[center][color=slategray]╔══════════════════════╗[/color][/center] [indent][color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] N a m e [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]Hachirou Ushitako[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] A g e / B i r t h d a y [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]19, 19th of August[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] G e n d e r [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]Male[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] B o d y T y p e [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]Almost weedy to look at, although his muscle is rock-hard to touch[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] V i l l a g e [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]Unaffiliated, Missing Nin of Kumo[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] F a m i l y [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]Father: Unknown Mother: Uknown Siblings: None[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] R a n k [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]Chuunin/Unaffiliated[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] T a i l e d B e a s t [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]Gyūki: The Eight Tailed Bull[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] T i t l e s / N i c k n a m e s [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]The Eight Tailed Drunk; That Octopus nuisance (by the Raikage); Hachi[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] P e r s o n a l i t y [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]Hachirou is a largely passive young man, decidedly isolated and with a deep loathing of death. Having been pushed into a Ninja career by his status as a Jinchūriki, he holds resentment for the system, and prefers a simpler life, wandering the nations and enjoying himself. He's a man who appreciates the simple pleasures of life; he spends his journeys partying (drinking), talking , and running the hell away from hunter nin. He's easy going for the most part, and kind, although a little vacant, and can often be found holding humorous, if occasionally one-sided conversations with Gyūki, whom he considers a father figure. His aversion to conflict means that he often goes out of his way to help people out and cool down domestic situations as they arise. Hachirou could be mistaken for a friendly soul, but the reality is that he's somewhat cold under the surface, and prefers not to put down roots. That said, he's still loyal to his village at heart, and if the time came to defend it, he'd do so with only a few moments' hesitation.[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] L i k e s [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon][color=slategray]✖[/color] - Booze [color=slategray]✖[/color] - Pork [color=slategray]✖[/color] - Peace [color=slategray]✖[/color] - Quiet time [color=slategray]✖[/color] - Wandering[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] D i s l i k e s [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon][color=slategray]✖[/color] - Beef [color=slategray]✖[/color] - Sushi [color=slategray]✖[/color] - Conflict [color=slategray]✖[/color] - Anyone particularly loud [color=slategray]✖[/color] - Ninja[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] N i n d o [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]For f*ck's sake, can't we all just get along?[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] B i o g r a p h y [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]Formerly Daisuke Tanaka, an orphan under the care of Kumo's early training programme, Hachirou's arduous journey began on the day of his fifth birthday. The eight-tailed bull had begun to breach the seals on its jinchuuriki following a battlefield injury, and she could only contain it for a little longer. Unwilling to risk another of the beast’s rampages, the Raikage put a plan into motion to secure an effective weapon and keep the Bull under Kumo's control. A child, preferably orphaned and just below academy age was to be selected and made a container for the creature. This would allow them to be trained almost immediately, making for an effective soldier. As a promising young orphan, gifted with higher-than-average chakra and resilient coil and nervous systems, Daisuke was the natural first choice. The seals were copied and enhanced, layered in triplicate and the paper pasted to the boy's lower back. Just as the beast was about to break the seals, it was transferred directly into the boy. Unfortunately, this had some rather nasty side effects. The vast power of eight tails of chakra, compressed by a far tighter seal, coursed through his body, tearing and regenerating cells almost instantaneously and ripping through his brain. When the waves of chakra subsided, he was left in a coma. With good doctors, one that would quickly break, but a coma nonetheless. Meanwhile, the boy, trapped in his mindscape with the bull, awoke with no knowledge of himself, or his past. He could speak, and think, and feel, but he couldn't remember. Naturally, for a boy of five, his first instinct was to cry, trapped as he was in a cold, dark void. The eight tails, irritated by the sound, and still sore from the sealing, did the only thing he could think to do: Comfort the boy. When the child woke up a week later, and was interviewed by his doctors, he claimed his name was Hachirou Ushitako, and that he didn't know where he was. It was the will of the village to see him raised as a powerful, loyal and single-minded weapon. As the vessel for the second-strongest tailed beast, he was a strategic resource of utmost importance. Gyūki had other plans. The way of the ninja bored him. He found it wasteful, and tasteless, and it was obvious that the child was averse to the lifestyle himself. Unwilling to suffer through years of angst and boredom, and forced as he was to view the world through the eyes of a child, (even one being trained as a killing machine), he grew, albeit grudgingly, to see some good in the world around him, and urged Hachirou to do the same. When he was placed with a foster group of four Jounin, Gyūki told him "You don't need 'em, kid. Aren't I good enough?" When he was taught offensive taijutsu, and balked at the implications, Gyūki eventually caved under the whining and helped him turn it into a defensive style. And on his big bro's advice, he asked his teachers if he could specialize in stealth tactics. All the while, Gyūki and he experimented with the beast's power. Their harsh bonding had changed Hachirou's coils, making it easier to channel his chakra. His trainers would watch with awe over the years as he slowly mastered form after form, eventually summoning true parts of the Bull's body. In turn, Gyūki was able to work some of the knks out as he was allowed more and more control over his manifested body. This lifestyle also meant Hachirou spent little time at the academy; only enough time to aid his social skills for the benefit of team operations. Everything changed, however, when he graduated at age eleven. On his Genin team's first mission out, one of his comrades was killed by a lucky kunai to the head. He already had a strong dislike for violence, and Gyūki had made clear more than once his distaste for the lifestyle of a ninja. He’d been made to butcher animals before, but nothing could have prepared him for the actual sight of death. It horrified the boy. He knew, then and there, that the path he'd been forced down wasn't one he would tolerate. He wanted no more of it, and his will was hardened by Gyūki's confident growl of "We're going to get you out, Brat." And so the plan was set. For another two years, he trained, harder than ever before, even hiding some of his skill from his trainers so as to be underestimated. Finally, when he was fourteen, having been promoted to chuunin and his security slackened, he made his escape. He left a note in his apartment, reading: "To the Raikage, my friends, my trainers. I cannot stand for this farce of a life. All this unnecessary murder, it turns my stomach. If the village ever truly needs help, if it ever needs protecting, I have no doubt you'll be able to find me. I'll come to your call. Until then, consider us- me and Gyūki -Missing nin of Kumogakure." Slipping into the street at night, he burrowed into the ground with an earth jutsu and used a set of tails to propel himself away from the village. He started running that day, and he hasn't stopped since. Well, except to drink Sake and absorb the local atmosphere. (Of course, the Raikage couldn't just up and announce that his best strategic resource had defected. Unbeknownst to Hachirou, he's officially on an extended scouting mission. The Raikage sends a team of Hunters after him every few months to keep the kid on his toes, but their official capacity is to 'receive reports from the container'. Hachirou almost considers them friends at this point.[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] N a t u r e s [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]Water, Earth[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] T a l e n t s [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]Painting, Tracking, Camouflage and Singing[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] J u t s u [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon] [hider=Basic Jutsu]Clone Substitution Transformation Water clone (two) Shunshin[/hider] [hider=Water Release]Syrup Trap: A flood of viscous water is sprayed at an opponent's feet, acting as a mobility stop. Whirlpool Waster: A powerful vortex of water is launched at the enemy, trapping them and eventually knocking them out. Hydro Ram: A glob of densely pressurized water is spat at an opponent, bludgeoning them.[/hider] [hider=Earth Release]Hidden Mole: Hachirou burrows underground, sensing his location by magnetic fields and using vibrations to get a rough handle on enemy locations. Mainly used to escape. Master of the Earth: By striking the ground with a limb, Hachirou can manipulate terrain, creating spires of rock, pitfalls or minor quakes. Fairly chakra intensive, can't be used for more than a few minutes non-stop. Obfuscating cloud: A cloud of dust is pulled up into the air as added cover.[/hider] [hider=Bijuu Techniques]These techniques tap Gyuuki's immense chakra, allowing them to be used separately from Hachirou's usual techniques. Octo Cloak: A chakra cloak of up to eight tails, Creating a defensive barrier, extending reach, and allowing Gyuuki some control. All eight tails unlocked. Phantom Bull: The Version 2 form, largely under control creates a transformation roughly twice the size of a human. All eight tails unlocked, loses control at 6. Inefficient. Partial shift; Tails!: Up to eight tails emerge from Hachirou's lower back. They are prehensile, heavy, and capable of forming bijuudama. They also secrete ink. Partial shift; Horns!: Manifests Gyuuki's horns, which are sharp enough to easily impale a man. He doesn't like using this one. Partial shift; Strength!: Manifests some of Gyuuki's limbs to block attacks or move heavy stuff. Full shift; Mini eight tails!: Allows a human sized full transformation for around three minutes before it becomes dangerous to maintain. Takoyaki bomber: A large Bijuudama is charged and fired, to devastating effect. Needs a good minute to recharge. Takoyaki hailstorm: A cloud of tiny bijuudama erupts into the sky from Gyuuki's tails and bombs the field, blinding and distracting opponents. Takes a minute to recharge. Gunk spray: Ink is fired at enemies, blinding and slowing them. Cuttlefish armor: A special ink covers Hachirou, camouflaging him for 30 seconds before it dissolves. dampens chakra emissions, but doesn't affect sound.[/hider] [/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] W e a p o n s A n d T o o l s [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]Ninja wire for trapping, a pouch of kunai, a pouch of shuriken, and several smokebombs.[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] F i g h t i n g S t y l e [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]Large, flashy attacks, intended to confuse and immobilize, followed by an immediate escape attempt. He hates fighting, and ends encounters as soon as he possibly can.[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] T h e m e S o n g [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon][url=https://youtu.be/O5grhuvcSes]We're off you know - Klaatu[/url][/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] P l a y e d B y [indent][indent][indent][color=salmon]Helios J Mears[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent] [/indent]