In the beginning, the story of the Shinobi had started hundreds of years ago. Back then there were two sides, the demons and the humans and back then we weren't called Shinobi, we were called Demon Slayers. This is where the story begins. It is told that a young woman who was a time traveler had come and joined all forces to fight together as they should have. It is said that she united the demon world and the human world, striving to give both peace but there were so many who despised the young girl. She was thought to be naïve, too kind hearted for the lifestyle that they had been. In this woman's eyes, everyone should be treated equally.
In the time of the Great Holy War, this young woman of only fifteen had stood up against the armies of millions. People said that she was an angel, brought to bring justice to the tainted lands. She carried from her body a single jewel, one that was said to have the four souls of the universe within its marble surface. The stories that were told to the countless millions after the destruction of such an evil force were the favorite bedtime story. It spoke of compassion, honor and loyalty but the one thing that brought this story down, the hero dies or so they thought. The young girl had sacrificed her own life to save the lives of the people around her and for the future. She spoke of bringing peace to the hearts and minds of both humans and demons, that the prejudice and the hard, jagged edges of hatred be wiped clean. The last words were of her love for her comrades and the countless people who she had met on her journey. With a bright flash, the demon who wished to enslave the world was nothing but ash and the young girl was nowhere to be found, they believed that she had died.
The woman's best friends, her comrades had honored her last wishes. She had hoped that the story of their struggles be taught to the generations after their deaths. She wanted the world to have found a moment of peace and happiness. This had started the way of the Shinobi, the way of secrecy, the art of silence and assassination. In the beginning, it hadn't been as such, it had a pure basis. Back then, they had combined the uses of a priestess with the uses of one's spiritual power and that of the demon slayers. Every generation would speak of the priestess and how she said that she would return when the evil she had fought so hard against was reborn. It was said that this woman, her family crest was of the phoenix and she would be marked by the jewel itself as well as crest of the demon lord who had chosen to adopt her.
