Ryo was closing in on his destination after a quick run atop the slowly reviving village's rooftops. He Looked to the giant seven faced mountain, a new face now under construction. Ryo's uncovered eye locked on his Cyclops Father's who's eye was seemingly locked on his own. Feeling a strange pulse from his sharingan under the wrapped bandage, "Father" Ryo whispered aloud while rubbing his bandaged sharingan. No response, the boy noted even though he hadn't truly expected one. He broke the stare between the statue known as the Hokage Monument, and himself simply pushing the pulse he felt down into the back of his mind and continued his journey.
Assuming he had arrived at the gate 15 minutes or so after the others, and judging by the Hyuuga girls distinctly irritated expression in the distance, he also assumed his lost on the road of life excuse wasn't going to be good enough. "Damn you Father and this tardy ass curse you've giving me" Ryo thought in a over dramatic fashion. The young ninja observed the scene he would later arrive upon from a near rooftop, the gates nearing closer with every hop, The silver haired shinobi recognized five of the seven shinobi that awaited his presence.
Ryo was able to decipher who his two new teammates were quickly as he observed the group, two unfamiliar Jounin, Kida Inuzuka, Hitoki Hyuuga, and his generations Ino-Shika-Cho combo. The young ninja absent mindedly examined the three boys he assumed wouldn't be teamed with him. "Inobi, A tall, slim framed young ninja, dressed flamboyantly like most of his clansman. The Yamanaka boy was dressed in a white zipped down jacket, the right sleeve covered in a colorful green thorned vine with different sized red rosebuds within the design. He also wore a purple shirt underneath, along with plain white pants and matching shinobi sandals, Inobi wore his straight platinum blonde colored hair in a neck length ponytail.
Shikadai Nara the next ninja to catch Ryo gaze, an exact copy of his father, Nara Clan Head, and current Jounin strategist of Konoha, Shikamaru Nara in his youth. The only difference between Shikadai an Shikamaru was the younger Nara's green eyes, and his above average work ethic unlike his lazy clansman. The pineapple haired Nara used his genius to the best of his ability for physical training, many people from the older generation had joked the boy's clan's signature laziness was destroyed by his mother, Temari of the Sand.
Chojin, the last member of the team Ryo could guarantee he would not be apart of. The Giant sized boy stood about 6'8, with a huge hefty frame, a warhammer nearly Ryo's height perched on his samurai armoured style back. The Akimichi wore a red body covering Armour suit, the breastplate, shoulder guards, and gloves accented with a gold trim.
The Inuzuka clan represented by his academy rival Kida, Ryo was easily annoyed by the Inuzuka boy in their younger years, but he recognized early that the boy held a canine like loyalty for his clan, team, and village.
Ryo thought of the famed Hyuuga clan last, represented by Hitoki, a young girl Ryo's age, he didn't know her that well because every year since the end of the Fifth war the Hyuuga clan would take their graduating students out the academy for a year of personal clan training. Ryo assumed she would be like most of her clan, Rude, Arrogant, Entitled, and skilled with the Byakugan. The last Hatake's thoughts drifted back to his academy days.
Inobi Yamanaka was the vocal leader of team Ino-Shika-Cho, like his mother Ino had been before him, also reminiscent of the past, Shikadai Nara was the true unspoken leader of the trio, with Chojin being his best friend since birth and Inobi being a smart enough shinobi to recognize Shikadai's strategic genius. Ryo took in the entire groups outer appearances, even though he was familiar with the genin among him since they graduated from the academy together, he hadn't seen them recently with everyone being busy from missions and clan duties. It hadn't hit the bandaged Hatake until that moment, the true reason the Hokage switched his team. His former teammates, though skilled, where civilian children, and the Hokage clearly wanted to show Konoha's different clan's dominance at the event. Ryo understood the switch easier when he put the weight of the entire village into perspective, with Konoha on the rebuild and fragile towards acts of war in a time of tense peace, they needed to show why they were once the greatest shinobi village to exist, thinking a little further on the matter Ryo went through all the clans left in Konoha after the fifth war.
The Yamanaka clan represented by Inobi, known for their mind techniques as well as being excellent florist, next he thought of Nara clan represented by Shikadai, they were the best strategist to every grace the shinobi world, he knew the Nara had a control over shadows as well, he just didn't know the full reach of their ability. His thoughts drifted to the Akimichi he admired their samurai like lineage, wielding a Katana gifted from his mother on his own back, the sharingan user had developed a deep attachment to his blade. This led Ryo to read Samurai scrolls from the land of iron, some informative on sword techniques an blade dances, others tales of legendary samurai from a time before ninja, causing the last Hatake to hold the honorable Akimichi clan in a pretty high light, he knew of there mastery over different vicious weapons, and Bushido like honor, Ryo also preferred their BBQ when ever he wasn't eating his favorite meal, Fresh salmon and Rice balls.
Finally arriving at the gate he nearly expected his former to teammate Yuu to appear and curse him to oblivion, the blue haired girl normally greeted him with such rage due to his frequent tardiness and the girl's brash attitude. Instead the silver haired shinobi was greeted with one of the two anonymous Jounin giving the other a nod before instantly leaping away with The young Ino-Shika-Cho squad. He noticed the Jounin that quickly left was unidentifiable by his clothes, the leader of Team One wore a grey hooded cloak that covered his ankles up to his face, simple blue shinobi sandals on his feet, with thick black sunglasses adorning his face, completing the ninja's mysterious appearance.
Ryo's thoughts were drawn back to his new team, none of the nerves from earlier arose as the three ninja blankly stared at him, with him doing the same. "Alright your here," the unidentified jounin stated. "Finally" Hitoki added rudely" her statement mostly ignored, besides Ryo giving her a Kakashi like Eye grin, much to her annoyance."Great another beautiful girl with attitude issues," Ryo thought. The man Ryo assumed was his new sensei didn't even stop talking between the girl's rude remark. "I guess good ole Kakashi taught you his clan secrets ways huh?" The man jokingly questioned. Ryo didn't give the rhetorical question a answer, his father being a sore subject even after ten years.
The awkward silence of the stare down being broken by the new teams leader was the best thing Kida ever had happen to him, he remembered Ryo from the academy, "I really hated him back then, that white hair, stupid facemask, and all those girls in his stupid little fanclub." Kida growled a little while thinking of his prepubescent dislike for the Hatake Prodigy, the unexpected growl caused him to receive curious stares from the newly formed team.
"Okay listen up," the man started slowly, gaining the three young ninja's attention. "As you know our mission is simple, leave Suna with six chunin. The Hokage wants us to accompany the other team during our time out of village, watching each others back and the sorts. Its about a three to four day trip to Suna, meaning we will be spending a lot of time together, so we might as well get a little more familiar." The last statement on getting familiar caused Ryo and the group to react with a look of surprise, wondering what the man meant exactly.
Daisuke chuckled before continuing his speech,
"I want to know your name, likes, dislikes, and goals for the future." Ryo began to wonder how long had his new team been waiting for his arrival "I'm going to give you an example," The spiky haired Jounin said.
"My name is Daisuke Nakamura, bingo books call me the Flame Monkey of Konoha, My likes, are well, Fruit, fire,"after a brief pause the Black haired ninja continued," and women." Hitoki developed an enraged expression, Ryo assumed she thought their new sensai was a pervert. He couldn't exactly judge the man, though he wasn't a peeping tom, he did have his natural thoughts of the girls his age.
Daisuke ushered the team through the gates into the world, the odd silence killing him. "Damn now they think I'm some kind of perv," the monkey thought to himself. Ryo felt uncomfortable with the weird vibe as well, he started to speak but Kida had the same Intention's, probably feeling alike to Ryo and their sensai. " My names Kida Inuzuka, I'm not nicknamed in The Black Book just yet but I'm on my way" Kida proclaimed with a grin. "My likes, well Bane over here," the huge grey dog barked in acknowledgment. Ryo nearly forgot the animal was present entirely."Also my clan, great food, and a good fight," Kida paused to think, scratching his fuzzed chin. "Oh yeah and bitches," The Inuzuka heir added brashly. This caused Daisuke to burst into laughter, Ryo smirked keeping his amusement to a minimum, but Hitoki acted as if she hadn't even heard the comment choosing to ignore the Inuzuka boy. The girl tuned out Kida's dislike and goals, something about hatred for cats and razors, she deemed him a fool, and their sensai a pervert. Her thoughts drifted to her bandaged teammate, she couldn't call the boy handsome seeing as a third of his face was covered with a facemask and the bandage. The Hatake appeared enigmatic to the girl, Hitoki waived her interest to simply being curious of what his bandage and facemask covered, she thought of a missing or dead eye upon removal of the bandage, but when her thoughts drifted to what was under the facemask it wasn't a grotesque scared face she imagined, instead a handsome unblemished face filled her vision. The pale eyed girl's thoughts left as quick as they came, though she now found herself wondering why she cared of the masked boy's looks.
Her attention now focused on her new teammate as he began to speak.
"I am Ryo Hatake, I like a couple things, I dislike a few things," Ryo paused, wondering if he should share his actual goals for the future. During the brief pause the Hatake noticed Hitoki, and Kida's annoyed expressions, he couldn't see his sensai's face, but if he could he would have saw the man's smile.
Ryo reminded Daisuke of Kakashi with his mirror like appearance and mannerisms. Ryo continued his speech, " Since you're my new team I'm going to tell you my true goals, well its not really a goal, its a premonition." Ryo tone void of emotions. "I'm going to kill the Otokage, Orochirama Oda."
Ryo's team was taken aback by the boys sudden change in manner. Hitoki now had a peaked interest in the boy though she couldn't figure quite why, Kida looked at the teen as if he was crazed or toxic. The Inuzuka boy knew of the then newly legitimized Sound Villages critical role in the attack on Konoha that ended the sixth Hokage's life, he still couldn't understand how his former rival could want to take the life of shinobi born into a peaceful era, ninja who had not committed a sin against the Leaf. Transgression's of that attack was paid for with the life of the then Otokage, Orochimaru. Kida saw no reason for a vendetta against the sound, but his father was alive and well, causing him to rethink his judgement.
Daisuke felt his face grimace at the news of his pupils agenda. "He didn't seem like a avenger type, and Kakashi-sama would never want that life for his son." Daisuke began to think of ways to alter the boys decision.
Hitoki spoke out, getting her new team's attention. "My name is Hitoki of the Hyuuga Clan," the stated in a monotone, her voice while feminine carried a raspier tone than other girls. "My likes are training, fresh sushi, roses, and studying the Byakugan's evolutionary theories in the clan's library." Hitoki continued talking after a brief pause to gather her thoughts. " I have an extreme hatred towards perverted men," the robed girl stated, while staring a hole in the back of her new sensai's head. "My goal in the future is to develop a evolvement in the Byakugan's abilities, and claim the title of clan head." The girl's clan head dream was strange to the pyromaniac, he knew the current head, Nabuto Hyuuga, the man had two sons, leaving Daisuke to wonder just how did his only female pupil plan on skipping over not one but two possible heir's to clan.
The group had been so entranced in gaining what Daisuke called familiarity, they barely noticed the small village ahead.

-OK a longer more detailed chapter, next chapter has a fight scene and we get to the great power of "The Flame Monkey" Daisuke Nakamura.

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