Sakumo Hatake

[Koto]

Sakumo Hatake

Regular Techniques

• Shiroi Shunshin no Jutsu: This technique is a branch of the generic Body Flicker, using the White Light Chakra Sabre to create a blinding flash of light trailing him as he performs it, in the possibility of gaining, or distracting the opponent with it's use.
  
• Flying Tool (Tobidogu): This technique allows the user to summon Kunai and Shuriken to their hand on command.

Lightning Release Techniques

• Lightning Release: Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique (Raition: Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu): This technique is much like the parent technique, Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, however each of the shuriken created are enpowered with lightning release, allowing them to become sharper and more controlled than the original. Can also cause paralysis to the target.
  
• Lightning Release: Conductor Skill (Raition: Doutai no Jutsu): This technique allows the user to make themself a self proclaimed 'lightning rod' drawing in electrical charges into their body to aid within their Lightning Release techniques. Can also be applied strictly to a tool, to strengthen usage.
  

Earth Release Techniques

White Light Chakra Sabre Techniques

• Lightning Release: White Fang (Raiton: Shiroi Kiba): Using his White Light Chakra Sabre, Sakumo presses his hand out, channeling a burst of lightning release into the gathered blade, and creating an eruption of white thunder bolts foward, which can potentially strike and injure opponents.
  
  
• White Light Sabre Burst (Hakkou touba): This technique creates a cresent slice of lightning chakra which is ejected from Sakumo's Tanto, and sent toward the opponent, with the capability of cutting through them.

Other Information

Background Sakumo was a famous and powerful ninja of Konohagakure who, during his life, had the same level of respect as the Sannin. His son, Kakashi, idolised him and sought to become just as great a ninja as his father; his wife had died when Kakashi was very young. Sometime during a war, Sakumo killed Sasori's parents, earning Chiyo's hatred. Five years before the events of the Kakashi Gaiden, Sakumo and his team were sent on a mission of great importance to Konoha. When his team-mates' lives were endangered, Sakumo chose to abandon the mission in order to save them. The impact of the mission's failure caused Sakumo to be vilified by the Land of Fire, the villagers of Konoha, and even those he had saved. Dishonored, Sakumo fell into a deep depression, as well as dropping in his skills. Eventually, he committed suicide, which drove Kakashi to live strictly according to the Shinobi Rules during the time before his last mission with Obito Uchiha.

Personality Sakumo was a very kind and loyal man. Despite his tremendous fame and power as a ninja, he was a very humble man, which made his only son Kakashi truly look up to and idolise him. He had a deep devotion to Konoha and an even greater commitment to his allies and loved ones to the point he would put their well-being before anything else; his commitment was so great that he would sacrifice the completion of a mission in order to save his team-mates, which led to him being a public figure of hate and ridicule.

Appearance Sakumo's appearance has regularly been compared to that of Kakashi, often when Kakashi is mistaken for his father. Like his son, he possessed the same silver-coloured spiky hair with the addition of a long ponytail similar to Jiraiya's, and a mess of hair on his head hanging over his forehead protector. His facial features were more distinguished compared to Kakashi's visible ones. He wore a standard Konohagakure-nin uniform complete with a flak jacket, with the addition of distinctive short white sleeves over his shirt's ones, with red jagged edges and the standard crest of Uzushiogakure, and a belt worn diagonally over his right shoulder to which he attached his White Light Chakra Sabre.