Hohken Soujiro

Soujiro preparing Gyokuji Hakobune" (Sovereign Ark).

Soujiro is a very kind and caring soul. He is always concerned with his family and friends. Even his apprentices he cares for, he knows their inner struggle and wishes to try any way he is able to help them towards their dream. He's a very sociable man and sophisticated, usually picking up a newspaper from where he his and reads up on the current events. Through the Yochi side of him, he has many connections to people around the world, part of the reason he's very friendly. Though, in certain unpredictable angry or sadness, his temper will be let loose, breaking the restitutions to his chakra with it.

The Beginning

He grew up in a small town caleld Kinomi no Toshi and Konohagakure no Sato, often switching locations during the year. He lived with his parents and his sister, Namiko. A Fesitval of Harvesting occurs in Kinomi no Toshi every yealry cycle and Soujiro tries to return home for it. Growing up fast, he was enlisted to take on several duties to ensure the survival of the nation. One such duty was the protection of the Hokage, and then the election of the late Hokage Chouzou. After he was assigned to form a team of Konohagakure Gennin, it was time for the Festival of Kinomi no Toshi, taking them with him to the festival before starting their training. Unfortualy, one of the students he bought with, was a defect of the Ninja Crime Investigation Agency and was hunted, a small army was brought to Kinomi no Toshi. He had ordered his students to flee, as he battled the commanders and generals of the army. His war waged on against their commander, Yatame, who he was able to get the best of. All was going well, in his battles, until he found Namiko, his sister, murdered. This caused his emotions to be let loose, in his rage, he consumed Kinomi no Toshi in a gallant cerulean flame, leaving nothing but ash in its wake.

The Time of Vengeance

After Soujiro had used a time/space jutsu to warp from th aftermath of the explosion, he spent countless hours training in blind anger and aquiring the power he lacked previously. He traveled to the Saeuru Peak, where he gained the contract of the Great Birds from Hyuuga Yatako and crossed planes into the Summon Realm. Spending time fighting for his survival and conquering his own emotions, Soujiro returned to the realm of ninja. He began a search of Hohken Ryuichi, the forlorn member of his clan that Soujiro held a personal vendetta about. Ryuichi had killed his aunt and uncle (Tsukasa's parents)when they tried to bring him to justice. Yatame, he found out, was under the orders of Ryuichi, who was a general in the Kumogakure army. Soujiro spent time tracking him down, finally arriving at Soutenkanchougai, where he first met one of his later students Endo Tsubasa. Soujiro clashed with Ryuichi in fromt of his students and carried the battle away from the battle. It was gruesome, but Soujiro managed to handle toe to toe with this man, or so it seemed. The battle would have raged on if Ryuichi hadn't laked that his student, Shiro-Akuma Taizen wasn't about to destroy Konohagakure no Sato. Soujiro quickly cut his losses and ended the battle against Ryuichi until another day. He assembled Tsukasa and Noel from the Hohken clan and contacted Hyuuga Takumi before they arrived.

Sunrise

The trio was already waiting for the arrival of his past students, Baromosa and Jinsoku- the survivors of Kinomi no Toshi. Among the group were a few new faces, including Endo Tsubasa. While Hyuuga Yatako was off discussing peace in Kumogakure no Sato and then freeing Hotarunoshi the job to free Konohagakure were on his shoulders. Soujiro split with Takumi, leading his group into village itself, where they would be attacked upon entry. The Gennin would be swallowed up in a cage, that they would soon bust out of. to the shinobi's dismay, Soujiro had Tsukasa put them all into a dream-state where the trio would be able to take them to a save place while preparing them for what would come. In their dream, Soujiro was going to destroy the village and they needed to stop him. They were facing a monstrosity that they couldn't hope to survive, he attacked them physically and emotionally. They were successful at stopping him despite all odds and were not happy to be toyed with. The dream linked all of them together, training for what would happen later that day. Soujiro showed them all their 'Will of Fire'.

Soujiro attacking with his twin daggers and blue fire.

Soujiro informed them that the day was special in that the Daimyo was visiting the captain of the NCIA in the area. They were going to strike that day and kill two birds with one stone. Soujiro led the crew down the streets with Chuunin clearing the way with sprays of flames. They were able to make their way to the Ikatsu bakery, as another stronghold defense. There was a secret entrance in to the Hokage's tower in the basement. Entering into the secret entrance, there was a labyrinth they the group had to navigate through to get to the end. The maze was full of traps, many were poisoned, but Tuskasa ended that up. All the paths ended up in a large tunnel, but one group and Noel fell into a prison.

The prison group had to search skeletons to find a key out of their cell. Once they had succeeded in that, they entered in a rool crawling with living skeletons. they were being attacked by the dead in a huge chamber that reeked of secrets and death. They had to fight their way to the top, through the skeletons and ghouls. At the top, they rode an ancient elevator up to a meeting room.

Soujiro and Tsukasa led the remaining group through another shaft in the tower, breaking into the lower level of the tower. Soujiro and Tsukasa held off the surrounding soldiers in the area as the Gennin left to shut down the security sensors. The crew was able to lock down the tower and keep everyone in and whoever wasn't in was not going to be getting in. Soujiro took the group to a room just below the roof of the tower, where they met up with Noel and crew again.

On top of the tower, the group listened to the Daimyo meeting with NCIA captain. The Daimyo threatened to usurp the power from the captain and lead the country over his rule, the rule of Hyuuga Sai. The captain was elusive, never being seen or heard from. However, as he was talking, his seven guards died like clockwork. As it turned out, the one who passed himself off as Hyuuga Sai was a puppet controlled by Kohashi Rokku who used his bloodline to stay invisible. When the bell tower tolled, the captain, Taizen used a dark elemental jutsu to suck the life out of the crowd at the bottom of the tower. Soujiro told the group to "Remember the dream," before engaging his with his twin black daggers. the seven fallen guards were raised from the dead and possessed by Taizen's chakra and began attacking the group. Tsukasa and Noel held off five of them while the Gennin took on two of them. They guards went down again, but Taizen used his bloodline to resurrect them again, this time taking on the personifications of emotions. They were much more powerful now and the only way to defeat them was to kill the connection to Taizen through fish saplings. They were finally successful and Taizen called upon his spirit partner to open the gates to the dead.

By using the jutsu "Shinzuiton: Choujikuu Seki Suibou" (Spirit release; Super-dimensional Gate Collapse), Shiro-Akuma Taizen broke the threads between this world and the next and spirits began to pour out into streets of Konohagkure. In a bright flash of light, the group would be enveloped again, finding a dead soul to anchor them. They were all met with someone they lost. Soujiro was met with his sister, Tsukasa with his parents and Noel to the gates of Heaven. Soujiro saw through the illusion and tore through the dimension to rescue Tsukasa. With the group breaking free of the dream, Noel summoned a choir of angels to shut the gate to the dead realm while Soujiro finished the battle. By using two scred tiger teeth relics, Soujiro used the jutsu "Gyokuji Hakobune" (Sovereign Ark)to seal Taizen and himself in the teeth. Their souls in the pearl tooth and their bodies in the onyx tooth.

Quotes

• “Today we meet destiny, face to face.”
• "Remember your dream."
• "Our belief can still shape this world and we’ll see it through until the end!”
• “You’re our future. May your flames be strong.”
• "This is where we say goodbye Taizen."