-1 week later-
Just the next day Sakumo had returned from the mission and came to his house to check on him, Sakumo had been allowed entry into the uchiha clan compound because everyone knew he was the sensei of ryu and the uchihas somewhat respected Sakumo's battle poweress.
After introducing Kiyomi to Sakumo, Ryu had informed his sensei of everything about the Yuki girl who was now a honorary member of the uchiha clan, hearing to all of this Sakumo was suprised that the uchiha clan had allowed this but seeing Kiyomi did possess two very strong kekkei genkais the jounin guessed it was to be expected.
Speaking of the uchiha clan, immediately after the council meeting had ended Kagami had called an uchiha clan council meeting where for the first Ryu had also been summoned which no one objected to since it was a well known fact that Ryu had a matured sharingan and his battle poweress was nothing to scoff at.
In the uchiha council meeting, Kagami had addressed the matter of Kiyomi joining the clan which sent the elders and the rest of uchiha in uproar, it was only after Kagami explained everyone about Kiyomi's origins and the benefits she would bring to the clan did they calm down and most of them fully supported the descision while some were a little uncertain.
In the uchiha clan compound, Kiyomi had made quite a nice impression on everyone due to her kind behaviour to everyone and moreover the fact that everyone knew was that given the right training and some time, the white haired girl could become a very strong kunoichi in the future with such powerful kekkei genkais at her disposal.
Also Kagami had invited them for lunch where Kiyomi for the first time met Ria and Mikoto, Ria had taken quite a liking to Kiyomi who in her opinion was like a little doll and Mikoto had made quick friends with the Yuki girl and had invited Kiyomi to shopping since the she didn't have many clothes or the 'girl things' with her, all while feeling some uneasiness in her heart when she saw Ryu holding Kiyomi's hand as the duo had left the clan head's house.
Ryu was totally oblivious to Mikoto's worry and had like usual told Mikoto about his mission in most and had asked about her training and academy.
According to Mikoto, in the academy Minato was dominating every student while she was still maintaining her place of the second best student in the class but she wasn't demotivated by Minato's success but had only increased her training.
Speaking of the academy just the next day back from the mist mission, Kiyomi had urged him to take her to the academy so she can start her shinobi training as she didn't want to fall behind her peers but most importantly she was frustrated at her own weakness and secretly she wanted to fight by his side but knew to do that she have to become strong.
After admitting Kiyomi into the class with Minato and Mikoto with help of a letter of recommendation from the hokage himself, Kiyomi had came 6 in her class rankings as she only had basic training before coming to konoha. Seeing her classmates so much stronger than her she had urged Ryu to train her or atleast give her some pointers, so using a shadow clone Ryu had been training Kiyomi in basic taijutsu, chakra control and shurikenjutsu.
Also from what had found in the last week was that Kiyomi had taken a 'liking' to the ramen especially from the ichiraku ramen shop in the village and would always look for excuses to make him accompany her there so she can enjoy 2 to 3 bowls of ramen.
The hokage offered Kiyomi a small apartment in the industrial district of the village to live in but the Yuki girl had expressed her desire to stay with Ryu since she felt comfortable with him, her descision did kind of suprise him but he didn't have a problem with it since Kiyomi only helped in maintaining in the house and now someone would be their to take care of the house when he was away on missions.
He had also started to show her how to cook so she could cook for herself when he wasn't there, also with Kiyomi there the house was feeling was lively instead of lonely from when he used to live alone.
He had already shown her where he keeps his money left to him by his mother and what he earns from doing missions.
In the past week he hadn't been sitting idle and had discussed with Kagami and Sakumo about how to overcome the jinchurikis he was likely to face in the chunin exams, fortunately Kagami was able to give him a plausible answer, according to the uchiha clan head the uchihas were the worst opponents of the jinchurikis since the sharingan had the ability to tame tailed beasts chakra, Ryu could tell Kagami was hiding something on this topic but didn't pay it any mind.
So for the week he had been training his sharingan and his speed to its fullest with the help of Kagami and Sakumo. Ryu had also visited the dragon clan home to ask Nakuma about some suggestions and according to the white dragon sage he could always use his kurohime whose chakra was as potent as tailed beasts chakra and if things really go out of hand he could summoun Zoki to handle things.
As of now Ryu was peacefully sleeping wrapped in the blankets on a cool morning just then his alarm started ringing and he got up with a small yawn he got out of his his bed, as he had set up a new room with a new bed and closet for Kiyomi just next to his.
Today was the day he was supposed to leave for sunagakure in just an hour with Sakumo and the other two three man teams that had been chosen to participate in the chunin exams by the hokage, so he quickly freshened up and changed into his new attire that kiyomi had chosen for him, it was a shortsleeved black high collared shirt with uchiha fan on the back and black skins underneath, accompanied with balck fingerless gloves in both hands and black full pants with black shino sandals because according to Kiyomi he looked really good in black and with black being his favourite colour he didn't refute it.
After getting ready he went to Kiyomi's room to say goodbye to her knowing she didn't have academy today only to find her newly light blue, which happens to be her favourite colour, painted bedroom empty confusing him, just then he heard a sizzling sound from downstairs and curiously went downstairs to see what was going on.
On reaching downstairs Ryu found Kiyomi with her light blue apron on setting two bowls containing freshly cooked gohan and a egg on top of it on the dining table and he could see a packed lunch box on the kitchen counter. Upon noticing him Kiyomi smiled and said,
"Good morning Ryu kun"
"Good morning Kiyomi, what is all this?"
Now this made Kiyomi a little bit shy and look down slightly speaking with a blush,
"O..oh it's just that I thought maybe I could prepare breakfast today and I even made some onigiri as your lunch for your journey to suna"
Making him sigh before he smiled and nodded saying,
"Thank you Kiyomi you saved me a lot me of hassle"
And his words instantly made her emerald eyes light up before both took their chopsticks and sat down opposite to each other to eat breakfast.
While eating breakfast he couldn't help but think,
'In just a week she can already make more tasty gohan than me, maybe I'm not a good cook'
As both finished thier dinner and quickly washed the plates he went and sealed all the supplies he would need in his arms before he said goodbye to Kiyomi who worriedly hugged him and told to come back alive knowing that the chunin exams could be dangerous especially in other hidden villages but he just reassured her and hugged her back before vanishing in thin air using shunshin.
As ryu appeared in front of the Kagami's house he knocked on the door which was opened by Ria who invited him inside.
As he went inside he saw Kagami and Mikoto talking about something and upon noticing him they both stopped and walked towards him. After getting wishes of good luck and Kagami's warning to be cautious with the jinchuriki and Mikoto's hug, he left for the village gates.
Upon reaching the village gates he saw Sakumo and suprisingly the hokage present there talking about something, as both noticed him, Hiruzen placed a hand on his shoulder and said,
"Ryu kun good luck for the exams, I hope you can really complete your mission"
Nodding Ryu replied seriously,
"Hai hokage sama if it's for my village then I'm willing to do anything"
Making Hiruzen nod at him satisfied, as Sakumo said,
"Lets go Ryu the other teams have alread left three days ago"
As he nodded and walked a little away from the gate and said,
" Summouning jutsu"
And in a puff of smoke a large dark blue dragon with yellow slitted eyes, a little taller than sakumo appeared which made both Sakumo and Hiruzen look curiously at the dragon since this was the first time they had seen a large dragon and Ryu said,
"Hello Hatsumi could you take me and my sensei to sunagakure?"
As the dragon gave a feline yet deep growl of approval and bend it's neck towards Ryu who appreciatingly caressed her snout and quickly climbed on her back while motioning Sakumo to do the same.
As Sakumo too climbed on Hatsumi's back and curiously traced the dragon's shining dark blue scales as Ryu tapped on the Hatsumi's head giving her the signal to fly which Hatsumi responded to by giving a loud roar which many in the village heard before flapping her wings and setting off into air towards suna which leaving a dust on the ground below.