I dont own naruto
Prologue
"For thousands of years 9 grand and glorious pillars stood around the world. These pillars extended themselves to the heavens with no end in site. No one living had ever seen the tops of the pillars. The pillars were of legend, said to keep the word at peace and make sure the world flourished with life and happiness. That these pillars held up the sky itself. Each pillar had a corresponding kingdom and king. So within the world were 9 kingdoms and 9 kings. All the kingdoms were sharing peace, never trying to interfere, with one another. The 9 kings were all close as well, having gatherings once a year to speak of the future and what was needed in each country. The world was stable and in a golden age.
That was until 100 years ago however. The original kings having long ago died, and being replaced by their decedents. The old teachings and legends had gone astray, and nobody knew why these 9 kingdoms and kings were at harmony. But everyone was so absorbed in their own lives that it didn't matter to them and they just went about their business. Then the king of the 9th empire got a terrible illness. It was a heart condition that no medic could cure, not even the best sorcerers. His heart and organs were slowly devoured and eventually disintegrated all together.
The king's death was tragic and the world did mourn for him, but the problem arose with the king having no legitimate blood heir to follow to the thrown. The other 8 kings went into a panic at what should be done, for this kind of thing had no precedent. Unfortunately the kings weren't worried for the reason they should be. All were concerned with their own kingdoms and the possibility to expand for the first time in centuries. So every kingdom quickly formed up their armies to try to "peacefully" take the land. Almost all kings sent their respective armies at the same time, and thus the 1st recorded world war accord, it was gruesome killing thousands, all within the 9th kingdom's old borders. No one's attention was on the 9th kingdoms pillar however. With the kings death and no heir the pillar slowly cracked. Then all the inner fighting within the kingdom, the pillars peaceful nature wasn't being appeased so it was cracking even more. The final straw came when the battle came to the kingdom's castle, and obliterating it. The last remnant of the 9th kingdom was no more, and the pillar shattered.
Now the remembered legends of the pillars were that they kept the world thriving, and that peace flourished because of them. Well those legends were wrong, and the world was unprepared for what they were for. In essence the pillars held back chaos. The pillars had to each have a blood heir from their original constructors sitting on the thrown of the pillar's kingdom, or it would crumble and fall. Unfortunately the pillars were built inner connected, meaning all 9 were needed or the others would also crumble and die. Slowly that happened 10 years after the shattering of the 9th pillar, all the other 8 had died, and the evil it was keeping back sprang forth. The demons. 9 great beasts of fury, each with a different number of tails dictating its strength, had been set loose on a world that had long since forgotten them and their powers of destruction.
Within no time at all the kingdoms had fallen and all that was good and green in the world was gone. The things that remained were rivers of lava, burnt forests, and the occasional village. The 9 demons each took over their respective kingdoms were their pillar had been located. Killing millions and sending the world to a practical hell, and no race of creature seemed to have any shot at defeating these beasts. And that is how the earth has faired for the last 100 years or so. It had been suffering and dieing.
I don't know why I say all this. It just seems like I had to get it out of my head. I could never stand that story that my mother had told me when I was young. Of course her story was far more graphic with much more gore and death. If the need hits me I will tell that version of the story but I doubt anyone will want to hear it. Very few like to hear about how they had paradise then 8 men sent us to hell. I find it funny that as I sit in my tree looking around the village that this is what comes to my mind. My name is Haruno Sakura and I want out of this kami-forsaken world."