Chapter One

Humble beginnings


It was his turn with the kids, and it wasn't going good.

"The Great War or the First Shinobi War was the First time, since the clan wars era, where a large scale conflict took place between humongous amounts of shinobi", lectured Iruka. The lesson was one he had repeated a thousand times, and it had gotten quite bland. He was a nervous wreck the First time he taught, but now it came naturally to him. In fact, it had gotten so natural that he knew what each student was doing.

He knew that half of them were sleeping, but he didn't care much. After all, exams were quite a few months away, and while he paid more attention to the clan heirs, he couldn't fault them for sleeping on a bright sunny day after lunch during a boring lecture. Their parents could handle the material they skipped, and it wasn't like he was going anywhere.

But since they were so confident, they could do it themselves. It's not like the material was hard to understand, they just needed to cram it.

"Since you can read war history at home," he began, "I'll only go over the normal five principles of warfare. As you can see in your textbooks, there are fifteen principles we will go over, five each day."

The First five principles were the most important ones, and the academy hammered it into them. You had to know all of them, and one should be able to recite them like a parrot.

The First principle: Show no mercy to your opponent. Strike to kill in your every step, and never let kindness affect your heart.

The second principle: The country stands First. The land stands second, while the civilians stand third. Your comrades rank fourth and the county's allies fifth. You stand at sixth.

The third principle: A retreat is always an option. The dead can't do anything. Bid your time.

The fourth principle: Control your emotions, or else they will control you. Think rationally, and act accordingly.

The fifth principle: Never lose hope in the Will of Fire, and never think that sacrifice is shameful. Your legacy stays alive, as long as the will of fire burns bright.

Of course, everybody listened half-heartedly or some didn't listen at all, but it was normal. They had two years till graduation, and they had time to cram them. And it continued like that all day, because what do you expect? It fucking hot and it's afternoon. Everybody was sleepy.

Except for Naruto, of course.

Because he was asleep like a log.

Yeah, shit happens.

And the day continued, and the academy ended. They were ten, that's what they did. They woke up, went to school, came back, trained, slept and continued that cycle. Gods, was that so boring. That is why Naruto didn't care much about academics, because they were so boring and repetitive and did he mention boring. And if there was one thing Naruto was not, it was boring.

That was one of the reasons as to why he liked training. He could grind himself to the ground to finally get his blood pumping. It was exhilarating, and that was what relieved his boredom. Of course, he was encouraged by the Hokage to train, being the container for the nine-tails and all, but there was always something in him that felt freer when he trained.

Alas, today was not one of those days as today was his audience with the Hokage. But still, he liked to equate this with training. The old shinobi did always start a philosophical lecture at their meetings, and sometimes even gave him secret techniques! How cool was that!

But still, the path to the Hokage tower was boring and he found his mind slipping into daydreams of ramen, fighting and fighting in ramen. That would be awesome now that he thought about it.

Narrowly avoiding crashing into an adult, he still continued to run towards his target. The village was peaceful and all, and some old grannies even gave him candy time to time, but he felt more at home in the training fields or by himself. Even the Hokage tower was preferred, but that was because he held a liking towards his future commander.

After he had finished his 'baby training', he was shipped off to the Hokage mansion. All top-secret, with his origins and all. He stayed with the old man till he was nine, and was left on his own last year. It was fun living on his own, though. No more curfew, or study time every day.

His relationship with the old man was complicated. He was like a friend to him, but he also didn't forget to remind him that he was also his commander. He taught him almost everything he knew, and still continued to teach him. He couldn't quite put a finger on what he meant to him, but he would wonder about it later.

He reached his destination and broke off his sprint. No running in the tower, after all. Calmly walking up to the secretary, he bounced on his feet and spread himself across his table.

"Yo, sensei!"

Bothering Iruka after he finished off his classes was one of his favourite pastimes. The fact that he worked in the Hokage just made it easier to do so. While still being spread over Iruka's desk, he inquired, "I am here to see the commander, teach. Is he upstairs?"

"Yes, Naruto, he's upstairs", groaned Iruka. The boy, as much as he was fun, was an incredible pain in the ass at times. When he met the boy for the First time, he thought that he was just like himself. Alone in this dark world.

And that was where he was wrong. He tried to treat the boy in the same way he had wanted to be treated as when he was a kid, but he realised that there were a few key differences between his childhood self and Naruto.

For one, Naruto was stronger, both in body and mind. He didn't cry for attention that most kids did at his age. If a child feels lonely when he hasn't started puberty, then it most certainly cries. And during puberty, it's a lucky draw. One moment you're justifying the actions of the stone, and the next second you're jerking off. Seriously, ninja puberty is fucked up.

But the main point was that Naruto coped in a different way than most other people. For one, he always used the word 'bullshit' whenever he was going to give up. And he becomes violent at times, but that's just ninja puberty. You can blame anything not a federal crime on ninja puberty, and everybody accepts it. That's how people forgot their embarrassing moments.

"Oi, teach. You in there?" Sometimes Iruka was just lost in thought, which lead to more thoughts, which lead to a loophole of thoughts, and then you had to snap him out of it.

"Yeah, get out of here."

Rude.

"Yosh, I'll be going upstairs then."


The Hokage's office was big enough to be considered a district by itself. Earlier it was supposed to be a tower, but the second Hokage had literally broken down the entire village after his succeeding his brother, mumbling something about 'stupid aesthetics'. He also removed 'Hidden' from the Hidden Leaf Village. Actually, the official village name was 'The federation of the Leaf', seeing as many clans joined in to form it. Furthermore, he also said the famous quote,

"Don't call yourselves hidden villages if you're going to make it known everywhere, you idiots!"

Yeah, after that only the sand and mist kept their names. Everybody just had plain old normal villages now. The second Hokage also prevented his brother from collecting the tailed beasts and then distributing them. The reason he gave was that "All autonomous beings require the full independence of their functions." That was bullshit, and everybody knew it, even the First, but it was prime A-grade bullshit that nobody could dispute, as the second then used to bring out his law book.

Apparently, he was a great lawyer who was also responsible for over five thousand divorces, and he was even banned from wearing a black suit because he had too much drip. He also had the second-longest reign of all the Hokages, and basically, the entire present Leaf village was made by him. The Third only improved upon it here and there and preserved it through two wars. The Fourth bit the dust before doing anything, and the First surprisingly had the shortest reign ever, despite being the strongest.

When the First meeting between the villages took place, the First Hokage had made a clown of himself. It is said that the Second led an 'uprising', which consisted of calling the First an idiot and throwing him out of the room. He and Madara Uchiha were found tossing stones in the river ten minutes later. Tobirama had promptly declared himself the second Hokage, and was known to say, "Excuse the idiot, let's continue." The meeting failed and no alliances were formed, but hey, no mass destructive beasts were given out.

In a separate meeting, Tobirama also apologised to Uchiha Madara and declared him as his second-in-command over Hashirama. The First Hokage was inconsolable for a week, and Madara Uchiha still flaunts that fact over his head even today.

And yes, the old geezer was still alive, Lord Shiva knows how, and still kicked ass while dissing Hashirama. Tobirama was also said to be 'amused by the sexual tension between the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha.'

Hashirama was named the diplomat of the Leaf and had travelling rights for going anywhere. Nobody approved it but there's little you can do when Senju-fucking-Hashirama shows up at your front door. Apparently, that is how the First met his wife.

Hashirama also called his wife's tits 'saggy' when he first saw them. He was never forgiven but the marriage strengthened the ties between the Uzumaki and the Leaf. As the Uzumaki produced more females to males, with the ratio being 1000 girls to 950 boys, Tobirama's exploits were highly valuable. The Uzumaki also had Mito Uzumaki to ascend as the eighty-eighth head of the clan. The clan was so huge that a village was made of it, and the First Hokage was also made the chief and only ambassador for the Uzumaki's. Alongside Tobirama as the Uzumaki had always welcomed him.

It was during this time that the First contracted the chakra disease codenamed 'Xeno'. Xeno was purely introduced to nerf Hashirama by the author because the fucker was just too strong.

And so, the war began.

The aggression was made by the sand, to get more lands. The attack was made on the fire country lands, and the Leaf responded. This war was way different from the clan wars, as for the First time in shinobi battle history; properly strategized warfare techniques were used.

The sand had an area of 99,882 square kilometres. This fostered a 35 million population, with close to 20 million of them being shinobi. The resulting 15 million were civilians, comprising of farmers, merchants, nobles etc.

The Leaf, on the other hand, 1,142,239 square kilometre Leaf boasted an 80 million population, the largest ever known, with a shinobi strength of 60 million. There were 13 million civilians, and 7 million other small military services. They weren't shinobi and were known as the OGA or Other Government Agencies, which had 23 divisions and 5 top secret divisions.

Of course, no census was done at that time, and the village was ironically a bit hidden, so nobody actually knew how big the village was. Officially, the village was bigger when Hashirama Senju created it after getting a bit too drunk. The point remained that Hashirama Senju was a beast.

Anyways, with our daily Leaf propaganda over, another ridiculous thing was that Leaf defeated the sand without even knowing it. It was merely seen as a 'testing' and when after the First census teams showed the results, it was a great matter of amusement in the Leaf.

Apparently killing 13 million shinobi was a joking matter. Injuring another 7 million was an everyday thing. Sand is still recovering.

Of course, the second biggest country of lightning decided to take down Leaf along with stone and mist. The sand was still, at this point, butthurt.

The axis powers comprised of 100 million shinobi, divided into 54 divisions. More shinobi were produced in favour of quantity over quality, with the first effort being to completely run over the Leaf.

The reason for the attack was the presence of the five tails and four tails in the Leaf forests along with the nine tails, but nobody wanted to fuck with the boss. So, the First shinobi war began in earnest.

Under the guidance of Tobirama Senju, Leaf emerged victorious, but not without major losses. The first major point was the death of half of the Uzumaki's and the First Hokage. A 34 division army attacked the Uzumaki village of 43 million. Over 20 million Uzumaki were killed, but the Leaf managed to save the rest. The Uzumaki army had 13 million battle active shinobi, of which the half went bravely against the incoming 57 million-strong army.

The original plan was to spear through the Uzumaki and go straight to the Leaf. Plunder the fire country while clearing the way for the fresher troops. Exhaust the defences in a mindless siege, so that the remaining divisions could spearhead in. It was simple, yet deadly.

The Uzumaki army killed 9 million troops, yet the axis army caught up with the giant retreating band of Uzumaki's. Many more were killed, and many dispersed, but somehow the Uzumaki reached the village. At this point, as it had been recorded in the 'Shinobi History', the world's greatest fear was realised. The extract was:

"The army was about to reach the Leaf no doubt, but found two people sitting in the canyons of the fire. The First Hokage cradled his dead wife's body. The band of Uzumaki's could be seen clearly behind him, but the man's sheer presence caused fear in the 48 million-strong army. The First Hokage then created a special place for himself in history, when he killed each shinobi present. The canyon was filled with blood, and despite being at half of his strength, he created the biggest graveyard ever seen. A lake full of blood was formed when the water drained from the canyons, creating the biggest plagues ever seen in the axis nations. Furthermore, no bodies were ever found, as only bits and pieces of the shinobi stuck in the trees were found. This was the biggest genocide in history, causing even the great nine tails to come give salutations to the dead man, whose body was found encased in a cocoon of wood along with his wife. The Nine tails howled in respect of the one man even Uchiha Madara referred to as the God of Shinobi."

This ended the war as the large amounts of Uzumaki had to be integrated. Several internal changes were wanted in the Leaf and at this time, the village was redesigned as the Leaf gave up on its peaceful approach.

With the Leaf fully stabilised with 20 years, and the emergence of smaller nations along with the rearmed big nations, the second war began.

The second war was where bigger villages influenced the smaller villages to create factions. Mist along with sand sealed their borders and focused on development. The nation of Leaf, however, was still out for blood.

The strongest shinobi was Madara Uchiha, who was codenamed 'Balance'. He was used as a tactical nuke, and Madara Uchiha was happy to oblige. Despite whatever people might say, Hashirama and Madara were the closest of friends and Hashirama's death was said to be mourned more by Madara than even his own children. The second war also saw the leaders and the stronger shinobi fight more than the foot soldiers, to conserve strength. Madara Uchiha, at this time, also killed and completely destroyed 12 different small villages.

As a result, to kill the main planner, Tobirama was lured out when the Kinkaku force took away his grand-niece Tsunade. Tobirama proceeded to hand the Hokage hat to Hiruzen Sarutobi and wanted him to respect his last wish to 'die where I was born'. He was killed by the Kinkaku force while Madara Uchiha was distracted by the leaders.

Madara Uchiha managed to completely erase an 888,983 square kilometre stone village. He also destroyed half of the Cloud and even exacted revenge on the closed-off Mist. The death rates were never counted, but Madara estimated at least 30 million.

No village ever reconstructed the part Madara Uchiha destroyed, and Stone was rebuilt in a new place entirely. Even living a day in the destroyed areas, now termed as Eldritch, drives men insane. Living two days guarantees death.

Such is the hate of Madara Uchiha.

The third war started when Uchiha Madara fell ill at the age of 67, 20 years after the war. He was barely strong enough to stand tall, and the newly established information agencies spread this everywhere. Anti-Leaf propaganda started everywhere, and men who didn't believe in it were bought. Almost every shinobi was set against Konoha, and it was bound that the village would fall without Uchiha Madara. However, the lotus of the Leaf bloomed twice.

The third Hokage Sarutobi was different from the First and the Second Hokage. He wasn't known by his First name, but rather than his last. This was because there was no Sarutobi clan but rather it was a family. Sarutobi Sasuke and Sarutobi Hiruzen were both one of the best, and the surname Sarutobi was given to the orphans who showed exemplary talent. Sasuke Sarutobi kept the name and soon it represented the poorer section of the Leaf. Hiruzen added class and dignity to the name, and soon the name represented the Leaf itself.

Sarutobi, seeing his now 70 million-strong army going against 139 million men decided the cleverest of strategies mixed with brutal enforcements. He encouraged control, determination and discipline.

But perhaps the main reason Sarutobi was so famous was that he didn't cause unneeded cruelty. Hell, he even told his men to keep it in their pants, which boosted Leaf reputation later on.

The war saw the rise of the legendary three Sanin as well as the death of Hanzo by Sarutobi. The Leaf was also rumoured to gain the Rinnegan, and it was later proven correct when the Special Operations commander Nagato Uzumaki displayed the eyes of the Sage.

The war raged for 8 years, and the Leaf was forced onto its knees. Only 300 thousand men remained and the enemy still had fifteen million left. The Leaf was set to fall any day, and the third Hokage was ready to die for his village. As the enemy entered the village for the First time in three wars, the single most legendary event in history transpired.

The nine tails came with Uchiha Madara atop him.

It is said that Uchiha Madara had devised a deal with the Nine tails, details of which were unknown. Although still weak, the invader stood no chance against the king of the beasts. Only the third Hokage was said to see the beast in all of its glory along with Orochimaru because only they were able to sense him. The other two Sanin only felt the chakra, and still, describe it as 'monstrous'.

Hiruzen Sarutobi admitted the inferiority of the First Hokage against the beast.

After that normal post-war activities resumed, but by now no nation wanted war as each had lost just as much. But still, their blood longed for vengeance and hence the cold war started.

Minato Namikaze then created the Thunder God seal, and on Kannabi Bridge, slaughtered a hundred thousand men in under a second. He stopped an oncoming war single-handedly.

But, perhaps his greatest achievement came when he sealed the Nine tails into a child, creating the First ever Jinchuriki. The eldritch might of the Nine tails was defeated, and the sacrifice was the fourth's life.

Enter Uzumaki Naruto, bastard of the Fourth Hokage. Born during a 'break' between him and Uzumaki Kushina, he was unofficially said to be his legacy by the fourth.

His birth was no normal feat, as his mother died four hours before childbirth. Minato Namikaze had come to see the birth of his son under the guise of the child being his godson.

He was called in to collect the body of the mother and to check the body for any suspicions. He was saddened by the death, but not too much. While he was checking the body, the doctors along with him were left dumbstruck when a hand tore its way out of the woman's body. A baby's hand to be exact.

The baby was extracted, and given to the Fourth Hokage. The doctors were sworn in silence to the entire fiasco and the fourth only said, "Fascinating, isn't he?"

As the Fourth looked at the child, blue met blue and the smaller blues stared back.

The fourth just smiled.


A/N: So how do you like it, huh? Should I continue this or what? Do review and favourite.

Plus, I did overboost a few characters and changed cannon a lot, but it'll be alright. The characters in this series are going to be broken as shit, just you see. Anyways, I bid you adieu.

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