9 Sleepover
As Ryuma's hand was working on layering his pizza with cheese, his mind was thinking of something else. He was not very happy with his performance today. After modifying, his chakra, regeneration, and raw strength were something that increased tremendously. It was to the point that he had to maintain his strength and avoid getting a massive cut in front of others. After all, if someone saw any of this it was clear that he would attract problems towards himself and the names of the problems were Orochimaru and Danzo.
After gaining the memories he knew all of the future development that was going to happen and being honest Ryuma didn't want to alter anything until at least Hiruzen dies during the Konoha crush and Sasuke leaves from the village.
In his perspective, both of the events held major values, and changing them would create huge diversions in the future which he didn't want to happen. Ryuma wasn't someone who liked to hide his powers but it was the necessity of the situation because he knew which thing was more profitable for him.
He didn't like Itachi or Obito. In his perspective, both are his enemies. But Itachi was far less criminal than Obito. Ryuma already decided to end Obito or Tobi the next time he got the chance. After all, he didn't want to wait until Naruto cast his spell and he became a goody two shoes.
Itachi on the other hand was a case of a confused teenage boy who under pressure made the wrong decision. To be honest he didn't criticize Itachi for what he did to achieve but he found his method wrong.
He didn't fear Orochimaru and Danzo. He knew he could even kill them with a surprise attack but that was only possible for Danzo. He knew Orochimaru was a cockroach that would survive no matter what and his intelligence was very valuable after he became a good guy. Thus until he gets his supposedly perfect vessel and immerses himself in training him. Ryuma didn't want to attract huge attention to him.
Even though he showed purple lightning to Hayate which was bound to gather attention from higher up towards him but that was also what he decided after thinking quite a lot. If he wanted his team to be relevant and not be used as extras he had to show a little bit of his talent.
Right now Ryuma was carrying 700 kilos on legs and 500 kilos on both hands with the help of gravity seals that he created. His raw strength was something that could break large boulders but it was still not the level to turn the boulder into fine pieces of rocks. But knowing in the future his power will only grow he didn't care much about it. What he cared about was how he could use his strength in the best way.
Wearing this much heavyweight was a way to drag him down to the level of a powerful child but what he lacked was taijutsu skills that's why he wasn't able to effectively win the spars easily. Since taijutsu requires gruesome practice to master, he can't cheat his way up as he did with mangekyou sharingan and make it into pseudo-eternal mangekyou sharingan.
His goal for the future, for now, was to develop a Kekkei Genkai which can even affect Otsutsuki just like Shikamaru's shadow paralysis. Secondly, he wanted to improve his taijutsu skills to the level that he was at least comparable to those on higher pedestals. Lastly, he wants to get a good girlfriend…..
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"So how's your progress with Hana?" Ryuma asked Yuno as he relaxed his back on the couch after eating dinner.
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"No progress happened mr. Genius. After all, someone played a massively important role during the test that shadowed even others and it was due to this that my wife got a little jealous and went home directly after the test" Yuno replied while taunting Ryuma. Meanwhile, he relaxed his body on the big 3-seater sofa.
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"Ohhhh so there is some progress after all she got upgraded from girlfriend to wife.
My dear friend, now I am truly happy for you" Ryuma replied, making a proud face.
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"Bastard now that you became a mr. Genius and soon gonna become Mr. Popular in the village with many cute and sexy girls roaming around you. You Piece of shit started ignoring me?
Is this my worth in your eyes?" Yuno countered Ryuma and shed some crocodile tears to show his genuine comment.
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"So what can I do about that? It's not that I am the one responsible for my handsome face, appealing personality, and enormous inborn talent. You should be thankful that a peasant like you was able to become my friend ?" Ryuma taunted Yuno as he saw him faking his cry.
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"Appealing personality? Inborn talent? What a load of bullshit…..
Do you even have other friends besides me? And let's not talk about the gloominess around you which scares away people.
Talking about the inborn talent, you didn't have anything like that, you just made your way by buttheading.
And bastard you should be thankful for a Messiah-like person to be your friend. If not for me you would have killed more than 100 people with your gloominess" Yuno replied, landing like a strong slap on Ryuma's face. Even though it only started as fun now, Ryuma was getting a massive reality check from Yuno.
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" Okay I understand I didn't have much of a good personality but at least I am more handsome than you and you can't even deny it. But putting this aside doesn't change the topic: what was your progress with Hana if I knew correctly you both even spend some time tomorrow together isn't it? After faking to go home you both met somewhere! " Ryuma spoke with a smirk on his face.
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"What the F*CK how the hell did you know that….. !!!!" Yuno shouted in response but soon realized his mistake get quite down.
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"Hehehe….. gotcha! You know what Yuno my eyes are far superior to yours and it even sees far beyond what you can so you have no chance of fooling me". Ryuma replied with the same smirk plastered on his face.
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"Yes..yes I understood mr. Gloomy Genius. I will not try to fool you in the future but things are still in process so I will tell you about it later".
"Okay so don't forget to tell me your experience. I should learn from you so that I can avoid those problems in the future and remove that gloomy part from the name, it was making it worse" Ryuma spoke, showing his discontent with the new nickname that Yuno picked for him.
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"I will as soon as you remove that gloomy part from your personality, Mr.gloomy genius" a smile formed on Yuno's face as he replied to Ryuma.
Both of them continued their talks on various other topics until they found their body screamed for sleep so they ended their conversation and hit the bed.
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In the middle of the night, two bright red eyes with a peculiar 9 tomoe pattern flashed over Yuno. Unaware of what was happening to him, Yuno continued his slumber.
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(Next day)
As the sun entered Ryuma's room he immediately covered his face with the blanket. He was feeling very exhausted and didn't have any strength to wake up from the bed. He was like the person who didn't wink an eye for an entire week which even though not true but in a way was true. As he was going for another deep slumber the nearest alarm clock stopped him.
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"Fuckkkkk…."
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Ryuma wakes up from bed in an angry state. He reached near the clock and pushed the button to stop the clock with a little force.
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*Krachhhh*
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Due to Ryuma not wearing any gravity weight on him his little force ended up destroying the alarm clock. It was not his first time so he just sighed but he felt sad that even after 2 years of rigorous training he still wasn't able to control his strength properly and required heavy weights to slow him down.
As he moved towards the washroom his eyes fell on Yuno's peaceful sleeping face and a muscle twitched on Ryuma's forehand.
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Yuno woke up suddenly with an intense pain on his left cheek but as he scanned his surroundings he found Ryuma sleeping with a pillow covering his head. Ignoring the pain as the result of bad posture Yuno moved towards the garden outside.
Taking a deep long breath of fresh hair while watching the sunrise he felt very refreshed which he never felt before.
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"..... Hmmm ... .for real!!!!....."
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Yuno got shocked for a second as he sensed his chakra pool which grew thrice the amount he had earlier in an overnight. His smile was leaking from the sides of his mouth. His chakra was no longer below average which means he could use his ninjutsu too. He felt so happy that he wanted to dance at that moment but controlled himself.
With the new increase in chakra and continuous building up of his confidence, he sensed the area around him. To compare his chakra pool with others but soon his face twisted in a bad shape.
Sensing the Ryuma inside the house who seems to have woken up and making tea in the kitchen, Yuno is immersed in his thoughts.
Sensing Ryuma inside the house who seems to have woken up and made tea in the kitchen, Yuno got a little immersed in his thoughts.
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'Is he some kind of monster, why the hell did he have that much chakra? It doesn't make any sense even after my chakra pool getting increased it was only 10% of what he has.'
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Even though Yuno knows a huge chakra pool doesn't signify the power of an individual, it was still a huge advantage nonetheless. Ignoring Ryuma who he decided to consider as an anomaly, he once more focused on his surroundings and tried to increase the range of his sensing ability to see the boost he got after the increase in his chakra pool.
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Ryuma was a little amazed by the scene in front of him. Tomorrow evening he got informed by Hayate that he had to meet him at training area 7 in the morning 10 before their team meet-up time at noon in front of Hokage mansion.
Ryuma already knew that something was up but he didn't think much deeply about it. But looking at the third Hokage and Kakashi alongside Hayate he knew what had happened. Saying that he kinda expected this outcome was a long stretch but he kinda expected them to pick interest in him.
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"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.
Even though Ryuma didn't like the third Hokage, he also didn't hate him. The character of Hiruzen was a complicated one in Ryuma's eyes. It was not a completely evil character like Danzo and Orochimaru nor it was a good character, he stood somewhere between the line of both but tilted more towards the good side.
Hiruzen was a character who let many bad things happen and felt guilty for that but due to his weak will didn't have the confidence to make it stop. In the eyes of Ryuma, he was a pitiful old man who was trying to redo his past mistakes with present good things.
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