Ketsueki

*"I'm going to fight for good for now on!"*
—Ketsueki
**Ketsueki** (**血液**), or **Kets**, is an impoverished chūnin and a tracker ninja. Ketsueki acquired his friend's Sharingan following her death, and became Akari Uchiha's reluctant partner. After their first mission to acquire Ember Uchiha's eyeballs failed, Ketsueki left his partner to join Ember's side, along with his friends.

## Biography

### Early Life

When Ketsueki was a genin, he and his team were sent on a C Rank mission, which quickly escalated. They were ambushed, and as his squad leader, Hikigaeru, held off the ninja attacks, Ketsueki and his teammates were attacked by their leader. They were trapped in an earth dome, but one of Ketsueki's teammates, Hone Uchiha, was crushed. Hone offered Ketsueki his Sharingan eyes, and he accepted one for his right eye, which had been damaged in battle. Ketsueki used his newfound ocular powers to kill the rogue ninja who killed Hone.

### Meeting more Shinobi

Ketsueki was hired (alongside Akari Uchiha) to steal Ember Uchiha's eyeballs. However, they were met with resistance from Almanac, Akarui and White Lotus, who defeated them. With their mission failed, Akari vanished while Ketsueki was injured.

Kets was taken to Akarui's cabin to recuperate and befriended the heroes. They continued to train under his master Hikigaeru, who was unfortunately one of the casualties in the persisting conflict. Eventually, Akari was killed by her own brother, Satori Aysuno, leaving Kets along with his friends William and Aaron to prepare for the future.

## Personality

Ketsueki is a reluctant ninja. He only took the job to steal Ember's Sharingan in order to have enough money to feed himself. He apologized after his defeat and was grateful for his enemies' hospitality.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

*"Nice work, Kets."*
—Kishimojin
* **Chakra Manipulation:** Ketsueki can control chakra to perform jutsus. He is a mist ninja, with an affinity for water, fire, and boil techniques.
	+ **Water Manipulation:** Ketsueki can fire blasts of water, make clones of himself, and rapidly release harmful steam. His water bullet technique is very fast, as he managed to counter White Lotus' lightning technique.
	+ **Fire Manipulation:** Ketsueki can project fireballs.
	+ **Earth Manipulation:**
	+ **Electricity Manipulation:**

### Abilities

Kets is a chūnin, meaning he is courageous, disciplined, and qualified to lead missions. He has to face no-win situations almost every day.

* **Skilled Martial Artist:** Ketsueki is a skilled shinobi, and Ember Uchiha admitted he is a tough opponent. His battle techniques and bukijutsu are great, as seen when he threw three shuriken at once, deflected kunai thrown at him with his own, and stabbed his own kunai through the handles of two other kunai thrown at him by Almanac. He persevered after getting struck by White Lotus' lightning technique, even holding a kunai in his mouth after his arms were injured and sliced at Almanac. He also kicked at him while the latter put him in a wrist-lock, and attempted to escape while on the ground. Kets managed to right hook Akari during the battle at William's cabin.
* **Stealth:** As a ninja, Ketsueki can mask his presence and hide. He managed to get the drop on Bijuaru and slash him with a kunai.

## Techniques

* **Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu/Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu:** Kets replicates the shuriken he throws.
* **Kawarimi no Jutsu/Substitution Jutsu:**
* **Rasengan/Spiraling Sphere:**

* Boil Style
* Fire Style
* Water Style
* Dōjutsu
* Taijutsu
* Earth Style
* Space-Time
* Lightning Style

* **Steam Clearing:**
* **Boiling Point:**
* **Boiling Steam Jutsu:**

- **Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu/Fireball Jutsu:**

- **Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu/Phoenix Flower Jutsu:**

- **Charred Shuriken:**

- **Suiton: Suidan no Jutsu/Water Bomb Jutsu:**

- **Tajū Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu/Multi Water Clone Jutsu:**

- **Aqua Stream:**

- **Water Bullet:**

* **Sharingan/Copy Wheel Eye:** Ketsueki has a two-tomoe Sharingan implanted in his right eye. He can copy the techniques of his opponents and see through illusions. He gained his third tomoe during his battle against Akari at William's cabin.
	+ **Mangekyō Sharingan/Kaleidoscope Copy Wheel Eye:** Ketsueki later unlocked Hone's evolution of Sharingan after he was told by Akari that he killed Gisei.
		- **Kamui:**

- **Sennen Goroshi/One Thousand Years of Death:**

- **Konoha Senpū/Leaf Hurricane:**

- **Doton: Doryūheki/Mud Wall:**

- **Kuchiyose no Jutsu/Summoning Jutsu:** Ketsueki can summon a giant mute toad named Jakushi who wields two swords and can project air bullets (Fūton: Renkūdan). He can summon another toad named Menma.

- **Zeus Bullets:**

## Relationships

* Hone Uchiha †
* Jakushi - Toad
* Menma - Toad
* Ember Uchiha
* William Shay
* Aaron Nyx
* Jason Kade/Almanac
* Gisei † - Victim