Shuuheki

It had been several generations since the last person to have “it.” “It” is the true power of the Kurama clan, that which is so powerful, it transcends the border between reality and illusion.

The man started as a normal ninja, except with incredible skill in genjutsu. His abilities were so great that all but the strongest of genjutsu users would fall under his spell. However, this also posed a challenge as the most effective genjutsu would also affect his squad. They would have problems in battle with being caught in a genjutsu they could not break, with no time for the caster to break it between the rest of the fighting. As such, the man was prevented from doing any truly hard missions, unless they could be done alone, away from civilization. However, he felt no resentment for this. It gave him something few ninja could say they had a lot of: free time. He did odd jobs around the village, and met the love of his life. She was perfect. Golden flowing hair, the brightest of blue eye is, and a smile that would make the coldest of hearts melt. She was an uchiha, a civilian, but with the Uchiha bloodline flowing through her. They planned to get married, to have a family. They looked forward to their life together. Then “It” arrived.

So great was his power, that his personality was destroyed, replaced by “It.” In the place of his personality grew one of malevolence, hate, pain, and chaos. The man nearly killed the Fire Daimyo in a mission to protect him. This was the first time that his ability with genjutsu became a real problem. Slowly, over time, his actions became darker, more destructive. More chaotic. The girl he wanted to marry grew more and more apart from him, scared of who, no, what, he was becoming. He grew angry, started rampaging through the village, destroying everything, everyone, in his path. It took a long time, but he was captured, those he had once called comrades, now his jailors. Thrown into a prison cell, even this did not stop the genjutsu. Guards would, in the middle of the night, wake up from a terrible dream, just to find out that their bodies were physically wounded in the same way they had been in the dream. This was the first manifestation of the man is true power, the ability to blur the line between illusion and reality, a power many wanted, but few, if any could handle. People had known these jutsu to be hard to break out of. They had never suspected this. Physically manifesting the genjutsu? That is not possible. Right?

He was too dangerous to be left near anyone. They sent the man to solitary. They figured that, without any audio or visual contact, they could prevent him from casting genjutsu. They made the fatal error of providing him with painting supplies, to pass the time. His cell came to be depicted on his canvas, every nook and cranny. There, looking down from the top left corner in the back, he painted. First came the shape of the room. From where he stood, he could see it all; the smooth, straight lines between each wall, the sharp corners where three surfaces met. He painted this all, ignoring what was over them.

Next came the fixtures. The small metal bowl with a hole in the bottom leading into the wall that passed for a toilet was first. He put onto his canvas the way the metal seemed to gleam at this angle, each little detail of it that he could see; the streaks covering its body, the blotches of brown… you know what, even the small little button on the side that would flush it, each detail done incredibly accurate. Next came the bed, with its thin, grey sheets, folded so neatly on the foot of the bed, so perfectly, the type of folding that comes only after much repetition. The small grey chunk of rubber in a piece of fabric that passed for a pillow was the next thing drawn. Finally, he drew the details of the door. With the door, he was incredibly precise, drawing the way the solitary light reflected off the different parts of the food tray space, how the lack of a handle on the inside was so apparent. He noted the window, painted over in black, from the outside, the metal wire running inside the glass still obvious to see. He painted this, and more, how the door sat more than flush. How, when it opened, he could always catch a glimpse of the soundproofing in his room. He imagined painting some of this, but decided to leave the painting for what he truly wanted: freedom, and love.

Then, where there originally lay a painted door on a dark canvas, there now sat a large white spiral. As he had drawn the spiral on the canvas, the white object manifested into reality. The man smiled as the door to his cell left this world, to remain gone until the painting was destroyed. He walked out of the jail cell, the genjutsu pouring off his body. Everyone who turned their attention to him became caught, paralyzed as they looked upon an incredibly horrible visage of the man, holding each person caught with a hand, a cruel smile falling across his half-lit face, the unlit eye glowing a pure white. He left the prison and wandered to the village, his grip eventually loosening on his victims to where they could free themselves, the further he got from the prison.

As he neared the village, warning sirens blared at the detection of him. He was met with a powerful force that could have easily overwhelmed him, had he not been pouring genjutsu off his body. He walked between the people, none of them immune to his will. He was halfway to his destination before a challenge arose, a single Uchiha, one of the strongest in the village. They must have thought that, only someone who could break the strongest genjutsu could possibly defeat a true master of genjutsu. They were wrong. By the time the Uchiha tried to attack them man, he was frozen, paralyzed mind, body, and soul. His body collapsed, the life seemingly drained out of him, as he lost all control of his chakra. It was quick, painless, and simple. He was down. And out. This was one of his few jutsu that were not genjutsu. Of course, there were reasons he did not use this a lot, but that is besides the point. No one in the village could stop him. He kept walking, to the house of the woman he loved, and who once loved him.

He had been in jail for longer than he thought. Time flied when you are painting your escape. Hiding in a dark corner of the farthest room was the woman. With her, there sat a man, holding her tight. She was holding the man just as tightly. But, there was something else. Between the two sat a young girl, no more than two years old. The man walked into this room, the light from the moon lighting only half his face, showing the true insanity that flowed through his veins. The man got up to try to protect his love. But, as soon as he looked upon the man, he collapsed. His body started to burn and he started to scream. The little girl screamed out “DADDY!” in an incredibly shrill voice and ran over to where he laid. The evil man looked down on her as she looked up. A single piece of his true personality shoved the way to the surface. The girl slumped, asleep. She would not meet the same fate her father had, his now charred body past any point of rescue. Then, “It” regained control. The man looked upon the woman who once loved him. She was cowering in the corner, to afraid to even cry. He walked over to her and grabbed her wrist, tossing her onto the bed.

Several minutes later, the windows shattered. Through them, small yellow particles poured in. The man tried to react, but they surrounded him too quickly, right on top of the woman. Another woman walked up to the window, her hand as if she were holding a softball. Then her hand closed into a fist. There was a small scream, a crunch, and a squish. Moments later, red, gooey liquid dripped down through the sand, onto the first woman’s body.

This sparked the movement. People no longer trusted the Kurama. By order of the Hokage, they were hunted, exterminated. Very few survived. In fact, only two families survived. The first escaped the village on the day that the genocide started. They guessed what would soon happen. The other family, is the direct descendants of the man who caused the genocide. Yes, nine months after her husband was murdered, she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. She grew up, not with the powers of the Kurama, but with a sharingan in her eyes. People thought that this meant the Kurama were truly dead. They did not realize a single family had escaped, nor did they think that the Kurama could make resurgence after a generation without it. They were content. Guilty, but content. And wrong.

Shuuheki was born with the village fully expecting him to develop a sharingan like his mother and father had. But, he did not. In 17 years of life, he never developed a sharingan. Instead, the bloodline of the Kurama rose in him. But, there was no way to realize this. Those that noticed his skill in genjutsu pushed it under the umbrella of Uchiha being good at genjutsu. No one expected him to have enough Kurama blood in him to be able to take on that kekkai genkai. Yet, that is what he did. Slowly, “It” gained the power to overcome him. But first, a bit about his earlier life.

Shuuheki was born with an uncommon… oddity. He had Dissociative Identity Disorder. In his early age, this showed in how sometimes he was quite rambunctious, and sometimes he was quite calm. Then again, a lot of babies were like that too. So, it was not until potty training that it was noticed something was off. See, when he was calm, he learned how to go really fast. But, when he was rambunctious, he took much longer. In fact, he seemed to FORGET the potty training he had had as a calm child. At this point, his parents became suspicious. People thought maybe “It” was back, this time appearing before the host could even talk. Some voted to have him killed immediately. However, it did not happen, and once he learned how to talk, people calmed down. In no way was he evil. In either personality. However, he was odd. He would not make a good ninja, since his memory did not carry over between personalities. However, his parents were quite serious about him becoming one. So, they made a deal with the Hokage. He would remain a genin until he developed a method to retain his memory.

This was actually not needed. Just one month before the first chuunin exams after his graduation from the academy, something changed. His rambunctious personality seemed to disappear. For three weeks he never showed up. It was decided that he could compete in the chuunin exams. However, there was one thing that bothered Shuuheki. His other personality, it was gone, but, in the last few days it was around, the journal entries it had been writing had gotten… darker. He was not sure how to tell anyone. No one even knew about the journal. It was their personal way of communicating. It was like he was scared of something. “I don’t know what’s happening. It feels like my grip on the world is failing. I feel myself blacking out for long periods of time, but when I wake up, to everyone else, it is as if I never left. I even remember what was just happening. It is like I am running on autopilot or something, and everything that happened is played back to me. They are getting longer, more frequent. I don’t know what will happen when I am never awake…” There was really no way to handle this correctly. Ignore it, or deal with it? And, how to deal with it? There really was no way. It went ignored.

The chuunin exams went by quickly. This year, few people took part. The exam was quick, painless. None of the usual tricks were used. The Forest of Death was sadly the easiest part. Heki and his team quickly gathered the Heaven scroll from a team of Kumogakure nin. They were almost caught in an ambush by these people, but Shuuheki’s genjutsu quickly turned it around. In moment, their enemies were stuck fighting off clones seemingly made of mist, that never died. By the time Shuuheki’s partner made a move on them, they were exhausted. Then, something happened. Shuuheki’s team moved off towards the tower. However, he said he left behind a kunai. When he arrived again, the opposing team was still there. He looked down on them, and made a few hand signs. They continued to lay there. Then the screaming started. Shrill, high. Peircing. Beautiful. This was the first showing of “It” gaining full control. However, it was not the first time “It” appeared. No, the first time was when it slowly killed the now dead personality. “It” was behind that, and now “It” wanted more.

The final round of the chuunin exams was equally painless. No one was prepared for genjutsu of the strength Shuuheki used. They fell quickly, lost in mazes of bamboo, and mazes sometimes literal mazes, until Shuuheki tossed but a single kunai for the win. In only one fight was he met with any trouble. It was with another genjutsu user, about halfway into the final round. He proved a challenge. He broke all of Shuuheki’s genjutsu. And then, something happened. Shuuheki got desperate. He sweated a little. He was not good at hand to hand. His opponent, however, had shown that he was. He had taken down a few of his opponents without making a single hand seal. Shuuheki resorted to hiding behind a tree. He was sweating, nervous. He could not win. Then a single heartbeat stood out from the others. Heki’s face went blank. The sweating stopped. The world, for a single moment, seemed to disappear. Then he blacked out. When he awoke, he knew exactly what had happened. A smile had stretched across his face. He made hand seals. If was his most powerful jutsu, but it had already failed to work. But, now it did not fail. No, it worked. Perfectly. His opponent tried to break it. He could not. He panicked. He acted rashly. He failed. He gave. Shuuheki moved on. He knew all this happened, and yet he had done none of this. The first thoughts that went through his mind “Is… Is this what happened to him?”

Shuuheki did not compete in the rest of the exams. He forfeited his next match before it even began. He had to figure out what was happening to him. And no one could help; he was on his own. The dreams started. “Come on. I can give you power. I can make you the strongest person in the village. I can. And I WILL. The only say you have is when it happens. So, do you want it now, or later?”

Shuuheki delayed the will of the voice, until the Hokage was assassinated. The Hokage had just appointed Shuuheki to jounin after completing a very important mission. Then it happened. A cracking sound, a whole in the wall, a hole in the Hokage. He fell, dead. There was nothing to be done, no way to save him. Shuuheki became filled with rage. He rushed out of the building towards where the attack had come from. A man was running away from the village. Shuuheki caught up with him. Fast. Within moments he was under a genjutsu, squirming to get free. He could not.Shuuheki almost killed him right then and there. But he resisted. The man was jailed.

That did not sit well with his fellow bounty hunters. They decided to raid Konoha, raze it to the ground. Shuuheki cast it in a gigantic genjutsu. But, he did not have enough power on his own. No, it was too large. He had to protect the village. But, what would happen after that? He had to risk it. He took the chance. He accepted the power offered oi him in his nightmares. He took it, and it took him. He was gone, pushed to the deepest realms of the subconscious. After that, the village was truly hidden in the leaves. The assassins ran across roofs thinking they were branches, picked off one by one by the all too happy Shuuheki. The next day he was named Hokage. Months have passed, and “It” has kept the guise of the true Shuuheki up. How much longer will he continue to do so?

Name:Jibakugan
Rank:S
RangeAll
Type:Genjutsu, Kinjutsu
Description: This genjutsu brings out the victim's subconscious negative or hateful emotions. The caster can take advantage of these feelings and control the victim's actions. This technique can be cancelled by smelling the New Moon Flowers, using theSharingan, or killing the victim or caster of the technique. Those under its hold have several strange marks under their eyes and on their foreheads. For this technique to be effective, direct eye contact is needed.

Name:Tyrant’s Calling
Rank:D
RangeALL
Type:Ninjutsu
Description: This technique enables the user to project an image of themselves in the sky in order to send a message.

Name: Bringer-of-Darkness Technique
Rank:A
RangeShort to Mid
Type:Genjutsu
Description: This technique exerts an hallucinatory effect upon the eyesight, effectively blinding the opponent. No matter how skilled an opponent may be, they are forced to wait helpless in this world of darkness, as this technique allows the user to attack unseen. Although it negates sight, it does not stop the other senses.
Name:Temple of Nirvana Technique
Rank:A
RangeAll
Type:Genjutsu
Description: A genjutsu that generates a fluttering rain of sleep-inducing, illusory white feathers. Whomever sees them as they fall, piling up and covering the whole target area will experience Eden-like bliss and fall into a state of tranquil slumber. No matter how much one resists the hypnotic spell the desire to sleep is instinctive, and there's no fighting it. However, an experienced shinobi will be able to dispel the genjutsu before it takes effect.

Name: Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death
Rank:B
RangeShort
Type:Genjutsu
Description: This is one of the genjutsu that have been passed down since ancient times in Konohagakure. The user first disappears from plain sight in a mist-like fashion in order to approach the target without being detected. Once close enough, the target will then be completely robbed of their mobility as they see the mirage of a fast-growing tree coiling itself around them. Given that the subject remains conscious, this technique proves extremely efficient for information-gathering. Once the target is immobile, the user can then attack the enemy, usually after emerging from the trunk of the tree.

Name:Demonic Illusion: Descending Hell Technique
Rank:C
RangeLarge
Type:Genjutsu
Description: This jutsu causes the illusion of a tremendous ball of fire falling from the sky into a designated area.

Name: Demonic Illusion: False Surroundings Technique
Rank:C
RangeAll
Type:Genjutsu
Description: A genjutsu that allows one to trick others into mistaking the place they're in for another. This technique's main feature is that it can be cast over an extensive surface, therefore any and all who step into the illusion's area of effect will fall under the spell. That said, it might not work so well on people who are well-versed or otherwise skilled in genjutsu.

Name: Demonic Illusion: Double False Surroundings Technique
Rank:B
RangeAll
Type:Genjutsu
Description: This technique places another illusion within another illusion created by the user. If and when the target dispels the first illusion, they will not realize that a second is in place.

Name: Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique
Rank:D-S
RangeShort
Type:Genjutsu
Description: This is a genjutsu that reveals the fears that dwell inside people's hearts. Everyone has an image of the one thing they wouldn't want to ever see. This genjutsu is a technique that draws forth such an image from within the heart and has one mistake it for reality. First, an imaginary circle of leaves will spin around and envelop the target, falling away shortly after. After a short period, the illusion will begin. This is to make the illusion more convincing, since the user will likely have moved before the illusion sets in. If the mental image is a gruesome one, the shock will be accordingly great.

Name: Ephemeral
Rank:A
RangeShort
Type:Genjutsu
Description: Itachi seemingly activates this technique by simply pointing at his target. When the technique was used on Naruto Uzumaki, crows flocked from Itachi and turned into shuriken that bombarded him, and then attempted to put him to sleep. When he resisted the sleep command, Naruto then experienced the sensation of his body parts turning into his closest friends who then tortured him psychologically.

Name: Genjutsu Binding
Rank:A
RangeShort
Type:Genjutsu
Description: As the name suggests, the user binds the opponent in a genjutsu, rendering them incapable of movement. As Tsunade demonstrates when facing the Legendary Stupid Brothers, this genjutsu can be used on more than one target at the same time. Once the target is bound, the user or an ally can rush up to the enemy, able to easily deliver a devastating killing blow.

Name: Explosive Tag Illusion
Rank: B
Range Short-Mid
Type: Genjutsu
Description: The target sees explosive tags as only sheets of blank paper. This genjutsu is useful in tricking them into a false sense of security.

Name: Wolf Eyes
Rank: B
Range Eyesight
Type: Genjutsu
Description: The user’s hair is the trigger for this genjutsu. When anyone sees the user’s hair, they feel as if the users stare bares down into their very soul, more so than it already does. Since Shuuheki’s stare can be ice cold and penetrating, this jutsu makes it incredibly intimidating to look upon him when he feels like looking so.

Name: Wind Release: Rotating Shuriken
Rank: C
Range All
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: Wind
Description: This technique will infuse wind-based chakra into bladed weapons. The user can than manipulate the blades in a spinning manner to attack the target.

Name: Vacuum Sword
Rank:C
Range Short to Mid range
Type:Ninjutsu

Element: Wind
Description: The user swings their blade and a gust of wind is released in the arc that it was swung in. The technique is strong enough to stop projectiles that are thrown at the user.

Name: Earth Release Barrier: Earth Prison Dome of Magnificent Nothingness
Rank: B
Range Short to Mid
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: Earth
Description: This technique traps the victims inside a self-repairing dome of earth which is almost instantaneously able to reform, even after Kiba hit it with his Passing Fang. Jirōbō was able to absorb the chakra of anyone trapped inside, something he enjoyed greatly. However, Jirōbō's chakra was not evenly distributed throughout the dome. Near the back, relative to him, his chakra was much weaker, making the dome weaker in that spot.

Name: Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique
Rank: D
Range Short
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: Earth
Description: This technique conceals the user underground and drags the object of their attack down into the earth, robbing them of their freedom. In addition, they can start another attack.

Name: Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique
Rank:C
RangeAll
Type:Ninjutsu
Element: Earth
Description: This technique changes earth into fine sand by channelling chakra into it, allowing the user to dig through it like a mole. This effect goes around the body (not just the hands), making it just large enough for a person to move through. The user can pinpoint where they are, despite being underground, by sensing the magnetic forces. They can also sense what is happening on the surface and use that information to launch a surprise attack on the enemy.[2][3][4] One can also hide deep in the ground, escaping to a depth where the enemy can't reach. It also appears that after digging, the ground can be returned to its original state, leaving no trace of where the user entered the earth.

Name: Whac-A-Mole Technique
Rank:B
RangeShort
Type:Ninjutsu
Element:Earth
Description: By using Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique to move around the battlefield, the user pops up in front of their target before whacking them with a stick. Unlike its parent technique, however, this technique is used to quickly attack multiple opponents in succession.

Name: Earth Release: Underground Projection Fish Technique
Rank: C
Range All
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: Earth
Description: This technique is used for sneaking and striking silently, like a fish underwater, and then suddenly appearing to the ground's surface.[2] Furthermore, it's even more efficient when employed in a crowded area that, if the target notices something, can be overrun by the nearby masses, or with distractions like a Clone Technique to draw the enemy's attention. As such it is a great strategy for a guerilla, and a likely resort, used quite often for things such as personality assassination.

Name: Rock Golem
Rank: A
Range Short
Type: Ninjutsu
Description: This technique allows the user to create a large animated creature composed of rock, although the necessary earth can be created either from within the user's own body and expelled through their mouth or from a nearby pre-existing source of earth.[1]
Although its size can differ between uses, the golem always possesses an ample amount of brute strength, being able to bite and tear through a White Zetsu clonewith ease, using just its mouth and hands respectively.[2]It is also very durable, as it was left almost completely intact after being hit by a powerful explosion, detonating at point-blank range.[3] This makes the golem ideal whether it be serving as additional support or simply as a mobile shield.

Name: Earth Release: Rock Shelter
Rank: B
Range Short
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: Earth
Description: The user surrounds themselves with earth, taken from the immediate vicinity, in order to fabricate a formation of rock that is capable of protecting both the user and others in close proximity, if desired. Doing so, seemingly leaves the surrounding terrain unaltered, even when the quantity of earth used is enough to form a complete dome around multiple individuals as seen when Ittan used this technique.[1][2]
The user can also manipulate the resulting shelter to have openings in it so as to be able to observe outside, as demonstrated when used by Kitsuchi.


Name: Earth Release: Hiding in Rock Technique
Rank:B
RangeLong
Type:Ninjutsu
Element: Earth
Description: This is a technique that allows its user to blend into rocks and then move in and out of other rocks undetected.

Name: Powerful Wind Wave
Rank: B
Range Short to Mid
Type:Ninjutsu
Element: Wind
Description: After forming the necessary seals, the user simply shoots out a blade of wind from their mouth. In the anime, instead of a blade, it took the form of what more resembles a powerful gust of wind. An unnamed Konohashinobi performed this technique against Pain's Deva Path, though it was deflected by Shinra Tensei.
Name: Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere
Rank:B
RangeShort to Mid
Type:Ninjutsu
Element: Wind
Description: The user takes a deep breath and then exhales several small blasts of wind chakra in such a manner that they are dispersed over an expansive range, enough to make it difficult to avoid them entirely without taking any damage. Due to the properties of this technique, the expelled blasts are capable of piercing into and potentially through an opponent's flesh when they collide, in a similar manner to how bullets function.