Chapter 1: Chapter 1: The Abandoned Son
In the Land of Lightning, the towering Third Raikage, a man of immense power, led his village with strength and pride. He was revered as a near-invincible force, a legend in his own time. But behind his stoic exterior, the Raikage had a secret—a son born to an Uchiha woman from the Hidden Leaf Village, a union of two great and powerful clans that had never been fully acknowledged.
The child, named Tetsuya, was abandoned shortly after his birth. His mother, a skilled Uchiha ninja, died during childbirth, leaving Tetsuya to be raised in the cold, unfeeling halls of the Raikage's palace. The Raikage, torn by his position and his pride, could not bear the responsibility of raising his son. The boy's existence was a reminder of past mistakes, a reminder of a love lost.
When Tetsuya was still an infant, he was quietly taken by a man known to the world only as Hanzo of the Salamander, the feared and legendary leader of the Hidden Rain Village. Hanzo had seen potential in the child, a bloodline that had the potential to rival even the most elite ninja, and decided to raise him in secret, far from the prying eyes of both the Raikage and the Hidden Leaf.
As the years passed, Tetsuya grew under Hanzo's guidance, becoming a young boy whose sharp mind was complemented by a devastating array of abilities. But within him was something much more dangerous: a bloodline inheritance from both the Raikage and the Uchiha clan.