Titles: Of Prodigies

Summary: In which he was reincarnated after dying again. Yes again, after living the lives from a civilian to a shinobi to many others, he's got it down and under his thumb. Now he's the twin of Konoha's 'prodigy'. Throw in another person who's the same as him and now Konoha has three prodigies that know too much about the world. OC/ reincarnate. Male character. AU

Main characters: Male oc, Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke Uchiha; Namikaze Minato, Hatake Kakashi more to be added.

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On the day of their graduation their mother woke them up early. Or as Ryu phrased it: "The ass crack of Dawn." To which Itachi elbowed his brother making him nearly spill a few grains of rice.

She brushed their hair and put them in a ponytail. Ryu wondered if she would let him cut it because it was becoming ridiculously long but the look of contentment on her face made him refrain.

A huff left him and Itachi made a side glance his way. He honestly didn't have the current excitement his family held since this was obviously not his first graduation.

'At least act like you are happy.' He reminded himself.

Right. This was a time of celebration and joy. They were graduating to be tools of Konoha.

He frowned.

Sasuke reached forward from in his mother's lap to pinch Ryu's cheek. Itachi made a snort as the little boy began to stretch his twin's face and Ryu began to stick his tongue out to amuse the small child.

"When we get there you two are to behave." Fugaku's cold voice cut through. "You two are representing the Uchiha clan." If it were not for Sasuke pulling Ryu's face he would have rolled his eyes. Instead he pulled away, to Sasuke's dismay and gave a quick. "Hai."

"The Namikaze will be there as well."

Translation: Don't screw up or you'll be punished.

"Yo." Ryu said in greeting as Rame walked up. To which the Hyuuga gave a small nod in their direction. Itachi nodded in his own greeting. They were at the academy's grounds. Families were gathered around for the big day.

"Anyone came for you?" Itachi asked the Hyuuga. Rame straightened up at the questioned.

"My uncle, the head of the main house and the clan. Since I'm now the youngest Hyuuga to graduate they kept saying something about 'you have to honor our clan'. I'm not even from the main house and they say stuff like that to me." Rame shook his head. "I'm honestly not supposed to be conversing with you right now. If the head saw me he'd kill me here and now."

"Yet you're still talking." Ryu said, trying to lift the mood up. In truth if Fugaku saw them as well he'd raise hell. Uchihas and Hyuugas conversing and getting along. Their clans had a strong rivalry.

"It eases my nerves." Rame admits, eyes narrowing. He flexes his hands and Ryu would have pat his shoulder if it weren't for Sasuke running smack dab into his legs. He held back a grunt as he picked the boy up and placed him on his shoulders.

"High!" He cried happily and the tension seemed to melt away from the three boys. However Itachi spotted their mother and father coming toward them. Rame seemed to have disappeared into the crowd. 'Like a true ninja.'

"There you are Sasuke. Don't run from me and your father like that!" Mikoto quietly scolded. Ryu could feel the little boy pout as he slouched on his shoulders. "I wanted to be with 'Tachi and 'Yu."

'Tachi and Yu,' he thought. He couldn't hold back the grin that appeared on his face at his little brother's nickname for them. Itachi seemed fond of it as well since Ryu could see a small smile forming on his face.

Mikoto took Sasuke and told the two twins go where they were needed.

He nearly rolled his eyes at Itachi dragged him to the where the other graduates were. The others were older than them, and looked down on them, literally. Ryu wouldn't blame them, having two nearly seven-year-olds outclass them. He'd feel some type of way as well.

So he let his brother drag him into the open field where all the students were lines up, their parents ways back to watch. Once in line their teacher began to call of the name of the graduates this year with the Yondaime standing by his side proudly. Ryu ignored them for the time being and looked around. He had seen many graduations, but this was probably the only graduation he saw that had a short number of students. Only fifteen people, and two of them were girls out of the fifteen. Meaning that the majority of the teams would be all guys, save for two.

Back to the teacher and the Yondaime, who were almost at where the three of them were standing. Itachi was first, then Ryu, then Rame. When a student's name was called the Yondaime himself gave them their Hitai-ate. They would then bow and tie it around them however they pleased.

"Uchiha Itachi."

He felt Itachi straighten and give out a 'hai' just as everyone else. The Yondaime gave him a few words before giving him his hitai-ate. Then it was his turn.

"Uchiha Ryu."

"Hai." He says confidently.

"Another prodigy I see?" The yondaime says. This would be the first time he's seen the Yondaime up close. The man had spiky blonde hair and bright blue eyes, just as the villagers would describe him. However as Ryu looked into the man's eyes, his blood nearly ran cold.

The Yondaime narrowed his eyes and went back to his content expression expression so quick that if Ryu would have blink he would have missed it. However the man made a small smile and handed him the hitai-ate, saying congratulations and ruffling his hair. Ryu was so appalled he nearly forgot to bow but did it just in time.

Regaining his composure he let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding and wrapped the head protector around his neck.

"Hyuuga Rame."

"Three of them? It seems Buddha has blessed Konoha with excellent students."

He didn't know if Rame felt the same as his did but he seemed to keep his composure and a neutral face through it all.

After a few more words were spoken to the glass from the Yondaime and a few more other instructors they were dismissed back to their families. Now that the crowd was back Ryu nearly grabbed Rame's and his brother's arm in a death grip and dragged them off to the side.

"What-" Itachi started to ask.

"He knows." Rame rushed out.

Itachi's eyes narrowed. "Who?"

"The Yondaime!" The Hyuuga hissed. Meanwhile Ryu was wracking his brain for explanations. He was going through his memories because he was sure he had been a Konoha ninja once- he was positive, if that was for sure then-

"How the hell is he alive?!" He said quietly.

Rame and Itachi froze.

"What?" They asked in unison. Ryu furrowed his brows, he was sure, before he had been reborn here was a war- he survived the war but because of his injuries he died nearly a week late, but he had heard the news. He heard that Yondaime died in the war and the village was in grief.

His mind came to crashing stop and he took a deep breath.

"We'll talk later." He says. "I'll explain later." He would not get into it now because their families were around and this was not the place for it.

An understanding nod came from Rame and he left. No doubt going back to the Hyuuga's head and his representatives. Itachi on the other hand kept quiet.

"Tachi! Yu!" Sasuke's voice is what brought him out of his tense state and he would have to thank the boy for it later.

This time the boy launched himself at Itachi, who successfully grabbed him and held him on his shoulders.

"I thought mother told you not to run off."Itachi told his youngest brother and Sasuke grinned. "She said I could this time." He answered. Seconds later Fugaku and Mikoto appeared. Fugaku with his neutral expression and Mikoto with a small smile on her lips.

'Well at least she's happy.' Ryu thought. He held in a sigh as they stopped in front of them. Mikoto grabbed them in a big, awkward hug and ruffled their hair. When she pulled back Fugaku gave them both a pat on the head, a ghost of a smile on his lips. Itachi made a wide grin and a small smile formed on Ryu's face.

That night they were in Ryu's room, Itachi sat patiently while eating dango and Ryu sat cross legged, elbows on his thighs and his chin resting on his hands.

"I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.." He mumbled.

"Just start from the beginning." Itachi said quietly, pushing his plate toward the door and crawling back to the futon.

"In my recent past life I was in Konoha just like now. I trained to be a Jounin, during that time a war broke out….." Then he stopped and looked at Itachi with wide eyes. "Was there a war recently?"

Itachi's eyes became tight. "Yes, the Fourth Shinobi War."

Ryuu rubbed the skin between his eyes with his thumb. "While I was a Jounin during that time Konoha was attacked.." He could still remember the sirens, the orders they were giving. However the war during that time wasn't too long ago in his time. That's if he was reborn in the same time, if that was the case Konoha would have been attacked around when Sasuke was first born.

"Itachi when did the war happen?"

The older Uchiha narrowed his eyes. "I don't know, father doesn't talk about it and there's hardly and information in school. Mother told me it was a few years before I was born.."

Ryu sighed. He was going to have to do more research on this, his thoughts were still disorganized. He would need to find exact dates and such. His brows furrowed; why the hell was this not mentioned in the academy?

With a huff he leaned to the side, lying against Itachi. The body warmth was a blessing and he was thankful the older didn't move.

"I have a hypothesis." He says while staring down at the futon, watching his toes press against the mat. Itachi doesn't move and waits and a few more moments pass between them.

"My hypothesis- theory- whatever is this: This is another time, I time different from the time I was in- let me finish first. In the Konoha I was in the Yondaime died because the village was attacked by a tailed beast because of a man named Madara." He whispered quietly. Itachi had to strain to hear.

"Like I said, the Yondaime died in order to seal the beast- well that's what I heard before I died. I think that Konoha is different from this Konoha. In other words this is a whole different timeline from the one I was in. Maybe a parallel timeline perhaps? I am not clearly sure. I simply thought I was going forward in time."

"It makes since." Itachi responds quietly. "If you die in one parallel time, that's it, so it makes another."

"Why?" It came out as a mixed between a whine and a groan. "No offense but I am tired of repeatedly doing this." Yes he loved his family and everything, but this was exhausting.

Itachi looked down at him, Ryu had sunk down and was now lying on his back, arm over his eyes. "Maybe you need to do something." He whispered. Ryu stiffened and breathed out a, "Maybe."

The next two days the twins stayed in the Uchiha household. Mainly because many of the clan members brought along gifts of congratulations to them. They ranged from clothes, to toys (which they eventually gave to Sasuke), and food to sweets.

Let's just call it they ad a few days off. That's what their mother called it.

So right now on the last day, before they had to return to the academy to be assigned teams, the relaxed. They sat on their porch, watching Sasuke run around and play with the new toys. Ryu watched in content and Itachi was on his fifth stick of dango.

"You might want to slow down there." He doesn't even hide the growing smirk as Itachi takes another bite. Ryu knew they other had a major sweet tooth, it was nearly ridiculous.

"Hn, I have three more."

"You'll get a stomach ache."

"Hn."

Ryu rolled his eyes and watched Sasuke run back toward them. The little boy had cat ears on his head and was currently holding one of those little pinwheels. He looked absolutely adorable.

"Tired?" The little boy nodded, the white cat ears on his head bobbing and Ryu had to keep in a 'aww' because damn it was adorable.

Back at the academy, the three of them sat in their previous assigned seats as their sensei explained the situations.

"As you all know, I'm Asuma-sensei from the lower class." He introduced himself. Ryu and the others already knew of him, since the man was their previous sensei until they were bumped up. Asuma-sensei was one of those rare teachers that did not have an "ill-intention" as Rame would have described it.

"Do to this year's circumstances of have a few students graduating early me, your sensei and other sensei's needed more time in order to put you all in the selected and well balanced groups." Asuma stated while his gaze swept over the students. "Due to such a rare event and in so little time Yondaime-sama interfered and actually made a heavy influence on how you all's partners will be and who will be your sensei."

Ryu blinked, this was... new. He had never heard of such a thing happening before. Then again he had never heard of three prodigies in the same year. Looking over to Rame and his twin, he could see by the way their eyes narrowed they were thinking the same thing.

"There is also the fact that there is a shortage of female students who have passed the Genin Exam, meaning that only two teams will girl. The rest will be all male."

He rests his chin on his hands, eyes narrowing. That could be one of the many reasons why the Yondaime himself meddled in. Yes, he was the Hokage, but it was extremely rare for the leader to meddle in affairs such as this one. The three man teams were meant to be of three people that could make things balanced out. Having a shortage of girls would probably be a minor problem since they would only look at your files, your stats to see what you were most proficient in.

His other theory was that the Yondaime probably rigged it after meeting them. This could be a good thing or a bad thing. All three of them could be on separate teams, or the same team; there were many combinations to the equation.

"Now, I'll read you all your assignments and the sensei you are assigned to."

Many of the other students grew quiet and he could literally cut the tension in the air with a kunai.

"Team one, Nara Shirami, Haruno Yusuke, Hyuuga Mekame. Your sensei will be Nohara Rin."

The girl of the team commented, "how troublesome." while the other two gave a 'hai!'

He tilts his head to the side. He didn't know there was another Hyuuga. So he listens and waits for their names.

"Team two: Uchiha Shisui-" He gave his grinning cousin a thumbs up. "- Nohara Mami, and Inuzuka Bume. Your sensei will be me."

Their older cousin held a wide smile while the Nohara girl sighed and the Inuzuka snorts.

"Team three, Rame Hyuuga, Itachi Uchiha, Ryu Uchiha." Asuma sensei seemed a bit hesitant to read their names, as if he wasn't sure it was the best combination. Ryu made a small smirk and Itachi seemed to mirror his actions.

"Your sensei will be Hatake Kakashi."

He rose a dark eyebrow at that but said nothing. He heard the name before, somewhere. He was sure of it.

"Your theory makes sense." Rame mumbled. The classroom was empty, because it was taking their sensei all morning to show up so they decided to address the theory now. Better sooner than later.

"Since you said the war happened back then, we are probably on the correct track to assume that there are alternative universes or alternate timelines. If we check the date of the war that happened back then, then check this line's date that we might have a solid theory.

"If you think about it," The Hyuuga took out a pencil and drew a line on the wooden desk. "It works like this, this line represents our time here and now. It is a line, nothing can change that and it will always be a line, correct?" The twins nodded along as the Hyuuga drew another line. "This the previous line- our previous line. It is a line as well, the line represents what happened back then. What happened back then cannot be changed no matter what, it will always remain that time. Just like this one."

Itachi spoke up. "So when you two were reborn, you couldn't be reborn in the same line anymore because it could break the balance, it would change too much."

"Something along those lines." Ryu sighed and rubbed his temples. "If that is the case then why not just make a direct copy of that 'line'?" He asked. Rame bit his lips.

"I am not sure. It seems it would make things more simple-"

"And what are my three genin students being so secretive and whispering about?" The voice put them on high alert and Ryu nearly cursed himself for not noticing sooner. In all his years of being a shinobi his skill were seriously slacking, it didn't help since they were in such a serious conversation.

The man, leaning against the doorway with an orange book in hand looked over to them curiously.

"I take it you are our sensei." Rame stated, regaining his composure quickly and relaxing. The man nodded. "I take it you are my students." He retorted while flipping a page in his book.

"My first impression of you all as your teacher would be that you guys are…. Interesting.." He concluded while closing his book.

"My first impression of you would be that you are a time waster." Ryu said in the same tone of their sensei. Kakashi looked up from his book to give the boy a pointed look. Ryu was completely unfazed.

"Hn." Kakashi placed the book. "Meet me at training ground three." Then he disappeared.

"Shunshin." Ryu grumbled, then looked at Rame. "Think we can do it?"

Rame gave a smile and placed his hand on Ryu's and Itachi's shoulder. "I don't see why not."

The look on Hatake's face was hilarious.

However Ryu didn't let it show on his face as they suddenly appeared in front of their sensei. Apparently the man had not expected them to be able to do such a thing. Hatake slowly closed his book to analyze the three boys. His sensei had been right, there were interesting.

A Hyuuga and two Uchihas. In which there was no tension in between them whatsoever unlike with the rest of their clan. One would imagined that three would hate each others' guts. However they seemed to get along.

Then the fact that they graduated before their class-together. He didn't know why- or questioned why his sensei put the three of them together. However when he read over the document and saw the gleam in the Yondaime's eyes he knew that there was something going on.

Hatake Kakashi grinned behind his mask and placed the book in its respective pocket.

This would be exciting.

Notes:

1. Maa, thank you for the reviews. I honestly was not expecting reviews or follows. Oh well.

2. Yes, Minato is alive in this AU, I will now add him to the list of characters! He will keep things interested. So as Rin.

3. In all honesty I did not want to have Kakashi as their sensei, will I did not planned to have him as a Sensei but, like I said this story is an experiment and I am literally writing off the top of my head here.

4. Rame was supposed to be a girl for a 'romantic interest', but I scrapped the idea, because no offence, I'm tired of female characters in fanfics and I am tired of them being the love interest. Bleh. So I made him a boy and gave them a sibling-ish relationship.

5. There will be no pairing in the beginning of this story. Sorry.

R&R!