The Battle Begins

Not even five years have passed since the Fourth Great Ninja War, in which all of the Five Great Nations banded together to rid the world of the Akatsuki's evil. Eighteen-year-old Hidden Leaf ANBU Akazo Nimiah believed that true worldwide peace was finally being attained... that is until a man named Gyatsō Mataba steps in, launching chaos to the shinobi world out of nowhere.

A new, independent nation dubbing themselves as the Hidden Dark rallying behind him. A group of seven extremely loyal and extremely deadly shinobi doing his dirty work. Allies as notorious as Orochimaru at his side. With all of these, just what could Gyatsō be plotting? The answer puts the existence of the Five Great Nations at stake.