*In a laboratory hidden on an island under the moon*
"Hmm that boy is special, he has a strange healing ability so maybe he would be able to withstand the power".
"So what do you want me to do, while I was observing him I found out that he is very powerful, probably as powerful as a high jonin because he has the rare Mongekyou Sharingan".
"Hmm we will just keep an eye on him until the time is right, but when the time is right send team Alpha to subdue him, we can't miss this opportunity".
"Yes sir".
*Half a year later*
Two small hooded figures were walking around the street of a small town located in the land of Rain. The effects of the war were evident as the poverty had gone up, people were sleeping on the muddy floor while others were a little luckier and were lying under the canopies that covered shops and made homes for people.
There were people of all ages huddled together to try and keep warm. This was a shelter made for the innocent victims caught in a war. Most people were starving while others had enough money to buy food for their families, but the price of food had skyrocketed and people would have to hide their food to not get attacked by other people.
The place would have been lawless if not for a group of shinobi sent from the capital of Ame to help out their citizens. There was an allowance of food that was given out every day but only enough to make you not die of hunger.
It was torture for these people as they were being kept on the verge of death, some people tried to take more food than they were allowed but these unlucky souls were killed in front of the public to make an example to the rest.
Izuna and Konan were waiting in the queue to get their share of food like the rest of the people until they heard a cry from the front of the queue.
"No, please sir my wife is sick and she needs the food or she will die"
"Yeah well if you take that share of food for your wife I wonder what unlucky person in this queue would have to die of hunger, huh tell me which one do you want to sacrifice."
All the people in the queue gave the man trying to get more food a death stare. Everyone had been through hell and here this man was being selfish trying to take more food, even if his wife was sick they all thought that it would be better if she died because she certainly wasn't going to live much longer so they thought that it would be better for her to die and give the food to the rest of them.
This wasn't the first time people have seen things like this happen. The man looked around at the people giving him death stares and started crying and pleading to the man. He in response kicked him straight in the stomach, so hard people could hear his rib crack as he was sent flying.
"I'm so s-sorry" was all he could say before he died the people around just ignored him and stayed in the queue this was something that happened often which is why the man didn't waste any time and just kicked him.
It wasn't a surprise that he died from the kick because he was already on the verge of death just like most people here. Izuna and Konan watched the event unfold and sighed, there was nothing that they could do to help the man and they had their problems.
They were forced to live in the small town because they weren't safe in the forest anymore. Even though they were strong they didn't have enough stamina to keep protecting themselves as more shinobi groups entered the forest. after these fights, the landscape would be ruined as the nations were sending their more skilled fighters. Izuna and Konan couldn't keep up
The nations started by sending cannon fodder out to eliminate as many foes as they could. Then as the battle intensified they would send their more skilled fighters. They did this because if they started with their skilled fighters, their skills, and fighting styles would be used on the weaker opponents and this meant that the enemy could get important intel to take down their stronger shinobi making them lose the war.
Izuna and Konan had been here for a week and their routine was to get their food every morning then sneak out to a cave not far from the town and stay there. They didn't want to live in the village because they had lots of food and supplies and if the town's people saw this they would attack them or the shinobi running the town would take them, so they had no choice but to hide it.
They didn't mind living in the cave as they could relax more because other shinobi wouldn't attack the town unless they were from the leaf and had the power to do so.
The Land of Rain was forced to participate in the war and join sides with the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth as the land was sandwiched between the two nations so there were constant battles taking place in their land.
The Southeast side of the Land of Rain was ravaged and destroyed by the constant fighting so they had no choice but to team up on Konoha and Finnish during the war.
Konoha was in a tight spot because there was also the sky country (SORA) that joined in on the war as they held a grudge against the land of fire. This meant that there was fighting on almost all sides of Konoha but surprisingly they were standing their ground.
The nation that suffered the most was the Land of Rain because they were in the middle of all the fighting making things worse, and the fact that they were the weakest didn't help them.
Right now in the cave, Konan was cooking some dinner for both of them while Izuna was trying to improve his healing ability. Since they couldn't go out and practice their fighting skills, Izuna was focusing on the skills that he could do.
"I'll be out for a bit, just going to take a swim".
"Ok be quick because dinner is almost ready".
Izuna was quite sweaty after his training so he was going to go to the nearby river to take a swim. He was just about to take his clothes off when out of nowhere a needle came and hit him in the back of the neck, it was too fast for him to react.
He instantly summoned his Susanoo straight to the armored stage because he realized that his foe was stronger than him so he decided to go all out from the start to surprise him.
He slashed his Susanoo katana behind him trying to catch the person off-guard. "Booom!!" A loud explosion could be heard from miles away as the ground shook.
"What was that" all the people in the town turned pale, they thought they were under attack.
"H-hey you"
"Me"
"Yes you go s-see what that was and report back I have to stay to, to errr Yes I have to stay here and protect the citizens"
"W-wait what y-you want me t-to go"
They were all terrified out of their minds even the shinobi who were supposed to protect the land were scared.
Konan immediately dropped what she was doing and began to run in the direction of the sound but when she got there all she could see was a massive crater. She could feel Izunas chakra still residing in the air and also a weird chakra too.
She started to sweat, as she kept telling herself 'he's alright, how could he not be'. She started to look around for him and she found some blood. She didn't know who's it was so she began to panic even more.
Before Izuna came into her life there was a hole in her heart from when her parents had been killed, but he was the one who filled that hole and gave her a purpose in life. She couldn't let him die.
*In a dark room far away *
"Oi wake up sleeping beauty".