Usagi Clan

Usagi Clan	
Usagi Clan
	
Known Members	Izumora Usagi
Family Traits	Steel Release, Gogen, Senken
==Usagi==
The Usagi Clan
 (天狗一族, Usagi Ichizoku) is one of the great ancient families of 
Kumogakure and one of the villages founding clans. Each member born into
 the family have the potential to awaken the Tengu Transformation. As 
well as each member possessing the ability to utilize the metal release.
 In fact it was in the ancient times, that the Usagi were possibly the 
inspiration for projectile weaponry. The clan is nearly extinct due to 
the wars taking place throughout time, the only known remaining being 
Izumora Usagi. The Tengu Transformation was created by Sojobo, the elder
 king of the Usagi race, and was originally given to a pair of twins 
that were spawned by a green egg deep in the mountains. The two grew up 
as training partners as well as rivals, due to the lack of hidden 
villages the two lived in solitude without the knowledge of the outside 
world. Sojobo came down to the two brothers when they reached the 
beginning of adult hood. His words taught the two of an outside world 
but with that knowledge came his only request, to never venture to the 
outside world. Upon the eve of the Usagi king’s departure he bestowed 
the ability to transform in each brother. The eldest of the twins known 
as Jirobo followed the teachings of his “father” staying in the mountain
 that stretched above the clouds and continued his meditation. The 
second of the brothers, and younger of the two, was named Tarobo. His 
curiosity got the best of him and he was tempted to leave his homeland 
to see what the outside world had to offer. As Tarobo left the mountain a
 mystical barrier that shielded it from the outside worlds view 
deteriorated. The mountain, which stretched above the clouds, became 
visible by all being the tallest structure in the entire world. The 
younger of the two brothers was gone about one year after his departure.
 During the year of exposure to the outside world wars and pointless 
battles spread across the primitive ninja world. In this time of chaos a
 lone warrior, one who had trained in a similar fighting style to the 
Usagi, appeared to quell the fighting. In the peak of the conflict a 
monster bearing one eye and ten tails began wreaking havoc on the 
primitive world. The warriors of the time had no means to defeat such a 
foe that seemed to be generations ahead of their time in terms of power.
 The sage that possessed an eye known as Rinnegan fought the beast in 
many battles as he was the last chance and strongest fighter in the pre 
shinobi world. The younger of the two brothers soon returned to find his
 home in ruins. There was not even a speck of debris to speak of. 
Confused, Tarobo waited to see if his older brother would return. As 
night drew near the area grew cold. It was dark, and when Tarobo thought
 all hope was lost a giant sphere of light shone from beyond the clouds.
 He then knew where his mountain had gone, its fragments had been 
collected in the sky, but how he was unsure. That night the younger 
brother dreamed of trying to catch the sphere of rock in the sky. No 
matter how high he jumped he always fell back to earth. When he finally 
decided to quit the father of all Usagi came to him in the dream, 
telling him of the great battle between Rinnegan and Juubi. Tarobo awoke
 in a state of anger. It was ocular jutsu that destroyed his mountain 
and it was the power of a tailed demon which had surely killed his 
brother. With all of his fury the Usagi awakened his transformation, a 
transformation into the mythical Tengu, brought on by the luminescent 
light of his former home in the sky. Though during the transformation, 
hatred seems to consume with so much evil  that all Tarobo could see was
 hate. He dubbed this power Gogen, for it showed him the truth of the 
world. Humanity was weak and he would be the one to cast judgment with 
this horrid transformation into this "monster"  Tarobo left the Usagi 
mountain in search of the wielder of Rinnegan. His journey took him to 
the four corners of the earth and over the four great seas but he could 
not find such a man. One day he heard a story, a story of two who 
possessed great power. Intrigued by the story the brother set out to 
find the two men. It had been one hundred years since his home was 
destroyed and Tarobo hadn't aged a day. He only became stronger in his 
quest for vengeance. The Usagi came to the place where the men were said
 to reside. Tarobo came across an old man, cloaked in white, working in a
 field as he neared his destination. He told him of a sacred place, a 
place where no outsiders were allowed. Tarobo did not heed the elders 
warning and pushed on drawing nearer to the summit of the mountain. He 
reached the top, and indeed he found two young men training. The two 
were curious of Tarobo and introduced themselves as Ashura and Indra, 
the younger of the two being Ashura. When asking about the sage it was 
revealed that he was the mentor to the two warriors before him. In anger
 Tarobo lashed out attacking the two at once. The older of the two known
 as Indra hastily rushed in but found himself paralyzed with fear as the
 power of Gogen looked down upon him. Ashura was unaffected and he 
fought Tarobo until the mountain began to shake. Worn out, Ashura 
collapsed asking for Tarobo's forgiveness for it was not the two of them
 that had wronged him. The Usagi was blinded by hate and the power of 
Gogen compelled him to the take the lives of the two warriors but as he 
raised his blade to Ashura's neck another force similar to his own 
appeared pushing him back. Tarobo turned to see the old man he had 
spoken to earlier. Dropping his hood the elder revealed to have a power 
of his own, it was also a tengu transformation like Gogen, but pure, and
 resembled more of a peaceful presence, appearing as a human with Tengu like properties (wings and talons, along with the formation of a ceramic crow mask with an elongated beak. ) It was called Senken for it brought the elder into an enlightened
 state of being. Tarobo fought against the Senken but his own Gogen 
posed no contest to its mysterious power. When all hope was lost Tarobo 
stood strong, he could not understand how Gogen could lose to Senken, he
 had always thought power would defeat wisdom. Before the elder cast off
 Tarobo he revealed to him that even though he gained enlightenment, all
 other knowledge of his past life was gone including a sibling he once 
had. The elder weaved hand seals trapping Tarobo in a seal that would 
keep  the power of the Gogen at bay for one thousand years. The old man 
used his own name for the seal and promised that Senken would always 
look over Gogen in order to keep the balance of power. The elder used a 
magical paint brush to bestow the seal with his name, a name in which he
 wrote in kanji, Jirobo. The Usagi clan went through a good few 
generations before being able to call themselves a pure blooded clan. 
Though every Usagi clan member can retrace their heritage to either 
Jirobo and Tarobo it is said that Sojobo actually fathered the entire 
first generation himself after the tragedy caused by the two brothers. 
The Usagi clan formed together with other groups of superb strength in 
the area of present day Land of Lightning to form the earliest version 
of Kumogakure. A representative from each group got together and for 
seven days and sevens nights met on who they would appoint as the 
leader. After the meeting adjourned it was decided that the clan who 
shared the characteristics of dark skin and hair would appoint their 
strongest ninja as the village leader. The Usagi clan, much like the 
other groups, were assigned a section of their newly formed territory to
 call home. The combination of each families domain was called 
Kumogakure. The Usagi eventually grew slim through the generations of 
quarrel, becoming mere tales by the Uchiha and Senju clans, evidenced by
 Itachi Uchiha's previous utilization of crows. The seal keeping the 
Gogen power away is near release, the lone survivor, Izumora Usagi must 
now tame or rid himself of this power.