Clan Name: Hanamichi (花道; literally, flower path)
Clan Unique Features:
+Unique Traits related to animals, such as pointed/floppy ears and perhaps an animal tail. These are mostly decorative and regenerate with a good night's rest.
--Can only have the Ninjutsu CS and one other, with Ninjutsu being the highest
Clan History: The Hanamichi clan is an ancient clan from far before the ninja wars broke out, and even before the age of ninja. They had always been entertainers and travelers, almost never settling down or pledging loyalty to a single land, or a single village when the Hidden Villages started popping up. This clan's members were the creators of what is called Kabuki, a japanese style of dance theater. The Kanji for Kabuki is made up of the words Sing, Dance, and Skill. The clan members were always masquerading around as different acts, mostly Kabuki dancers that danced for all sorts of events, such as consecrating rituals for temples across the land, or for warding away evil spirits. They had unique skills that allowed them to also be really good assassins, considering their lives were composed of singing, dancing, and acting, and they were always behind a mask. Any one clan member could be mistaken for any other, and most of the time the people didn't even think they were a clan that practiced ninjutsu.
Over the years, their skill took on great prowess, and the masks that they wore were made from better and better materials, until they started fusing parts of themselves within the masks. Over time, this created their hiden style of ninjutsu, and by infusing masks with different aspects of themselves, they were able to fool people into thinking that they weren't ninja at all, and they could match other clan strengths with their own. They started collecting masks from fallen foes, and it seemed that their unique style blended into something far more menacing as time went on. They were hunted down, destroyed, and fought just like any other clan, but to this day, most people only remember them as being part of a famous clan of Kabuki performers, to which they still practice religiously. Because of the many years of peace, only those very close to the clan members know of their abilities.
Clan Members:
Hanamichi Relius
KKG Name: Jo-Ha-Kyu Masks
KKG Description: The Masks of the Hanamichi clan have a bit of themselves fused into them, and have very strong properties.
Elemental Masks: The Hanamichi clan member doesn't keep elements inside their body, and instead, the element is made into a special mask that the user can manifest on and off their face at any time. The elemental mask that is created must be worn for the user to utilize the element. This means that if the mask is broken, they lose access to that element for the rest of the topic. The mask can take damage up to the user's rank before breaking.
Jutsu Thief: The Hanamichi can grab someone's face, and rip off a special mask from the target's face. The mask that can be taken from the target will either be the last jutsu the target used, or if the user knows that the target has a specific jutsu, the user can target that jutsu as well. These masks can be used one in two ways. The user can essentially use it as a one time use of the jutsu that they have stolen, which is consumed if used in the topic, or the user can keep the mask safe, and then they are able to train the jutsu in question and then keep it forever. The user does NOT need the pre-requisites for the jutsu they imprint on the mask to use it, and the user gets a chakra reduction based on their Ninjutsu CS for any jutsu originating from their mask. This is because to use the jutsu they have stolen, they must remove any other masks they are wearing and then apply this one. This usually means getting rid of their elemental affinity for as long as they want to use the stolen jutsu.
If the user steals multiple jutsu from the same person, then all their jutsu will be kept in the same mask.
Face Stealer: The user can rip the soul and the face off of a deceased corpse, and then the user can then train the mask using the normal word counts for training advanced elements. This mask allows the user to utilize advanced elements that the victim had, but they gain no knowledge of any jutsu the victim had, and must train them separately. If this is used on a person, their soul resides in the mask, and thus Edo Tensei or other such jutsu can not be used to revive them. If this is used, the body can NOT be used for transplants.
The advanced element is treated as Pure, in terms of clashing with other elements of the same nature.
Name: Mask Change
Rank: D
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: N/A
Range: Touch
Duration: N/A
Hand Seals/Charge up: N/A
Description: The user simply summons or de-summons one of their masks in their hand. The mask must be in their hand for this to happen.
Weakness: The mask must be in the user's hand to summon or de-summon. This must be used twice to switch masks, once for taking it off, and another for putting another one on.
Name: Mask Maker
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: N/A
Range: Touch
Duration: Same Topic/Permanent
Hand Seals/Charge up: N/A
Description: The user grabs the face of the target, and then forcefully rips in the opposite direction, pulling out a mask made of pure chakra that slightly resembles the target, but most distinguishing features are gone. The mask can be any color, but appears to be ethereal in consistency, unless made permanent. This jutsu allows the user to take a mask off of a person, and in doing so, the last used jutsu from the target is imprinted on the mask. If the user knows IC that the target has a specific jutsu, they may imprint that jutsu instead. The user may use the jutsu by putting on this mask and paying the chakra for the jutsu. The stolen jutsu, regardless of specialty, can be used, and uses any chakra cost reductions from the user's ninjutsu CS. If the user chooses not to use it, the user may train the jutsu stolen with a doubled ryo or word count, and keep the mask permanently.
Weakness: The mask must be put on for the user to use the jutsu stolen, meaning the user can not use elemental ninjutsu or other stolen jutsu during this time. Another weakness is that this is a touch based jutsu, requiring physical contact with the opponent's face. If the target has a large helmet or something obstructing at least an inch from the face, this jutsu is useless. Breaking the mask(which is the rank of the user), will prevent the user from using the jutsu for the rest of the topic.
Name: Face Stealer
Rank: S
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: N/A
Range: Touch
Duration: Permanent
Hand Seals/Charge up: N/A
Description: The user grabs the face of a deceased PC, and then rips in the opposite direction, removing the face of the deceased, and any traces of their elemental nature/s from the body. This prevents others or the user from getting dna from the target for transplants. The mask created from this can be in any style the user wishes, and allows the user to utilize any advanced elements the deceased has, after training up the advanced element using the normal ryo and word count costs. Because the soul is also ripped from the body and placed in the mask, this makes the mask really powerful, allowing the user to benefit from the normal benefits of training advanced elemental affinities. This means the techniques of the advanced element aren't increased in word count or chakra, and the jutsu even uses the reduced chakra cost of the user's ninjutsu CS.
Weakness: To utilize any of the techniques of the advanced element, the user must wear the mask, cutting off any other elements the user has. The user must have the elemental combination of the advanced element to utilize the techniques. The user must be at least the rank of the person that they take the mask from to use the techniques.
