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Takamori Saigo
The Doctor
Dragon Slayer
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[I put blood on my hands, may my mistakes breed wiser men.]
General Information
General InformationShow
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Height: 6'0
Weight: 175 lbs
Physical Features:
The only thing that hasn't truly changed about Saigo's attire is his dark colored pants and dark blue sandals. The addition of an jade green infinity scarf double looped around his neck is almost eye catching as it's brighter colors draw the eye from other parts of appearance. One thing to note is that both of his hands, and arms up to the bicep, have been wrapped completely in bandages, however should his fingers be visible, one would note the jade green paint on his nails. Shuriken holsters rest upon both of his legs and his equipment belt is fastened over the white sash wrapped around his waist, the belt having three pouches along the back and several smaller ones lining the sides and front. He'll often carry a mask with him in a pouch that he tends to be dark colored with a spiral pattern focused around his right eye.
Personality:
Gender: Male
Height: 6'0
Weight: 175 lbs
Physical Features:
- Face/head: While he has reached the middle aged years of his life, Saigo's face barely registers this as the smooth skin and clean shaven appearance look to belong to someone half his age. Whether from being genetically blessed or through Iijutsu meddling, Saigo has never said but it is well known that he seems to defy aging(at least in terms of looks). Atop the youthful looking man's head rests a pale blonde, almost white, hair that is pulled back in a low ponytail with his face being framed by centre-parted bangs that extended to his chin. Peering into his bright, piercing green eyes is like staring into a polished jade stone full of vibrance and life however his eyes almost turn a steely dull green when angered, showing a more sinister nature to the man still lurks beneath the surface like a shark waiting to strike from the deep.
- Body: Through meticulous diet and years of work, Saigo's body is a blend of lean and muscular. Not carrying himself too much on the scrawny side, he also refrains from becoming some overly muscled person as well. While Saigo enjoys maintaining a seamless look to his body's silhouette, the look of it is a little worse for wear. Covered in a variety of smaller scars, faded from time and healing, Saigo has one truly nasty scar across his chest he refuses to rid himself off for personal reasons. While lacking a hard body, Saigo has a softer touch to his form. Steady hands give way to nimble fingers as he doesn't allow his hands to come to much harm when possible and avoids any kind of callous build up as he prefers to give patients care without his hands feeling like sandpaper when performing medical services.
The only thing that hasn't truly changed about Saigo's attire is his dark colored pants and dark blue sandals. The addition of an jade green infinity scarf double looped around his neck is almost eye catching as it's brighter colors draw the eye from other parts of appearance. One thing to note is that both of his hands, and arms up to the bicep, have been wrapped completely in bandages, however should his fingers be visible, one would note the jade green paint on his nails. Shuriken holsters rest upon both of his legs and his equipment belt is fastened over the white sash wrapped around his waist, the belt having three pouches along the back and several smaller ones lining the sides and front. He'll often carry a mask with him in a pouch that he tends to be dark colored with a spiral pattern focused around his right eye.
Personality:
- General: A vastly different man since coming to Konoha, Saigo has grown kind and accommodating of others as he sees himself as a caretaker for people more in his older years. A more righteous man than he once was, he tries to help others in need, no matter what their problems may be. An almost selfless nature has started to emerge as he has begun placing the safety of others over his own and will both literally and metaphorically jump into the line of fire if it meant saving someone that needed help. While he can still fall into introverted states from time to time, he mostly winds up being a deep thinking individual than shutting himself off from others.
However despite the kinder side of him showing itself, he is not without his share of skeletons in the closet. A man who knows he was once a monster, Saigo makes no attempts to presume himself innocent of his past crimes and faces them readily with a cold, hard determination that got him into trouble in the first place. While he is usually quiet calm under pressure, he can have outbursts and the one thing that is guaranteed to provoke him is mention of his former associates from his Henkou days. - Hopes/Dreams: Having grown complacent during his stay in Konoha, Saigo hopes he can truly belong and build a semblance of a normal life with his wife and child. He also wishes to spread his knowledge of Iijutsu and the medical arts across the land, perhaps even building a teaching hospital in order to encourage the next generation of future medical experts so they wouldn't have to walk the same path he had in search of knowledge. His biggest hope however, is that his children will grow up to be better men/women than he ever could be.
- Fears: Failing to protect the woman he loves. Isane has come to mean more than anything to Saigo and if she ever died or left him, he doesn't know what would happen. He fears that her dying at the hands of an enemy will bring out a more darker side to him, it's more the fact that she is the first person who ever made him want to change, not just for her but for himself. If there is one person in the world that stands as a muse of inspiration to Saigo, it's his lady love and her loss would shatter much of his world and probably result in the man going berserk or insane.
- Combat Mentality: If Saigo hasn't fought someone before and he knows them to be weaker then he gives them two choices: Walk away or go down. Despite having softened in his recent years, Saigo's ruthlessness shows itself when entered into battle. Should an enemy try to fight him then he will not hesitate to put them down. Should he fight alone he will decimate the battlefield, willing to clear cut an entire forest to put stronger opponents down. Weaker opponents barely warrant such tactics and he will often stick with using ninja tools or more pinpoint techniques, possibly going hand to hand with them.
When fighting with comrades however, he will more conservative with his chakra while still staying in the fight. Working to keep allies alive, Saigo will heal them or tend to their wounds as needed, sometimes even protecting them by taking the brunt of an attack if need be since he is far more capable at mending his own wounds given his more powerful iijutsu techniques. With people, he will often attempt find a weakness that someone among them can exploit.
Battle Information Village:
Rank: S-Rank Missing Ninja
- Ninjutsu: 45
- Taijutsu: 30
- Genjutsu: 25
- Stamina: 40(45-5)
- Control: 45
- Strength: 35
- Speed: 45
- Instinct: 38
Saigo wears a belt withthree pouches along the back and several smaller ones lining the sides and front, these pouches contains all of his shinobi supplies, in terms of weapons and commonly seen gear the pouches contains the following:
15x Kunai in his leg holster
15x Shuriken in his leg holster
15x Scalpels in front pouches
Field Trauma Kit in back pouches
Companions: (0/1)
Primary Affinity: Fuuton
Specialization, Abilities, and Concentrations
Ninjutsu Specialist:Having devoted their lives to mastering the arts of Ninjutsu, this shinobi is classified as a Ninjutsu Specialist. Ninjutsu specialist are able to devote a total of 10 concentrations to Ninjutsu, unlike most people who are capped at 8. However, they are only able to devote a max of 5 concentrations to Taijutsu, and a max of 5 concentrations to Genjutsu.
As a Ninjutsu Specialist, Saigo is able to utilize Ninjutsu concentrations reserved for specialists, and is able to enter the God Tier [45+] on select stats, and meaning as a specialist they can select stats to break into the God tier. These stats can only be Ninjutsu, Speed, Control, and Stamina.
| Abilities | |
|---|---|
| First Ability | Manifestation Body Mod: |
| Second Ability | Stretching Body Modification: |
| Third Ability | N/A |
| Concentrations | |
|---|---|
| Ninjutsu 4/9 |
Iijutsu: Ninjutsu: Advanced Channeling: Sensory: Quote: Fuuton Affinity: |
| Taijutsu 4/5 |
Medicine: Deft Hands: Close Quarters Combat: Perception: |
| Genjutsu 0/5 | |
History
Historical AccountsShow
Born into a family in Iwagakure, Saigo was a friendly child. Played with others his age, went swimming in the summers, all the wonderful delights a boy would have outside a shinobi life. His father was a simple man only wanting a wife and son, of course he also wanted to fish the day away. He often had to go to great lengths to get approval for simple fishing trips they took every once in a while. His mother was a seamstress in the village, her nimble fingers often making clothing for others in the community. It was peaceful, pleasant, and utterly doomed to oblivion the day they set out for a fishing trip in the early summer after Saigo's dad got approval for him, his wife, and son. Asuka, Saigo's big sister, stayed behind because she had missions to attend.
A small unknown force of shinobi, possibly Missing-nins or shinobi from a lesser village trying to become larger, appeared from the east they descended and slaughtered villagers as a declaration of war upon Iwagakure. Of course the Iwagakure shinobi had Intel on the rebel forces and arrived shortly after they did and a battle ensued. Stone, fire, wind, water, and lightning blasted apart the village as the shinobi's doing battle wiped the small fishing village off the face of the earth, Saigo's father also partaking in the battle. Few were left alive, most of them being children. Saigo crawled from the wreckage of a house he and his mother were hidden in and looked for his father to see about getting his mother some help. Saigo found his father pinned to a tree by six large kunai, his body seeming to have been there for a decent amount of time judging by how much blood was covering the ground and how lifeless he was. Saigo fell to his knees and cried over his parents death till he fell asleep beside the tree with his fathers corpse pinned to it.
The next day was spent digging. He dug two deep holes and dragged his parents dead bodies into them before covering them with soil and bidding them farewell. Grabbing whatever he had brought with them as well as his parents belongings, like his fathers head band, Saigo packed a bag and set out to get back to his village, not knowing what to even tell Asuka. He often stopped at houses in other villages asking for food but they would often shut the door in his face and tell him to be on his way. Eventually he started passing bodies on the road, some of them from the fishing village while others he didn't recognize thanks to the wild animals.
Finally after what seemed like weeks to young Saigo he arrived at the gates to Iwagakure, nestled among mountains with large buildings. He ventured forth to try and see if anyone would help him but before he could even set foot in the village, a voice told them to stop. Approaching from outside of the village much like Saigo there came a Asuka. Grabbing her brother and looking him over she demanded to know what happened. All Saigo could do was hold up their fathers headband as Asuka held her brother for the longest time, crying into his shoulder as she knelt in front of him.
Picking the tired and hungry Saigo up, Asuka carried him into the village and took him to their home. There he was treated to a warm meal, clean clothes, and of course a bath. Asuka informed the village of what had happened and their fathers name was placed in a list of KIA shinobi. Asuka had apparently come back from giving aid to the villages around the area of the battle. Saigo told her where he had buried them and she nodded, telling him how she'd have to have the bodies removed and returned to the village to prevent possible village secrets from being stolen.
Saigo sent several days locked in his room after returning to the village as he pulled himself together, eventually Asuka wanted to get him out and have him be active again. She went through the channels and she enrolled him into Iwagakure's academy, hoping he would find a way to make good use of the time there. Saigo took well to academy life after a few weeks of adjusting, even making plenty of friends among his class mates. He wasn't an innocent boy, but neither was he motivated by revenge. Saigo was just..... himself.
During classes he was open with those around him, often telling them fishing stories from his time with his father. He would often spend his days joking around with them, often teasing them. Essentially acting much like himself in is older years, minus the wanton crimes against humanity. All in all he was a good kid, the kind people could rely on and put their trust in. Asuka was even delighted that Saigo was making friends so quickly, even after the loss of his parents no more than a month ago. His graduation was no surprise as he proved to be a bright, if not highly intelligent youth. His team going about the days as usual, none of them having much of a care as they would not be endangering themselves till the Chuunin exams.
Saigo often spent his days with his friends and his nights hanging out with Asuka, eventually his curiosity got the better of him and he asked about the bookshelves in her room. Asuka showed him all he books and scrolls, these being mostly about anatomy and the human body. Saigo was hooked in no time. He eventually stumbled across a scroll or two holding knowledge of medical procedure for body modifications, which fascinated him to no end.
When the Iwagakure Genin were ready and prepared for the Chuunin Exam, they had their game faces on to say the least. All of them including Saigo determined to intimidate the opposition, despite being considered weaker to their Chuunin opponents. After the sizing up was finished the first exam came.
Three teams of three passed, Saigo and his two friends being among them. The second part of the exam consisted of Saigo sitting before the three judges of the fighting portion. They assessed his mental state to see if he was truly prepared for the rigors of becoming a Chuunin and after what seemed like a long assessment, Saigo was deemed worthy of obtaining the rank of Chuunin. But after his Exam was finished, one question prayed on his mind from his fight with the two Chuunin as they had assaulted them-
"How can such a complex biological machine be ended so simply?"
His fascination with the human body being sparked even more into the first morbid fascination that will drive his exile later in life. Hearing tales from the others about their exams caught his attention, no longer seeing Genin fighting Chuunin, but rather he saw possibilities in the differences of each person. He was most fascinated by the Chuunin opponent who had managed to invade the mind of the opponent using Genjutsu and made them surrender. Finding the drive to fight gone, Saigo decided he'd rather return to his studies on medical jutsu and attempt to get the answer to the question his mind couldn't stop obsessing over.
Heading straight to the library after telling Asuka the news. The newly appointed Chuunin began self study and began receiving training from Asuka one Iijutsu, quickly becoming an astute mind in forensic medicine. He worked at the morgue in Iwagakure and often helped identify the cause of death in assassinations or how someone was killed from less noticeable means.
One day while studying the library he came across a directory of scrolls not present within the public section of the library. He decided to attempt and track them down, eventually he was able to find them in a locked room on the top floor of the library. Getting in was easy, Saigo quickly browsed the library and found a few scrolls of interest, glancing through them before putting them back. When the sound of people moving outside the door could be heard, Saigo made his escape, using a bookshelves and cover to hide his escape as he took some scrolls with him for further study.
While studying through them at home he came across several techniques for Organ Transplantation and experimentation. Saigo devoured the knowledge within them despite the fact these particular techniques would be useless to him at that current point in time. However what interested him where the explanations for the processes involved in their creation. Some being elemental jutsu, others being medical jutsu that would do harm to both parties, there were even a few types of modifications contained within. The development of such jutsu would obviously require illegal study, but Saigo didn't care about the consequences. He had stumbled upon something that would be of use to him despite the fact they were incomplete in their research and development.
The research had the basic layout plans to go into research but they were obviously scrapped judging from what the notes entailed. It would require years of research and several bodies stacking up to complete. A task that Saigo would perform gladly if it meant completing his new goal. His breaking into the sealed room in the library was never discovered but security outside the room was increased.
Needless to say Saigo kept his trips to the library limited but he also went less as he began searching for a suitable place to set up a lab. It wasn't long before Saigo had set up a secret lab in one of the mountains surrounding Iwagakure while on patrol. With his lab set up and secure, Saigo began to search for bodies. He stole a body or two that was to be cremated but he ultimately found experimenting on dead bodies bore no fruit for his research and stored the bodies away to be used for other medical studies.
Saigo eventually got enough skill that he began kidnapping people from the surrounding farming villages as well as stray travelers over the next couple of years, even using some shinobi for his more dangerous experiments. All the while he progressed to the rank of Special Jounin after taking the necessary exams, showing a profound knowledge of Iijutsu. Of course he knew why he had been so profound, but he wasn't about to expose his lab or his work out of foolish pride. Returning to his lab, Saigo continued to work for several years.
He is eventually caught while trying to kidnap more test subjects and was taken back to the village to be interrogated about the rash of disappearances going on. He quickly made an escape by using his offensive Iijutsu techniques on his captors, causing them be crippled as he got away. Since he had been inside the village at that point, he returned to his lab and gathered what samples, experiments, notes, and materials he couldn't bare to part with and fled the village. On his way out of the village he was confronted by Asuka and another Jounin. When she questioned him about his reasons for doing what he's done, Saigo smiled and said "I see what I'm doing quite clearly Asuka. And frankly, I'm surprised it took Iwagakure this long to catch on to me."
Saigo engaged in a battle with his only remaining family and her partner, almost being cleaved in two if it weren't for the unrefined body modification he had created at the time he had dubbed Gashadokuro that he had developing through his research. Using a chakra weapon of his own design, Saigo cut down his sisters partner before disabling her. He had her kneel before him as he looked her dead in the eyes with a smile. His parting words being a simple "Good bye." as he removed her head.
He continued his exodus from Iwagakure, for his crimes he was branded an A rank Missing-nin and often referred to as the Iwagakure no Shinigami, or 'Grim Reaper of the Hidden Stone' for the lives had had taken in mass quantity. Rumors of him appearing in multiple countries have made it clear he stays on the move to avoid capture, but he often disappears for months at a time, once vanishing off the grid for an entire year. During these years Saigo spent some time building an underground network of contacts as well as taking various black market jobs to fund his research. He is said to have established another lab somewhere north of the Land of Fire along the peninsula, but this is mere speculation as there are rumors of him having one in the Land of Waves as well as River Country. Most of the information revealed about him from black markets sources is often inaccurate as he comes to them in disguises a majority of the time or takes jobs via Proxy.
After running around on his own for so long, Saigo eventually came to find himself in the company of a man named Fushinkou Yaku. His new cohort would soon go on to create the group known as Henkou and build up a group of shinobi that he aided in gaining strength. It was in this time with Henkou that Yaku and Saigo went on to battle and defeat Toki Fikadu, an S rank missing ninja, however Saigo often laments that his role wasn't as great in the battle as it could have been. Deciding to focus more on his own skills in iijutsu, Saigo entered a period of isolation within Henkou's hide out and took to performing various experiments and training regiments, emerging in time from his lab in time to learn that Yaku had vanished and Henkou was disbanding.
As he vacated the hideout and it was subsequently detonated by the disbanding members, the former Iwa ninja went on to continue his path of training with Iijutsu until he ran into another person, this one was named Yuuta. Joining a group called [The Pack], Saigo became the member of another group of missing ninja that in time disbanded as well. As Saigo went on his way once more, he eventually went to take on a new set of henchmen only to find himself softening to a woman he had sought to ensnare.
It was after meeting Genkouyoushi Isane that the man began calling himself The Doctor and sought to turn his life around. His heart thawed in her presence and his only goal became atonement for all the suffering he'd caused in his life time. Upon saving a man named Danzou from a wild bear, he learned he was a former Konoha ninja and trained him to become Isane's Bodyguard, having developed a fear for losing the woman he loved.
In their journeys across the land, Saigo eventually met another man. This one was named Kotentou and was a missing ninja from Kumogakure. He proposed yet another group for the Doctor to join, only this one sought to create a new place to call home, to function under the name of good it seemed. Saigo seemed to be attracted to these small groups of vagrant Missing Ninja as he agreed to join Engo Mandala. Using his insurmountable knowledge and skill in Iijutsu and he begins to form the desire to open a teaching hospital to help aide medical ninja and small time doctors alike while providing quality health care to those in need.
However like the groups that came before, Engo Mandala fell apart and Saigo returned to drifting, only this time he didn't hide who he was where ever he went. Instead he became more proud of his own name as he went from village to village across the minor countries and offered his skills as a Doctor and helped instruct the local doctors on how to pursue their professions more skillfully. During these travels, Saigo and Isane were wed and she became pregnant with his child and now he stays on the move, searching for a new place to call home while still aiding those he meets.
Having heard of Yaku and Enma's assault on Konoha, Saigo made haste to Konoha, stumbling lost through the forest around it for some time until he was captured and brought in for questioning. After clearing the air about his intentions, he was placed under observation and allowed to assist in the relief efforts of Konoha. It was during this time that Isane gave birth to their first child, yet while Saigo has been assisting Konoha for some time, how long it will last is still to be seen...
A small unknown force of shinobi, possibly Missing-nins or shinobi from a lesser village trying to become larger, appeared from the east they descended and slaughtered villagers as a declaration of war upon Iwagakure. Of course the Iwagakure shinobi had Intel on the rebel forces and arrived shortly after they did and a battle ensued. Stone, fire, wind, water, and lightning blasted apart the village as the shinobi's doing battle wiped the small fishing village off the face of the earth, Saigo's father also partaking in the battle. Few were left alive, most of them being children. Saigo crawled from the wreckage of a house he and his mother were hidden in and looked for his father to see about getting his mother some help. Saigo found his father pinned to a tree by six large kunai, his body seeming to have been there for a decent amount of time judging by how much blood was covering the ground and how lifeless he was. Saigo fell to his knees and cried over his parents death till he fell asleep beside the tree with his fathers corpse pinned to it.
The next day was spent digging. He dug two deep holes and dragged his parents dead bodies into them before covering them with soil and bidding them farewell. Grabbing whatever he had brought with them as well as his parents belongings, like his fathers head band, Saigo packed a bag and set out to get back to his village, not knowing what to even tell Asuka. He often stopped at houses in other villages asking for food but they would often shut the door in his face and tell him to be on his way. Eventually he started passing bodies on the road, some of them from the fishing village while others he didn't recognize thanks to the wild animals.
Finally after what seemed like weeks to young Saigo he arrived at the gates to Iwagakure, nestled among mountains with large buildings. He ventured forth to try and see if anyone would help him but before he could even set foot in the village, a voice told them to stop. Approaching from outside of the village much like Saigo there came a Asuka. Grabbing her brother and looking him over she demanded to know what happened. All Saigo could do was hold up their fathers headband as Asuka held her brother for the longest time, crying into his shoulder as she knelt in front of him.
Picking the tired and hungry Saigo up, Asuka carried him into the village and took him to their home. There he was treated to a warm meal, clean clothes, and of course a bath. Asuka informed the village of what had happened and their fathers name was placed in a list of KIA shinobi. Asuka had apparently come back from giving aid to the villages around the area of the battle. Saigo told her where he had buried them and she nodded, telling him how she'd have to have the bodies removed and returned to the village to prevent possible village secrets from being stolen.
Saigo sent several days locked in his room after returning to the village as he pulled himself together, eventually Asuka wanted to get him out and have him be active again. She went through the channels and she enrolled him into Iwagakure's academy, hoping he would find a way to make good use of the time there. Saigo took well to academy life after a few weeks of adjusting, even making plenty of friends among his class mates. He wasn't an innocent boy, but neither was he motivated by revenge. Saigo was just..... himself.
During classes he was open with those around him, often telling them fishing stories from his time with his father. He would often spend his days joking around with them, often teasing them. Essentially acting much like himself in is older years, minus the wanton crimes against humanity. All in all he was a good kid, the kind people could rely on and put their trust in. Asuka was even delighted that Saigo was making friends so quickly, even after the loss of his parents no more than a month ago. His graduation was no surprise as he proved to be a bright, if not highly intelligent youth. His team going about the days as usual, none of them having much of a care as they would not be endangering themselves till the Chuunin exams.
Saigo often spent his days with his friends and his nights hanging out with Asuka, eventually his curiosity got the better of him and he asked about the bookshelves in her room. Asuka showed him all he books and scrolls, these being mostly about anatomy and the human body. Saigo was hooked in no time. He eventually stumbled across a scroll or two holding knowledge of medical procedure for body modifications, which fascinated him to no end.
When the Iwagakure Genin were ready and prepared for the Chuunin Exam, they had their game faces on to say the least. All of them including Saigo determined to intimidate the opposition, despite being considered weaker to their Chuunin opponents. After the sizing up was finished the first exam came.
Three teams of three passed, Saigo and his two friends being among them. The second part of the exam consisted of Saigo sitting before the three judges of the fighting portion. They assessed his mental state to see if he was truly prepared for the rigors of becoming a Chuunin and after what seemed like a long assessment, Saigo was deemed worthy of obtaining the rank of Chuunin. But after his Exam was finished, one question prayed on his mind from his fight with the two Chuunin as they had assaulted them-
"How can such a complex biological machine be ended so simply?"
His fascination with the human body being sparked even more into the first morbid fascination that will drive his exile later in life. Hearing tales from the others about their exams caught his attention, no longer seeing Genin fighting Chuunin, but rather he saw possibilities in the differences of each person. He was most fascinated by the Chuunin opponent who had managed to invade the mind of the opponent using Genjutsu and made them surrender. Finding the drive to fight gone, Saigo decided he'd rather return to his studies on medical jutsu and attempt to get the answer to the question his mind couldn't stop obsessing over.
Heading straight to the library after telling Asuka the news. The newly appointed Chuunin began self study and began receiving training from Asuka one Iijutsu, quickly becoming an astute mind in forensic medicine. He worked at the morgue in Iwagakure and often helped identify the cause of death in assassinations or how someone was killed from less noticeable means.
One day while studying the library he came across a directory of scrolls not present within the public section of the library. He decided to attempt and track them down, eventually he was able to find them in a locked room on the top floor of the library. Getting in was easy, Saigo quickly browsed the library and found a few scrolls of interest, glancing through them before putting them back. When the sound of people moving outside the door could be heard, Saigo made his escape, using a bookshelves and cover to hide his escape as he took some scrolls with him for further study.
While studying through them at home he came across several techniques for Organ Transplantation and experimentation. Saigo devoured the knowledge within them despite the fact these particular techniques would be useless to him at that current point in time. However what interested him where the explanations for the processes involved in their creation. Some being elemental jutsu, others being medical jutsu that would do harm to both parties, there were even a few types of modifications contained within. The development of such jutsu would obviously require illegal study, but Saigo didn't care about the consequences. He had stumbled upon something that would be of use to him despite the fact they were incomplete in their research and development.
The research had the basic layout plans to go into research but they were obviously scrapped judging from what the notes entailed. It would require years of research and several bodies stacking up to complete. A task that Saigo would perform gladly if it meant completing his new goal. His breaking into the sealed room in the library was never discovered but security outside the room was increased.
Needless to say Saigo kept his trips to the library limited but he also went less as he began searching for a suitable place to set up a lab. It wasn't long before Saigo had set up a secret lab in one of the mountains surrounding Iwagakure while on patrol. With his lab set up and secure, Saigo began to search for bodies. He stole a body or two that was to be cremated but he ultimately found experimenting on dead bodies bore no fruit for his research and stored the bodies away to be used for other medical studies.
Saigo eventually got enough skill that he began kidnapping people from the surrounding farming villages as well as stray travelers over the next couple of years, even using some shinobi for his more dangerous experiments. All the while he progressed to the rank of Special Jounin after taking the necessary exams, showing a profound knowledge of Iijutsu. Of course he knew why he had been so profound, but he wasn't about to expose his lab or his work out of foolish pride. Returning to his lab, Saigo continued to work for several years.
He is eventually caught while trying to kidnap more test subjects and was taken back to the village to be interrogated about the rash of disappearances going on. He quickly made an escape by using his offensive Iijutsu techniques on his captors, causing them be crippled as he got away. Since he had been inside the village at that point, he returned to his lab and gathered what samples, experiments, notes, and materials he couldn't bare to part with and fled the village. On his way out of the village he was confronted by Asuka and another Jounin. When she questioned him about his reasons for doing what he's done, Saigo smiled and said "I see what I'm doing quite clearly Asuka. And frankly, I'm surprised it took Iwagakure this long to catch on to me."
Saigo engaged in a battle with his only remaining family and her partner, almost being cleaved in two if it weren't for the unrefined body modification he had created at the time he had dubbed Gashadokuro that he had developing through his research. Using a chakra weapon of his own design, Saigo cut down his sisters partner before disabling her. He had her kneel before him as he looked her dead in the eyes with a smile. His parting words being a simple "Good bye." as he removed her head.
He continued his exodus from Iwagakure, for his crimes he was branded an A rank Missing-nin and often referred to as the Iwagakure no Shinigami, or 'Grim Reaper of the Hidden Stone' for the lives had had taken in mass quantity. Rumors of him appearing in multiple countries have made it clear he stays on the move to avoid capture, but he often disappears for months at a time, once vanishing off the grid for an entire year. During these years Saigo spent some time building an underground network of contacts as well as taking various black market jobs to fund his research. He is said to have established another lab somewhere north of the Land of Fire along the peninsula, but this is mere speculation as there are rumors of him having one in the Land of Waves as well as River Country. Most of the information revealed about him from black markets sources is often inaccurate as he comes to them in disguises a majority of the time or takes jobs via Proxy.
After running around on his own for so long, Saigo eventually came to find himself in the company of a man named Fushinkou Yaku. His new cohort would soon go on to create the group known as Henkou and build up a group of shinobi that he aided in gaining strength. It was in this time with Henkou that Yaku and Saigo went on to battle and defeat Toki Fikadu, an S rank missing ninja, however Saigo often laments that his role wasn't as great in the battle as it could have been. Deciding to focus more on his own skills in iijutsu, Saigo entered a period of isolation within Henkou's hide out and took to performing various experiments and training regiments, emerging in time from his lab in time to learn that Yaku had vanished and Henkou was disbanding.
As he vacated the hideout and it was subsequently detonated by the disbanding members, the former Iwa ninja went on to continue his path of training with Iijutsu until he ran into another person, this one was named Yuuta. Joining a group called [The Pack], Saigo became the member of another group of missing ninja that in time disbanded as well. As Saigo went on his way once more, he eventually went to take on a new set of henchmen only to find himself softening to a woman he had sought to ensnare.
It was after meeting Genkouyoushi Isane that the man began calling himself The Doctor and sought to turn his life around. His heart thawed in her presence and his only goal became atonement for all the suffering he'd caused in his life time. Upon saving a man named Danzou from a wild bear, he learned he was a former Konoha ninja and trained him to become Isane's Bodyguard, having developed a fear for losing the woman he loved.
In their journeys across the land, Saigo eventually met another man. This one was named Kotentou and was a missing ninja from Kumogakure. He proposed yet another group for the Doctor to join, only this one sought to create a new place to call home, to function under the name of good it seemed. Saigo seemed to be attracted to these small groups of vagrant Missing Ninja as he agreed to join Engo Mandala. Using his insurmountable knowledge and skill in Iijutsu and he begins to form the desire to open a teaching hospital to help aide medical ninja and small time doctors alike while providing quality health care to those in need.
However like the groups that came before, Engo Mandala fell apart and Saigo returned to drifting, only this time he didn't hide who he was where ever he went. Instead he became more proud of his own name as he went from village to village across the minor countries and offered his skills as a Doctor and helped instruct the local doctors on how to pursue their professions more skillfully. During these travels, Saigo and Isane were wed and she became pregnant with his child and now he stays on the move, searching for a new place to call home while still aiding those he meets.
Having heard of Yaku and Enma's assault on Konoha, Saigo made haste to Konoha, stumbling lost through the forest around it for some time until he was captured and brought in for questioning. After clearing the air about his intentions, he was placed under observation and allowed to assist in the relief efforts of Konoha. It was during this time that Isane gave birth to their first child, yet while Saigo has been assisting Konoha for some time, how long it will last is still to be seen...
