A/N: This is a detailed profile for OC Ketsueki Kuraiya. This "Pre-X" version of him describes his life up until his disappearance following the 5th Great Ninja War.
• Basic Information
° Quotes:
"For the organisation, for the clan, or for the village?"
"This world is paraded by ass-kissers now! What happened here?"
"Eh... sorry there, I'd say I care, but I'd be lying."
"What's your resolve? Avenging a dead loved one? That's so cliché, although, I had that mindset many years ago."
"LORD HOKAGE... I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!"
"I'm Ketsu, the one and only!"
"Ketsueki reporting in. A twenty man squad of Leaf shinobi found our current hideout. I eliminated the threat and erased every sign of confrontation. Ketsueki out."
"Hideaki, we both have the power to beat each other, yet, neither of us will accept defeat. We're different, but all the same!"
"Shin and Mizuto were the ones who were there when nobody else was."
"Glad to see my kids are still alive and well. Ah, shame that the red-haired queen herself has a distaste towards me. Will flirting work?"
"You heard of me? Aw, I'm flattered."
"Red's back in business, bitches!"
"I do whatever it takes to atone for my past sins, and recreate my clan. That's... that's my Ninja Way."
"It's okay, Mitsuru..."
° Full Name:
Ketsueki Kuraiya.
° Name Pronunciation:
KET-su-key Koo-RAI-uh.
° Preferred Name:
Ketsueki Kuraiya.
° Name Meaning/Derivation:
"Ketsueki" is one say to say "blood" in Japanese. This can correlate to the Kuraiya clan's ability to manipulate their blood through Reddokarīngu. Its kanji is 血液.
° Nicknames/Aliases:
Ketsueki has a variety of nicknames, such as Ketsu, Kets, Ketsy, Ket, Ketchup, Cherry, and Grape. His one and only alias is "Red," which is short for "Red the Deity," his sealed form.
° Gender:
Male.
° Sexuality:
Ketsueki is heterosexual.
° Titles:
血液一族
KURAIYA CLAN
赤
RED
破壊スラッシャー
THE BREAKING SLASHER
暁
AKATSUKI
新しい暁
NEW AKATSUKI
相続人
INHERITOR
隠されたダークネイション
HIDDEN DARK NATION
隠されたライトネイション
HIDDEN LIGHT NATION
血液操作
REDDOKARĪNGU
万華鏡模倣
SHARINGAN IMITATOR
° Alignment:
Ketsueki is Neutral Good, meaning he typically acts altruistically, without regard for or against lawful precepts such as rules or tradition. He has no problem with cooperating with lawful officials, but does not feel beholden to them. In the event that doing the right thing requires the bending or breaking of rules, he does not suffer the same inner conflict that a lawful good character would.
° Species:
Ketsueki is a human.
° Age:
Ketsueki was nineteen (19) years old when he had his first child, and twenty six (26) years old when he had his second child. Ketsueki is forty six (46) years old when OMITTED SPOILER. In this "Pre-X" version, Ketsueki is thirty seven (37) years old.
° Nationality:
Ketsueki is of a Japanese nationality.
° Birthday:
Ketsueki was born on 12 December.
° Zodiac Sign:
Being born on 12 December, his zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
° Hometown:
He was born in the Hidden Leaf Village, Fire Country, Japan.
° Current Residence:
Ketsueki has a house located in the Land of Water, where he visits at times to rest. Other than that, he goes to multiple former New Akatsuki hideouts.
° Occupation:
At the moment, Ketsu spends his time by wandering the lands, similar to his daughter, Kaori Kuraiya. Unlike his daughter's motives for doing so (to find peace and inner beauty within herself) Ketsu does this to find self-awareness, as well as to view the world's successes and failures for what they are. (In a "noncanon" verse, Ketsueki Sutāsutōmu is married to Yume Sutāsutōmu and aids her in the Hidden Rain Village as the Mizukage's husband, protector, and the Chief of Military Relations for the village. )
° Affiliations:
Hidden Leaf ANBU Black Ops: After demonstrating his master over his kekkei genkai, Ketsueki was recruited into the Leaf's ANBU Black Ops, a special force of hand selected individuals to complete life threatening missions. He was only eleven years old at the time. Ketsueki served in the ANBU before departing the village following the Kuraiya Massacre.
New Akatsuki: A few years after the Kuraiya Massacre and training for his revenge against the village, Ketsueki's sensei, Shin Uchiha, recruited him into the New Akatsuki, an organisation created by Shin in hopes of restoring the purpose of the previous Akatsuki incantation. The New Akatsuki was disbanded after Mizuto Shi Junkyōsha of the Leaf assassinated Shin.
Mizuto's Akatsuki: Mizuto brought Ketsueki into his own revival of Akatsuki after discovering he was the sole survival of the Kuraiya Massacre. Ketsueki was partnered up with Nagato Uzumaki, but he died during a war between the Hidden Dark Nation's first incantation, lead by Gyatsō Mataba. Ketsueki was then partnered with Yume Sutāsutōmu, a Hidden Mist kunoichi. With Mizuto's approval, Ketsueki officially left the Akatsuki to settle down with his lover, Karin Uzumaki.
The Ketsueki Unit: Under Gyatsō Mataba's leadership, the second Hidden Dark Nation launched a devastating attack against the Five Great Nations in hopes of creating a new world order and making Gyatsō its sole ruler. Many people refer to the ordeal as the Fifth Great Ninja War. Ketsueki continuously thwarted parts of Gyatsō's plan, and when the Hidden Dark attacked the Hidden Leaf, Ketsueki brought together a small army of rogue shinobi from around the world to aid his home village. The organisation was disbanded following OMITTED SPOILER.
° Talents/Skills:
Jutsu Utilisation: Jutsus are the mystical arts a ninja will utilise in battle. To use a technique, the ninja will need to use their chakra. To perform a technique, the ninja will bring out and release the two energies of chakra. By forming hand seals, the ninja is able to manifest the desired technique. Because of the extensive number of hand seals and different combinations, there are thousands of potential techniques to be discovered.
Kekkei Genkai - Reddokarīngu: The Kuraiya clan is very well-known for its members possessing the ability to manipulate, harden, and create blood if they have lost it. This ability is passed down from the clan's founder, Tachinara Kuraiya, ironically the great-great grandfather of Senji Kuraiya, the man who led to the clan to its genocidal end. Reddokarīngu can be used for very exceptional offense as well as defense. A final version of the technique, created by Ketsueki himself, is known as Reddokarīngu: Black Blood, where the blood's cells are hardened to the point of where they turn black, enhancing its destructive prowess.
Sealed Form - Red the Deity: Red the Deity, or just Red, was once an all-powerful being created from the flames of Hell itself. He was sealed thousands of years ago by a small, unknown group originating from Tokyo. Parts of Red's frozen blood are placed into small capsules. Ketsueki's parents owned one of these capsules, as they were both a part of the research team examining Red's blood. As soon as Ketsueki was born, for unknown reasons, they unfroze the blood before cutting Ketsueki's cheek with a kunai knife, pouring Red's blood over it before quickly sealing the wound with medical ninjutsu. The right side of his face was engulfed in flames as demonic laughter filled the room. Shortly after, the flames dispersed. Many years later, Ketsueki would learn that his mother used a forbidden Jinchuriki sealing jutsu to seal Red inside of him, granting him his demonic power. The seal broke on the night Ketsueki killed countless Leaf ANBU shinobi following his clan's genocide. His physical ability increases drastically when the seal is unlocked, also making his hair grow past his waist, as well as two red marks appearing under his eyes. He can freely use the seal, in increments of 5% of Red's power to 100%. Ketsueki as a fully unsealed Red:
Chakra Manipulation: Ketsueki has the ability to control and manipulate chakra. Chakra is essential to even the most basic technique. Through various methods, the most common of which is hand seals, chakra can be controlled and manipulated to create an effect that would not be possible otherwise, such as walking on water, exhaling fire, or creating illusions. Chakra is ordinarily not visible to the unaided eye unless it is highly concentrated or manifested in large amounts.
Hand Seals: Used by shinobi, hand seals are used to perform many ninjutsu, genjutsu, and other secret arts other than taijutsu. The exact amount of chakra necessary to perform a technique is manipulated through hand seals. There are different sequences of hand seals for every technique, requiring memorization.
Ninjutsu: Ninjutsu is one of the three main jutsu categories. Ninjutsu is the most nebulous of the three and may most simply be described as anything that is not genjutsu or taijutsu. Most ninjutsu require chakra and hand seals, but this is not always the case since the mere usage of weaponry qualifies as ninjutsu. The huge range of ninjutsu's uses is illustrated by its several sub-classifications: medical ninjutsu, reincarnation ninjutsu, space–time ninjutsu, barrier ninjutsu, sealing jutsu, and Cursed Seal jutsu. Ketsueki has a broad range of ninjutsu techniques.
Genjutsu: Genjutsu is the second of the main jutsu categories. Unlike ninjutsu, the effects of genjutsu are not real, being only illusions experienced by those who fall victim to it. According to the Second Mizukage, genjutsu falls under the broad category of Yin Release. With his Imitated Sharingan in use, Ketsueki can place genjutsu onto a target wielding a life force.
Taijutsu: Taijutsu is a basic form of techniques and refers to any techniques involving the martial arts or the optimisation of natural human abilities. Taijutsu is executed by directly accessing the user's physical and mental energies, relying on the stamina and strength gained through training. It typically does not require chakra, though chakra may be used to enhance its techniques. Taijutsu generally requires no hand seals to perform, occasionally making use of certain stances or poses, and are far quicker to use than ninjutsu or genjutsu. Taijutsu is simply put: hand-to-hand combat.
Walking on water: By manipulating the chakra points in his feet, Ketsueki can walk and run on water without sinking or submerging in it.
Levitation: With his ability to freely control how his blood moves inside and outside of his body with Reddokarīngu, Ketsueki's ability to fly may simply be a result of lifting and manipulating his blood while it's still inside him.
Summoning: The Summoning Technique is a space–time ninjutsu that allows the summoner to transport animals or people across long distances instantly and uses blood as a sacrifice. Ketsueki has a Summoning Contract with Crow Red.
Substitution: With this technique, users replace their own body with some other object, generally with a block of wood, the moment an attack lands. This creates an optical illusion, making the enemy think the attack was successful. From this, the user can use the lapse in the enemy's attention to attack or flee from the battlefield. Explosive tags can be attached to the replacement for an added surprise. Despite it being a basic ninjutsu taught at the Academy, it is seen as a useful art that can be applied in variety of situations as it allows for a swift getaway from danger. The technique even allows a restrained Ketsueki to escape capture.
Imitated Sharingan: Ketsueki can freely activate a Sharingan just by looking at it. The Sharingan grants the wielder two broad abilities: the "Eye of Insight" and the "Eye of Hypnotism". Although the abilities are not literally restricted to certain eyes, Madara Uchiha noted that the Sharingan can only be used to its full potential when both eyes are together. Even within these two categories, there may exist several distinct though similar abilities: The user can see chakra, giving it colour in order to distinguish it by its composition and source. Though not as capable in this regard as the Byakugan, it can see chakra through some (but not all) obstructions, and detect irregularities in a person's chakra flow, such as those caused by genjutsu influence. The user is granted incredible clarity of perception, enabling them to read lips or mimic something like pencil movements. In combat, this allows them to see fast-moving objects and, once fully developed, offers some amount of predictive capabilities: they can anticipate an opponent's next move based on the slightest muscle tension in their body and act accordingly to dodge or intercept. Although a Sharingan user can see these things, they also need the physical ability to actually act on the visual information. The Eye of Hypnotism is the second technique. The user can perform what is generically called Genjutsu: Sharingan. While there are various manifestations and purposes of the ability, the better known one is to, through eye contact, suggest thoughts and actions to a target, coercing them to divulge information or act in a particular way, potentially without the target's awareness. He can also imitate Mangekyou Sharingan (evolved Sharingan) and Rinnegan (Sharingan + Senju DNA).
° Birth order:
Ketsueki was the second-born child of his parents, with his brother, Furesshu Kuraiya, coming first, and their sister, Anai Kuraiya, coming last.
° Siblings:
Brothers: Furesshu Kuraiya (alive, whereabouts unknown).
Sisters: Anai Kuraiya (deceased).
° Spouse:
Karin Uzumaki-Hogo was Ketsueki's first wife and the mother of both of his children. Ketsueki's goal was to create a new Kuraiya clan with Karin, but they divorced some time after their second child's birth.
° Children:
Sons: Kazuhiko Kuraiya (age 17) is Ketsueki's first and only son who hopes to become the next leader of the Kuraiya clan when his father dies. As a child, Kazuhiko was very playful and rambunctious. He had the combined powers of Reddokarīngu from Ketsueki and Adamantine Sealing Chains from Karin to create "Bloody Chains," a more durable version of his mother's jutsu. When Ketsueki left, he had a deep sense of hatred for his father, and still does.
Daughters: Kaori Kuraiya (age 10) is Ketsueki's first and only daughter. Unfortunately, Ketsueki left Karin and Kazuhiko to take care of her after the parents divorced, causing Kaori to have no memories of her biological father. When he returned, with Karin's permission, he was able to meet and talk with the little girl and train her with her brother. Kaori has no idea that Ketsueki is her father. After a timeskip, Kaori leaves the clan to venture out around the world to understand true inner beauty, kind of following in her father's footsteps, but with different morals.
° Grandparents:
Grandfather: Shīno Kuraiya (deceased).
Grandmother: Aioya Kuraiya (deceased).
° Grandchildren:
Grandson: Kiyoshi Kuraiya. (Son of Kazuhiko; born in the future.)
Granddaughter: Katsumi Kuraiya. (Daughter of Kaori; born in the future.)
° Notable Others:
Mitsuru Aelia Pendragon Phoenix is Ketsueki's former student, and somewhat of a short-term "adopted" son. When Mitsuru lost sight of himself and was on the brink of insanity, Ketsu took him in, giving him a home. A while later, he recruited Mitsuru into Mizuto Junkyōsha's Akatsuki organisation, as a spy for one of its members. After over 10 years, they reunited when Ketsueki fought Hideaki Mizushima, a close friend that considered him a brother. After a nineteen-year timeskip, OMITTED SPOILER.
Shin Uchiha is Ketsueki's former superior, former teacher, and former caretaker. After the previous Seventh Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki, drove him out of the Leaf Village, Shin saw him in a forest, unconscious and wounded badly. When he awoke, he saw Shin in a hooded Akatsuki cloak, his Sharingan the only thing he can see from his face. Ketsueki was also laying on a tree, his wounds healed. Cursing Shin's name for being an Uchiha, Ketsueki tried to attack him before Shin told him he can exact revenge on the Hokage. He agreed, becoming his student, also being added to the New Akatsuki organization. Shin was betrayed by Ketsueki years later, meeting his death at the hands of Mizuto Junkyosha. Ketsueki killed Shin's son as his Red persona at the same time.
Hideaki Mizushima is Ketsueki's best friend, rival, former comrade, and unrelated brother. They both made a clan name to signify their relationship as brothers, but quickly disbanded it. Ketsueki would always spar with Hideaki, but both of them never went all-out, as one would always leave the other when the fight escalated.
Yume Sutāsutōmu (CANON VERSION) is Ketsueki's best friend, former lover, and former comrade. They met when Ketsueki was in the Akatsuki. She was his second Akatsuki partner, creating long-distance combos with Ketsueki's Reddokarīngu and Yume's advanced water style jutsu. They defected from the Akatsuki when she revealed that she was the Mizukage candidate. Ketsueki and Yume have a strong friendship, and they were briefly in a relationship. Yume is also Hideaki Mizushima's best friend, making all three of them very close to each other.
Yume Sutāsutōmu (NON-CANON VERSION) is Ketsueki's wife and the Mizukage of the Hidden Mist.. They have been married for over forty years. They have two newborn babies, a son and a daughter - twins.
Nagato Uzumaki was Ketsueki's first Akatsuki partner and a close friend. Although they never fought together in the Akatsuki, they always got along with each other. When Ketsueki was killed during the war between Akatsuki, Hiroshima, and the Hidden Dark Nation, Mizuto Junkyōsha reanimated Ketsueki and had Nagato use Rinne Rebirth on him, bringing Ketsueki back to life. However, Nagato died in the process due to his low chakra reserves. Ketsueki was paired up with Yume in the Akatsuki afterwards.
Mizuto Shi Junkyōsha is Ketsueki's former superior, former teacher, former comrade, and unrelated brother. If not for Mizuto, Ketsueki would've been dead for decades. They met when Ketsueki saw him infiltrate Shin Uchiha's hideout, attacking him. Mizuto effortlessly defeated him. He saw potential in the teenager, and offered him Shin's head as well as a spot in his growing Akatsuki organization. Ketsueki bitterly accepted, betraying his mentor and superior, joining Akatsuki, which would pave the road towards his future.
Alexander Phoenix is Ketsueki's unrelated brother, former rival, best friend, and former comrade. They met when Ketsueki grew jealous of Alexander's sister's behavior. Alexander noticed that their hair were similar, and offered to join forces as brothers. Ketsueki agreed. They fought once, Ketsueki as the Red Deity, and Alexander in his Berzerker form. The battle left a mark on the Earth itself. Although Ketsueki lost his sense for power and Alexander surpassed him immensely, he stills considers him a very close comrade and brother.
Raen Claer is Ketsueki's best friend. Although her relationship with Mitsuru is stronger, they're still close.
Orochimaru is Ketsueki's friend and former comrade. They introduced each other when Karin told him about Ketsueki, as she was affiliated with him at the time. Orochimaru worked alongside Ketsueki when they infiltrated the Hidden Dark Nation as spies. After the Dark (and Gyatsō Mataba) was brought down, Orochimaru was made temporary Hikarikage of the Dark's predecessor, the Hidden Light Nation. They still keep in touch.
Asada and Fawkes Masaharu are Ketsueki's former comrades. The worked together as three components of the Seven Deadly Sins, but the group disbanded.
Celeste Masaharu-Faye is Ketsueki's best friend, and former superior. She was also a part of the Seven Deadly Sins, with her placement in the group above his, making her his temporary superior.
Apollo Peri is Ketsueki's best friend and former comrade. They worked together in the Seven Deadly Sins.
° Weapons:
Tsumi no Ken: Ketsueki wields his favourite sword, the Tsumi no Ken, or, Sword of Sin. The blade is covered in an invisible poisonous substance, resulting in a painful death if made direct contact onto skin. The sword can also create slashes of wind to poison a target without the blade making contact to said target.
Weapons in pouch: He also wields kunai knives sealed to explode, shuriken, explosive tags, two gunbai, fuma shurikens, and several samurai swords taken by some samurai Ketsueki slain per orders of the New Akatsuki.. The two gunbai are his main weapons for offense, sealed to expel any ninjutsu he has; also using them for defense, summoning two Almighty Prisms to cover them, a target, or attack.
° Abilities List:
· – NINJUTSU – ·
· – FIRE STYLE – ·
Amaterasu
Amaterasu: Dual Layer
Amaterasu: Flame Wrapping Fire
Amaterasu: Lingering Fire
Blazing Shuriken Dance
Caged Heat Arson Prison
Banshō Ten'in: Motion of Land
Calamity Flame
Chained Prison Explosion
Cloud-Style Flame Beheading
Coming of the Lightning Fire Phoenix Technique
Crimson Flame
Dance of the Fireball
Exploding Flame Shot
Falling Fire Scatter
Fanned Calamity Flames
Fanned Flame Great Fire
Fire Leaping Windhole
Fire Release: Ash Pile Burning
Fire Release: Big Flame Bullet
Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance
Fire Release: Crimson Earth Spider
Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation
Fire Release: Running Fire
Hellfire Glare
Red Seal: Crimson Hell Technique
Red Seal: Blaze Bomb Scatter
Red Seal: Flame Limbs
· – WATER STYLE – ·
Bashōsen: Coil of Water
Discharge Lightning Calamity Technique
Heavenly Weeping
Hiding in Frost Technique
Hiding in Mist Technique
Horizon Meteor
Water Prison Technique
Water Release: Black Rain Technique
Water Release: Droplet Spear
Water Release: Water Shield
Water Release: Water Shuriken
· – WIND STYLE – ·
Bashōsen: Coil of Wind
Beast Tearing Gale Palm
Blade of Wind
Blade of Wind Barrage
Blade of Wind Hurricane
Fan Wind Roaring Wall
Fire Leaping Windhole
Fire + Wind Release: Great Fireball Technique - Revolving Flame
Fire + Wind Release: Blazing Wind Wild Wave
Fire Whirlwind Vortex Technique
Wind Release: Multi-Layered Gale
Wind Release: Passing Typhoon
Wind Release: Pressure Damage
Wind Release: Rasengan
Wind Release: Rotating Shuriken
Wind Release: Sand Buckshot
Wind Release: Sand Cloud Whirlwind
Wind Release: Shakujō Twister
Wind Release: Spiralling Wind Ball
Wind Release: Toad Gun
Wind Release: Toad Oil Bullet
Wind Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet
Wind Release: Vacuum Blade
Wind Release: Vacuum Gale: Single
Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere
Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves
Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere
Wind Release: Vacuum Wave
Wind Release: Verdant Mountain Gale
Wind Release: Whirlwind Fist
Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique
· – EARTH STYLE – ·
Bashōsen: Coil of Earth
Destructive Beauty
Earth Release: Earth Flow River
Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears
Earth Release: Earth Flow Wave
Earth Release: Earth Mausoleum Dumpling
Earth Release: Earth Shore Return
Earth Release: Earth Spear
Earth Release: Earth Wave Technique
Earth Release: Earth and Stone Bamboo Shoot
Earth Release: Earth and Stone Dragon
Earth Release: Earth-Style Rampart
Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall
Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall of Ten Thousand Ri
Earth Release: Erupting Rock Mountain Cannon
Earth Release: Fissure
Earth Release: Fist Rock Technique
Earth Release: Floating Ring Rock Technique
Earth Release: Flying Thrown Stones
Earth Release: Golem Technique
Violent Heavenly Earth Needle
· – TAIJUTSU – ·
10 Hit Combo
Acrobat
Adamantine Power: Acala
Arhat Fist
Black Tornado
Chain Pull
Chain Rope
Chained Heavy
Chaos Fan Dance
Clone Combo
Clone Ladder
Clone Lasso
Clone Spinning Heel Drop
Cloud-Style Crescent Moon Beheading
Destroying Axe Fist
Dropkick
Head-butt
Heaven Spring Kick
Infinite Wild Dance
Kuraiya Combo
Kuraiya Style Taijutsu: Blood Sacrifice
Kuraiya Style Taijutsu: Hawk
· – GENJUTSU – ·
Afterimage Clone
Black Dream
Imitated Genjutsu: Sharingan
Imitated Genjutsu: Mangekyou Sharingan
Genjutsu: Riaru
Genjutsu: Imajin
Illusionary Environment Technique
Mind Snapping Chains
Omoidō
· – KEKKEI GENKAI – ·
Reddokarīngu
Reddokarīngu: Materialized Blood Blade
Reddokarīngu: Dance of the Hawk
Reddokarīngu: Bleeding Claw
Reddokarīngu: Chains
Reddokarīngu: Drain
Reddokarīngu: Blood Whip
Black Blood: Reddokarīngu
Black Blood: Reddokarīngu: Pouring Embodiment
· – SENJUTSU – ·
Absorption Soul Technique
Chidori: Thunderclap
· – KENJUTSU – ·
Blazing Shuriken Dance
Chidori Senbon
Fuma Shuriken Shadow Clone
Heaven's Blessing
Reddokarīngu: Materialized Blood Blade
Sword of Sin: Misfortune
Sword of Sin: Omoidō Cut
· – RECEIVED ABILITIES – ·
White Prisms
Potential Increase
• Physical Characteristics
° Height:
Ketsueki currently stands at 6'6", or 78 inches. Quite taller than most individuals.
° Weight:
He weighs 129 lbs, or 58.51 kilograms.
° Race:
Japanese.
° Eye colour:
Ketsueki has no natural eye colour, as they always change from time to time. When he was born, they were blue, during his childhood and teen years they were green, during his early adulthood they were red, and currently, they're lavender.
° Hair colour:
Ketsueki's hair was always crimson red until he dyed it purple when he was 22 years old. After two years, he returned to his natural hair colour.
° Skin colour:
His skin colour has a pale-ish, light tone.
° Distinguishing features:
There aren't really any distinguishing features about Ketsueki, other than his red hair, maybe.
° How does (s)he look:
Ketsueki is a youthful looking male who recently turned twenty-seven years old. He has distinctive red hair with a fringe above his right eye and intense violet eyes with somewhat pale skin. Ketsueki's clothing consists of a grey jacket with several invisible marks to summon his tools, with grey pants and black sandals, but his style is more messy, for he wears a red shirt under his jacket. On the right sleeve of the jacket is the new Kuraiya clan symbol.
° Hobbies:
Ketsueki's hobbies include eating a variety of sweets, such as little pastries, candies, scones, and small cakes. He also trains by himself every once in a while. Another hobby is his meditation. With water-style ninjutsu, he would make it rain in a certain area, go there, and sit on a piece of wood, shirtless, meditating for as long as a few days. This, of course, means that going out when it naturally rains is another hobby of Ketsueki's.
° Favourite Sayings/Quotes:
Ketsueki's favourite sayings revolve around anger, as he knows that Red feeds off of his own. They include, "Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it", "If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow", Red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd take warning", "He who angers you conquers you", and "Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath". Another one of Ketsu's favourite sayings is about diversity. "A lot of different flowers make a bouquet."
° Greatest flaw:
Ketsueki's greatest flaw is honestly his lack of conceit, but at the same time, too conceited. He has been narcissistic in the past, and those same problems arise now. He wouldn't try to understand anyone now due to being isolated in the world. If he were to suffer an injury, he'd grow livid at whatever/whoever has done it.
° Best quality:
Despite being a narcissist, Ketsueki really understands situations. He's quickheaded. He wouldn't waste time using any energy to attack. He'd simply evade as best as he could, surveying the situation and every little detail, before countering.
• Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
° Educational Background:
Ketsueki has gone to Konoha's Ninja Academy and graduated at age eight, maintaining the highest of scores in academics and basic ninja skills. After that, he never had the chance of attending another academy of some sort due to the demand that he be made an ANBU Black Ops member the following year. Regardless of this, he is very keen.
° Intelligence Quotient:
Ketsueki has an impressive I.Q. of 130.
° Any Mental Illnesses?
Ketsueki suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder (or NPD), and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (or PTSD). He also has had Schizophrenia following his clan's genocide, but he shows no signs of having this disorder ever since his teenage years. This could be due to the life-risking missions he participated in throughout his teenage years, such as joining the Akatsuki or past ANBU assassination missions, diminishing the trauma of a "mere" genocide.
° How self-confident is the character?
As stated before, Ketsueki is extremely self confident due to being a narcissist. He has no doubt about his own character, and has come to terms with his past mistakes in order to turn his back from the world currently.
• Emotional Characteristics
° Strengths/Weaknesses:
Ketsueki's strengths include, but are not limited to: surveying an area, coming up with a strategy, fighting in areas with little light, aerial fighting, one on one combat, one on two combat, fighting targets with life forces, manipulating people, cooking, solo training, fishing, mentoring, care-taking, and speaking in front of crowds. Ketsueki's weaknesses include, but are not limited to, overwhelming conditions, extremely loud music or noise, narcissism, and overeagerness.
° Introvert or Extrovert?
Ketsu is an extrovert, meaning, although he doesn't try to, he is an outgoing, overtly expressive person.
° What would the character like to change in his/her life?
Ketsueki wants to simply revive the Kuraiya clan with the first love of his wife, meaning he'd like to remarry Karin, gain a strong relationship with his children, living peacefully along the borders of the Land of Fire, until dying due to old age. Of course, he knows none of this will happen, as firstly, the only alive full remnant of the clan other than himself is Furesshu Kuraiya, whose status is unknown. Furesshu also survived the Kuraiya clan Genocide due to having word of the attack before it happened, but it's unlikely he'd revive the clan. Karin is married to a man of a different clan, so the children they bare will be of the Hogo clan, meaning that after Ketsueki and his children die, the Kuraiya clan will become extinct. Again, Ketsueki knows this, and desperately wants to change this, but it's simply too late.
° What motivates this character?
Honestly, Ketsueki has no motivation to do anything other than to "live because we're alive right now".
° What frightens this character?
The thought of his children and ex-wife being killed frightens Ketsueki, but his biggest fear is that he'll fail his clan by failing to revive the Kuraiya clan, meaning the deaths his family members faced so long ago would have been for nothing.
° Is the character generally polite or rude?
Ketsueki is now generally rude to people due to seeing them as inferior to himself.
• Spiritual Characteristics
° Does the character believe in God?
The Kuraiya clan was a slightly religious clan as they openly believed in God. So, for most of Ketsueki's life, he was a Catholic. But, now that his narcissistic side has taken over, the mere thought of a being having higher authority than himself only makes Ketsueki laugh. In short, he's currently atheist.
° What are the character's spiritual beliefs?
Ketsueki believes that the soul is a human's greatest component to have in life. By strengthening that component, one could have as much power as an omniscient and omnipotent being. This is why Ketsueki meditates for extensive periods of time. Religious wise, Ketsueki has no interests in things such as a misleading Holy Spirit.
° Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life?
Not anymore, it isn't.
° If so, what role does it play?
N/A.
• Miscellaneous Information
° Themes:
Main Theme I – "Good-bye Atman"
Main Theme II – "Milestone"
Main Theme III – "Sweet Revenge"
Main Theme IV – NO TITLE
° English Voice Actor:
Nolan North.
° Face-claim:
Ketsueki Kuraiya's face-claim is "Alis Color" from the "Sunday Without God" anime series.
° Battle Personality Description:
In battle, Ketsueki is a pure Mechanic, meaning, he is a highly skilled fighter for whom fighting is a fine art. Each battle and each blow is an interesting problem to be quickly thought through logically and executed with fine skill. Each opponent is to be sized up, weaknesses identified and then efficiently dispatched.
° Base Destructive Capability:
Without any influences such as Potential Increase or added strength from an aura, Ketsueki can capsise multiple city blocks with his attacks. He directs vibrations into a specific part of a target, said vibrations having up to a kiloton of energy in them, in order to land destructive hits, thus putting his base D.C. at 8-A.
° True Destructive Capability:
Due to Potential Increase's unknown limits, such as to what extent can Ketsueki's physical capabilities be heightened, is not known, his true D.C. will remain unknown.
° Tier:
Ketsueki has no determined tier, but he's at least 5-B (planet level), meaning planet-level attacks, at the very least, will cause great damage to him.
° Biography:
Ketsueki was born into the Hidden Leaf's Kuraiya clan on 12 December. Being a member of the Kuraiya, Ketsueki's skills as a shinobi would vastly surpass any one of his peers outside the clan. As a small child, Ketsueki always spent his time training with his brother, Furesshu. When he was finally old enough to register at the Academy to become a Genin, Ketsueki set perfect scores on all of the tests - some of which have yet to be bested to this day. Because of this, Ketsueki only remained a Genin for six months, before being promoted to Chunin... at age 9. By this age, Ketsueki was already practising on his kekkei genkai, Reddokarīngu, which allowed him to manipulate his blood for both offence and defence. When he demonstrated mastery of his kekkei genkai, at age 11, Ketsueki was brought into the ANBU Black Ops. A few weeks later, tragedy struck. The Kuraiya clan was brutally massacred in one night. A large squad of ANBU Black Ops were involved. On this night, Red had awakened in Ketsueki. He swept across the Kuraiya clan palace in a blood-soaked rage, brutally murdering each and every one of the 106 ANBU present. He knew that Seventh Hokage Naruto Uzumaki was involved since the ANBU were under his direct order, so he tearfully went after him. Naruto quickly acknowledged that Ketsueki was still alive since he was the strongest of the Kuraiya clan. After this, the two fought across the village, but Ketsueki was pushed back. They ended up at the entrance of Konoha. Ketsueki braced for death and cried, as he was still eleven years old at the time. Naruto refused to kill him due to the potential Ketsueki possessed as a shinobi. Kicking Ketsueki out of the village, Naruto warned him that he would kill him next time if he ever returned as an enemy. Ketsueki cursed Naruto's name before bitterly leaving the village, passing out in a forest ahead.
When Ketsueki awoke, he found himself to be looking at a man wearing a hooded Akatsuki cloak. He had the Sharingan as well. Knowing that Sasuke Uchiha was the only Uchiha member alive, Ketsueki took out a kunai. The man told Ketsueki that he was on his side, and when Ketsueki demanded why, the man told him that he saw everything, and could help him exact revenge on the Hokage and the entire village. Ketsueki took a moment before lowering his kunai. The man revealed himself as Shin Uchiha, and asked Ketsueki if he would accept his offer. Believing that the destruction of Konoha is merely one way of getting revenge on Naruto, Ketsueki accepted, becoming Shin's pupil, student, and soon-to-be member of the New Akatsuki. Shin explained that the members of the New Akatsuki won't betray the organisation for the village, like Itachi Uchiha did. They walked to a cave afterwards. At that moment, a youthful male appeared, revealing himself as Shin's son, and first member of the New Akatsuki. Shin instructed that Ketsueki must rest for a few days before their training began. Laying on a stone, Ketsueki smirked to himself as thoughts of revenge clouded his mind, before falling asleep.
Seven years has passed since the Kuraiya clan massacre. Ketsueki, now eighteen years old, has been training with Shin Uchiha the entire time. His skills have improved exponentially, to the point of where he overwhelmed Shin in a spar. Also, Shin has implanted a pair of Sharingan into Ketsueki's eyes, which seemed to have play a part in his development. An impressed Shin officially invited Ketsueki into the New Akatsuki after their talk on how strong he has become, who immediately accepted, boasting on how he surpassed his mentor in seven years. Shin's son handed Ketsueki an Akatsuki robe, along with a ring that was labelled "Nighttime." After Ketsueki donned his new garments, Shin told him that his first mission was to kill one of his subordinates in Kirigakure, who had betrayed Shin, and was now protected by the village's strongest shinobi. Ketsueki set off to Kiri quickly, thinking about how close he was to his revenge on Naruto. Arriving in Kiri, Ketsueki was ambushed by several shinobi. The target stood behind them. Ketsueki smirked, knowing that a sensory ninja was hiding somewhere, before effortlessly finishing the attacking shinobi with Reddokarīngu: Blood Whip. The target insulted Ketsueki, saying that without kekkei genkai, he was useless. Angered at the man's disrespect towards the Kuraiya clan, Ketsu allowed Red to take control of him, crushing the target's chest with Reddokarīngu Black. He then chuckled and left the scene.
When he returned to the hideout, Ketsueki was scolded by Shin, who said if Ketsueki loses control of Red while fighting Naruto, he will think irrationally, which will lead to his death. Ketsueki apologised, having already realising this. Shin then said that Ketsueki can test his control over Red immediately, informing him that Naruto, along with his comrades, have left Konoha on important duties. Ketsueki asked how would he kill Naruto if he's gone. It was at this time that Shin explained that it was the day after the Kuraiya clan were separated from the village that Naruto was elected Hokage. To Ketsueki's dismay, Shin told him that Naruto couldn't have done this, but Sixth Hokage Kakashi Hatake could have, and that Naruto decided to kill them off afterwards. Ketsueki gritted his teeth, knowing that the Kuraiya clan wouldn't have faced its end if Kakashi hadn't given the order of separating them from the village in the first place. Angered at Shin, Ketsu demanded why he hadn't told him this sooner. Shin explained that if he did, Ketsueki would've return to Konoha sooner, and Naruto would fulfill his promise and kill him due to Ketsu not being stronger at that point. But now he had the power to kill Kakashi without Naruto's interference. With this information, Ketsueki returned to Konoha with the goal of killing Kakashi. He stared at Kakashi's sculpture on the Hokage Stone Faces before jumping into the village.
As soon as Ketsueki landed in the village, Konoha Jonin appeared and surrounded him. Ketsueki demanded they tell him where Kakashi was. Now understanding what his intentions were, they attacked. Insulting them for their inferiority to him, Ketsueki quickly cuts himself and a large amount of blood surrounds the Jonin, forming a dome. Whispering out "die," the dome crushes the men inside, killing them. Knowing Kakashi has been notified of his presence by now, Ketsueki quickly searches around, before lightning strikes in front of him. A male voice, behind the smoke, claimed that Ketsueki will shortly be grinded into dust. Ketsueki smirked, saying, "I doubt that, Raikage." Ay emerged from the smoke, asking Ketsu for his name. After Ketsueki complied, Ay asked how was he a Kuraiya clan member, as all of them have died. Now angered, Ketsueki told him that he doesn't need to know the answer, and then they fought. All across the village, Ay punched Ketsueki into houses, and Ketsueki did the same, having Red control him. The battle ended when Ay managed to overpower Ketsueki. Multiple ANBU Black Ops members and Jonin surrounded a panting Ketsueki, with Ay ordering him to give up. Ketsueki bitterly did what he was told, realising he had no way of escape. Suddenly, Shin appeared via Space-Time teleportation and kicked Ay back before teleporting himself and Ketsueki back to the hideout. Ketsueki landed on a stone, coughing out blood as his vision re-stabilised. Shin scolded him for taking on a man as strong as the Fourth Raikage as Ketsu slipped into unconsciousness.
When he awoke, Ketsueki is told by Shin's son that he has healed completely due to Shin implanting some of Hashirama Senju's cells into him while he was unconscious. He then told Ketsueki that he was ordered to stay in the cave until Shin returns. Ketsueki disobeyed this order a few days later, chasing a man who had broken into the hideout. Ketsueki and the unknown man fought, with Ketsueki easily being defeated. Demanding who he was, the man revealed himself as Mizuto Shi Junkyōsha, who informed Ketsueki that Shin was already dead. Complimenting Ketsueki as a shinobi, Mizuto offered Ketsueki to be his pupil and subordinate as a member of his own Akatsuki. Ketsueki accepted, having no further purpose with the New Akatsuki and left with Mizuto. Over the course of a year, he would participate in events such as the war between Akatsuki and Gyatsō Mataba's rising Hidden Dark Nation, assassination missions, infiltrations, and befriending comrades such as Yume Sutāsutōmu and Nagato Uzumaki, who died in order to revive Ketsueki using Rinne Rebirth when he died in the war.
At an unknown time, Ketsueki meets and befriends a young Mitsuru Phoenix. Their relationship grows strong, and Ketsueki treats Mitsuru as if he were a son to him. Ketsueki brings Mitsuru into the Akatsuki as his spy, but Mizuto hesitantly made him leave, as the boy was too young. However, Mitsuru still went on a few missions before he was kicked out. Without notice, Ketsueki disappears, leaving a saddened Mitsuru to remember their time together before moving on. They meet two more times: during Ketsueki's final battle with Hideaki, and more than twenty years afterwards, when Mitsuru pursues and kills Ketsueki.
Now nineteen years old, Ketsueki's name has spread across the countries, being dubbed as the "Breaker Slasher" and "Inheritor," but even he finds love. While in Otogakure, being there since Mizuto is expecting a supply of new medicine from Orochimaru, Ketsueki meets Karin Uzumaki, and the two spend time together. One night, before Ketsueki leaves Oto, he and Karin give in to each other and have sex, telling each other that they were in love. Ketsueki then asks Mizuto if he can defect from all Akatsuki affairs temporarily so he can live with Karin, and Mizuto graciously gave permission. The two lived at a house in the Land of Fire, spending time by going on dates. Unfortunately, Shin's son interrupted them, sending various shinobi to kill Ketsueki. Telling Karin of his past with Shin, Ketsueki heads off to keep the attackers away, killing them off. Karin is kidnapped by Shin anyway, but they reunite and kill him. A few weeks later, Karin tells Ketsueki that she is pregnant. Ecstatic that they're already rebuilding the Kuraiya clan, Ketsueki tearfully kisses and hugs her tightly. Five months later, Kazuhiko Kuraiya is born. As a young child, Kazu is very mischievous and energetic, but he inherits both of his parents' abilities; his mother's Adamantine Sealing Chains and his father's Reddokarīngu, to make Bloody Chains. Ketsueki stays with Karin, raising Kazuhiko together, before the two parents engage and marry. They have a second child seven years later. This time, they have a daughter, named Kaori Kuraiya. Unfortunately, shortly after Kaori's birth, Ketsueki abandons his family, leaving his son and wife to hate him. Karin divorces Ketsueki afterwards.
Even though he was now entirely solo, many of Ketsueki's sources from around the world informed him of a growing threat to their world: the Hidden Dark Nation, led by the notorious Gyatsō Mataba. Ketsueki takes action immediately and tracks down one of Osore's members, Zuko Taisega, in a forest near the Hidden Leaf. Ketsueki wins their short battle and retrieves Itachi Uchiha, whom Zuko had defeated earlier for Gyatsō. When Itachi awakes, Ketsueki tells him what they were facing and if he wanted to form an alliance to halt Mataba's Immortal Eyes Project. Itachi accepted. Immediately after, Gyatsō reveals himself and launches the two shinobi away with an Almighty Push. The entire Osore also reveals themselves and attacks. Ketsueki dismally abandons Itachi after being outnumbered by the powerful Osore members. Soon after, the redhead gathers a large amount of rogue shinobi and asks them to send aid to the crumbling Hidden Leaf. They accept and rush to the Leaf as the Ketsueki Unit. Ketsueki appears in the village to save Akazo from Gyatsō and battles him with Red's power. He gains the upper hand, but Gyatsō eventually unleashes his secret Light Style to send each of his opposers into a state of unconsciousness. Ketsueki, as well as all of the other Leaf shinobi, are apprehended and jailed.
In Konoha's prison, the Hidden Dark and Sound announce Gyatsō's decision to have half of the prisoners killed in an elaborate game in which two random prisoners would face each other to the death. To save Akazo against a deadly Sasuke Uchiha, Ketsueki unleashes Red's power again and escapes the prison, hundreds of guards after them. With his cunning, he's able to lose them and quickly appears before his daughter Kaori. He sees that all is lost and urges his daughter to tell her brother and mother that he has been killed in combat. He then disappears to an unknown place for more than ten years, managing to leave the world convinced that he indeed died. Figuring that the Hidden Dark has been defeated during this idle time period, he hesitantly leaves his hideout only to realise the entire world has been taken control of by Gyatsō and his Hidden Dark.
° O.O.C Comments/Additional Information:
The time between Mitsuru and Ketsueki meeting is after Ketsueki meets Shin Uchiha, but before Mizuto kills Shin. So, that period of seven years in between is when Ketsueki and Mitsuru trained and lived together.
This version of Ketsueki is Pre-X, or, the version before he secludes himself from the world after his fight with Mitsuru. He didn't actually die in the fight.
The full story for Ketsueki: "Pre-X" is complete. The story for Ketsueki: "X" is not.