Clan Name: Hoshigaki
Clan element/'s: Water
Special characteristics/traits: Shark Like Features.
Location: Kirigakure
Bloodline Name: Shark Spirit
Bloodline Ability:
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- Members of the Hoshigaki Clan are perhaps most known for their shark-like appearance. The body, which is merged with a Shark's during a painful ritual, completely changes to accommodate the differences in the body. The first and most noticeable thing about the transition is the color of the skin. Members of the Hoshigaki Clan have skin that ranges from soft blue in color to a dark gray, dependent upon the type of shark that was used for the ritual transformation.
Beyond that, the body also changes to take on a slimmer shape. A large amount of skin and muscle tissue becomes replaced with cartilage, making them odd to the touch. That being said, a large amount of muscle tissue is added to the body from the shark, too. At the neck, two lines of gills can be seen at the front, giving them the ability to breath underwater. The Hoshigaki's body is usually more bulky than the average, but from the appearance of tough muscle.
Also very noticeable quite quickly is the increased rows of very sharp, fine teeth. The eyes are also a little more circular than the average person's, and they have a more defined nose. Beyond that, the clan has no true hierarchy or structure. They understand that it's a shark eat shark world, and there are few restrictions imposed upon the members of the clan by the other members of the clan, for the ritual itself comes with several restrictions that cannot be fought against.
There is a singular symbol of authority within the Hoshigaki Clan, and those would be the Shark Priests. The Shark Priests are a small sect that rules over the religious aspects of the Shark Human's lives, deciding the actions that are best for the clan. It is only these Shark Priests that have access to the knowledge of the ritual that grants the impressive Shark powers. Those not born of the Shark Clan must find these Shark Priests to have them give the Ritual. These shark priests, as well as certain other Hoshigaki members, do pray to a higher power however. They call it Genbu, God of the Churning seas. This god is what completes the life cycle of the Hoshigaki, for as they die, their body is reconciled to the ocean for Genbu to take.
Secret Clan Jutsu:
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- Name: Same no Seirei (Spirit of the Shark)
Rank: C Rank
Skill: Passive
Drawback: The user must start with this technique if taking the ritual upon birth. Chakra control remains unaffected.
Description: The Same no Seirei (Spirit of the Shark) allows the user to obtain a dramatically larger chakra pool than they would normally have due to the fusion of the shark in the ritual.
Name:Umi no Kemono(Beast of the Sea)
Rank: C Rank
Skill: Passive
Drawback: The user must start with this technique if taking the ritual upon birth. Chakra control remains unaffected.
Description: Umi no Kemono(Beast of the Sea) allows the user to deal bonus damage with Suiton related attacks. Thus boosting the power by 1 rank.S-Rank however stops at S-Rank and gains no boost.
Name: Samehada (Shark Skin)
Rank: C - S Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Seals: Ox, Tiger, Snake, Dragon
Drawback: Only lasts for 3 posts, 5 Post cooldown.
Description: The user's body, which has been altered by the ritual, has gained a thin layer of cartilage underneath the user's blueish skin. The user, then, will learn how to use that cartilage in combination with their chakra in order to lessen the impact of melee strikes against them. When the user performs their handseals, channeling chakra into the thin layer underneath the skin, the cartilage there begins to act like a sponge, ready to cushion damage. When the user is hit, the sponge-like manner of the cartilage absorbs a portion of the damage, reducing the damage done to the user significantly. The impact from the melee strikes would be -1 Rank in power.
Name: Suichuu Binkatsu (Underwater Alacrity)
Rank: B Rank
Skill: Passive/Taijutsu
Special: Passive ability that is always active.
Drawback: When out of water this skill is nullified.
Description: The Hoshigaki Clan are very much used to fighting underwater; their whole fighting style is based upon flooding the field and then forcing the opponent to fight underwater, where the user will have the advantage. Because of their constant fighting underwater, they've learned how to move and manipulate their own bodies while submerged, making them terrifyingly difficult opponents to match when they're in their element. This ability, once learned, allows the user to fight with grace and ease underwater, to the very point that it seems like they were fighting naturally above it. +1 Taijutsu speed but not power.
Name: Akuarungu (Aqualung)
Rank: C Rank
Skill: Passive
Special: Passive ability that may be used at will.
Drawback: If activated above ground, the user is capable of suffocating to death.
Description: Normally, the Hoshigaki's body is set to breath through the lungs, which takes in oxygen from the air and then allows the user to exhale. However, the Hoshigaki's body has a secondary set of breathing tools- gills. By activating this technique, the user becomes capable of switching the manner in which their brain commands the body, moving to use the gills instead of the lungs. In this manner, it is impossible for the Hoshigaki to drown as they are now using gills to breath.
Name: Chi Kaori (Blood Scent)
Rank: C - B Rank
Skill: Passive
Special: The target must be bleeding and be within 20 meters at C Rank, 40 meters at B Rank.
Drawback: Cannot tell differing scents apart as blood is all the same.
Description: Allows the user to use their sense of smell to hunt down opponents who have been injured. After injuring an opponent, the Hoshigaki will generally try to force an underwater fight by flooding the field or trapping someone with some other water-based techniques. However, that is not necessary, it just makes the hunt easier. The user is then capable of using their sense of smell to track the scent of the blood of the opponent, making it much more difficult to hide from them.
Name: Dendou-Sacchi (Electric Sense)
Rank: A Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Seal: Rat
Drawback: The user becomes more susceptible to Raiton attacks. Any raiton jutsu used when this jutsu is activated will stun the user from electrical overload for 1 post. Only lasts for 2 posts, 3 Post cooldown.
Description: Many sharks have a biological trait known as the Ampullae of Lorenzini. These are actually glands which allow them to detect the electromagnetic fields generated by movements. These glands can detect voltages as low as one-billionth of a volt. As the Hoshigaki have garnished this ability, they too can sense movement around them. On land, this includes movement up to 25 meters away, and even heartbeats at twenty meters. Due to the conductive nature of water, when the Hoshigaki is in water, their range is boosted to 50 meters, and fifty meters for any heartbeat.
Clan History:
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- The History of the Hoshigaki Clan is a strange one. About ten years after the First Shinobi War, there was a member of the Mist Village that sought the kinship of the ocean and the sea. This man was known as Hoshigaki Sakana. Sakana was a powerful Suiton user, and spent much time on a boat in the oceans. It was during this time that he discovered and befriended a shark named Mirana. Mirana, now, was a female shark, who was said to have magical powers of the ocean. This wasn't true, of course. Mirana was actually a shinobi who had gone missing from the Mist Village about fifteen years prior to the two individuals meeting and simply chose to remain in the transformed position of a shark.
However, her adaption into the shark life had completely and utterly changed her. Sakana, seeing Mirana as utterly beautiful even in the form of the shark, fell in love with her and decided, at that time, to enter into the world of the Missing Nin as well. Casting aside his allegiance to his village, he would spend his time with Mirana and the two would live together happily for a long while. As time passed, Sakana learned of several different ways that he could manipulate his body to take upon more of the appearance of the shark. He found himself unwilling to transform himself totally into the shark, but rather he sought to manipulate his body so that he could find both the best of both Human and Shark and combine them into a singular body.
Thus was born the true forms of the Hoshigaki Clan. As time passed, Sakana and Mirana had children, and all of them were gifted with the ritual of the Shark, the spiritual transformation that Sakana had discovered in order to become both man and shark. This legacy would continue for many years, up until the coming of the second shinobi war. The family, by this time, had grown strong, and had established their own village deep south in the Sea Country. They lived there unmolested, training and mastering the arts of Suiton beyond anyone in the world.
When the Second War began, many villages were seeking ways to increase their village's potential power without sacrificing anything. It was here that a group of Genin from the Waterfall Village, lead by a Jounin named Sakuro, who were on a mission to retrieve a weapon from the Sea Country, would encounter the shark clan and all would stand amazed at their strength and ability. It was here that the Shark Clan was reintroduced to the main continent, with several different sects of the Hoshigaki Clan moving to the aid of several different Suiton-using villages.
Impressed beyond measure by the shark clan's ferocious fighting styles and ninjutsu capability, the Hoshigaki were accepted into almost every major ninja village without a thought. It was here that the clans would begin the establishment of the Shark Priest sect, who would be located within the Water Country where their lives began. Since the clan was to be spread throughout the world, it only made sense that a small and singular area be devoted to the clan and to the clan alone.
It was decided that anyone born into the clan must obtain the ritual upon birth, the choices of the parents shaping the individual's future for the rest of their lives, blocking away a great amount of potential growth but giving them so much more in the process. Even the child's appearance would forever be altered by the decision of the parents. The Shark Priests would have power and authority over all the clans secrets, and it is the greatest of honors amongst the Hoshigaki Clan to be accepted into the Shark Priests sect.
Nowadays, it is not uncommon to see a plethora of those of the Shark Clan, the Hoshigaki, all the way around the world. Their strength and battle ability are well renowned, and many fear them just as many respect them. Their brash and powerful natures often make others wary of them, but they view this as a good thing and now instead focus on simply making the best out of all their lives.
Members: 3
