:The History of the Leaf:
Many years ago an area that would become known as the Land of Fire was inhabited by a multitude of tribes. From an early stage these tribes were not friendly to one another and began warring among each other, taking other villages as slaves and spoils of war. Some of the Clan began to develop new techniques for fighting and became in tune with an energy they called their Chakra Nature. This continued for years until three tribes rose above the others, they were; Pyrex the Clan of Fire, Kenko the Clan of Water, and Sheru the Clan of Earth, each of these villages were the most powerful in their region. At some point the Earth Clan began feuding with the Clan of Fire in an argument about land. As the war continued the Water Clan was asked to assist the Earth in their endeavors in exchange for a treaty between the clans. The water tribe agreed and began helping the earth in their pursuit of victory, but the Fire clan was a powerful clan, filled with the best fighters in all of the Land of Fire. Eventually from this treaty some of the villagers from the tribes of the Earth and Water began to marry each other which was not good as far as either of the tribes’ councils were concerned, they wished to keep their tribe strong with just members of their tribe. The new group was forced to move to the unclaimed land in the west.
Something interesting happened when this tribe began to give birth to a new generation; their children had the ability to use two Chakra natures, combining Earth and Water to make Wood Style Jutsu. The new tribe decided because of this new type of Jutsu they would take on a new name and become a Clan of their own, they are Uzzu the Clan of Wood. The fighting still continued between the Earth and Water coalition and the Fire Clan, because of the way their original clans had treated the Wood Clan they decided they would help the Fire Clan to fight back. It had now become a two on two all out clan war, Water and Earth vs. Fire and Wood, North and East Vs South and West, a battle that would forever shape the Land of fire as the clans rearranged the landscape to fit their needs. The fighting continued for many years, villagers were born as others died but none of them ever seemed to be close to dying out. Behind the protection of the Fire, the Clan of Wood had multiplied in size and had now become its own force.
Then in the middle of one of the most violent battles of the whole war an ancient evil was awakened from where it slumbered at the bottom of a great lake. The beast stood a hundred stories tall and was like a great horse with the head of a whale; it was known as Gobi and had been disturbed by the war raging in its land. The creature traveled across the Land of Fire bringing devastation and destruction with it where ever it went. The Clans knew none of them could take on a beast of this magnitude alone, the only thing to do was to call a truce and work together to beat this thing. Each of the Clan heads came together to discuss the terms of the treaty and come up with a plan to defeat this creature, to seal it away where it could never escape again. During the years of fighting the Fire and Wood clan had developed a combination Jutsu that allowed them to make wood that was almost as hard as diamond, the called it the Petrified Wood Jutsu and had used it in defense against the Wood and Water tribes a number of times, they offered to make a solid box to use as a containment unit for the beast. It was decided that the four strongest members, one from each village, would perform a sealing Jutsu on the beast to trap him in the box while the rest of the clans worked to distract and hold down the beast.
It was a violent battle between the beast and the clans but despite dramatic losses to their ranks the Clans overcame the beast and he was sealed away in the box made of petrified wood and the four applied a few complicated seals over the box to keep it from escaping or being released. Unfortunately because of one of the seals the box was unable to be moved from its location without the seals being undone so the villages began to argue about who would be the village to watch over the box and make sure the beast was not released. Due to entrust it was decided the best thing to do would be to have the four who sealed the box guard it and for all of the Clans to move to this new area located at the center of their four lands. The Four became known as the four guardians and were each given a title; to the Man from the Sheru tribe was given the title Dragon of the East, to the Man from Kenko tribe was given the title Tortoise of the North, to the Woman of the Pyrex tribe was given the title Phoenix of the South, and to the strongest of them all, the man from the Uzzu tribe was given the title Tiger of the West. These four became the clan heads for their tribes and helped to form the new Village and the area around it.
Konoha had officially come into existence even though tensions were still high as people blamed others for the deaths of loved ones and friends. The guardians formed a council where they ran the city as a group and made the laws that govern the land. Soon all of the hatred for one another subsided as the village was brought together by a new enemy, one of the surrounding lands had begun to move in on the Land of Fire and try to take the land for themselves. This was not good so although the guardians could not leave the village to go protect the borders they began to build teams made up of the four clans to work together and defend the nation. The fighting didn’t last long as the massive power of the four clans together became apparent to the enemy but through the ordeal the village had come together and grown to trust each other. The guardians knew future attacks would still be a problem so they decided they would try to stop these attacks before they happened.
News of four other powerful villages had reached Konoha, one in each of the other four great lands; Water, Earth, Wind, and Lightning. They decided the best thing to do would to try and form a pact with these other cities, so messengers were sent to each of the cites where the informed the heads of each of the villages of the guardians proposal and of a meeting that would soon be held in Konoha. Although unsure of what would happen each of the villages sent representatives to the meeting. In the meeting it was decided that the Villages would work together to promote and keep peace across the five lands and they would no longer attack each other but would work together against other forces. As the meeting ended the leaders of each village returned to where they had come from and a new era had begun, and era of peace and prosperity.
Five years later at one of the meetings between the now council members an issue was brought up that the villages each had too many leaders and it would be a lot easier if each only had one representative who came to these meetings and ran the village. It was decided that the lands would elect a member from their village to become one of the Five Kages. In the Village hidden in the Leaves the unanimous vote went to Tiger of the guardians, Torra Uzzu. He became the first Hokage of Konoha and took over as the single person in charge of running the city. Because of his new responsibilities he no longer could serve as a guardian, so a new tiger was selected to replace him on the team, he chose Sudo Uzzu, his brother, to replace him. It was then decided that a tournament would be held every ten years to decide who the guardians would be.
Torra was a great leader, looked up to by all who entered the village. As the power of their Village grew so did the number of citizens and new clans that came to live in the village. Torra’s time as Hokage was a generally peaceful one, it was a time of growth and learning throughout the land of fire. Each of the four main clans worked together to create the best village they could while protecting the resting place of the tailed beast. The most intelligent of the clans, The Kenko Clan, became firefighters and medical ninja working to keep the village safe, the Uzzu Clan began to build strong defenses around the village and make many agricultural advances with their Wood Style Jutsu, the earth style users of the Sheru Clan became the law enforcement of the village, doing their best to keep the peace, there also seems to be a good number of teachers who come from this clan. Finally we have the Pyrex clan; these powerful fire users have become the strength of the village and produce the best all around fighters. Despite that fact the Kage was untrusting of some of the other lands, so in order to insure the peace and safety of his people Torra began to train a specialized group of ninja to serve as his hands and feet. These Ninja became the ANBU organization and are prided on their stealthy and efficient abilities. Soon he began to send them out as undercover spies to the other nations. They gain valuable knowledge on the other villages from these missions but there was no real need for it at that time. As the years moved on new Guardians were chosen at the tournaments, keeping with the tradition of one guardian from each of the four main clans. Each generation seemed to have more potential than the last as they pushed each other to become more powerful and to better use their powers. Soon a rising star came along one of Torra’s own ANBU, Talma Kenko. She became Tortoise in 20AK and was known throughout the land for her healing abilities which she developed using the families signature water based Jutsu. Because he saw great hope for her future and much promise in her abilities Torra Uzzu named her as his successor when he stepped down from office in 30AK.
During the early part of her reign Torra stayed around as her advisor and teacher. Soon after her time in office started she established the Leaf Ninja Academy and the Hospital so they could better educate young ninja and medics. Then in 35AK when war broke out between Kumogakure and Sunagakure the Leaf Village had almost no choice but to join in, being in between the two countries much of the fighting took place in the Land of Fire. The Kage was greatly torn about what to do, to this point Konohagakure had done everything they could to keep the peace, but when news from one of the ANBU spies returned to the Hokage that Suna attacked Kumo her mind was made up, Konohagakure joined the side of Kumo. The once peaceful and calm leader quickly evolved into a military general, moving her troops around like the mastermind she was. Development in the city slowed during this time and the villagers began to grow restless and become unhappy with the Kage. They knew that what she did was to protect them but some thought she was going too far by crossing the borders of the Land of Fire; they thought they should only fight if it was on their land, as far as they were concerned helping Kumo was too involved in the war. Then in 60Ak old age and the pressure of the position finally got to her, she had fought the good fight but it was time to let someone else try their hand at the position.
This time the person for the job was none other than long time dragon Gino Sheru. He immediately starts to work on ending this horrible war, then in 66AK the Third Raikage was reelected and the two worked together to put a stop to this war. After the war the Kages gathered again and decided something had to be done to keep this from happening again. They decided to combine their Chunnin trials and to have a different land host them each time. In addition to this a tournament between he lands was to be started for all who were willing to try. It was a tournament to determine who the strongest Ninja in the whole world was. The tournament was held every four years and was a great success in keeping the peace. During this time peace returned and innovation resumed in the Leaf Village. The Clans were happy under the rule of their new Kage. Then at the tournament in 90AK held in the Leaf Village, disaster struck as all five of the Kages were attacked during the tournament. Only the Tsuchikage survived the attack due to the immense power of the tailed beast that lived within him, many saw this as reason to blame the Village Hidden in the Rocks for the assignations and war once again broke out in the lands. Really though since it was never proved who ordered the attack there was distrust between all of the villages and the war turned to a massive free-for-all. After the assassination the young man who had just in the last year become the Phoenix of the Leaf and had also been one of the top contenders in the world tournament was called upon to become the Fourth Hokage of Konohagakure. His name is Hiro Pyrex and he is our leader during this time of turmoil. Although attempts at peace have been made though the continuation of the great tournament, the war still continues. Will this madness ever end?
-From the balance of two comes peace and harmony-
