Name of Weapon or Item: The Shogun's Iron Weight Set
Owner: Zentai, Katsumi
Location: Upper legs (both right and left), waist (running across the entire belt line)
Rank: C
Description/Abilities: The Shogun's Iron Weight Set is a customized set of weights to help train the user further in speed and strength. The weights are worn until the user feels it's necessary to remove them. The weights are heavier than most taijutsu user's (ref. to weight 6x's the user's body weight) due to Katsumi's experience with them in combat and training. The weights have a knot which allows the user to pull it and simply let the weights fall off his body. The majority of the weight is located on the upper leg/thigh which forces the user to focus on leg movement and posistion when attacking. This placement is key in training a taijutsu/kenjutsu ninja because it can be utilized in both forms of combat.
History: Katsumi originally recieved the weights when he was training with his grandfather at his families temple. The weights were tradtional leg weights (like Lee's) which are worn on the lower ankle area. Katsumi wore them as such until he met Mr.Hahn and began his advanced training which required a much more specific focus. The weights continued to changed in weight and where they were worn. They finally reached a weight that both Mr.Hahn and Katsumi were comfortable with. As Katsumi continued his journey to reach Konoha he realized that they needed to be customized even further so that they could be removed as soon as he needed them to be. Katsumi took a small detour into a small village asking around until he found an older woman that would be able to sewn the string that would hold the weights in their place. She took several days to do so, using a rare form of silk to do so. The weights now looked much like a football player's gurdle, with the majority of the weight now located on the thigh area. The string was tied in a knot that when pulled dropped the weights from the user's waist as soon as it was pulled. This new system allowed Katsumi the advantage compared to that of the other taijutsu user's.
AppearanceThis is how they were first received, and then changed into what is described above:
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Name of Weapon or Item: The 5 Claws of Mr.Hahn
Owner: Zentai, Katsumi
Location: Lower Back, Left Hip
Rank: C
Description/Abilities: Katsumi carries in total 5 swords, each with a Shinto goddesses name: Benzaiten (the shortest of the blades), Kishi-mo (the second shortest of the blades), O-Ryu (the third shortest), Uzume (the most often used blade from the set located on the back) and Amaterasu (the most often used blade from the user's hip). Each sword was formed by Mr.Hahn, Katsumi's former master, in the tradtional smithing method which resulted in an extremely durable set of blades. Mr.Hahn's custom steel varant resulted in a black shine from all the blades but one (Amaterasu). Each blade can hold Katsumi's weight when he stands on it from the side, and can even support a jump from a squating posistion. The blade's rarely chip or bend during stressful combat. The blades are also very light in comparasion to other blades of this size, which allow for a much more acrobatic form of kenjutsu to be used when these blades are wielded. The blades can also retain a good amount of heat before being deformed because of the heating and cooling process used to make them. Each sword on the back (three), is held in a 'fan' holster which holds the swords with the handle facing the right. Each sword is raised slightly higher than the other, making it easier to draw with speed.
History: Mr.Hahn's trained Katsumi in the art of the blade for several years before he finished the set of five blades he would later give to his student. During the forging process he would take each blade to the top of the mountain, rest the tip in the pool of water located there and swing it towards the heavens. He would then declare its new name and then sheath it, never opening it again. Each blade's name was picked from the known list of female kami in the Shinto faith. There names represnt the style of the blades, with the varation in style being Amaterasu. The swords where given to Katsumi after he final defeated Mr.Hahn in a kendo duel. As he drew each blade a single droplet of water fell from the blade's edge, echoing in the empty temple's main room. As he finished looking and holding each new blade Mr.Hahn came out of the night's shadows and said, "With each drop you've recognized the most important things a kenjutsu warrior can realize: The first being that someone will always be better than you, but that doesn't mean that you can not defeat them when you face, the second is that the sword is an extention of yourself; it is part of you, the third is that you must clear your mind when you choose to fight; thoughts only cloud your mind, the fourth is that you control your own fate on the battlefield, and the fifth is that death is something we all must face, and with that you must fight ignoring the death around you."
Katsumi nooded his head and recognized himself as a new master of the kenjutsu art.
Appearance: The 1st picture is how the entire set loooks other Amaterasu. The second picture is how Amaterasu appears.
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Name of Weapon or Item: Basic Ninja Kit
Owner: Zentai, Katsumi
Location: Inside of the cloth wrap around the user's left side of the stomach
Rank: E
Description/Abilities: Because each country has its own form of kunai, this item list is only to note the slight differences in Katsumi's basic weaponary compared to that of other ninja. The first difference is that he uses a three pronged
kunai [ref. to look Yondaime's kunai]. The second is that 5 of the kunai (out of 20) has an explosive tag wrapped around the handle. The kit also holds 25 explosive tags, 30 shuriken, and 12 small smoke bombs which activate on contact bringing a black screen of smoke. The smoke cloud measures 10 meters by 10 meters.
Appearance: The 1st picture is the custom kunai, the second is the shurkien, the third the explosive tags, and the fourth is the smoke bombs.
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