Yoshige Mizuzoku

Name: Kaseki
Nicknames: "The Demon of Life", "The Hidden Mist", "Masked Man", "Plantman", "Living Puppet"
Gender: Male
Age: 267
Clan: Unknown
Previous Village: Konoha
Rank:  A (Akatsuki Leader)


Height: 5'0" - 7'11.5"
Weight: 150lbs
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Description: Kaseki's body is composed of two elemental properties. The first, and more dominate of the genes is the plant genetics. This causes him to regenerate limbs over long.. long LONG periods of time, able to become one with nature. The second element is that of metal. This is the heavier of the two genes, and weighs him down enough to mimic that of a human. It is this gene that acts as his skeleton, as well as his defensive and offensive maneuvers. Kaseki is not human by any means, but is rather a humanoid wolf, for that is the creature he was "created" from. Because of these mixes, Kaseki's body is covered in various plants and metals. He stands close to six and a half feet tall, however he never stands up straight. His body is almost animated like a puppet, seeming as if he's being controlled, however he simply just exaggerates his movements. This causes his jitsu to show patterns and appear predictable. However his skin is slight reflective and reveals his position if he is not covered up by his clothing. In essence, he is impractical for stealth recon missions like the normal shinobi, however this is why he wears a mask to coat this disability. Kaseki is good in blending in as a tool, or a puppet based on this appearence, and appears to be just a dummy to most ninja. This is a trait he uses commonly to avoid fights, as well as remain in an area, undiscovered. His eyes are non existent, and are concentrations of chakra. as a result, he cannot be trapped but visual genjutsu, nor can he use any of those skills.


Nindo: "Never break a promise."
Personality Description:
KODAI:
Kodai is the demon spirit that resides within Kaseki's body. He is everything that Kaseki would have been, if he had killed the man that killed his brother. Kodai was the dark future that Kaseki never experience. Because Kaseki sealed this demon within him, Kodai appears to always be in a fit of rage to have to share the same vessel with his past and innocent self, Kaseki. Kodai is a mean and cruel being who appears only to kill or get rid of a threat that could potentially harm the bod he is bound to.

Kodai hates working with other people, and much less under a leader. He strives to accomplish things on his own, with or without the help of his guildmates. He likes to charge into battle fearlessly, disregarding his own health. He loves to watch humans spill their own blood, and on frequent occasion, he likes to consume the crimson drink.

He will kill his foes with the swipe of his weapons, leaving no mercy. He will paint entire villages red, just to say he did. He cares about no one, and only about himself. He wants to destroy everything and everyone. Nothing will stop him... nothing except Kaseki.

KASEKI:
Kaseki appears to be absent minded most of the time. His soul was sealed at the age of six. Due to this event, his mind is practically frozen into the perspective of a child. He likes nature and strives to protect it. He normally does not go out of way to make friends and meet people, but he will comfort the lonely.  He takes care of his cloak. He named his cloak “Kuiyeong” which means “puppet.” He believes the garment to be an extension of his very being. On most occasions he considers it his own skin.

Kaseki likes to watch people and observe from afar. He knows that he is not the strongest being, and prefers to learn the tricks and skills of the world by watching. He prefers to talk to younger creatures like kids, over adults. The reason is because of his childish soul. Kaseki is afraid to talk to older people because he knows that they will notice his lack of intellect.

When in a group of people he knows Kaseki will act almost as a parental figure and care for the group. He sometimes feeds his friends with the fruits of his being, this is only posible because of his plantlike body. With this ability he is able to bring healing herbs (that never work for him) and various foods for his teammates. He sometimes will place a large leaf over the face of the injured or the deceased in a hope that it heals them, however it has yet to work.

Kaseki likes to fight to prove a point, but swore to himself to never kill. He likes to use his environment as a tool of evasion. He flees rather than fight. If needed, he will attempt to mimic the style of his opponent. He prefers to lead his own army, but would rather be led my a tyrant that knows the enemy than his own less experienced self.

He is pure at heart, and tends to be caring in nature. He often tries to be "one with nature" and live with the animals. In many ways he has the wisdom of a sage, but the curiosity of a child.

KASEKI AND KODAI:
On the few occasions that the two do work together, they work efficiently. Kaseki will show his allies the bright side of the battle, and what they can do to defeat their opponent, while Kodai sees the almost reverse, by revealing all of the weak points in their opponent. In this case, Kaseki and Kodai will start to sound the same, and work together to achieve the same goal.

Favorites:
- Ramen
- Puppets
- Nature
- Conversations


History: "Kabuto,where are you going?!" "I have to find my brother."

Those were the last words he said to is friends before he disappeared into the darkness. The time of his youth was over. He was no longer a hero, for he was hunted. He was the Missing Nin of Konahagakure. And as far as they knew... he was dead.

It was years ago in the bright and happening city of Konaha. It was the day of the Chunin Exam. His team was assigned to him at a young age. His team members were Kusatta of the Kurada Clan, and Shini of the Chikai clan. Kaseki, who was known as Kabuto at the time, had no clan, no surname, only someone who adopted him as his brother. Kabuto had an interesting problem as a child. His chakra was sealed, but sealed deep within him. His brother, Dregon took the time to try to find a different means of preforming jitsu, a Mimicry Jitsu. This event was prior to him going to the school, as he was only a mere child at the time. The only skill he had, was sewing and stitching. This was due to his brother being an Anbu Black Ops, and always being sent away. Kabuto had to learn to fend for himself. Because he needed money to purchase food, he had to rely on scraps of fabric he found throughout his village just so he could bear the cold nights. He began to collect dark fabrics and pieces. He then began to weave a cloak and dark as the night sky. It was on his brother's return, that they had an answer to their problem. Kabuto's sealed Chakra only allowed him to use little amounts. His brother brought back a scroll from the hidden sands village, a scroll, of how to use Chakra Strings.

So this brings us back to the days of Kabuto's chunin exam, a eventful time of his life.

He and his two allies remained behind the group to discuss something at hand. Kabuto revealed that the test was extraneous, difficult, and that many people would be cheating. This was revealed to him by his own brother, Dregon. Kusatta then showed them a small scroll passed down in her family, their sacred hiden jitsu, the Communication Technique. A skill that they could use during class just by simply channeling charkra directly from their brain to their ears and into the world. They were the only ones to pass the test flawlessly without "cheating". The team later traveled to the Forty-Fourth Training Ground. Also known as "The Forest of Death."Team Kabuto arrived after grabbing some more things. Kabuto passed out some dumplings that he had made the day before. He gave them to his team to celebrate the completion of their first test.
Kabuto Karakaro was wearing his trademark coat. He had his headband to the side of his head as always. He wore a new face covering today. Kusatta had on a traditional kunochi outfit. She had on her black scarf and her gloves. Shini wore similar attire, the only difference being the colors. Shini and Kusatta had been childhood friends. It was not long ago that they came across Kabuto. Shini knew about how Kusatta felt about-

"Hey, you know what else I have?" Said Kusatta
"Oh? Is it in that bag?" Asked Kabuto.
"Hey, lovebirds. Shut up, Anko is about to tell us about this training-ground" said Shini
"Lovebirds?" said Kabuto slowly.
They stood in silence as they heard the rules of The Forest of Death.
They watched as Anko threw a kunai at Naruto. An odd looking ninja had picked up the said kunai.
"That Naruto, always getting into trouble." said Shini
"You have to admin though, he is pretty strong though." Kabuto inputed
"Kabuto, that's because of the spirit of the nine-"
"Kusatta, shh!"
"Yes Shini..."

They learned about the rules of the two scrolls. There was a Heaven and an Earth scroll. In order to proceed to the next part, they would have to collect both scrolls. That wasn't the only rule. If their team could not make it to the center tower they would be disqualified. There was many teams, and many ninja would die this day.
Kabuto told both Shini and Kusatta to sign the papers acknowledging that they may kill, as well as be killed. The team talked over strategy as well as examined other teams. Kusatta had brought a gift for Kabuto. It was a mask. Kabuto has taken the mask and thanked Kusatta. Kusatta told him that she learned the art of mask making as well as enchantment. Shini said that that mask should boost detection of other ninja. Kusatta called it the "Detect Mask".


"See, and it has six letters too, Kabuto!" Kusatta blushed.
"Yea," said Kabuto, "Thank you, I'll use it when we start okay?"
"Okay!"

This was the start of Kabuto's adventure. They called themselves Team Kabuto just for the sake of the name. They all knew of Kabuto's secret jitsus, as well as his insane chakra storage.



Team Kabuto was sitting together in the open. They were patiently waiting to receive their scrolls. They were all eager to start right away, but at the same time scared. They waited patiently, while removing excess clothing. This was to keep them light and quick, as well as not having things that could reveal their position like bright colors. The team received the Heaven scroll. Kabuto looked at it as he was handed the scroll. He remembered the story his brother told him:“When I was in the academy we had one of the largest classes. I remember who got each scroll. One of my teammates had a Jitsu to reveal the scrolls of every ninja there. Now that I look back it seems like more of a coincidence. Every team that suffered a death had the Heaven Scroll, everyone that had a difficult path had the Earth Scroll. It was weird how things worked out. My team sucked at navigating. We had the Earth Scroll of course."

The trio took their things as they stood at their own entry gate. Kabuto looked beyond the trees, looking for places to duck into. As soon as the gates opened they dashed in. And almost immediately they were ambushed by Hidden Cloud ninja. It was then that Kabuto used his first jitsu.

"Kaseki Dome!" he exclaimed as he tackled the ground. His cloak buried him deep into the earth, conjuring an earthy shell of the dead and rocks. And from within he finished them off. "Kaseki Break!" he yelled, as spikes grew from the dome, piercing the young ninja. The dome expanded and exploded. This was he secret. He himself had no base element, nor power. All of his jitsu and chakra was sealed in his cloak. The first Cloth Puppet ever created.

The rest of the exam remains as a blur of a mystery. People talked about it briefly. They had made it to the tower with more than enough scrolls. Out of everyone there, that team eliminated the most of the teams, and obtained the most scrolls non-violently. For this, being the sixth team to arrived, they were recorded as just a name. They were Team Six of Konoha. The only team to make it to the tower with several of each scroll, and to have their teammate die at the doorsteps. No one really knew how Shini was killed that day. All they knew was that they all needed to survive.

A year after that incident Kabuto left on his own. He wanted nothing to do with the village. And upon just have a decade of his hiatus, he returned to find a price on his head. He found the body of his brother as he fled the village. He simply refused to fight people he once called his friends. So his years of wandering began.

However, he carried his brother's body and resided with it far away from any of the main villages. He wanted to bury his brother, but knew there was much more he could do. He then took the identity of his brother, an Anbu of Konohakaure, and "defected" to Kirigakure as a spy. He spent years under the name of his brother, assuming his identity and infiltrating ranks and knowledge. He didn't do this for Konoha, he did this for himself. He went on doing this for years, and eventually came to enjoy Anbu and learn more skills than he ever could imagine. However one day he was found out and his identity revealed. Rather than execute the ninja, as he did nothing wrong but falsify his identity (something Anbu does quite often) and falsely identify himself as a Kirigakure shinobi, he was exiled, and once again forced to wander the land of ninja once more.

It has been over a couple decades and Kabuto reinvented himself as Kaseki, the Demon of Life. All across the land he gave life into people's lives, serving as a helpful ninja. He met two of his now life long friends to aid him along the way. He took assassination contracts from city to city, taking out corrupt officials. He never received a proper exam, but after even killing Jonins and other high ranking officials with power that out racked him. He learned the art of stealth and mastered it. He was the perfect ninja... who barely used any jitsus.

This is the tale of Kabuto the Missing Ninja and his rise to Kaseki, the ninja who found himself.

But to find his home without it filled with the friends he once knew, he felt a deep bitter resentment to the village. He was a Left Genin at heart, but they would never take him back. He figured, if his own homeland couldn't accept him, there was only one group left to go to, his own. He thought about the name, only to fall short. With the world changing there was only one name that could help him start his new life. He called his group Akatsuki, but to himself, he called it the Village Hidden In The Shadows. He wouldd create a group that would exist everywhere, within and outside of every village. He would welcome those without a home with open arms. This was his new home.

But with the name, he held a similar dream. He would have to get all of the Jinjuriki with him. By force, or by friendship, he would collect all of the tailed-beasts. Because with the beasts, came sorrow... and that was the very thing Kaseki fed off of.

Key Events:
- Moves into Konoha
- Makes two friends
- Sensei betrays village
- Fails Chunin Exams
- Is hunted by village as a missing nin
- Flees from village
- Almost dies, and saves himself by turning himself into a puppet overtime
- Lives life as a social recluse, cutting all ties to outside world
- Returns to Konoha after all of his friends are dead and gone
- Decides to restart Akatsuki

Writing Sample:
Dregon led Kaseki down the crowd and into a dark and hidden hallway. He was following based on just the mere fact that he was his family. Dregon was more than a brother to Kaseki, he was everything his life lived for. It was Dregon who saved Kaseki, and he owed his life to him. "Brother, keep going." Kaseki listened to the words of the man, obeying it to every last word. He walked down the hall to meet a door at the end of it. It smelled funny and Kaseki held the doorknob. He looked over at Dregon for an answer, and his brother nodded. Kaseki exhaled slowly before doing so. And then he turned the doorknob.

"Well it's the grandmasta God himself, tha great Kaseki!"

Skullface sat on a couch pushed against the darkroom in the back. Two girls were with him, one on either side. Both seemed unamused and emotionless, yet them remained close to Skullface as if they were soulmates. Dregon nudged Kasei to continue forward, and Kaseki moved in. Dregon smiled as he walked over to the short table infront of the couch, just a few feet away from Skullface and his girls. "He knows." Dregon said.

Kaseki felt a strong and strange feeling. He wasn't sure what he meant, but then he saw it. He looked at the girls again, seeing that they had wings. Both of them were hidden in the dark, illuminated by the few neon lights in the room, and Kaseki's bright eyes. "Now, y'see these Starfalls are from out of this world, yo. They fell from the heavens and landed here. Now I know you know that we know this is the Plane of Obilvion, limbo they call it. Your father, Death, asked the great god, and devil himself to give this place to you, as you have it..."

"Now hold on," Kaseki interrupted, "This place was a haven to the souls that were too pure for hell, and those who are here for a second chance. I selected each soul myself, to ensure this place would be founded on sheer principle. It wasn't until the last century that I allowed all that the heavens would protect, but not keep, as well as the souls too black for the devil. Then we took people from the realm of the living and put them here too. Because the Maker, and the great Demon demanded it so. However, this, Pandora, is my realm. I control it." Kaseki was furious, yet confused. He needed answers. "So why would angels fall here?"

Dregon leaned back slightly, folding his arms and looking at his brother. "The world has changed Kaseki. You now not only watch over the Plane of Oblivion, but Purgatory as well." Dregon smiled, "I'll protect you, as I said I would."

Those words... they cut deep into Kaseki's heart. Did this place turn into a kingdom? Was Kaseki being etched into history? What was Kaseki? He was in the opposite business of his father, Death. He wasn't in the business of collecting souls, he was in the business of distributing them. He was the Demon of Life, the opposite of his father, the Angel of Death.

"Ya mon, ya see we have a plan to get these babes to help us out.' Skullface said with a laugh, "These are the last of 'em. There was eight of them to begin with."

Kaseki froze. "Wait, if they're two... and there was one in Toonville, Kanto, Konoha, Fiore, and Kai... where was the eighth?" Kaseki was puzzled. "Brother, it was Ramen who wished it. He and Brushogun wished for a home where there would be hope. And here we are." Dregon stood up and walked over to his brother, with the widest smile on his face. It was lifetimes since they last saw each other, at least, when the other wasn't dead. He extended his hand to Kaseki, looking more content then ever, "This is the place we dreamed of when we were kids. This place... we can be free."

Kaseki let a small tear build up in his eyes as he grabbed the hand of his brother. He pulled him in and held him. It was a long time since he would ever see Dregon breathing. And that moment, Dregon began to glow a white aura, some unseen, and unheard of. Kaseki felt the change, but decided to enjoy the moment. "I'll protect you. I promise brother." Dregon turned into a white silhouette, showing no features, just light. "I will protect you. In this life, the next life, and every life. You're my family, never forget that."  Kaseki held on to the last of his family. The one who raised him. The one that protected him from the beginning. "I'll always be with you, Yoshigé"

His brother began to dematerialize, yet Kaseki held on. He gripped the shirt of his brother hoping this time he wouldn't go. "Not again brother..." He felt his body disappear, yet his hand seemed to hold on. "... Always in my arms brother... You have a habit of doing that." But Kaseki knew, this was different. He could feel the presence of his family leave the room, yet his hand was full. He opened his eyes to find an interesting tool. His eyes fogged, a full of tears. He observed the object.

"And our new story begins!" Skullface cried out. He began to laugh, as the Starfalls began to smile. He cheered for the new god and his new weapon. But even that object Skullface had never seen. "Ay, but what is it, mon?"

Kaseki looked down at the gift his brother created. He smiled. He would keep it for the rest of his life. "It's a Keyblade, Skullface." Kaseki scoffed, "It's  a keyblade."