After their meeting with the Hokage, Ryuu and Neara had to split ways as she needed to return and report her mission to her Clan head, Hiashi. Leaving Ryuu alone to 'get acquainted' with his new village. Not much had changed in the few months since his death as Naruto, yet the village seemed different almost to quiet especially for a Ninja village. The young boy stopped in several of the book stores and picked up his books and scrolls for the Academy being ever so polite and courteous. He also picked up several books on Chakra Theory and Sealing methods. Before long he found himself entering The Wolf-Claw, a supply store designed specifically for Ninja and if several Ninja and the owner proclaimed it the best who was he to argue? The bell on the door chimed revealing a gruff looking man behind the counter polishing the finished sword he had just forged, " Welcome to the Wolf-Claw, names Hioshigi Tenoshi what can I get yah?" The jovial voice didn't seem to match up with the hardened appearance in Ryuu's thoughts but then not much with a Ninja could match up with anything normal. "Hai, I just recently moved here and and going to be starting the Academy tomorrow so I need the basic Academy kit, and I was also curious if you had some scrolls on Taijutsu and Kenjutsu styles..." He flahsed a warm smile to the older man. " I really think having a weapon might be a very useful skill that I wouldn't have to keep buying new ones of from throwing them away."
Hioshigi just smiled, 'New kid, and already thinking about a weapon. Tenten might make a new friend out of him.' "Sure thing kid, but lemme ask you some questions to see if I can figure out what would be the best type for you." Ryuu just smiled giving a quick nod of his head. " Alright, well first things you got a Clan and what's your fighting style?" He didn't want to be to nosy but when it cam to weapons and clans it seemed only certain things meshed. " Hai, I'm from the Namikzae Clan, and my current taijutsu style is a combination of the Hummingbird and what seems to be the Jukken of the Hyuuga." The sound of s sword clattered to the ground, " Did you say Namikaze?and Jukken?" The old mans eyes were wide in either fright or adoration Ryuu couldn't tell which. "Hai, I'm the survivor and Heir to the clan before it's destruction in Iwa. As for the Jukken I would assume it's from our ability to see chakra as the Hyuuga do though our eyes are different in most other ways." Tenoshi closed his mouth and pulled out a scroll and started writing things down, after he asked Ryuu more questions. Things along the lines of defense or offense? Submission or killing? Animals that the boy liked and so on. Not all of them made sense to Ryuu but to any true weapons smith or master every weapon style was a unique soul that had to match to the user.
After what seemed like forever to a six year old boy, though in reality it was nearly only an hour Tenoshi finished his questions and looked over his list that he had made. " I see well If you're wanting a completely new style I would say don't bother, but if you want to try and add another to it I would suggest the Hebi style would make some good differences though you might want to talk to Maito Guy, he's the local Taijutsu Master in the Village." He paused to see if Ryuu was following, " Now as for a kenjutsu I'm actually going to suggest Boujutsu or a staff for you. " Tenoshi walked around the counter and over to a pile of what Ryuu had assumed were unworked metal rods, but in fact they were simply unfinished staves of different types. " Now, come here and close your eyes and let one of the staves pick you. Simply run your hand over them until you feel something that reflects your energy." Ryuu thought the idea was strange but if he had already placed some jutsu on the weapons to attune them to certain chakra types then it would work that way. So Ryuu complied closing his eyes and focused on his chakra to reach out to one of them.
Over time he began to feel different callings as it were of echoes of his chakra, it was the same as if he had used an exploding tag to activate it the match in his chakra allowed him to follow it. "Hioshigi-san none of these feel completely right, but these five all 'echo' me some what." He hoped that would convey his meaning as he wasn't old enough nor knowledgeable enough to understand the meaning behind what he was doing. Tenoshi pulled small paper from a shelf, " Do me a favor, since I know you can channel your chakra, push some into this paper for me." Ryuu did and watched as cut into four sections, one turning to dust another burst into flames, the other two pieces crumpled and became wet. " Hioshigi-san what was that suppose to do?" Ryuu looked to the man questioningly. Tenoshi on the other hand was stunned, no body had all five affinities. Well not anyone in this village, he would send a report on this to the Hokakge after the boy left it was something to recheck. " Well uhm, that paper showed which element or elements would be easier to learn for you and well you are balanced in all five of them." Ryuu inwardly cursed his luck, as to being 'special' more than he already was. But then he was smiling like a loon because he was going to be an awesome Ninja." Awesome, I figured wind cause that's the main Clan stuff but dad was a lightning and earth type and mom was a fire and water type, I guess I just got the fluke or lucky of the draw," Ryuu made an excuse that he would have to give to the Hokakge.
Tenoshi nodded at the boys words, he wasn't from Fire country after all so it wasn't to strange that the boy had something other than Fire and water as his affinity but to have all five, he just shook his head. This boy would be something to watch for in the future. He collected the five staves that were marked out by the boy, and placed them inside of a seal array on his work bench before he activated it merging them all together into one staff. Then he asked Ryuu for some blood to make a retrieval seal, which the boy quickly bit his thumb to give it. Tenoshi worked for several minutes applying predesigned seals to the staff, for resizing, repair, the summoning, and a few others for weight and chakra channeling. " Well Namikaze-san.." "Please just Ryuu, I'm not old enough to be considered an adult yet and really I don't ever want to feel that old." He laughed as he interrupted Tenoshi. " Alright kid, well I have a deal for you, pay me for your kit and the scrolls and I'll give you the staff under the condition that you only shop here for your weapons deal?" Ryuu if it were actually possible his eyes grew to the size of dinner plates, " Hai only here." Then he started to come down from the shock and remembered he had come for another reason too. " Uhm, do you think I should get training weights since I'm not that fast ?" Sure he could push chakra to speed up and not really run out but he wanted to not 'cheat' the system and actually work for most of his skill.
This kid would be a gold mine, and well yea. " Well I have three types of items like that now do you want pure muscle or pure speed or a mix of both?" Since training weights would build his muscle more than anything, the resistance seal would build speed above all else, then the gravity seal would balance both out." Uhm, well speed would help with my taijutsu and bojutsu, but I need muscle for the strength because I don't want to have to use chakra to compensate. So could I do something to make me really fast, and to get stronger but not look like it?" Tenoshi watched as the boy thought it out, 'He's pretty smart for his age if he's just starting, but then Minato was a super genius too when we went through the academy together.' "Ye kid it's a resistance seal and a gravity seal, and both self adjust as your get used to them. Come here and I'll put them on you." Ryuu walked over and watched as Tenoshi, pulled some seal papers from his desk and had Ryuu pull off his shirt placing one seal on each bicep. They burned as they went onto the skin and Ryuu instantly felt heavier all over and everything was sluggish. " Hahaha boy, take your time, after you get used to it it'll take a few days before it readjusts again. Now if you look at them, you can see a blue number, on the grav seal that's the amount of gravity being pushed on you and on your res seal it's the resistance type, the first four levels are air from a strong breeze to a Hurricane then next three levels are like trying to move through water, the last three well if you can get the at far it would be like walking through mud up to stone but not even Tsunade ever reached that point." He tousled the boys hair, out of reflex when he saw the pout form. " Don't worry though, and if you need to release the seals both are set to Boar to turn them on or off, but turning them back on will start you out back at one, and slowly charge back up to where you were over the day." Coughing into his hand, " Well that will be 985 ryo." Ryuu chocked for a moment before he pulled out his card and handed it to the man, as he swiped it. Over a transference seal, getting the money he was owed. " Well if you need anything else you know where to come shop." He laughed as Ryuu walked out and headed home.
-First Day of School-
By the time he got up, dressed and ate he had an hour before he needed to be at the academy. Ryuu was wondering over all the changes in his life since he 'died'. Did everyone hate Naruto that much? All the memories of the beatings, and chases flashed through his mind as he focused upon it only to find himself by the lakes again. Though everything seemed different now, there were buildings around the Tower, and the lakes had grown and merged with the Red Ocean though it looked more purple now than red. Then there was the giant forest that surrounded everything. But was truly was different than from his last visit were the six Dragon statues that circled the tower. IT wasn't hard for him to realize that each on represented an Element but the sixth one seemed to be something else. " Mom!" He didn't know if she was still here, but he hoped. " Naru-kun?" She rushed out of the tower and tackled him into a hug," I know everything that's happened I have been watching. I couldn't be more proud of you." She kissed him on the forehead. " Now, you have class soon, and No I am not going to tell you about the dragons they just showed up after you changed. Worry about them after you're a genin. The building all hold your knowledge in those areas, you learn different things new buildings will grow to show it. The forest are your memories and for now that's all you need to know. Now go you have been here to long, and if you are a good boy and graduate I'll take that seal off of you so you don't have to struggle to use your chakra." Ryuu laughed at the end, " I don't struggle, I have perfect control that's what Neara-neechan said." Kushina looked at him, then looked at the chakra and focused on it, " Well that's what happens then, fine you go just promise to come see me more often."She pushed him out of the scape and looked at the Sixth dragon, " You know if I didn't know what you were I would think you enjoyed that." Before she stalked off back into the tower. The dragons just laughed before going silent once more.
Back in his home he looked at the clock realizing he only had a half hour to get to the academy he checked his weapons pouches seeing he had his kunai, shuriken and senbon all where he wanted them. Then looking at the holster on his arm where his shrunken staff was held he smiled, grabbing the multi-storage scroll for all of his school things he slipped it into on of the pockets on his coat before he took off out the door. The walk to the school was calm and no one did anything but whisper about him being a Lost Namikaze and so on. But now he had to play the idiot and befriend the obviously brooding boy that looked like he had a duck on his head for hair. Walking up to the boy he could hear to girls bellowing over who would sit next to Sausuke-kun. So He did the only right thing and took the seat. " You must be Uchiha Sausuke." The boy looked at Ryuu, "hn." Ryuu held out his hand, " I'm Namikaze Ryuu, I want to say I know how you are feeling and I am sorry for your lose." The girls were still arguing oblivious to what was going on. Turning to look at them, " Would you both be quiet, some of us actually want to be ninja and not whores." He spoke softly and precisely. The two girls rounded on him, for one he was in 'their' seat and two he called them whores in front of their Sausuke-kun. Before they could yell both found a needle sticking out of their throats shutting of their voices. " Sit down and leave us alone and I will consider removing them and allowing you to 'speak' not yell at me. As I am your better, I am the Namikaze heir and if you wish to press matters I will remove you." Ryuu's voice became a hushed whisper that only the two girls and Sausuke could hear. The girls each took a seat and he removed the needles and flashed through a few handsigns making the green healing aura and placed it over both of their throats before returning to his seat. " No screaming or yelling as it will only cause you to loose your voice for a week." He looked back to Sausuke and winked at him with a smirk. The Uchiha had watched all of it, seeing how the new boy was better than him and he didn't like it he was an Uchiha but then the boy said he was a Namikaze so he was related to a Hokage and a respectable clan. But what did he mean by he understood, was his clan destroyed as well? He said he was the Last...maybe maybe this was some one he could talk to with out pity or resentment.