Kurai Nara

**Kurai Nara** is the former head of Nara Clan in the Sengoku Period. He is a member of the Blessed Spear Team as their hunter as well as the past possessor of the Longinus; Canis Lykaon earning multiple nicknames but he more commonly known as the **Abyssal Black Dog**.

He is the ancestor of Yui Nara and Kage Nara.

## **Appearance**

Kurai has shoulder length black hair and eyes.

He wears a black kimono with the moon and a howling wolf on the back.

After his resurrection and during the Azazel Cup, he wears a black shirt which he keeps partially unzipped, also wears black pants, with black boots styled differently than the sandals he wore as the head of the Nara Clan, and two belts around his waist, with his Sword of Darkness sheathed on his left side along his top belt.

## **Personality**

Kuria is a noble and kind heart man.

He tends to give his opponent's a warning in battle as he told Crom Cruach to dodge his World Cutter before launching it.

Megumi, Amaterasu and Ophis all states that he most suited person to be a made into a god.

When he heard what Hades and Cao Cao tried to do to Ophis he was angry as he saw her as a sibling.

## **History**

Kurai was born in Nara Clan during the Warring Periods of Japan. He was able to manifest his Longinus Canis Lykaon through his shadow.

As a teenager and later an adult, he faced off against the Inugami Gyōubu, Megumi, minor Shinto Gods and even became a member of Megumi's team as well as Amaterasu's Vanguard.

During the Chaos Dragon Tide he created his World Cutting Slash.

Some point in the past he met Madara Uchiha. After the Chaos Tide, he focused on refining his Balance Breaker to absolute perfection.

## **Powers & Abilities**

**Immense Strength:** He is extremely powerful being hailed as the second strongest Longinus user in history. His strength was great enough to be a part of Megumi's team and being second to Megumi herself. He was able defeat multiple Chaos Dragons and mass-produced Evil Dragon on his own after being resurrected. He was able to match Issei in his Crimson Armor with no issue.

**Immense Speed:** Kurai

**Immense Durability:** Kurai

**Immense Combat Skills:** Being the Blessed Spear Team second strongest member, Kuria is noted to be extremely powerful and dangerous with or without using a weapon. During the Azazel Cup, he was able match and overwhelm a God-Class being without trouble. Akio states that he is not to be messed with.

**>Master Swordsman:** Kurai is highly proficient in swords as he was able to defeat Kiba with no trouble.

**Darkness Manipulation:** Kuria possesses immense amount of control over darkness magic being able to create dense weapons from it.

* **Shadow Imitation:** The unique ability of the Nara Clan which he has honed to its peak and perfection.
	+ **Shade:** Kurai's Signature ability that allows him to disperse and reappear when hit.
* **Night Slash:** By using darkness magic Kurai is able to create a sword of darkness of dense darkness.

**Great Hunting Skills:** Kuria is a great hunter being able to hunt and find anything without trouble. His skills are great enough to hunt dangerous supernatural beings and where they're going with little tracks.

**Stealth Expert:** Kuria, like Yui, is able to hide inside shadow to remain undetected.

**Flight:** Kurai can fly using magic.

## **Equipment**

**Canis Lykaon** (黒刃の狗神ケイネス・リュカオン , ): Kurai's former Sacred Gear and main weapon of choice.

Canis Lykaon is among the thirteen Longinus and Independent Avatars.

In the past it took the form as a medium size black wolf which he named "Kuro".

It is able to produce blades from itself and even transform into a sword.

Kurai unlocked the ability to let Kuro move and attack through shadows in his field of vision and grow blades from shadows.

Though Kuro became a large full-grown black wolf, he is unable to produce blades from himself and Kurai became able to grow blades from shadows.

* **Darkness Aura** (闇のオーラ, *Yami no Ōra*)**:** Kurai is capable of using the Canis Lykaon's darkness-based powers to enshroud himself in an aura of darkness which significantly enhances his physical prowess.
	+ **Phantom Lykaon** (): A technique he created by covering Canis Lykaon in darkness and creating phantom weaker versions of it.
* ***Dismantle** (*解カイ*, Kai*): Default slashing attack that is normally used for inanimate objects, however it can also be used against Youkai's, Gods and humans to great effectiveness.
* **Cleave** (捌ハチ , *Hachi*): A slashing attack that adjusts itself depending on the target's toughness and magical power level to cut them down in one attack.
* **Night Celestial Slash Dogs** (, *Naito Seresutiaru Surasshu Dogguzu*): The Balance Breaker of Canis Lykaon, which covers Kurai with darkness turning him into a humanoid black hound with a total of six tails; while Kuro turns into a big black hound. In this form, Kurai is granted enhanced strength and is able to create innumerable black blades including being capable of tinging the skies and earth in darkness. He is also capable of cutting concepts, such as magic and other techniques, allowing him to neutralize such abilities.
* The sub-species balance breaker of Canis Lykaon,
	+ **World Cutter** ( , ): Also known as **Blade that Cuts Existence** or **Slash that Dissects/Cuts the World** is unique cutting ability that Kurai created during the Chaos Dragon Tide.

**Sword of Darkness:** Also known as the Abyss Sword is a sword which was made and given to Kurai as a gift by the Shinto Gods. However, the sword was stored in the treasury of the Blessed Spear Temple in Takamagahara.