When Makoto was four years old, his parents– both were ninjas – went out to war. Two months later he found out that they were killed by ninja from the Village of Dragons. The murder of his parents gave Makoto his life's mission, the destruction of the Village of Dragons. One year later, a man appeared at Makoto's house, offering to adopt him and subsequently train him in ninjutsu. This man then told Makoto that the Village of Dragons had caused a large part of the time period's military conflict, encouraging him to follow his life's goal as a form of revenge. As Makoto grew older, he used the man's words to train so that he can destroy the village with his squad. After Makoto was promoted to Chunin at age fourteen, he attempted to destroy historic sections of the Village of Dragons, but fa