Many years later the truth would be learned. The Soft Master would for a long time believe that it was Tommy who killed the Hard Master, but had really been targeting Snake-Eyes. Later they learned that Tommy had become a Cobra agent using the English translation of the family name: 'Storm Shadow'. Tommy never returned and the family business disbanded. Tommy had seen a masked bowman fleeing onto a Cobra helicopter and was pursuing him. In fact the arrow had been taken from a squirrel that Tommy killed that morning. However the dying Hard Master denied Tommy's guilt. But the arrow was one of Tommy's and only he had the skill to aim by sound and force to fire it. The Soft Master rushed into the courtyard to see Tommy rushing away with a bow and assumed he was chasing the intruder. Suddenly an arrow came through the screen and killed him. It was in fact an impression of Snake-Eyes himself. But the Hard Master didn't believe there was any danger and went behind a screen to continue the training, imitating someone and challenging Snake-Eyes to identify the impression. One evening the Hard Master was teaching Snake-Eyes 'Darkened Room' techniques when Snake-Eyes heard a third person in the courtyard. Snake-Eyes was growing in the favor of the Hard Master and there were rumors that the adopted member of the clan would inherit the leadership rather than the Hard Master's own nephew. He was also willing to use it to kill, a point on which he disagreed with Snake-Eyes. However Tommy was always better at the bow, able to hear so well beyond the line of sight. Snake-Eyes proved even better than Tommy, but sometimes let Tommy save face in fights. Īfter the war Tommy returned to Japan and became the 'Young Master' in the Arashikage ninja clan under his uncles, the Hard Master and the Soft Master. Believing Snake-Eyes to be dead, Stalker ordered the helicopter to withdraw but Storm Shadow charged out and saved Snake-Eyes's life.

Snake-Eyes was hit and the photo was damaged by a bullet. As they headed to be picked-up by a helicopter the patrol came under fire. During a mission the LRRP was attacked and only Snake-Eyes, Stalker and Storm Shadow escaped. Tommy struck up a strong friendship with Snake-Eyes, and talked of his uncle's business in Japan that he would join after the war, hinting there was a place for Snake-Eyes as well. The war served as a virtual continuation of his training. He was a member of a Long Range Recon Patrol along with Snake-Eyes, Stalker, Wade Collins, Dickie Saperstein and Ramon Escobedo. Tommy Arashikage underwent ninja training, including the ability to use a bow and arrow better than almost anyone else, before enlisting in the US Army and serving in the Vietnam War.

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