Equally mysterious as his past is Storm Shadows connection to Snake-eyes of the GI Joe team. Having served together in Southeast Asia, and Storm Shadow having saved Snake-eye's life during an extraction that had gone bad, created a bond between the two. Storm Shadow saw much potential in Snake-eyes and after their tour had ended invited him to return to Japan to study the art of Ninjitsu under the careful supervision of the Arashikage clan. Snake-eyes however turned him down and returned home only to find that his entire immediate had been killed in an accident. With no where else to go Snake-eyes left for Japan and joined Storm Shadow in his families home. Unfortunately during an outside attempt on Snake-eye's life, Storm Shadows uncle the Hard Master was struck by an arrow and died. The Assassination attempt was blamed on Storm Shadow himself, many felt that he had become jealous of Snake-eyes and his rapid advancement in the clan. Storm Shadow disappeared and was only seem again many years later at the side of Cobra Commander. It was thought for many years that Storm Shadows connection to Cobra existed solely to bring the Assassin of his uncle to justice. (His Justice) However over the years it has become obvious the Storm Shadow blames Snake-eyes for his uncle's death and has vowed vengeance against him.
