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Fourth Kazekage

The Fourth Kazekage was the leader of Sunagakure prior to his murder at Orochimaru's hands. He was the husband of Karura, and the father of Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara, who succeeded him as the Fifth Kazekage.

Background[]

While not much is known about the Fourth Kazekage's past, he was born in the village of Sunagakure, and eventually became the successor of the Third Kazekage after he disappeared. He married a villager named Karura, who he father three children with; Temari, his daughter and the oldest, Kankuro, his middle child and eldest son, and Gaara, his youngest son and child. As Kazekage, he cared very deeply for his village and attempted to attain a great military weapon for Sungakure by having Shukaku, the village's tailed beast, sealed inside his son, Gaara, who was the only one able to be so. He did this, however, before Gaara was born, which resulted in his wife dying after he was born, despite the Fourth's desperate attempts to save her and he was left devastated, as he loved his family as much as he did the village. As Gaara grew up, trained into a shinobi by the Fourth, he regularly attacked and killed villagers without meaning to as he lacked control over the power he gained from Shukaku. Fearing that Gaara might be a failure as the jinchuriki, just like past two candidates had been, but still loving his son dearly, the Fourth decided to give Gaara one last chance to prove himself by controling Shukaku. He ordered Yashamaru, Gaara's uncle and his right-hand man, to corner Gaara and lie to him about his mother in order to pressure him with the highest emotional moment possible. After Gaara lost control and transformed into Shukaku, the Fourth used his gold dust to subdue the beast and, noting Gaara as a failure, began to send assassins to kill him to protect Sunagakure. Gaara killed all of the assassins and, in doing so, came to view killing others to be his purpose in life. As Gaara then began to show better control over his powers, the Fourth revoked the assassination orders in hopes that Gaara would become the ultimate weapon for the village as he had been born to be. In later years, the Fourth formed an alliance with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konohagakure, who they had been fightning with immensely and, following this, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind cut the budget for shinobi in Sunagakure and relayed duties rightfully theres to Konohagakure, which caused the Fourth kazekage and the rest of the village to resent him. With the village in monetary trouble, the Fouth began to use his Gold Dust to support Sunagakure, and would later go on to take desperate measures to help the village. He also, at some point in the past, seemed had an encounter with the Third Raikage, as the later seemed to recognize him after their revival in the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Naruto[]

Though he himself never made a debut in part 1, the Fourth Kazekage, having grown resentful of the Daimyo of the Land of Wind for what he had done following the alliance with Konohagakure, agreed to ally with Orochimaru to find a way to restore Susangakure to glory. At a secret meeting he held with Orochimaru, however, the Fourth and his bodyguards were assassinated by him, with the Fourth being impaled through the chest by the Sword of Kusanagi, as was revealed in the anime. Orochimaru would then go on the assume his identity and force Sunagakure to aide him in his desire to destroy Konohagakure. It was only after his attack was thwarted that the village found out about the Fourth Kazekage's murder, at which point they severed ties with Orochimaru.

In part 2, the Fourth Kazekage was revived by Kabuto Yakushi, alongside Mu, the Second Tsuchikage, the Second Mizukage, and the Third Raikage as military weapons for Akatsuki's side. After Mu was detected by the Fourth's son, Gaara, while trying to pursue the latter's Fourth Division, Kabuto had him summon the rest of the Kage and, after Mu and the Mizukage recognized each other, the Third Raikage seemed to recognize him, at which point the Fourth formerly introduced himself. As speculation began as to who the user of the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation might be, with Mu putting out Tobirama Senju as the most likely person, the Fourth stated that he was long dead and that Orochimaru had since mastered his technique. As he gave his imput, the Fourth noticed his son's Third Eye technique watching them at a distance. As they were forced to pursue the Fourth Division into the night, the Fourth, along with the other Kage, expressed his disgust at having to fight with shinobi from his village, but he and the others are consoled by the Third Raikage, who told them of his certainty that they had been surpassed by the future, to which the Fourth lamented that he hoped that was the case.

When they got close enough, Gaara attacked them with his Quicksand Waterfall Flow technique, which the Fourth, believing Gaara had released Shukaku, countered with his gold dust wave, which garnered praise from the Second Mizukage. When gaara and Onoki, the Third Tsuchikage, arrived, the Fourth was shocked to see he was the one who used the attack and not Shukaku. Even further shocked when Gaara told him that he was no longer a jinchuriki, the Fourth questioned him as to how that was possible, to which he was told of what Akatsuki had done to him. The Fourth continued to be shocked by Gaara's revelations of having friends and having succeeded him as Kazekage, to which the Mizukage reprimanded him. Deciding to test Gaara's worth again, the Fourth engaged his son with his gold dust, but was eventually subdued, along with the Mizukage and the Raikage, when Gaara used Sand Hail and then pressured through his gold dust with his sand, despite it superior weight. As the sand had taken the shape of Karura, his late wife and Gaara's mother, the Fourth told Gaara the truth about his mother and how it was him, not Gaara, that Yashamaru hated, and that he had never had an eye for quality. As a tearful Gaara acknowledged that this was the first time he had ever given him "medicine", the Fourth acknowledged, as he was sealed away, that Gaara had surpassed him in more ways than he could have hoped for and entrusted Sunagakure to him. After the Impure World Reincarnation was released, the Fourth Kazekage's soul was returned to the afterlife, along with all the other revived shinobi besides Madara Uchiha. His soul, along with those of many of the previous Kage, is later summoned by the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, to work with the undead Hokage and teleport into and back from his mother, Kaguya's dimension with Team Seven and the dying Madara Uchiha. After Hashirama Senju and Madara have a brief talk before the latter dies, the Fourth and the other previous Kage are sent back into the afterlife by Hagoromo.

Personality[]

The Fourth Kazekage was a very calm and steady individual who had a habit of ranging things by their value. As Kazekage, he was very loyal to Sunagakure and loved his village dearly, willing to do anything for its glory, even side with an S-rank missing-nin like Orochimaru, a fatal error which led to his demise. The Fourth cared very deeply for his family as well. He loved his wife Karura dearly and was shown to be panicking when she died as a result of his having had Shukaku sealed in Gaara before he was born, which the Fourth was not aware would cause her to die after his birth. He loved all three of his children, especially Gaara just as dearly, shown in his patience with him and his attacks on the villagers, and put off ordering for him to be assassinated for a considerable amount of time before finally being forced to do so. He was something of an opportunist as well, which showed when he cancelled the assassination orders on Gaara after his dark resolve which caused him to show better control over his powers. In later years, the Fourth came to deeply regret his actions and was shocked at Gaara's forgiveness of him.

Abilities[]

As the Fourth Kazekage, he was an immensely powerful shinobi of great skill, who succeeded the Third Kazekage, who was called the strongest in Sunagakure's history. He used the same stationary, mid-to-long range fighting style as his son, Gaara(the strongest member of the five current Kage), who he was able to initially fight with as an equal, before being easily subdued and defeated by the latter. The Fourth was a Magnet Release user, who specialized in the use of gold dust in battle. His power with it was such that he was able to easily subdue Shukaku, the weakest tailed beast, after Gaara unintentionally unleashed it. He was also able to overpower Gaara's Quicksand Waterfall Flow technique with his own Gold Dust Waterfall Flow technique, which he knew outweighed sand. This technique garnered him praise from the Second Mizukage.  

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