Sarutobi was trained by the 2nd Hokage and would later train Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru. He was chosen over Danzo to be the 3rd Hokage because Danzo was a war hawk. Danzo created "Root," a secret group within the Leaf village that swore to do what the dove-like Sarutobi could not, but Sarutobi found out and had the group disbanded.

Sarutobi once hoped Orochimaru would succeed him as Hokage, but he saw the darkness inside him and started to favor Jiraiya. With Jiraiya on his journey, Sarutobi would select Minato to succeed him as Hokage. However, Minato would die saving the village from the Kyuubi, and with Jiraiya and Tsunade's whereabouts unknown, Sarutobi would once again resume his position as Hokage.

After the 4th Hokage's death, the Uchihas would be blamed for the Kyuubi's attack and, despite Sarutobi's protests, the Uchihas were segregated and forced to live in a corner of the village by the elders. Fugaku, the leader of the Uchihas, planned to take over the village in retribution. Sarutobi and the elders caught wind of this and Sarutobi began negotiations, which didn't work. The elders feared that if the Uchihas attacked that it would leave the village vulnerable and it was necessary to kill the Uchihas before a 4th ninja war occurred. To add to Sarutobi's grief, he would later discover the horrible crimes that Orochimaru committed. But despite his anger, he couldn't bring himself to kill his student, allowing Orochimaru to flee the village.

Eventually it will be the Leaf village's turn to host the chuunin exams. the 4th Kazekage, leader of the Sand village, decided to attend and watched up high next to Sarutobi. What Sarutobi and the rest of the Leaf village wouldn't know is that the Chuunin exams was a cover for a united invasion by the Sand and Sound villages, the latter being Orochimaru's brain child. However what the Sand village wouldn't know is that Orochimaru betrayed them and impersonated their Kazekage... after killing the real one. Sarutobi would have to fight his former student to the death. But to make the situation seem all that much more cruel, Orochimaru used a forbidden Jutsu to revive the The First Hokage and The Second Hokage, Sarutobi's teachers, as his undead servants. Things were bad and, being almost 70, he knew that he wasn't as powerful as he used to be. After a hard fight, Sarutobi knew the only way to win was to use Minato's technique to pull out the souls of the 1st and 2nd Hokages aswell as Orochimaru's, however he left himself open to a fatal blow and he wasn't able to seal Orochimaru's soul, but he did manage to seal Orochimaru's arms. In his death he took what Orochimaru valued most; his techniques.

Powers/Techniques

Sarutobi has displayed: "Technique Neutralizer" where he he cancels his opponent's technique by matching the chakra used for the technique. "Groundhog Decapitation" where he travels underground and pulls his opponent down to their necks. "Shadow Clone" where he creates a copy of himself that is capable of fighting and using techniques, but can't take very much damage without dispersing. "Multi-Shadow Clone" where he creates more than one shadow clone. "Shuriken Shadow Clone" where he throws a single shuriken and then creates many physical copies of that single shuriken. "Moving Land River" where causes the ground beneath his opponent to move rapidly. "Earth Style Wall" where he creates a gigantic protective rock wall. "Earth Dragon Missiles" where he creates what looks like a dragon's head to come out of the ground and shoot compressed earth at his opponents. "Dragon Flame" where he projects a continuous stream of fire from his mouth. And "Reaper Death Seal," a technique that he learned from Minato which pulls the soul of his opponent out of their body, at the cost of the user's own life.

He's also capable of summoning monkeys, most notably Enma the Monkey King. Enma is capable of using the technique "Free-Form Diamond-Like Hardness" where he transforms into a near-indestructible, size altering pole which Sarutobi uses as a weapon.

he used the forbidden jutsu of the fourth Hokage he died in a fight against orochimaru he did it for his clan.