"Lord Hokage", Ryo kneeled down
"PROTECT THE VILLAGE THE ASSASSINS ARE INSIDE"
As soon as Hokage gave his order, Ryo breaks into lightning as he disappeared
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Itachi was trying to fight an Iwa Nin who was trying to kill him and take his eyes, Itachi tried to fight but he could not, how could a mere child not even in the academy could fight against a jonin
He closed his eyes, waiting for the inevitable
But the pain never came, when he opened his eyes, he saw the back of a tall man, he felt that the back could protect him from any harm, it's the world's biggest back for him
"Itachi are you alright", asked Ryo gently
"yes"
Suddenly an angry cold beauty, 'Mikoto Uchiha', came as well
"Mama"
"Itachi, could you please leave with Ryo-san, i.... have some business here", her voice was cold void of any and all emotions
Ryo knew that look, he himself had that look far too often, he picked Itachi and left
Mikoto was covered in Blood when she met them again
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The bell rang, the villagers are to be hidden inside the Hokage monument, this was a perfect sneak attack, village best fighters are out on front line, while the remaining ones leaping from building to building to reach the gate, that's when he saw her, the infamous Uzumaki kushina for the first time ever, in the future she would become his eternal rival, someone who will bring him out of his pathetic state
Ryo and mikoto share a look, a look of ninja
Mikoto made a shadow clone and carry a 3 year old itachi with her, while the real one rushed towards the main gate of konoha
Ryo started the rush as well but he felt something that is off
'why would they attack so openely when earlier this guy was so sneaky about this'
He thought of some thing as he started, running not towards main gate of konoha but towards the center of the village
Swift Release: Shadowless Flight
He was running at extremely fast speed, while his mind was working superfast as well
'That guy messed up, he fell into greed after seeing a uchiha who can't fight back, the real attack will begin when the gate becomes the battlefield for the ninja, they are waiting for that moment to finish konoha from inside, when that happen, even hokage sama and i would not be able to do a thing'
"Dammit there is no time, guess there is no choice"
"Swift release:Spatial Blitz"
This was a forbidden technique he created himself using his bloodline limit to the limit, it changes the perception of time around him, the time around Ryo stopped moving this technique was even faster than flying thunder god, which was instantaneous, it just has a single weakness, that is it put great strain on body, not only physically but also chakra wise, which it takes a huge consumption
He can not hold back, the kids are inside and they are in trouble, he need to do something
"Swift release: blitzkrieg"
Another one of his bloodline technique he created, it increases his speed, the speed was even faster than 8 gates, even this put great strain of his body, combining it with spatial blitz which stop the time for him, it is lethal combination, no one can outspeed him anymore, he is the fastest in the universe while using these 2 techniques
More than 5 minutes and he will die because of these 2 techniques
He never cared
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A little iruka was fighting, trying to keep alive but he lost, the assassin tried to kill him but a gust of wind came as a shadowless figure sliced his neck, iruka's eyes widened seeing this he did not even see his saviour
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Little Hana inuzuka, the kid same age as that of Itachi, was fighting a jonin as well along with her puppy and losing horribly
A gust of wind sliced the jonin head, she didn't even knew who saved her
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He travelled through entire konoha, he saved asuma, kurenai, ibiki, anko, shizune....he practically saved entire village by himself
He felf unconcious, his entire chakra reserves are gone, his body is in pain and since spatial blitz changed the perception of time for him, his heart is beating too fast for a normal person
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"What happened to him", asked Tsunade as she restarted his heart once more
"He used a forbidden technique to save the kids"
"How is he", asked Hokage to the doctor
"we nearly cured him, he is chakra exhausted but that's alright, but the real problem is...his heart it's beating too fast, it's stopping, again and again, he needs to calm down or he will die"
"I will do it", came the voice of Mikoto
"Mikoto what are you goin-"
"Lord Hokage, can you please leave both of us alone", Hokage was interrupted with Mikoto's voice
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Ryo is with Hotari and shouji as all of them are fighting tooth and nail, While Yukimura sensei is trying to diffuse the situation
"Papa", came the voice of little Itachi as he was running smiling and behind him was a tired looking Obito
"Hahaha, is your nephew giving you trouble, Obito"
"Nii-sama, you have absolutely no idea"
Ryo, Hotari, shouji even Yukimura sensei was smiling at this
"if you are done practicing, how about the lunch", came the voice of Mikoto who made her way towards Itachi and picked him up", Both Ryo and Mikoto shared a look, a look so kind, so full of love, that until unless they have each other nothing matter anymore
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Ryo was on his bed, while Mikoto was lying beside him, her head is on his chest, while they were hugging each other, he was smiling, these are by far the best days for him, and he won't let anyone take it away
"My love"
"OO, i love when you call me that", Ryo smiled playfully
Mikoto chuckled as she hugged him tighter, "It's time to wake up"
"W-what are you talking about"
She put her hand on his cheek and smile sadly, "This is not real, our life is not the truth, and most importantly.....you know it as well"
"No..No", Ryo ran, he ran to his training ground when Yukimura-sensei found him
"Do you remember, the first time when you came to me and told me your dream...you said you wish to survive and die growing old"
"I don't want to anymore, i want to be here, please.."
"This is not real Ryo-kun, you know it", came the shy voice of Hotari
"No"
"We are already dead Ryo, you are still alive you cannot be with us", came the voice of shouji
"Nii-sama, please stay alive", came the voice of little Obito as he was grinning
"No...no...please don't... please don't leave me... not again... please don't leave me alone again", His eyes were blurring as the tears were falling from them
"come back, i love you...my light!!!"
*Badump*
He opened his eyes, and everything around him begins to disperse
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When he woke up there was no one, he ran out of the hospital, despite the condition he was in
He went to his house, his old training ground.....no one was there!!
WAHH..WAHH...WAAAHHHHHHHH
He wish for anyone to hug him, to say it's alright, he just wanted someone anyone
No one was there
It's been years since, he broke down
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He started drinking more heavily, he stared at memorial stone more often, he was pushed into the darkness even more
He asked for a mission, he does not want to stay here anymore, it reeks of them, it reminds him of them, his bonds, his lights which is taken away from him
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After the mission is being completed, he goes to the memorial stone, on his visit to the Memorial Stone he finds Kakashi weeping. The rain falls hard on his fallen figure.
'The boy who killed Obito', Ryo's mind whispers treacherously. he cannot forget Obito, the boy whom he raised and cared for, the boy who was his brother and son in all but flesh and blood.
He came forward in order to kill Kakashi, the reason his brother is dead
But he could not..
he created a small barrier over Kakashi body and his face turns towards Ryo and he holds Ryo desperately and cries.
Finally he lets the umbrella go and lets the rain fall upon his face.
Obito, my dear brother, see this you were loved, other than me, someone else loved you... Ryo smiled sadly
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"Here", Ryo gave Kakashi a box as his birthday gift
"What's this", asked Kakashi looking at the box
"My dead friend gave it to me, he said it helps"
"Then why are you giving it to me? isn't it something precious to you"
"I am an adult i can take care of myself despite the condition i am in, while you are just a kid, you need it more than i do"
This day Ryo pushed Kakashi into the dark path of pornography [Lol]
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The hospitals are overfilled with the wounded and the dead.
There he finds little Itachi staring at a dead man's body, blood staining his small hands.
he bends down and covers Itachi's hands with his own and holds him while he cried.
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"What did you just say?", asked Ryo bewildered
"I said I want to contract your summoned beast", said Itachi innocently
"Itachi, I am not letting you contract a summoning beast yet, besides my summoning beast is not that great, it just helps in genjutsu"
"Crows are greatest, I want to..."
"Itachi"
After sometime trying to convince ryo, itachi finally succeded...
Ryo took out the scroll and Itachi finally signed it with his blood...
"Crows becomes the summon of Itachi, just like him"
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"Everyone thank him for saving their children, they hailed him as a hero, they said he risked the mission in order to save the kids, he was the real hero"
Hatake Sakumo did the same, and he was branded as the betrayer
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While everyone was trying to thank him, he was still weeping silently in front of the memorial stone
he is still haunted by the memories of Hotari and Shouji.
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He and Minato are being called to the Hokage office
"It's time to finish the war, go to the front line and finish it
"YES LORD HOKAGE", came the unified voice of Both of them
It's time to finish the war....