Ieyasu Akimichi

**King of the Rasetsu** (王者の羅刹 *Ōja no Rasetsu*)

## Family

* Hirotada Akimichi (Father)
* Chiyo Akimichi† (Mother)

## Nature Types

 Yang Release

 Earth Release

 Fire Release

## Jutsu

**General Skills*** Body Flicker Technique
* Body Replacement Technique
* Clone Technique
* Manji Formation
* Rope Escape Technique
* Transformation Technique

**Fighting Style**

* Calorie Control
* Wisdom King Mode A-Rank

**Ninjutsu**

* Earth Release: Earth Spear B-Rank
* Divine Punishment B-Rank
	+ Apocalyptic Punishment A-Rank
* Multi-Size Technique C-Rank
	+ Partial Multi-Size Technique C-Rank
	+ Super Multi-Size Technique A-Rank

**Taijutsu**

* Super Open Hand Slap B-Rank
* Human Bullet Tank C-Rank
	+ Spiked Human Bullet Tank C-Rank

## Inventory

* Ryūha

**Ieyasu Akimichi** is a **Jōnin** of Konohagakure, originally being the leader of a mercenary organization known as the **Rasetsu**. Before his time as a mercenary leader, he was one of the prestigious sons of **Hirotada Akimichi**, the first brother of the current Akimichi Clan head. Although destined for great things, Ieyasu self-ostracized himself from his clan following some severe disagreements the two had with one another. Afterward, with only a few of his childhood friends, he set out into the wide world to find his purpose in life.

## Background

Ieyasu was born into a simple life, an innocent life as far as others outside of the immediate family could tell. Hirotada, his father, was naturally a quarrelsome person. Always instigating fights and speaking against his elder brother. Something that Ieyasu seemed to pick on from an earlier age, and even worse behavior. At the age of six, Ieyasu's mother, **Chiyo**, went missing. It was presumed that due to her relationship to Hirotada, and in turn his relation to the clan head, that she was taken to strike fear into the clan. Eventually anonymous ransoms were made, but without the proper funds to secure her safety, the clan had to let her go. From that point on, Hirotada began to give Ieyasu the training to become a true soldier of the clan. The intention being that he would one day join the **Ōken**, a prestigious group of individuals from across the **Land of Fire** that directly served the **Kamika**. However, Ieyasu had other plans.

Once he learned all he could from his father, at the age of 12, Ieyasu fled from his clan's home with a few childhood friends he had. Most of them were from minor clans within the area, including: A Fūma, a Lee, and a clanless shinobi with blood-red hair. They were only a few, but one day they would make a difference in this world. They first set their operations on the Land of Fire's east coast, where they would become a small mercenary organization that only took on the best of the best. Given their own inherent skills, they quickly made a name for themselves and became distinguished amongst their peers for their uncompromising ideals and brutality towards those they were deemed to kill.

Ieyasu's personal goal in life was to find his mother, something that his father never managed to accomplished. Whether dead or alive, she deserved a place of rest. Using what little information he had from his clan, Ieyasu understood that his enemy was among one of the legendary swordsman within the **Land of Water**. Soldiers armed with the very same weapons that would one day constitute the **Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist**. Over the years, he gathered further information, suspecting it to be the wielder of Samehada: **Yūki Hoshigaki**. By this time his organization, although still nameless, had gained a substantial number of shinobi within their ranks. They were ready to seek out this swordsman and punish him under the full weight of justice.

Taking the group's strongest members, Ieyasu's crew was a little under a dozen shinobi when they set out across the sea to find Yūki. They first arrived in the village of **Nishikawa-Machi**, or the village that eventually became **Kirigakure**. There they met the future **Mizukage**, and inquired as to the whereabouts of Yūki. Although apprehensive at first, she gave Ieyasu the information he needed to reach Yūki in exchange for a favor. After first agreeing upon their deal, Ieyasu took care of what was necessary before heading on his way to a small castle on the Land of Water's most southern island. Setting off with his crew, Ieyasu found the castle where Yūki himself, and his loyal swordsmen, rested. In the dead of night, Ieyasu and his team began a fierce assault. Given their combined power, they leveled the castle within moments, but Yūki was wide-awake.

Although the group did hold an understanding of Samehada's general abilities, and greater insight as to Yūki's capabilities, what they witnessed next would be the last thing many of them saw. Ieyasu still has trouble sleeping at night from the monstrous power he witnessed that night. Everyone but him died then. Their souls bleeding from their wounds, life draining from their bodies in mere seconds. Ieyasu only withstood the assault because his closest friends protected him from the attacks, albeit at the cost of themselves. While at a drastic disadvantage due to his own fighting style, he gained certain knowledge that would eventually lead to Yūki's death. With a crushing blow, Ieyasu killed the terrible Hoshigaki. He had only managed this much by a stroke of luck, but it was just what Ieyasu needed to keep living another day. For him that was all that mattered. As life faded from Yūki's eyes, Ieyasu asked him to explain what happened to his mother. He got his answer.

He was close to claiming Samehada for himself, but before he could he was taken down by some of the country's strongest swordsman on the orders of the newly-made Mizukage. After being incarcerated for his actions, interrogation swiftly followed. What they could gather he did exactly what he did to avenge his mother's death. Although information connecting Yūki directly to the crime was never found, using information gathered by the Akimichi Clan and Ieyasu's mercenary guild was sufficient enough that Yūki was deemed guilty in the matter. Ieyasu was released, and returned home with a new name. "**King of the Rasetsu**", a kind of demon from the Land of Water's religion that seemed to like feasting on the flesh of men. Although in the Land of Water specifically, those that found him on the worst offense for what he did labeled him as "King of the Dead Rasetsu" in mocking reference to all his comrades that had fallen during the mission.

Ieyasu came back defeated from the losses he had suffered. And while his guild continued to prosper under the name of the Rasetsu, he couldn't bring himself to work in the field again. Eventually he was visited by an old friend, not one that had been a part of the Rasetsu, but an acquaintance of his that moved to Konoha recently. This one individual, while not directly giving him the inspiration for it, helped mend Ieyasu's spirit and find his new ideal in Strength. After that, although he wasn't welcomed by some, Ieyasu joined Konoha before disbanding the Rasetsu. He's only recently settled, and been appointed as a Jōnin of a squad. He doesn't know what he's gotten himself into, but if it can lead to his goals: Then he will do whatever it takes to reach that apex.

## Personality

To most people, Ieyasu is a forthcoming and genuine person. There is, however, a malicious and violently angry side to him that those who know him personally are accompanied with. One that is only lightly veiled by polite mannerisms and a somewhat contradictory belief of altruism. He holds a strong belief in strength, and its requirement for anyone to survive in this world. Something he concluded from his own life experience in the field. His belief in strength isn't all physical though, strength is required emotionally and mentally as well. While he does want better out of shinobi society, he's willing to do what it takes to reach that point: No matter what. The results will always justify the means. This applies deeply into combat as well, where he will kill without mercy and with unrestrained brutality to win his fights.

Outside of work as a shinobi, Ieyasu is a genuinely relaxed individual. With an almost carefree attitude towards most engagements. He is more than happy enough to praise the people he cherishes, for their honesty and strength, while doing what he can to make them happy, should he feel it necessary. Although he will quickly gain a serious edge to him should someone disrespect him in some way. This has led to many altercations in his life from family dinners, and all the way to nights spent at taverns far, far away from the Land of Fire. The majority of them, ending in crippling injuries that his former friends could never walk away from. Something he only gets away with due to the seedy dealings that his acquaintances typically deal in.

This comes from a bestial anger that sits in his spirit, one that has only grown fiercer over the years. He wasn't always kind enough to apologize for his actions, and try to find purpose in those who are too weak to be on his level. In his days as a simple mercenary, he was known for crushing people's bones like dry twigs for the slightest inconvenience they wrought upon him. Anyone who was lesser than him in the battlefield, never found purpose in themselves beyond death itself.

It wasn't until he watched all of his comrades around him die that he began to change. It was after that ordeal that he began to question his reason for living, and why he did manage to live while everyone else around him was reduced to ash. It was there that he found his salvation in the belief of Strength. It's what drives this world, protects the people, and allows the chosen people to ascend past their innate mundanity. Not in only body but also the spirit, the mind, the respect; all of it leads to a better existence. But how can one achieve this, and who should be destined for such great things? Ieyasu's answer lies in his every actions towards those he finds in his travels. Those who respect strength, and want it for themselves, those are the people destined to ascend with him to a place that only gods have touched before.

## Power Score

### Combat Skills

 Barrier Ninjutsu
 Nintaijutsu