Toki

Toki was born in the 12th century in Hanadome Village, a former branch village of the Kagan Clan, and raised as an Evil Shinobi. As a member of a branch family of the Kagan Clan, Toki was fortunate enough to awaken her own Kagan. From then on, she quickly became a Kagura and cemented her position as one of the most powerful Shinobi in history, which generated some antagonism between the head family and her branch family.

By the time she was 17, the sentient Yōma Rasetsu, Shura, and Yasha were wrecking havoc across Japan with their armies of lower-ranked Yōma, effortlessly eliminating any Shinobi sent to slay them. At the same time, skirmishes between Good and Evil Shinobi were claiming a record amount of lives. The combination of these factors led to unprecedented losses, as well as the near elimination of all active Kagan wielders.

During this time, Toki would meet Sekirei, a Kagan wielder from the head family and her cousin, and Mizuki for the very first time. Despite their opposing alignments and Toki's own unsavory reputation, the three of them became best friends.

In the story passed down the Kagan Clan, Sekirei managed to rally the remaining Shinobi forces and establish a truce between Good and Evil Shinobi in order to face the three the sentient Yōma. During the battle, Toki was killed fighting Shura. Sekirei and the remaining Shinobi then defeated the sentient Yōma.

However, that tale was a fabrication crafted by Sekirei herself, designed for the sole purpose of making Toki look unremarkable to protect Hanadome Village and Toki's family for a potential attack from the Kagan Clan.

According to the story preserved by Hanadome Village, Toki was, as previously stated, a powerful Kagura who successfully awakened her Kagan. She was the one who united Good and Evil Shinobi against the three sentient Yōma and their forces. Sekirei and Mizuki are never mentioned in this version, for reasons unknown.

Despite her efforts and being powerful enough to effortlessly overpower the Yōma, including defeating Rasetsu, Toki was subjected to jealousy and anger from shinobi under her command due to her overwhelming power. She was often blamed for trivial things, simply because she made no mistakes.

During the final battle against Shura, Toki and the Yoma General were seriously injured during their fight. With the two on their last legs, a group of lesser shinobi attempted to cripple Toki and leave her in the Shinobi Blood Barrier that was activated during the fighting. After the shinobi revealed their plan to seal her away, Toki snapped. After realizing that all of her hopes for a united shinobi world were just a delusion, Toki used Kagan on all of the shinobi, including one of her own servants, and killed them.

Since Sekirei and Mizuki were present during this, Toki attacked them. She attempted to use Kagan on Sekirei, but learned that it doesn't work on other Kagan users. During this, Shura escaped the barrier. Finally, Toki told Sekirei and Mizuki to leave, as she was certain she'd just kill both yoma and shinobi the moment she got out. With that, her former friends left and Toki was left alone in the barrier.

Sometime later, Shura would be sealed in the same Shinobi Blood Barrier by Kagura, and both her and Toki would remain in it for the next 900 years.

The betrayal incited Toki's branch family to secede from the Clan and turn Hanadome Village into an independent Shinobi village, at the same time as records of Toki's existence were tampered with by the head family to create the fabricated version of the story.

Although the former branch family members in Hanadome Village were aware of Toki's location, they refused to undo the seal in fear that the freed Shura wouldn't be able to be defeated even with Toki's assistance, vastly underestimating the Kagura. In addition, the leadership of Hanadome Village also enacted extreme isolationist policies (similar to Goshin Village's) to ensure that the information regarding the seal would never leave the village, working under the correct assumption that the seal's existence would