Kyōya Kaguya

Background
Early Life

Kyōya Shirogane, born under the name Seno Shirogane, was the youngest son of parents Ishidate Shirogane of the Shirogane Clan and Kajura Kurama of the Kurama Clan in the village of Konohagakure. Even as a child, Seno displayed unusually high levels of intelligence, even if he lacked the motivation to apply it properly during his studies. Being the son of two prominent Jonin level parents and the youngest brother of three, the deck was already stacked against the boy from the get go to surpass his siblings and parents. Entering the Academy at age five, Seno excelled in nearly all his classes, performing especially well in Genjutsu, in which he received special training from his mother due to their clan's special prowess in the ninja art. Graduating the Academy at the age of six, Seno found himself rising in the shinobi world, becoming a Genin assigned to his father, Ishidate's team.

A year into Seno's shinobi life, Team Ishidate was sent on what was supposed to be a slightly more difficult C-Rank mission to stop a bandit ring that had made base on the main road leading out of Konohagakure, preying on defenseless travelers. Posing as a traveling caravan, Team Ishidate set out on their mission, only to discover it was more difficult then what was originally thought. Amongst the bandit population were Missing-Nin who had joined the ring to reap the benefits of profit. Realizing this, Ishidate ordered Seno and his teammates to flee, realizing that this mission was much more dangerous then his seven year old son and his teammates were trained for. However, escape simply wasn't an option. Try as Seno and his father did to survive, the bandit and missing nin team were too much to handle, and Ishidate was killed in the fight, along with both of Seno's teammates. Seno would have been killed too, yet in the light of his father being killed, and the intense fear that he was next, Seno's limits burst and he ended trapping the entire party in a nightmarish Genjutsu of his own creation, in which the boy then proceeded to slaughter the entire party. After this, the boy passed out.

The Traveling Caravan



The next thing the boy knew, he woke up in a tent, in fresh clothes and a wet towel laying on his forehead. Standing before him was a kindly looking old man by the name of Hikaru. Upon asking where he was, Hikaru revealed to him that they were somewhere in the deserts of the Land of Wind. Hikaru, who was the chief of a nomadic group of travelers who roamed the shinobi world, found the child upon their return to the Land of Wind from the Land of Fire, and took Seno with them to heal the boy. Seno, who at the time maintained little to no memory of who he was or where he came from, became fond of Hikaru, and Hikaru became fond of Seno in turn. Seno joined the traveling as the chief's adoptive son, resuming his ninja training under him. It was Hikaru who first taught him the Puppet Technique in the deserts of the Land of Wind, teaching him how to control and how to construct puppets. This training would be the basis for what would later become Kyoya's staple fighting style. Seno never officially took the Chūnin Exam to become a Chūnin, yet by the time he reached the age of nine, he had amassed the skill and intellect necessary to qualify as such by most village standards, even if he wasn't a shinobi for any village during this time. It was also during this time he discovered his ability to use Crystal Release, experimenting with crystallization for the first time.

By the time Seno reached the age of 14, he was considered one of the strongest nomadic warriors within the travelling caravan, becoming one of the best puppet users in the tribe, and furthering his skill Crystal Release to be able incorporate crystallization techniques into his own puppet techniques. The young boy was practically a prodigy by the nomadic standards. However, it was also during this time that Kyoya truly began to suffer the 'Curse of the Kurama' as he liked to call it. Even without his clan's Kekkei Genkai, his ability to create such vivid, and nightmarish illusions scared him, and began to cause him a degree of paranoia. In Essentially, he was afraid of crossing the line between reality and fantasy and losing himself to his own illusions, a fear that he holds even today, and serves as the basis for his inner demons.

Enter the Land of Snow

Seno was seventeen when he finally left the nomadic tribe to rejoin the shinobi world, after his adoptive father, Hikaru's passing. By this point, Seno had become amazingly adept in his clan's Kekkai Genkai, as well as his puppetry. Due to this, when Seno immigrated to Yukigakure and joined their shinobi forces, he found himself climbing the ranks with relative ease, become an ANBU Captain of the shinobi village by the age of eighteen. During his three years with Yukigakure, Seno served as one of Jonii Moonfeather's, the Nidaime Yukikage, closest aides within the village ANBU, performing hundreds of missions in service of the village. It was also during this time that Seno gained the moniker, "The Chameleon Sage" because of his tendency to summon Chameleons to fight alongside him during certain fights

When Seno was twenty one years old, he was sent on a diplomatic mission to Kusagakure along with another ANBU by the Sandaime Yukikage, to offer support in rebuilding the village after it was attacked by terrorists. What was supposed to be a peaceful mission to the friendly allied village of Kusagakure ended horrifically for the young shinobi. En route, he was attacked by a team of rogue shinobi, and try as he might to escape, he was unable to defeat the team and was "killed". However, Seno's story didn't truly end here. To the world, Seno Shirogane is dead. Yet in reality, he is very much alive. Having cut himself off from his troubled past, he traveled the shinobi world for years, working freelance as an assassin for hire, and maintaining as little contact with people as possible. Yet recently, the man known as 'Kyōya Shirogane' has resurfaced back into the public life, returning to the Land of Wind and taking refuge with the shinobi village of Sunagakure, serving as a Jōnin of the village, deciding to make a name of himself again and to rebuild his shattered life. During his travels with Sunagakure, he met a mysterious armored man by the name of Honsu, who Kyōya later identified as an elite shinobi from Yukigakure no Sato. The two quickly became well acquainted, in which Honsu offered the blue haired male a chance to return to Yukigakure and serve once again as a shinobi for the village, as one of their Hyozan. After the extensive testing process, Kyōya has since returned to Yukigakure to serve as one of their protectors, under the command of the Sandaime Yukikage

Personality
Not much is known about Seno prior to his disappearance, yet Kyōya can be described as an odd man, a loner of sorts. Most have described him to be a likable person with a likable personality, yet off-putting at the same time. His quick wit has also resulted in him making sarcastic comments towards....mostly everything. In addition to such, his outward appearance and behavior can be described as overly messy and disorganized, and his attitude towards most things seems to be generally carefree and nonchalant. However, there is another aspect to him. Kyōya seems to be an overly cautious man, never one to rush full on into any situation without having a full analysis of the situation, his opponent's skills and how likely he is to survive in a certain scenario. It should also be noted that Kyōya is quite the knowledge seeker, taking a particular interest in foreign culture and the customs and practices of other village. He also has a creative streak, showing an unexpected talent for painting and sculpting, however such is a talent that he rarely shows in public, for he prefers to keep his work private. He also has several bad habits, making a habit of smoking cigarettes as well as smoking a relatively less intense variant of his hallucinogen, "just to see what it's like".

Appearance


Standing at a height of five foot ten inches, Kyōya Shirogane is an exceptionally tall gentleman with a slim athletic build. He possesses piercing deep purple eyes that serve to complement his long, disheveled green hair. Kyōya's complexion can be described as fair with a hint of tan to give himself a slightly less pale appearance. Kyōya is a relatively simple man and as such, tends to dress a bit more on the simple side. Kyōya usually wears his hair in a long ponytail, extending all the way down his lower back. His attire typically consists of a loose fitting dark blue martial arts uniform with golden lining which extends to go all the way down to his feet, covering his black pants underneath and the white boots he typically wears with the rest of the outfit. Kyōya can also be seen with a single pierced earring located on his right earlobe.

One thing to notice is that Kyōya, due to being a Human Puppet, has no definite appearance. He could easily create a puppet body in the image of his human body, and he could just as easily create a puppet body with an appearance completely different from his previous human body. As of right now, Kyōya takes an appearance of a pale, tall man with disheveled, shaggy blue hair, piercing golden eyes, and two red fang shaped tattoos located underneath his eyes. His attire consists of black shinobi sandals that extend up to calf level, and black pants with a light blue string tied around his right thigh. After that, his upper body attire consists of a black robe with white fur trimming over a blue turtleneck shirt along with two decorative necklaces. He also wears fingerless black gloves and carries his sword across his back. The blue haired male could also be seen with the traditional Hyozan cloak, which is an ice blue cloak with soft sky blue lining, with the Yukigakure snowflake symbol emblazoned on the back. On the right breast of the cloak marks the number two in roman numerals, marking his ranking within the Hyozan. The man rarely wears his Yukigakure headband in any place visible on his person, keeping it within his robes instead, while keeping the Hyozan headband present on his puppet armor

Abilities
Puppet Technique

The key to Kyōya's fighting style is centered around his mastery control over puppets. Having learned the art at a young age when he was a shinobi in Sunagakure. His versatility as a puppet master gives him the capability to control up to ten puppets at once, one string per finger and also gives him much more control over his specially crafted puppets, the lag time between his commands and the puppet's response have reached a point of little difference. Due to his prowess as a puppet master, Kyōya excels in the art of long range combat and usage of Bukijutsu, as each of his puppets possess their own unique array of weapons and traps.

In addition to just controlling puppets, Kyōya has achieved extreme success in the controlling of people and corpses, able to seize control of one's body using the chakra threads if the target is willing or weakened enough to relinquish control to him. This serves as a last resort in the rare case that all of his pre-prepared puppets are deemed unusable.



The puppet known as 'Shiroyasha' is the newest of Kyōya's collection of deadly weapons, and meant to replace the previous model: 'Sosen'. Like the previous model, Shiroyasha is meant to be extremely versatile in nature, equally balanced between offensive function, defensive function, and supplementary function. It also serves as Kyōya's puppet armor when out in field missions. The puppet is built in a way that allows for Kyōya to fit inside and control the puppet from the inside, providing a deadly yet protective shell to conceal himself in. When out of battle, Shiroyasha is draped in a dark black overcoat with purple lining which covers most of his body, black shinobi pants with tightly wound shinobi sandals. Wrapped tightly around Shiroyasha's waist is the Yukigakure Hyozan's headband, a purple headband with the Kanji symbol of '冷凍壁' engraved onto the stainless steel. Shiroyasha usually prefers to draw up the hood of the overcoat over his head so as to conceal his identity as a puppet, and also likes to conceal his hands by wearing dark black gloves. The most prominent feature of his combat attire is his bone white mask which is never removed from his person. When behind the protection of Shiroyasha, Kyoya's voice becomes much gruffer and deeper, further concealing his identity. When in battle, 'Shiroyasha' discards the overcoat, and hunches over, taking on a seemingly permanent bent over look. On Shiroyasha's back is a rack with several scrolls connected to it, which represent the different weapons/tools Shiroyasha can switch between dependent on the situation. Stemming from his back is a long, sharp metal tail that resembles a devil/demon tail, which can extend to great distances to skewer opponents. Shiroyasha can also extend and retract long, metal claws/talons at will, the likes of which are able to cut through even solid rock with relative ease.

Human Puppetry

A recent development in Kyōya's arsenal of skills. Kyōya has recently begun experimentation with the dark side of medicine, essentially working to surgically transfer a human's organs and chakra into that of a puppet. As of right now, it is unknown as to how far Kyōya's prowess in this newly found skill is, but it can be assumed that the practice is still in it's early stages, as Kyōya has not brought forth any human puppets of his own creation.

Nature Transformation

Even from early childhood, Kyōya had developed an extreme interest in his primary nature, Earth Release. Throughout most of his teenage and adult life, Kyōya worked diligently to perfect this ninja art, finally reaching mastery over Earth Release. This effectively allows Kyōya to hide himself and his puppets underground, and be able to transport them across long distances in a short period of time. In addition to Earth Release, Kyōya later discovered his affinities for Wind Release and Lightning Release, in which he honed in order to be very well versed in their respective natures.

Chakra Reserves, Chakra Control and Medical Ninjutsu

Having learned Medical Ninjutsu during his time with the nomadic group from his adoptive father, Hikaru, Kyōya has grown into an extremely capable Medical Nin. He has great knowledge of the human body, and how to shut down body functions with as few blows as possible. However, Kyōya 's true talent in the art is shown through what he calls "Dark Medical Ninjutsu". This is, the creation and application of poisons, attacking and manipulating body functions and pathways and other equally gruesome ways of dispatching an opponent. The greatest testament of his skill being his creation of the Nexus Poison. Kyōya is also known to have immense chakra reserves, which were only honed by his extremely precise chakra control, honed from years of acting as an emergency medic during his early years in the ANBU. Kyo's chakra control allows him to use only the minimum amount of chakra to use techniques to their full potency.

Genjutsu

Being a member of the Kurama Clan, Kyōya was born destined to be an excellent user of Genjutsu. Even in the Academy, Kyōya expressed a great deal of skill in Genjutsu, being able to create high level illusions with relative ease. As a child, Kyōya also sported a wild imagination and often imagined fake scenarios in his head, some of which would come into play whenever he used Genjutsu, creating fantastical sceneries and illusions that would normally be only possible to those of much more experience in the ninja art. Even without inheriting the Kurama Clan's Kekkei Genkai, Kyōya still possessed near prodigal skill in the ninja art. However, due to his frequent use of illusions, Kyōya has a fear of the unknown, for he knows that he himself has spent years devising ways to torture his opponents through Genjutsu, and the types of realms and personal hells he can put others through. In addition, Kyōya fears the day where he may accidentally blur the lines between reality and illusion, and begin to lose his grip on reality.

Crystal Release

Kyōya possesses the kekkei genkai Crystal Release, which allows him to convert any matter into crystal, from physical material to moisture in the air, allowing him to turn anything into a weapon. Kyoya possesses great prowess with his Kekkei Genkai, allowing him to crystallize opponents down to the cellular level, imprisoning nearly anything that he wishes within it's crystalline confines.

Nexus Toxin/Smoke Ninjutsu

A rare poison created by Kyōya Shirogane, the likes of which is applied to all of his weapons, and his puppet's hidden weapons. Meant to serve more as a hallucinogen then anything else, the Nexus poison is a nonlethal drug meant to dull the senses and cause the victim to experience wild and vivid hallucinations, the likes of which only become more realistic and nightmarish the longer the drug courses through the person's system. The drug is relatively fast acting, coming into focus in only a few minutes after entering the bloodstream, and gradually getting worse as time goes on. Kyōya has been known to use this poison in conjunction with Smoke Ninjutsu in order to manipulate the gaseous form of the toxin so as to more effectively spread the toxin.

Summoning Technique

The only testament to Kyōya's former identity is his summoning animal: Chameleons. Derived from his previous title," The Chameleon Sage", Kyōya has established a close relationship with the resourceful reptiles, and has been known to utilize their services on several occasions.

The Final Five
The Final Five came into formation after Kyōya's spar with his master, Phantasos, in which Kyōya noticed several design flaws in his previous collection, one of the main being specific specialization amongst his puppets, meaning each puppet had a focused task, and were meant to cooperate in order to truly reach it's full potential. After realizing the strain this may put on a puppet master, Kyōya took to constructing puppets after Kohaku, his favorite puppet of the previous collection. These puppets were created with balance in mind, in order to ultimately adapt to as many situations as possible, and to ultimately rip victory from the hands of his opponents.

Kazehana

Modeled to be Kyōya's heavy offensive puppet, Kazehana is a humanoid puppet with long, shaggy blond hair that covers one of the puppet's eyes. Kazehana is usually draped in a long, ragged red robe which plays along with the whole "Pyro" theme that is the basis of the puppet's abilities. As made obvious by its' appearance and its' title as "The Pyromaniac", Kazehana's main attack method involves fire and explosives, usually meant to cause large amounts of damage in a short period of time, and to physically alter the landscape to fit Kyōya's preferences. The puppet has two hands, which holds hidden pipes that are capable of acting as flamethrowers, shooting large, concentrated blasts of fire that are easily capable of melting rock. The puppet also has extra appendages, in the form of two "limbs" that protrude from the puppet's back. These limbs take the appearance of arms without hands, instead ending in flamethrower pipes, which are also capable of shooting concentrated blasts of fire at their opponent. A recent addition to Kazehana's arsenal is the installation of a Water Cannon, which is essentially a large pipe installed in the puppet's mouth that allows Kazehana to shoot large volumes of pressurized water from its' mouth. This is mainly used to extinguish his own flames and the flames of others, and can also be used to induce thermal shock upon objects, if he uses his flames and water within regular intervals at the same target.

Kagaitaifu



Kyōya created Kagaitaifu (悪台風; Literally meaning "Evil Typhoon") with the intent of him being portrayed as a demonic freak of nature, who's small size is accounted for with its' deadliness in combat. The smallest puppet in the collection, Kagaitaifu takes the appearance of a gnarled, demonic puppet with pointed feet (no visible toes, the feet itself are modeled closer to a high heeled shoe), dark baggy pants, and ragged dark upper shirt, revealing the puppet's bare arms, the right arm ending in a razor sharp drill rather than a hand, while the left one sports gnarled, long fingers. The most frightening aspect of Kagaitaifu is it's face. Being devoid of an actual mouth, Kagaitaifu has half of a face, mirrored over each other, stopped at the middle by a Suna forehead protector that has been built into the puppet. It also has a cloak drawn over it's head, so as to conceal some of it's features.

Hayattori

Hayattori is the strangest of Kyōya's creations while following the Final Five project. The puppet known as Hayattori seems to be a mix of human and hawk, due to the added appendages. Hayattori is a humanoid puppet, who's head seems to be permanently lowered, never showing any facial features. Hayattori's shaggy hair also helps in covering the puppet's face, ensuring that the puppet will never show it's facial features. The puppet itself is garbed in what seems to be a brown fur pelt of some kind, but that is the only type of clothing it has on. Sporting four arms, Hayattori also seems to have four blade like appendages protruding from it's back, each extension sprouting four large blades, which are easily capable of rotation. The blades in themselves are kept wicked sharp and made of a reinforced metal which is considered very difficult to break, and allows chakra to flow through easily, in order to guarantee it's lethality. Hayattori also seems to possess bird-like talons for feet, further following the hawk-like trend of this puppet.

Oni



The largest of Kyōya's collection, Oni is a large, humanlike puppet with silver hair, a suit and tie like outfit with black gloves over his hands that end in razor sharp claws. Oni's face is depicted that of a smiling white mask, the eyeslits closed with two green streaks running down from the eyes, depicting tears. In addition, there were two painted on red circles on either side of his face, depicting a deep blush brought about by his dimpled smile, overall giving the puppet a demonic feel to it. Attached to Oni's back are two, gigantic dual swords which is hard enough and sharp enough to cut through tough rock with relative ease, let alone bone and flesh. The hilts of the blades are both fastened by chains which run along the arms of the puppet, allowing Oni to treat the blades as projectiles as well without risk of losing it, for he can simply reign the blades back in. The puppet also displays extreme agility, speed and flexibility in conjunction with monstrous strength, making the puppet armor highly versatile in any situation. This puppet is often draped in a cloak of pure crystal formations, which allows Kyoya easy use of his Crystal Release when using this puppet.

Himself



The final and strongest puppet in Kyōya's arsenal is himself. After undergoing and strenuous and time consuming surgical procedure, Kyōya's master, Phantasos assisted the blue haired male into turning himself into a human puppet. This essentially makes Kyōya practically immortal. Having placed all of his organs in his 'Core of Living Flesh' (生身の核, Namami no Kaku), Kyōya benefits from having an eternally youthful body in which he is practically unkillable unless the core is destroyed. Kyōya has since forfeited his real body, and his body is actually that of a puppet, with an opening that houses his core, which is titled 'Puppet' (傀儡, Kugutsu). As he is a puppet, Kyōya does not have to eat, sleep, or drink necessarily, as his core is fed by his chakra. As such, he does not feel any pain (as he has no nervous system), nor can he be affected by poison (for the same reason). His puppet body is also crafted from a reinforced material that makes the body hard to destroy, yet is also built in a way to absorb impact. The joints themselves are fastened together by chakra, and when hit with enough force, the joints will separate, essentially causing Kyōya to fall apart instead of straight up splintering and breaking. Granted that the core was not damaged/destroyed, the puppet body will merely piece itself back together and resume the fight. Only by destroying the core can one truly kill Kyōya Shirogane at this point. The puppet body itself has a wide array of weaponry and a higher level of versatility then any other puppet body Kyōya has ever crafted. In place of his intestines was a thick cable coiled around a pole, allowing him to use it as a stinger and retract it if necessary. Attached to his back was a scroll holder, containing four scrolls that store extra armament that the man can utilize. The first scroll allows Kyōya to summon pipes from his hands that allow him to shoot out powerful jets of intense flame. This effect can be mimicked with the second scroll, which allows Kyōya to shoot out powerful jets of water from his hands as well. This effect could also be mimicked with the third scroll, which allows Kyōya to do the same thing but shooting out his Nexus Toxin in powerful streams of noxious gas. As of currently, the fourth scroll is blank. Another prominent feature of Kyōya 's puppet body are his Puppet Tendrils. Four long tendril-like blades with arrowhead points that protrude from a fixture on his back (built to fit around the scroll holder like a protective casing). These tendrils can extend and retract at will, shooting forth and covering long distances in only a short amount of time. They're also extremely flexible, capable of bending and wrapping around objects at Kyōya's whim, as they are remotely controlled by his chakra.

This is only a mere portion of the hidden weapons Kyōya keeps within his body when using 'Himself'. Typically, the man keeps his body hidden from view with his clothes, typically not using any portion of himself until he is given no other option. This mentality is the reason why Kyōya named his collection the 'Final Five' for he is the 'Final Opponent' any adversary of his has to face.