A (Second Raikage)

A is a minor posthumous character in Naruto. He is the Second Raikage, making him leader of the Hidden Cloud Village, and is the inheritor of the legacy name A. He was succeeded by the Third Raikage, who inherited his name, although it is unclear how they were related to each other. 
==History==
Not much is known about the history of the Second Raikage. He was a bodyguard of the First Raikage who attended the first ever Five Kage Summit, which was convened to make sure the power of the Tailed Beasts was distributed evenly among the nations. He later became the Second Raikage. His rule was marked by friendly relations with Konohagakure, unlike that of other Raikage. However, during a ceremony, he and the Second Hokage were attacked by the Gold and Silver Brothers, who were attempting a coup. The Hokage barely escaped with his life, but what happened to A is undescribed. 
Several years following his death, A was revived by Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki alongside the other deceased Kage in order to help him perform a summoning technique to bring Team 7, the Tailed Beasts, and Madara Uchiha back from Kaguya's Dimension, after the reincarnations of Asura and Indra Naruto and Sasuke saved the world from Kaguya. After imparting final words to Naruto and Sasuke, Hagoromo sends A and the rest of the Kage back to the afterlife. 
==Abilities==
The abilities of the Second Raikage are left purely up to speculation, but as he was appointed as the personal bodyguard of the First Raikage before becoming Raikage himself, it is implied that he was strong. However, he was not as strong as his successor, who is considered to be the strongest shinobi Kumogakure has ever produced. The fourth databook sheds some light on his abilities, saying that he was well-versed in politics. He presumably used his skill in negotiations to create peace with the Hidden Leaf and possibly other villages as well, as Kumogakure thrived under his rule. 
==Gallery==
File:Second Raikage DB.jpg|Second Raikage in the fourth databook
File:First Gokage summit.png|The first Five Kage Summit. He can be seen standing behind the First Raikage, in the far left.
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