Nagamasa

*"Listen up children! Time for another lesson. What is more important, the mission or your comrades? Before you answer I will let you know your wrong. What is most important is not the mission, nor is it your comrades. What is truly important is what your are willing to die over. If you willing to die for your friends then they are what is important. If your willing to die for the goal of the mission than that is what is most important. You must always think for yourself, and always remember to hold onto that which is most important. That is what it means to be a human. We are humans first, and ninjas second. Never forget that."* Nagamasa to his Students.

## Introduction

Nagamasa is the older brother of the Kazekage of Sunagakure, Manami. He is also a bard, a male dancer, and a academy teacher. Oh, and he is the current vessel for The One Tailed Beast, Shukaku. Nagamasa became the vessel after his sister killed their father and became the Kazekage. She then removed it from their younger brother and placed it inside of him. This was done because their younger brother could not contain the beast and was letting the tail beast power run wild. Nagamasa however not only contained it's power, but also defeated the tail beast using the oldest and most effective Jutsu of all, Talk No Jutsu.

Nagamasa talked Shukaku into dormancy. When he first received Shukaku he received a nightmare. His response to that was to go into his inner world and then talk to Shukaku for twelve hours straight about a number of topics. He left got something to eat, and then started back again. This continued for a year before Shukaku begged for him to stop. The two came to a agreement. Shukaku would not give him nightmares and he would only talk to him a hour a day.

## Appearance

Nagamasa is a young man with pale skin, grey hair, and sparkling blew eyes. He wears a male dancer outfit and can always be seen carrying two curved swords. he stands five feet tall and eleven inches. He weighs a hundred and twenty pounds. His curbed blades are both made of a special metal and they shine like polished silver in the morning sun. under close inspection one can see that the swords are etched with a wave pattern showing that they are made form Damascus steel.

## Personality

Nagamasa is weird, to put it simple. He was disowned by the previous Kazekage for being weird First and foremost he likes to fight with swords, which is not weird in itself, but strange for a village that focus on puppets and sand related jutsu. Not only that, but he also likes to sing. He sings all the time. He also dances. As a result he made it his hobby to sing and dance in the streets at random. He even incorporate his swords into it performing sword dances, which he then turned and put chakra into it. He is also a hater of child soldiers. He is a very vocal member of the community that down right calls child soldiering to be evil and crazy. Yet he became a academy teacher and teaches children how to be child soldiers. To top it off he is a social butterfly. He floats around town getting into everyone business. He knows the birthdays of all the children in town, and can often be seen outside of homes performing a sword dance on said child birthday.

Nagamasa at his core is a man with a big heart. Growing up as a boy he saw the toxic nature of his family both literally, watched his father poison his grandfather and then get poisoned himself, and figuratively as his family uses their children as nothing more than weapons. Looking at it he turned his back to it. Nagamasa instead found his own path to walk in life. He became a teacher in order to assure that the children of the village learn to think for themselves and stand a chance at growing up into adult hood. He memorizes the children of the village birthdays as a way of showing them they matter. He dances and sings, because he likes to dance and swing. His way with the blade is a tribute to his one true crush Lady Kai.

## Abilities and Powers

Nagamasa is primary a Kenjutsu user. As a result he is more physical than most ninja. Nagamasa is extraordinary fast. He is so fast that most skilled ninja can't keep up with him. In a flash he can close the gap between him and a opponent and cut them down before they realize they are even dead. To make matters worse he has the Wind Walker Jutsu, which surrounds his body with wind. It enhances his speed and reduces friction with the ground and air. This allows him to move even faster.

Nagamasa's twin swords are chakra blades and they are designed to work with the wind nature. Nagamasa is capable of sharpening the blades to the point that the edge can cut DNa itself like a obsidian blade. Add that with his ability to sword fight with either of his two arms , and your have a deadly ninja. Nagamasa can swing his swords so fast that they create sonic booms.

Nagamasa also has his sword dances. When performing his sword dances those who see it gain a boost in their physical abilities. This comes from a reverse genjutsu. it sends some of his chakra into the person seeing it and draws their chakra out from their inner gates to enhance their bodies. It is not enough to cause damage to the body, but rather give it a boost. There is also a side benefit from this sword dance as well. Those under the sword dance can not be placed under another genjutsu.

Nagamasa's voice itself is also a weapon he uses on the battlefield. His singing can be empowered with Chakra. Those who here it can have their chakra enhanced. It also can be used to pull people under genjutsu out of it. The son of Valor is the tune that enhances one Chakra and physical strength. The song of awakening pulls a person out of genjutsu. The song of forgetting can erase memories of a target.

Nagamasa's nickname is the Hundred Blade Dancer. This comes from his signature Jutsu, Dance of a Hundred Blades. Using a sealing technique he releases a scroll that launches a hundred blades on the battlefield. These blades are connected to chakra strings. He then begins to fight with the sword, switching from blade to blade as needed. While he fights with two swords Shikaku takes control of the other swords and fights with them using the chakra strings. Both Shikaku and himself perform a beautiful sword dance as a hundred blades dance thought the air cutting his enemies limb from limb.

Nagamasa's relationship with Shikaku is that of two room mates. Shikaku has learned to not bother Nagamasa and Nagamasa has learned to respect and understand Shikaku. As a result the two get along well enough. Nagamasa will engage his curiosity and fancy at times , and he will talk to him regularly. However as part of their deal he will only talk to him for a hour as nagamasa can go on for days simply talking. This none antagonistic relationship allows the two of them to work together in battle . When things get tough Nagamasa will allow Shikaku to take over defense while he focus on attack. if things get dire he will put himself to sleep and allow Shikaku to come out in his full glory.