The Twelve Guardian Ninja (Shugonin Jūnishi)
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Description: The 12 Guardian Ninja were a group of twelve elite warriors, who left their village and pledged their lives to protect the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. The members are identified by the "Fire" kanji (火) marked loincloths they wear. It would seem that some time, before the group was disbanded, some underground organization put a bounty on most of the members. Sora had dreamed of being part of this group. Shikamaru received an invitation from the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to become one of his guards. If he had accepted he would have been on the way to becoming one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja.
However about ten years before the start of the story, half of the original members began to believe that only the Daimyo should lead the Land of Fire and planned a coup d'etat against the Hokage, and later conquer the rest of the countries. Kazuma tried to remove the Daimyo to replace him with a puppet Daimyo, since the Daimyo didn't support the revolting guards, but he was stopped by Asuma. The ideals split the group in two which led to a fight between them, where only Asuma Sarutobi, Kazuma and Chiriku survived.
After the 12 Guardian Ninja disbanded long ago there has been no need to revive this ancient organization until now. With the 5 countires struggling to hold the new Akatsuki organization, Orito Aburame The Hokage and Hanzo Nara the Kazekage reformed this organization to restore balance in the these shaky times. These to great ninja will lead this group against the fight with the Akatsuki. The 12 ninja guardians new role instead of defending the Daimyo will be to unite the counrties and provide a stable defense against the Akatsuki. 10 members and the 2 leaders (making 12) are in the group at all times and are hand picked by the Hokage and Kazekage. The group is filled with strong ninja ranging from S-ranked to A-ranked all with unique abilities that can help the organization to succeed in it's goal. The 12 Guardian Ninja will bind the villages together and is the opposite of Akatsuki. With a common cause the villages feel safer and can form stable relations with each other.
Uniqueness: The 12 Guardian Ninja are identified by the kanji marked loincloths/sash they wear around their waist. Each have a unique kanji symbol on it, which in turn are matched with the ninja who wear them. Each member also has their ninja head band enscribed with twin lines that go downwards on either side of their village sign. They also have white headband material which is used to wrap the headband.
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Sash Kanji Symbols:
Fire Leader (Katon Shuhan) - Orito Aburame (Hokage)
Wind Leader (Fuuton Shuhan) - Hanzo Nara (Kazekage)
Strength (Kyouko) -Yondaime Hyuuga (Leaf Jounin)
Dark (Kuro) - Rin Ukiku (Sand Jounin)
Light (Ranpu) - Kenshiki Naito (Leaf Jounin)
Moon (Tsuki) - Yoru Hikari (Leaf Jounin)
Sun (Taiyou) - Robin Kankaku (Leaf Jounin)
Hope (Mikomi) - Hagane Enkouou (Leaf Jounin)
Shade (She-do) - Kumori Kaguya (Leaf Jounin)
Dream (Yume) - Rika Uchiha (Leaf Jounin)
Life (Jinsei) - Sumi Dideroma (Sand Jounin)
Death (Zetsumei) - Jiro (Leaf Chuunin) [Locked]
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Subject: Revived 12 Guardians 
