Yamanaka Inohi

**Yamanaka Inohi** (*Kanji*: **山中**, **威の火**; *English*: **In the Middle of the Mountain**, **Flame of the Mighty**) is the Second Hokage of Konohagakure.

## ***Abilities and Equipment***

### *Ninjutsu*

#### **Inton**: **Bushin no Jutsu**

The **Inton**: **Bushin no Jutsu** (*Kanji*: **陰遁・分身の術**; *English*: **Yin Release**: **Clone Technique**) is a variation of the Bunshin no Jutsu.

It allows one to generate a clone of one's consciousness from Yin Release chakra and then manipulate the clone into possessing one's target in a manner that is identical to the Shintenshin no Jutsu.

However, because a clone of one's consciousness will never exhibit as much willpower as one's consciousness, this jutsu is not as effective at bodily possession as the Shintenshin no Jutsu.

##### Inton: Kage Bushin no Jutsu

The **Inton**: **Kage Bushin no Jutsu** (*Kanji*: **陰遁・影分身の術**; *English*: **Yin Release**: **Shadow Clone Technique**) is a variation of both the Inton Bushin no Jutsu and the Kage Bushin no Jutsu.

It allows one to evenly divide one's chakra as a means of generating clones of one's consciousness from Yin Release chakra and then manipulating the clones into possessing one's targets in a manner that is identical to the Shintenshin no Jutsu.

Notably, in stark contrast to a clone produced from Inton Bushin no Jutsu, a clone produced from a Inton: Kage Bushin no Jutsu will be just as effective at bodily possession as the Shintenshin no Jutsu.

#### **Katon**: **Issuinoyume**

The **Katon**: **Issuinoyume** (*Kanji*: **火遁・一炊の夢**; *English*: **Fire Release: An Empty Dream**) is a ninjutsu where one uses the Fire Release to generate the **Immortal Flames of Samādhi** (*Romaji*: **Sammai no Fumetsuen**; *Kanji*: **三昧の不滅炎**) by molding an amount of one's chakra in a manner where the chakra possesses a larger amount of spiritual energy than physical energy and then subjecting that chakra to a Nature Transformation into a Fire Release.

Notably, unlike a conventional fire, the Immortal Flames of Samādhi do not burn. Instead, the Immortal Flames of Samādhi convert an entity from an actuality into a possibility by utilizing its excess of spiritual energy to seize physical energy from the entity. As a result, the Immortal Flames of Samādhi are able to decompose a jutsu from a body of physical and spiritual energy into just a body of spiritual energy and thereby negate the jutsu. And they are also able to deprive an individual of his or her physical energy and thereby debilitate an entity with enough fatigue to either incapacitate or even kill the individual. In addition, because the Immortal Flames of Samādhi are not a result of combustion, the Immortal Flames of Samādhi are incapable of being smothered.

Unfortunately, because the bond that binds physical energy to natural energy and spiritual energy in senjutsu is far too powerful to be broken by the force of spiritual energy alone, the Immortal Flames of Samādhi are useless against senjutsu.

#### **Shinshininryoku no Jutsu**

The **Shinshininryoku no Jutsu** (*Kanji*: **心身引力の術**; *English*: **Mind-Body Attraction Technique**) is a variation of the Shintenshin no Jutsu.

It allows one to puppeteer one's body into traveling faster than the speed of light itself by converting one's mind into Yin Release chakra, converting one's body into Yang Release chakra, and then — while one's mind is traveling from one location to another — allowing the body of Yang Release chakra to be dragged along by the mind of Yin Release chakra as a result of the attraction between the excess of spiritual energy within the Yin Release chakra and the excess of physical energy within the Yang Release chakra.

Unfortunately, because this jutsu divides the body and mind into Yang Release chakra and Yin Release chakra, it is not possible for one to maintain or perform any jutsu while one is utilizing this jutsu. In addition, because this jutsu converts the body into Yang Release chakra, it is not possible for one to perform any sort of Taijutsu while one is utilizing this jutsu. However, it is possible for one to dispel this jutsu before one is in physical contact with a target but while one is still traveling at a high velocity in order to allow one to utilize that high velocity as means of empowering a Taijutsu strike. Of course, if one dispels this jutsu while one is traveling at a velocity that one's body is not capable of withstanding, one will be damaged by that velocity.

#### **Yin Release Chakra Mode**

The **Yin Release Chakra Mode** (*Romaji*: **Inton Chakura Mōdo**; *Kanji*: **陰遁チャクラモード**) is a Nintaijutsu where one enshrouds oneself in an aura of Yin Release chakra and then converts oneself from an actuality into a possibility by allowing the Yin Release chakra's excess of spiritual energy to disrupt — but not remove — one's physical energy.

Subsequently, while one is using the Yin Release Chakra Mode, one will exist in a limbo between the metaphysical realm of fantasy and the physical realm of reality. As such, one will be able to deprive oneself of the limitations of both one's physiology and the world's physics without depriving oneself of the functionality of one's physiology or the world's physics. By doing so, one will be able to augment one's athletic and sensory capabilities!

Unfortunately, unlike the Izanagi, the Yin Release Chakra Mode does not go so far as to allow one to convert a fact into a fiction. So, unlike the Izanagi, the Yin Release Chakra Mode can not be used to negate the consequence of an event.

### *Taijutsu*

#### **Zengan**

Nicknamed the **Earth's Eye** (*Romaji*: **Chigan**; *Kanji*: **地眼**) for its mundanity in contrast to the Sharingan's nickname as the **Heaven's Eye** for its wonderment, the **Zengan** (*Kanji*: **禅眼**; *English*: **Dhyanic Eye**) is best described as a Dōtaijutsu due to the fact that it exhibits the properties of both a Dōjutsu and a Taijutsu alike.

It's performed by entering an altered state of consciousness, known as **Mushin** (*Kanji*: **無心**; *English*: **No Mind**), which converts one's ability to see light into an ability to see natural energy. While one is performing the Zengan, so long as one is within an environment with a sufficient amount of natural energy, one will be able to see anyone and even anything! In addition, because one will be seeing through natural energy rather than light, one will exhibit an immunity to a supermajority of sight-based Genjutsu!

### *Weaponry*

#### **Kiku-ichimonji**

The **Kiku-ichimonji** (*Kanji*: **菊一文字**; *English*: **Chrysanthemum-Straight Line**) are a group of 13 katana which were forged for the Fire Daimyō. Each of the Kiku-ichimonji were forged by a different swordsmith, but they were all forged in the same style and way; as a result, every Kiku-ichimonji is nigh-identical to every other Kiku-ichimonji.

The Kiku-ichimonji in Inori's possession is the **Awataguchi Kuniyasu** (*Kanji*: **粟田口**, **国安**), for Inori's Kiku-ichimonji is the Kiku-ichimonji that was forged by the the blacksmith Kuniyasu and in the town of Awataguchi.