Kakashi, Guy, Anko, and Ryu were going home from training at night, splitting up at a crossroads.
Ryu waved goodbye and left with Anko, holding her hand with a happy smile. She looked at him and rolled her eyes, saying "I heard about the little Geniuses in your clan?"
Ryu's face darkened at the mention of them, Anko pointed out "Also, I noticed that you grin less when we're together~" Ryu's mouth twitched and he said helplessly, "It only happens when I'm nervous or extremely stimulated…"
Anko covered her mouth and laughed, looking at him with teasing eyes.
Ryu rubbed his nose and changed the topic, "Itachi and Shisui are very good, unfortunately they lost their way." as he sighed. Anko blinked and leaned in, giving him a smug smirk, "Come on~ Tell me~"
Ryu pinched her cheek and explained, "Sharingan is good and all, but Taijutsu is the main path for Uchiha! I heard that our Ancestor Uchiha Madara was a super genius at Taijutsu!"
Speaking of Madara, Ryu's eyes exploded into flames of excitement and his devil's grin surfaced. Anko looked curious, asking "Madara?" Ryu was excited and explained, "Uchiha Madara is the best Genius in our entire Uchiha clan! He even beat Hashirama Senju! You tell me if he's the best or not!"
Anko was shocked, her pretty eyes were wide open as she nearly shouted "He beat the God of Shinobi?!" Ryu looked near fanatical, waving his fist proudly "He did! At the valley of the end, Madara and Hashirama had a showdown with Madara being the victor! Hahaha!"
Anko looked baffled and asked suspiciously "How do you know that?" Ryu replied instantly, "I saw it in a book in our clan library." Anko raised a brow and said "In a book? Someone wrote a book about it? How do you know if it's true?"
Ryu snorted, "Of course it's true! That's my Ancestor! If I don't believe in him, who will? Plus, that's my biggest dream, okay?!" Anko's eyes flashed and he asked "Dream? What dream?"
Ryu didn't answer but asked her instead, "What's your dream, Anko?" Anko touched her chin with her finger, looking up in the air and humming, "Probably being a ninja like Orochimaru-sama."
Ryu's lips twitched and she turned to him with a happy smile, "What about you?" Ryu looked at the sky and waved a fist, "I want to fight Madara, even if I die in the end, I'll be happy!"
Anko froze and looked at him in bewilderment, Ryu looked excited and laughed, "How exciting and cool would that be?! Hahahah!" Anko slapped him crisply and Ryu held his cheek, looking at her in confusion.
Anko said angrily "What do you mean you don't care if you die!?" Ryu was bewildered and rubbed his cheek, unsure of what to say… Anko grit her teeth, saying "If you want to die, go die by yourself!" as she flung off his hand and walked away by herself.
Ryu was stunned and the devil's grin surfaced as he ran over stopping her, saying "What do you mean, Anko?" Anko clenched her fists and glared at him, shouting "If you want to die then why did you make me care about you?! Just to make me sad?! You stupid bastard!"
Ryu said quickly "But that's not what I meant!" Anko crossed her arms and sneered at him, "What DID you mean exactly? Go on, explain." Ryu looked flustered and said "W-Well, I don't want to die…"
Anko sneered and pointed at his nose, shouting "Not what it sounded like!" Ryu was helpless and retorted "Madara's dead, I won't even have a chance anyway! Why are you so angry?"
Anko exploded and punched him in the face, roaring with fire spewing from her eyes "If you don't take your life seriously, then will you just give up and die one day? What am I supposed to do then!? It's not about Madara! It's about you taking yourself seriously!"
Ryu winced and his head shot back, she grabbed his collar and seethed, "Listen to me very carefully, Ryu! If you don't take your life seriously, I'm done. I'm not gonna care for someone who wants to kill themselves every moment!"
Ryu explained quickly "I don't want to die! I was just-" Anko sneered, "You think I don't know? You think it's cool to fight a legendary ninja and die in battle, right? You just want to fight until you die, right?! RIGHT?!"
Ryu stayed silent and Anko shook him angrily, "This is what I mean! Do you think I want you to die?! You can die when I say you can, get it?! Even if Hashirama Senju himself asks you to fight to the death, you're not allowed!"
Ryu was dumbfounded for real, staring at Anko's eyes as she shook him angrily "DO YOU UNDERSTAND!?" He looked at her concerned, worried, and anxious eyes as he swallowed, nodding "Understood."
Anko looked into his eyes to see shock, warmth, and love before letting him go with a blushing face, growling "Good! It's good that you understand…" They were both silent for a few moments and Ryu cleared his throat, saying softly "I didn't know you felt like that…"
Anko leaned on his chest and replied quietly "Shut up… idiot…" Ryu hugged her, rested his head on top of hers and kissed her hair as he said gently "Then I'll just never die." Anko gripped his shirt tightly and listened to his strong heartbeat, snorting lightly from her nose, squeaking out "You better not… or I'll never forgive you…"
Ryu smiled gently, his devil grin disappearing without a trace as he promised firmly, "I promise." Anko looked up at him, staring into his gentle and soft eyes before standing on her tiptoes, kissing his lips.
Ryu wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her in as she kissed him, her arms going around his neck.
They separated and looked at each other, Anko blushed and buried her head in his chest, saying in a whisper-like voice "If you want…" Ryu's blood rushed to his head and he was instantly dizzy, shouting "What?!"
Anko buried her head deeper and her head was steaming in shame. Ryu burst into cackling laughter and picked her up, going to leave.
Just as Anko was embarrassed and Ryu was excited, a terrible roar sounded in the sky!
The duo looked up and saw the massive Kyuubi destroying things in the village.
Ryu and Anko: ????
Anko flipped out of his arms incredibly, looking grim "Oh no! This is bad! Go evacuate!" as she disappeared, feeling relieved as she blushed.
Ryu was dumbfounded and roared "Damn it! Ahhh!" Anko heard his roar in the distance and nearly tripped, blushing furiously as she smiled "Idiot…"
Ryu clenched his fists and was incredibly angry in his heart. He was just about to cross the final barrier!
He didn't go to the Uchiha Clan, nor did he go to evacuate citizens…
He went straight for the Nine Tails!
Ryu jumped off a building and seethed "You shitty fox! Sit for me!" as he threw a punch covered in Haki!
The Kyuubi looked up and Ryu's fist collided with his head!
4 pointed stars flashed on contact and Kurama's eyes blurred for a moment before his head was blasted into the ground!
Ryu kicked the air and shot down to the ground, flipping in the air and dropping his heel on Kurama's head!
The surrounding stones shattered one by one in squares before they exploded into a cloud of smoke!
Ryu's eyes turned to 2 Tomoes and he superimposed Observation Haki at the same time, his eyes widening as he jumped to the side, landing on his hands. He spun his legs around, kicking Kurama's paw before pushing off the ground and flipping through the air.
Kurama roared at him and condensed a tailed beast bomb right in his face!
Ryu sealed extremely quickly before blowing out a massive fireball!
Great Fireball Technique!
The surroundings started getting hazy from the sheer heat and Kurama closed his mouth, shaking his head and roaring frantically.
The Tailed Beast Bomb exploded prematurely and Ryu kicked the air, disappearing from the spot.
Kurama turned and slapped at Ryu angrily, Ryu frowned and blocked with his arm covered in Haki. He kicked the air and a devil grin sprawled across his lips as he appeared in front of Kurama instantly, punching at his head.
Kurama wasn't an idiot and slammed his head forward this time!
Ryu and Kurama collided instantly!
There was a silence before a deafening boom sounded!
Ryu was sent flying, smashing through buildings one after the other and digging a trench through the streets of Konoha.
He was finally stopped by a hand!
Ryu groaned and looked up to see Minato smiling at him, "Sorry, I'm late." Ryu chuckled and coughed, feeling pain in his body.
Minato patted his head and ruffled his hair, smiling "Let me take care of it from here." as he flashed away, adding "Good thing we were prepared, right sensei?"
Jiraiya appeared in the air on top of a massive frog and chuckled with his arms crossed "Just a fox!"
A massive slug also appeared and Tsunade appeared on top of it, sighing "I better get my money…"
Ryu was amazed, only a single piece of information and 2 of the three Sannin came!
He clenched his fists and felt excited!
He can change the future!
What a surreal feeling!
Minato, Jiraiya, and Tsunade engaged the Kurama while Tsunade's slug went around healing people.
Just as the table seemed to have turned, a masked man appeared and interfered!
Minato, Jiraiya, and Tsunade fought him but their attacks couldn't touch him at all!
Very quickly, under the masked man's strangeness, Kurama was getting more and more out of hand!
Minato cursed and said "There's no other way!" as he disappeared.
Ryu was already up and feeling better, going to join the fight when he saw chains appear in the sky in the distance. Ryu's eyes widened and he shouted "What?! No!" as he flickered into the air.
The masked man appeared in front of him and said "Stop!" Ryu ignored him and punched at his head, passing right through him as he sped towards Kurama!
The Masked Man: ???
Am I a joke to you?
He swirled and disappeared, reappearing in front of Ryu trying to stop him again.
Ryu didn't care about him, smashing through his virtual body. The man didn't even try to see if he could take a punch and let Ryu run though him again.
Ryu came to the famous scene and saw Minato seal the Yang Kurama into Naruto! He roared "NOOO!"