Shou Nozaki

Shou's appearance looks more of an asian appearance. He is described as tall, muscular (toned and ripped), and has a fair-skinned body. His eyebrows are thin, yet darkened to the point where it looks like darkened pencil markings. The bridge of his nose is a little wide in weight and slightly tall in height. The tip of his nose, from a front face view, looks like a u-shape tip. As from a side face view, it looks like a small, round button nose. Shou has small, round, and pointy ears. He also has tear drop earrings on both ears, but it looks different. It looks different because the tear drops are slanted to where the sharp point is facing to the left. He wears his hair long. The length of his hair reaches to his upper back. He wears a white skull cap with black designs on the top of the hat. Black, thick lines decorates each side of the hat, leaving the front side of the hat blank white. He also wears a black scarf around his neck loosely as two tails flow with the wind. The end of the scarf tails also have black-line designs from thick to thin.

Due to the death of his parents, he decided to be a mute and not speak at all. He wears the black scarf around his face so that he would not say a single word for the rest of his life. He still wears his white skull cap on his head as one long strand of hair sits in front of his face.

Upper Torso:
He wears a small white jacket vest hoodie as well with the sleeves cut off. The white jacket also has grey pockets as the he wears the jacket-vest open as well. The jacket-vest also has a little black design at the bottom. He is always seen with his hoodie on at all times. Under the white jacket-vest, he wears a orange shirt that has white designs on the sleeves of the shirt. On the center of his shirt, lies the design of a phoenix. On his chest to his stomach, upper back to his lower back, shoulders to his wrist, holds his clan, the Nozaki, tattoo markings all around his body.

As he got older, his tops changed to a simple hoodie vests with the hood mostly on top with black fur lining, also having blazers with white fur lining. Aside from the tattoo markings, he hones large battle scars all over his body.

Lower Torso:
Shou, when he was younger, wears hakama sweat shorts as the leg sleeves are tied tight with tiny laces that connect to the sweat shorts. He folds one leg up halfway up to his lower leg when in battle. The color of his shorts are the same color of his tattoos. At the top of the sweat shorts where the waist and the pockets are located, there is a white design with tribal markings where the pockets are. There are also tears and rips on the shorts as well, indicating the some of the fabric might tear off as well.

As he got older, he changed his bottom attire to nothing but dark blue pants with a black cloth hanging from halfway up his stomach to his knees.

Feet:
Shou's feet are characterized as small, but quick. Even though his legs are skinny in weight, they do carry much speed when it comes to Shou dashing or sprinting. He wears orange sneakers with white designs as the color of the sole is grey, matching the color of his low socks. He has the same shoes but in different colors also. Humans around him note that his veins pop out of his legs, indicating that he works on his legs to the point where his calf muscles do not look big in weight, but his legs carry an impressive amount of strength. He then switched his orange sneakers for simple Tabi Boots.

Beyond knowing the truth behind the death of his family, Shou wandered Kumogakure as an outcast and was struck as being a very mysterious and aloof person, not taking an interest to many things and many people in the world as of right now. He has been known to be a very cold, callous, dispassionate figure, and is rather brooding, and indifferent, willing to harm both his enemies, and even his comrades if should they ever get in his way. He refers to anyone that he does not find interesting or boring, "trash" and treats them as expandable; meaning, "You are nothing more then trash and therefore will be taken out permanently..." Despite his devil-like personality, he is not particularly violent and will only fight when provoked.

As a child growing up, Shou was respectable and therefore a loving child. He did what he was supposed to do and followed every direction. He was very helpful and cheerful toward other individuals and a lot of people respected him because of his personality and the way he was very helpful toward his parents. He was very proud for being the son of well-respected parents and siblings of that manner. But when the tragedy struck and took away his hopes, dreams, friends and family, everything changed. His personality and ideological thinking process switched to those of the emotion of evil, his heart blacker then the midnight sky. Now, he cares for no one but of himself, and disrespects anyone that comes in his way.

His cold demeanor and aloof personality allows him to stay completely calm and in control in most situations, and he is not easily surprised and off-guard. However, he does not seem to compensate and comprehend the Human trait of fighting against all odds or the very concept of the so-called Human heart; during his battle with an enemy in his chūnin years, he completely overwhelms the shinobi after he releases his Kekkai Genkai, yet the shinobi continues to fight on regardless of that manner. Because of this, he sighs to himself, looks at his opponents and immediately tells him that "to continue this constant fighting is utterly disappointing."

Shou is also highly perceptive, cunning, and analytical. During his first visit to Konohagakure as a chūnin, he makes several surprisingly accurate remarks on the ninja that confronts him, but keeps it to himself. During battles with his opponents, he uses the concept of manipulation to throw his enemies off-guard and toy with them, putting vigorous and revolting insults in their head in order for them to attack first so he can analyze their movements and make strategies to have a flawless victory or a victory with a few marks on his body. Nonetheless, he analyzes his surroundings to get a better feel of the environment and "make himself feel at home."

A descendant of the Fallen... is what they called Nozaki, Shou.


Shou Nozaki. Second son born of Yahjiro Nozaki and Mizume Hahjiro. Younger brother of Ryu Hahjiro who was fatally injured when Shou was born. Cause: Battle with Sunagakure nin. A shinobi born of the no clan from Konohagakure No Sato, the village hidden in the shadows of trees in his eyes years later. At age two, he left Konohagakure as his side of the family was moved to Kumogakure No Sato because of population control, feeling as the family should spread out to different villages but keeping close distance toward each other. A loving, graceful child, he was seen by others as the golden child of happiness. Always having a smile on his face near the people that adored him and his family, something bothered his parents about him in a strange way. They could not figure out what the situation was, so they left it at bay. Only one thing was for sure: people took their son's kindness as his weakness, and things started to change. There was a tragedy on sight. A hit set out. Someone wanted Shou dead as a young boy, judging from his actions right now. People were insulting him, doing everything they can to break him down. They wanted to see him in pain. The best way to do that, eliminating his parents. That night, when Shou was carefully tucked in, his parents went out on a nighttime stroll. Being confronted by these hostile ninja, they put up a good fight. But the good fight would have to end sadly. The next day, in the afternoon, Shou had received word that his parents died in an ambush. What made the tragedy more worst was the scene of the dead bodies in front of him a few minutes after the announcement to him.

This is where the life of the soulless shinobi began to tell the tale.

Chapter One: The Academic Years; Darkness clouds him.


The Academy. Shou Nozaki's first road to becoming a ninja. It was a tough for him, really. Two years have passed since the death of his parents and already he had no one to care for him. He still lived in the household where he was born. The darkness shrouded itself around him, constantly thinking of that dreadful day, seeing his parent's dead bodies next to each other, holding hands, eyes closed peacefully. Walking into the academy building, the teacher announced the new student, no hello, no hi, no greetings. Everyone looked at him, and laughed. But what they didn't know, was the pain he was feeling. They all had parents whom they can love and respect, he didn't. Sitting at the right corner seat near the doorway, he paid attention to his teacher, ignoring the harsh remarks made from the other students. Calling him different names: "weird", "loser", "orphan", "freak." Some even called him an animal because of his nature. Nonetheless, the words did not sink in. During breaks they would do the same thing, recess and lunch. Only the ninja from his own clan would stand by his side, but he didn't care not one bit, giving everyone the cold shoulder.

Because of that, he trained by himself. The other Sand academy students that came from Kumogakure offered to train in assistance, but Shou did not listen or take into consideration. He wanted to be alone, and many knew that. So, they gave him what he wanted. Privacy time. Time to himself. To be alone. If not training, he would sit in his room all day, or take short walks to the field and punch the tree numerous times and kick the tree as well. Multiple wounds appeared on his hands: knuckles, palms, fingers, elbows; even his legs: shin, kneecaps, thighs. The more pain, the more satisfaction. The weather stayed the same in Kumogakure, so staying outside was common for Shou. A child born with happiness everywhere he went, now filled with hate and despair with every step he took. He didn't care how he would end up, he just wanted to be alone from everyone. He worked on his prowess, his strengths and weaknesses. With those in training and complete, he graduated the Academy at the top of his class at age 11. His enemies were behind him, and soon, they would be erased by him.


Chapter Two: The Beast within; Blinking with dispassion.


Genin. D-rank ninja. Finally a ninja. The feeling was good, but not as satisfying the taste of hatred inside him. Already on the path of darkness and the path of a shinobi. Life never felt sweeter. Assigned to his squad, he cared nothing more then to just do the missions and do them right, or die trying. Ready to take step into the real world of a ninja, his acknowledgement would soon be known. But for what purpose? Already giving up on everything around him because of his parent's death, there was nothing else for him to fight for, other than his life. Just like Genjutsu, everything and everyone around him was a mere illusion that he would rather break instead of keep looking. He isolated himself from his teammates, seeing as they were weak in physical strength and not compared to his prowess. But he tended to take time with his sensei for private training, since his sensei was part of the Inuzuka clan, but had a wife who was affiliated with the element of Lightning Release herself. Only three people respected him and he "somewhat" gave them respect, mutual feelings to say the least. He could not wait but to leave this village, for the death of his parents kept on interfering with his life right now.

Missions were easier the more they got them. The Council got word quickly, started piling the team's missions with more difficulty. Did not phase Shou; all he needed was him and his hatred to fight until the end. Most missions included traveling to different villages along with hostile ninja along the way with the passion of killing any shinobi that comes in their way. While doing these missions, their sensei had warned them of another possible threat coming to this Shinobi World, a remnant flashback of the last Great War. Was Shou ready? Possibly, no. But he did not care nonetheless and let the thought and feeling slip his mind as his concentration was to defeat these hostile ninjas during missions. Most of these missions were fun to Shou because they involved hostile ninjas who were a good challenge, so killing them would satisfy him a bit until everything was settled with his passion of hatred.

Hearing of hidden secrets that were stashed from every person in every village, unknown to anyone in the world, untold from no one in the universe, Shou thought this "secret" would be hidden power; something that he did not lust, but wanted to figure out. The concept of bringing his parents back were out of the question, but who cared? He didn't. Every step they took, every corner they saw, every turn they turned, there would be something mysterious watching them from afar, or someone ambushing them. Shou opened his ears, and heard rustling noises coming from certain bushes. There, Aigo took out senbon and picked up different smells from certain directions. Throwing a senbon at the upper right direction in a tree, two senbon in the left direction in the bushes, one senbon at the right direction in the bushes, while his team did the same through the orders of their sensei. The senbon that Shou threw came in contact with the ambushed ninja's forehead, indicating he hit a direct shot and they were dead. The other ninja in hiding; injuries to their shoulder. The other ninja hiding ambushed the team as soon as they found out they were caught.

A fight between the squad and the ambushers. Shou snarled with the taste of hatred in his system and that he hated these ninja for attacking his team. The leader of the ninja recognized Shou's clan symbol on his jacket. He was part of an Unknown clan no doubt; and from the same village because of the Kumogakure headband. Apparently, this one was different, seeing as all non-clan members usually resided in Konohagakure or any other village even before the war. But, after the war was another question. Shou did not care of what they were either thinking or whispering. His animal instincts kicked into high gear, and he was out for blood. The leader stepped in the middle of the group and halted his men. He looked at the sensei. They were even in height; judging from both chakra, even in skill. "What gave you the right to trespass, Kumo ninja?" The leader spoke in a boosting, big tone type of voice. Shou's sensei answered peacefully, not peaceful enough to sign a truce, "We came to find what we all heard of was a mystery. The mystery you bastards have kept for too long!" With that being said, the leader through his left elbow at the sensei. The sensei did not move, only swayed his head backward. Doing so, he dug his animal-like claws deep in the leader's abdomen, picked him up and slammed him to the ground. The other ninja retaliated, attacking the squad. The leader, somehow, got up from the impact and shifted his right knee forcefully into their sensei's chin. An act of violence, this leader must be killed.

The fight went on for a couple of minutes. Shou charged third after his first teammate. His rampage would be short as his fight with the older ninja left him useless on the ground. The ninja scoffed at him, saying, "Where is your protection now, little boy?" Laughed at, scoffed at, Shou cried tears of pain. The hatred sunk in deeper, and deeper. Upon laughing, the ninja was fiercely attacked by Shou's squad. Shou, getting hit with a right hook to the left jaw, laid on the ground, slow to get up on his feet. The ninja toyed with him, giving him insults after insults. What triggered the beast was when the ninja said this: "After the Great War, I bet your parents died in filth. I'll bet they never loved you!" Then, the worse happened. The ninja they were fighting had killed his teammate. Eyes flashed open. Blood red irises was seen in both eyes. Slowly, Canine teeth began to form. His eyes had the vision, the look, and even the feel of hatred in their gaze. He shifted those disturbing gaze to the ninja who talked ill of him. The ninja, now frightened, stood his ground.

Minutely Time Skip


The battle was over. The enemies were defeated. Hatred swelled up inside him as he finally let it all out. Motioning his body into his twos, he continued toward their destination. His team following. His sensei knew the feeling, but did not warn his other two students as they saw it themselves. The making of a beast was their teammate. Continuing doing several high-rank missions, they continued their road to become the best of the best. And there came, the Chūnin Exams.

Chapter Three: Beast or not; hatred motivated his training

Chuunin. Age thirteen. Another step toward greatness. Was not much really. Discovered his abilities, his prowess, his specialties. Choosing Weaponry and somewhat little of Taijutsu because of his abilities. He began learning the secrets of Ssam-Su Taekkyon. And the secret to combining Weaponry and Ssam-Su Taekkyon together. A kick-grappling art, Aigo had much to almost ninety-five percent trouble learning the technique behind the fighting style Ssam-Su Taekkyon. Ssam-Su Taekkyon is a speed form, and as such, Shou made sure that he paid close and careful attention to ever flowing graceful and aerial movement he took in his strikes, wanting to improve on both strength, velocity and combo-tactics. For some strange reason, it was never a problem for him to swiftly shift his style from Weaponry to Ssam-Su Taekkyon while in combat, giving him the upper advantage in both offense and defense. While others struggled to reach a fast enough punch speed and elbow precision to injure an opponent, Shou, non-surprisingly, never had this problem, significantly quickening his training.

While learning Weaponry, Shou also improved himself on his lightning release jutsu and mentally, even at the same time. Having Keen Intellect of certain villages he traveled, even staying in Kirigakure, he was able to make punching, kicking, and the elbow of his body to defend or strike a simple reflex he could use in any occasion. With his training he was taught simplicity in attacks, velocity, quickness, and determination. His lightning release jutsu were easy to apprehend, having his sensei teaching him the basics of the Raiton jutsu and his own abilities altogether. It was an average day, the atmosphere was hot, making the air humid and the sun out during the day. Canine fangs stayed as his teeth, only staying because of his evil-like nature. He also continued to practice his Weaponry as well, issuing different styles while doing so. Feeling the hatred of everything that happened, he pushed himself to go faster and faster until he met his limit.

His efforts were to be thankful for, even his sensei. He was now ready to live this place, to tear the remains of his memories. It was time for him to leave, to never come back. Those memories of his past will haunt him if he returns. Anyone in his path will be obliterated, and he means anyone. Comrade, or enemy.

Chapter Four: Hatred finally left something.


Kumogakure. Land of Mountains. Home of many powerful shinobi to go along with it. Some ninja reside there, others moved to different villages. Little to no birds in the sky flew, only clouds of emptiness took control of the sky and the breeze of chill ran down everyone's spine, signaling it was chilly. Hot, timid weather. Shinobi were working hard, under the order of the Council. Civilians were granted with smiles of safety and happiness. Welcoming any newcomers. But only one ninja was not happy, his hatred still resigned in his body. Time to make his move. He was at age seventeen. Abilities far rival of a Special Jounin rank.

Chapter Five: Leave; never come back.

Shou Nozaki, age twenty-one, arrived at Kumogakure No Sato, flourished by the renown hatred that swelled inside his body since the day his parents died. Wrecking havoc onto the village made him appeared to fake his death. A funeral being held in his loss, only with three people who attended, his squad from years back. Hatred began to swell even more inside of him. Kumo No Sato was nothing to him anymore. He had cut all ties with Kumo No Sato, and now, he will settle the score when he is ready to. Living in the abandoned house that still stood, all lights were off. He waited. Until the perfect day for Kumo No Sato to lay waste eternally. He snarled at this God-forsaken village, only he would wait. His mother especially would want him to keep peace in the village, as so he did when he stepped out and started doing missions and receiving orders from the Council. His hatred for the village left cuts and battle scars, but at least his parents were in a good place.