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Elemental Nations, 42.
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Days passed while the entire ninja world was in chaos at that moment.
News and rumors spread along with demands, apologies, and even requests for refunds for what had happened in every direction.
After Uzushiogakure had completely vanished from the eyes of the world, no one found any trace of the Uzumaki island anymore.
The news about the dead kage, the missing bijuu, and the thousands of massacred shinobi spread across all the lands, while everyone was entirely shocked by the outcome of the battle around Uzushiogakure.
Countries close to the coast, such as the Land of Ramen, the Land of Waves, and the Land of Hot Water, spread rumors coming from their ports, while fishermen and sailors could see the explosions from afar out at sea, echoes of a battle that shook the entire world. Not even the entire Second Great Ninja War had demanded such an amount of chakra as what happened in this event, used so greatly by both sides, given that the bijuu had never launched as many attacks as they did in the Land of Whirlpools.
The name Minato Namikaze spread across the entire world like uncontrollable flames. If the world already called Minato the "Yellow Flash" at the end of the Second War—something he had anticipated long before the original timeline due to the fight he had against the Raikage at the northern border at that time—now he had reached a new level in this battle:
The living ninja who could kill kage.
How many people in the world could claim the same thing? All those who had ever assassinated kage were dead, while there were kage who had indeed been murdered and others who had died of old age or illness.
Besides that, he was the ninja who took down most of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, who fought against bijuu, who could stop even bijuu-dama and hold them in the palms of his hands, who could fight against the Kazekage with his bare fists, who had an alliance with the toad clan and could use their Sage Mode. Who could fly in the sky and had a unique Kekkei Genkai in the ninja world, an unprecedented one that had never appeared before, a user of the Light element.
Even so, Minato Namikaze quickly exploded in notoriety, associated with the assassination of a Kazekage, a Mizukage, and a Raikage. Not to mention that he brought Konoha's own Hokage to his knees and defeated Oonoki, throwing him far from the battlefield, also forcing the Fourth Kazekage to his knees and making him flee with his tail between his legs.
A ninja who became a Konoha deserter to fight a war alone — and change it completely.
From the high-ranking shinobi of the world to ordinary citizens, everyone heard about Minato, while merchants brought news and rumors heard in the villages and on the road. This event was simply too big, and the entire world could not ignore it: there was a ninja powerful enough to make entire nations tremble in fear all by himself.
And it wasn't just him.
The names of the four girls who had also left Konoha at Minato's side began circulating right after his. The fact that there was a Kyūbi jinchūriki with perfect control would already shock the entire world on its own. But this time, she was associated as Minato Namikaze's companion.
And just like her, Mikoto Uchiha — the user who managed to fight against the Raikage and many shinobi from the Hidden Cloud Village using her powerful eye, the legendary Mangekyō Sharingan — unleashed a power the world had long forgotten.
It didn't take long for people to associate that with Uchiha Madara, since the older generations, those who witnessed the Warring States Era and were still alive, claimed they had seen a similar power coming from the legendary Uchiha. Research on the Uchiha ocular power, something even the clan itself had forgotten, began spreading through all the elemental nations.
Mikoto ended up being feared just as much as the perfect jinchūriki. A new Madara Uchiha was rising in the world, as many said.
And it wasn't just the two of them.
Tsuna Senju was a more well-known name than before. Daughter of the famous Tsunade Senju, while her mother was known as the most capable medical kunoichi in the world, her daughter surpassed her in terms of combat, at least, though her medical ability was not far behind her mother's. The entire world now knew the one who mastered the Sage Mode of Shikkotsu Forest, something even her mother had not achieved, and who fought equally against bijuu with overwhelming strength. According to rumors, there was no punch more powerful anywhere in the world than the one that girl wielded.
Hanabi Hyūga also became known. Perhaps not as powerful as the perfect jinchūriki or as Mikoto — who many claimed had powers comparable to Uchiha Madara — even so, Hanabi Hyūga was beginning to be recognized for her powerful wind-style combat, something outside the usual patterns of the Hyūga clan. She used wind release and her Byakugan to fire arrows with high precision and destructive force strong enough to be ranked as an A-level jutsu, killing most shinobi who entered her range. Placing her as someone that, if you were within her line of sight, you could only expect death, no matter if you were hidden among trees or stones.
The names of these four girls had not been spoken much after the world war, some of them even unknown to the ninja world outside Konoha, but now no one could deny it. Even people who paid little attention to the Uzumaki themselves — who were also in battle — commented on the five individuals who had left the Leaf Village to fight against kage, bijuu, and ninja powerhouses.
Each of the clans associated with each of the girls gained immediate prestige in Konoha and in the world. All were considered producers of geniuses, even if unintentionally, and ended up receiving a certain reputation after this event.
The Uzumaki clan, which had produced the perfect jinchūriki within Konoha, surpassing even the wife of the First Hokage — something outsiders claimed, while Sarutobi had no idea what to think about it — still wondered how Kushina had managed to control Kurama under his eyes and surveillance, even with him and Danzō always watching her closely. After all, Minato was already classified as a dangerous ninja for their government in Konoha, and this association with Kushina made them cautious. However, that didn't change the fact that she had deceived them all anyway — or rather, Minato had done something that fooled everyone right under their noses, and when they realized it, they had already lost.
The Uchiha clan had also regained great respect in the world, as once again it had produced a kunoichi powerful enough to fight against a kage alone — and not just any kage, but one of the most feared, the Raikage.
While the clan itself seemed lost about how things were unfolding, some elders bitterly regretted having expelled Mikoto from the clan. Besides the trouble they caused in that incident — where Minato interfered, killed an elder, and practically forced the entire clan to its knees — they also lost someone who would have brought the clan back to its peak. Someone who would make the Uchiha even more feared than ever.
Although they were gaining fame indirectly through Mikoto, it wasn't the same with her no longer being associated with the clan, since rumors circulated that she was no longer a clan member, having been expelled, as she was going to marry Minato Namikaze — something the clan did not accept back then, and now it was a true slap in their faces.
They could very well have made Mikoto the future clan matriarch in place of her father, which would have been quite fitting, allowing her to marry someone outside the clan while still ensuring her children would be the next leaders. Even if she chose to be a housewife and take care of her children, the Uchiha would still have a matriarch, which would bring numerous advantages, since even if she didn't handle clan matters, the elders could do all the work for her while she merely remained leader in name, granting the clan reputation for it.
Even if some other elders argued that she should marry another pure Uchiha — claiming her association with Minato would not produce capable heirs because the blood wouldn't be pure — still, the regret of most of the clan was visible.
Mazu Uchiha looked at his elders arguing and sighed. They had finally secured a seat in the village's decision-making. He was now part of the Council, as he should be. The Nara clan, the Senju clan, and the Hatake clan — with the latter temporarily holding the village's leadership. Mazu was proud that the Uchiha clan finally had its place, but it still never seemed to satisfy the elders, and they always wanted more.
And now they were arguing about another problem: his daughter.
Those fools hadn't thought twice before expelling her from the clan, and now they cried because she had developed the Mangekyō Sharingan and was no longer part of the clan. Mazu couldn't help thinking about that as he watched them argue. His gaze shifted to Fugaku Uchiha, who had remained silent the entire time.
He had given up on his own daughter long ago, knowing that Mikoto was beyond their control. He had married another woman, and his wife was pregnant. Fugaku would be a good leader, Mazu believed, but if he had the chance, he wouldn't think twice — he would place his daughter as the clan's matriarch, married to Minato or not. But that was not the case. He knew he couldn't hope for it. Fugaku would soon be the next clan leader. He felt his life wouldn't last much longer and only wished to at least see his grandson, who would be born in a few months.
He had no doubt the child would be an extraordinary shinobi, both from the mother's side and the father's. And it didn't matter if he wouldn't be 100% Uchiha — he would be the son of the most feared man in the ninja world at the moment. The same man who already had a reputation for facing Hanzo and kage in the Second Great Ninja War now held the reputation of killing three kage in less than two weeks.
In the Senju clan, now composed of only two people, they watched the news about Tsuna with wide smiles on their faces. They hadn't arrived in time for the battle, which earned them some regret since Konoha had delayed so much.
But soon they began receiving battle reports from the surviving shinobi themselves. Seeing that the elemental nations tried to hide what had happened was impossible when there were thousands of witnesses and when only one-sixth or one-fifth of the shinobi had returned — some without their kage, others without their bijuu... entire nations had been weakened.
The Senju clan now consisted only of Tsunade, her brother, his future wife, and little Yamato, who was still being trained by Tsunade after being adopted.
"Tsuna did well," Tsunade said, satisfied, reading the scrolls about her daughter's performance in battle. Seeing her daughter punch bijuu hard enough to send them flying was something Tsunade couldn't keep herself from smiling about. The Senju clan was being feared by the world once again. Besides their medical abilities in the Second World War, the strength Tsuna displayed had brought her to a level where the Senju clan had produced someone of Kage level.
"That's my niece!" Nawaki laughed beside her, also pleased as he read.
"See? Our clan isn't completely lost, so you, my dear brother, will have the role of restoring it. After all, my daughter won't take the Senju surname like my husband did, and I need many capable nephews!" Tsunade crossed her arms and spoke directly to her brother, who immediately shrank. There was only one way to restore the clan: producing children.
"Now hurry up and marry my lovely sister-in-law and produce many Senju!" Tsunade declared, while Nawaki grew a bit embarrassed by that.
The Hyūga didn't know whether the clan's growing fame through Hanabi was a good thing or a bad thing.
After all, at first the ninja world began praising her for her different way of using the Byakugan and her long-range combat style, something the clan did not practice.
They were traditional in Gentle Fist combat and close-quarters fighting. Using a bow and arrow was something that had displeased them from the very moment they heard about Hanabi using such a style with her Byakugan. And not only that — there was also the fact that Hanabi was a kunoichi born into the secondary branch and had still managed to remove the Caged Bird Seal, something that should not have been possible. But she managed it with help from her companions.
This motivated the secondary branch greatly. And now, with her growing fame, perhaps the Hyūga clan was on the verge of a revolt of the secondary family against the main family. This was horrible for the elders, even though, in the ninja world, they were gaining reputation through a rebellious kunoichi.
Konoha itself was in total chaos. The five shinobi who had left the village had become legends, bringing regret and frustration to Konoha's residents, who, in the ninja world, had become an indirect joke — that five people had gone to war on their own, abandoning their own village. Meanwhile, the entirety of Konoha had bowed like cowards for not protecting its own allies.
There were benefits, such as the immense rise of the three great clans within Konoha, but the village itself had become a joke, called cowards by most shinobi in the world.
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