Yasuo Amano's childhood is nothing special, and is a similar story to alot of ninja, his parents were ninjas and his father was killed in the war. His mother decided that she could not risk Yasuo becoming an orphan and distanced herself from dangerous missions and fighting. When Yasuo told her he wanted to become a ninja just like his father his mother was overjoyed and saddened at the same time. "I'm so glad he's following in his father's footsteps, he becomes more like him everyday. Yasuo has his father's drive and determination, but what if he gets hurt? I couldn't live with myself if anything were to happen to him!"
At 13, Yasuo graduated from the academy and it was the most memorable day of his life, his mother was so proud of him. It was the start of his life as an Iwa ninja he would press on and never look back, this was his chance to fulfil his dream, to become the most respected ninja of Iwagakure.

On Yasuo's very first mission, which was to deploy a wagon of food and supplies from a local food vendor, he was forced to make his very first kill. The mission opened the young shinobi's eyes up to the world which he was now a part of, death and murder is an everyday occurrence for a shinobi, and one who cannot accept that will die soon enough. It was on the little genin's second mission, which was to take care of a bunch of troublesome dogs, that he first encountered Mizu Houoh Seyun. Mizu was a young and impressive ninja from Otogakure, on this mission Yasuo observed how Mizu's skills were far superior to his own, the genin realized that to become truly powerful and realise his dream, he may sometimes have to humble himself before others. Yasuo made a request of Mizu to take him back to Otogakure so that they could train together and both become strong, and with that a strong friendship was born between the two youths.

Throughout that first year, Yasuo had changed alot from the academy student he used to be, he had learned much and become far stronger. And all this was soon to be put to the test, the chuunin exams were fast approaching. Yasuo met back up with his friend, Mizu and the two travelled together to the chuunin exams, where more than just a few surprises lay in wait for them. Upon arrival in Konohagakure, the genin present for the exam were ordered to divide into teams of two, naturally Mizu and Yasuo formed a team with each other feeling confident that their styles would balance each other out in the trials to come. As the opening ceremony of the chuunin exams took place, Yasuo saw, fir the first time, the man that would unwittingly become the architect of the person Yasuo would become, Inuzuka Tamotsu who was presiding over the ceremony. In his speech, the Inuzuka revealed that the genin taking part had unknowingly picked whom would be fighting whom, by choosing their own teams htey had decided their matches. And so it began: Round 1, Yasuo vs Mizu!

The young genin were forced to get over their shock and reluctance to fight each other quickly as their match was first. Though they were friends, neither Yasuo, nor Mizu was willing to lose, and so began a duel between two close rivals, to finally see who was the strength, and who was the loser. As the underdog, it was never going to be an easy fight for Yasuo, especially now that he was fighting his close friend, but he could never have forseen the struggle that was before him, Yasuo brought his greatest tactics and most powerful attacks to bear against Mizu, but it was never to be. The battle was long and tiresome for the two of them, both were worn out and at the limit of what they had but in the end, a last ditch effort by Mizu to claim victory caused Yasuo a potentially serious injury, and the proctor for the match was forced to bring it to a close, declaring Mizu as the winner.

After some short surgery and rest, Yasuo awoke to find Mizu sat by him, the two reaffirmed their friendship and Yasuo congratulated Mizu on his victory. Though soon enough it was announced that both he and Mizu had been awarded the title of chuunin thanks to their display in the battle, unfortunately the two did not have time to congratulate each other as the ground began to shake and the colliseum started to crumble and fall to pieces round their ears. During the entire exam, Inuzuka Tamotsu had been below the colliseum, preparing to release a horror the likes of which Konohagakure hadn't seen for decades, a bijuu, the ten-tailed beast! Attempting to escape the crumbling colliseum, Yasuo found that he still could not move very well thanks to his fight with Mizu, and on top of that, he had a sprained ankle. It was then that Yasuo met Seiko Mitsuki, a sword master and one of the three legendary sages. Seiko helped Yasuo to safety and took it upon himself to heal the new chuunin's injuries, after a short while, it was determined that the two would become master and apprentice. To signify this, Seiko had Yasuo sign his name in blood on an old scroll, the apprentice did as he was asked and the two left for Seiko's house.

Upon arriving at the house Seiko instantly got to work making a sword for Yasuo, Seiko intended for Yasuo to become a swordmaster like he and Yasuo was only too happy to oblige. So throughout the night, the two worked on created the perfect blade for the new chuunin. By the time morning rolled around, the blade had been finished, it was christened Apocolypse. And so Yasuo's training began, Throughout the next year, the two trained tirelessly together and Yasuo's skills vastly improved, he was now a shinobi of considerable strength, his skill with a blade was second only to Seiko. However, Seiko and Yasuo were soon ripped apart, Seiko left to protect Tamotsu from the ten-tailed bijuu and in the process, he sacrificed his own life. For a year after this, Yasuo continued his training, aiming to make Seiko proud and to fulfil his own dreams. Upon a chance meeting with a young man in the village of Iwagakure, Yasuo was taken to a mansion belonging to none other than Inuzuka Tamotsu wherein the former kage was awaiting their arrival.

Tamotsu informed Yasuo of Seiko's final words and why he had sacrificed himself to protect the former kage. Tamotsu revelaed that it had not been his wish for Seiko to lay down his life for the sake of the Inuzuka's and in fact he had pleaded with him not to. Before he left, Tamotsu performed a jutsu that Seiko had given him, it was a personal message for Yasuo alone, and it was only he that could hear it. As the former kage left the scene, he presented Yasuo with Seiko's will, the sage had left everything to his apprentice, including his name; Mitsuki. Tamotsu also left the house to the young man who had been his servant for years and who had guided Yasuo there. Times have changed and now Yasuo is the sage and the swordmaster, what would the future hold for the transformed ninja?

Not much later, whilst Yasuo was training at the forest mansion there was an explosion from the direction of Iwagakure, naturally the sage quickly returned to his home only to find Inuzuka Tamotsu stood over the dead body of the former Rock Lord. Enraged, the chuunin confronted Tamotsu about his actions, though not being sattisfied with what he heard he attacked the Inuzuka but was easily defeated in a matter of seconds. Paralyzed by a powerful raiton jutsu Yasuo was forced to listen to Tamotsu's plans for the country and its people, it seemed that the Rock Lord had been corrupt, causing pain and grief for the villagers, a shocking surprise to say the least, but not as surprising as what came next. Tamotsu revealed to Yasuo that he planned to take control of Iwagakure and retake his post as Tsuchikage, he promised the sage that no harm would befall the villagers and that if the need came, he would lay down his life to protect them, on this condition, Yasuo pledged his alliegence to Tamotsu and his cause. Soon after however the chuunin left his home for a far away destination, he needed to train, build up his strength, being defeated so easily by Tamotsu had been embarrassing and he promised to himself that he would never suffer such a humiliating defeat again.

A few months later the sage returned to Iwagakure finding that the village was more prosperous and that the people seemed to have complete faith in their returning kage. Yasuo soon met with Tamotsu where the two shared a reunion such as that of old friends though this quickly got out of hand, an inner demon surfaced in Tamotsu and ended up throwing the younger ninja through a wall, practically destroying the side of the building. When Yasuo made it back to Tamotsu he found the Tsuchikage unconscious on the floor, Tsubaki, the ninja who had guided Yasuo back to the forest mansion in the first place revealed that Tamotsu had used a forbidden technique to increase his power but at the expense of his wellbeing, he had no explanation however for the way the kage had acted. Putting this aside Yasuo decided that he should take Tamotsu to a hospital as he hadn't enough medical experience to patch him up himself, on the journey however, Tamotsu regained consciousness, he revealed that another side of him 'Tsubatsu' had taken control of his body and attacked Yasuo, this was the same entity that released the Ten Tails under the colliseum in the leaf village.

Tamotsu took Yasuo to an old house about two miles away from the village there he told the chuunin that his mother was of the Guren clan, a famous shinobi bloodline in Iwagakure which is partially why he returned to the village in the absence of a kage. Though the two did not have much time for exchanging stories as they were soon attcked by a mysterious ninja who focussed on lightning jutsu, he introduced himself as Raiji of the Ji brothers. This ninja was quickly defeated by the combined strength of Tamotsu and Yasuo but not before revealing that his brothers were planning on invading Iwagakure and destroying it, he claimed that he was the weakest of his brothers and that the village of stone would be weathered down by their attacks until it was but rubble. The two ninja knew they had to act quickly to prepare Iwagakure for war, though there was one thing that needed to be taken care of first; Seiko's anniversary.

It had been a year since the jounin had died, killed protecting his friend from the ten-tailed bijuu and through this act ensuring that Tamotsu could go on to protect the rest of the world from the demon. It was a sad day to say the least as both Yasuo and Tamotsu turned out for the memorial, even the trees around the gravestone seemed to cry as they shed their leaves. Taking strength from the memory of his mentor and lover Yasuo began training for the war that was to come against the Ji, however he was interrupted as an unusual mist rolled in on his training spot. A familiar voice spoke out to the chuunin who at first could not believe his ears and then his eyes as a tall blonde emerged from the obscuring mist, he had returned from the dead, Seiko Mitsuki was back.

After an emotional reunion the two were quickly joined by Tamotsu who had sensed the presence of his friend and rushed to investigate, during a long talk it was revealed that Seiko had not completely been killed by the demon, a portion of his essence remained and through sheer force of will and the power of the demon's chakra he was able to claw his way back to the land of the living. After a lengthy conversation, informing Seiko of the current goings on in the village Tamotsu told the two that he knew of an impending attack by the Ji and sent them to bolster the ranks of the border force so that when the Ji did finally come, they would be ready. They didn't have to wait long as soon the sky darkened and out of the distance approached three men; Hiji, Fuuji and Tsuji. Three of the five brothers, it seemed fair numbers, before they were joined by another, much different figure, accompanied by a huge black wolf. This man was Inuzuka Jinrei, Tamotsu's father who was supposed to be dead, he did not stay for long and simply ordered that the two be killed before setting off to locate his Son.

The three Ji brothers launched their attack simultaneously, a powerful beam of chakra that would destroy both Seiko and Yasuo if neither did anything. The former seemed to be stunned by the appearance of Jinrei whilst the latter was forced to provide protection for the two, swinging his mighty sword Yasuo released a huge blast of chakra which intercepted the Ji's attack. He demonstrated to Seiko how much he had grown and it seemed now that their roles had been reversed and perhaps that Yasuo had even surpassed his master. After a short battle they were interrupted by another member of Tamotsu's family, his mother, Chihiro, she handily defeated the three brothers before putting both Yasuo and Seiko to sleep by draining most of their energy.

There was no time for rest however as that night the Ji army launched their invasion. Tamotsu had ordered that the entire village be evacuated underground where they could not come to harm amidst the many battles that would rage on the surface. Yasuo and Seiko calmly and quietly prepared for the upcoming battle, they had been assigned to protect the South Gate from being breached by any enemy forces, and it wasn't long untill their enemy arrived. It was another old face, at least for Seiko, his father, Gozu had joined with Jinrei and was laying seige to Iwagakure. Stunned by shock, the jounin was easy pickings for his father who dispatched him quickly, leaving Yasuo in a one on one fight against the father of his lover, during the battle Yasuo learned the reason these men were fighting, they were all missing nin from Konoha who intended to destroy their old village, the first step was to sieze control of Iwagakure and use it as a foothold on the way to destroying Konoha.

After a lengthy duel it seemed to be all over for Yasuo as Gozu released his final attack: Supernova, a jutsu which harnessed the power of the sun for a moment and released a huge blast of super condensed chakra at its target, this time, Yasuo was the unfortunate victim. Though before the attack could reach the chuunin it was blocked by a shield created by three of the blades which formed the Master's Sword. Out of the dust and rubble, emerged Seiko who took advantage of his father's surprise and returned the Supernova on him, astoundingly Gozu survived the blast, although he was no longer able to battle. Moments later a new enemy appeared, she was ruthless quickly disposing of Gozu, claiming him to be weak and useless, she then turned her sights on Yasuo and Seiko asking them to please give in as they needn't both die. This woman was revealed to be Setsuna, the long dead final member of Seiko and Tamotsu's genin team in konoha, it was unclear what jutsu was holding her together but obvious that she would be a difficult opponent.

Seiko was injured during the battle with Gozu which meant that much of the fighting with Setsuna would fall on Yasuo and he hatched a plan to dispatch her quickly so as not to risk any further harm to Seiko. After brushing off an attack which would have killed any normal Shinobi Setsuna launched her counter attack, Yasuo discovered that she was using a new form of Limits for her attacks, it was called Trance, it made the Limit jutsu much more powerful but gave no bonuses to the weapon. The sage knew he needed to end this fight quick and through collaborating with Seiko formed a plan, all he needed was for Setsuna to remain still for one moment so that he would make sure he would hit her directly, Yasuo needed to obliterate every part of her and there was to be no second chances. After distracting Setsuna with several Blade Beams he brought out the newest addition to his arsenal, the Buster Blade, a gift from Seiko which allowed him to use Limit Break three times at once. Seiko successfully managed to hold Setsuna in place with final touch whilst Yasuo released his most powerful offensive jutsu, three times at once. The resulting explosion rocked the entire village and cracked mountains surrounding it, thankfully Setsuna was finished, as was the rest of the Ji army, and their general.

Upon returning to the village center Yasuo found Tamotsu announcing the village had been saved and all the enemies had been defeated, the chuunin cheered along with the rest of the crowds, and cheered even louder when he announced his marriage to his lover, Charoo. Although there was another surprise announcement in store, he was leaving the village, returning to Konoha with Charoo which meant that the position of Tsuchikage would once again lay empty and with the current situation it would need to be filled quickly as the village needed to be rebuilt. The Inuzuka named one man to lead on in his place, one man who would be the ninja that all the villagers looked to for guidance and protection, he named Yasuo Amano as the fourth Tsuchikage.

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