Makoto Shika

Mako, Truth Seeker

## Chakra Natures

Wind ReleaseLightning Release

* Seikūken
* Wind Grasp Technique
* Wind Release Wind Clone
* Lightning Release Flash
* Swift Release Inertia Field
* Swift Release Senmaioroshi
* Dragon Typhoon
* Shadow Raijin

## Canon Techniques

* Swift Release: Shadowless Flight
* Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique
* Wind Release: Multi-Layered Gale
* Wind Release: Rotating Shuriken

## **Background**

**Makoto**(**真**"truth") is an excellent shinobi who ultimately as fun to watch as he is intimidating, born of the Shika clan he also posses the kekkei genkai known as Swift Release which grants the user near instantaneous movement speed. Makoto is also a master swordsman that wields blades in the unique style known as **Ichidai Sanzen Daisen Sekai** (三刀流奥義"Three Sword Style"), griping a sword in each hand and one in his jaw. For several years Mako worked to master the Ichidai Sanzen Daisen Sekai to become a reliable shinobi that can defend his homeland. He is also the great grandson of the fifth Kazekage Gaara of the Hidden Sand. Makoto's status is well known throughout the hidden sand village, his reputation as the Crimson Swordsman was not because of his hair but because of his savagery. Like his great grandfather he was very brutal and ferocious killing most of his opponents without any remorse. However as he got older and learned to value the life of others his morals changed and he vowed to use his strength to protect the hidden sand village by any means necessary.

## **Personality**

Makoto Shika is a very energetic and fun loving soul however he hasn't always been that way, he used to be very cruel and savage like, he calmed down after a lie changing event although he still can revert to his old ways if forced to defend his homeland.

## **Tools**

**Iron Sand Blades**

**Barrier Gems** Each barrier has their own name and color based of the shade of their gems. Seishin is blue and Gùtǐ has a Golden hue. Yoso's barrier is red and is the most often use this gem as it defends against elemental attacks. Attack’s from someone with greater reciprocating force upon either blade will cause the barrier to disperse however it will still successfully absorb an attack before dispersing. Each barrier projects three magatama in front of the user based on their gem color. Makoto is able to manifest these barriers by infusing chakra into one of the gems however this technique requires one to maintain a constant focus on the chakra used or else the barrier will dispell.

Seishin(糸*"Spirit”*) This barrier is one of the three barriers with the ability to absorb yin chakra and convert into yang chakra but is weak to elemental and physical attacks. This sword grants the user the ability to dispel genjutsu affecting an area helping one restore their perception of reality. it also can defend against attacks such as Yin Lightning however without equivalent power of the user someone with greater yin energy will ultimately cause the barrier to disperse however depending on the users will, the barrier can still successfully absorb an attack before dispersing.

Gùtǐ(固体, *"Solid"*) Barrier Guti is known for it's ability to defend against physical attacks such as punches, kunai's, or sword strikes. This ability to allows the user to deflect attacks that may be physically stronger than his own defense. However this barrier isn't useful against spiritual or elemental attacks, if said attacks are used while Barrier Guti is casted they will be met with no resistance.

Yōso(要素"Element") Yoso is one of the three barriers that is highly effective against elemental based attacks. Yoso defends the user by absorbing the elemental energy, consuming/capturing the energy and can temporarily borrow the element for a single usage.

## **Main Abilities**

### Chakra

The Chakra that resides with Makoto is extremely powerful and it also provides him with enhanced vitality as well as strength. Shika clan members chakra is harder to detect and they are capable of releasing chakra from each of their tenketsu or completely seal them in order to avoid having their chakra be detected. His chakra has a natural healing effect allowing him to recover quickly from minor wounds such as cuts or bruises.

### Chakra Reserves and Chakra Control

Makoto's dominant life force naturally granted him large chakra reserves and control advanced enough to maintain up to nine wind clones while maintaining nature release around his sword's blade. Mako has been seen to use powerful ninjutsu techniques without showing any signs of exhaustion. Makoto was an extremely gifted child and mastered combining chakra natures used to access his clan kekkei genkai, with mastery of his kekkei genkai Makoto can use swift release with little to no effort. His chakra control is so extraordinary that he is able to use ninjutsu with only a few to no hand seals at all. Mako developed such control when training to master Swift Release, learning how to harness the true potential of his bloodline limit by controlling the nature within his body to amplify and augment his speed.

### Life Force

As a member of the Shika clan Makoto, possess a powerful life-force and physical energy that makes his chakra remarkably strong, and so dense that it could visibly affect his surroundings when released as powerful shockwaves. Makoto possess the natural ability to balance positive and negative energy which grants them their ability to combine the nature releases of wind and lightning combining into the kekkei genkai known as **Swift Release**. Makoto's life force allows hims to fight an entire day without getting completely exhausted, most of his injuries recover quickly without any serious medical attention needed.

### Intelligence

Makoto is a young man with a decent head on his shoulders, his ability to learn quickly proved to be one of his many talents that was encoded into his DNA. Mako took the time to learn how to do more than just fight in fact, he studied the human body and its weak points; Makoto developed all sorts of combat tactics to deal with foes of all sizes. For several years Makoto secretly fought within the Hidden Sands anbu, he learned the villages hidden secrets while earning the respect of many of Sunagakure's most powerful shinob

### Speed

Makoto Shika is known for his overwhelming speed, whether its covering distance or his combative strength he always appears untouchable. Mako's speed is as much talent as it is hard work. Speed is more than just a tool for Makoto of the Shika clan, it is his way of life. When Mako discovered his clan's secret kekkei genkai he immediately began training and even surpassed his clan lord at age sixteen. His clan lord acknowledged his skill and willingly relinquished his title. However with just his base speed Makoto is as fast a beginner who has familiarized themselves with using the body flicker technique and he can cover great distances within seconds without getting exhausted. Mako's true speed is unleashed whenever he utilizes swift release to enhance his overall speed, no eye in history has been able to follow the speed of swift release; currently no sharingan has been able to keep up with his speed. As a master of swift release Makoto also amplifies the speed of his attacks making, create after images, or even phase through solid objects.

Upon learning and mastering the clan's secret technique **Swift Release Shadowless Flight**, Makoto had become the fastest shinobi within Sunagakure. This technique allows Makoto to cover short to medium distances nearly instantaneously appearing as only a blur or streak. He is even capable of using his speed without making much noise making it hard for an opponent to track his movements through two of the most reliable senses, however one with a keen sense of smell like the Inuzuka clan may have a chance of tracing him through sent alone although theory has yet to be tested.

### Strength

Makoto is incredibly strong he developed his strength as he trained to become a proper swordsman. By age fourteen Makoto was able to split a bolder in half with just one swing of a blade, Shika clan swordsmen without the clans kekkei genkai rely on the unique technique known as the Seven Heavenly Breaths to increase their physical strength and speed. Seven Heavenly breaths is a breathing method that gathers a great portion of oxygen to increase the users lung capacity fourfold granting the user supernatural like strength, Mako has only learned to master the first stage out of the three stages

### Durability

The body of Makoto is extremely durable as he used cruel and unusual methods that improved the density of his skin and muscles, one would find it extremely hard to draw blood from the young Shika. Mako can endure several blows from an enemy without taking any severe damage and continue to fight, his pain tolerance mentally doesn't often register unless he is critically injured or struck with enough force. As a youth of only five years old, young Makoto began training his body for combat, he adapted to the intense training quickly honing his body to not only have a fine physique but to endure intense stress and pain for nearly two decades. So long as Makoto draws breath he finds a way to keep his body in its prime shape, he can even increase his fortitude by utilizing chakra which ultimately reduces damage of any physical impact.

### Stamina

Mako possess incredible stamina and endurance and can fight for an entire day without getting fully exhausted, with his great life force his body is provided with a unique endurance boost that allows him to fight continuously and use multiple ninjutsu in succession without draining himself. Makoto has a tendency to outlast his opponents in battle and even maintain enough stamina to spare for another battle. However his stamina is as much hard work as it is gifted, throughout his years of training and experience he learned to push past his limits rarely ever showing any signs of fatigue. He evolved his cardio levels while learning how to pace himself by controlling his breathing to keep his heart rate in check this allows him to fight non stop without cramping our getting winded easily.

### Recovery

Thanks to having an extraordinary life force Makoto can recover much faster than most mortal humans, what would take a normal person months to recover would only take Makoto a few weeks. However Mako can also increase his recovery speed with swift release by causing the cells in his body to regenerate at a much faster rate than usual although he hasn't perfected the ability to do so he can still treat minor wounds on his own. He developed this healing method through some study of medical ninjutsu and learned to use basic medical techniques through yang release. He is capable of applying using medical techniques on himself through his tenketsu while utilizing his kekkei genkai which speeds up his recovery, doing so also drains the users chakra dramatically if the practitioner isn't careful with their chakra control the users body will experience an intense pain through every fiber of their being.

## **Jutsu**

### Taijutsu

Although Makoto is quite proficient with both ninjutsu and kenjutsu, he is also highly skilled with taijutsu and nin taijutsu. He usually posses a speed advantage over most opponents he recently encountered. To most he has flash like speed without any chakra enhancements or techniques, he also has a sturdy yet nimble and defined frame that is capable of enduring blows most cannot. Mako is skillful with many fighting styles and with his physique he is quite flexible which allows him to fight in a very unique and unpredictable charismatic way; to most he would seem unfocused but he carefully plans to create an opening to deliver a precise attack. By the age of twelve Mako, began his training learning how to use the style known as the **Silent Fist** (無音の拳, *Muon no Ken*) With it he is able to render his movements completely silent by cloaking himself in chakra while mimic the feathers of an owl making the users movements completely silent.

Makoto also developed the ability to increase his attack power by using the **Seven Heavenly Breathing Method** ­ (七天呼法,Shichi Tenkohō). The Seven Heavenly Breaths Method has multiple stages similar to the eight gates however Mako only learned to use the first two stages which are known as (第一活性, *daiichi kassei*) and (第二活性, *daini kassei*), with each stage his physical abilities are enhanced. During the first stage Mako's eyes appear completely white and he begins to emit a golden aura. He can also combine his Swift release with the first stage and while doing so the lightning release within the swift becomes golden and visible while Makoto is in motion leaving a trail lighting. Makoto has rare talent for taijutsu as a Shika clansmen he was taught to be a true assassin like shinobi and with his strong body he was able to endure a lot of intense training, he was taught to increase not only his movement speed using Swift release but also the speed of his attacks. With Silent Fist and Swift Release Mako is like a true shadow of the wind, he has immense speed that can unleash a flurry of attacks with no wasted movement. Mako is a deadly in unarmed combat as he is in with any weapon or ninjutsu technique, his combat tactics can be extremely unpredictable or straight forward. He also attacks pressure points similar to that of the gentle fist.

### Kenjutsu

Makoto is a master swordsman who is capable of using three swords at one time using a unique style foreign to the Shika clan swordsman known as **Ichidai Sanzen Daisen Sekai** (三刀流奥義"Three Sword Style") a unique and rare fighting style where the practitioner wields three katana at once and has been used by a small number of sword master. When first learning how to grip a blade between his jaw Mako, struggled to adjust to the style but eventually overcame the difficulty by strengthening both his masseter, temporalis, and medial pterygoid; each are muscle in the jaw that functions around the jaw closing. Learning to firmly grasp a sword in between his teeth as if it were a third hand. When it comes to wielding a blade Makoto, considers himself to be one of the deadliest swordsman alive; capable of wielding three swords at the same simultaneously to deliver a ferocious onslaught of slashes. He can wield three blades by holding a sword in each hand and one in his mouth or just simply swapping between each blade between every attack and even catching them mid air. When combining his skills with Swift Release techniques Makoto finds that he has a nearly perfect offense and defense.

### Ninjutsu

Makoto's chakra control allows him to use ninjutsu with ease and in succession without expending too much chakra, he is capable, he is even capable of using high level techniques with fewer hand signs required; having the natural ability to combine wind and lightning release Makoto was required to first develop a high level of chakra control or it would be impossible to utilize swift release without tearing up his body, although Makoto mastered his clans nature release kekkei genkai he still finds it much easier to control just one of the five basic elements alone. By releasing chakra from his tenketsu Mako can manifest and circulate both wind and lightning chakra around or throughout his entire body creating a vacuuming effects that either pull objects or control the momentum of the space around him. Mako can extend the range of his attacks or increase his cutting power using wind release to produce attacks that are more lethal. When combining using Nin-Kenjutsu Makoto's offense is extremely deadly as he is capable of using swift release to enhance his overall combat speed whether its covering distance or swinging before his opponent can attack, while utilizing his kekkei genkai in the wake of his swords swing every attack is critical and can cause severe damage; his defensive skills are also amplified when using swift release.

Makoto has mastered his clans unique abilities through constant training awakening its true potential, with over a decade worth of training Mako discovered how to do more than just move quickly increasing his overall speed and velocity by releasing chakra through his tenketsu and creating an energy field like barrier which creates a safe space around Makoto allowing to move at speed far beyond that of a normal human limits. This secret technique is called as **Swift Release Inertia Field**, however the downside is that the faster he travels the quicker his chakra will be exhausted, if the energy field around the user is disrupted while the user is traveling above normal human speed they could meet a fatal end. However while Makoto expands an energy field around his body he has the ability to generate speed at will. Through years of development Mako's body learned to endure the intensity at moving at high speeds allowing to increase the speed of every portion of his body, with a deep understanding of his kekkei genkai he devoted himself to awakening it's latent potential

## **Kekkei Genkai**

**Swift Release** (迅遁, *Jinton*, *Viz:* Quick Style) is a combined nature transformation kekkei genkai that combines the nature releases of wind and lighting, upon mixing the elements the users chakra circulates with such great velocity that it becomes transparent. Swift Release can be used to move with incredible speed, becoming nothing more than a blur when in motion. Therefore, taijutsu becomes ineffective if the opponent is not fast enough