PROLOGUE
Most modern ninjas had never heard the term 'Wizard'. Two worlds, so drastically different yet so similar had been kept apart by mountains and oceans for generations. Now, only the village elders and high ranking ninjas, such as the five Kage, knew of their existence. However, this knowledge was never applied, since the Wizards had shut themselves away from the ninjas, never to interfere with their affairs.
The Fourth Great Shinobi War saw the beginning of the age of understanding amongst ninjas. Rivalries of the past had become bonds of brotherhood and every soldier from each village shared the same feelings of loss for the fallen.
The Leaf village rookies were now young war veterans and no strangers to loss themselves. Neji Hyuuga's funeral was attended by all of his former classmates who remembered his sacrifice. Naruto - whose actions during the war had all but guaranteed him the position as the next hokage - gave a small speech, recalling how his earliest impressions of the young Hyuuga would always be drastically different to the way he will forever remember him.
Sasuke Uchiha had surrendered himself to the authorities of the leaf, and was currently being held in a high security Ninja Criminal Institution. He was a different man now; his past decisions had branded him as filth, but his actions that directly aided the victory of the Shinobi alliance had granted him lenience.
For the most part, life in the leaf village had returned to a state of normality, there was always need for skilled ninjas for escort missions, guard posts, countering piracy, rogues and troublemakers. However, no enemy had yet matched the power of the Akatsuki organisation following their downfall at the end of the war.
Beyond the seas of the five nations, on the continent of Midgard, the world of the wizard was not so peaceful. During the time of the aftermath of the Fourth Great Shinobi War, political unrest was rife within the Order of Magick. Two talented wizards had been nominated by their peers as candidates for the title of the Seventh Grand Omni-Mage, yet the decision to elect one of them was to be made by the current Grand Omni-mage, Lord Jarn Myne.
The ageing wizard was now ready for an easy retirement of reading fanmail and eating cheese on a quiet sheep farm, and on the second morning of the month of rain, Lord Myne had finally named his successor...