Blood Moon

What started the 1st Shinobi World War,

Inside a compound within Konohagakure

"Tobirama, it seems my time is nearly over. My dearest brother, I entrust to you, the leadership of Konohagakure. Become the Hokage for me." A man with tanned-skin and black hair that reached to his waist said.

"Hashirama...." Tobirama's mind collapsed hearing the words of his brother.

Clenching his fists tightly he then muttered out

"I accept."

It was night time as the two brothers were in silence for a period of time. The two peered out to the window as they looked at the night sky.

Hashirama suddenly opened his lips and said

"I feel something ominous, brewing in the ninja world"

Tobirama heard what Hashirama said as he also knew what would happen when he finally passes.

...

Also inside the compound within another room

"Okaa-san, I finally won against you!" A cheerful little girl with light blonde hair commented.

...

Inside a cave where who knows where

The darkness permeated throughout the cave, signs of someone living was present as the night sky was shining through a small gap within the cave.

"Hashirama... It seems like I win this one." A man with long black hair said, the most noticeable feature he had was a purple like spiral shape inside his eyes.

...

"Reporting to the Mizukage, the God of Shinobi, Hashirama has passed peacefully."

In another region in the shinobi world

"Reporting to the Tsuchikage..."

Within the cave again

"Rather... A war is about to commence, yet why is there something bothering me" As the man looked at the gap that enabled him to see the night sky. Something majestic was filling up the sky. The once grey moon was gone as a red hue had devoured it. The beauty of it was something breath-taking yet ominous.

"A blood moon...."

..

The whole shinobi world was erupting as the trait of humankind called "greed" has once again prevailed against the people.

Years passed,

The war that started as every village's greatest threat which was Hashirama was now gone. The war was over but the memories and trauma from it would never be gone. The terror of war is still ever so prevalent in the minds of the common people and the shinobi's who fought for their country.

Some thought,

'Was the war truly worth it?'

'Is sacrificing yourself for the benefit of the people in charge truly worth it for something as "glory"?'

....

Within the Country of Lightning

Inside a small forest outside a village,

A child who looked to be of 7 years of age, was picking up some herbs. There was a stoic expression on his face, something that was uncommon for kids like him.

The child picked up a few more herbs as he walked back to the village, on his way there he was greeted by the villagers

"Sandayu-chan, picking up herbs for Nanami-san again?" An old man said

"Yes." The child said briefly as he walked back to his home

Once he opened the door, he was met by a middle-aged woman

"Nanami-san, I have brought the herbs for today." Sandayu said as he placed them on the nearby table.

"What's with that look on your face? Why can't you smile like other kids?" Nanami questioned as she started to play around with Sandayu's face

"Aaargh, sh-top g-his." Sandayu begged

Nanami finally stopped as Sandayu forced a smile

Inwardly, the woman thought

'I'm sorry Chiyome-san, your child deserves to be happy yet he can't be' She sighed as she patted his head to comfort him.

Back when Sandayu was still 4 years of age, he used to ask everyday where his parents where. There was always an envious look on his face when he would see a child and a parent in the village. He originally thought that Nanami was his mother, but Nanami denied that.

Until one day, Nanami finally told the child. Ever since that day, the child shed his first pair of tears as he changed. The child tried to fight against those emotions resulting in the stoic faced child we see today. But in the end, he's still only a child.

Nanami took a closer look at the child as she carrassed his cheeks

'He took his father's black hair and his mother's eyes' The child's appearance looked to be of someone who would be dashing and handsome in the future as he donned a black hair along with amethyst colored eyes.

...

The day passed as Sandayu would once again venture out in the forest to pick up herbs.

When it was basically night as he lost track of time, he walked back to the village. But he heard a commotion, his instincts told him to just stay nearby the bushes.

He could see one of the small wooden houses burning down from afar

'Nanami-san' was his first thought when he looked at the sight.

His mind wanted to immediately rush out and see if she was okay, but his body did not move.

As he was forcing himself to move, he quickly got a sight of the perpetrators.

There were a group of men who wore very ragged clothes, they had a vicious appearance as they had a scar riddles on their bodies. The one in front was a dark-skinned man, what Sandayu noticed first when he saw him was that he was wearing some sort of forehead protector with a symbol he's not familiar with yet.

But the scene that he saw next will forever be engraved in his mind

"T-the O-old m-man...." He said in a frightened voice as he saw the old man who greeted him earlier be slowly stabbed to death. Blood spilled out from the frail body of the old man.

The child's whole body was shaking as he saw similar scenes happening when he looked around

"T-he a-auntie too..."

But what he saw next made him tremble fiercely.

The dark skinned man was dragging an injured Nanami, he couldn't stay still anymore after that.It's as if he lost all sense of rationality.

From there, he rushed out of the bushes.....