Here's the Bijuus;
[/b] Shukaku
Creature Form: Giant Raccon Dog
Element: Wind and sand
Brief History: Shukaku is a bijuu in the form of Raccon Dog (Tanuki of the Japanese mythology). Before, he was a priest that lived in the Desert of Nara. Because of the dark power released by Yamata no Orochi, and under the heavy assault of wind and sand, he transformed into a racoon dog (His actual form). He has a playful and extravagant personality, resembling the Tanuki nature. Shukaku lives in the souls of people killed by the wind and sand (This actually resembles the case of Gaarafs mother). The violet (blue in the anime) tatoos represent his title of God of Wind.
Name: Nekomata
Creature Form: Huge black cat monster; black angel wings.
Element: Death
Brief History: Nekomata ends up killed by Kyuubi later, and in that instant his spirit is summoned by the Death God. The body was kept in a shrine in the Forest of Death, sealed by the Death God himself.
Name: Isonade
Creature Form: Shark with sharp horn on forehead; three tails and fins
Element: Water, basicly. Currents.
Brief History: A fisherman and brave warrior from Yokohama, called Takuma Muramasa, sacrifices himself in behalf of two villages in a courageous act, getting near Isonade and sealing his personal servant Samehada in the gTool of Power: Pot of the Shark-named fishh from seal in the Water Shrine. Isonade then becomes unable to draw the massive chakra, and ends up getting exausted and sucked by the Toolfs seal in the Water Shrine as well.
Name: Sokou
Creature Form: A four-tailed Rooster / Snake mixture. The lower part of the body is a Snake, while the upper part is a Rooster.
Element: Poison, poisonous gas, venom, ext..
Brief History: Sokou was sealed by a master of demonic arts, called Yamazaki Ishiro, with the gTool of power: Netted Moon Cageh to the seal in the Mount Fujifs base. Sokou becomes unable to send out his poisonous gas from the mountain for all eternity.
Name: Houkou
Creature Form: White dog.
Element: Attacking using mixture of elements; Houkou is skilled in each kind of element ability, and can also create instantaneously each kind of natural disaster.
Brief History: After receiving a severe wound, Houkou runs away to one of Japan's islands, and hides in a place near Kyushufs Volcano - a giant tree, to heal his wound. But the tree's concrete position is not known by anyone.
Name: Raijuu
Creature Form: A golden-yellow weasel, with six tails in the shape of lightning bolts.
Element: Fire caused by lightning, Lightning Thunder, Lightning bolts, Lightning elemental magic arts; Raijuu may also fly about as a ball of lightning / fire.
Brief History: A ninja called Sarutobi (Thatfs right, but we donft know if itfs the seriesf Sandaime), in the legend, effectively eliminated Raijuu by using the technique gKinjutsu: Raikirih. (Now the confusion starts. This is supposed to be Kakashifs move, but the way of writing may be different from the actual jutsu, and Kishimoto probably changed this legend to fit the story anyway). What actually happens is that the technique counters the lightning released by Raijuu by cutting it, making the beast receive its own attack, and become severely wounded. (Thus the name lightning edge.) He then is sealed by Sarutobi with the gTool of Power: Hidden Thunder Prisonh into the seal in the Thunder Shrine.
Name: Kaku
Creature Form: Badger
Element: Earth
Brief History: Kakufs storehouse of clay in a hole is found, and is burned by warriors. Kaku is unable to transform, and is defeated by the brave warrior Ikkyo Soujin, who proceeds to seal it with the gTool of Power: Remnant Earth Altarh into the seal in the Earth Shrine. He is also the smallest Bijuu.
Name: Yamata no Orochi
Creature Form: Snake with eight heads and eight tails.
Element: The legendary sword: Kusanagi no Tsurugi; summoning of evil spirits.
Brief History: Yamata no Orochi awaits a genius of the Yagami (NOT the Kanji of Yagami from Death Note, but Yagami as in Eight Gods: ӻ_) clan, which is the arch enemy of the Kusanagi clan. The purpose is to awake it [Yamata no Orochi], in order to fight Kyuubi again.
Since Yamata no Orochifs power inherits in the Yagami Clan, If the heir appears as the first genius in 1000 years that is able to awake Yamata no Orochifs ability, it will be completely restored. Once the process is done, the genius with such crucial task will be destroyed due to the true body of Yamata no Orochi resurfacing, which has an all-new power. It wonft be found before the decisive battle with Kyuubi, and will be able to kill no matter of thing, destroy any type of place, and attain infinite vision (as Kyuubi has). The core of Yamata no Orochifs power is in a kind of forbidden sealing jutsu. As soon as the Yagami clan heir comprehends enough of it, a bigger, much stronger power will surface in the grasp of Yamata no Orochi.
Name: Kyuubi no Youko
Creature Form: Fox
Element: Fire
Brief History: In unclear whereabouts, Kyuubi continues to kill all the people on his way to find the one who awakened him, and the one who managed to seal him before. (That being Yondaime, probably) Yamata no Orochi didnft tell Kyuubi, though, that the one who awakened him was the Eight Tails himself.
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