10 First encounter
"Good morning!" Bowing to the Hokage, Ryuma gave everyone a greeting.
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"A very good morning to you Ryuma-kun" Hiruzen replied by radiating his warm grandpa kind of vibe in the surroundings.
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"Thanks, Hokage-sama...… Did something happen ?" Ryuma asked a question showing a confused expression even though he knew what they were there for.
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" Well something does happen but it's not a bad thing. After all, if what your teacher said is true then it's a very happy occasion, "Kakashi replied without showing any emotions.
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"Yess..?" Ryuma showed a face of no understanding of the things that Kakashi told him just now.
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" *Sigh* don't say things in a roundabout manner Kakashi!
Ryuma-kun we all came here after your teacher told us about how you created a new jutsu and this piqued my interest a lot so I decided to visit you. After all, old men like me often got interested in new things…. hahaha.." Hiruzen replied to Ryuma.
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" Ohhhh, I can show you my new jutsu Hokage-sama but I have made 4 variations of it. So should I show you all of them one by one ?" Ryuma replied with a smile on his face, acting like a child happy to show his talent to older people.
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" Oh!! You have already created variations of your Jutsu. How interesting!!" Hiruzen replied with a smile.
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As Ryuma started showing his jutsu one by one the other present in the training field only got more and more surprised but the one who got the most surprised was none other than Kakashi.
Ryuma showed them four versions of his purple lightning. The first one is the basic version which can be used like Chidori for close combat. The second version is the 'purple lightning stream' which spreads the purple lightning everywhere from the user's hand or through all of his body and thus can be used both offensive and defensively. The third version was his 'purple lightning spear/sword' where he covered his kunai or other weapons with lightning chakra making it sharper and giving it the shape of a sword/spear which gave them the ability to be elongated. The fourth and last version was 'purple lightning sparrows' where he releases a lot of sparrows of lightning at the same time with the number of sparrows depending only on the chakra used for the jutsu.
Ryuma's execution of skills was exceptional which even impressed Hiruzen But it wasn't the only execution that impressed Hiruzen. The fact that Ryuma didn't make any hand sign except for a sign of confrontation which was mainly used to gather chakra for the first three versions greatly surprised him.
He knew there were very very few ninjutsu that required no hand signs to use which was a true plus point in all battles and the jutsu Ryuma invented was also one of those. Hiruzen was very proud to see this.
The power of jutsu was already comparable to the Chidori that Kakashi created with no loud sound and tunnel vision. The only downside was his speed which Hiruzen knew will get improved by Ryuma later in the future. Considering all things Hiruzen knew this jutsu was an A-rank that had the potential to become S-rank.
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" Hokage-sama, I should take my leave…. I think I got a little inspiration so I should use it properly." Kakashi spoke before taking his leave.
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Hiruzen nodded at Kakashi and faced Ryuma and Hayate and spoke," I am very happy with your exceptional display Ryuma-kun and I would be looking forward to your achievements in the future.
Hayate I think you have some weights on your shoulders this time around and I know you can execute this exceptionally".
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"Thank you, Hokage-sama" both Ryuma and Hayate spoke in unison.
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Later on the day Ryuma and his team took their first mission which was just an E-rank mission of helping a Konoha librarian clean the library. Hayate was already not included in the mission but he will definitely get 50% of the wage. After All that was bound to happen, the wages a genin team earned will get distributed among the jounin teachers and their students in the ratio of 50-50. Even though it was a loss for the genin, the training and teaching of jounin teachers definitely made up for that.
After completing the mission, which was not that time-consuming, Hayate took the whole team to the place where he usually practiced. The place was situated behind the Hokage mountain in between the dense forest. Before proceeding to anything he gave his introduction which was pending for a long time.
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" My name is Gekko Hayate and I am a special jounin from Konohagakure specializing in bukijutsu. My main weapon is a sword and I am well-versed in kenjutsu.
I also know ninjutsu and genjutsu on a high level. I like to eat udon and dumplings and my hobby is cleaning and sharpening my sword."
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Even though it was only a little informative, at least the whole team 1 got some information about their teacher.
Hayate didn't start anything on the first day, on the other hand, he decided to share the plans he made for their future. He told them about the daily training plan that they will do every day before the mission alongside the specific area that they need to work to improve themselves. His suggestions varied depending on the person.
He suggested Hana train his body and taijutsu and also increase her chakra control so that his Chaka can be used effectively for jutsu. He gave her the training plan he prepared.
Similarly, he shared Yuno's plan which changed at the moment due to changes in his chakra pool and strength. Hayate who earlier made the plan keeping Yuno's low chakra in mind changed it after seeing Yuno gaining chakra day by day. He added Jutsu training alongside sensing as his main focus for the future plans alongside improving his taijutsu more daily.
Lastly, for Ryuma the plan was quite modified compared to the other two keeping the raw talent of Ryuma in mind Hayate made a thoroughly prepared plan for him.
His plan consists of daily taijutsu training to improve his taijutsu skills which were the worst among the three, his fuinjutsu training which will be overlooked by a fuinjutsu expert, and his medical ninjutsu training on Saturday and Sunday in Konoha hospital. Hayate also told Ryuma to ask whatever queries he had for ninjutsu from him.
Hayate also told them that he will teach them at least the basics of Kenjutsu which he specialized in after they improved their taijutsu skills to the required level.
The day ended with Hayate treating them to dumplings before all of them moved in different directions….
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After the team meeting, which was what he decided to call today's interaction, Ryuma decided to go and pay respects to his parent's grave.
Looking at the beautiful sunset happening Ryuma made his way to the nearest flower shop before visiting Konoha's cemetery. He picked some white flower whose name he didn't know alongside a blue rose which was looking magnificent.
After getting flowers he made his way to the cemetery while looking at the people happily walking on the street. Some were drunk, some were cracking jokes among themselves and some couples were spending their quality time together. As he moved left to take a different route than the crowded one which he didn't like for some reason he came across an interaction happening between the two people.
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" Sasuke, I love you, please be my boyfriend!!!! " A girl with blond hair whose right eye was a little covered with her bangs passionately revealed her feelings towards a black hair boy whose t-shirt showed a fan-like Symbol on the back.
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"Don't bother me" Sasuke replied to Ino rejecting the red rose pushed towards him and walking ahead ignoring her.
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'he should have rejected her properly at least' a thought came to Ryuma's head who watched the whole interaction happening, just sighed internally. Even though both of them didn't know him yet, he knows them very clearly from the story.
One was the second male lead of the story who was also an as**ole character and the other was one of the Konoha 13 members who also became one of the supporting pillars of Konohagakure later in the future.
Even though he didn't want to meet the main caste, he also didn't necessarily want to avoid the caste of the story so he moved forward after the whole interaction ended and Sasuke left.
After Sasuke left there was only Ino present there, surprisingly the whole street was empty at this particular moment. As he walked forward ignoring the presence of Ino on the road, he heard a sobbing sound coming from the direction where Ino was standing.
Ryuma looked from the corner of his eyes towards Ino and saw her trying to suppress her crying voice and repeatedly wiping her tears from her hands. A sigh escape Ryuma's mouth even though he didn't want to do what he was gonna do but he still decided to do that. After all, Ino was the girl he liked the most in the Naruto series from his past life memories.
Ryuma walked towards Ino and reached in front of her and kept two steps of distance between them. It was then that Ino noticed him. Ryuma gave his handkerchief to her which At first Ino didn't want to take but finally accepted after Ryuma didn't put it back.
Ryuma took the red rose from Ino's hand which was a little crooked from the middle and put his blue rose on her hands instead. Before Ino could process what was happening Ryuma spoke something to Ino and moved towards the cemetery with his body flicker technique.
A few seconds later, Ino who was still standing on the road finally processed everything that happened. A blush formed on her cheeks while remembering the last line of Ryuma which he told to her before disappearing. Completely forgetting about the incident and her sad mood, Ino made her way home while submerged in her fantasies.
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