Konohagakure (木ノ葉隠れの里, Konohagakure no Sato; Literally meaning "Village Hidden Among Tree Leaves"; also known as "Village Hidden in the Leaves" or "Hidden Leaf Village"), or Konoha for short, is one of the five great ninja villages, and said to be the mightiest of the five. As such, it is one of five villages with a Kage as its leader, known as the Hokage. On a mountain overlooking the villages from the north exists the Hokage Monument. The village resides in the Land of Fire. Although Konoha, much like the country in which it resides, has been peaceful for the past sixteen years, and has grown accustomed to that peace, it remains one of the most powerful villages in existence, and has great military power and influence.
History
Before Konoha was founded, shinobi were merely individual clans working as mercenaries for various daimyo. Of the countless ninja clans, the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan of the forest were the strongest at the time. After much bloodshed, the Senju clan offered a truce with the Uchiha. Despite their leader, Madara Uchiha's, protests, the clan overruled him, and he reluctantly agreed. Thus the Hidden Leaf Village was born. Soon, other countries began to adopt this system, leading to the birth of other villages, and peace was attained. However, when the leader of the Senju clan, Hashirama Senju, was chosen to be the leader of Konoha, Madara decided to challenge him for the sake of his clan. No Uchiha, however, would help him, for they despised him for trying to reignite the flames of war. Betrayed by everyone, Madara left the village so that he could challenge Hashirama by himself.
During their legendary battle at the Valley of the End, Madara was defeated, presumed killed, and was thereafter lost to history. Hashirama's younger brother, who became the Second Hokage, formed the Konoha Police Force, and gave it to the Uchiha clan supposedly as a symbol of trust; in reality, it was so that Konoha could easily keep an eye on the Uchiha, and keep them out of Konoha's governing. Many of the Uchiha clan members, who figured out this gesture's ulterior motive, began to rebel like Madara had. However, it was too late; the Senju clan became superior in the entire village, and the Uchiha clan was discriminated and secluded, just as Madara had predicted. It was this grudge that led to the Uchiha clan's attempted coup d'état decades later, and, eventually, their demise.
Laws of the Hidden Leaf
•Leaf shinobi are to always watch the other's back. We are like brothers in arms, help one another if its needed.
•Respect your senseis and the kage at all times, they are taking the time to train you so you should honor and respect that.
•Do not kill one another leaf shinobi, doing so would brand you a traitor and you will be hunted and killed on the spot
•You are allowed to attack any foreign shinobi who feel they can defeat them or kill them. If alive, bring them to the office for interrogation
•Anything happens in the Leaf remains in the Leaf, we cannot have our activites known outside our village which might later on cause problems. So please, what happens in here, stays in here.
•Anyone who is rank genin or lower is strictly FORBIDDEN to leave the village for any reason. The only time you may do so is with a jonin for a mission. Otherwise, until you are chunin you cannot leave the village unless you get my permission. Reason being we have enemies, and you may be killed outside the village beyond our range of saving you. So pelase listen to this.
Rank Rules
Genin
•Must of completed at least 5 missions to take the chunin exams
•Forbidden to leave village without permission of kage or with a jonin for a mission
•To take on a mission, report to your sensei
Chunin
•To take part of the jonin exam, must of completed at least 12 missions
•For missions, head to the kage office unless he isn't there.
•Chunins are allowed to leave the village, but must inform kage of where you are going. Recommended to take a chunin+ partner incase of attack
•To become Oinin, one must at least complete 15 missions and consult to the Hokage to see what you need to do to become this rank
Jonin
•Jonins are allowed to leave the village, as long as they inform the Hokage where they are going to be
•Each Jonin will be assigned a squad of three genins
•Jonins must go to the kage's office to receive any mission he or she may want
•In order to become Anbu, you must complete at least 25 missions. Consult the hokage afterwards to see what you need to do. To be Oinin, one must complete at least 20 missions
•To become sannin, you must complete at least 30 missions
Oinin
•To get missions, consult the hokage
•Must patrol the village at least once a day
•Protect the village!
•To become Anbu, must be jonin and complete 25 missions
Anbu
•To get missions, consult the hokage
•Patrol the village and the country at least every 3 days
•Protect the village!
•To become Sannin, you must complete at least 30 missions
Sannin
•Can go where ever they want
•May take a student under their wing as their own
•Will be temporary kage if kage goes missing and cannot return
•Remain loyal to the village at least, help out if needed
