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After his brother was captured by Akatsuki, Raikage became furious and dispatched a squad to track them down. He also called a meeting of the Five Kages to discuss taking care of the Akatsuki problem.

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Ranmaru may have been orphaned due to his clan being wiped out in the bloodline massacres. Ranmaru eventually wound up in a small village, using his bloodline ability to spy on the outside world. Cursed with sickness and gimp legs, Ranmaru could not leave the small village cabin he called home. When Kurosuki Raiga and hunter-nins came to the village looking for the one who spied on Hidden Mist, they indiscriminately wiped out many in the village. When Raiga found Ranmaru, the young boy told him they were alike. Faced with the pain of being alive, they went through life in sadness. Ranmaru told Raiga he could kill him if it would bring his life meaning, and this moved Raiga.

Raiga asked about Ranmaru's past and then decided to work with him and become the young boys arms and legs. Ranmaru was given a chance to finally see the outside world and used his abilities to become Raiga's new eyes. The two left the country and traveled the world, eventually stopping in the River Country. There they found the Katabami goldmine under oppressive administrative governance. The miners welcomed Raiga overthrowing them from power. Over the next six months Ranmaru would help Raiga extend dominance over the area.

Ranmaru was separated from Raiga thanks to Rock Lee, then questioned by his team and Naruto. Ranmaru's loyalty to Raiga was proved when the child revived him with a chakra transfer. However, Ranmaru was later fed the "curry of life" and was restored to full health. He tried to trick Raiga into carrying them both off a clif, but when the plan failed, he attempted to persuade Raiga to stop his live burials and dictatorship. Raiga refused and turned on Ranmaru, where Naruto had no choice but to send Raiga off a cliff. Raiga, with nothing left, committed suicide. Ranmaru returned with Karashi and learned the secrets to making the "curry of life".

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Legend states that Rikudou Sennin faced the Juubi, or ten-tailed demon. Unable to stop the beast directly, he sealed the demon's power within his own body and placed the Juubi's body into a mass of rock which became the moon. As his life as the Juubi Jinchuuriki was nearing its end, he split the Juubi into nine parts and dispersed it around the world. These parts would become the Bijuu.

In his life Rikudou fathered two sons. The elder son received his father's "eyes": his powerful chakra and spirtual energy. His youngest son received his "body": his life force and physical energy. The eldest son believed power was the key to peace, while the young son believed that love was the key. On his death bed the Rikudou chose his youngest son as successor. This caused the elder brother to act out in hatred against his brother, as he felt his father should have chosen him instead. The agression between the two families would carry on through time. The descendants of the elder brother would become the Uchiha, and the youngests descendants would become the Senju.

Some numerous years later, Uchiha Madara regarded the Rikudou myth as truth, and believed that the conflict between those two clans had a place in the modern world in the conflict between Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto. Madara planned to use Sasuke to allow him to capture the Bijuu and free the Juubi. He would then cast a powerful Genjutsu on the moon to control of all mankind.

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Legend states that in his life Rikudou Sennin fathered two sons. The elder son received his father's "eyes": his powerful chakra and spiritual energy. His youngest son received his "body": his life force and physical energy. The eldest son believed power was the key to peace, while the youngest son believed that love was the key. On his deathbed, the Rikudou chose his youngest son as successor. This caused the elder brother to act out in hatred against his brother, as he felt his father should have chosen him instead.

The aggression between the two families would carry on through time. The descendants of the elder brother would become the Uchiha, and the youngest brother the Senju. Some numerous years later, Uchiha Madara regarded the Rikudou myth as truth, and believed that the conflict between those two clans had a place in the modern world in the conflict between Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto.

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Legend states that in his life Rikudou Sennin fathered two sons. The elder son received his father's "eyes": his powerful chakra and spiritual energy. His youngest son received his "body": his life force and physical energy. The eldest son believed power was the key to peace, while the young son believed that love was the key. On his deathbed, the Rikudou chose his youngest son as successor. This caused the elder brother to act out in hatred against his brother, as he felt his father should have chosen him instead.

The aggression between the two families would carry on through time. The descendants of the elder brother would become the Uchiha, and the youngest brother the Senju. Some numerous years later, Uchiha Madara regarded the Rikudou myth as truth, and believed that the conflict between those two clans had a place in the modern world in the conflict between Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto.

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Rin and her teammates were ordered to destroy a bridge during a war against Hidden Rock some 13 years before the start of the series. When they embarked on their misson she and her team celebrated Kakashi's advacement to the rank of Jounin. To celebrate, she gave Kakashi a medical pack as a gift and the Fourth Hokage gave him a special kunai. To her surprise she learned Obito had forgotten to get anything for Kakashi. The Fourth Hokage told the team Kakashi would be their leader on their mission because he had to go elsewhere to lend support to fellow Leaf ninja already in battle.

On their way to their destination, the trio was attacked by Rock-Nins and Rin herself was kidnapped. Obito was determined to rescue Rin but Kakashi was more focused on completing the mission. Appealing to Kakashi's feelings for his father, Obito managed to sway Kakashi into helping him. While tracking them down, Obito fought one of the Rock ninja and managed to activate the Sharingan he had so desperately wanted. Unfortunately Kakashi injured his left eye in the battle. Obito and Kakashi then found Rin's location and saw she was under a genjutsu spell. The enemy ninjas were attemping to gather military information from her so the Leaf ninjas attacked and overcame the Rock ninja. Unfortunately the ninja was not knocked out and he caused an earth jutsu to crush Obito.

Obito asked Rin to do him a favor. Perform an operation to give Kakashi his left eye. Obito knew his body was crushed and he had no chance for survival, so he asked Rin to help him give Kakashi a gift since he had forgotten to before. Crying, Rin agreed and the present Kakashi was born. With the new Sharingan eye in place, Kakashi was able to fully utilize the Chidori and avoid counter attacks. As Rock reinforcements came, Kakashi and Rin had to flee leaving Obito behind. Rin learned that Obito had loved her but she was unable to return the feelings because she was always enamoured with Kakashi and never knew of Obito's love until it was too late. As Kakashi and Rin became surrounded, Kakashi attempted to use the Chidori but passed out because he had used all his chakra. Rin used the Hokage's gift to Kakashi, a special teleportation kunai which brought him to their location for support. The Fourth Hokage was able to arrive in time and save the pair. Rin, Kakashi and the Fourth Hokage were able to go on and destroy the bridge.

Rin's current whereabouts are unknown.

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Rock Lee participated in the Chuunin exam with his teammates Neji and Ten-Ten. He made it to the preliminaries of the third round but was defeated by Gaara of the Sand. Lee was forced to use a Kinjutsu forbidden technique to try and beat Gaara, however he pushed his body beyond its limits and damaged his muscles. He was then further injured by the crushing jutsu of Gaara's, which badly damaged his bones.

After the match Lee was told he would be unable to become a ninja due to the extent of the injuries. When Tsunade returned to Leaf Village she examined Lee's injuries. She determined that surgery was possible to repair the damage, however, there was also a 50% chance the surgery could result in Lee's death. Lee decided fulfilling his ninja way was worth the risk so Tsunade operated on him. The surgery proved to be a success and Lee was able to continue his ninja training.

Lee then hurried after Team Shikamaru as they rushed to return Sasuke. Lee arrived just in time to assist Naruto fight Kimimaro. Unfortunately when Lee left the hospital he grabbed Tsunade's sake bottle instead of his medicine. When he ingested the sake he got inebriated and used Suiken to confuse Kimimaro. Though he managed to connect several times, Kimimaro began to get the upper hand, until Gaara arrived. Sent alongside his siblings to help the group, Lee watched as Gaara put Kimimaro away for good. The two young men also had the opportunity to connect and put the past behind them.

Lee and the rest would return to the village unable to save Sasuke. Over the following years Lee advanced his skills and his rank, passing the Chuunin Exam. Shortly after Naruto returned to the village after training with Jiraiya, a new mission came in. Gaara had been abducted by Akatsuki and Team Gai was sent to help Team Kakashi. Lee helped his team fight the faux-Kisame and also battled their doppelgangers. Fortunately Naruto managed to save Gaara and Sand ninja Chiyo gave her life to bring him back to life. Lee then returned to Konoha with his team to await their next mission.

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Rokubi and Utakata were captured by Akatsuki. Akatsuki then removed Rokubi from Utakata's body, killing the host.

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Aoi was hired to prevent Idate from winning the Todoroki Shrine race. If Idate were to lose, Boss Jirocho would no longer control the Tea Country. When Team 7 was hired to protect Idate, they were able to confront Aoi and the three Rain Genin of Oboro, Kagari and Mubi. Trying to hit Aoi with a Chidori, Sasuke was struck by the sword and knocked out. But Naruto was able to strike Aoi with a Rasengan, and send the ninja flying off a cliff into the water and rocks below. His current status is unknown.

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Roushi was defeated in battle by Kisame, who chose to take him on solo. Kisame admired his strength and powerful elemental fusion jutsu. After his defeat, the Yonbi was removed from his body, resulting in his death.