What's Been Going On . . .
After the Fourth Great Ninja War, the Five Great Nations have settled down and there is no more conflict between nations. However, that doesn't mean that things are okay. The nations have never had long lasting alliances, and now, something weird has been happening.
The villages have been hit by random attacks, seemingly from an unknown source. These attacks range from murder of high officials, to theft of important or semi-important items. However, with each attack, a symbol is left behind; A drawing of a hidden village symbol, drawn in blood!
For these reasons, some villages believe that other villages are behind the attacks, raising tensions. However, others believe it is being done by one organization, something that doesn't want peace.
In an effort to keep peace, a master Ninja Academy has been built, where nin from all villages can be sent and trained. Here is where Academy students are taught, where the first part of chuunin exams are held, and where Jonin sensei meet their students. There is no village barrier; students and Jonin can all be from different villages, and on the same team.
Together, the villages are trying to find the source behind these attacks, and wipe it out.
Following a flurry of betrayals and massive, decisive battles within and outside the Akatsuki, it's fabled leader has been forced to stepdown. She has not been seen since, nor during, and it is highly doubted that she is still living. Refusing to end his search for vengeance, Kenji Hyuuga has stepped up to the plate as Akatsuki Leader. Dawn shall come again.
The Hokage, frightful that his country would become targeted by the Akatsuki one they're on the rise again, has stepped down and gone into hiding. The villages favorite Jounin, Oliver, has picked up where he left off as temporary Kage to the Hidden Leaf Village.
Within the Hebun Ryouchi, the slowly rising structure of evil was quickly crushed, never to meet its full potential. However, not every child with a cursed seal has been found. Will the Hebun Ryouchi rise again? And so they have, with the help of a new, mysterious leader, working through the young, corrupted, Zeigal Genki, until he feels that it is time for him to be seen.
