The Hontoosuru Clan

Kanji no Watarimasu - The Kekkai Genkai of the Hontoosuru Clan is the Kanji no Watarimasu, translating roughly to "Sense Crossover." Members of this clan have generally improved senses due to the kekkai genkai, though there are other effects as well. A member of this clan can literally control his or her senses; they can feed their chakra into their senses to increase them dramatically.

They can also divert chakra from one sense to another, thus weakening one sense but strengthening another one. For example, a member of this clan could decrease their eyesight dramatically to increase all of their other senses. This is made possible because the chakra network that connects a Hontoosuru clan member's senses are much more intricately networked than most people.

The Hontoosuru clan signed a pact a long time ago with both spiders and snakes, two animals that are sly, slippery, and extremely potent predators. All members of the Hontoosuru clan who use ninjutsu learn to summon these animals.

Name: Kanji no Tamashii - Soul Sense
Type: Ninjutsu
Rank: C - S
Element: N/A
Description: This Jutsu diverts all of the chakra from the user's senses and pools it together to form a temporary sixth sense. The jutsu lasts as long as the user chooses to maintain it, since it costs no extra chakra. The user loses his ability to smell, feel, see, hear, and taste. Instead, they gain a sixth sense that allows them to just "sense." They can sense when something is coming, whether it be alive or not. This can operate similarly to extrasensory perception, thus allowing them to dodge and anticipate attacks they normally couldn't. The weakness, though, is that they can only sense things within a very limited range, limited by the rank of the user.

The Hontoosuru clan is actually surprisingly old. Their history dates back to pre-shinobi years, years when fighting and technology was so much more simple that ninjutsu had yet to be invented. People still fought with the old weapons, and still fought over some of the simplest thrills in life: a haunch of meet, a big stone, and other such things.

For the most part, the Hontoosuru were hunters. With their enhanced senses and ability to strengthen some senses at the costs of others, they could easily hunt down and defeat prey. They often traded their kills with other tribes for needed supplies. Sometimes they would even raid other tribes for what they desired, which was the beginning of the Hontoosuru becoming not only hunters but warriors.

In general, they were proud but not above lying. In fact, they frequently lied and tricked other clans or tribes to get what they wanted. The Hontoosuru were cutthroat, and that trait allowed them to survive the years. It's persisted, too; the members of the Hontoosuru clan are still tricky even today.


Now, the Hontoosuru clan has been elevated to a status of great respect in the village of Iwagakure. Many of the Hontoosuru clans ninjas have become very respectable shinobi and achieved high ranks at relatively young ages. One such notable person was Hontoosuru Kizuato, who is now the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure. He is another reason why the clan has grown somewhat famous.

The Hontoosuru Clan is especially well known for their sharp tongue and ability to win in seemingly any diplomatic situation. They lie, cheat, and steal their way to the top, though they do it with a sense of honor, pride, and power. When captured and interrogated, members of this clan often end up breaking their foe's resolve rather than the other way around.