring the pancreas’s ability and production, one can easily recover from extreme chakra lost with a single meal.

Tying in with the stomach, for they are of the same system, the spleen forms a system that is given one essential responsibility that it must complete to ensure survival. When the spleen fails and is imbalanced, a person can experience incredible misfortune and even death in some cases. The spleen system is required to govern transportation and transformation, thus it is involves the transformation of water and food into the qi and blood of the body. The spleen is the principle organ for the production of qi and blood in the body and serves a vital function in this capacity. When the spleen is functioning well a person has a good appetite, strong digestion, and vibrant energy. When this function is weak you will see issues such as bloating, reflux, fatigue, diarrhea, poor appetite and/or malnutrition. Thus, in the modern shinobi world, the spleen system is responsible for not only for the size of the chakra reserves, but also how fast one’s chakra can recover.

Once this energy and blood is created, the spleen system is responsible for causing the newly created energy and new blood circulating throughout the body, supplying the body with the ingredients to function at max efficiency, as the chakra is used in every day life for shinobi allowing one to easily control it as it naturally circulates throughout the pathway quite well and the blood is used to deliver nutrition to the muscles and other portions of the body, giving one the appearance of strong muscles and an amazing cardiovascular build. Being the second portion of the essential responsibility, the system has a yin-yang balance where something is created and the other is distributed allowing it to fall specifically under yin and yang, similar to the earth natured energy that it is associated with.

Cultivating these energies, this fighting style, Yami’s chakra naturally flows through this system, strengthening it and allowing it to perform at maximum efficiency. With this, his energy reserves are incredible and he can recover fairly quickly by eating, breaking down his fats and such, allowing him to regain his strength right after. In addition to this, Yami’s muscles and other portions of his body are supplied with more than enough nutrients, receiving enough to keep him healthier than ox. As such, his cardiovascular build is quite impressive, evident by his appearance, though this muscles aren’t simply for show. Physically, Yami has the capabilities of a Chunin, moving at average speeds and strong enough to lift a few things but not many. Notably, he isn’t very powerful physically, however his physical prowess surpasses that of genin kids. Nevertheless, he holds average physical abilities, for his energy suggest that he wouldn’t hold anything more.

Seemingly trained in it since a young child, Yami is skilled in turning his shadows into several different forms of weapons, but the form he seems to admire most is transforming his shadow into triple bladed-scythe, similar to the one that a used long ago. Unlike that scythe however, being made of a shadow, the blade is noted to being very light, with very little mass, but sharp in nearly every aspect. As such, Yami can swing the scythe around easily and quickly, allowing himself to attack fast but with lethality. His skills with wielding this scythe is noted and recognized by the villagers of Konoha. Apparently, only when he feels the opponent is strong, does he use this scythe, considering it his triumph card.

The method in which Yami employs his scythe is similar that of how one would control a flailed weapon, such as nunchaku combined with the control of a blade. Employing this dual wield like fighting style, Yami follows the principle of the sword with their slashes and strikes while following through with the attack. This allows him to effectively cut and slash his opponent, dealing the maximum amount of damage that he do with every single slash and slice. Following the concept of the nunchaku, Yami tends to swing the scythe around his body, allowing the momentum of the scythe to continuously move it without the need for him to exert force, instead using his hands to catch and guide the scythe rather ferociously apply greats amount of force with every strike. This, combined with his ability to control shadows telekinetically using just his chakra, allows him to use the scythe effectively and nearly do anything with it with unprecedented control.

Hiden Ability
The concept of Yin-Yang is not that of opposing forces balancing and challenging each other out. However, this is completely the opposite of what the true nature of the Yin-Yang is that opposites bring rise to one another. Without yin, yang cannot exist and without yang, yin cannot exist. During his long, extended training in the Darkforce Realm, Yami himself has discovered that the shadows themselves are yin that requires the yang generated from a physical, tangible object to maintain itself, to be able to remain in the physical realm. This means that a shadow cannot exist without a physical body. Even still, the physical object requires the yin from the shadows, to maintain its form. Thus, without a shadow, the physical object's form is incapable of maintaining itself, and becomes nothing. If one is not present, the other dies shortly after. The shadow requires the yang to continue living, to continue its existence and the physical body requires the yin of the shadow, to continue and hold its shape. As they require the yin and yang from a one another, they each are always mirroring the physical object in the same manner. When one moves to the right, the other moves to the right. Thus, each movement that one of these two makes the other follows. They are stuck in a constant state of imitation with one another.

The Nara Clan, through a unique employment of their earth natured chakra can choose whether not to follow this simple rule. They can defy the laws of the universe itself. The earth element is generated as equal concentrations of yin and yang, though unlike other elements the earth element possesses three organs that can be used. The yin organs are the spleen and pancreas and the yang organ is stomach. By generating chakra through two of these organs, one yin and one yang, the Nara Clan are able to defy rules of the shadows. While most earth release users make use of their formidable earth natured techniques by channeling their energy through the pancreas and stomach, the Nara clan instead decides to channel their energy through their spleen and stomach to truly gain access and absolute control over one’s shadow. However, what many Nara fail to realize is that they can also make use of the normal employment of the earth nature transformation, also known as the Yin-Yang release, if not even more than most people.

Yami's proclamation of being the best earth natured user in the world is strongly supported by his natural talents and employment of this yin-yang chakra-nature. Using his earth chakra, Yami has achieved feats which many would think is impossible and because he has such mastery over his earth-natured energy, he can use it in the best manner to make his Nara Clan abilities even stronger, as the Nara Clan utilize their hiden through a unique employment of their earth wu xing. His abilities with transforming his chakra and shaping his chakra to become the earth element is seen as a power sent from the heavens themselves.

Shadow Manipulation
Apart of his ninjutsu abilities fighting style, Yami has developed two abilities which he applies to utilize his shadow in the best manner possible and to truly benefit his being during a battle. The first is Shadow Manipulation, where he can manipulate his shadow and other shadows around him with his own chakra. Within this technique, Yami has developed two other principles in which he uses to truly manipulate these shadows in the best and most powerful manner yet: Shape and Animation. The second major technique is Shadow Absorption, where Yami essentially absorbs shadows to do two things. Either he can absorb the shadows into his being and convert them into chakra, granting him enhanced abilities for a limited period of time, or he can kill many and use their shadows to create a clone of them under his own control. With these two techniques, Yami is truly a master of the shadows and is possibly the greatest Nara to ever roam the earth.

According to various people, Yami is truly the master of the Shadows and has achieved such mastery over them that many fear his power. Solely relying on his family’s hiden abilities, Yami can achieve mastery in a multitude of shinobi arts including two of the main three, Ninjutsu and Genjutsu along with several other sub categories such as Puppet Ninjutsu. As a result, Yami has no trained himself in other forms of fighting styles, not even the most basic of ninjutsu skills, as he instead tends to rely on his family’s hiden to truly do anything and everything within his comprehension and realm of power. This make him an exceptionally resourceful shinobi.

Using his abilities, Yami normally takes control of the shadows in an immediate area to fight his opponents, and typically utilizes the shadows to their fullest extent to attack his opponent with little effort and little mobility on his part. In fact, Yami will normally never move in battle and will instead battle his opponent from a stationary position while watching them from all sides. To do so, he simply channels his unique, earth-based chakra into the earth beneath him. Depending on the amount of chakra generated in the earth, the bigger or smaller the area will be. Nevertheless, once the energy is forced into the earth it then travels through the earth in the form of a wave, infusing every shadow with equal amounts of Yami’s chakra. Once injected with his chakra, these shadows simply become his to control, his to shape and manipulate in any manner that he wishes through his very own refined chakra control.

Attributed to such chakra control and the sheer amount of time that he has personally invested into this skill, Yami can complete feats which are normally seen as impossible and simply outstanding in scope, potency and power. He has noted to be capable of actually transforming these shadows into other states of matter. He can animate the shadows and break them into tiny insects or bats, convert the animated shadows into a sort of a three dimensional fog which clouds the battlefield and makes it nearly impossible to see. He can even convert the shadows into weaponry such as kunai, blades and arrows which he can launch across a battlefield, create hard constructs composed of these shadows. Essentially, Yami gains complete control over the battlefield and can shape it to his will.

This battlefield is not easily controlled, as many Nara Clan members state that if they even possessed knowledge on how to do this they would still be incapable of doing so. Firstly, many do not possess the refined chakra control that Yami possesses himself. To control and infuse chakra into every little shadow in a specific area and then control them all requires extreme chakra control, which many do not possess themselves. While chakra control is a major factor, the principles and powers Yami have established for himself is the actual culprit in why many cannot master this technique. As of currently, Yami makes use of the ability of Shadow Manipulation to control these shadows, but within this ability are two principles known as animation and shape which are the fundamentals for using this unique aspect of the Nara’s hiden abilities.

Shadow Manipulation: This is a major ability utilized by the entire Nara Clan, but has furthered improved under Yami's own skills and is considered extraordinary when he applies it himself. Yami has improved this basic principle to such an extent that even Nara Clan members cease to recognize it themselves, despite it simply being an improvement of what most of them use. By many others who battle Yami without any knowledge of his heritage or abilities, they find themselves incapable of truly identifying the technique he is using and believe him to be using some sort of sorcery as opposed to the Nara Clan's hiden abilities, making him even harder to combat even more than what it is. This ability, just as the name suggest, blesses the wielder with the capability to manipulate shadows. Naturally, most only manipulate their own shadows. Yami, through extensive training however, learns how to utilize shadows in the immediate area around him along with his own to aid him in combat or everyday life. Beneath this major technique are two specific principles that he applies to further increase the potent and scope of this profound abilities, animation and shape.

Shadows naturally possess a certain shape which is determined by the shape of its source, such as a person, tree, rock and several other examples. On normal occasions, these shadows are incapable of changing shape unless their source changes shapes, which is normally impossible for others to do as well. Shadows and their sources are normally trapped in the same shape for all eternity, forever forced to mirror one another. However, Yami and the Nara Clan are an exception to this rule and their hiden ability allows them to change the shape of their shadow without changing the shape of themselves. Using their specialized earth-nature chakra, they can control their shadow. Yami, however, has taken this own principle a step further and instead uses this shadow to shape his shadow or the shadows in the immediate area into things that are convenient for him at the moment, whether it be during battle or simply everyday life. His mastery over this principle blesses him with feats that many simply dream of, going from creating sharp constructs composed of his shadow such as blades, knives, or even shaping animals made of shadows or creating an entire fog made of shadow to blanket an entire village in darkness, any construct can be generated essentially. Another portion of this principle is size, as by shaping a shadow Yami can choose whether or not he wants to change the size of the respected construct. He can shape his own shadow to being eight feet tall if he wishes, or increase the size of the shadowy fog to cover more area of a respective village or he can decrease the size of a shadow construct to the mere size of a fruit fly.

Born and praised as a natural user of his hiden techniques, Yami is hailed as the most powerful nara clan member ever to roam the shinobi world. He has trained his entire life and dedicated all of his time solely on developing his superb prowess with his hiden techniques and mastering these techniques completely. His mastery of is hiden have opened unique and several windows of abilities outside of ninjutsu, making Yami an extremely resourceful man. In fact, Yami have used his hiden abilities to enable him mastery in puppet techniques and genjutsu. Because he has trained his entire life only on his hiden technique, Yami’s other shinobi skills are severely lacking and are beneath even the genin level. Nevertheless, he has developed his hiden technique in such a way that he counteracts these weakness and uses his shadow to use the most basic of techniques, one being the Shadow Clone Technique which name fits the his shadow-like abilities.

Shadow Clone Technique: Like the name of the technique suggest, Yami possesses the ability to create a shadow clone. Unlike the original technique that many people have used, Yami actually forms his clone out of his shadow by using the first technique of Shadow Manipulation to truly tap into the extensive powers of this technique. With his technique and the principles underneath of them, Yami can manipulate his shadow extensively. On most occasions, Yami only requires the utilization of one single principle from the Shadow Manipulation, that principle being the Animation principle. Because his shadow already reflects his image and is already much larger in size, Yami does not need to focus on the other two principles and simply has to animate his shadow. Often, Yami uses the shadow to overwhelm his opponent, considering that the shadow is also given its own chakra and can do the same exact thing as Yami, though it is obviously inferior because it doesn’t have the chakra to continuously battle like Yami. These shadows however do possess unique traits. When they come in contact with one’s shadow, they can convert their shadow into chakra for them to use. In addition, the shadow can also use another’s shadow to regenerate a body part which is injured, such as taking another shadow’s arm to replace their missing arm or injured arm; essentially substituting an injured part of themselves for a healthy part of another’s shadow. Because Yami and the Shadow are connected, Yami can actually see out of the shadow and possessed a shared field of vision with his doppelganger. In addition to that, the Shadow can relay messages and his thoughts back to Yami if they are connected, making the shadow an extremely good spy/infiltrator in Yami’s place if he has to be two places at once. When they fight together on a battlefield in the same place, the doppelganger and Yami are truly absolute beast and rarely have to communicate to be on the exact same page, allowing them to collaborate in the most efficient manner without revealing any part of their plan with the enemy.

Shadow Imitation Technique: Being the basic of the Nara's hiden ability, Yami has practiced this technique over and over again, learning to perfect it and utilize it in the best way possible. On basic levels, this technique grants one the capability to extend their shadow across a surface and merges it with another's shadow upon contact. With this, they are ultimately connected and the target is forced to imitate the user's movements. It's possible for one to split their shadow and take control of a multitude of people as well. In addition to this, one can also bind someone else to another's shadow and not their own, forcing them to imitate someone else's movements as opposed to their own. This is simply the basics of the Shadow technique, but Yami isn't satisfied with the basics. He requires absolute excellence to be pleased with himself and he rarely rest when he does so. Due to the sheer strength and practice of this technique, he possesses the ability to force his opponent to move around the battle field while assuming a still positioning, thus he doesn't actually have to move to force his victims to. This is achievable through his Shadow Manipulation technique/principle. Using the sub principle of his Shadow's technique, motion, Yami can control how his very own shadow moves in every possible aspect, even without animating it. Also, because of his extreme mastery of this technique and phenomenal chakra control, he can hold his opponents with this technique for a much more longer duration of time, without overexerting himself or tiring in the least.

Shadow Gathering Technique: Another underestimated ability of the Nara Clan, Yami's strenuous practice over his hiden abilities have allowed him to reach a mastery over this technique to the point where most shinobi fail to recognize the technique entirely. By employing his ability of Shadow Manipulation, and its sub-principles of Shape and Animation, Yami can truly achieve the best of this technique. Yami will typically utilize this technique in different manners, either using small tentacles or large tentacles. These different size tentacles serve different purposes. When shaping these tentacles to be tiny, he can use them to pierce an opponent as if they were blades. The second and most interesting ability he uses with this technique is when he uses the tentacles in a similar manner as Chakra Threads. With this, he will normally attach these tentacles onto several points of someone's body and inject them with his own chakra, giving him access to their body. After the necessary conditions are made, Yami proceeds in controlling their being against their will, effectively turning them into a living, human puppet. He has access to their body, including their skills, weapons and such. The next method in which he utilizes this technique is to create large tentacles. Due to the size of these however, Yami is limited to only a few. Nevertheless, quality triumphs over quality and these tentacles are of the utmost quality. Using this large tentacles, Yami can slam them onto the ground to split the earth in half, use these tentacles as a wall to shield him from danger or even crush his opponents by circling the tentacles around them and then squeezing their body.

Shadow Dimensional Storage: This is a technique invented by Yami during his training within the Darkforce Realm, which subsequently allows him to store objects, weapons, or even people within shadows. Through the use of an extensive fūinjutsu technique that he developed, a similar technique which he uses to develop his puppet techniques, he can literally drag things into his shadow and hold them there. First, Yami must make contact with the object or thing that he wishes to store, which he usually does through the use of tentacles or by connecting his shadow to his opponents. Following this, he then generates his chakra into the following thing he wishes to seal, essentially connecting them with his shadow and his being. Within the last step, Yami then animates his shadow through the use of his Shadow Manipulation principle to create chains extending from his shadow, which proceeds to pull the things infected with his chakra into a shadow which is also infected with his chakra, thus they are pulled into his shadow, trapping them within his dark embodiment. Within this shadow however, isn't a small confined space, but is actually a large, shadow dimension in which the sealed things are chained up at, forced to wait in the darkness until they are released.

Shadow Physiology: A technique that is perhaps Yami’s most beneficial is his ability to literally transform himself into a shadow. A technique discovered in the Darkforce Realm, Yami’s technique is said to be that of a killer, for it is so quick and instantaneous that foreseeing it is almost impossible. Using this ability, he has chased down the swiftest of foes and have successfully subdued them. A technique that works best in his three dimensional fog, in conjunction with that, Yami is seen as unstoppable, a silent killer, an assassin, a true shinobi in nature. This technique is the true reason he is known and praised as the Shinobi of the Shadows.

How this technique works is truthfully no different than the rest of his techniques, with a few mild exceptions, however the biggest principle that it applies is animation. To initiate this technique, Yami will absorb his own shadow into his body, literally fusing with it temporarily, allowing him to adopt a shadow like quality. Combined with yin and yang solely, Yami can channel his chakra through himself, depending on what he wishes to do, to either become intangible or tangible. When wishing to adopt an intangible like state, Yami will infuse his shadow, which has become apart of him, with yin energy from his spleen allowing his shadow to become intangible. When infusing his shadow with the yang energy from his stomach, his shadow becomes tangible once more. In battle, Yami constantly makes use of these different ratios of yin and yang to become tangible and intangible at will.

What is most notable about this form is the speed increase that it supplies, as Yami is able to travel at near instantaneous speeds without much effort in this form. As the shadow is the absence of light, shadows are often required to exceed speeds much faster than the speeds like that change, however since shadows aren’t entirely real and are just illusions, it does not break any physical laws. When combined with a human body, fused, adopted, the newly fused being adopts the nature of a shadow and the physical laws. As such, while not able to exceed speeds that are faster than the speed of light, Yami can access speeds that accordingly faster than the speed of sound waves when intangible, for any other speed when tangible would have negative effects on his body. By combining his ability to become tangible and intangible at will, in that of a split second, Yami is often seen as untouchable. However, unknown to many, this transformation can only be used for ten minutes maximum, to avoid becoming permanently fused with his shadow. Thus, Yami accesses it only under certain circumstances, though when attempting to brag or show off, he tends to briefly access it and then deactivate it right away.

Shadow Absorption
Shadow Absorption of the Puppet Technique: This is an extremely versatile techniques used by Yami and stems from his shadow manipulative abilities, however after assuming the position of Daimyō, Yami had no reason to use this ability, along with executing his master plan, this ability was subsequently lost and replaced with a new style. Specifically, this technique is simply an extension of his second principle “Shadow Absorption”. Using this technique, Yami can create a puppet clone of someone who he has killed or someone that has fallen in battle. To do so, he applies the second principle of Shadow Absorption to forcefully extract the shadow of a newly deceased corpse through the use of the same Nara sealing Fuinjutsu which allows Yami to steal another’s shadow by generating his chakra into it and then animating it. Following this, he releases several shadow-like chains from his own shadow and pulls the shadow into his. These corpses must be fresh, as their shadows metaphorically die after a certain amount of time, meaning they would be absolutely useless to Yami at that point. Within the shadow, the captured shadow simply becomes a servant to Yami. The captured shadow is still endowed with the same mannerism and quirks that they possessed when they were alive. While of no own conscious thought or free will, they still are able to respond to questions, experiences, as their homeostatic abilities are seemingly intact. These captured shadows, however, are simply extensions of their (at one time) alive master, meaning that they also have access to their profound abilities, personalities, which they held at one period of time. Only under Yami’s orders, can they fully access these traits however. In addition to this, these shadows can only use the abilities and techniques that Yami knew about, meaning if they hid their strongest technique from him they would be without their own strongest technique. These captured shadows are simply reflections of their previous self and act as such. To activate these shadows and to manipulate them like the puppets they are, Yami first release them from his own shadow and then animates them. Depending on their own strength when they were alive, the different amounts of chakra they take from Yami. However, when they take this chakra, they do not require any more until they use up the amount that Yami has supplied them with. But even with this, he has set up an automatic transfer of his chakra to these shadows when they run out, thus he exerts no effort when supplying these puppets with chakra. The only downside to this is that these puppets’ techniques are only at half strength. As a result however, their attacks do not require the same amounts of chakra that they would at full strength. As of recently, Yami has captured three shadows which he uses as his puppets.


 * (Deceased): Also known as the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, is the first shadow-puppet that Yami has ever claimed. It was a dark and stormy night and Yami was assigned to personally protect the Daimyo in her elegant manor. Without a doubt, she trusted Yami to enormous extents, mainly because of the sheer loyalty he had displayed over the years. Little to her knowledge however, he had a plan which would put her out of power and him into power, all in a single technique. He had to wait for the right moment to do so, when everyone else had abandoned their post. He knew the perfect distraction.


 * Yami exited the manor and went out into the forest, where he climbed a tree and placed a lightning rod directly on the top. This was the perfect plan. Lightning struck the lightning rod which was jammed inside the wood of the plant, setting it ablaze. This fire quickly spread to the other trees as well. With this, many of the guards would be forced to deal with this, allowing Yami time to meet with the Daimyo alone. He quickly proceeded back to the manor and slipped in the back way. By this time, the fire had spread to a large portion of the forest and was headed for the manor itself. Responding to this, tons of guards poured from the manor, leaving only a few to guard the Daimyo. Known for his strength, Yami was assigned to the Daimyo's room to ensure that she stayed safe, which was the perfect chance for Yami to claim her.


 * Entering the room under his orders, Yami proceeded over to the lamp and light it, illuminating the room but waking the Daimyo. She stepped out of her bed and questioned why Yami had turned the light on, and even more so why he was in the room with her. Without giving her a response, he threw a kunai directly at her brain, killing her in the process. Following this, he used generated his chakra into her shadow (supplied by the lamp light) and animated it, which then allowed him to pull her shadow into his own. Directly afterwards, he released her shadow which then took the form of herself as if she had never died. He then proceeded in disposing the body by animating his own shadow and making the shadow devour it, erasing all trace of the real body's existence. This shadow-puppet had no free will, but was embedded with the same mannerism and quirks as if she were alive. She could respond to questions, events, everything. Though, she belonged to Yami now. The leader of the Land of Fire was Yami's puppet.


 * Unlike the other puppets that he possess in his own supply, Yami does not use this one to fight. Instead, this puppet was used by Yami to finally enact his first plan for world domination. The Daimyo was his key to controlling the Land of Fire and everything within the Land of Fire. This included Konoha. Ever clan, every villager now belonged to him and there was nothing anyone could do about it. The Daimyo was his key to political, military and economic power. With Hiragana as his puppet, Yami could begin the next step to his plan, to begin an arms race across the shinobi world. Using his puppet, Yami used the Land of Fire's armies to conquer smaller lands. These lands would serve as extensions to his greatness. With smaller lands and countries conquered the land of Fire, Yami increased the size of his army, the wealth that he had by using these lands to increase the sheer number of resources he had and by taking control of their leaders he controlled anyone underneath of them. With such power, Yami possesses the ability to bend smaller nations and to put them begging on their knees. Also unlike many of his other puppets, Hiragana is always active. While Hiragana was weak, thus she takes less chakra than the others, her constant state of activation requires that she has ten percent of Yami's chakra to continue function in the manner that she does, which is quite surprisingly a lot of chakra. As a result, Yami is truly only at 90% whenever he battles someone, but even still his power is simply overwhelming.


 * Army: Through the use of Hiragana, Yami has absolute control over the Land of Fire's army, including their guards, soldiers, special forces and shinobi, including the shinobi of Konoha. As a result, Yami's army is extremely large, consisting of 20,000 fighters. This is 1/4 of the solder's who battled during the previous war, which was composed of six major lands. In addition to the sheer size of the army, Yami's army is filled with a large amount of Kekkei Genkai users due to the mere fact that the Hokage opened up Konoha to Kekkei Genkai users being hunted down and exterminated. Thus, his own army isn't simply large but it dangerous with each and every member. While before the war, Konoha's army was rated three out of five, the powerful kekkei genkai users that have flushed the village the military rating has improved to a four out of five, improving the rating of the overall military prowess of the Land of Fire.


 * Economy: The Land of Fire is vast in resources and the nations that he have conquered through Hiragana also possess prodigious resources as well. In fact, Yami has specifically targeted and conquered those countries who export resources to other lands for monetary earnings and are the main source for certain products, that are essentially to other lands. For example, the are excellent sources for metals, which are used for weapons of some sort, making the Land of Iron there biggest buyer. As a result, he has limited control over the trade and economic system of the world and even more control over the status of the Land of Iron. Over the years, he has gradually increased taxes on the products that he is exporting and will continue doing so. Due to the gradual increase and the mere concern that they need these things to survive, Yami's plan still hasn't been discovered but he is slowly taking away money from these lands while he continues to gain. In a short matter of time, taxes will reach such a point where other lands will no longer have the economic status to continue building their armies and will soon become inferior to the Land's of Fire enormous army. Through the economic system of the world, Yami plans to become the one and only superpower of the world.


 * The second puppet that Yami claimed, succeeding the capture of the Fire Daimyō, Yami states that this puppet is one of his most favored puppets. Kaito, prior to being killed and transformed into a living voodoo doll, was one of the biggest farmers in the Land of Tea. Due to the fertile soil of the land and the mild weather, growing crops were relatively easy, allowing Kaito to emerge as one of the most successful farmers of his time. Inevitably, his fame appealed to Yami and he was targeted.


 * Although protected well, Kaito's protection were simple mercenaries of small countries, as opposed to elite shinobi that the Daimyō possessed. As such, the assassination attempt was much easier than approaching the Daimyō. More importantly, due to his status as a mere farmer, a message inviting him to speak with the Daimyō would be taken almost instantly by someone of his social status. Little did he know that this invitation would be an invitation to join the Daimyō in enslavement to the Shinobi of the Shadows.


 * The day was a beautiful one, the birds chirped and filled the immediate environment with beautiful melodies that were filled and traveled throughout their ears like a jar of slow molasses. Just an average day for Kaito, nothing that he accustomed to. Unfortunately, this gave him a sense of comfort, too much comfort for a man that was suddenly invited to speak with the Daimyō himself. More suspiciously, he would speak with the daimyō alone and without guards. Yami was taking a risk here, but this risk was one that needed to be taken.


 * Using the daimyō as his puppet, Yami was able to grant access to the meeting room where they would meet, hiding deep in the closet twenty minutes before the arrival of Kaito, while creating a clone to take his place alongside the protective squad outside the manor. The guards, who were not permitted to enter the meeting room, were ignorant of Yami's presence, incapable of detecting him and unable to locate his true self. When Kaito would entered the room, he'd be killed instantly and he would become a puppet.


 * Entering the room, Kaito questioned the motive of the daimyō instantly, even pulling a knife from his pocket. The farmer was smart, but not smart enough. Emerging from the closet, Yami threw a kunai at the farmer's head, but the latter dodged it, barely ducking. However, that was simply a distraction. Before Kaito could notice, Yami's shadow had transformed into a several thin threads that pierced the farmer instantly after dodging, hitting several major organs, including his heart. He died slowly, cursing Yami and the Daimyō, as if his words could affect their conscious, Yami's conscious. Only if Yami was an ordinary man, but he wasn't. His conscious only sought power and the farmer had tons, even if he wasn't socially superior. The farmer's shadow was stolen in the same manner as the daimyō's and he became a puppet. His body was taken by Yami, devoured by his shadow and his life was his to control. His business, his farm was all under his control. From this point, Yami would possess only eighty percent of his chakra reserves, but even eighty was enough.


 * Monetary Gains: Purchasing and producing more goods for a lower cost than what he sells, by taking Kaito's business, Yami also gains the money that he makes. Making an extreme excess of money, Yami often takes the money that isn't needed to improve and sustain the company and adds it to his own personal pockets. In addition to using the Land of Fire's own resources to increase the company's productivity, Kaito's land has doubled from nearly seven hundred acres to fourteen hundred acres and the number of goods have doubled as well, thus the amount of money has seemingly doubled as well. The amount of wealthy that Yami have gained is outstanding, extraordinary and overwhelming. Indefinitely, this adds to the amount of power that he has, allowing him to purchase and hire more soldiers to fight for his cause and for the Land of Fire. Truly, this is his biggest source of income and for good reason.


 * The third puppet to Yami after claiming the Fire Daimyō's essence, Atsuko was originally a traveling merchant who owned several ships that would transport goods across the world and to different nations. Ever since being claimed by Yami, Atsuko's company have expanded considerably and owns hundreds of ships which transport the products that Kaito produces and the metals harvested from the Land of Swamps. Being the least important of his puppets, for she was barely known, but possessed exceptionally loyal customers, she had very little protection and wandered the streets alone. Yami, hearing about her expanding business, sought to capture her and make him his own. She lived in the middle of a town however. Killing her without anyone noticing would be difficult, if not impossible. But he wasn't going to allow her to easily sneak away from his grasp.


 * Waiting, biding his time, Yami personally spied on Atsuko almost continuously. He watched her schedule, where she went, what time she went there and what time she arrived to her next destination. He was her personal stalker. The man literally became her shadow, following her everywhere, even when she was nowhere.


 * One day, Atsuko was to visit a family member who lived on the outskirts of the town. Her route required her to travel through a large forest, but by this time, her business had expanded and she required shinobi bodyguards everywhere she went, to protect her from those who sought to capture her soul. A well, put together assualt was needed or this. Moving to the forest beforehand, Yami generated his chakra into the earth, gaining control of the massive shadows that the trees possessed, while also slicing the top of the trees to allow more sunlight to hit the bottom of the forest. This was similar to the plan he used in a battle some time ago.


 * Atsuko and her bodyguards came walking into the forest, with the tops of the trees sliced off, but only one of her guards seemed to notice this. He was a survivor of the attack on the Daimyō a while back. Yami recognized him. He was among the few that he hadn't managed to kill. He needed to end this fast, immediately if he was to prevent this shinobi from spoiling his plan.


 * With his respective control over these shadows, Yami turned one of the shadows into that of a shark, which rose from the ground as if one was rising from the sea with it's mouth open and swallowed the two guards in the back. Simultaneously, the shadows from the trees in front of them were converted into kunai, hundreds in total as the shadow from these trees were that big, piercing the bodyguards in the fronts. All that left with Atsuko. Instantly, he had defeated her entire squad in seconds. Maybe her overprepared, but that didn't matter. She would be captured. A shadow came from behind her, animated as if it was sword, piercing her in her heart. She collapsed and Yami claimed her shadow for his own. She was now his puppet.


 * Transportation: Already own her own, Atsuko possessed around ten ships that would transport products across the world. Her business was also that of transporting, serving its purpose. However, using his own money that he gathered over the years, Yami was able to purchase more ships under her persona. However, with this, he stepped away from her loyal customers and stepped towards using her to transport the farming products that he received along with his own shadowkhan who serve underneath of him. As such, this supplies Yami with one thing, the ability to transport the goods that he receives from Kaito, earning him his own personal monetary options. With this, he can often hire criminals or other rogue shinobi with his own money rather than tapping into the Land of Fire's pockets, making it easier for him to maneuver and move around without being caught.

Assimilation of Energies Technique: Another technique that Yami tends to use that stems from his shadow absorption principle is one that involves him directly absorbing shadows and converting them to various energies by channeling them directly through his spleen system, stomach, pancreas and spleen. A technique used to control them, Yami simply reverses that to strengthen his own being. In fact, this energy technique is one that is said to revitalize him constantly, and combined with his natural looks it provides him with a youthful appearance and soul. A technique that he devised in the Darkforce Realm, Yami uses this almost constantly and commonly.

When absorbing the shadows of people who have died, only those truly worth anything are converted into shadow puppets for Yami to use and the others are absorbed, stored and transferred into different forms of energy that he assimilated into him, permanently becoming him. By absorbing one’s puppet, the yin of their existence, Yami can channel these energies through his stomach, converting the shadows into purely physical energy and assimilate it into his very own “spleen” system, increasing his physical capabilities, though depending on the amount they are only short periods of time. When assimilating the shadow into yin, Yami can increase the production of his nervous system, for yin is responsible for the shen that lies in the nervous system. However, when in need of replenishing himself, Yami can equally divide the shadow that he absorbed and combine the products together to meld new chakra.

Genjutsu
As a master manipulator of the forces of yin and yang and his own intellectual intuition on the desired forces, Yami is naturally a perfect candidate and user of Genjutsu, as it is used from the yin release. His employment of genjutsu if not commonly used alone and is instead used in conjunction with his own attacks, either making them undetectable in terms of sight, hearing, smell, touch and even taste. According to himself, the undetectable attack is the most dangerous. His attacks are normally applied and left alone to soak into his opponent’s soul, simply implemented. More importantly, his genjutsu are simple and without being any form of complicated. This is not due to his lack of training in the respective art, but may be attributed to the fact that these genjutsu are more chakra efficient, easier to produce at a quicker rate and serve the purpose of masking his attacks without drawing unnecessary attention.

During his time in the Darkforce Realm, Yami learned that the employment of genjutsu originated from the yin of one’s energy, that being the spiritual energy. By injecting a person with one’s own spiritual energy, they caused a disturbance in their chakra which travels to the most foreward portion of their brain, as that portion of the brain is responsible for the senses in the human body. As such, Yami has discovered that by when using the yin force to control darkness, he can implant genjutsu, using darkness as a medium of chakra exchange between him and into the desired target. Yami uses his genjutsu for the three different purposes, these being his main reasons for using them. The first it to mask his own ninjutsu, in which the genjutsu isn't really complicated as it is normally just a single illusion cast to hide the effects of his ninjutsu. The second is to mask his own presence, in which he uses several simple genjutsu which makes undetectable by those with the most perfect senses. The last is torture, which requires very complicated genjutsu blended in with one another, rather than stacked and piled over one another as they are in the second method. These illusions are often made to break one spiritually, while simultaneously masking the effects of several ninjutsu being cast on them which causes significant amounts of pain, to such an extent that they believe that the illusions are real.

Unlike several insightful, well trained illusionist, Yami does not directly use any of the five senses nor just a simple employment of the yin release as a medium to use his genjutsu. Instead, he implements his genjutsu through the use of shadows the forces controlled by the yin half of his yin-yang manipulation. In this manner, the genjutsu is disguised, hidden within the forces of darkness as it threatens to eat away its opponent. The medium, more than anything, is exceptionally efficient. Rarely does he ever require large supplies of chakra to inject his opponent with to cause these hallucinations of a madman, as the exchange between the darkness and the desired target is nearly perfect, with very little of the incredible spiritual chakra being lost. Thus, once they've come in contact with this darkness, they are injected ,infused with the hallucinatory energy and are encapsulated in Yami's fantasies; sick and twisted in nature.

Witnessing the rapid increase of dōjutsu users and illusionist, Yami's implementation of genjutsu makes it nearly impossible for himself to be placed under a spell. As his shadow is connected to his being, Yami will often inject himself with his very own spiritual energies to prevent himself from being influenced by others. Obviously, this is a tiring method of protecting himself, which is why it is rarely continuously active and is only used when he realizes that he's in the presence of a genjutsu user.

A large majority of the genjutsu that Yami creates attacks three senses to achieve their devastating effects:

Sight: This sense, although not used as a medium, is Yami's second favored distortions. Not only because of how effective it proves to be on and off the battlefield, but also due to the fact that he can make his target see whatever he wants, as he believes that the eyes and sight are the window to one's soul. Without that window, that person is closed out from the outside world, forever lost and drowned in their own sorrow and failures. With respective control over this window, the more influence that he would have over their inner sanctuary. Yami seeks to drown these people, break their souls and inner will, destroying their last bit of humanity. Once their souls are broken, Yami leaves them to rot in their own sorrow, abandoning them to pick up their remaining shards of hope and life.

Although most are left to rot in the darkness of their souls, those who seem to be of use to the malevolent, ambitious nara, they are kept within his genjutsu for as long as their services are required. When utilized in this manner, Yami continuously feeds them illusions that they inevitably take for reality, for their minds are altered with to such an extent that they soon forget what reality is and simply accept what they see as their reality, as the truth. Their reality becomes what the nara wants it to be, and they do his bidding unconsciously. In addition, because they illusions are continuous, genjutsu dissipation is almost impossible, for the energy which fuels these illusions are continuously being implanted into their being, thus the flow of chakra is constantly disrupted.

These illusions, as opposed to the ones used to destroy the hope, the will that the desired target possesses are instead used to make them think that what they see is reality. For this very reason, the first illusion tends to be the genjutsu that Yami originally implanted failing and them being rescued, then tortured by the very people who saved them. Then, he makes himself appear as some sort of savior, someone who saved them, obviously with a different appearance. Anything, any illusion to make them loyal to this persona, facade that he created to ensure that they become his own personal slave. The illusions that are fed to them after this all depend on the circumstances, often making someone appear as the enemy who Yami wishes to use them against.

Touch: Yami's first most favored distortion, but second most used out of all of the five, he finds it extremely useful, even more than that of the sense of sight. Finding it heavily underestimate, overlooked by every illusionist, he hopes to reveal the usefulness of genjutsu that involves the sense of touch to the world. Unveiling its worth to the world, Yami has one major use for this sense. This use is what he seeks to cause, something that he believes will benefit humanity and unite them under a single goal: Pain.

Commonly, the sense of touch is affiliated with pain. Using this, he can use his spiritual energy to inflict intense pain onto his opponent, overstimulating their body and rendering them incapable of motion or the ability to mold chakra. As such, they are rendered motionless, helpless for once intense, agonizing pain is caused. Even after the genjutsu has been removed, the pain is still felt across the body. Paralyzed, unable to mold chakra, renders one incapable of using genjutsu, ninjutsu or taijutsu. With all three options removed, the target is left defenseless and susceptible to Yami's ninjutsu.

More impressive than this, Yami is capable of rendering his opponent incapable of sensing pain. Pain, despite being extremely disturbing, is indeed a protective mechanism which alerts the body and allow it to perceive that it is being damaged. Without this ability, one could easily overlook a bleeding wound and die as a result, from blood loss, overlook the fact that their is a lack of oxygen in the air and suddenly pass out and die. Essentially, without this mechanism to detect the body's failures, one could surely succumb to death. Yami, often exploits this by removing this mechanism, to mask the damage done by his physical attacks. For this reason, Yami greatly enjoys distorting the sense of touch.

Hearing: His third most favored distortion along with being the third most used distortion, Yami's manipulation of the sense of sound differs from many as he has applied three major methods of distorting it. In truth, while sound his third most used sense, Yami claims that it is often his first, for two of three methods that he use when distorting this sense exist within the two other senses as well. Using his energy to control one's sense, Yami seeks to infect them with the screams of those they love, cause paralysis and removing their ability to communicate with others. The first method, Yami attempts to overflow his opponent's sense of sounds with the screams and cries of those they love or loved, echoing throughout their ears for generations. Using this, this attempts to further break their spirit, for they hear the screams of loved ones, but are incapable of discerning where they screams are coming from. They are driven insane, for they are helpless in nature. This method is only used when he seeks to leave them tattered, broken, usually used for interrogation as he does when distorting the sense of sight.

The second method, when Yami attempts to cause paralysis, he distorts one's sense of sound by creating a hallucination in which an extremely high pitched sound is emitted constantly. The vibrations generated cause intense paralyzing pain, rendering them immobile and without the ability to move, for their bodies are overloaded, overwhelmed with pain. As such they are rendered incapable of molding chakra, moving, thus just as when Yami distorts one's sense of touch, they are rendered defenseless and are highly vulnerable to another attack.

The last method involves removing one's ability to communicate, for without the ability to hear, one cannot communicate as quickly as they would be capable of, thus this sense is often distorted when Yami seeks to destroy groups of people. Overwhelming them with the turmoil of being incapable of communicating, along with using ninjutsu to attack them, those who rely on teamwork find it very difficult to arrange an attack alongside a teammate and are forced to attack alone against Yami, who had probably already accessed the shadows of the area, giving him more power over the battlefield. Attacks against him alone are nearly useless and without the ability to communicate, they are surely doomed.

Bringer-of-Darkness Technique: A technique originally created by the Hashirama Senju, Yami inevitably discovered it's existence and devised a technique which sought to exploit the same result of this technique. The original bringer of darkness technique surrounds an opponent in complete darkness, rendering their eyes useless as the genjutsu stops their ability to see. In his attempt to counter those who rely on their eyes, Yami recreated the same effect of this technique, but implementing it is much different than Hashirama once did. By using a ninjutsu which turns his shadow into a foggy mist of darkness, Yami already makes it difficult for his enemy to see. Surrounded by the shadow mist which makes the visibility of his opponent completely gone, it disguises the genjutsu, making it seem as if it didn't even exist. The shadow mist is used a medium, for it is simply a shadow of Yami's creation. The hallucinatory energy is transferred from every particle of the shadowy mist, injected into his opponent. As the energy is transferred, the mist disappears, but their vision remains blurry and distorted, for the genjutsu is now active. Recognizing a genjutsu such as this is very difficult, for they simply think the mist has gotten thicker as opposed to a genjutsu being used in play.

Embracing Forces of Darkness: A side technique used to work alongside the Bringer of Darkness Technique, Yami attempts to further incapacitate his opponent by disrupting their sense of hearing, employing the first method of creating forever lasting screams of agony from within the darkness. With this, he removes the ability to detect the opponent via hearing, for their sight is drowned in darkness and without light, seeing is near impossible. As many do not possess keen sense of smell, Yami developed this to prevent his attacks from being detected in their entirety, for the imperceptible attack is the best strike. Unlike the bringer of darkness, Yami does not attempt to use a genjutsu to mask this technique, but instead utilizes the genjutsu to mask this genjutsu. Ordinarily, he seeks to only use this technique when in large groups, confusing the entire team trapped in the genjutsu by making them hear the screams of one another. Unable to hear anything other than their teammates scream in agony, as if they were dying, most find it difficult to focus on defeating Yami and will often jump to protect their teammates, who aren't really screaming. An illusion wrapped within an illusion, perhaps the highest form of sense distortion.

Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique: Yami's most powerful technique is this one and for good reason. This genjutsu, unlike any other, is truly unique in implementation and the effect that it causes. Unlike most genjutsu which seek to drive one insane by using their darkest fears as a way to condemn them to damnation, this technique seeks to reveal their "true" nature and help them embrace who they truly are by revealing the evil that exist in their souls. A manipulation of every one of the five senses, this genjutsu is nearly impossible to stop alone, for their senses are overloaded to such a point that their ability to mold chakra is quite impossible. Their darkest memories, shoved into their eyes to watch forever. Drowned in their darkest thoughts, then saved by their dark selves that they are also forced to confront. If those under this spell are not persuaded to accept their "true" nature, they are surely driven insane by being surrounded and drenched in their malevolent thoughts and sins.

Intelligence
Living up to the reputation of his clan, Yami possesses an intellect which is considered supernatural by those outside of the Nara Clan household. The reasoning for such is both natural and as a result of his training. Due to being in the root, Yami was taught how to fight alone. As a result, he was taught that because he would normally fight alone that he had to always be attentive, observant, and analytical. The mentality that because he was a solo fighter he had to see everything, analyze what he saw and respond in the quickest and most efficient manner possible. He has exercised this ability countless numbers of time, against Sai himself who is a very skilled shinobi, who requires strategies to defeat. Under certain suspicions, Sai supplied Yami with a book which had a page with nothing but complex definitions of words. He then commanded Yami to scan the page in twenty seconds. After doing so, he then forced the boy to read every single word on the page word from word to which he did, identifying Yami’s very own photographic memory.

Stemming from this memory, Yami can recall anything he has seen, heard, touched, smelled, or tasted in an instant. This allows him to recall every and any detail he has seen in a battle and adjust his fighting style or develop a strategy to deal with the situation. Next, due to his arrogant disposition he is usually unflappable, even when facing danger directly in the face. Because of this, he is normally calm and composed, granting him the ability to recall everything clearly and devise a strategy to handle the situation in nearly the same amount of time in which he can recall details. More impressive than this ability is how he manages to devise the best strategy to assist him in a situation and how quickly he can do so. He is capable of acting on a moment’s notice. He can out think his opponent by being several steps ahead of them and can act before they can even make their next move. In fact, it can be argued that he is several steps ahead of the entire shinobi world because of his strategy and extremely formulated plan to conquer the world, and how advanced they are.

Politically, Yami is an absolute mastermind who is capable of influencing the shinobi world by manipulating important people, events and through intrigue and precise backstabbing to betray those who are above him. This is actually how he rose to power, by killing the former leader of the Nara Clan and then using his charisma and status as an important shinobi to gather more support and then by using the Daimyo as a puppet, he has truly gathered more and more power and influence the shinobi world to the utmost. As the leader of the Nara Clan, Yami has mastered every aspect of the clan and has read the  thoroughly and over and over again despite his photographic memory. As a result, he has full understanding of the concepts inside of the medical book. He can recall any medical herb, medical procedures and the effect of those things on the spot and can complete the actual procedure and prepare any herb when given the proper tools, making him a well rounded and well versed doctor who relies on actual skill rather than ninjutsu to heal others. In addition to being capable of identifying the herb, procedure and their effects, he can also identify and analyze the problem of someone else upon a single person. Also, because he completes medical procedures on others, Yami has been inadvertently memorized the human anatomy, which he can use during battle to strike weak points in the body such as their vitals, organs or nerves, making him even more dangerous than he is without this knowledge.

Quotes
"What the Akatsuki failed to do, the organization before us, is that they attempted to dominate the world as criminals. What we're doing..well, what we have done is infiltrate and hatch our plan for worldwide domination on a political level. By time the people realize what we have done, it will already be far too late. Such a pity, that people are this stupid. Oh, now off with you. To the after-world you go!" (Yami speaking to a half-dead bandit)

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” (Yami speaking to Kanko Nara)

Trivia

 * Yami's battle theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGjwsowDDhI