Orochimaru

[Mitarashi Anko]

[Naruto I hope you don't mind if I play Orochimaru cause well I really don't know. So yea I going to start working on it now.]

Name:

Orochimaru

Age: Somewhere around 53-56

Gender:Male

Rank:Sennin,S-Rank Missin-Nin

Weapons:Kunai, Shuriken, light balls, shinobi wire, explosive tags and any general array of items that he may need with a particular task as well as the fabled sword Kusanagi.



Appearance:


Personality:
Orochimaru is a man of intellect, who views his surroundings and the world at large in ways that differ from the perspectives of most. A highly observational and undeniably curious individual, the snake Sannin frequently baffles his underlings with his deviant manner of thought; he bears an air of cunning that challenges all whom encounter him. There is absolutely no one else who enjoys his unfailing capacity to influence others, the first meeting with this man will forever be etched into anyone's memory; once he's chosen to plant the seed of ensnarment, there can be no escape from the snake's manipulation. The hold which he has over others cannot be broken, its far less improbable to be rescued from it, unless the snake chooses to discard one of his own will; rendering that person useless to his cause.

He is undoubtedly cruel in every aspect, should he see promise, the infamous Sannin will harness it and when he is done; it would merely be left in the dust. Orochimaru's ways are are such that it is unlikely anyone will perceive a glint of compassion in his eyes, the life of another being rarely holds meaning for him, unless it is utilized for his own purposes. The serpent is well aware of his strength, which easily pronounces his authority to such a degree that he would not go unnoticed should he choose to. Whenever Orochimaru is present, events will revolve around him; regardless of whether others may like it or not.

Given his general temperment, those around him have to be extremely careful about how they speak; their lives can literally depend on it. While, Orochimaru on the other hand takes the gleeful opportunity to sneer and deliver snide, sarcastic comments as he taunts his prey. Highly calculating, he seems to enjoy studying the reactions of others' as he eventually drives them into a corner, even to the extent of playing around with his opponents whenever he feels like it. Orochimaru is one who holds almost no remorse should he even be annoyed in the slightest and choose not to overlook it, he will kill without a hint of regret or hesitation, all that matters to him are his ambitions and he will follow them to whatever ends; not caring of what others think of his ideals. Their opinions are not needed, and they can merely die, and would probably die.

Yet, even with all of that. Time has not been kind to him, with the mounting numbers of major failures which stalled his plans farther and farther, coupled with the loss of all current hopes to obtain the power of the sharingan; Orochimaru's mind as strong as it was, is now a shadow of what it was over a decade ago. All villains take the same path, first comes the child, then the man and finally the monster; he is the exception who was apparently a monster from the start. However, the constant change of bodies has made his mind weary to say the least, bringing forth bits of the child and man which have been hidden deep within him for such a long time. What he does now, would likely be profoundly different from his actions a decade before.



Village of Origin: Formly Konohagakure no Sato

Present Otoagakure no Sato

Kekkei Genkai/Special Ability/Bloodlimit:
None

Jutsus:
Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique) (Snakes)
A powerful jutsu, Ninpo Kuchiyose allows a ninja to summon animals, objects and the dead to fight on their behalf. The ninja normally signs a blood contract with the animal species, which allows him to summon different size and skill levels of creature.

Kusanagi no Tsurugi: Kuu no Tachi (Kusanagi Sword: Long Sword of the Heavens)
Kusanagi no Tsurugi • Kuu no Tachi is a Ninjutsu technique used by Orochimaru. This technique allows Orochimaru to levitate his sword Kusanagi. Forming the needed hand seal will cause the sword to activate and strike out against any enemy in the nearby area.

Nan no Kaizou (Soft Physique Modification)
Nan Kaizou is a Ninjutsu technique that allows a ninja to make their body very malleable. It was originally developed for spying activities. This technique can be done after surgery and actual body modification. When used the ninja can stretch and twist their body at any angle, allowing them to surprise their opponent.

Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei (Summoning: Impure World Resurrection)
Kuchiyose • Edo Tensei is a Ninjutsu technique which had been forbidden because of its dark nature. The technique involves the summoning of dead souls from the afterlife back into the real world. Normally Kuchiyose (summoning) involves the use of the caster's blood as compensation for summoning, Edo Tensei is different though. The ninja will first sacrifice a living person to provide the vessel that the dead soul will inhabit. The dead body will then be incased in ash and dirt to resemble the soul of the person that was resurrected. When the ninja wishes to recall the souls, a portal will open in the ground and the caskets holding the bodies will appear. When the the caskets open the bodies will be grey and in a state of minor decay. At this point the dead souls are able to remember their past life, but they are at the command of the one who summoned them. One final act will fully wipe out their conscious and make them under the command of the one who summoned them. The ninja will place a fuda (charm/tag) of some form into the head of the body. This will then give vitality back to the body and make it a pure killing machine.

When a portion of the dead body is damaged, the ash and dust will merely return and fix the damaged body part. The only way currently known to stop the resurrected person, was to utilize the Shiki Fuujin technique and remove the soul from the body.

Juin Jutsu (Cursed Seal Technique)
As a form of control, the Sound ninja Orochimaru will place cursed seals on those he wishes to grant more power. The chance of surving the placing of the cursed seal is one in ten. Once placed the seal will grant the wearer the ability to access their real power. By releasing chakra, the seal becomes active and begins to forcibly pull out more chakra. When the wearer releases the cursed seal to activate the extra chakra, they will lose all their free will permanently over time, transforming the user into Orochimaru's slave.

Kanashibari no Jutsu (Temporary Paralysis Technique)
Kanashibari no Jutsu is an advanced Ninjutsu technique used to temporarily bind an individual or animal. With the person frozen in place, the ninja can either take the opportunity to attack or to retreat.

Gogyou Fuuin (Five Elements Seal)
Gogyou Fuuin is a Fuuinjutsu technique used by the Sannin Orochimaru. Orochimaru forms an elemental seal on each of his fingers, one for each of the five elements (water, metal, earth, fire and wood). He used this odd numbered seal to disrupt the affects of the even numbered Shishou Fuuin placed on Naruto's stomach by the Fourth Hokage. The Gogyou Fuuin would disrupt the Shishou Fuuin's ability to let the Kyuubi's chakra blend into Naruto's chakra.

Fuuton: Daitoppa (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough)
Fuuton • Daitoppa is a Ninjutsu techinque which utilizes the Wind Element. After bringing his hand to his mouth, Orochimaru will blow a large blast of wind capable of leveling almost anything in its way. A variation of the technique involves a smaller blast of wind which gets ignited with flame.

Fushi Tensei (Living Corpse Reincarnation)
Fushi Tensei was a specially developed Ninjutsu technique developed by Orochimaru. The technique prevents death by allowing the caster to leave his body and inhabit the body of another. This allows one to remain in the world forever as they are not restrained by the age limits placed on ones physical body. When Orochimaru takes over the body the original individual is not totally wiped out, a small piece of them remains behind to become a part of Orochimaru's subconscious. Orochimaru wished to use this technique to take over the body of an Uchiha clan member, this would allow him greater ability to fulfill his goal of learning all the jutsu of the world. When Orochimaru switches bodies, he is forced to inhabit that body for a period of years before he will be able to use the technique again.

Shoushagan no Jutsu (Vanishing Facial Copy Technique)
Shoushagan no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique used for spying. A dark technique, the jutsu involves the removal of the face of the person to be impersonated. By wearing their face and clothing, the ninja can impersonate the original without others being aware.

Senei Jashu (Hidden Shadow Snake Hands)
Senei Jashu is a Ninjutsu technique that manifests a snake which extends from the sleeve. The ninja can extend these snakes to attack a target. Once extended the snake can bite into the target to hold and bind them.

Senei Ta Jashu (Hidden Shadow Many Snake Hands)
Senei Jashu is a Ninjutsu technique that manifests a torrent of snakes which extend from the sleeve. The ninja can extend these snakes to attack a target. Once extended the snake can bite into the target to hold and bind them.

Sanjuu Rashoumon (Triple Rashomon)
Sanjuu Rashoumon is a Ninjutsu summoning technique utilized by Orochimaru. One Rashoumon gate alone was said to be his ultimate defense, with this variation he can summon three of the gates in succession to help block a great incoming blast. Because the gate requires two summoning calls (a right and left), he will bite both his right and left thumbs to initiate the contract.

The gates are not invincible however, being dented by the Soutourou of Kiba and Akamaru, and totally destroyed by Naruto into his four-tailed Kyuubi form. The latter gates do manage to deflect the majority of Naruto's blast though, which could have killed Orochimaru had it not be deflected.

Shisha Kuu'utsu (Deceased Consumed Spirit)
Shisha Kuu'utsu is a Ninjutsu technique which brings life back to the lifeless. Orochimaru uses the technique to combine the corpses of the deceased into a beast-like incarnation. This beast is able to use the techniques the included corpse once did. If the portion of the body where a corpse is located is damaged, the corpse will melt off from the main host body. However this will not kill this corpse, merely remove it for the moment. Such a move can also cause the original host body to retrieve its pre-jutsu memory and not make it a mindless killing machine. The included corpses can exert their will once again however, and make the beast mind return. Unfortunately once joined with the fellow corpses, the person is d**ned to never return to a normal life and walk among the living again.

Orochimaru's Oral Rebirth Technique (Unnamed)
This unnamed technique allows Orochimaru to experience a near total rebirth of his physical form. Should a significant portion of his body be damaged in battle, he can emerge from his mouth and cast off the skin of his former body. This new body will not bear the damage of the previous incarnation; however over-use of this technique seems to greatly weaken him.

[Mitarashi Anko]

History:
Orochimaru is perhaps the most famous and infamous person to ever inhabit Konoha. Trained by the Third Hokage, referred to by many as the God of Shinobi in his prime, he shares the group recognition with Tsunade and Jiraiya as one of the "Legendary Three" (Sannin). It is possible that he may have even been his tutor’s favourite from the way that Jiraiya was asked to be more like him. However, his legacy would be smeared in blood before he ever surpassed his master.

Morino Ibiki, the sadistic and iron-gutted sadist confessed that Orochimaru gave him the creeps, something Ibiki was used to doing himself. Ibiki described him as though he was not human, just something evil that had a humanoid shape. With his dead-white skin, prehensile, long tongue and reptilian eyes, it’s easy to understand why even Ibiki would be intimidated. However, unfortunately for many, Orochimaru’s appearance was not the most horrible thing about him. Orochimaru was a perfectionist and showed unequalled devotion to learning and collecting techniques, a trait he almost passed onto his sole student, Mitarashi Anko, teaching her a number of forbidden techniques and passing on his skills related to snakes. He also branded her with something that would become his signature later, a “curse seal”. Appearing as an inky marking on the body of the person he gave it to, they would go into a coma-like state, one that had a 1/10 survival rate. Anko survived, but later realized that the man she hero-worshipped was a manipulator and she was just his guinea pig.

In his later years, Orochimaru began to realize that no matter how good a ninja was, age and death would always overcome him. Seeing his tutor grow old and no longer shine as he once did, he committed a sin that would forever taint him. Already, his immoral ideals had spooked enough people, probably including the advisory council, into rejecting him for the position of Fourth Hokage. It was then that Orochimaru went to work on something truly nihilistic. Gathering living human subjects for experimentation, Orochimaru plucked victims from Chuunin, Jounin and even the ANBU. One such experiment involved Orochimaru infusing the genes of Shodai Hokage into 60 children. Shodai was unique in his ability to control the tailed demons at his will and also his ability to use Mokuton techniques. Though he would not be around to see it, 59 of the children soon died. One lived and grew up to be known as the elite ANBU "Yamato". Orochimaru's experiments would prove successful, with Yamato able to use Shodai's abilities as his own.

Eventually, the Third Hokage penetrated his booby-trapped lair and he was caught red-handed in a laboratory lined with the mutilated remains of the abducted hanging from chains on the walls. As he was questioned, he revealed his epiphany. He was working on something that would allow him to cheat death and gradually become a master of all techniques, gaining the knowledge that would grant him a title beyond even his tutor’s – the ultimate being. However, instead of being punished, he took advantage of the compassion that his old teacher was known for and fled with his life. As he fled, Jiraiya took chase. Jiraiya pleaded for him to return, but Orochimaru mocked his feelings and his failure to see the truth of his actions. The two battled and Orochimaru fled for good. Jiraiya would thereafter give up on trying to save Orochimaru.

Orochimaru’s activities around this point become muddy. It is known for sure that he was a member of the criminal organization Akatsuki. However, he left at some point due to Uchiha Itachi. Orochimaru, at some time, decided a major factor in his goal to know every technique would be the Sharingan eye, enabling him to copy what he saw. However, Itachi would not give up his eyes so easily and Orochimaru proclaimed that he feared Itachi, presumably after seeing the Mangekyou Sharingan in action and deciding that trying to take Itachi’s eyes would be too risky. Orochimaru left Akatsuki, fully aware of their plans and with bad blood between them.

It is known that after leaving, Orochimaru completed half his goal: He gained immortality. By using a technique where he caused his soul to forever remain in the mortal world and transferred his mind into the bodies of victims, he could never pass on. Orochimaru proved it true as he took a female’s body and inhabited it for a number of years, although he gradually managed to reshape it to a certain degree to resemble his old one. The corpse of the old Orochimaru was probably disposed of, but a memento of his past remains in the form of his forearm and hand mounted onto a base like a trophy, with the Akatsuki ring he once wore still sitting on the decaying middle finger.

Orochimaru then decided upon his next plan of action, with both of his next accomplishments being in his old village. Knowing that Itachi left one other of the clan alive, Orochimaru set his sights on Uchiha Sasuke among other skilled ninja. Travelling around the world as a sage offering to help those lost and vulnerable, his real purpose was to collect talented young ninja as either servants or for the “luckiest”, his next body. His managed to sway many to his side, including the allegiance of a Leaf ninja, Yakushi Kabuto, who would become his spy. His other converts included the last of the brutal Kaguya clan, Kimimaro and the orphan Zaku Abumi. Orochimaru’s charisma and skill as a manipulator grew to the extent that he held influence over many clans as their saviour, even allowing him to persuade the Feudal Lord of the Rice Field country to allow him to found and establish a hidden village there for the purpose of training ninja and strengthening the country. Of course, none of Orochimaru’s offers were benevolent, only self-serving. Regardless, the village of Hidden Sound came to be.

It was the year that Uchiha Sasuke attempted to become a Chuunin that Orochimaru made his move, sneaking into the exam in disguise – initially as the tutor of three Sound Genin participating in the exam, next as a participant from Grass after literally melting the face from his skull and wearing it as a mask. Under the Grass ninja disguise, he first engaged Sasuke in single combat to test him, and then gave him the curse seal. At the same time, he gave his trio of subordinates the command to terminate Sasuke. It was only thanks to Sakura that Sasuke lived long enough to wake up. The order was really to place Sasuke under as much stress as possible, forcing him to rely on the curse seal, as use of it over time would slowly divert Sasuke’s will into serving him. Orochimaru also ran into Anko during his travels, humiliating her by almost allowing her to kill herself and him at the same time while bringing up their past relation. He also later came to mock Kakashi’s efforts in suppressing the seal, telling him Sasuke would remove the barriers himself and come to Orochimaru of his own will.

Orochimaru’s next move was personal. In the finals of the Chuunin exam, the Kazekage, a Unknown spectator, suddenly held the Third Hokage hostage and from nowhere, scores of Sound and Sand ninja flooded the stadium. It was revealed that both villages were working co-operatively to wage war on Leaf. However, the Kazekage addressed him by his real name – Sarutobi. Instantly, he recognized his attacker, who tore off the Kazekage’s robes and engaged his former mentor, pulling some of his most inhuman acts yet. Pulling the souls of the First and Second Hokage from the afterlife, he fixed them into the bodies of his teenage subordinates – who had been prepared for sacrifice through live burial in ash and dirt, finally using a charm to turn their minds into ferocious killing machines. Though a totally heartless act, Orochimaru did show an instance of emotion through a single question.

Do you know the happiness and sense of accomplishment you gain when you have a chance to hurt the one you called "master"?

However, even though the battle was in Orochimaru’s favour, using his own reptilian sword, the combined Hokage slaves and his personal bodyguards forming a barrier, his defeat came when Sarutobi, knowing he would die, performed a suicidal technique that cost him his soul. Summoning the death god itself, Sarutobi instructed it to rip out and consume the souls of Orochimaru’s slaves, then Orochimaru’s soul. However, he was too close to death, especially with Orochimaru’s sword in his back, to complete the task. Choosing the next best thing and possibly something worse than death for Orochimaru, the death god took away the portions of Orochimaru’s soul that connected to his arms, which fell limp and impotent and rendered him unable to even make a hand seal. The irony of knowing so many techniques and not being able to utilise them hit Orochimaru as Sarutobi died in front of him, seeing not the furious abomination that almost murdered him as he closed his eyes, but the confident student he admired and raised. Orochimaru and his forces were driven away to their village, also cutting off his alliance with Sand as the Kazekage’s corpse was found, alerting Sand that he was not co-operating with Orochimaru and instead, the Kazekage that ordered the strike on Leaf was Orochimaru himself.

For a while, Orochimaru’s activity was limited. In constant agony from his incapacitated arms, Orochimaru decided to seek out the legendary medical specialist, his former partner, Tsunade. Coincidentally, Jiraiya had also decided to look for her as a replacement for the Third Hokage. It was Orochimaru who got to her first, proposing a deal with her. Knowing her history, he would use his resurrection technique, as he did with the former Hokage brothers, to bring back Tsunade’s younger brother, Nawaki and her lover, Dan, who had both been killed when she was younger. Leaving her a week to decide, Orochimaru was well prepared for her, knowing of her phobia of blood and preying on her sentimentality, saying he could only perform the resurrection if his hands were healed.

A week passed and at their meeting point, Orochimaru raised his hands to her. However, Kabuto stopped her at the last minute, recognizing that Tsunade was about to assassinate Orochimaru instead of healing. The two fled as Tsunade chased them, resulting in Kabuto exploiting her phobia and taking her on in combat, being a medical specialist himself although not quite on her level. Jiraiya arrived to even the odds, slowing Orochimaru down a lot while Naruto took on Kabuto. Orochimaru was stunned by the boy’s capabilities, deciding his #1 priority, even over dealing with Tsunade and Jiraiya, was to kill Naruto before the Akatsuki Organisation abducted him. Tsunade used herself as a human shield, vowing to protect the boy. Orochimaru then decided to hold her to her position and slashed her up with his sword in his mouth, giving her fatal injuries. Tsunade, however, also intended to stick to her word and on that decision, accepted the position of Fifth Hokage, using a technique to heal herself even though it shortened her lifespan. Fighting back, the legendary three pulled out their trump cards, summoning the masters of all animals. Orochimaru’s gigantic anaconda, Manda, held off both Jiraiya’s toad, Gamabunta and Tsunade’s slug, Katsuyu on his own and was about to bite into Gamabunta when Tsunade herself drove Gamabunta’s huge dagger into Manda’s mouth. With nothing to be achieved, Orochimaru once again retreated, taunting that there was still another way to heal his arms and that he was immortal.

Orochimaru then sent his personal bodyguards, The Sound Four, to sneak into Leaf with an invitation for Sasuke, who had suffered numerous losses. Each member of the group bore a Curse Seal, just like Sasuke and once they engaged him, they told him the seal had a second stage of release that they would help him acquire – IF he left Leaf behind and joined Orochimaru. However, while the temptation occurred, Orochimaru’s arms were now putting him through unbearable torture. Cracked, bleeding and crumbling away, Orochimaru needed a new body and couldn’t wait. Kabuto arranged for a royal rumble among selected prisoners of Orochimaru’s, telling them to fight to the death until one remained. Orochimaru approached the winner and transferred his mind into the entranced ninja, ending his agony at a price – the transfer has a three-year “recharge” period. When his bodyguards took too long, he sent out a solitary ninja as reinforcement – stricken by illness and almost crippled, Kimimaro Kaguya, the leader of the Sound Four (which was previously the Sound Five before his sickness). Moving by means he described more or less as mind over matter, Kimimaro held back the forces of Leaf sent to bring Sasuke back long enough for Sasuke to adapt to the seal and run to Orochimaru of his own (if somewhat warped) will. Although his bodyguards all perished in the mission, Orochimaru’s face lit up as his new body, bearing a fully released curse seal and the Sharingan, walked down the halls of his lair. In three years, his ambition would finally be realised…

In the intervening years Orochimaru would escape the eye of Akatsuki and move bases. He, Kabuto and Sasuke would move every week to a new location, and only stay at that location for three days. Akatsuki member Sasori had utilized a memory block jutsu to place his subordinates in different ninja villages as a means to gather information and provide sabotage. One such memory block had been placed on Kabuto approximately five years earlier in the hopes of finding more information on Orochimaru's body transfer jutsu. Sasori had arranged to meet with Kabuto to gain updated information on Orochimaru. Sasori fell in battle before the meeting but Leaf ninja impersonated his Hiruko puppet form in the hopes of attaining the information meant for him. When Kabuto met the Leaf ninja Yamato and his team of Naruto, Sakura and Sai, he acted as Sasori's faithful servant. When Orochimaru appeared Kabuto jumped to Sasori's side but quickly revealed himself by cutting off Hiruko’s head. Orochimaru and Kabuto, who had actually had the memory block removed years earlier by Orochimaru, hoped to actually kill Sasori but now they were pitted against Naruto and the other Leaf ninja.

In the decade to come, his plans to utilize the body of Uchiha Sasuke to further his goals to obtain all the jutsu in the world resulted only in failure as he too became too strong for the serpentine Sannin to easily possess without great risk to himself, following the latter's change of heart. Orochimaru thus had to seek new vessels to further his ends; choosing now to bide his time since his presence in this world was guaranteed as long as he remained several steps ahead of his many foes. Only very recently did he come upon the talent of a shinobi hailing from Amegakure no Sato, whom bore attributes that he found to be both unique and powerful, attributes that Orochimaru himself now wields within the body of Hibiki Washio, now his current inhabited body. He has largely shyed away from the centre of attention, rarely making appearances in his original form even in Otogakure no Sato itself; leaving its upkeep to his longtime subordinate Yakushi Kabuto as he himself now embarks on journeys around the world in the collection of jutsu, associates and the creation of more establishments.


RP Sample:
There was a deep gloom as a dark greenish-gold pupil shone with an unnatural essence while its attached shape moved sluggishly behind, there was a clear sense of fatigue upon its gaze as the will behind it had apparently waned. Shoulders were hung low as the eye swept from side to side every so often, taking in whatever visual information that could matter as the figure moved gradually through the darkened path of the brush. He was after all tired, there was still much to be done in terms of his eventual aims, for him time was now but a commodity that he had much of, far more than any who came before him; perhaps to rush things was unwise, especially if it held too much risk to his existence. That after all, was unquestionable strong yet still terribly fragile, no more or less than the next individual.

'That kyuubi brat... he still lives... as do they...' A glimmer of remembrance was apparent inside his left gaze as a flash of red cloud patterns akin to that of a wood block painting resting upon a black background reminded him of those who now pursue him; there was a time that he was part of their little group. However, his goals meant that to stay there was to be as foolish as his mentor, he knew that he was far from foolish; he was to become the ultimate being, to know everything and to achieve everything, his plans were slowed, but they were still alive as long as his soul persisted. 'Ku ku ku ku ku... ah, what can they do against a true immortal...in the end... all they will meet is death...' The thought comforted him even as the chill of the night dragged on.

[Uzumaki Naruto]

Accepted