Kurosaki Clan

The **Kurosaki Clan** (くろさきあ一族, *Kurosaki Ichizoku*) are a nomadic clan. Descending from members of the Uchiha Clan and the Hyūga Clan, they clan themselves were few in number. The clan has no proper roots, though it originated in the Land of Fire. Where the Kurosaki currently reside in the world is unknown.

## Overview

### Background

The Kurosaki Clan were originally a sparse clan of traveling shinobi, Not adhering to any village, they got their start when members of the Uchiha clan who'd been cast out from their clan, and members of the Hyūga clan, who'd managed to escape the control of what would later become the main family. This crossbreeding occurred before the formation of the Hidden Village system. It is said their nomadic ways from being pursued by both members of the Uchiha and Hyūga who wished to keep their clan's secrets from spreading. The members who survived hid themselves, rebranding as the "Kurosaki" clan when they resurfaced.

The Kurosaki clan initially avoided the Land of Fire purposefully, due to the Uchiha and Hyūga clan's being endemic to the region. Over time, when even the Kurosaki forgot their origins, the avoidance became almost natural. They typically kept to the farthest borders of the Five Great Nations, but had semi-permanent settlements on the outskirts of the Land of Lightning: true to this, the Kurosaki clan was affiliated with the Lightning Release.

By the time of the modern era, the Kurosaki clan were gathered together under the banner of a then-young man named Ahatake Kurosaki, who had awakened the Teiōgan, He established a Hidden Village - Kurogakure - in an attempt to lead his clan to prosperity; his efforts, however, were thwarted by his rival, Ryūka Uchiha.

### Abilities

Having eked out a meager living on the fringes of society, the Kurosaki clan honed their inherited talent for combat. Frequently hired as mercenaries due to their skills, Kurosaki clan members possessed an aptitude for shinobi arts inherited from their Uchiha ancestors. While the Kurosaki were known for their use of Lightning Release, originally, they were more associated with the Fire Release. Adhering to the customs of their Uchiha ancestors, the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique was initially their coming of age rite - up to their annihilation, there were Kurosaki who could still wield this archaic technique. However, their frequent habitation in the Land of Lightning caused the majority to learn - and eventually, over generations, develop an affinity for, Lightning Release. As the clan embraced this change, a new technique was developed unique to the Kurosaki Clan, the Lightning Release: True Shadow Technique. This specialized Lightning Release technique would serve as their coming of age rite, bringing a Kurosaki into the fold as a full adult member.

The pride of the Kurosaki clan, however, was their dōjutsu kekkei genkai: in strenuous circumstances, a Kurosaki clan member would awaken the Byakugan and Sharingan within each eye. The Sharingan allowed them to see chakra, cast particularly strong visual genjutsu, and copy most opponent's jutsu. The Byakugan granted them near-180º field of vision around themselves, save for a small blindspot at the back of the neck above the first thoracic vertebra, being inferior to a full set of Byakugan due to having only one eye. It also allowed for penetrative vision. The awakening of one eye was rare, and both eyes even rarer, but it gave the Kurosaki a unique notoriety within the Shinobi world.

In rare instances, a Kurosaki clan member would development a mutation: a full set of a unique, powerful dōjutsu the clan dubbed the Teiōgan. Coming about from a mixture of the Hyūga and Uchiha genetics, the Teiōgan was a rare, but consistent, mutation among the Kurosaki. Believed to have the blessings of both the Sharingan and the Byakugan, the Teiōgan allowed the user to see the colour and flow of chakra, as well as see the intensity of flow in certain areas: the Eight Gates. It granted similar telescopic vision, and while it lacked the complete penetrative effects of the Byakugan, allowed the wielder to cast Genjutsu from far more significant distances, provided they could peer into the eyes of a target. While it had lost the ability to copy ninjutsu, the Teiōgan could analyse and predict the movements of a target with accuracy exceeding any Sharingan, seemingly reading the mind or heart of a target.

## Influence

The Kurosaki clan was first created in 2009 on the original Naruto Fanon Wiki through Ahatake Kurosaki. This version is meant to represent what that idea was meant to be - a crossbreed of the Uchiha and Hyūga clans, while maintaining accuracy to information revealed in the series since then.

It also takes nods from how the author changed the clan overtime: originally, they possessed a poorly named "Shyakugan" - a literal combination of the Sharingan and Byakugan in one eye. Kishimoto revealed that, if an Uchiha and Hyūga were to have a child, the offspring would likely have one kekkei genkai in both eyes. Since then, the series has also shown individuals who inherit the Byakugan in one eye, due to diluted blood. The new Kurosaki clan incorporates both of these into their make. Additionally, the Teiōgan - originally a different concept - takes the place of the "Shyakugan", and their new Lightning Release affinity represents how the Shyakugan was changed to an eye that controls lightning.

## Trivia

* While the Uchiha and the Hyūga were typically known for dark black or even raven hair, the Kurosaki clan bore members with a wider variety towards the shades of brown hair; some, such as Ahatake Kurosaki, even possess stark red hair.