The five elemental nations had a tremendous shock right after the Third Ninja War, as certain spies had returned from the lands far east with chilling news. Several monstrous races roamed the much larger continent, separated from the main one only by water. Lumped under the word Yajū were wolfmen, minotaurs, feline horned beasts, hulking bear-like juggernauts, and dragons. Drawings made by the spies only added further to the dread that the five Kages felt within their offices, detailing the beasts using superior elemental manipulation.
"Minato, what's the matter?" The blond man looked at the redhead beside him. "Do you remember that strange mission you had?" Kushina cringed. "That wolf thingy? I thought that he was Orochimaru's reject." A picture was pulled from the stack. "That man was actually from the new continent, and that must mean that the beasts there are fully aware of our existence."
Hiashi looked with worry at his wife, who began reacting strangely at the news the Hokage had disclosed to a select few. Then he recalled her origin, a find by some sailors in some unnamed beach. "Are you worried, Hitomi?" She glanced at him, her mask was undecipherable. "Should I be?" He knew nothing about the woman, who had the same bloodline as his, yet came from outside from the Hyūga clan. The only hint of her past was the armband, that had a series of feline heads of every species and all had horns. 'Does she have a link to one of the foreign beasts?'
Danzo was over the moon at the prospect of untapped power lying beyond the sea. 'I must send my agents to collect at least one specimen of each race.' To make Konoha the greatest nation, to grow and be able to make the entire elemental nations bow to the Hokage, he would work in the shadows as the Darkness of the great tree, the ROOTs.
Six shadows raced towards a humongous tree, coming from different directions. The first and largest one to arrive was a dragon with pitch black scales and many colored markings through the body, perching on the tree hollow. Then a bull and a wolf-like woman landed on the closest branches. The feline was close behind. "How's life?" The canine greeted the feline. "Fine, thanks for asking." The last ones were a grizzly bear and a panda carrying a large barrel.
"The humans from the neighbor continent know about us." The dragon snorted a large cloud of steam. "What do you suggest we do? We can't make them lose their curiosity." The panda was pouring the contents of his barrel on several multi-sized cups. "There is no problem in being curious, it's about the greed they can display." "One of my cubs is among some of them, using her traits to mingle." The black and azure tiger had spoken up, making the others look at her. "Are you talking about the runt of your litter?" The grizzly guzzled down some of the beverage given by the panda, only to be scratched by some leaves turned daggers. "Wa-ow! Why did you get this offended?" "It's my daughter idiot!" "Am I wrong? She was born a human!" "Apologize to her, you also wouldn't accept squander towards your progeny." "Chet! Fine... I'm sorry for badmouthing your daughter. But what's she doin' there?" The feline tilted her head at his tone but nodded in reply. "She sends intel on the humans, and some of the books were... enlightening, to say the least."
Everybody present instantly knew what she meant. "Yeah, my wife got happier after she got a certain item. They're quite imaginative." The bull lifted his cup in a cheer. The dragon slid a paw over her eyes and snout, shaking her head in aggravation as the males began discussing over some erotica they had. "Icha Icha? Ancestors, aid me..." She slammed her paws on the bark, shutting up the chatter. "Talk about that trash later! -the deafening roar led to most trying to plug their ears- We shall await the human's reaction and answer in accord, as some of you seem to like their craft." The guilty party winced at the accusation, voicing their agreement to her terms, departing towards their territories to ready up.
Hitomi was walking by a park when two women approached her, both smiling brightly. "Hey~! Did ya hear it? Mikoto's going to have another child!" Kushina threw her arm around the Hyūga's neck, not caring about her obvious grimace. "And what?" The redhead poked her cheek as if taunting her while the Uchiha tried to keep the tension low. "I'm sure that she's uncomfortable with your overt affection, you have to be more subtle around Hyūgas." Hitomi pried off Kushina's hold on her neck, putting a healthy distance between them.
The redhead was unbothered by the actions of the Hyūga, finding joy in provoking her. "I wonder if our children would be friends." Hitomi had a frown directed at Mikoto. "I would be fine with anyone but Uchihas." Kushina laughed awkwardly, the rivalry between the two clans was almost at the same level as Hashirama and Madara. 'Damn, I forgot it for a second!' "But you love me, right?" She leaped on Hitomi's back, not letting her shake off the extra weight. "If you stopped being this annoying!"
Mikoto always felt wary around the Hyūga matriarch, feeling that something was off with her. 'It's like she was a cat and I was the rat.' The obvious expressions of disgust only added to her dread. 'But she came from outside, what did the Uchiha do to her?'
The month of October brought a tragedy to the village and there was a mass burial. Two women met in front of one of the graves. "Hello, Hitomi..." She glared at her caller. "Your lineage is cursed, don't you dare to approach me." Mikoto cringed. 'Did her pupils turn into slits?!' It felt like the eyes of an enraged lion, even though the Byakugan turned the eye mostly whitish. When the Hyūga gave a sound of pain she tried to help, only to be refused with a single hateful look. "I already warned you, my child won't be tainted by you."
Well, this' mostly to set the mood for the readers, and the good ones probably will pick up some foreshadowing.
Only disclaimer for the whole thing: I don't own Naruto, World of Warcraft or the Guild Wars series.
If I end up telling things that aren't consistent with the canon content, remember one detail: it's a FANFIC.