Hey everyone, Brandon here, back with a brand new story of mine and this time, there's gonna be more of everything! More drama, more action, more Naruto. Hold on to your hats because you guys are in for a treat!
DISCLAIMER: Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, and Boruto are all owned by Masashi Kishimoto. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Prologue
Before the Age of Shinobi, before the consumption of the chakra fruit, and before the first man, there was nothing. The world was dark and cold, unable to produce life. There was truly nothing. Except for a lone deity.
This deity was alone in the universe and wanted someone he could share it with. He would no longer be alone.
So he created what he believed to be a being just like him. But unbeknownst to him, the darkness inside his heart gave way, slowly corrupting his creation. But alas, this deity's thirst for companionship blinded him from the truth.
The two deities kept each other company, but the dark one grew bored. Wanting to please his friend, the good deity created new things. He made a tough, rocky substance in his hands and expanded it to a tremendous size. This was the Earth. But his friend was not pleased.
So the deity made a new matierial, one that was clear and bright, and lit up the darkness. This was the sun. But his friend was not pleased.
Again, the deity attempted to make his friend smile, so he created more wonderful things. He made the sky and wrapped it around the Earth to protect it.
He made water, so that it would flourish and produce what would become lush forests and jungles.
He created fire to warm themselves for when they would get cold at night.
He created animals to fill the space on his world.
The deity tried to please his friend many times, but nothing worked. Until he created the first man.
When the first mortal had been put on the Earth, the dark deity was interested. Seeing his friend no longer unhappy, he created more mortals to please him. And for a time, there was peace.
But the dark deity grew bored once again. He could no longer just watch these mortals. So he began to play games with them.
He took the fire that was made for comfort and burned mortals to death.
He took the water, used to create life, and flooded mortal civilizations.
He split the earth and laughed watching humans fall in and suffer.
He used the sky to send strong winds and strike lighting to destroy mortal homes.
The dark deity was no longer bored.
The good deity was horrified at what his friend had done. He tried to stop him but the dark deity fought. They clashed, and both being equal in strength, found one could not kill the other. So they absorbed each other. But the power inside was too great and they split into pieces.
As this composition separated, the purer, clear element rose out, forming Tengoku. The denser, impure substance sank into the cracks of Earth making the dark hell-scape called Jingoku.
The pieces of these dieties washed over the world, becoming a part of humanity, these pieces bonded with humans giving birth to the light inside such as honesty, love, trust, as well as the darkness. Hatred, pain, regret.
The rest of the pieces of the good deity flew to Tengoku, creating a new deity, Kami. But the darkness was called to darkest pits of the world creating Enma and his followers, the Mazoku.
Enma promised Kami that he would return one day and destroy everything. So, in an effort to protect the Mortal world, Kami took the dishonored creations of the good deity, fire, water, wind, lighting, and earth, and placed their power under the care of five mortals, making them powerful, god-like beings.
While Enma slowly regained his power, these beings would protect the world from escaped Mazoku, and when their ends came, their powers would be passed on to those with noble and courageous hearts.
And this was the creation of the Five Elements.
Eventually, the stories of these protectors, would be forgotten and claimed to be myths and folktales. But I assure you. Enma will rise again. And when he does, who will rise to stop him, I wonder?