Here's the new chapter. These are the Raikage.


Kumogakure

The First

A the first was proud. A true military leader from the day he was born, he expanded his clan's power from the day he became clan leader. Countless clans fell under his power. He gave all shinobi he came across a choice; swear allegiance or die. In his conquests, he was aided by his brother B. And so the lands that would be Kumo came under his control. And when heard tales of a distant land where shinobi had banded together to form a single village, ho chose to copy them. And so he became the Raikage, the leader of the Village Hidden in the Clouds, Kumogakure.

But this was not all he sought to rule. He knew of the other shinobi villages. And he sought to rule them all, for he was the Raikage. And so he amassed a massive army and marched. But as he would soon learn, while he was the strongest in the the Land of Lightning, the other shinobi villages were more than a match for his own. And so he accepted the peace treaty, and gained jinchuriki of his own. But he would not stay quiet forever. When he heard of the death of the Hokage, he personally marched his men to take advantage, joining the second great war.

But the proud Raikage had grown old, far from his peak. And so he would die, failing to accomplish his dream. He was succeeded by his bodyguard, a man who had served him loyally, retaining the dreams of his predecessor.

The Second

A the Second was not always of that name. To honor his predecessor and the brother who died with the Raikage, he would rename himself A, while giving his partner the title of B. And so would begin a tradition that would be continued by the next Raikage. He continued his predecessor's campaign, allowing the war to rage on. He had the daimyo's support, for that weak man was nothing but a puppet of the Raikage, had been ever since his predecessor's time.

And so the war rages on, but while he was a capable man, he was but an imitation of his predecessor. And so, in the final legs of the second great war, he, who had already grown old, fell to the hands of the second Hokage. Konoha already had a third Kage, but Kumo did not. And so there was a great panic, but the entire Shinobi village was quelled by a single man, he who would be A the third.

The Third

A the third was strong, and he knew it. Hailed as the greatest of the Raikage, he brought the village to unprecedented heights. The wielder of the 'strongest shield' and the 'strongest spear', the man who singlehandedly went up against the 8 tails numerous times, who expanded the borders of Kumo further than ever before. That was the legend known as the third Raikage. He married a strong woman, the only one he considered to be worthy. After she died, he never married again. When the time came and the third war began, he took advantage of it to peel away the strength of all the other villages, piece by piece. His military campaign tore through villages like they were nothing.

But strength breeds fear, and so, in the midst of the Third Great Shinobi War, Iwagakure and Kirigakure, despite being enemies, hatched a plan to draw him out and destroy him with an army of 10,000. And here he made what is perhaps the greatest last stand in Shinobi history, as he fought against the massive army on his own for 3 days and 3 nights, to let the rest of his men escape. And so Kumo lost it's greatest Kage, and the whole village mourned. But Kumo had a worthy successor in A the fourth, the son of the Third, who sees them through the rest of the war.

The Fourth

A the fourth is truly his father's son. He continues the age-old policy of military expansion held by all the Raikage. While in certain respects, he is inferior to his father, in speed he is superior. And so he is hailed as the fastest in Kumo, and later, in the world without the Yellow Flash, as the fastest Shinobi in the world. He does not marry, for he already has a worthy successor in his father's student Darui. And so he focuses all his being into the growth of his village. But perhaps his greatest accomplishment lies in the existence of his adopted brother, Killer B, the only perfect jinchuriki of the 8 tails in history and a gifted swordsman. Together they are the ultimate tag team, deemed as being near unbeatable. And so, with Kumo perhaps stronger than ever, his reign continues.


A/N

I hope you enjoyed that. Next is Kirigakure, and then I'll be done with these. I might share some other information in this style, so let me know if there is anything you'd like me to add.