The Conqueror of The Shinobi World Chapter 5 (Learn The Past) (Patreon)

"If you don't learn from your past, you're doomed to repeat it"

'Long ago in a time forgotten by the people of the world, was an era of enduring rage and unending wars.

Mankind had been  cursed to fight each other in an eternal war. They fought over petty  reasons, for performing horrific crimes against one another or for no  reason at all other than violence and death. Different factions often  tried to better themselves by weakening their enemies so their own  military strength could be greater, only for a greater force to  overwhelm them later.

Humanity had a curse, a distasteful and infectious curse that all beings were infected with. One, more powerful than any war.

The curse of Hatred

A  potent force that  can drive an innocent person to become a beast fueled by rage to hunt  down those who wronged them. All the while inflicting more pain,  brutality and spreading further hatred among people.

Hatred was like a  tree and it only continued to grow as more and more people were festered  by it. Those who were directly affected by it and those who bared  witness to those horrific outbursts of fury, no one was ever safe from  it. One may even say it was genetic and could be passed down the  generations.

But, what came after  hatred? Most would say healing. Healing from the pain of their lives and  the pain they brought on others. Only an imbecile would believe that it  would bring about a stop to hatred.

What comes after  hatred would be either of the following things- Emptiness, where a  person would lose everything that was ever close to them, their own  self: the emptiness it brought forth was like an ever-spreading fire  with nothing to quench it with or even more hatred: where the anger  would blind people to the truth and make them accept that the world  itself was responsible for what happened to them.

Among the humans and  their inherited hatred was a tree. A  tree of massive height and equally  massive power. A tree that was worshipped as a god. This tree had a  consciousness of its own but very few knew the full extent of its  intellect. This tree watched as the humans around it fought and murdered  each other and cheated on one another for their own gain while turning a  blind eye to others.

The tree knew that  while humanity had the capacity for good and evil, they overwhelmingly  chose the latter option. The tree would often look down upon the humans  and be disgusted by what it would see. At times it took pity upon them  for their short lives and weakness.

The colossal tree  didn't know whether it liked being praised as a god or feared like the  Shinigami.  But it did tolerate the level of respect the humans showed  it. Even the tree, with all its foresight, knew that one day wisdom  would be lost,  hope would diminish, fate will be turned in different  directions and justice would fall. It was merely waiting for that to  happen and for humanity to be entirely consumed by hatred.

Every thousand years,  the 'God tree'  bore a fruit of immeasurable power and destruction, a  fruit that held its own power within. The reasons why one could not lay  their hands upon this fruit had been lost to ages.

Thousands of years  ago, a man named Tenji was the leader of the Land of Ancestors. He  desired for peace and tried to avoid direct confrontation with his  opponents to avoid wars being wedged. He wished for a peaceful alliance  and negotiations with them. One day he came across a lady who could be  considered a goddess at first glance in terms of her beauty.

She wore a white robe  with six tomoes in the front and purple lining near her arms. She had  beautiful silky and straight hair,  the same colour as that of snow. But  what mesmerized him were her eyes.  They were pupil-less giving off a  silvery glow. He saw her gazing at the night sky with such patience. He  had not seen this person before in his land, so he spoke to her.

"May I know who you are?" asked Tenji curiously looking at her.

The lady, for her part, didn't reply for a while. A few seconds later she turned to look at him. "I'm Kaguya Otsutsuki."

He found her voice to  be very melodic. "Where do you come from? What do  you desire here?"  And again, Kaguya didn't reply for few seconds. She didn't know if she  could confide to him what she wanted or where she came from. From what  she felt of these vile creatures called humans, they were filled with  anger and darkness. Yet from him she couldn't feel much of it.

"I desire peace. Peace among everyone. A place devoid of wars and hatred." She looked at him and saw the man nod his head.

"I  come not from  another land in this world, but from the stars". Tenji for his part was  surprised to hear this. Wanting to know more about her,  he began to  make small talks with her.

After that fateful  day,  Tenji allowed Kaguya to stay within his palace. He was glad there  was another who shared the same ideals as him. They began to meet each  other more often and spend more time together each passing day. Soon  enough the two became lovers.

His devotion to  Kaguya's cause for peace made him threaten his own followers with death  if they dared threaten peace with the Land of That. After Sukazu, the  minister of Land of That tried to kidnap Kaguya, Tenji was horrified of  Kaguya's godlike powers when he witness her kill many of his soldiers in  self-defence. Eventually, Tenji decided to betray his love to prevent a  war from breaking out.

However, as the two  sides attempted to capture Kaguya, she ate the fruit from the 'God Tree'  and gained unimaginable powers. With her new powers, she cast the  Infinite Tsukuyomi. As Tenji fell victim to the genjutsu, he asked her  what she was, unaware that she was carrying his children.

Kaguya Otsutsuki, for  her benevolence for ending the wars and stopping the spread of hatred,  was named Rabbit Goddess because of her two horn-like protrusions which  resembled rabbit ears.

Like the Shinju,  Kaguya was also worshipped as a living god on earth. People bowed before  her in respect and reverence for her power and divine will that many  considered to have no equal.

However, Kaguya had  not broken the chain of hatred, instead, merely fractured it. She forced  more people to submit to her iron will to stop the hatred from  spreading. Her power which was once praised soon came to be feared and  instead of being called the Usagi No Megami, she came to be known as the  Oni (Demon).

At some point, Kaguya  gave birth to two sons- Hagoromo and Hamura. Both children were born  with the same power as their mother. The ability to use chakra. These  two boys gained legendary prowess of their own using their own innate  ability.

When  Hagoromo and  Hamura found out about their mother's inhuman act of putting people  under her control and using them as puppets, they wanted to confront  her. But Hagoromo knew that he didn't have enough power to go against  his mother yet.

He soon came across a  toad by the name of Gamamaru who could utilize natural energy.  Intrigued by the power in senjutsu chakra, both Hagoromo and Hamura went  to Mount  Myoboku along with Gamamaru. There Hagaromo learned to  utilize natural energy (senjutsu chakras).

When he returned to confront his mother, he was further shocked.

Hagoromo was  horrified that his mother, who had given birth to him could become one  with the vile creature in front of him. During the confrontation,   Hagoromo awakened the Rinnegan (god's eyes) due to the pain of harming  his brother, Hamura who was being controlled by his mother.

Hagoromo was  fortunate that Gamamaru had given him a tag with the kanji for 'heal'  filled with sage chakra, which he used to heal his brother from the  mortal wound Hamura received.

"Why mother? Why would you commit such atrocious acts? Don't you care about the people of this land?" asked an enraged Hagoromo.

"Chakra is  everything. It's life and it is soul. It needs to be whole again, you  insolent child! You dare betray me?" spoke Kaguya with an emotionless  face.

The two brothers  fought in a cataclysmic battle that scarred the very earth. The two sons  with all their power had fought to the near end of their will to defeat  the beast which was their mother.

However, the Jubi was  connected to the world, just as the world was connected to the Jubi. It  was basically immortal. So, if they couldn't kill the beast, then the  creature had to be sealed inside a person's body to not bring about even  more catastrophe.

Thus, Hagoromo sealed  the chakra and soul of the beast within himself and the body of his  mother sealed off inside the moon which he created with one of his  decisive moves- Six Paths Chibaku Tensei. The husk of the ten tails was  sealed inside the moon as well. So, Hagoromo became the world's first  jinchurikii.

And like his mother  before him, his own power soared to new heights. He,  like his mother,  became a god. One even more revered than his mother,  wielding the  greatest weapon in the world- chakra.

Hagoromo who later  became a monk came to be regarded as the Rikudou Sennin (Sage of Six  Paths) while his brother Hamura went to live off his life on the moon  where he could be close to their mother.

Hagoromo created a   religion, one which people would aspire to and believe in and give them  hope. This religion was named Ninshu (later known as ninjutsu).

He aspired to bring  peace across the lands by teaching people about chakra and its uses in a  tranquil manner. So, Hagoromo shared his chakra with different people  who were willing to follow him in his quest to bring about a change in  this world. He hoped people would connect the chakra with their  spiritual energy (yin chakra) allowing others to understand each other.

Hagoromo later in his  life had two sons. The elder one was named Indra Otsutsuki and the  younger one was named Ashura Otsusuki. Hagoromo knew that even with his  strong physical chakra (yang chakra) he could not live very long.

The reason being the  extremely potent and vile chakra flowing through his chakra coils. Thus,   he intended to teach his sons and his current followers (who he viewed  as companions) to teach all he knew about chakra and ninshu before he  could pass on the mantle to one of his sons.

Indra and Ashura had a  relatively peaceful childhood growing up. Ashura was extremely close to  his big brother Indra, whom he idealized and hoped to become like him  someday. Indra, well, you could say he was more secluded out of the two  young children but he still cared for Ashura a lot.

When the time came,  both Indra and Ashura began to learn ninshu. It was quite clear that  Indra was more intellectual and more into his studies and practising the  practical aspects of ninshu compared to Ashura, who would mostly say  "It's boring! Why must I study this."

One could say  Indra  was a prodigy in the field of ninshu while Ashura was the complete  opposite. One day, Indra created more practical uses of ninshu by   stating that, "One can use various elements of the nature by  changing  the flow of chakra in their body and moulding it differently by going  through hand seals – Saru (monkey), Tatsu (dragon), Ne  (rat), Tori  (bird), Mi (snake), Ushi (ox), Inu (dog), Uma (horse), Tora  (tiger), I  (boar), Hitsuji (ram), U (hare)."

People were extremely  impressed by this discovery and some even started whispering about  Indra being the one who would carry on the way of ninshu.

Although Hagormo was  pleased that his son was making progress in ninshu and extending its  uses, somewhere he had a nagging feeling that Indra will seclude himself  more as his prowess increases while Ashura would remain in his shadow.

Still, he had high  hopes from both his sons that they would do what he wouldn't be able to  in his life- that is bring about a  revolutionary change in this world  that will make people understand each other even better and create a  world filled with love and harmony.

It later became clear  that Indra acquired his father's yin chakra and visual prowess  (spiritual energy) while Ashura acquired his father's yang chakra and  strong body and longevity (physical energy); as in the following years,  Indra awakened his Sharingan (copy wheel eye) while saving his brother  from a rampaging bear.

Ever since  Indra  awakened the Sharingan, he seemed to have become colder towards people.  He started visualizing that through power, one can conquer anything and  always stuck to what is correct and incorrect and abode by his rules.

Compared to his  brother, Ashura was not too advanced in the usage of ninshu and he could  never keep up with his brother during training sessions. Although,  people did like Ashura's more cheerful and easy-going attitude which in  turn made him easier to talk to compared to  Indra.

One day a friend of Ashura came to him asking for his help.

"Ashura my mother  seems to be very ill and the cure which I'm looking for is across the  forests and getting there through the forests will take time.  You  practice ninshu yes? Could you help me out? The man said pleadingly.  Ashura was considered a friendly and helpful person thus people mostly  came to him or Hagormo when in need of assistance.

"Yeah,  I suppose I  could do that. Just wait here and watch me." Ashura said with a smirk.  He did certain hand seals and a strong gust of wind was blowing from the  palm of his hands which tore down a pathway to the end of the forest,  making a quick way to the end.

Later that day,  Ashura was reprimanded by Indra for blindly helping someone without  considering the matter because of the man who Ashura helped just wanted  the forests cut down for his own selfish gains. Indra later locked the  man in a  dungeon and warned Ashura not to go near him.

Ashura being a  forgiving person went to get him out. However, when Ashura got the man  out of the cave (the dungeon was inside the cave), they came across  Indra waiting there.

"What are you doing  Ashura? Did I not tell you not to go  near the imbecile?" Indra asked in  a monotone voice. His face showing no emotion whatsoever.

"Nii-san, we should  give him another chance.  Punishing someone for such futile acts is not  the way. And he hasn't  harmed anyone." Said Ashura.

"It doesn't matter.  What he did was  against the rules and he must pay the price for it." It  was said in such an uncaring manner that it made Ashura flinch.

Ashura jumped in  front of the man to protect him. Indra jumped towards Ashura and pushed  him towards the tree. Ashura hit the tree before falling to the ground.   He wouldn't admit it, but his nii-san hits hard. Indra, quicker than a   flash had his hand inside the man's chest sparkling with ration chakra  (lightning chakra). "NII-SAN WHY DID YOU DO THAT!?" Ashura was  astonished that his nii-san could kill someone just like that.

When Indra turned to  glare at his brother, Ashura saw the three tomoes in his eyes spinning  in a threatening way. That moment he saw the hatred in his brother's  eyes. "This world needs order. It needs change. And it is only through  power, one can hope to bring about such a revolution."

That's all Indra said  darkly before vanishing from the spot. Ashura for his part, could not  comprehend why his brother started acting in an uncaring way ever since  he awakened the Sharingan. He often felt intimidated by those eyes but  shrugged it off thinking it was nothing. After a while, he made a grave  for the man and just stood in front of it in the stillness of the night.  When he turned to his right, he saw his tou-san(father)  standing  beside him.

"Indra has changed  Ashura. His eyes are like my mother's. Those eyes give him unimaginable  power. He desires order in this world and wants to do it in his way. The  way he goes about ninshu  is not how I intended it to be spread."  Hagoromo said with a tired sigh.  After a few seconds of silence, Ashura  walked away from the spot.

As years passed by it  became more noticeable why Indra was hailed as a  genius. He could  accomplish anything with little to no effort and started living a  solitary life. He primely believed other people would merely inhibit his  growth and potential. Ashura on the other hand could do nothing on his  own. But through his determination and will, along with the ideals of  relying on others, his friends, did Ashura's talents bloom like a flower  in spring.

While, unlike Indra  who lead a solitary life believing that others would only hinder him,  Ashura became a  capable leader, amassing many loyal followers most of  whom were his childhood friends. He like his father wished to begin to  spread ninshu to the world through the help of his friends.

In the end, Hagoromo  seeing both Indra's and Ashura's accomplishments did the sage choose  between the two of them, the heir of ninshu- The prodigious son Indra or  the no-good, untalented Ashura.

Knowing of his  younger son's exploits and the quality of never giving up on the good  inside people, gave Hagoromo hope that cooperation and love would bring  about true peace. While lust for power and dominance would only bring  about temporary peace.

Thus, Ashura was  chosen as the heir to Ninshu. Hearing this Indra walked out of the room  angered at his father's choice while Ashura was shocked.

"Father, why me? Nii-san would do a better job compared to me." Said Ashura.

"While  I do believe,  Indra is ahead of you in certain aspects but ninshu should be spread to  teach love, compassion and be used to bring peace.  One must be kind  and filled with love and have great patience for that.  Those are the  qualities I see in you my son."

Later that night when  everyone was celebrating, Ashura went to meet his father again. A   doubt somewhere in his mind that his father made a wrong choice still  lingering in his mind. He came upon the door which led to the hall where  his father sat and made a slow walk. He soon reached the place and saw  his father sitting there with his eyes closed. "Was it the right choice  to-san?"  Ashura asked in a low whisper.

Hagoromo opened his  eyes which seemed to give an eerie purplish glow and had several  concentric circles and a  small black dot as a pupil. He stared at his  younger son for a while and answered "Ashura, the world has always been  in constant fighting and wars and has started on some of the most  unthinkable things. Human life is a precious thing that should not be  wasted in fighting wars. I believe that one day, the world shall know  true peace. Love and compassion are an essential part of that.

Indra is turning more  and more like my mother each passing day. Bringing peace to the world  via power and dominance is only temporary and with time people come to  fear the power dominating them as they cannot comprehend it. Come here  my son, I  shall now pass on to you what is now yours." Ashura  approached his father whereupon, Hagoromo touched Ashura's forehead with  his two fingers and passed on his yang chakra (also included six paths  senjutsu powers).

In another part of  the village, Indra had just killed his two most loyal followers with a  tear-stained face have a single thought in his mind "whenever someone  close to me dies, my Sharingan evolves".

Soon, his Sharingan evolved to the Mangekyou Sharingan; three tomoes converging in together to take the shape of a whirlpool.

Furious over his  father's choice and being denied what he felt was his, Indra challenged  his father's decision. Overcome with anger, jealousy, and hate, Indra  attacked Ashura trying to claim what he felt was his birthright.

However, Ashura with  the help of others' chakra converging with his and his rikudou (six  paths) powers, awakened the ability to use mouton and could defeat his  older brother. Indra, not taking his loss lightly left the area before  stating he would never follow his way of ninshu and spend his life  trying to destroy him.

A  few weeks after  Indra had left, Hagoromo was counting his final few months on his bed.  He knew he didn't have very long to live. He also knew once he dies, the  Jubi would be free again.

To prevent that, he  separated the chakra of the ten tails into nine separate parts and using  Omnyoton: Banbutso Sozo (creation of all things) made bodies for the  nine chakras ranging from ichibi (one tail) to Kyuubi (nine-tails). He  later breathed life into his nine children (Hagoromo called the bijuus  his children) and put the chakra in the respective bodies,  each bijuu  having a different ability.

A few months later,  Hagoromo went to his mindscape to have few last words with his nine  children. He looked at Kurama (Kyuubi) with a somber look on his face.  Kurama had a few tears rolling down his face although he was trying hard  to keep up the tough act. He was his eldest child and knew how much it  would hurt him.

A few seconds later  he looked at all of them with a serene smile on his face a said "I  will  not live much longer. Shukaku (one tail), Matatabi (two tails),  Isobu  (three tails), Son Goku (four tails), Kokuo (five tails), Saiken  (six  tails), Chomei (seven tails), Gyuki (eight tails), and Kurama (nine  tails). Even if you are far apart, you will always be together. You will  be in different sizes from how you are now and have different names.   But there will come a time when you will be lead down the right path. I   hope you learn what true strength is..."

Hagoromo looks at Kurama and smiles slightly and says "...before that time."

That day Hagoromo knew there will come a time when someone will be born to bring Peace or Destruction.

Soon after his death, Ashura got married and had three children.

Roku Otsutsuki, that  was later known as Roku Uzumaki, the founder of The Uzumaki Clan.  Ashura entrusted him with the sword 'Dark Blood' before he left the  world, he live longer than all his siblings, dying in his sleep at the  age of 249.

Ajana Otsutsuki was  the one who created the most powerful Kenjutsu moves, she was known  around the world as 'The Red Silence' she later married Roku and gave  birth to seven kids, four boys and three girls.

Ashura gave her the most powerful scroll, 'The Silent Secret' but Ajana was never able to understand what the scroll could do.

The scroll was blank  and no one could write anything on it, and could not even be destroyed  by fire or any kind of Ninshu, therefore was soon forgotten after a few  centuries.

Seikatsu Otsutsuki  was given the Staff of Elements by Ashura and was passed down to  children and grandchildren, he later was known as Seikatsu Senju, the  founder of the Senju Clan, which would start a long rivalry with the  Uchiha Clan.

Indra Otsutsuki had  taken the War Fan of his father before he left, passing it down to his  future generations. Indra soon founded the Uchiha Clan and had five  kids, two boys and three girls.

Eteso Uchiha, Daemynak Uchiha, Atara Uchiha, Synata Uchiha and Yllka Uchiha.

Each one was born with the ability to use Sharingan, later Mangekyo Sharingan'

Naruto  listened to Hagoromo throughout the whole story, he knew that wars had  been going on for a long time, but to know that it has been almost two  millennia since Hagoromo left this world and the humans were still on  the Cycle of Hatred.

Would it ever end? Naruto asked himself not knowing the answer yet.

"You said you wanted to tell me about my father" Naruto stated.

Hagoromo  nodded his head, he didn't have that much longer in this world but  wanted to know what Naruto wanted to do with his life.

He  believed Naruto to be the one to either bring Peace or Destruction, but  with how Naruto was being raised, he was worried about what could he  want to do.

Usually, he would want to wait until Naruto reached at least 10 years old to approach him, but he had no time left.

"I will, but before I talk about that" he suddenly clapped his hands and two figures came out behind Hagoromo.

Naruto eyed both of them. He couldn't help but have a feeling that he met them before.

The  first had a weird friendly face and was smiling but the second one was  eyeing Naruto almost like he was expecting to fight the kid.

The  second one had long dark hair, that reached his middle back, a strange  War Fan tied behind his back, and wearing red armor...