
CHAPTER 12: Love & Hatred - A Never Ending Cycle - Part 2
(Back in Senju Compound... Land of waves)
"Mom... Who is he..?" Naruto inquired pointing to another picture. The picture showed an elderly man, who had long red hair, moustache and a squared-off goatee. He also wore an armour like Hashirama, but it does not have the shoulder guards. Under the armour, he wore a long-sleeved black outfit, the shoulders of which bore the crest of Uzushiogakure. He had two swords which have curved handles that are strapped to his back. He wore a forehead protector with Uzumaki emblem displayed proudly on his forehead.
"He is Ashina Uzumaki... My Great grandfather from my grandmother Mito Uzumaki side... My grandfather...," She paused and ruffled Naruto's hair and continued, "Your Great grandfather Hashirama, Uchiha clan leader Madara Uchiha and your great great grandfather Ashina Uzumaki founded the Leaf village." She explained.
"Uzumaki..?" Naruto asked in confusion.
"Uzumaki and Senju are brothers if I have to say particularly. It was said that the founders of these two clans are the children of the same father. So that's why Senju and Uzumaki always have good relations." She said with pride.
"Sweet..! Can we meet them..?" Naruto asked with excitement.
Tsunade did not know how to say it to her innocent son, but the truth has to be told at some point, so she thought why not now. "Naru... You can't meet them..." She paused taking a deep breath and continued, "They were targeted by three villages in the Second Shinobi World War. Cloud, Stone and Mist made sure that the Uzumaki village was destroyed." She informed her son sadly.
Naruto's eyes started to water. His innocent mind could not comprehend why anyone will destroy a village full of innocent people like that. "But why...?" He asked with eyes full of tears.
Tsunade wiped Naruto's eyes and asked, "You remember the legend I told you about The Sage of The Six Paths..?"
At Naruto's nod she continued, "Senju, Uchiha and Uzumaki were the descendants of the Sage. Senjus have inherited the sage's bodily prowess, Uchihas have inherited the sage's visual prowess and Uzumaki have inherited the sage's unique chakra and his most treasured tools."
"Unique chakra and treasured tools...?" Naruto questioned with confusion.
"Uzumaki's chakra is far denser than the regular human's chakra. Their chakra was able to hold down even the mightiest of the tailed beasts. No weapon or jutsu was able to break the Adamantine Chains created by their unique chakra. It was said that my grandmother Mito Uzumaki held down The Nine Tailed Fox which was covered in Madara Uchiha's Susanoo protection along with him using her adamantine chains, when he was defeated by my grandfather Hashirama." Tsunade made sure to subtly leave out the part about Mito becoming the first Jinchuriki of the Kyubi.
Naruto doesn't know why he is feeling satisfied all of sudden from inside when heard that Madara Uchiha along with his Susanoo were held down by his great grandmother Mito Uzumaki, but he paid it no mind. "Wow, my great grandmother is awesome.... Believe it...!" He shouted rising a fist to the sky.
"Anyway... Back to the topic..." Tsunade continued coming back to the reason why Uzumaki were targeted by the three villages. "Along with Sage's unique chakra and his most treasured tools, Uzumakis also inherited sage's knowledge in sealing techniques. Their sealing methods were so legendary that they made the other villages to become wary of their power. When the three villages were itching for a war with the Leaf village, they knew for sure that the Uzuamkis will come for the Leaf's aid, so they made truce between each other for a short period of time and banded together to destroy Land of Whirlpools first. After the Uzumakis were destroyed, Cloud retrieved all of the Sage's treasured tools from the Land of Whirlpools as spoils of war." Tsunade stopped to wipe some tears she was having herself.
"Mom..?" Naruto asked concerned as he noticed his mother wiping her eyes.
"Its nothing... Some dirt got into my eye, that's all..." Tsunade replied to her son who nodded.
"Why didn't Leaf Village help The Land of Whirlpools?" Naruto asked with some anger that Leaf did not help the Uzumaki.
"My grand uncle has made my sensei Hiruzen Sarutobi the Third Hokage just before he sacrificed himself as a decoy when he and his pupils were ambushed by 20 Rogue Cloud Jonins being led by Ginkaku and Kinkaku brothers, at the meeting place where the peace talks between Leaf and Cloud are to take place. These rogue cloud ninja did not want Leaf and Cloud to become allies, so they attacked both my grand uncle's squad and the squad of The Second Raikage Ay too. Before my sensei can come back to Leaf and take full responsibility as The Third Hokage and analyze the situation, the attack on Uzumaki happened by the combined effort of Cloud, Stone and Mist." Tsunade informed.
"But mom... If Cloud wanted to be allied with Leaf, then why did they plan to attack Land Of Whirlpools even before they met with great grandpa Tobirama?" Naruto questioned catching on.
"Before these rogue ninja can implement their ambush attack on both The Second Hokage and The Second Raikage, they had spread a rumor in Cloud that the Raikage will be assassinated by Leaf at the meeting place. They cleverly spread this rumor after The Second Raikage left the village for peace meetings, so the Raikage doesn't know about this cause he was out of the village when the rumor had spread." She paused to make sure Naruto was following. At his understanding nod she continued, "As the rumor started to spread, Cloud village council made a backup plan to attack Land of Whirlpools in case if the rumor is true, so they can cut The Leaf Village off from its ally."
"So as soon as they heard the news of their Raikage's death, they attacked Land of Whirlpools along with Stone and Mist, before grandpa Hiruzen can even comeback to leaf and know about the attack..?" Naruto asked calmly staring at the picture of Ashina Uzumaki.
Tsunade was surprised at his calmness but still nodded and said, "An army of over 50,000 ninjas from all three villages combined were deployed to take down the Uzumaki at first. After that another 20,000 ninjas were sent again."
"What happened..?" Naruto asked in surprise facing his mother. Why did the three villages need that many ninja to defeat Land of whirlpools?
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