Ketsueki Clan

The Ketsueki members are able to use their own blood for jutsus,they add chakra to it and it becomes an attack.They are also very skilled in the arts of Kenjutsu and swords.
There are three main styles taught to all members of the Ketsueki family. Ketsueki-Style Kenjutsu is the most basic and crucial of the three arts. The training begins as early as the practitioner is capable of wielding a shinai. Training is rigerous and involves months to years of training with shinai and body armor, before a swordsman is allowed to take up a bokken. It is at this point that a practitioner may branch out into one of the other two styles, or develop his own (such as done by Iori Ketsueki). Kenjutsu training progresses into bokken kata, before finally beginning cutting practice with a live blade. Once a swordsman has reached his first level of mastery (first dan), he begins training with the Blood Release: Sword of Blood. The Blood Sword is obviously much lighter, but much stronger than a simple katana.

The second school is the Ketsueki-Style Daisho Kenjutsu. Daisho, referring to wearing both a katana and wakizashi, emphasizes this school's focus on fighting with two swords at once. Most beginners fight with tanto and wakizashi at first, graduating to katana and wakizashi after many years. Some of the most skilled practitioners, such as Hideyoshi Ketsueki, take this a step further and wield two katana of roughly equal length. Due to the great peace brought on after the last Ninja World War and the last of the Water Country's civil wars, this style has fallen in popularity. Hideyoshi is the undisputed grandmaster of this style and one of the most skilled swordsmen in all of Kirigakure.

The third and final school is Ketsueki-Style Iaijutsu. While this school never maintained the greatest popularity, the number of practitioners of Ketsueki-Style Iaijutsu has remained the most constant over the years. Unlike the other schools which focus on strengthening a user's mastery of the Blood Sword techniques of the family, this school focuses on perfecting the use of an everyday katana. Of course, an everyday katana to a Ketsueki is one of the most finely crafted blades the in the Ninja World. The current grandmaster is Hideyoshi's youngest brother, though Mori's skill has grown such that the title will soon be in dispute.

The Ketsueki Clan is one of the oldest ninja clans of the Hidden Mist Village. It is most well known for its excellent swordsmen and swordsmiths. The clan played a critical role in the many civil wars that plagued the Bloody Mist period of Kiri's history as well as the destruction of the Kaguya Clan. Due to the prejudice against advanced bloodlines, the Ketsueki have remained highly secretive about their Blood Release jutsu, carefully playing them off as Hiden Jutsu. Within Kirigakure, and most other parts of the Ninja World, the quality and expertise of Ketsueki swords is unsurpassed. These swords however are almost never available on the open market. Ketsueki swords are manufactured for the one individual who commissioned the work in forges deep within the Ketsueki manor. The price for one of these swords is close to astronomical. On rare occassions these swords are given by members of the family to those outside the family as a gift of deep reverence and esteem. A recipient of such a sword is held in the highest regard, as it implies honorary membership in the family. The most recent gift was given by Mori Ketsueki to Kirabi after the former's training was complete.

All of this however pales in comparison to the work of Masamune Ketsueki, universally accepted as the greatest swordsmith in history. His gentle demeanor and hatred of violence led him to break all ties with the family and he later changed his name to Masamune Gorō. Very few of his swords exist as he took almost all of his work with him, before burning down his forge. All of his records and methods have been lost. Mori has recently begun a secret attempt to recreate Masamune's techniques. He has devoted a great deal of his personal resources and those of the family to unlocking those secrets. It is known that Hideyoshi and Mori both possess Masamune katana.

Name:Naraku Chishio(Hell Blood)
Rank: C
Range: long
Jutsu Type: ninjustu
Elemental Affinity: none
Clan: Ketsueki

Kaoshin uses his chakra and his blood to create a large wave of chakra and throws it at the opponent in a boomerang motion making it spin at high speeds at the opponent.

Name: Kongou Chishio Toku(Diamond Blood Shield)
Rank: C
Range: close
Jutsu Type: ninjustu
Elemental Affinity: none
Clan: Ketsueki

Kaoshin envelops his arms and legs with chakra that is white, which makes his kicks and punches harder and also helps to protect him. He alos can make the armor become a larg orb around him as a shield

Name: Yoru Shakou(Night Shade)
Rank: C
Range: close
Jutsu Type: ninjustu
Elemental Affinity: none
Clan: Ketsueki

Kaoshin uses his chakra to envelop himself with chakra making him look like large black and red lizard, which increares his strengh and speed. When in this form he can create tentacles of chakra which will try to wrap around the opponent.


Name: Blood Sacrifice-Summonig Blood Raven-Karadoshi
Rank: C
Range: close
Jutsu Type: ninjutsu
Elemental Affinity: none
Clan: Ketsueki

Description: Kaoshin takes a hooked kunai and slashes a large cut in his left shoulder and places his hand above the shoulder and makes the blood float and begin to form into a large dark red raven. The raven known as Karadoshi can use two justu known as Blood Needles and Blood Bullet. He is also very large and can talk and is very loyal to Kaoshin and gather information for him. The problem with this justu is Kaoshin cannot use the arm that he used too create Karadoshi unless, Karadoshi is destroyed or returns to blood and eneters Kaoshin's body, so plainly he cannot use any other justu while Karadoshi is summoned. He only can give his chakra to Karadoshi to help him protect Kaoshin

Name: Scarlet Blood Sphere
Rank: C
Range: close to long range
Jutsu Type: ninjutsu
Elemental Affinity: If nessesary
Clan: Ketsueki

Description: This is a more powerful and compact version of hell blood. Kaoshin creates a hole in the palm of his hand with a kunai and begins to rapidly spin his other hand on top of it and create a sphere of blood mixed with chakra and then he eithers rush at the opponent or throws the sphere at the opponent.

Name: Demon Blood Transformation
Rank: C
Range: long
Jutsu Type: ninjutsu
Elemental Affinity: If nessesary
Clan: Ketsueki

Description: Kaoshin takes his katana and rapidly slashes himself, creating multiple wounds which bleed. Kaoshin then sheathes his katana and concentartes on the blood which molds onto him. Making him have a second skin made of blood. He has the apperance of a large dragon that walks on two legs and has no wings. The blood then soildfy making it seem he is an actual dragon-demon. Kaoshin can also sent tentacles of blood out of his blood skin to grab the opponent and drag them close to Kaoshin in this form to attack. A drawback to this justu is that Kaoshin must emit a amount of chakra to mantain the transformation which uses up alot of his chakra.

Name: Ketsueki Bunshin no Jutsu (Blood Clone Technique)
Type: Ninjutsu
Rank: A
Requirements: Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu
Description: Basically a Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu made with blood, not water. The clone can walk farther away from the user than a Mizu Bunshin can, and this type of clone can withstand more hits than the usual one. The rest of the space that the blood does not fill is filled by water, and the blood used is dispersed evenly throughout the clone.