The price of peace!
The story will soon be renamed to "The price of peace!"
Welcome to my new story: "The ways of a forgotten age" everything you'll need to know to be able to follow the story will be explained to you in this chapter.
Chapter 1: Introduction!
Back before the first shinobi village was created, all the clans that were spread across the elemental nations, were at war with one another. With one exception, the Uzumaki clan.
The Uzumaki clan lived on a small island many miles to the east of what would later be known as Hi no Kuni or land of fire. This island would later be named Uzu no Kuni or the land of whirlpools.
To the northwest of the island and to the north of the land of fire, there was a large mountain like land which would later be known as Kaminari no Kuni or the land of lightning. And to the southeast of the island was a larger island surrounded by several smaller islands. These islands would later be named Mizu no Kuni or the land of water.
While Uzu no Kuni wasn't a very large island, it possessed all the natural resources the Uzumaki clan would need to survive and even prosper. It was big enough to hold forests, mountains, lakes, cliffs, rivers, plains, a small jungle and many other diverse environments and habitats. This allowed the Uzumaki clan to plant rice fields to feed their people, cut down trees for wood, mine into the mountain to extract metals and stone.
While the island wasn't very large it would still take a normal human being at least a week to travel from one side to the other. But it was big enough for several villages to be built around the island and a single city to be established in the center of the island.
As the Uzumaki were busy building their island paradise, two clans on the main land that had been at war with each other for generations had laid down their weapons to come together and build the first ever shinobi village.
the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan, under the leadership of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha an alliance was made. Madara and Hashirama had become close friends with a common goal. The construction of a hidden shinobi village.
Easier said than done! Seeing as they always seemed to be arguing with one another. Hashirama and Madara soon came to the realization that they had to decide how to solve their disagreeing problem before anything else. Unless they found a way to make solid decisions that benefited the village in the eyes of both clan leaders, nothing would ever get done.
They came up with two solutions! The first option involved one of the two becoming the official village leader, giving him full authority on all decisions. The second option involved bringing a third neutral clan into the fold to act as a tie breaker.
In the end, Hashirama and Madara agreed that if one of them was put over the other, it would cause discontent among the clans and start the war all over again. And so, both Senju and Uchiha searched the land, and found the Sarutobi clan to be an acceptable ally to join their alliance. Hashirama chose the Sarutobi clan for their peaceful approach towards the other clans, always trying to find a peaceful solution that would be beneficial to both parties before resorting to war. Madara accepted the choice for the reason that the Sarutobi clan was the most powerful next to that of the Uchiha and Senju.
When the Sarutobi clan received their offer to join with them in an alliance the clan head was thrilled and quickly accepted their offer. Now, with a third and unbiased clan, major decisions were finally being made. First of which was the location where the village was to be built.
Hashirama wanted to build the village below the mountain. (We know it as the hokage monument!) Madara wanted to build the village on top of it so it could be easily defended against enemies trying to come up the mountain side.
Sarutobi proposed a compromise "Instead of having the village on top or below the mountain, what about building half the village on top and half down below. That way the civilians can do their trade down below where travel would be easier, while the shinobi can keep an eye out from up above the mountain."
Both Hashirama and Madara agreed that it was a good if not genius idea, the civilians would stay down below while the shinobi would live and train up above.
There was one problem though. They didn't have the money or necessary skill to build such a village. So after much thinking and deliberating the three heads decided that they would ask the Uzumaki clan for a loan.
When the Uzumaki sent their reply it stated that they would love to aid in the creation of such a village, but that they needed proof that the three clans could pay back the money they borrowed and that they wouldn't turn on them.
So an alliance through marriage was negotiated. One of the three clan heads had to marry Mito Uzumaki! The first daughter and second child to the current clan leader of the Uzumaki clan. The Sarutobi clan head was already married and Uchiha Madara absolutely refused to get married under these conditions, therefore it was Hashirama Senju who entered into holy matrimony with the lovely princess Mito Uzumaki to prove that the three clans would keep their word.
With the wedding successfully completed upon the foundations of the future leaf village, the Uzumaki clan reached into its very deep and wealthy pockets and sponsored the construction of the village hidden in the leaves. To show their appreciation the three clans decreed that every shinobi of the leaf village would bear the Uzumaki symbol somewhere on their shinobi attire.
While the village was being constructed, the three clans were approached by one clan after the other. The alliance of the three clans had shifted the balance of power drastically. In less than a week, an ambassador from almost every clan in the land of fire had come to them. Each one with a unique proposal or offering, asking for permission to reside within the safety of the village. In exchange each clan promised to swear their allegiance to them.
While in the land of fire the different clans were uniting as one, the other elemental nations were putting an end to their internal struggles as well. But instead of coming together, a single clan or a small group of the more powerful clans rose to power. These struggles left them weak in comparison to the united land of fire. So the victors of each country decided to build a village of their own to match the threat of the village hidden in the leaves.
Many decades went by as the world was thrust into war three more times. These would later be known as the shinobi world wars. Hashirama died during the first shinobi world war and left his position as clan head to his younger brother, Tobirama, who in turn sacrificed his life to end the second shinobi world war.
But before he passed away, Tobirama passed on his position as clan head to his student Sarutobi Hiruzen who was the clan head of the Sarutobi clan. Hiruzen would hold the position of both the Senju and his own clan during the third shinobi world war until Senju Tsunade would come of age.
And when the time finally came, Tsunade accepted her position of clan head. With her husband Dan beside her, who took on the Senju name so that the clan wouldn't end with this generation. Of course there was Tsunade's younger brother, Nawaki, but he just wasn't right for the position of clan head.
When the third shinobi war was about to reach its end, three of the major shinobi villages and several of the smaller ones came together and launched a large scale invasion of the land of whirlpools. Iwa(rock), Kumo(cloud) and Kiri(mist) and several of the minor villages sent over 75% of their military might to destroy the Uzumaki clan. But when the ships came to the island 30% sank to the bottom as they sailed straight into the natural barricade of whirlpools surrounding the island. The other 70% made it to the shore. But the Uzumaki clan had already seen them coming from far away and ordered all of their civilians to move behind the walls of their great white city. They collapsed their mines, gathered all the harvest, and dried up all of the rivers and wells. Leaving nothing for the invading army to live on except for what they had brought with them.
Another 15% died from hunger or dehydration before they reached the walls of the white city. This reduced their army to 55% of their original size and number. With over 450.000 shinobi they laid siege to the city of Uzushio which contained a little under 20.000 samurai and 2.000 shinobi. The siege lasted for 3 weeks and ended with the attacking army giving up and returning home with less than 80.000 shinobi remaining. They allied forces had started out with 820.000 shinobi and returned with only 7.623 shinobi. The Uzumaki were left with 6.000 samurai and 800 shinobi at the end, but they had successfully pushed back the invading army.
When news of Uzushio's victory over the forces of the allied invaders reached the main land it spread far and wide, reaching every corner of every country and caused a large commotion among the people.
'How can 22.000 men and women defeat and invading army of 820.000?!'
'There's no way that rumor is true, it's just impossible!'
'Do you think that the Uzumaki are Kami's chosen people?'
And so the third shinobi world war came to an end with rumors spreading of Uzushio amazing power. These rumors however gave rise to great concern among the people, how would they know that Uzushio wouldn't come and invade them? How could they stop an unbeatable army of Uzumaki demon-/angel- warriors? The people demanded that something would be done to ensure their safety in case of an Uzumaki invasion. The countries responded to the people by sending their leaders to the land of Iron to discuss what was to be done.
End chapter 1: Introduction!