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URA
(Hidden Side)
URA
(Hidden Side)
History
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URA stands for 裏道連合作戦愛国団体 Uramichi Rengousakusen Aikokudantai (Secret Path Combined Operations Patriotic Organization). URA is an abbreviation of the organization's full name and also happens to be the acronym in English. A war was predicted by the Shintaku clan. They kept trying to tell the Kiosa and Jiosa, since their countries were the main opponents, but they wouldn't listen to them. Only when war was certain to happen did the Kiosa and Jiosa realize that they were telling the truth. The Primary Villages worked together and so URA was created to divert this war. The organization became well known for "fortune telling." After evading the war, URA's original purpose was satisfied leaving them nothing else to do. Eventually they were used to perform secret missions set out by their Sanosa. Each Primary Village has an URA Unit.
The kanji 裏 ura is also pronounced ri and is the "ri" in shuriken (ninja stars).
Joining
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In order to become URA, that Sanosa has to invite you. If he recognizes you as a skilled ninja then he'll send an URA to invite you into his URA Unit. If you accept, you'll be taken to have URA Conditioning. If not then the URA ninja tells the kage and leaves. URA Conditioning is where they brainwash you so the kage can activate you. When activated, you remember all your training, everything about URA and become controlled by the kage. The training consists of studying up to level 2 atten and a few simple level 3 atten. A Hashi member was hired to teach atten to URA but they could only learn weak level 3 atten because it was difficult. They kept this knowledge so that they wouldn't have to risk having too many non-URA personnel and so they wouldn't have to keep hiring Hashi members all the time. The training also consists of strategies of taking down a person or group of people as quickly as possible.
Secrets
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Quote:
"Knowing is our biggest secret."
That is URA's number one rule. To insure the identities of their ninja, each member has to wear a mask. If one of them dies during battle, the body must be dealt with to make sure no one finds out who it is. If necessary, the mission will be abandoned in order to do this. Each mission is kept as short as possible to reduce any questions about the URA member. This makes it so no one knows who is URA and who is not, which helps keep their identities a secret even more.
Style
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URA aren't very talkative since they're brainwashed. Usually they'll only speak to the Sanosa. If they do speak they'll have a bored/empty/vacant/emotionless voice. Whenever they enter the area, they immediately get to work. They usually try to incapacitate everyone immediately without warning. Every URA Unit has signature grenades/explosives used, so you can tell which URA it is as soon as they go off. After the grenades are used, then they go in the area and fight. These are the signature styles about each unit:
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Air URA Unit - shockwave grenades (knocks people back), suffocation grenades (burns up the air, very effective in enclosed areas). Uses jutsu so user recycles air within himself and doesn't breath external air. Wear green kimonos.
Earth URA Unit - earthquake grenades (good at taking down buildings), wall grenade (causes a thick, short, not very wide wall of earth to come up), string grenades (makes a shockwave that shoots straight out throwing debree everywhere). Wears red kimonos.
Water URA Unit - acid grenades (splashes acid everywhere), ice grenades (explodes freezing on contact). Uses jutsu to cover mouth with water which purifies breathing and allows user to breath underwater. Wears blue kimonos.
Earth URA Unit - earthquake grenades (good at taking down buildings), wall grenade (causes a thick, short, not very wide wall of earth to come up), string grenades (makes a shockwave that shoots straight out throwing debree everywhere). Wears red kimonos.
Water URA Unit - acid grenades (splashes acid everywhere), ice grenades (explodes freezing on contact). Uses jutsu to cover mouth with water which purifies breathing and allows user to breath underwater. Wears blue kimonos.
Kami Code (God Code)
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URA learned this by hiring a Hashi ninja. The code is also used to identify squads during a mission (like saying Alpha or Delta squad)
Yogensha
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A Yogensha (prophet/predictor) is the leader/commander/general of an URA Unit. This person has been recognized by the kage as someone who can change the tide of a war. Usually the Yogensha is a Super Ninja. Yogensha's used to be Shintaku clan members but now the clan is extinct. Yogensha's haven't been around for a while since no one has been recognized by a Sanosa to be able to perform the job (except Mashin Ninja, but he turned down the offer).
