"The Wandering Sage"
First tan anything I am not American so don't expect my English to be flawless; second, this is my first story and depending on reviews and my job may as well be my only one; third, after every chapter I would like people to share ideas (be warned that as I may take them into consideration I don't have to follow them at all) as to how to continue progressing the story; fourth, since it's my first, I am not very good with action sequences so my story won't have much detail on that department; fifth I may take ideas from other authors as far as it goes on how clans are formed and how they behave, I also take ideas for original clans as long as they are not too powerful or have extremely rare abilities; ideas for kekei genkais are welcomed but they have to be original (as in something that actually has weaknesses as well as strengths) and unexpected not all mighty and strong; sixth, criticism is welcome as long as is constructive and understanding (my first time!!!); seventh, flamers are retards…
I don't own Naruto or any of its characters as well, only my OC´s and any original locations I may come up with (by the way I also welcome ideas for locations Names and Descriptions)
This world I believe it's original since instead of having a few large shinobi villages the world is still divided in individual ninja clans each with their own small towns, or large cities (depends on the clan), ways and symbols (ideas please).
It's an age of strife in the shadows as some clans struggle to survive or rise to glory and power.
Prologue: The Ninja Age.
A long time ago before the first chronicles of shinobi were written and the foundations of the clans be laid, a man of incredible might and wisdom known today as the sage of the six ways discovered the use of chakra in his own body and in all things alive, his feats soon became legendary and many sought him to become apprentices and partake on his wisdom. The sage took them all in and taught them as best as he could and became surprised on the many things his students were capable of; his days as a teacher were long and full of new discoveries, his students used their abilities to help the neighboring lands and made them prosper like never before and all was well.
After many years the sage, now an aged man, had taken as adopted sons his two most powerful and talented students, their names now forgotten but their feats still mark or scar the land.
These two were always locked in constant competition to demonstrate their ability but never with ill intentions for each other, but as time passed and the sage's health started to decay the time to name a new successor was nearing thus making the competition more intense and in time as in all things concerning man, ruthless.
Both of them started to make experiments seeking new discoveries and new sources of power to wield because as amazing as chakra was, it was limited to what their natural ability and resilience could muster.
One of them started to experiment on how to draw chakra from other living creatures and use it himself.
The other started to experiment on his most talented and willing peers promising them new abilities that could help them achieve more or use more efficiently their chakra abilities.
Soon these experiments would prove to be a curse to many…
The great sage was ignorant as to the activities of his sons and having a great trouble deciding upon his successor thought that the best way to choose was to watch them in secret as to avoid any pressure and see who was the most deserving.
What he saw made him age even more than the years upon his shoulders, for his once beloved students and sons, were now locked in terrible activities concerning chakra.
With a broken heart the sage returned to meditate on what measures he could take to prevent further corruption among his students, it was during this meditations that he noticed a third student among the many that were on his grounds; she was a young woman that at first glance wasn't special but the great sage noticed that her chakra flow was different for in it existed a perfect balance between Physical, Mental and Nature chakra.
The Sage intrigued, summoned her and asked if she was currently engaged in a new kind of training to what she answered that once she had depleted her chakra reserves while walking on the ocean and fell in it completely exhausted; while drowning she was desperately clinging to life but her body wasn't responding so in the last moments she opened her eyes and saw golden stripes running all around her.
She tried to reach one and in that moment the stripe entered her body filling her with new energies that allowed her to swim back and run at incredible speed over the water and well into land; ever since then she has been training discreetly to recreate that moment.
Impressed the Sage asked for a demonstration and he was awed by the beauty, the power and the perfection of such skill, with no doubt this humble student had acquired the next step in the path of the Sage and so was worthy of succeeding him.
The sage granted her with the Rinnegan and began her instruction to become the next Sage; news of this reached his sons and both enraged and betrayed made an oath to kill the Sage and take the Rinnegan for them.
Both sons prepared for the coming battle, turning their arts into deadly weapons and rallying their armies of altered humans and chakra enhanced beasts to meet the Sage, his disciple and the still loyal students.
When the three armies collided, chaos was the only word that could describe those days of tragedy, for very few survived the encounter.
Among the surviving students only a handful of the modified students made it alive and went to roam the lands ahead of them.
Among the many beasts with chakra nine of them survived but were so wounded that they chose to retreat and sleep for centuries to come.
The great Sage died in combat with his sons turning themselves into stone statues that would struggle forever.
The new Sage managed to survive but being witness to the carnage unleashed by man and their access to chakra decided to become a hermit and take as students the true children of nature, the many beasts and animals that existed in it, these would later become the creatures that ninja summon into battle.
And so among the survivors that still held the knowledge of chakra spread to the far reaches of the land founding families that later became the clans we know this days.
With these events now gone from all memory the Age of Ninja came to be…
AN: Hope you like it so far, structure is a bit rough I will try to improve.
The story begins fully on chapter one.
Reviews please and no flames.