| abstract | - Born into a noble family, Tenjirō was blessed with all he'd ever need. Son to the legendary jōnin; Hyaku, he'd been technically born with high expectations. In his youth Tenjirō would often read through old history books on the greatest puppeteers to once exist. He grew up in an well versed family that didn't follow a single style of combat. His father was a user of the Diamond Dust, and his mother's style was solely based on scorch techniques. He would spend day and night studying the past puppets once created so that he could make his own. Puppetry and all things to do with it seemed to be the boy's only goal. Any "free time" he had was spent forcing his father to train him so that he'd get the most out of chakra control, until he would finally achieve use of chakra threads. Whenever his time wasn't spent training with his father, he'd stay up late reading books about the legendary Lady Chiyo, missing dinner and also sleep. He spent his time wisely thoroughly reviewing the ins and outs of puppetry, so that he could be virtually flawless. Tenjirō entered the academy at the age of seven, which was only a year after he'd created his very first puppet; "Bat". The young boy exceeded most general expectations and considered to always be one step ahead of his class. Tenjirō and been placed on a squad with his father as his captain, and on each mission they group showed spectacular results on each mission they were placed on. As time went on the group would aid him in high-ranking missions even, acting as a support unit when he needed them. However, among the three Tenjirō's name always stood out. There reached a point where the genin squad would not even allow their captain to go on a mission without them. After three short years each member of the group had reached chūnin status and would begin to go on even higher-ranking missions. By order of the village elders, Hyaku had been assigned an infiltration mission. His purpose was to scout out the hideout of a religious organization and determine exactly what their purpose was. To accompany him on this mission was his very own chūnin team. The celebration would be short lived after things would turn for the worst. Hyaku and his squad found themselves ambushed by a group of cloaked people. Prepared for battle the unknown group attacked the four shinobi, forcing them into battle. It was a fierce battle. The chūnin squad found themselves outnumbered and fatigue quickly. Tenjirō utilized both Bat and Armadillo as best he could, trapping two or three opponents with Armadillo then using Bat to shred them into pieces. Even with such a game plan the enemies' numbers wouldn't waver one bit. With their sensei out handling whom he thought was the leader, the chūnin group had been completely cornered. Tenjirō and the rest did everything they could. He used all of his tools, and his puppets both were out of commission. Then, just when all hope was lost, appeared Hyaku. His face cover in bruises and blood evident that his battle was not easy. The young group of shinobi were all speechless, they'd never once seen their sensei in the predicament he was in. Even as his child, Tenjirō never saw his father bested. At a clearer glance Tenjirō noticed his father had been infected with a poison. Hyaku explained the details of the poison to his squad. He'd had about two minutes before he could no longer move, and not too long after that until he'd die. In that two minutes he wanted them to escape while he launched his final attack. Of course Tenjirō refused. His teammates continued to tug on his but he didn't budge one bit. He watched his father make his last move, summoning a large quantity of diamond dust, Hyaku was able to drown those that stood before him only dropping to his face shortly after. Rushing to his father's side, Tenjirō pleaded that he stayed alive until they reached the village. Shortly after they four sand shinobi were surrounded all over again. Hyaku laid on his stomach continuously begging his squad to flee. Refusing again, Tenjirō stood to his feet tell his father that they'd all win together. Holding his hand out he allows his threads of chakra to latch onto the body of Hyaku. Tenjirō began to control Hyaku just as though he was Armadillo or Bat. Mimicking what Hyaku had just done, Tenjirō was able to make him summon another large waterfall of diamond dust. As the trio returned to the village, Tenjirō was seen as a hero who saved his squad, but deep down inside he felt as though he failed. The higher-uppers of the village as well as it's citizens knew the might of these people they were assigned to observe, yet such a young shinobi such as Tenjirō was able to gain quite the fan-base. As a shinobi you technically sign up for the destiny that you will possibly die in combat one day. So the fact that his father died wasn't why he felt as though he failed. It was because throughout that battle, the puppets he created had failed before the fight was over. Tenjirō vowed that from that day forth he would create puppets whom wouldn't fall until he himself did. Shortly after the tragedy, Tenjirō became a jōnin ranked shinobi. From that day the young boy worked hard to complete mission after mission learning the ropes and which modifications needed to be made to his puppets along the way. Along his journey he met Akagi an expert puppeteer who'd go on to adopt the boy as his student. Tenjirō went off with Akagi for three years refining his puppetry skills and all around weaknesses. During these three years Akagi placed Tenjirō on special trails which included him infiltrating villages and even battling others. They'd been ambushed many times but their power combined allowed them to triumph over even the most formidable opponents. Akagi and all of his personalities began to carve their presence within Tenjirō. Following the three years, Tenjirō was released to go back to Sunagakure where he'd create his own path as a shinobi. Tenjirō begged Akagi for one more year of training and thus Akagi granted his wish. Upon his fourth and final year of living with Akagi, Tenjirō had been placed under the most intense training of his life. Together they'd take one S-rank missions placing both their lives on the line but coming out on top. Their success rate was so high that they'd get hired by other nations, and compliments would return back to their home village. Akagi took a mission where he and Tenjirō would escort a world noble to an extremely important meeting. They'd both been notified that upon the journey they'd run into resistance. And that they did. Within just an hour of travelling they were ambushing by a group of mercenaries. They duo took care of each member swiftly and easily, leaving the world noble and his men speechless. The celebration was short lived when a man stood over the horizon. Declaring he was the leader of the group, Akagi began to analyze him. Nearly instantly the man sent an attack at the two without even lifting a finger. Akagi instructed Tenjirō to take the world noble and flee from the area. Kazuya, the leader of the group of attackers, enclosed them so that they wouldn't be able to escape forcing Tenjirō to stand by Akagi and fight. Preparing for battle, Akagi placed his hand out telling Tenjirō that in a battle like this he wouldn't be able to aid him much. Instead he was assigned to protect the world noble with his life. Akagi and Kazuya's battle was intense. Neither side letting up one bit. Akagi assuring he wouldn't lose, all while undergoing persona changes throughout the battle. While giving his full focus to Kazuya, Akagi was tricked and attacked by one of Kazuya's men. It seemed as though the battle was nearing it's end. Kazuya held his hand which was imbued with flames at Akagi's neck swinging it violently. Completely disregarding Akagi's orders of never leaving the world nobles side, he jumped into the fray utilizing Bat to alter the path of Kazuya's swing saving Akagi from a fatal blow. Realizing buying time wouldn't get them nowhere and thanking Tenjirō, Akagi's personality jumped yet again. Nearly instantly Akagi summoned twelve puppets all of which where fully functional. It was just as though he'd been reading those books from his childhood. Of how lady Chiyo controlled ten puppets, but Akagi, his master was able to control twelve. Ox, Snake, Monkey, Horse, Sheep, Dog, Rabbit, Pig , Dragon, Tiger, Rat, and Rooster all stood tall and within a moments noticed rush towards Kazuya picking him apart limb by limb. After defeating Kazuya the two carried on with their mission and Tenjirō question him all the way to their destination. When Tenjirō and Akagi got home the young puppeteer begged Akagi to teach him the technique. The crimson puppeteer denied his request going on to tell him that the technique was unique to him only. In turn he instructed Tenjirō to create his own set of techniques alongside Bat and Armadillo. Thus the Silver Secret Technique was created.
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