Pakura

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Pakura
Alias(es)	Elder Pakura; Big Pakura; Pakura of the Scorch Release 155 428 439
Gender	Female 265 428
Origin	The Hokage Parallel World; distinct from the younger Pakura in Sarutobi Toru’s original world 439 440
Affiliation	Sunagakure, formerly; Akatsuki; Amegakure; Sarutobi Toru 156 182 374 428
Occupation/Role	Leader of the Rain Ninja; Toru’s subordinate and undercover agent; instructor to Deidara and Kurotsuchi 374 428 430
Status	Alive; visits Toru’s original world while retaining responsibilities in Amegakure 428 439 440
Former Classification	S-rank rogue ninja of Sunagakure, with a bounty of thirty million ryo 156
First Appearance	Mentioned as a prominent Sand Shinobi in the parallel-world storyline; directly depicted during her betrayal 151 155

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Scorch Release specialist	151 157	Already a celebrated Sunagakure fighter. Develops Scorch Release herself and concentrates on Extremely Steaming Murder, supplementing its limited variety with taijutsu.
Yang God Martial Way training	157 158	Toru introduces cultivation to strengthen her physical attacks. He possesses her body through the Spirit Transformation Technique to demonstrate the movements, producing considerable progress within days.
White Zetsu battle-suit enhancement	184	Receives a biological suit made from White Zetsu Tobi that enhances strength, chakra, and lifespan.
Advanced martial cultivation and Sage Mode	265 266	Confirmed to have undergone Toru’s hormonal modifications and mastered Yang God Martial Way and Sage Mode. Her movement and striking power overwhelm Sasori’s expectations.
Perfect Sage Mode	267 268	Activates almost instantly without assistance from the battle suit. White Zetsu Tobi and a White Zetsu Chakra Fruit aided her cultivation.
Akatsuki’s second-strongest member	368	Continued martial cultivation, sage training, and Chakra Fruit consumption secure this position even without using her battle suit.
Full-power Sage Mode and battle-suit combination	369	Unleashes sustained, large-scale Scorch Release bombardment against the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ raiding squad.
Peak Kage-level	429	Explicitly distinguished from her younger counterpart, who has reached Transcendent-level strength.

Background / History

Sunagakure’s betrayal

Pakura was regarded as one of Sunagakure’s outstanding younger-generation shinobi. Sand Shinobi credited her with helping force Kirigakure’s withdrawal, but the village leadership subsequently sent her to Kirigakure as an envoy under the cover of a secret mission, using her as a bargaining chip 151 152 155.

Her escort led her into Mist Valley, where the fog suppressed chakra and caused hallucinations without an antidote. A poisoned kunai strike and a mass ambush left her near death. Toru intervened, killed the attackers, and rescued her 155.

She awoke aboard a ship after a week unconscious, initially hoping Sunagakure had saved her. Instead, Toru told her that the village had declared her an S-rank rogue ninja for ruining its alliance. Her despair was deliberately intensified by hormonal changes he had made while treating her wounds; she subsequently accepted him as her “Master” 156.

Building an organization

In the Land of Whirlpools, Toru trained Pakura in Yang God Martial Way and sealed her brain to prevent disclosure of the cultivation method. He left her a cultivation scroll, the Brainwashing Potion formula, intelligence on major shinobi, and instructions to infiltrate Akatsuki 157 158.

Pakura built a force from captured rogue ninja and bounty hunters whom she subjected to Brainwashing Potion. Sunagakure did not actively pursue her: it lacked suitable fighters, and some of its experts were unwilling to hunt a hero whose betrayal they suspected 180.

She approached Akatsuki through cooperation against Hanzo. When Pain tried to recruit her, she instead proposed that he and Konan join her organization, agreeing to settle the matter through combat. She nearly destroyed Deva Path and later defeated a two-body assault by smashing Preta Path, although she acknowledged that the second victory involved luck. She eventually joined after being defeated by Nagato 181 182 374.

By Toru’s next return, Pakura was Amegakure’s second-in-command. She later recruited Sasori by defeating his puppet arsenal and supplied him with Akatsuki’s Jade Maiden ring 184 265 266 267.

Akatsuki’s final battle

Pakura expanded her forces and intelligence network under Nagato’s authority. By the time Akatsuki prepared to collect the tailed beasts, her subordinates approached the lower threshold of a major shinobi village’s strength. She and Sasori were assigned to attack Sunagakure 358 374.

At Toru’s request, she blocked the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ raiding squad to protect the Ten-Tails’ formation. Fighting without restraint, she combined Sage Mode with her White Zetsu battle suit, bombarded the squad, and clashed with Fugaku’s complete Susanoo 368 369 370.

After the operation collapsed, Toru took Pakura and the Ten-Tails away. When Nagato confronted her, she admitted that she had entered Akatsuki as an undercover agent for Toru—not as a secretly loyal Sand Shinobi. She nevertheless acknowledged that Nagato had treated her well 373 374.

Leadership of Amegakure

Pakura already controlled Amegakure and Akatsuki’s outer ranks in practice, with their loyalty to her exceeding their loyalty to Nagato. Nagato proposed that she take over Akatsuki, recognizing both her strength and Toru’s protection; she is later explicitly identified as leader of the Rain Ninja 389 428.

During the subsequent war, she personally negotiated with Iwagakure’s Elder Council and the Land of Earth Daimyo. Iwagakure agreed to merge into Amegakure, which received the former village’s standing in the Land of Earth. One condition was that Pakura accept Deidara and Kurotsuchi as disciples 429 430.

She later visited Toru’s original world alongside Elder Tsunade to learn from their younger counterparts. The two Pakuras generally lived together, with observers able to mistake their coexistence for a well-trained Shadow Clone 439 440.

Appearance

• Build: Tall, beautiful, and voluptuous; described standing atop a treetop when confronting Sasori 265 428.
• Hair: Described as silky when Toru strokes it 265.
• Sage Mode markings: Markings appear around her eyes when she activates Great Solar Flare 267.
• Battle attire: Wears a transforming White Zetsu biological suit capable of forming a glider-like structure 369.

Personality

Pakura’s initial attachment to Sunagakure was strong enough that she hoped its ninja had rescued her even after the ambush. Following its betrayal, she rejects the village and refuses Sasori’s attempt to question whether she still feels loyalty toward it 156 265.

In combat, she is confident, confrontational, and capable of restraint. Although angered by Sasori’s intention to turn her into a Human Puppet, she first attempts negotiation before deciding to beat him into submission. Away from battle, Toru’s praise makes her visibly bashful and eager for his approval 266 268.

Her dependence on Toru is inseparable from his manipulation. He deliberately intensifies her despair through hormonal alteration, then reinforces her attachment through assurances that he will not abandon her. Despite serving his plans, she expresses regret toward Nagato rather than treating his trust as meaningless 156 158 374.

Abilities & Skills

Scorch Release

A self-developed kekkei genkai whose signature attacks evaporate moisture from their targets 156 157.

Technique	Application
Extremely Steaming Murder	Moisture-evaporating fireballs; originally the principal technique she developed to its limits 157 369.
Blazing Sun Pillar	Concentrated radiance that melts an Iron Sand wall and chars the Third Kazekage Human Puppet’s arm 266.
Great Solar Flare	Sage-enhanced, sweeping light attack that destroys Sasori’s puppets and forces his Chakra Core to escape 267.
Sunlight Broadcast	Creates a sustained heat domain. Against Katsuyu, it exceeds one hundred degrees Celsius within a radius of more than ten meters; with Sage Mode and the battle suit, its range and force increase dramatically 272 369.
Three Thousand Burning Sun	Summons hundreds of fireballs for repeated aerial bombardment, despite the technique’s name 369.
Sunlight Flame	Blasts away Susanoo’s magatama projectiles and melts its outer armor 370.
Melting Technique	Sage-enhanced incandescent rays that melt Fugaku’s Susanoo into upper and lower halves 370.

• Early limitations: Strong offense but weak defense; moisture evaporation is less effective against wooden puppets than human bodies 266.
• Persistent weakness: Even after her enhancements, she lacks powerful defensive ninjutsu and relies on evasion against Susanoo’s weapons 370.

Yang God Martial Way

A cultivation system that evolves the physical body, correcting the limited raw striking power of her original Scorch Release-supporting taijutsu 157 267.

• Evades Iron Sand spikes and Hiruko’s tail with precise body movements 266.
• Sends Hiruko tumbling seven or eight meters with one punch and damages its internal mechanisms 266 267.
• Outspeeds the parallel-world Tsunade in close combat, evading her Chakra Scalpel and kicking her away 271.
• Grants reactions described as not much worse than Minato’s, though his Flying Thunder God Technique still restrains her offense 371.

Sage Mode and sensing

Pakura masters perfect Sage Mode within a few years, supported by White Zetsu Tobi and a White Zetsu Chakra Fruit 268.

• Enters perfect Sage Mode almost instantly without wearing the battle suit 268.
• Identifies Sasori through the abnormal, deathly regularity of his chakra 265.
• Locates Toru through chakra sensing 268.
• Combines natural energy with the battle suit’s chakra support to sustain overwhelming Scorch Release attacks 369.

Organization and intelligence

• Uses Brainwashing Potion to convert captured rogue ninja and bounty hunters into subordinates 180.
• Operates spies in Kusagakure who locate the mother and daughter sought by Toru 265.
• Manages Amegakure and Akatsuki’s outer ranks, building a power base more loyal to her than to Nagato 389.
• Negotiates Iwagakure’s incorporation into Amegakure 429.

Regeneration

• Chakra Fruit consumption gives both Pakuras powerful regenerative abilities; injuries described during their shared appearance heal completely within half an hour 439.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• White Zetsu Tobi battle suit — Enhances strength, chakra, and lifespan; assists Sage Mode cultivation and transforms into a glider for controlled descent 184 268 369.
• Yang God Martial Way scroll — Contains the subsequent cultivation methods left by Toru 158.
• Brain seal — Placed by Toru to prevent leakage of the secret martial inheritance 158.
• Brainwashing Potion formula — Used to establish and expand her subordinate force 158 180.
• Shinobi intelligence records — Supplied by Toru for recruitment, infiltration, and strategic preparation 158 181.

Relationships

• Sarutobi Toru — Rescuer, master, cultivation instructor, and intimate partner. Her loyalty is shaped by his hormonal manipulation; she serves as his agent in the parallel world 156 158 268 374.
• Uzumaki Nagato / Pain — Former rival and Akatsuki superior. He trusts her second only to Konan, permits her independent power base, and later supports her succession despite discovering her undercover role 181 374 389.
• Konan — Akatsuki associate with whom Pakura establishes contact while building her organization in the Land of Rain 180 181.
• Sasori of the Red Sands — Former Sunagakure contemporary, initially hostile. Pakura defeats him and recruits him into Akatsuki; they later receive a joint assignment against Sunagakure 265 267 358.
• Queen Sara — Fellow companion of Toru and a communication intermediary through the Dragon Vein. Their initial connection is practical rather than a close friendship 220.
• Younger Pakura — Counterpart from Toru’s original world. They live together, and Elder Pakura visits to learn from her 439 440.
• Elder Tsunade — Fellow parallel-world visitor and companion of Toru; travels with Pakura to learn from their younger counterparts 428 440.
• Deidara and Kurotsuchi — Disciples accepted as a condition of Iwagakure’s merger into Amegakure 430.

Notable Quotes

“Don’t mention Sunagakure again. I no longer have any interest in that shinobi village.” 265

“That’s why I came prepared to beat you into submission!” 266

“I’m sorry, Leader. I was an undercover agent.” 374