Inside a small four room apartment, the morning sun peeked through the curtains. On the bed a blue tinted white haired boy, with sharp features that are easy on the eyes. Next to him was a girl laying on her stomach. Tapping the girl on her shoulders, her brown eyes slowly opened towards him.

“Morning Hana, are you ready to learn out teams?” Ryu asked stretching out his eight year old body.

“Five more minutes.” Hana huffed wanting to go back to sleep.

“Nope, you promised to do morning training with me today. It was why Tsume-san agreed to let you stay over.” Ryu said heading towards the dresser.

“I don’t think that the only reason.” Hikari said waking up as a similar thought went through Hana mind.

“Hikari, we are only eight, I doubt Tsume would attempted to pair us up at our age.” Ryu waved off the thought without much thought.

“I don’t know. A lot of noble and clans children were engaged as infants. So it not that far of a stretch that she might. Granted there isn’t a contracted or anything like that, but attempted for the future.” Hikari explained.

Thoughts of Tsume checking to see if he had any interest in her daughter crossed his mind. He just gave it a mental shrug and decided to wait until he is older.

“Come one Hana we need to get started if we are going to be on time.” Ryu began to remove his layer of pajamas.

A few seconds later, a fist crashed down on his head forming tears in his eyes.

“What did I do?” He asked.

“How can you change in front of me?” Hana asked looking away while blushing hard.

“We took a bath together. I don’t see what the big deal is.” Ryu said referring to their visit to the hot spring.

Earning himself another bump on the head, for the life of him he couldn’t figure out why. They seen each other without clothes and slept in the same bed. Why was she suddenly getting mad at him all of the sudden.

“Idiot/Idiot.” both Hikari and Hana said in sync.

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Opening the door to the classroom, Hana stumbled in tired and muscles aching. Behind her Ryu followed looking perfectly fine with a slight shine from his damp hair. Shaking his head, hearts formed in the girls eyes as they welcomed him.

Ignoring the hormonal thirteen years old girl with barely any immunity to him. Ryu spotted Izumi who he hasn’t seen in nearly a week. Waving to her, he dragged Hana to the empty seats next to her.

“Morning Izumi.” He greeted.

“Go morning you two. What happen to you?” Izumi looked at Hana who had her head on the desk.

“She joined me in my morning warm up. She just not used to it yet.” Ryu waved off the concern earning a slight glare. The triplets also glared as they were tired from running with them.

“Is that so.” Izumi chuckled.

“Why don’t you join.” Ryu asked making her rapidly shake her head.

Shrugging at being rejected, the classroom door open and a chunin walked in. The woman appeared to be in her early thirties with long brown hair and green eyes. Her body swayed in a seductive manner catching most of the males attention, while the girls envy.

“Alright, I must congratulate you all on passing the academy. It was an honor teaching most of you in different ways of being a shinobi or kunoichi.” the chunin said in a seductive way.

Ryu looked around and seen most of the males and females blushing. He doesn’t really understand as it must be an inside joke or something. From his observation, she was a kunoichi that specialized in seduction or uses it to throw other off guard.

“Alright, now let's get to the teams. Team one: Toby Shi, Maba Sai, Don Soa. Team Two…” The Chunin began reading off the list.

Waiting for his name to be called, Ryu glanced to his two friends. Neither of them been called yet raising the chance they will be on a team. Which they also figured out, as it came down to the last few teams.

“Team Fifteen: Hana Inuzuka, Izumi Uchiha, and Salo Muchi.”

Three heads hit the table at the same time as the three eight years old glared.

“Ah, oops read the wrong name.” The chunin blushed a bit. “I meant Hana Inuzuka, Izumi Uchiha, and Ryu Fumetsu.”

The three friends sighed in relief as two of them being on one team while one not. In their thoughts the team was pretty balanced as Hana is tracker and decently in taijutsu. Ryu once he learns some more jutsu is a taijutsu and ninjutsu specialist. Finally, Izumi once they build up her chakra some more can be a genjutsu and taijutsu.

The three ignored the final team called as it didn’t really concern them much. They weren’t really apart of the class so they didn’t really have friends inside. If Ryu was honest with himself, it was the downside of graduating early.

“Did you two hear about Itachi latest mission?” Izumi asked as they waited for their Jonin instructor.

“No, but the Uchiha have been excited about something.” Ryu replied.

“Well, on the last mission they were ambushed by a man and one of his teammates died. Anyways, he unlocked his sharingan so he being called a prodigy due to his age.” Izumi frowned.

“Since he not fainting after activating them it means he can use them in combat or training.” Hana said making Izumi pout.

“That beside the point, anyway, he began to push himself harder in training and spending less time with me.” Izumi puffed out her cheek as she stated the problem.

“Shouldn’t you be more worried how to comfort him on losing a friend and teammate?” Hana asked.

“Your right,” Izumi stood up only to be pushed down by Hana and Ryu.

“Team Fifteen.” an aged voice called out.

In the doorway, a man in his late thirties early forties walked in. He had short brown hair and eyes with a heavy tan from years in the sun. His outfit is the standard jonon uniform with green weights on. Scratching his short beard with a bit of gray popping out, he looks around the room.

“Meet me on the roof in five minutes.” He simply said before Shunshin (Body Flicker) with leaves behind.

Hana and Ryu headed towards the window and wall walked up the side of the building. Izumi watched her friends and quickly ran after them. Since she learned the tree walking in the last week and nearly mastered it. Just her reserves need to grow first.

Appearing on top of the roof, the man just simply shrugged as the three displayed this. From the files he read, two of them are from a clan so they could have learned it there. In Ryu files it was marked he either learned it himself or seen someone doing it and copied. Though it was also noted he split a few trees attempting it.

Coming up behind them was the Three Haimaru Brothers who quickly surrounded Hana.

“Alright, shall we get to introductions, than move on. Usually there is another portion but since we are still recovering from the nine tails. We are skipping that part.” The man said.but once he mentions the fox he glares at Ryu.

Ryu began to wonder what the Hokage was thinking. How could he let a man who appears to hate the fox teach him since he lives and basically raises Naruto. If he could guess the future, he would probably see the Jonin attempting to kill him. There is also a possibility he would be left behind if injured.

“The teamwork and leave no comrade or student behind doesn’t really sit with this man.” Hikari said as Ryu mentally nodded.

“Let's hope that he trains us properly. He has two students from very well known clans and Hana the daughter of her clan leader.” Ryu sighed.

“We will begin working on your taijutsu style and a few C-rank fire releases. This will allow you to get a feel for fire element so we can begin the basic fire nature transformation training.” Hikari said making Ryu sweat a little.

“Isn’t elemental training jonin level?” Ryu asked.

“Not really, it more once you get water walking down you can learn. However, since you continue to train your chakra control. Instead of years like many others, it will shorten by quite a lot of time.” Hikari explained making Ryu understand.

“I am having you start with fire since your strongest affinity out of the other six affinities.” Hikari said making him sweat. “By the time Naruto gradulate you should master all seven basic elements. Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Yin and Yang.”

“Almost nine years! Do you honestly think I can, and what about my other training and missions?” Ryu asked as he can’t spend all his time on nature transformation training.

“Relax, I got a jutsu you can use to help speed up. Besides, what kind of lov- sensei would I if I didn’t help you live up to your unlimited potential.” Hikari grinned. “I will even teach you a chakra control that also listed as a A-ranked jutsu.”

“If you say so.” Ryu rolled his eyes barely interest in the jutsu.

While he was zoning out, Hana and Izumi looked at him before sighing. Ever since his eighth birthday, he been zoning out from time to time. Whenever they asked him, he just something on his mind. Which usually leads to some crazy training or studying.

“What's wrong with him.” The Jonin asked a bit rudely since he hasn’t finished introducing himself.

“Something on his mind.” Both hana and Izumi said in sync. “He be fine in a moment.”

The aged jonin stared before sighing as Ryu refocused.

“What?”

“Nothing, now as I was getting to it, my name is Kanzo Femi. I will be your Jonin instructor in charge of training you until you become chunin, die, or leave being a shinobi behind.” The blunt man said extremely focused on Ryu when he mentioned dying.

With a small sigh, Ryu could only ignoring the man wishes towards him. Once it became known that he was living with Naruto, the village started to look down on him. Rumors where floating around, like the fox is tricking him, or he the fox minion and so on.

“I am Ryu Fumetsu,-” he began to introduce himself.

“Yeah, I know I read your file.” Kanzo interrupted him and pointed towards Hana.

“I am Hana Inuzuka.” She said.

“What else.” Kanzo asked making all three raises an eyebrow at him.

“Didn’t you see it in my file?” Hana asked.

“Whatever.” Kanzo drifted his eyes over to Izumi.

“I am Izumi Uchiha.”

“Great now that out of the way, meet at training ground fifteen tomorrow at seven. We begin your training than take your first mission at noon.” Kanzo said before vanishing with leaves behind.

“Well he rude.” Hana huffed.

“Yeah, but what can we do. We just have to wait it out hoping one of us don’t die or crippled due to him.” Ryu said as he stood up to leave. “I’m going to go train, so I see you two tomorrow.”

“Yeah, I think we do the same.” Hana and Izumi agreed as they all left the roof.

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Arriving at the secluded training ground forty five, Ryu took a look around. He didn’t want to be seen training or run into someone. A shinobi best trump card is one no one knows about. While in his case learning without a scroll or book around.

“Alright, Hikari what first.” he asked.

“We will begin with your new taijutsu style. The academy style is great and all in teaching the basics. For actually fighting not so much. Now your going to lean to kick and punch while creating your own style.” Hikari waited for Ryu to complain.

“Um, why?”

“From all my knowledge most taijutsu, kenjutsu and Bukijutsu are really basic attacks with fancy names. Sure they add elemental and chakra to enhance their strikes, but they are still the basics. Now what we are going to do is create a style perfectly suited to you and make your body a weapon.” Sweat began to form as Ryu heard Hikari laugh at the end.

“Most?”

The sound of Hikari humming filled his head which sounded sweet. Only Ryu felt it was about to gravely hurt most taijutsu masters if they heard. Which he learned from months of training under her.

“Well, most are fancy attacks and does a lot of damage to the opponents. Which of course they usually use chakra to help, but that is not what we are after. This is going to be pure taijutsu.” Hikari explained worrying Ryu of a lot incoming broken bones, sweat, blood, and tears.

“Now lower into your fighting stance and lets begin.” Mad laughter filled Ryu head who mentally sighed.

Lowering his center of gravity, he entered a stance where he can shift at a moments notice. His arms left arm was horizontal across this body while his right in front of his chest. It was the basic stance taught in the academy which his right hand holds a kunai in reverse grip.

“Now really begin your training for the future.”