Hello to everyone reading my first Naruto Fanfic. I've had a couple of ideas for my own for a while now, and I've been pushed into writing one down with how more and more Fanfics that don't meet my standards keep popping up. I can't promise that I would write frequently, but I will try.

This is one of those AU fanfics where one difference in an event has altered the timeline, causing changes for the better, but still leaving some obstacles for the characters. I decided not to reveal main points of the plot, but here are some elements that you'll find:

-Team 7 with Hinata, each with their own unique powers beyond the norm for shinobi, eventually

-Naruhina pairing

-Naruto helping Hinata overcome the difficulties of her life, proving herself to be a skilled kunoichi

-Naruto not having his tragic life, growing to be a skilled shinobi and earning Sasuke's respect which creates a better relationship

-Naruto NOT being a happy go lucky idiot, a more gray person that dosen't like to take shit from anyone, pissed of about some of the circumstances so he looks to be powerful and even become Hokage to deal with it all.

-No sakura bashing, but not much focus on her either. She will mature as a kunoichi and overcome her fangirl habit, catching Sasuke's interest eventually.

There will be some alterations, intentional or not, to certain concepts of the story to fit into this Fanfic. The first chapter is a prologue to explain the story in the ways that I like to think about.

I'm open to comments, criticism and suggestions, and finally I have no ownership of Naruto in any sense of the word.

Enjoy

Prologue.

Within all life, there are two basic forms of energy, physical energy from the body, and spiritual energy from the mind. When an individual has an abundance of both these energies and then have them combined, they form into chakra, a power that can grant strength beyond that of the ordinary and the ability to perform supernatural feats, including abilities of control and even creation.

It is believed that the first to posses chakra was Haguromo Otsutsuki, better known in legends as the Sage of the Six Paths, who was thought to have been a god. From him, others have obtained chakra and have learned to wield it, all of which have been given the title of shinobi who followed Haguromo as the father of all shinobi.

It was by the Sage's intention that the power of chakra would be one that guides the world to peace. Shinobi who possess chakra would learn martial arts and other combat related skills, all of which gave disciplinary training of body and mind, increasing their physical and spiritual energy and thus strengthening their chakra. Wherever there was war, shinobi would get involved, using their skills and powers to bring wars to their ends and allow peace to reign.

This was the true purpose of all shinobi, but it did not last after the passing of the Sage of the Six Paths. Following his death, shinobis began using their powers for their own goals and intentions, dividing them and creating conflicts amongst themselves. These conflicts have prompted them to further their powers of chakra.

Shinobi have learned to develop jutsu's, technique's that allow them to perform a desired ability in the art of chakra use. Every jutsu that an individual shinobi masters molds their chakra in ways that grant them those abilities. Some have been able to mold their chakra passed a point where they have powers beyond the basics and are unique only to them and to those who descend from them, because to the shinobi chakra is an equivalent to blood, a basis of characteristics that defines them in terms of their abilities and like blood it is passed down from generation to generation. These unique abilities are what's known as Bloodline Limits, which are often rare and powerful.

This has prompted the shinobi world into being organized mainly as individual clans, each with their own special jutsus and Bloodline Limits, all of which serve as mercenary military forces.

As time passes by in centuries, the legend of the Sage of Six Paths continues to fade into myth, going as far as the majority doubting his existence, and the shinobi world would reach the warring state era, a time when all shinobi clans were battling with one another in service of nations that hired them as representatives of their interests in a war for land, power and opportunity. Of all the various clans, two of which were equally recognized as the strongest and have always been like oil and water, The Senju and the Uchiha.

The Senju clan possessed a capacity for chakra greater than any other clan, allowing to easily perform powerful techniques, and were known for having balanced skill set in all of the shinobi arts. The Uchiha clan were famed for their possession of the Sharingan, a Bloodline Limit that is utilized through their eyes, giving them a number of unique abilities, the most well known is visual prowess that allows them to predict their opponent's moves and even copy their jutsus through observation alone.

It was between these two clans that peace, in a most unlikely way, has founds it's way back into the shinobi world, through the two legendary clanheads at the time, Hashirama Senju, a shinobi that has developed one the most unique and famous Bloodline in history, the woodstyle, and Madadra Uchiha, the first to reach the highest stage of power for the Sharingan.

The two were friends in their childhood, bonded over their common desire for an end to all the fighting for the sake of their fellow clansmen. It was after a number of times they faced each other on the battlefield that they choose to make their dream a reality, and so peace has been made between the two clans.

With the coming of this alliance, a new homeland has been established for both Senju and Uchiha, inviting a number of other clans who wished to join, forming the first shinobi village, Konohagakure. With an agreement forged with the land of fire, the village would be home to all shinobi residing within the country, maintaining its indapendance while also serving as military strength for the nation.

Other nations have adopted this system, creating their own shinobi villages, dying down the flames of war even further. Amongst all of the shinobi villages, four stood at the same level of greatness as Konohagakure: Kirigakure in the land of water, Kumogakure in the land of lightning, Sunagakure in the land of wind, and Iwagakure in the land of earth. Only the leaders of these villages are granted the title of kage, a title of power and respect.

In Konoha, everyone favored Hashirama Senju into becoming the first Hokage. Madara, unsatisfied by the fact that the Senju were given power over the Uchiha was then shunned by his clansmen when he spoke to have an Uchiha become the Hokage. Feeling betrayed, he abandoned the village and vowed that he would one day return, only to declare war on the village.

When that day arrived, Madara brought with him the ideal weapon of destruction, the monsterous Kyubi, one of nine chakra entities made into flesh and given conscious minds. These bijuus are the largest sources of chakra, and Madara gained mental control over the most powerful of them all. Before he reached the hidden leaf, however, he was confronted by Hashirama who was ready to protect the village, leading to their final battle at what would be known as the Valley of the End, Madara with his command over the Kyuubi, and Hashirama with his newfound mastery of senjutsu, the art of gathering nature energy as to increase ones power.

In the end, Hashirama won the battle after having to kill both his greatest enemy and his best friend. During the battle, Hashirama managed to tame the Kyubi with his unique woodstyle chakra. Considering the bijuu to dangerous to be left freely, he had his wife Mito seal it within herself. By doing this, she has become a Jinchuriki, a shinobi whose body was made to imprison a tailed beast through sealing jutsu, as the only means to keep them in check. Jinchuriki would then learn to control the massive chakra of the beasts within them to use as their own power. This however invites the danger of the tailed-beasts chakra influencing the hosts into losing control, progressing to the point where the bijuu break free.

Mito descends from the Uzumaki clan, which shares a distant blood relation with the Senju, giving the two clans close ties, often resulting in marriages between the two as was the case for Hashirama and Mito. The Uzumakis have a capacity for chakra at the same level as the Senju, if not slightly more. They also possessed incredibly strong life forces, resulting in very long life spans and being able to recover from injuries and exhaustion in short periods of time. What they were most famous for was their prowess in Fuinjutsu, a subcategory of jutsu that's molds chakra in the form of writing, used mainly for storage and containment, but can also offer a wide variety of applications. The Uzumaki clan resided in their own shinobi village, Uzushiogakure in the land of whirlpools. Their alliance as clans extended to an alliance between villages, resulting in the Uzumakis often supplying Konoha with Fuinjutsu.

After the battle at valley of the end, Hashirama ventured to tame and capture all of the bijuu and offer them to the Kages of the other great villages so as to create a balance of power and improve relations between villages. While this may have worked for a time, the flames of war would eventually rise again in the shinobi world.

Thus began the shinobi world war between the villages, claiming the lives of a number of shinobi from all sides, including the tragic loss of Hashirama Senju. After his death, the title of Hokage was passed down to his brother Tobirama Senju who was a legendary shinobi in his own right, inventor of a number of jutsu's that have become a backbone to village's shinobi force. His death was also meet on the battlefield of the war, after choosing one of his students, Hiruzen Sarutobi, to taking up the mantle of third Hokage.

The war came to an end not long afterwards, which has lead to a mix of emotions in the aftermath, feelings of joy for the end and having to survive it, feelings of despair and sorrow for the loved ones who fell in battle, and bitterness and resentment for the rival villages. What was also left to everyone was one question, if shinobi as a whole are truly capable of everlasting peace amongst themselves. Even though they have reached the era of the shinobi villages which has united shinobi, they are still vulnerable to the conflicts that drive them to bring harm and death to each other, leading them to the same feelings that drove them to this path in the first place, creation a repetitive cycle. Will shinobi ever be able to break free from the curse of hatred that sets them on this dark path?

Only time will tell.