Chapter:1
[And then they fought at the valley of the end just as their predecessors had done before them. Now its time for bed] said a kind looking grizzled old man as he looked at his grandson affectionately [but I want to hear what happens next who won was it sasuke? Or the lord seventh ] said a young child pouting at his grandfather staring at him with his innocent eyes [you always tell me the tale of lord seventh hokage and the great ninja wars but you never tell me what happens afterword’s. Why did the ninja disappear? If they were as powerful as you describe them to be then what happened to them where did they go? Did they all died? Who could kill someone as strong as lord seventh? Come on grandpa I can’t sleep anyway can’t you tell me a little more] [now now if you are awake any further your grandma will have my hide.]
“Pout pout” [grandma isn’t even home yet she has gone to the next town over with father and mother]
The child pouted adorably then with a witty look in his eyes he smiled at his grandpa saying[aaaa aaaaah well then if we have to listen to everything grandma have to say then I will have to tell her about you peeking into woman’s bath]
The grandfather was startled [how did you even know about it?][ hee hee so you were peeking into woman’s bath I wonder what grandma will do when she finds out ]
The grandpa chuckled dryly [you brat when did you became so witty] ha ha [you win I’ll tell you what happens next but only if you promise not to tell your grandma]said the grandpa looking dotingly at his grandson [I promise I promise now hurry up and tell me what happened after lord seventh took office ]
And as such the grizzled old man adjusted himself to be more comfortable and started a new tale for his grandson to listen to.
[hmmm, let’s see after the seventh took office the world was ushered in an era of peace and prosperity under the leadership of the seventh there very few large scale conflicts the five hidden villages became steadfast allies and as such the five great nations backing them followed suit becoming each other’s allies and for the first time the world ushered in an era of trade, commerce and cultural expansion between the five great nations and even outside the five nations.]
{But there’s a catch there isn’t it.}
[You brat you really have become smarter now its bad manners to disrupt a narrative]
[but yes you are correct just as I have taught you there is always a price that someone must pay for there to be light and always remember the brighter the sun is the darker the shadow it casts]
[in this instance the price was paid by the shinobi from the very darkness they created the price being the end of the shinobi]
[before I tell you about how the era of shinobi ended I will have to tell you about a person the one who brought about this end.]
[He is known by many names but the one he took at the start of his journey was daemon. And true to his name he was just as if a demon king. Not following the laws created by nature or by man but making his own. He was the exact opposite of your beloved lord seventh. With his personality being hmm let’s see.
If you were given a choice between saving your loved one or saving millions of lives which one will you choose.
{Ill choose both} said the child innocently
[ha ha I guess that will be your choice. lord seventh will make the same choice but there have been many shinobi who had to choose only one and history is full of shinobi who took the high road and scarified themselves for something bigger than themselves for something they believed in. but not daemon his choice will always be to save his loved ones even if it means killing millions in order to do so.]
[Well let’s start with his origins shall we. daemons real name was dai Monte member of the now famous Monte clan. And true to their name the Monte clan was just like a mountain unyielding but with enough effort scalable. Subtle but proud just like a natural barrier who does not stop but test the ones crossing it.]
[The Monte clan was known for their earth type defensive barrier jutsus. But later on they will be known as guardians of the jade tablet]
{Ooh ooh what’s the jade tablet}
Sigh [well no one really knows the legend passed down in the Monte clan was that a certain powerful shinobi created a jutsu capable of killing millions and harvesting their flesh and blood to create an abomination which had the potential to destroy the world. But the shinobi realizing the potential treat and the sinister nature of the jutsu decided to seal it away declaring it as a forbidden jutsu that no one should ever use]
{but if the jutsu was so sinister and dangerous why did he not just destroyed it}
[ha ha the answer to that question is that is the human nature. Did you remember the tail of the second hokage and how he was known as the creator because he created countless Jutsu’s which were deemed impossible.]
{Hmm I do you told me how by using the jutsus created by the second hokage the shinobis were able to accomplish feats which were deemed impossible by others}
[then you ought to remember that one of those feat was being able to bring the dead back to life but only at the cost of another the jutsu was labeled as forbidden by the second hokage himself as the person brought back will not truly be alive not to mention the price to perform this jutsu was the life of another. But surely someone as smart as the second would have realize that there will be many who will be willing to pay any price if it meant bringing their loved one back to life and how this jutsu could be used for evil ]
{ooh ooh just like it was used in the fourth great shinobi war }
[exactly but if he knew the potential risks of his jutsus then why didn’t he just destroyed it instead of preserving it for the next generation and labeling it as forbidden surely he would have realized that declaring the jutsu forbidden will not stop those who really wanted to study it]
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{but being able to bring the dead back to life is so cool it would be a shame to destroy such jutsu}
[well now I guess you just answered your own question. This nature of ours call it the affection an artist has towards his art or what a parent has towards their children whatever it was it prevented the creator of this jutsu from destroying it and only sealing it away but in order to make sure that the jutsu does not fall into bad hands the creator of the jutsu hired the Monte clan to stand guard over it. And in return of their service he taught them the very barrier jutsus they are known for]
[of coarse this is just one of the a legends passed down in the Monte clan but there were also people who believed that the jade tablet is not of this world but of otherworldly origins and that the founder of the Monte clan stumbled upon the tablet by chance of which then he studied and by studding the composition of the tablet he created an jutsu powerful enough to be able to block any attack and create a barrier able to cover the whole world. but the scary part was that there were many who believed that tablet had potential for much more. Potential for something which scared the Monte clan’s founder. Whatever it was it made him make his clan stand guard over this jade tablet for generations and to pass down his legacy as a command to defend the tablet with their life. He shackled his clan to stand guard over something whose true valve they will never know. ]
[Of coarse this is also hearsay]
{so were the legend’s true did the tablet really had the power to destroy the world }
[Well we will never know as the tablet was never used at least not as far as I know but yes the tablet did create a demon of hatred that brought about the end of an era]
[But the greatest asset of the Monte clan was neither their defensive jutsus upon which they prospered nor the mysterious tablet whose value could not be determined but rather their political intrigue. You see the Monte clan was blessed by having generations of geniuses who were born experts when it came to political maneuvering. The Monte clan is quite an old clan with its history tracing all the way to the rise of the shinobi. At least they were confirmed to already be in existence during the era of the god of shinobi.]
[The time before the god of shinobi established the leaf village was a chaotic one the feudal lords all across the continent were warring against each other for one reason or other. some due to greed, some due to ambition of power while other were making preemptive strikes in the name of self-defense. Of course as during those era the shinobi used to serve not the land nor the nations but the individual feudals of their choice. So when for various reasons feudal lords started warring against each other the ninja clans also followed suit. Almost all the ninja clans were involved in fighting and killing each other creating countless debts in blood. As I have told you in the past the senju and the uchiha were considered the strongest with the both of them competing against each other for the spot of the strongest.]
[while the senju and the uchiha were able to survive due to their strength the Monte clan relied on its political ties to get through this chaotic era. You see the Monte clan specialized in defensive barriers a skill which is very much appreciated in the times of war. Having the Monte clan as allies will boast ones defensive at the same time the Monte clan having low offensive capabilities made the Monte clan a perfect ally but at the same time having them as enemies would not matter much as their contribution towards the offensive capabilities was equal to non-]
{Grandpa if the Monte clan was so good at defense and such a perfect ally they must have been sought after. But I never heard of them in your stories}
[ha ha so you were paying attention good. yes you are correct selling their skills as expert barrier makers and being the ally to be sought after would without the doubt put the Monte clan into the limelight and if everything went accordingly they would have been known all around the world just as many clans during the same era were. But don’t forget there is one major difference between the Monte clan and other average ninja clans due you remember what it is?]
{uump the jade tablet.}
[yes but not the tablet but the duty to guard it was what separated the Monte clan from others the political geniuses born in the Monte clan knew that possessing a treasure is not a sin but still is an invitation to calamity. It was easy to imagine there being clans who could afford to and were willing to pay the price to acquire the jade tablet in case the tablet is exposed to the world with or without Monte clans blessing. ]
[as such the genius of Monte clan deeply concealed the tablets existence and on the surface pertained to be just another average clan not worth paying attention to. The Monte clan decided to give up their clan’s glory and fame in order to better perform the task given to them by their ancestor.]
[And that is why you have never heard of the Monte clan. The genius of the Monte clan through careful political maneuvering on the surface showed only what was needed to be shown. They showed enough weakness as to not be considered a treat by the bigger and more powerful clans but at the same time showed enough strength as not to be considered pushovers. ]
[the Monte clan was truly an entity which was not strong enough to be considered a threat but at the same time not weak enough to be ignored]
[through such careful political ploys their true strength and among other factors allowed Monte clan to survive through the warring states era and of course at the same time made them fade into the background. A situation Monte clan very much preferred]
[When the senju and the uchiha made an alliance and invited every other clan to join in order to put an end to all this warring and bring about peace. The Monte clan was also invited and as much as they wished for peace and to join the leaf they could not risk having the tablets existence reveled as it was easy to predicted the actions of the leaf as there were many to would pay any price to gain such a power superficial as it was. In case the existence of the tablet is leaked their allies could be the first to turn on them as a wise man once said human heart is full of greed.]
[one of the biggest reasons why there were so many clans who decided not to join the leaf was because of the first hokage. With the combined might of the leaf the first hokage could have easily chosen to make all the clans in the land of fire submit to them. But alas the first hokage was a pacifist by nature and the goal of the alliance in the first place was to bring about an end to warring not reignite it. As such the first hokage chose not to force anyone who was not willing. Instead the first hokage in order to make peace made a treaty with all the individual clans situated in the land of fire]
[the summary to which is as long as the individual clans and organizations follow the law created by the land of fire and not par take in any activity which is against the interests of the nation they will have the first hokages word that they will be allowed to maintain their core values, independence and autonomy to a certain extent with some restrictions of course.]
[And as such time went on and the result the god of shinobi hoped to achieve never happened as there were others who had followed in the footsteps of the leaf and created alliances similar to it. Of course with the goal of their alliance differing. These alliances which were created by the combined forces of many many ninja clans will be later being known as the hidden villages.]
[By coming together and pooling their resources their defensive as well as offensive capabilities increased by a huge margin and with them increased their capacity of war]
[the result the god of shinobi hoped to achieve that Is to bring an end to this chaotic era and endless fighting was partially achieved as there were no longer many conflicts between the ninja clans but becoming organizations with such massive capabilities it was only a matter of time before they came head to head and instead of clans fighting against clans it was entire nations fighting against each other]
[this conflicts between the hidden villages instead of dying down kept on spreading and eventually engulfed the entire world and so we had the First Great Shinobi War.]