INUZUKA (Ninken Companions)

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The Inuzuka are a clan of dog breeders that train their canines to act as scouts, sentries, messengers, mercy dogs, and trackers on the battlefield.

Clan members are given their own canine companion as a rite of passage, to raise as their own until they are ready to join the "pack".

As a collective, The Inuzuka specialize in collaborative techniques that turn their canines into conduits for their own chakra, and in techniques that enhance their own senses to mimic their canine counterparts.

Joining the Inuzuka requires a Clan trait.

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Shikyaku no Jutsu (Four Legs Technique)
Rank: D
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Supplementary
Description: One of the "Imitation Beast Ninja Arts" (擬獣忍法, Gijū Ninpō), this technique allows the user to move in the same way as an animal. By surrounding their body with chakra and moving about on all fours, the user's speed and accuracy are significantly enhanced, which in turn makes their attacks more damaging. Hit-and-run tactics are the most effective form of attack while using this technique, as this ensures the user is constantly moving, thus making it difficult for opponents to follow their movements. The Four Legs Technique is a favorite of of the Inuzuka clan, enabling its members to move in the same way as their ninken partners. Upon activating this technique, Inuzuka gain a more feral appearance, with their canine teeth lengthening, their finger and toenails become claw-like, and their pupils turning to slits. Inuzuka will often make using the Four Legs Technique their first priority in a fight, which in turn tends to make it a prerequisite for many of their other jutsu. Clan members refer to the encompassing fighting style as "Beast Human Taijutsu" (獣人体術, Jūjin Taijutsu).



Dainamikku Mākingu (Dynamic Marking)
Rank: D
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Supplementary
Description: While spinning through the air, a ninken starts urinating, scattering the urine across a wide area. Any opponents that the urine sprays are likely to be confused, embarrassed, and, if it gets in their eyes, temporarily blinded until they can flush it out. More useful to the ninken and their Inuzuka partner is that they can easily track the urine's scent, allowing them to locate anyone who has been marked by the urine regardless of where they are or where they go. This is an essential prerequisite for the Fang Wolf Fang, which makes users so fast that they can't see where they're going, necessitating that they locate targets by scent instead.



Jūjin Bunshin (Beast Human Clone)
Rank: D
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Supplementary
Description: An "Imitation Human Ninja Art" (擬人忍法, Gijin Ninpō), this technique transforms a ninken into their Inuzuka partner. By doing this, the Inuzuka gains a copy of themselves that serves the same practical purpose as a shadow clone but without a shadow clone's steep chakra requirement. Even though they look identical, the ninken - because it's an animal - is likely to give away which of the two is which from how it moves and acts. To counteract this, the Inuzuka typically uses an Imitation Beast Ninja Art, causing them to act more feral and thus make it harder to tell them apart. As with any transformation, the ninken will revert to their original form if they're knocked out.



Tsūga (Passing Fang)
Rank: D
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Offensive
Description: The user moves at a target at high speeds and delivers a body slam. Because of how quickly they move, the user travels in a fairly straight line, necessitating that they anticipate the target's movements in order to ensure a successful strike. As they move at the target, the user spins rapidly in order to pierce targets, drilling even through stone.



Gatsūga (Fang Passing Fang)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive
Description: An Inuzuka and their ninken companion both perform the Passing Fang, whereby they rotate their bodies and deliver a series of rapid body blows to a target. In order to coordinate their attacks, thus ensuring targets have no opportunity to defend themselves, Inuzuka and their ninken synchronize with each other as much as they can by breathing in unison, using the Four Legs Technique, and finally, using the Beast Human Clone. As the users cross back and forth for this attack, the surrounding area is damaged as well, crushing rocks and shaving sections off the ground.



Jinjū Konbi Henge: Sōtōrō (Human Beast Combination Transformation: Double-Headed Wolf)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Supplementary
Description: This technique is a specialty of the Inuzuka clan. The Inuzuka and their ninken companion perform the Combination Transformation to take the shared form of a two-headed wolf. Because of the transformation's size, its strong claws, and its two sets of fangs, its standard attacks are quite powerful. This is especially true of any other jutsu performed while using this form, which are far more destructive than what the Inuzuka or the ninken are ordinarily capable of individually. These attacks and jutsu are most often performed against targets that have been cornered, fitting their wolf form.



Garōga (Fang Wolf Fang)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Description: After an Inuzuka and their ninken combine into a Double-Headed Wolf, they begin spinning extremely rapidly towards their target. Because of how fast they spin, they are not able to see while using this technique, necessitating that targets be marked beforehand so that they can be tracked by smell. Only those that take the time to master this technique are eventually able to overcome this handicap. Regardless of how targets may try to evade them, the Double-Headed Wolf pursues them until it's finally able to strike. Even without a direct hit, targets will receive extensive cutting damage from the vacuum vortex that's created by the Fang Wolf Fang's rotation. The Fang Wolf Fang is powerful enough to sever organic material, and even damage tough barriers, but such power places a great strain on the users' bodies, limiting the number of times that they can perform Fang Wolf Fang.



Chō Garōga (Super Wolf Fang)
Rank: A
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Description: Man and beast transform into a single two-headed gigantic animal by the Human Beast Combination Transformation: Double-Headed Wolf technique, and just like its parent technique, Fang Wolf Fang, have their body spin in a violent assault against the enemy. The power is great enough to break through most barriers and shields without losing its power. In addition, unlike its parent technique, it does not first require the use of Dynamic Marking first.



Gatenga (Fang Rotating Fang)
Rank: A
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Description: The ultimate partnership Fang technique, the clan member and their ninken partner roll at ferocious speeds in a buzz-saw like shape, harnessing the power of all rotating fangs into one sharp, deadly coordinated strike, and deliver many powerful beast-like attacks when contact is made with the target, hitting their targets for as many times as their victims allow them to - until they are no more.



Jinjū Kongō Henge — Santōrō (Human Beast Mixture Transformation — Three-Headed Wolf)
Rank: S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Supplementary
Description: This technique is a specialty of the Inuzuka clan, and one of their most formidable, following the principles of the clan's use of ninken partners. After creating a shadow clone, the user fuses with this clone and their ninken companion into a gigantic, three-headed wolf. This drastically increases their size and power, whilst also being granted razor sharp claws and canine teeth, far deadlier than any other transformation available to the clan. In using direct attacks, the clan member employing this transformation demonstrates considerable efficiency. Furthermore, using techniques in addition to this gives birth to an extraordinary destructive power, unlike any other clan technique available.



Ooiga Gatenga (Tail Chasing Fang Rotating Fang)
Rank: S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Description: After the clan member transforms into the legendary Three-Headed Wolf, the user curls into a ball and rolls at a ferocious speed towards the enemy, as if chasing after their own tail. The ultra-violent rotation created can tear through multiple enemies and most defenses, rending them apart with ease.