A/N: Thank you for the follows and alerts so far, just wanted to clarify Minato in the first chapter generally he is seen as a serious guy, so I wanted to show a different side or his relationship with Ryu's father and have it branch of in a unique way with Ryu in the future. Also, not gonna lie the childbirth part was very difficult to write for me as well as the ending, but, I feel like writing and updating constantly early will help me get more comfortable and hopefully more people to read cause it excites me to see so many to read on the first chapter in just one day. Thank you all and I hope that in the future I don't disappoint and my writing will continue to keep you guys reading. Thank you and sorry for this super long author's note.
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Ryu, The Legendary Super Ninja
Chapter 2: A Dragon in the Ninja Academy
A five long years have passed, as Ryu's grandfather, Makoto Hayabusa had passed away from old age proclaiming that his grandson would one day become more powerful than Hasharima Senju, The First Hokage who founded Konoha and widely considered the God of Shinobi during his benevolent and enlightened reign. Konoha had recently taken tough hits as well as Sakumo Hakate, the father of Kakashi Hakate, had committed suicide feeling ashamed for his failure and the dishonor he brought. The five year old had already taken great strides and showed great potential as this was the day he would officially begin his life as a shinobi of Konoha.
" Ryu! Breakfast is ready!" A voice echoed throughout the Hayabusa household.
The young five year old child quickly rose up from his bed using his tiny hands to scratch the sleep out of his eyes and began to stretch. The young Dragon Ninja was small and sort of scrawny with a creamy complexion and wavy hair.
" Coming mom!" The young child exclaimed as he dashed throughout the house to get to the dining table.
" Whoah there little guy slow down your just a little ball of energy are ya?" Jo's father said looking over his shoulder as Ryu dashed.
" Hi dad, I'm just so excited right now, wanna finish my breakfast as soon as possible so I can go with uncle Minato to the academy." He said as he quickly stopped before heading to the dining table.
" You should be son, both of us are so proud of you, just make sure to stay safe, and meet some friends." His mother said as she placed the recently cooked food on the table.
" Now my only rule is son don't listen to uncle Minato as he's taking you to the academy he'll just confuse you and give you bad advice." Jo said suggesting as he sat down with his wife and son on the dining room table.
" I have to agree with your father on this one, your uncle can get a little wacky." Shigure said the three began getting ready to eat.
" Okay, I have a question though is anybody their my age or are they older like Kakashi?" Ryu asked as he began digging into his mother's delicious meal.
" Yep you are gonna be playing with some of the big kids now son, but, don't worry your special just like Kakashi don't be worried about the big kids." Shigure said as she comforted her son.
" Your a Hayabusa son, don't worry I was six years old when I graduated, you'll do fine." Jo said bringing his aura of confidence to his son.
As the family happily ate breakfast together, Shigure and Jo constantly and continuously kept giving him advice and ideas. They kept going on until they reached the end of the village where Minato and Kushina were going to meet up with the family of three.
A few minutes had passed and in a flash Minato and Kushina appeared within a blink of an eye. Ryu jumped up startled from his uncle's instantaneous appearance. The two couples greeted each other with formal hugs and gestures.
" So are you ready to go to school squirt?" Minato said as he put his hand on his head and played around with Ryu's wavy hair.
" I think I'm ready mom and dad told me some advice." Ryu said as he fixed his hair.
" Shigure I'll make sure I get Ryu back to you after his first day, don't worry little guy, the academy is great." Kushina said as she softly hugged Shigure.
" Alright well let's get this show on the road, anymore talking and my son's gonna be late Minato." Jo said as had his hand on Minato's shoulder.
" Don't worry you know how fast I can move if I really try." Minato said smirking.
" Ok Yellow Flash let's go then, we don't want our nephew to be late." Kushina said feeding the ego and feud the two friends have.
" Alright, bye son have fun at school, Mommy is going to miss you." Shigure said as she kissed her son on his forehead and cheek.
" Goodbye son and remember what I told you about your uncle." Jo said as Ryu acknowledged his remark.
" Alright time to get going Ryu." Minato said as he hoisted him above his shoulders.
" Bye mom bye dad. " Ryu said before him Kushina and Minato instantaneously dissapeared.
They then quickly appeared at the front of the hidden leaf village, as Minato grab his special kunai off the ground.
" Uncle Minato how did we get here so fast from my house? Ryu asked him confused and puzzled.
" Well Ryu, these special Kunai here let me move super fast so travel is easy." Minato said as he smiled in remark to Ryu's question.
" Did you also tell him how you spent all morning setting up your Kunai so you could get here in less than minute? Kushina said with her arms crossed.
" Yeah I might have left that part out haha." Minato said scratching his head.
Ryu held onto his aunt's hand as they navigated through the village of the hidden leaf. Ryu noticed many chunin running through out the village as well as a few who were standing conversing. He stared in awe seeing the amount on Ninja in the hidden leaf and could not wait to be one himself. As they approached the village Ryu noticed a boy with snow white hair wearing a mask over his mouth, a girl with purple markings on her cheeks with short brown hair, and a boy with short spiky hair in a dark blue outfit and orange goggles.
" Who's that sensei? The boy with short spiky hair asked out of curiosity.
" That's his nephew I swear Obito you are hopeless." The white-haired boy said as he put his hand on his head out of indifference.
" Kakashi!? how do you know that!?" Obito said totally confused and disoriented.
" Come on guys your scaring him he's only a little kid." The girl with short brown hair said trying to calm Kakashi and Obito.
" Hey Minato's nephew my name is Rin, don't mind these two guys, they always do this." Rin said comforting the young Ryu.
Ryu was silent and a little shy hiding behind Kushina's legs nervously hiding.
" Don't be shy you've played with Kakashi before these are members of his squad, his friends, plus you need to tell this lady your name." Kushina said before pushing him into Team Minato.
" Um hello my name is Ryu- Ryu Hayabusa." Ryu said nervously to Rin.
" Nice to meet you, Ryu, I'm guessing this is your first day at the academy?" Rin asked him kindly.
" Don't worry Ryu we all started at the academy, one day you can prob be as strong as me." Obito said with his chest out, huffing.
" He is probably already stronger than you. Anyways, good to see you again Ryu, good luck at the academy." Kakashi said smiling under his mask.
" Same to you Kakashi, I hope one day I can be as strong as you." Ryu said as he and Kakashi shake hands with Obito flailing like crazy in the background.
" Well Team Minato we got a job to do, Kushina, Ryu, we'll see you later."
" Bye" The squad said in unison while waving.
" Bye uncle Minato, Kakashi, nice to meet you both Obito and Rin." Ryu said waving.
" Well Ryu, it's just me and you now, and you're gonna be late if we keep talking. " Kushina said playfully touching his nose.
" Alright auntie, I'll see you after my first day." Ryu said hugging his aunt before running off.
As Ryu made his way to the entrance of the ninja academy, he noticed the big outside grounds and slowly made his way to the door to the classroom. As he walked and turned the nob, he noticed all the other students sitting down already and the instructor starting a lesson for the class.
" Ah you are finally here, welcome the the Academy, please introduce yourself to the class." The instructor suggested kindly to Ryu.
As Ryu turned to the class he noticed all the students with their eyes on him and some students whispering to each other ear to ear.
" H-h-hello everyone, my name is Ryu, Ryu Hayabusa please to meet you all." Ryu said humbly bowing to the class.
" Thank you Ryu for introducing yourself, pls take a seat in the third row next to Asuma." The instructor asked kindly to Ryu.
As Ryu walked up the stairs to the third row, he heard some of the children whispering about how young he was and the fact that he was a Hayabusa. As Ryu made his way to his seat. The boy next to him nudged him on the shoulder.
" Hey kid, don't worry about what the other kids are saying, my dad's the Third Hokage, I'm Asuma by the way nice to meet you Ryu." Asuma said comforting him.
" Hi thank you, Asuma, it's okay though, my uncle Minato said not to worry and Kakashi told me he was only five when he was in the academy." Ryu said smiling to Asuma.
" Oh, are you the son of Jo Hayabusa? Wow, my Dad tells me he's the strongest Kenjutsu shinobi in all of Konoha." Asuma said in awe.
" Yep that's my Dad, I know a little bit, but I've only used a wooden sword." Ryu said humbly.
" Alright everybody we're heading outside, time to test your shuriken skills." The instructor said as young ninja in the first row started heading outside.
" Don't worry Ryu, I'll teach you how to throw shuriken it's really easy." Asuma said as he puffed his shoulders out.
" Oh please spare me Asuma, just because you are the Hokage's son doesn't mean you are some sort of prodigy." A girl with red eyes said taunting Asuma.
" Hi im Kurenai, don't listen to this guy, all the success from his dad has gotten to his head." Kurenai said as she offered her hand out in order to shake the young Dragon Ninjas hand.
" Hello Kurenai, very nice to meet you." Ryu said humbly shaking her hand.
Asuma flailed as he got shot down by Kurenai, as they and the rest of the class went to the back of the school, where there were many logs set up with many packs laying on the ground that contained shuriken.
" Alright everyone grab a pack of shuriken and start practicing your shuriken throwing skills." The instructor said as many of the young shinobi started grabbing the packs on the floor. As Ryu approached his pack he took a few moments to observe the target and inspect the shuriken.
" What's wrong Ryu?" The instructor said as he noticed Ryu's stillness.
" Uhm sensei? Am I supposed to hit the target with only 1 shuriken?" Ryu said confused.
" Try your best Ryu, just try to hit the target with as many shuriken as you can?" The sensei said comforting the young yet confused Dragon Ninja.
" Oh ok, I have one more question, shouldn't I be throwing them from a further distance?" Ryu asked curiously.
Many of the young students stopped as they all had their eyes on Ryu, as the sensei was surprised by Ryu's comments.
" Hm, okay, just throw about four or five from that distance and move back a few steps every time you land four or five." The sensei said trying to find an answer to Ryu's previous comment.
" Ha I bet the kid is gonna miss terribly." A young ninja with sunglasses said snickering to one of his friends.
" All right sensei, I'll do my best." Ryu said cofidently grabbing about four shuriken.
Ryu quickly threw the shuriken precisely landing all four of the shuriken he threw onto the log. He then picked up another four jumped back and quickly threw all four landing them again on the log. All the young ninja were in disbelief, as the on with the sunglasses dropped his jaw. Kurenai and Asuma were also in awe, surprised that somebody so young could be so talented.
" I-Impressive, wow somebody so young as yourself being able to do that, bravo." The sensei said impressed watching Ryu's precision.
" I can also land it blindfolded if you would like to see sensei." Ryu said humbly responding to the teachers remark.
" That won't be necessary Ryu, just continue doing what you are doing, keep it up and you might be the youngest genin to ever graduate." The instructor said nonchalantly.
The rest of the class went smooth as Ryu confidently continued showing his prowess and abilities as a child, as many of the other young shinobi watched him carefully. He didn't even notice them after hearing the instructor's remarks of him on the first day.
As the day was coming to an end, Kushina was waiting outside for Ryu with some of the other young shinobi's parents. She waited patiently excited to hear how her nephew's day went. As the young students exited class, Kushina surveyed looking for the Young Dragon Ninja.
" See ya Ryu, make sure to come visit so we can train." Asuma said to him as he stormed off.
" See you later Ryu." Kurenai said waving as she went to her parents as Ryu waved to her after waving to Asuma.
" There my little nephew." Kushina said smiling as she got a huge hug from her nephew.
" Hi auntie, is uncle Minato still on a mission?" Ryu asked as he detached himself from his aunt's legs.
" Mhm, but more importantly how was your first day? I bet you can't wait to tell me as well as your mom and dad." Kushina said with a warm smile.
" It was great the teacher said I might be the youngest ninja to graduate from the Hidden Leaf Village." Ryu said ecstatic.
" Wow, that's great, I can tell you and your dad must have been training then." Kushina said as she and Ryu began their walk back to the Hayabusa Village.
" Mhm, Dad and I have been training for a year straight since I was four, and Mama taught me some of her simple healing techniques."
" Good, good, keep this up and you will be as strong as your mama and papa, as well as your auntie and uncle." Kushina said with a small giggle to Ryu.
" Gee, I don't know both you and uncle Minato are pretty strong and my Dad is way stronger than uncle Minato." Ryu said with a very childish grin.
" Haha, I'll make sure to tell uncle Minato that, he and your dad are very competitive and I know he would love to spend some time with you and train when he gets back." Kushina said as she proceeded to laugh a bit more.
" Wow really, that would be awesome auntie Kushina!" Ryu said as he began to get jittery with excitement.
After conversing for a while, Ryu and his aunt and finally made it back to the Hayabusa village. It was a huge grand village with a tower in the center known as the Dragon Tower and multiple living quarters, The Hayabusa clan was one of the three founding clans of the Hidden Leaf Village, along with the Senju and Uchiha Clan. The founder, Saito Hayabusa was best friends with both Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, he chose not to take sides when the two battled for leadership and the right to become Hokage. Satio's hard work and dedication to his village as well as Konoha, is one of the many reasons why the Hayabusa Clan is so respected and renowned to this very day.
Kushina and Ryu finally made it to his house, where his father was meditating wearing his Hayabusa white armor and mask wielding the prestigious Dragon Sword, a weapon thought to be forged from a tooth of a dragon, a weapon that only a leader of the Hayabusa Village is fit to wield. Jo Hayabusa was a tall muscular man, who had long flowing black hair that he had tied back into a ponytail, his face was very rugged and if people didn't know any better many who don't know him usually characterize him as a samurai rather than a shinobi. In the kitchen was Shigure Hayabusa, Ryu's mother and descendant of the Senju clan, she actually is Tsunade's cousin and a very skilled kunoichi in both healing and ninjustu, her healing techniques were consider on par or even better than Tsunade's. She was a very slender yet fit woman, she had long flowing brown hair and green eyes much like Ryu, as well as radiant skin, she and Jo had been together since they were of young age.
" I'm home." Ryu exclaimed catching the attention of his mother and father.
" Hi sweetie did you have a good first day." Shigure said as she kissed Ryu on the cheeks.
" Ah Ryu, how was your first day son, tell me you didn't show off to much." Jo said as he stood up joining his family in the dining room.
" The instructor says I might be the youngest genin that has ever been to the academy." Ryu said excited.
" That's my boy! Just like his old man and mother, you keep this up and I might have to retire." Jo said laughing as he picked his son up.
" Now Ryu, don't push yourself to hard, remember being a ninja has a lot of responsibilities." Shigure said keeping Jo and her son in check.
" Okay mommy." Ryu said as his father put him down.
" Thank you so much Kushina for taking him today, I'm sorry that Jo and I had our hands full." Shigure said as she hugged Kushina.
" Don't worry anytime, Minato and I love spending time with our nephew, we might even think about having a baby of our own soon." Kushina said smiling.
" Aww, did you hear that Ryu, you might have a baby cousin." Shigure said as Ryu finished washing his hands.
" Shigure! Don't give him false hope, Minato and I are just considering it, nothing for sure yet." Kushina said as she tried talking sense into her friend.
" Oops, I'm sorry, I just thought it would be great, I mean Ryu could have a kid brother who he could play with." Shigure said giggling.
" Well whatever you decide to do, just know that we support you 100%, right honey." Jo said as he put his arm around his wife's shoulder.
" Okay glad to have your blessings, anyways, I have to go now, see you two tomorrow, bye Ryu. " Kushina said as she waved the the family of three.
" Bye auntie Kushina." Ryu said waving back.
As Kushina left, Ryu helped his mother set the table while his father went and changed into more appropriate clothing for their family dinner. As Jo was still preparing himself, Ryu went into greater detail about his day with his mother laughing and smiling telling her about the new friends he made. His mother smiled and laughed as Ryu went on and on about what the academy was like and how his uncle had a team of genin he was training.
" Alright, I'm here, who's ready to eat." Jo said as he clasped his hands and rubbed them together.
The family of three began to eat dinner like they always did together conversing about their days and laughing. The family of three had always done this, whether his father was busy running the village and his mother was tending to wounded Hayabusa shinobi they always made time to come together eat and relax as a family. For Ryu it was the best time of the day, as he listened to the stories his parents shared with him, as well as the delicious food prepared either by his mother or by one of the caretakers, it was a time of comfort. As their supper concluded, Ryu then spent his time either meditating with his father or helping his mother, he always tried to spend as much time with both not trying to take sides or any kind of favoritism. Both of his parents loved his charismatic young attitude, he was filled with so much joy and life, the same joy and life that his parents had for him and each other.
The day had finally concluded, and Ryu began heading up to bed where his mother would tuck him in and tell him a story.
" Good night mommy." Ryu said as he wrapped himself up in his blankets.
" Good night son, I'm so glad that your first day was great, I hope you enjoy tomorrow as much as you enjoyed today." Shigure said as she kissed him on the forehead.
As she left his room and closed the door, Ryu closed his eyes and began to sleep, ending his first day as a ninja of Konoha.
E/N: Big Thanks to DrakePL, HayabusaDragonForce and DragonNinja23 for leaving a favorite on the story, and sorry if my endings are fizzling, I need to write more so I get more experience on how I can finish off each chapter, I'll try my best to get better at that. Surprisingly, it was really difficult trying to tie Ryu and the Hayabusa Clan into the Naruto Timeline, trying my best with an outline I created, I know that there will be some tweaking with Naruto characters as well as Ninja Gaiden Characters in the future. Of course as always make sure to leave a review if you can let me know what you like and dislike, it really helps so that I can improve. :) Till next time. Peace.