Introduction
This is before the time of war and peace. This is the time where there aren't any legends, for the Earth is too young. Nothing lived on Earth but instinctual animals that only fed and reproduced. There was simply the natural order.
Unfortunately this bored the Gods. They were not entertained by the natural state of the Earth. So Amaterasu, the goddess of light and the sun, created Man and watched over them. While Amaterasu was watching man, Tsukuyomi, god of the moon, created Demons so that he may have something to entertain him as well. Tsukuyomi blessed his creations with power over Amaterasu's Man. These demons were more powerful than any man. They lived longer and had the means to slaughter any amount of Man.
When Amaterasu saw this, she was outraged. She demanded that Tsukuyomi destroy his demons. Tsukuyomi naturally declined and demanded that if he had to destroy his creations that she had to destroy Man. Amaterasu instead blessed a small group of Man with the ability to destroy demons. This caused an even greater feud between the gods, which was reflected in the discourse between Man and Demon.
Izanagi, their creator, tired of the strife, demanded that the two Gods cut off any connection with Earth. No God was allowed to interact with the mortals of Earth.
This caused the creations to forget their origins. They didn't know why they fought. They simply knew that it was their nature. For thousands of years these two opposing forces fought until their loses were to great and their victories too few. Eventually they realized their natures where slowly destroying any hope of joy and peace. They finally realized that they needed rulers, someone to guide them into a new era. They realized this weight was to great for only one of them, so they decided to select eight youths. These youths would hopefully be free from prejudices and hate. Earth depended on them to make peace. So in order to find these rulers all the youths that fit under specific requirements were gathered and judged so that Earth may have it's leaders.
This is the story of the selection and rule of those leaders.
Authors Note: I'm probably not going to do authors notes often, I do, however plan on responding to any emails that are critiques of my story. I will never tell you whats going to happen in the story though. Also seeing as how this is my first story I will read flames and only ever take them into consideration if I think it will improve my writing and make this experience more enjoyable for myself and any readers that I might gain along in this journey. I do not have this story written in concrete so any suggestion would be appreciated even if I do not use them. With that said I guess all that's left is to say, enjoy!