Yanagi Clan

[tenchu]

Clan Name: Yanagi
Country Of Origin: Arashi no Kuni
Village of Origin: Kaijingakure Shipugakure
Kekkei Genkai: Gods Fire [Kami Kaji]
Kekkei Genkai Description:
-The God's fire is a unique and refined form of the Katon element. Yet it may not be as powerful as the Scorch element claims to be, however they have never been tested against one another. The ability, in essence, is a pure form fire. Every katon based ability is stronger by one level. Of course and S-ranked technique cannot be a level stronger then an S-rank technique. Although it is rumored that S-Ranked techniques used with this KG can overcome regular katon S-ranked jutsu.

Not only is each katon justu used by this KG stronger by a level, but it is also a dazzling, Azure blue. The leader of this clan is said to be able to utilize an even more refined version of this know as the Katon Kami Konjou [Fire God's Spirit]. This is a Golden fire increasing all fire technique by 2 levels and allowing access to the strongest technique the clan has to offer.

The Final form of this Kekkai Genkai is the Furui Katon (Ancient Fire). This is a special form of fire, appearing a emerald green and is primarily useful for fuinjutsu. This fire actual eats normal and even the Kami Kenji's Azure fire. It can be used to charge fire techniques and when used against another fire technique it will in fact, lower the rank of the other technique by one. [This does not work on the Katon Kami Konjou's Golden Fire] When used to fuel fuuin techniques it increases their power by a rank as well.

-A physical enhancement is that the users of this clan are slightly fire resistant. Something about their blood and skin have a natural immunity to heat. They are resistant anything below a c-ranked fire attack and anything B ranked effects them as if it were as severe as a C ranked attack. A and S ranked techniques are unaffected.

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Clan History:
The Beginning
-There was a time when the Yanagi were the supreme authority on all things related to the Katon element. They strived in Kaijingakure, the Hidden Ash. Here things were good for the clan, they were used as they should be, to uphold and glorify fire and all that worshiped it's power. The clan was the most noble of all those within the village, held to such a high esteem for their use and mastery of fire, which the village was so well known for.

They are rumored to even be one of the key reasons the village was held in such a high regard in the first place. At least, in terms of the katon prowess. Loyalty the clan did as they were commanded, and the leader was revered and held to such a high esteem as the Kazankage himself. It is rumored this lead to their demise.

Removed From Power
-A Coup De Tat was attempted on the Kazankage's life. The assassins used extremely skilled Katon techniques. Based on the way they attacked, and level of knowledge they had on the village and the leader himself, everyone suspected the Yanagi. However it was a set up. The Current Kazankage in question of the time set it up to remove the clan. While they granted the village much power, the clan head, unknowingly challenged the power wielded,

Even though the clan was unconditionally loyal, the Kage couldn't take the chance the villagers ever seeing him, or electing him and the clan over himself. So he planned the fake Coup, and in the end gained permission, if not the villages conviction to hunt and sentence every last one of the clan members to death. Their name disgraced, the clan members hunted and killed by the village, they decided to run. Seeing no way to redeem themselves in the eyes of the Kage or the village, no one knowing that it was all faked and all of it was meant to get rid of the clan. In the end it succeeded.

A Revolt
-In a final attempt to survive the readier of the clan fled. Running for their lives. Only a small portion of the main family survived and was able to make it out of the village alive. They tried to save more but the village and the Kazankage were taking the extermination of the clan very seriously.

They fled and for years they tried to regrow but it was fruitless. Instead they ended up moving between small no name villages, staying alive and preforming small odd jobs to keep money. But trying to so shinobi work while not utilizing a part of yourself is not easy work. Once, they used it. The blue fire was hard to cover up and some word got out. But before assassins of the Hidden Ash could come forth another person found them. A messenger from the Hidden Hurricane.

New Home, Welcomed Guests
-He came in good tidings, and had an offer. He, like the remaining clan, knew the Ash would send people to eradicate them as soon as they caught wind that they lived. So the messenger purposed a way for them to live, a trial condition at first to see how they fit in. They could come, on behalf of the Arashikage, and be honored guests in the Hidden Hurricane Village. The thought at first was outrageous, they belonged in the Hidden Ash. But then an assassin came, and he held a very interesting set of knowledge. He failed to kill them, but once captured, he spilled some very sensitive information.

He told them of how the coup was a set up, how it was planned to allow for the eradication of the clan. Fury overcame them and the village they were hiding in was burned down in a brilliant blue flame and the remnants of the great Yanagi clan went to see the Arashikage. They were greeted with open arms and in the village they stayed as trial villagers, given their own section of the village even, out of respect.

A Welcomed Power
-They did not intend to make a permanent stay in the Hidden Hurricane, but it seems fate had other plans. They ended up, over the years, settling in. They still had much pride and as fire they were slightly hot-headed, but much less then they had been before. It seemed the Hurricane treated them much better, more so as they should have been treated and when the Kage requested they make their stay permanent, well they had already settled in and so it was.

In secret at first and over the years, so as to not arise any heated tempers with the Ash. But over time, the village fully accepted them and the clan even picked up on the swordsmanship of the Hurricane. There still existed the main branch, but somewhere along the way, in an effort to repopulate, a secondary branch was formed and the bloodline grew. Although some techniques were kept for the main branch the clan shared it's knowledge and sadly could not share much about the Ash. At this point a new leader had taken power and the village had changed drastically. The Ash they once knew was no more, as they themselves were probably forgotten by the village.

Although once they gained enough strength they made themselves known once more, now united and protected within the Hurricanes forces, and having regained some of it's lost power the Ash can no longer touch them as easily, and the clan holds a big grudge against the village.

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Clan Jutsu

• Name: Katon Kaze [Fire Wind]
  Element: Katon
  Type: Ninjutsu
  Rank: C
  Range 10 yards
  Description:
  -This is a defensive style jutsu mostly, used to deter powerful Taijutsu combatants. That's not to say it can't be used fro offensive. By pushing put their chakra, into the surrounding air the user can preform 2 hand signs to activate it. Around them for a maximum of 10 yards all around, fire will rip across the air around them spinning quickly clockwise.
  
  The fire can burn but that's normally a deterring factor. It's main goal is to keep people at bay, and the force of the fire as it spins can knock people back. This also ignites the land around the user on fire. Since the fire reaches from the ground up to nearly 6 feet high, it normally restrict view and thus it hinders the user. Can maintain this for 2 posts, but it drains another C level worth of chakra if held.
  
  
• Name: Katon Kami's Yari [Fire Gods Spear]
  Element: Katon
  Type: Ninjutsu
  Rank: C
  Range 20 yards
  Description:
  - Gathering chakra to the hands or hands, the user can preform 3 hand signs and then thrust one or both hands forward. This expels a spear like form of fire for up to 20 yards. The fire bolt itself is roughly 5 feet long, and moves at great speed. It can pierce thin stone or leave a nice hole and can burn completely through wood and lesser material.
  
  
• Name: Nenshou Genkotsou [Burning Fist]
  Element: Katon
  Type: Taijutsu
  Rank: A
  Range 5 Yards
  Description:
  -This is a combination jutsu, utilizing their bloodline abilities and a specialized fighting style of the clan. Gathering chakra throughout the body, and pushing it to the surface of their skin, they can then from a set of 4 hands signs and ignite their fists and arms to the elbow, and feet and legs up to the knee in flame. The user suffers tender skin on those areas but not severe burns due to the chakra burning instead of their skin.
  
  This increases the users speed by nearly a full level, and leaves a burning trail 2 seconds after they travel it. The hitting force is increased greatly, physically now strong enough to shatter stone. Physical punches also cause fire damage from burns. It is a powerful technique that even allows the user to punch towards the target and send fist sized balls of fire at them fro up to 5 yards before the fire balls dissipate.
  
  This technique can be used for 4 posts but after the user must give a cool down post, where they are unable to utilize jutsu. They must also refrain form punching things for their hands and legs are extremely tender and weak after being covered in the fire. It goes to show the more aggressive you are in the end, it only leaves you valuable.
  
  
• Name: Katon Kami's Will [Fire God's Will]
  Element: Katon
  Type: Ninjutsu
  Rank: A
  Range 40 yards
  Description:
  - A powerful technique used once the user gathers chakra in their center. Preforming a set of hand signs, 6, and ending punching their fists together and exhaling steam from their nose. Their eyes will be covered in crimson disks and a blue fire skeleton will seem to cover their body. They will even gain 4 or so flowing fire arms behind them.
  
  They can move but mostly for evasion, if their fists separate the jutsu ends. From their back they can control the fire arms that can reach up to 10 yards and are powerful enough to wrap around and hold things, even lift heavy boulders. These are mainly used in defense of the user however, who can still see behind their crimson eyes. The real purpose is that on the users back a blue sphere of fire grows as more chakra is fed into it.
  
  Once released, the fire ball erupts and up to 50 of the fire arms shoot out to a target but these are not arms but bolts able to reach up to 50 yards and hot and powerful enough to punch holes in metal and thick stone. The jutsu needs 1 post to charge, after being activated before the eruption can be caused. Thus making the protection of the user important during that time.
  
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• Name: Amatsu Funka [Heavenly Eruption]
  Element: Katon
  Type: Kinjutsu [Forbidden Technique]
  Rank: S
  Range 150 yards
  Description: What does the jutsu do?
  -Considered the supreme technique of the clan, after preforming a long set of 24 hand signs the user's eyes are covered by gold disks that do not hinder their vision. They also begin to glow a shade of gold as they begin to gather chakra. No hand sign must be held and gold flacks seem to flow off them.
  
  Soon a golden fiery skeleton appears floating just off of the users skin. The Users strength and speed are boosted (a full rank), but they are more concerned with gathering chakra. It takes 2 full posts, including the activating post, to charge this technique. The user can activate this jutsu on the 2 post, after activating the technique, they do this by thrusting both hands to the sky.
  
  A golden ball of fire begins to grow a few feet from their hands, golden flacks of fire flowing from them to the ball as it grows. It grows to a great size and is then taken in one hand, or it appears to float above one hand. They then maneuver the hand and the massive golden ball, similar to a small sun about the size of the worlds biggest ball of yarn, directly in front of them, the power radiating off is enough to cause a made, firmly planted in the ground, to slide back from the sheer force being expelled from the condensed power.
  
  In the users other hand they tape into another form or forbidden art of the clan, unknowingly, and purple flames envelope the hand and black veins run up their golden encased arm. With the violet flames then thrusted into the golden mini sun, the ball is streaked with black veins and then explodes. The user is seemingly protected from a fair portion of the blast, being so close and coated in the same chakra as the sun, but even they do not survive unscathed, if they survive at all. The explosion is a cascade of dire and pure golden chakra burning away anything within 30 yards of the explosion is simply reduced to ash, after that they suffer severe rolling fire at nearly as hot as is possible for it to become. The explosion ripples out for 150 yards total and then has a very hot shock wave going out another 3o yards with enough force to send a man flying back.
  
  The user of this technique often dies from their wounds and this is one of the reasons it is forbidden. The other reason is for the extreme destructive potential it has if one were to use it in a populated area. Even if the user were to somehow survive, at least on arm would be gone, and more then likely their body would suffer sever damage, ending any form of shinobi carrier and more then likely even with intensive medical care would result in bed rest for the remainder of their shortened life. It is rumored that one Lord of the clan survived and prospered once, but it is rumored and his whereabouts after where unknown ad he remains a myth.
  
  Reserved fro Clan Leader (Those that Have the Katon Kami Konjou)
  
  
• Name: Furui Hyoukai Chein [Ancient Melting Chains]
  Element: Katon
  Type: Fuuinjutsu
  Rank: B
  Range 20 yards
  Description:
  -A fuuinjustu technique developed by forming 8 hand signs and then somehow placing a hand on the target. When contact is made, without any feeling to the target a small symbol for fire will from on them where the touch was made. Then the user can form and hold a final hand sign and the jutsu is activated. They cannot use a ninjutsu move between forming the hand signs and activating the technique.
  
  Once active, the symbol on the target will burn bright green, and cause a bit of pain on the target, and the hands of the user will erupt in an emerald green. Then silver chains, ablaze with emerald fire will spring from surfaces around the target. Practically everywhere, the ground, walls, tree branches, even within the water, coming from all the way down from the floor of whatever body of water it is.
  
  The chains will latch onto the target, drawn by the mark and attempt to hold them. They are weak to suiton techniques and are not the strongest in the world but are good for holding someone with strength lower then B-ranked shinobi.
  
  This technique is best used for sealing large objects or semi large creatures in a pot or scroll. The stronger the creature is the harder it is to keep them sealed and the more the technique must be preformed. The chains wrap around the target and then glow, hiding the target form sight and when it explodes in a gust of wind a larger clay pot will be left , chains wrapped around it and when the jutsu is used to strengthen it, more chains are wrapped around it. But it's only meant to hold up to B ranked creatures and objects. People are to much for this tech to hold.
  
  
• Name: Chein Amatsu Katon [Chains of Heavenly Fire]
  Element: Katon
  Type: Fuuinjutsu
  Rank: A
  Range 30 Yards
  Description:
  -An advanced form of the Clans Fuuinjutsu. Similarly the user forms 18 hand signs. And then touches 3 sealing tags. The symbol for fire appears on all of them and then they must be place on there sides of the desired target. As soon as a single tag is placed on a living target they will know form a feeling of great pain. They tags immediately glow and burst into green fire and the users hands do as well. They must then preform 4 more hand signs, holding the last one to cause multiple chains to shot form the seal tags, silver and covered in emerald fire they will quickly wrap around the target.
  
  This is a powerful technique that requires blood from the user, he cuts his palms and then slaps them together, not to break them again until the sealing is complete. The chains will wrap the target, restricting movement and causing the beast great pain. They will then melt, the silver chains that is, covering the target in liquid silver and emerald fire until they are unseen. A burial in fire and melted metal.
  
  Then a huge cloud of smoke will erupt, leaving a large emerald pot, covered in black chains. This technique can then be used further by the user, creating 7 more hand signs. The hands will be convered in more fire, and then by touching the pot, the pot will glow and a silver light will replace the green fire. Thai can then be touched to a person. The symbol for fire will appear where they are touched, and the symbol below will appear on them, as a light explodes and chains shoot from the pot to the person. When the light and smoke clear the pot will be gone and the symbol will be on the person, glowing green as it cools.
  
  It's not an incredibly strong seal but it does hold the beast within, allowing it to speak into the users mind but holds it's chakra back, only weakening at the users digression. This is a weak point since the beast can speak openly to the person and the person can open the flood gates so to speak. The user can mentally will more chains around the caged beasts to cause it pain though if they so choose.

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[masa]

So, basically this clan can use a super-heated Katon, if you will. Along with a change in the color of the fire that the user is using. I want to know why you have chosen to make this a KG, though. I mean, you could have made this a clan, with special Hijutsu Katon, and said that the fire was hotter than regular chakra based fire. But, how does this work in their genetics? KG or genetic based abilities, and I can't see how something as simple as creating strong Katon and changing it's color a KG. I understand why other combination KG are a KG, though. It is because they have something within their blood, an innate ability to use a special release, that just happens to be created from two basic releases. But, you're basically saying you have a KG of a regular elemental release. I, myself, can't see it flying by here, at least as a KG. But, maybe other people feel differently about it. I haven't read over your jutsu or anything, I'm just mainly focused upon your KG, and it's abilities.

- MONBOKU

[Rock]

I'm not too keen on the whole "rank changing" abilities of your Fire, even if you do have a decently explained downside to it. The fact it downgrades regular fire jutsu (except A and S) by a level kind of bewilders me a bit. I mean I guess I get it. It's to kind of show how your "Katon" no jutsu is more powerful than regular. However, your regular katon jutsu also get a rank bonus (depending on which form youre using) when used in conjunction with your special flames. So basically you can buy a C-rank katon technique, for the price of a C-rank technique, yet itll be as powerful as a B-rank. Thats kind of loop holing the system (also with th ewhole "its rumored S-rank jutsu from this clan is more powerful than regular S-rank jutsu" turned me off a lot to this. I also don't really understand how these fire techniques can be used to power up sealing techniques. Maybe it's just the minor concussion speaking but you'd either need to elaborate a bit on that more or just take it out cause it's going over my head. In essence I"m pretty much just troubled with the whole "rank up" and "rank down" system of your fire jutsu. I get what you're trying to do but in my opinion, I wouldn't let that fly here.

Also with what Monboku said, I don't seen how this would be a KG itself. Hidan yes. But then again I don't understand how this clan itself only can use these special fire jutsu and no one else can't. Even as a Hidan there'd need to be some sort of ritual or seal placed on the members in order for them to use suc hspecial Fire. Excuse my typing, I feel really light headed right now an am trying hard not to black out. I assure you though I'd say the same shit if I were in perfect condition. I digress. You'd need to elaborate how only this clan can use the fire and no one else, whether it be by a seal or ritual (like sacrificing members to some demon or whatever you can think of) or something like that.

Lastly, as I'm making the Kazankage no ifs ands or buts, I would appreciate it if you took out the whole "current Kazankage" deal out your profile entirely. I know it kind of explains why your clan fled the village and I'm pretty sure you didn't know I was making the Kazankage, so I do give you the benefit of the doubt, but yeah, you'll have to stage this history about... At least 10 years before the current date or more in order for it to kind of work in your favour. I'm placing my guy as becoming Kazankage about 7 years ago (or a little less) so you'll have to work your history with the past Kazankage, or even before that.

[tenchu]

Well First I just want to apologize about involving your Character in a negative way. Sorry about that. What I was trying to do was give them a really solid reason to not be in the village and that seemed like a very good one although I thought all mention to the “current” kazankage was in reference to the one of that time. Meaning a previous one, not yourself. I can add that they’ve been established in Shipu for a few years now to help clarify that if need be.

-No problem at all fixing the A rank and S rank biz. That was a stretch for me to but I figured I’d try XD

-The deal with the sealing is just to give the clan a bit more prestige and to me all old things in naruto have some kind of Fuuin so I gave them one. Also it’s help if the bijuu were ever released giving the clan an actual way to capture one * win * *wink *

But I can remove them if absolutely nessicary. The element is just an affinity for the clan more or less the fuuin jutsu are more of a clan secret like the third type of fire.

-As for the clan being a KG or Hidan technique, heres my thoughts/ thought process on it. It’s a similar ability to the blaze release. (I do know blaze isn’t really acknowledged by the site) Blaze is derived from the Uchiha using the black flames. (I got the idea form that, the scorch release and recently finishing Stigma of the Wind XD ) Like the blaze release these people just have a natural enhanced affinity for the katon ability. Like the clan that utilized fire in Stigma, it’s in their blood.

As for explaining that to the point I think you are both asking is like explaining how people need a Kg or bloodline to use moktoun or scorch or even storm. Why can’t regular people learn to combine elements? Some people are just born into it. This is the case I’m hoping to convey here for the Yanagi Clan. I do try to persuade to the point that they are possibly one of the key reasons the land is known for such great use of fire and their abilities back that in full I think.

-As for the power levels bing higher at a certain rank and such, it’s mainly to show how pure this fire is in comparison to normal fire. It’s weakness with water I thought was a nice trade off. It’s a level lower regardless when faced with water, making a c v c attack a c v d. Where water would normally be expected to win the c v c anyway it now wins and then some. So basically when faced with water they have to work extra hard.

-Not sure if I covered everything, but I tried and I hope to keep talking about this ^^
(more importantly I hope I cleared some things up!)

Till next time!

[Rock]

Well to be honest, fire and sealing have nothing to do with each other. It is kind of original but eh, that's why we have Uzumaki, so I'd prefer you take it out.

Blaze Release can be considered a KG because it utilizes an already existing KG to create the release (Mangekyou Sharingan). Your clan however, as you said, just has a natural ability for Katon (the Uchiha do too actually. Katon runs through their blood as well), so you can't claim "Katon" techniques, even if they are more advanced than regular ones, as a KG. Hidan at best.

Actually as for the combination elements, based on the idiocracy I've been seeing in this manga the past year, I'm not surprised if regular people can learn combination elements. The whole KG thing, in my opinion, might just be certain people being blood descendants of the younger Sage's son. In other words, personally, I think anyone should be able to learn combination elements (except those with occular powers). Anyhow, like I said earlier, Katon (even "advanced" Katon as Mokubon and Ita liked to argue with me) can't be considered a bloodline limit, just a natural affinity for it.

I understand the whole ranking business with your jutsus and powers and what not, but I'm still against it. Water itself can overthrow fire regardless, it doesn't honestly need an extra rank boost. I mean sure, I could make a master water user an decimate everyone in your clan with C-rank jutsus but still, it's just beating the system in a sense, I don't approve of it.

[tenchu]

Just a little note, Taking out the ranking advantages and the fuuin for the clan, it makes it pointless. The only thing they have really after that is their S rank tech for the leader and a color change and if that’s the case then I’m wasting my time XD

-I would change it to Hidan but that means a bunch of going back and changing minor things and coming up with how they got it and the app is already long, having to go back through and even add more just sounds like to much work. I’d probably not . So If I can’t convince you to allow it then I’ll probably just bounce to be honest.

[Rock]

Welp, I'm not changing my mind. The first thing is cheap in a sense and the second thing just doesn't make sense to leave it the way it is. So, sayoonara~!