Chapter 14: Fuinjutsu and Uzumaki
Disclaimer: Naruto is the work of Kishimoto
The Time Loop repeated and Naruto awoke once more on Jan 3 of the year.
Before he had to partly rush through the week as the Loop would stop at each week but now Naruto was much more time to do what he needed, he would probably be able to prepare everything he needed to take care of the 2 missing-nin he and his team needed to take down.
Taijutsu wise he was fine and Chakra Control was getting a bit better with him halfway there with the Water Walking exercise.
By the time he completed it he would be a High Genin in Chakra Control which was kinda sad though adding on the Leaf Exercise and constant practise he may sooner or later breach into the Chunin area for that area.
"Now to find more about Fuinjutsu…it may go better if I know some basic things about it when I ask Kakashi-sensei to teach me more about it" Naruto went to the library under a Transformation of course, he was using the Jutsu so much it was second nature now.
Creating Five Shadow Clones, Naruto lead them to the Fuinjutsu section which had numerous books on the theory of Fuinjutsu though there weren't much on the practical stuff.
"You lot start reading" he pointed the transformed Clones at the books, "Best we know more on the theory side of things before we start. Make sure you read up on how to make a storage scroll and if you can, an explosive tag. Those will be useful later" thinking of the items he needed to carry on the mission.
Naruto planned on spending at most two more Loops, meaning two more months before he started on that C-rank mission again.
By then he would have a goof enough gasp on his Taijutsu with the help of those Resistance Seals Kakashi-sensei was talking about.
It only prompted him more to start on Fuinjutsu when he found that he made as much progress in the week remaining of the loop in strengthening his body as the three weeks prior while working out with Gai and Lee.
However Naruto felt that he would physically get stronger faster than other people due to the Kyuubi.
"I basically heal faster with that thing in me…at least there's a perk with that inside of me other than making the whole village hate me" muttering under his breath the original Naruto went and started to read some of the basic stuff on Fuinjutsu; to be precise the stuff that could relate to those resistance seals.
Fuinjutsu is the art of sealing and is known to be one of the most complicated Ninja art in the world and potentially the most powerful one as well. Due to the complicacy of the art, it is as a result one of the harder arts to learn and master and have the least number of masters in it with few exceptions (See Uzumaki Clan).
Naruto paused reading that last part.
Uzumaki Clan? There was a clan with his name? Why hadn't he learnt about this?! He had looked through practically every damn book that an Academy or civilian could access in this library and only here as a reference was this Clan's name?!
"What the hell is going on?!" Naruto muttered with rage.
His clones paused at him to see what was going on but with a wave of the hand he dismissed them to continue reading. He would need to see Hokage-jiji or Kakashi to work this out…the latter first if the former stops him from trying to find anything out.
Not to say he didn't trust the old man…it was that he HAD to know about this and with his more calm mind; Naruto did not charge to the Hokage Tower and demand from the old man on why he hadn't told him about his Clan.
'But on the other hand if Hokage-jiji directed him to more information….' Naruto gulped and had to take the chance.
If he could not get the information this time…what was another Time Loop to wait for it?
Flipping through the book, there was nothing else on the Uzumaki Clan and Naruto found ages misnumbered meaning they were ripped out or not copied over for some odd reason.
'Yep, going to Hokage-jiji to this.'
"JIJI!" shouted an oh so familiar voice from outside the room of his office.
The Hokage of Konoha placed down his pen and allowed for Naruto to enter. It was about time that he got a break and seeing the boy who he thought of as a grandson and family was a good way to do it.
"Come in Naruto" the Sabotori called out to the blonde boy who seemed…dishevelled more than usual with his pranks.
On the mention of pranks in his mind, the old Hokage unconsciously grumbled at the sheer paperwork that was created each time Naruto did something to the village.
It didn't help that every time Naruto did something the civilian council sent double the paperwork on protest in an effort that seemed to want to kill them; or burn down his office, one or the other.
"So what can I do for you my young prankster" the Hokage said in a grandfatherly tone.
He had long since made it clear he was fond of the boy and nothing was to happen to him…especially after those assassination attempts.
"I want to know about the Uzumaki Clan."
That statement alone shocked the old timer and almost made him gap at the boy of where he got this information from. Following the fall of Uzu and the Uzumaki Clan as the world knew it; the Third Shinobi War happened.
Due to this no one really paid much attention of how they were destroyed and even less so when the Kyuubi attacked when certain unknown people erased most of the information on them.
The Hokage hunted for those people for a week before he had to get back to his village and by the time he was finished, any trails were long cold.
But that didn't mean he didn't have anything on the clan.
He knew that despite inheriting his father's hair instead of the Uzumal trademark red; the boy was a true Uzumaki.
Again not that ALL red haired were part Uzumaki; it was the most common hair colour of the clan and even he was surprised when he found no red in Naruto's hair all those years ago.
"Jiji, you there?" Naruto asked waving his hand at the old man that was in the mist of his many memories that turned up with the name.
The Hokage sighed at the fact that Naruto would ask him now. He prompted the ANBU out of the room and sealed it before starting to think.
'No' the man thought, 'This would be a good time to tell him part of his heritage. Of course the things with Minato and Kushina would have to come when he is at least a Chunin or even Jonin since they had many enemies. I could at least tell the poor boy about his family and why he had to keep it away from him…there are still many that wish the clan to disappear like the Senju and Uchiha.'
"Yes Naruto-kun. I was just collecting my thoughts for a moment to answer you but where did you find the information in the first place?" the Hokage sighed for a second time already. This was going to be a long talk.
"A book on Fuinjutsu" Naruto immediately answered causing the man to chuckle since it was ironic that Naruto was drawn to that art in particular and especially more so since he found some information on his clan there as well.
Smoking his pipe a bit more, the aged man started speaking, "What I'm going to tell you will be considered an A-rank secret due to the information being known to some of the older Shinobi. You are allowed to tell people but it is inadvised for civilians to for obvious reasons."
Naruto nodded and the man continued.
"The Uzumaki Clan which you are a part of; yes you are part of the Clan despite not have the trademark red hair; was an Ancient Clan with a history was long or even longer than the Senju, Uchiha and Hyuuga Clans. The reason for this is that the Clan have a special trait in which they live twice or more as long as other people. Because of this they had members who lived or more than a century and were thus called the Clan of Longevity. I have no doubt that you inherited this trait."
'Seeing that the Kyuubi is still inside of you, your body must have had this trait since otherwise it is said that it is impossible to contain the Kyuubi for so long without any noticeable effect' the man muse.
"So…I can live longer than normal people? Not very useful for a ninja" Naruto commented making the Hokage sweatdrop badly.
"Naruto. When I say that they love longer, I also mean they age accordingly as well. I've seen those my age in the Clan that looked as if they were only passing thirty barely. Another thing about your Clan is that you have large Chakra Reserves and Stamina though I suspect yours is even higher than normal due to what you hold."
Naruto looked down and patted his stomach where the seal his processor placed. Oh he wanted to take Minato's place that day using the seal but he didn't know the damn thing and Minato had to sacrifice himself leaving the man with the paperwork to rebuild the village.
Upon learning that, the Third Hokage was tempted to use Edo Tensei (Impure World Resurrection) and force the dead man to do the paperwork for him….if not for the fact that he was and currently in the stomach of the Shinigami.
And that he needed to sacrifice a living person of course…that was definitely the main reason why he didn't.
"Besides that you and those of your Clan tend to last longer in battle due to these factors you also have a mild healing factor which I might add is accelerated to even near impossible rates due to the Kyuubi as well."
Those words made Naruto's eyes looked even graver and the old man felt the guilt of not telling him earlier. But then before 'that' incident with the traitor where the boy learnt of his burdens; The Third Hokage suspected the boy was more naïve than he was now.
But he had to continue and focus on the good points to lift Naruto's spirit.
"Now now Naruto. Though all of these aspects; you Chakra Reserves, Stamina and Healing were increased due to being the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi; they were all originally aspects that your clan were known for even if each of them got a considerable boost."
"Jin...churiki…?" Naruto asked looking up with those sky blue eyes of his that looked as if he was a puppy that was kicked. Dat. That was the wrong thing to say and now he had to explain how there were 8 more like him and how they experienced similar or in some cases worse lives than him.
"Nevermind" Naruto shook his head and the Hokage sighed in relief before saying, "Now about my Clan.
"Of course" the Hokage replied before saying, "Now where was I? Yes…the aspects of larger Chakra Reserves, Stamina and Healing were considered to be a minor bloodline. You know what a bloodline is right?"
Naruto nodded, "Yeah like those Hyuuga eyes and what Teme might get later on."
"Yes…not all Bloodlines are Dojutsus and your Clan's one is such example where it is hard to tell o first sight that there is one" he explained, "From what I can tell almost all Uzumaki inherited what they called the Uzumaki Body which gave insane Stamina and Endurance as you know along with the side effect of more Chakra and Healing than normal as well. I meant that those of your Clan can train in Taijutsu faster than normal and I suggest you do so as well to catch up from those years of slacking off."
"Hehe, I'll make sure to"
'Especially now I know that training more is even more of a good thing than before…have to make sure to train as much as possible before attempting the next checkpoint in this Time Loop.'
Puffing his pipe the Hokage continued as Naruto stared absorbing as much information as possible, "Then there are the more uncommon types called Uzumaki Chakra and Uzumaki Sensing. I do not know much about the topic but apparently the former had denser Chakra which allowed them to form into Chains or weapons; mostly chains and the later was a more advance form of sensing though there are levels of power in each of them."
"So I might have them as well?" Naruto asked.
The Hokage shook his head saying, "I do not know. You might have but you have no way to know or you do not have them. However it is well known to certain people that those with the highest level of Uzumaki Chakra was able to create countless Chains to battle taking down dozens of enemy Shinobi at once and the ones with the highest level of Uzumaki Sensing could tell the emotion of those around them; especially hostile intent."
Naruto had no idea of whether he had the latter two at all. There was no indication that he had anything that was similar to creating chains from his Chakra and how could he tell emotions from each other when they were primary hate from the villagers?
"Anyway enough of the Bloodline abilities of your clan Naruto" the Hokage said, "The fact that your clan was very good with seals was more common knowledge than the fact that you had possible hidden Bloodlines mainly due to your clan not being one to flaunt their powers like the Uchiha Clan."
Naruto snorted at that remembering how whether before or after he became an Orphan he was top at everything with the exception of Teamwork which decreased dramatically after said event.
"Like I said, your Clan was Ancient and may have been as old as the oldest Clans out there. The fact was that there were rumours that the Uzumaki Clan were cousin clans to the Senju Clan which was solidified even without verification when they became allies during the reign of the Shodaime Hokage. Due to the alliance Konoha now wears the symbol of the Uzumaki on their flak jacket; the swirl."
"Living in the Land of Whirlpools or Uzu and protected by the natural defences, the Uzumaki Clan while small had an almost monopoly of the water trade routes to many countries. With their seals, even the most violent storms were bypassed easily and any enemies that dared raid them came out in pieces."
The Hokage chuckled as he added this next bit, "What was more known about them aside from their pursuit of Fuinjutsu which were legendary; too legendary…" the Hokage looked saddened for a moment, "Was of their temper. It was well known at the time that you did NOT piss off an Uzumaki for whatever reason especially since your clan was mostly peaceful and went their own way without too much conflict with the rest of the world."
Sighing he continued, "However that was not to be even with their peaceful intentions. The Uzumaki Clan was too powerful in Fuinjutsu, in their bodies that lasted much longer than other Shinobi, in their trading, in their economic and in their political power with the rest of the world especially for a small country. This was especially so after the end of the Second Shinobi War where all Nations suffered while Uzu seemed to thrive. Due to this, multiple countries including two of the Great Shinobi Nations; Kumo and Mizu along with many smaller countries that wished to take the wealth of the clan attacked them to exterminate them."
Naruto gasped.
"With a great number of forces which excluded the famed Seven Swordsmen of the Mist thankfully due to their connection with the Clan making their Swords else modifying them from the rumors at the time and some others from each country for the same reason that the Uzumaki Clan helped them in one form or another. Those Countries and their forces who did attack sieged the clan with numbers near 30 thousand. It is unknown how the battle went but we do know that the siege lasted for a whole week with the Uzumaki Clan fighting the whole entire time. The results was that your Clan was brought to near extinction but in exchange they had completely wiped the enemy to every last enemy and the civilians from Uzu were safe at Konoha which was the time it took for a civilian to travel from Uzu to Konoha" the man sighed sadly at the memories.
"It was at that time we realised there was something wrong and by the time the first of the refugees told us what happened, a giant symbol of the clan appeared in the sky shown to all nations and countries declaring the last of the Uzumaki and the enemies that attacked them. And by that time Iwa was already attacking us which admittedly distracted us from our ally's plight" he grimaced.
"W-What…happened then?" Naruto asked trying to consume all of the information the Hokage just told them. His Clan was peaceful and were allied to Konoha. He had a connection to a place now where he could call home besides Konoha.
His Clan was powerful; powerful enough that other NATIONS had to team up to beat them and even then they left no survivors in the end. Naruto now knew he had to get stronger to not disgrace his clan.
"At that time Iwa had an uneasy relationship with Kumo, Suna and Konoha and took the chance when the Uzumaki Clan gone to attack us in full scale starting the war. That was the beginning of the Third Shinobi War; a mere 4 years after the end of the Second and eventually Suna fought against Iwa with us as allies while we dragged Kumo and Mizu whom were weakened due to the attack into the war as well. I believe the Bloodline purge happened around that time as well seeing the Mizukage needed someone to blame for the failure of the attack against Uzu" the Hokage said with a stern hard face, "We did not let those involved unpunished though unfortunately Iwa took the honour of killing the Third Raikage sending 10 thousand Shinobi to attack Kumo. That bastard died defending his home for 3 days and nights alone against that army but he still died in the end."
Naruto nodded with the revision of the history that he got while using Shadow Clones. Everything happened the way the old man said it did except that parts of how the fall of his Clan was the ultimate trigger.
Rubbing his throat due to talking too much at once, he took at the blonde boy who seemed to be thinking of something. He waited his time; yes he had to. This amount of information about your own family was enough to overwhelm anyone.
"Jiji…" Naruto started to say, "Do you have any scrolls from my clan?"
Ah, of course he would ask that. Indeed he had many scrolls to which were saved from the destruction of Uzu but it was common knowledge to certain people that the bulk of the knowledge were sealed up still in Uzu. Furthermore he felt that Naruto shouldn't get certain scrolls which contained forbidden jutsus for his safety.
Now to tell them that or not….?
"Jiji…please…" Naruto gave him his puppy eyes which instantly destroyed any defences the old man had. He owed the boy this…at least this.
"Yes I do Naruto…" The old Hokage sighed, "However there are two things you need to know before I give you them."
Naruto nodded.
"The first is that while there are some scrolls in Konoha, most of them are still located in Uzu where only a blood relative of the clan can get in. The second is that there are scrolls which I have which I will not give you due to the nature of the content that are strictly forbidden. I believe you do not want to know how to seal something by sacrificing your soul to the Shinigami right?"
Naruto shook his head quickly as the old man smiled. Getting up and taking a few scrolls out he gave them to Naruto saying, "Most of these scrolls involve Fuinjutsu solely but I understand that your Clan had a Kenjutsu style they liked to use. I would recommend you only try it out when you are more experienced with Fuinjutsu since it heavily relates to that."
"Hai!" Naruto shouted before burst out of the door back to his apartment to learn as much as he could. He finally had something he was supposed to do; something that connected him to family! This was the best day of his life.
To the point he didn't see a weary old man sighing for not telling him that those scrolls belonged to his mother and that she was a survivor from the clan compared to the unknown some, shattered around the Elemental Countries.
Citing what Hokage-jiji said about his Clan, he made sure to memorise it all completely in order to always connect to them.
However that also meant knowing how they fell. Iwa attacked the land of Fire which drew the attention of Konoha to prepare a war in that direction.
However at the same time Kumo and Mizu went to attack Uzu at the same time. Searching through the list of reasons it was most likely due to Uzu; his Clan dominating the sea trade routes at those areas completely forcing them to act for their survival.
After Uzu was destroyed along with the armies that were sent there; the armies of Kumo and Mizu took a huge hit weakening them enough for Konoha to fight them as well.
With Suna at their side, Konoha fought against the forces of Iwa. Seeing their allies destroyed by Kumo and Mizu; Konoha fought them as well spreading their forces out.
With Kumo weakened enough; Iwa sent an army to destroy Kumo but ended up losing a 10 000 men army to the Raikage which led to his death. With the attack on Uzu causing a large gap in Mizu; they had a hard time against Konoha and needed someone to blame.
And that someone were the bloodline users. And thus the Civil War of Mizu began.
The Third Shinobi War was a clusterfuck of all sides attacking each other with the exception of Konoha and Suna as well as Kumo and Mizu since they were allied during the war; at least at the beginning for the latter.
Naruto was not a vengeful person.
If he was then he would've attacked the village a long time ago instead of mere pranks. Those pranks aside from entertainment part training were a way to show that he would harm them if he wanted to.
It was to make a point.
Sending a Shadow Clone for training with his team instead of himself-they knew what they had to do; Naruto created a total of 10 Shadow Clones along with the usual 50 other Shadow Clones that worked on the Leaf Exercise, Tree Climbing, Water Walking, Taijutsu Katas and forming his Shadow Clone Taijutsu Style and sent them off.
Bit by bit Naruto was expanding the number of clones he was using. Although he had the ability to mass produce clones on a higher level; what he found was that the less Clones he used; generally the more they last in the end without needing to be replaced.
By sending only 50 Clones he didn't need to interact with them or send more clones for the entire day compared to constantly replacing and instructing 500 or more Shadow Clones.
With the ones that were left behind, they all started to read the scrolls in front of them with a couple comparing the information to the ones they had about Fuinjutsu from the library. It was natural which one was more detailed and easier to understand.
But before that…
"I have to learn calligraphy?!" Naruto was shocked when such a boring subject was brought up.
However reading on he understood why it was important. "So the symbols are like the ingredients, the way you combine them are like how you cooks them and your brush stocks determines the quality of the ingredients as well as how well done it is cooked…"
No one would want to compare the work of an amateur to the works of a master like Teuchi. Obviously the ingredients were wasted on the former and any Ramen below perfect was blasphemy to his eyes.
"So Fuinjutsu is like making Ramen…" Naruto noted though some people would find it strange on WHY such a statement was in a scroll about Fuinjutsu especially one from the famed Uzumaki Clan known for Fuinjutsu; not that he cared as this just made it easier for him to understand.
Naruto took out a brush, ink and a blank piece of paper and copied a basic symbol that directs Chakra in one direction. Without anything else with it, nothing will happen but Naruto wanted to see at what level were his writing skills.
"No…damn…there are too many mistakes" he muttered looking at the piece of paper. While the general shape of the symbol was correct, there were places where there were too much ink and others where there was too little. Plus his brush stroke was a bit off.
Holding his head in frustration Naruto screamed mentally, "DAMNIT! I HAVE TO ADD BETTER CALLIGRAPHY INTO THE THINGS I NEED TO LEARN?!'
He sighed, thinking of how much it would cost him to buy all the ink to use on this project.
However he remembered Shadow Clones copied what he carried so as long as he had ink on him when he used the Jutsu; the clones would get them as well.
But there was one thing he needed to decide now.
"How many clones do I make for this?"
But then he realised he was ridiculous. While he held back on using Shadow Clones; considering he didn't want to focus in one area too much he could just make more and more Shadow Clones to quicken when he learnt. However Naruto grew faster with a one track mind.
He needed to work on several things; so instead of focusing on multiple tasks at once with Shadow Clones he could use Shadow Clones on one or two things at once to get the maximum effect sooner.
'Yeah…I don't know what I was thinking…I should've done this before. That way I would've mastered even Water Walking by now' he thought, 'so…right now I need to get better calligraphy. I can focus partly on that for a while. But of the 50 other Shadow Clones out there…plus the 10 that are reading up on the clan's scrolls…'
Even though he wanted to not get TOO powerful with the help of the Time Loop; there was no need to hold back at all.
Grinning Naruto made the cross sign and shouted, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Poof Poof Poof…
A total of 20 Shadow Clones which his apartment barely held were formed in the room.
Waving his arm he instructed them, "Right! Make sure you practise a lot on calligraphy! I want to be able to use Fuinjutsu by the end of this Time Loop!"
"YOSH!" All 20 Shadow Clones cried as once as they worked taking out brushes and ink while the other Shadow Clones reading Funjutsu moved over for them.
"Right…now I need to get to the other Shadow Clones…"
Meanwhile Naruto went to the personal training area where his previous Shadow Clones that he made earlier worked.
Making a Shadow Clone and dispelling it; those Clones knew what he was thinking and all stopped what they were doing before waiting for his instructions even if they already knew his thoughts until then.
"All of you dispel! I'll make a fresh patch after you do."
The Clones popped and thus at the same time gave him their memories…Naruto grunted feeling the pain of a massive amount of memories rushing through his head. Luckily they dispelled every hour else the headache would've been a lot worse.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu" he called onto the Jutsu again before commanding them to get back to what they were doing. He however did make any of the Shadow Clones work on Water Walking yet…
Now to make a LOT more for to get Water Walking down quickly…
"Multi-Shadow Clone jutsu!" he cried creating a full 100 Shadow Clones at once.
While these Shadow Clones wouldn't last that long compared to the usual ones, they would quickly gain experience for him.
Moving over to the nearby lake and river, he shouted, "Right! Get onto Water Walking! I want this down by the day ends!"
"YOSH BOSS!" the Shadow Clones all shouted at once while charging to the water sources.
And around a third of them directly fell into the water on the first step causing him to facepalm a bit.
His Clones were sometimes really stupid charing in like that…wait didn't that mean he would charge into the water like that? He wasn't that much of an idiot right…?
Looking at the rest of the clones, around half of them were ankle deep into the water meaning they had some control and power but it wasn't enough. The other half were stumbling into the water or barely standing on the water with great difficulty.
Naruto waited his clones worked for a full 10 minutes not doing anything but watching since he didn't want to get wet before shouting, "Right! Those who are still standing dispel!"
The Clones did just that and the rest of them got the memories of being able to either stand ankle deep on the water or barely over it.
By the, only a fraction; a tenth of the clones dispelled with that requirement. Creating another 10 Shadow Clones to add back into the mix he commanded them back to the Water Walking exercise.
This time after 10 minutes almost a tenth of the Shadow Clones were able to stand over the water for 10 minutes excluding those ankle deep in the water or in the water literally of course.
Naruto dispel those Clones as well and made more and repeated the activity.
After an hour repeat of this which meant that Naruto was creating a VERY large amount of Shadow Clones; almost all the Shadow Clones were able to stand over the water for 10 minutes which only meant they needed to increase the time they had to stand over the water to make more progress.
Thus Naruto wen with distance now making to run for a certain distance before refreshing the Shadow Clones each time; Naruto was able by the end of the day was able to use Water Walking to a good enough level that his Chakra Control increased to High Genin.
The rest of the Time Loop went as standard as Naruto used this method to increase the speed of his training.
After excluding a small number of Shadow Clones which were 10 each for a variety of training; Naruto made a large number of Shadow Clones at once with the remainder of his Chakra (Usually around 100 for less headache) to focus on a sole activity.
Thanks to this, Naruto was able to get his Calligraphy good enough for Fuinjutsu in two weeks while he spent the remainder of the 2 weeks alternating on working on basic seals or making his Calligraphy more precise for extra effect as well as his writing speed.
Checkpoint 3: Loop 2 End (Total Loops: 54)
A/N:
This part of the story is heavily inspired by 'This Time as a Namikaze' about how the Uzumaki Clan fell.
Funny how the Clan of the MC of an entire series was kinda glossed over compared to the Uchiha Clan. What we know about the Uzumaki Clan is really really limited to the point where there is debates on where they were located and when they fell and how they fell.
The Uzumaki Clan was a branch of the Senju Clan though we know neither when or why they did so.
All we know is that they were located at what is later to be the Wave Country else north of them due to horrible geography by Kishimoto, they were either destroyed at before, during or after the Second Shinobi War but also after the First and before the Third and that they were damn good at Fuinjutsu.
Possibly why Fuinjutsu was generally a minor thing in the series if they were the leading experts in that area.
Lastly was that apparently several Countries/Nations sent a combined Force to kill them.
The problem of all of this is that the Uzumaki Clan at Uzu fell after Kushina got to Konoha and became a Jinchuriki. There's a two year period until the Second Shinobi War and at least 10 years before the Third happened and if the Uzumaki Clan fell then, it was at that period.
Logically after the Clan fell, Nagato with his parents goes to Ame.
But there's one problem.
Nothing in Canon actually says that those particular Uzumakis went to Ame because of the rest of the Clan fell. As there is nothing in Canon that doesn't say that Nagato's parents went to Ame before the rest of the Clan fell. Seeing how they died so easily, they while Uzumakis were civilians.
Therefore it doesn't matter why Nagato's family went to Ame at that time since it might as well be a plot devise to connect Nagato to Naruto more easily. Hell I'm pretty sure Kishimoto pulled the fact that Nagato was in fact an Uzumaki out just for that!
Which leads to another problem with the Uzumaki Clan.
When did they fall?
It could be before the Second Shinobi War leading to Nagato ending up in Ame.
During the Second Shinobi War where enemies took advantage of Konoha state at war to take down an ally of theirs.
Or after the Second Shinobi War which in this case ironically leads to the Third Shinobi War.
The reason why they fell is generally not important here compared to when they fell.
I find that a really reason is needed to combine forces to wipe out a particular clan whether to spark a war else diverge forces while they are currently in war. Their skills in Fuinjutsu was apparently feared, just like the Hyuga's Juken, the Uchiha's Sharingan and so on.
Doesn't mean that was the reason they wiped out the Uzumaki Clan as far as they were concerned.
'This Time as a Namikaze' used how powerful the Uzumaki Clan was in general to make other Countries and Nations afraid enough to attack them. I went for another reason instead.
Economy and Trade.
While I based the Uzumaki Clan's fall being the trigger to the Third Shinobi War, I did it because the Clan overall gained too much power for something so small compared to the multiple other Nations.
A small island of a country taking over the Sea Trade that once belonged to 2 Major Nations and several Countries near the coast line was reason enough to attack don't you think?
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