Aoi Rokushō

Aoi Rokushō ( 緑青アオイ , Rokushō Aoi ) was a jōnin from Amegakure , and a missing-nin from Konohagakure .

## Background [ ]

A former instructor in Konoha, he tricked Idate Morino , his former pupil, to steal the legendary lightning chakra sword called the " Sword of the Thunder God ", which had once belonged to Tobirama Senju , the Second Hokage , along with a secret scroll of how to use the sword at full potential. Idate was tricked into believing that this would grant him advancement to chūnin . Once the sword was in Aoi's hands, he fled the country with Idate, who was ashamed of his actions, and they went to Amegakure . When Ibiki Morino and two Anbu members caught up with them, Aoi had the Anbu quickly killed, and Ibiki ended up being captured by the Ame ninja, where Aoi then tortured him to read the scroll. Idate escaped under Ibiki's advice. As Aoi attacked Ibiki, the latter escaped as well. Aoi then later managed to become a jōnin of Amegakure.

## Personality [ ]

Originally Aoi appeared to be a kind-hearted and patient man with an earnest desire to help others. When Ibate was saddened at failing the Chūnin Exams , he was the first to console the young genin. However, this was all a facade. In reality, Aoi is a shameless man with no loyalty to anyone but himself. Very opportunistic, he has no problem betraying his village and manipulating others to get what he wants. These traits have also led him to be very arrogant and overconfident in his abilities. Between his status in Amegakure and wielding of the Second Hokage's legendary sword, he believed himself to be invincible, getting very reckless in battle and likewise over-reliant on the sword.

## Abilities [ ]

While being recognised as a jōnin in Amegakure , Aoi's overall skill as such was dubious at best as his promotion to it was mainly due to selling secrets to Amegakure, having originally been only a chūnin in Konohagakure. Even with a powerful sword developed by the Second Hokage, he ended up defeated at the combined efforts of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha , two genin -level shinobi.

### Bukijutsu [ ]

Aoi's signature technique was the Senbon Shower , a technique which allows the user to rain down senbon on their opponents through the use of hidden mechanisms concealed within umbrellas. He combined the technique with poisoned senbon, giving his opponents a slow and painful death, along with the damage done by the senbon themselves. Along with using his senbon with his umbrella, he also uses them as a regular ninja tool; not incorporating it with ninjutsu in order to preserve chakra . The bare poisoned senbon gives him an advantage, as the senbon's poison paralyses his opponents. He’s also able to generate water waves capable of immobilising his opponents for a short time with his umbrella.

The Sword of the Thunder God , Tobirama Senju 's former weapon, was also at Aoi's disposal. This sword was stolen by Idate Morino, who was tricked into giving it to Aoi. The sword has the ability to manipulate lightning, and was able to hold back the effects of a Chidori as it can cut through Chakra as if it were water. Aoi can electrify and paralyse his opponents with this sword, and make trails in front of him, to shield him from frontal attacks. Every time it is moved, it makes light sabre-like noises. The sword, however, has a weak-point, as the blade can be cracked with repeated use in battle, and soon shattered.

## Part I [ ]

### Land of Tea Escort Mission [ ]

Aoi and Team Oboro were hired by Kyūroku Wagarashi of the Wagarashi Family to prevent Idate from winning the Todoroki Shrine race, and to make sure that Fukusuke Hikyakuya won the race. If Idate had lost, Jirōchō Wasabi and the Wasabi family wouldn't have controlled the Land of Tea any longer. Aoi ambushed messengers going to Konoha with a letter requesting help, easily defeating them. Despite this, the messengers managed to take the letter to Konoha.

Team Oboro then met up with Aoi, asking for instructions. He ordered them to follow Idate, while Aoi went to Fukusuke. Later, Aoi and Fukusuke were on a ship, observing Idate run away . Aoi claimed that he has always been like that, surprising Fukusuke about Aoi knowing Idate. Soon, after Team Oboro destroyed Idate's ship, Idate was told to swim away from it. As soon as Idate got to a rocky island, Aoi walked up to him, surprising Idate about Aoi's appearance.

Aoi then injured Idate's arm. He then threw his umbrella up, stabbing Idate with many poisoned senbon. Eventually, Naruto Uzumaki , Sakura Haruno , and Sasuke Uchiha finally arrived to Idate's rescue. Aoi arrogantly claimed that no matter how many genin were teamed up against a jōnin, the odds of the jōnin wining won't change. He then dodged many frontal attacks coming from Naruto and Sasuke, jumped up in the air, and used his Senbon Shower technique on Team 7, although they managed to survive.

Later in the race, Fukusuke told Aoi not to botch up the mission. Aoi grabbed Fukusuke telling him that if he threatens him again, he will break him. Before Idate can catch up to Fukusuke, Aoi ended up ambushing Idate with the Sword of the Thunder God and cut one of the ropes to the bridge. Aoi fought Naruto and Sasuke again. Idate tried to help, but kept on getting electrified by Aoi. Aoi also cut two more ropes on the bridge, making crossing almost impossible. Sasuke used Chidori to make a crack on the sword, before being electrified, and nearly killed by Aoi, as he was thrown head-first down a cliff. Sasuke was saved by Sakura. Naruto then fought Aoi, and eventually defeated him with the Rasengan ; by aiming at the crack on the sword, Naruto was able to break it. Once the Rasengan hit Aoi, it sent him flying off the cliff where he fell headfirst into the water. Seeing as he said that a fall from that height was fatal, Aoi is presumed to have died from the fall.

## In Other Media [ ]

### Video Games [ ]

While not playable, Aoi is a boss in Naruto: The Broken Bond .

## Trivia [ ]

- Aoi ( 青い ) means blue , and Rokushō ( 緑青 ) means copper rust .
- Aoi's history mirrors much of Mizuki 's: Both were Konoha Academy instructors who betrayed the village and manipulated a student to get an important Konoha artifact for personal gain.
- Despite being an anime-only character, Aoi's impact on deriding Sasuke Uchiha served as added incentive for the latter to defect from Konoha, though Sasuke's losses against Gaara and Itachi as well as Naruto's accelerated improvement were already enough in the manga. Likewise, in the anime, he is responsible for the large scar across Ibiki Morino 's face.

## References [ ]