A Warrior's Path

His thugs raised their swords and charged. Seeing these idiots attack them Ryu chuckled. These thugs can at best be compared to a low level Genin, their teams basic strength was high level Genin...the difference is evident. Without even a.s.sessing your opponent they just charged ahead like a mindless beast.

Ryu " Just step back all of you. "

Naruto and Sasuke were picked up by Kakashi and Sakura and retreated. Zabuza and Haku did the same. Ryu was Infront of the charging crowd, he did a few hand signs

" Fire style : Great fire annihilation "

Ryu kneaded chakra inside his body and converted it into fire. He then expelled literally a sea of flames. The flames burned everything on its path to smitherines.

After a few minutes Ryu used a water Jutsu to put out the remaining fire. Nothing remained...every thug including Gatou were burned to ashes. Zabuza was scared when he saw this. He could also kill these people but not as effortless as this.

Kakashi wasn"t surprised but Sakura was awestruck when she saw him annihilate over 50 people like nothing. From what Ryu said she knew that Ryu was strong but she never expected him to be this strong.

Ryu turned around " Now that the trash has been removed...let"s discuss your surrender "

Zabuza didn"t respond to what Ryu said until Haku nudged him a bit " Yea..yeah..if you can guarantee that mine and Haku"s life will not be in any danger then I won"t mind surrendering "

Ryu nodded " Done ". Ryu then turned to Tazuna " Like agreed, we will help until the bridge is finished "

Tazuna nodded like a puppet. He was shocked when he saw Gatou get killed so easily. That man has been a plague for their country for years, he only brought proverty and death but he died just like that.

Tazuna and the others went back. The villagers were delighted to hear that Gatou was dead. They thanked them and insisted on celebrations. All of them stayed up till midnight before everyone went back for the night.

The next day...Naruto and Sasuke woke up. Sasuke was hurt pretty badly while Naruto was just dead tired. For most injuries a days rest was enough for a shin.o.bi to regain their basic movement.

Sasuke was relieved that Naruto was fine. Naruto on the other hand jumped up and asked if Sasuke was alright, Sasuke seeing this showed an annoyed expression but he felt warm inside.

Naruto quickly went out, he saw the rest of his team enjoying a meal. He was about to rush in and ask what happened when he noticed Haku sitting beside Ryu.

Naruto yelled " Aaah...you are alright dattebayo!! "

Haku gently smiled " Yes.Thank you for asking Naruto "

Naruto went beside Haku and asked what happened. Haku was glad to tell him. Ryu just watched this happening with a smile. Naruto will never change, he will always care for others but he is not naive enough to believe that everyone will change.

Ryu looked at Sasuke who came behind Naruto " Sasuke, congratulations on awakening your eyes "

Sasuke " Thanks "

Ryu " And Naruto congratulations on awakening Wood style "

Naruto and the rest remembered when he said that. Kakashi already asked Ryu about this and Ryu"s reply to that was " I purified Naruto"s bloodline, now he is same as me. If you want more details just ask the old man ". Kakashi didn"t know whether to laugh or cry when he heard Ryu brush off a major incident like nothing. He thought " I hope Hokage sama don"t get a heartache when he hears about this ".

Ryu " When we get back I will teach you further about that style. Right now you have only barely awakened it but with time it will become stronger "

Sasuke heard this and felt sour. He also had a brother but now...

Ryu " As for you Sasuke, your Sharingan has only just awakened so we need to train that, not only that you also possess a kekkei genkai other than the Sharingan "

Sasuke was surprised and happy when Ryu told him about training together. He may not show it on the outside but he also longs for a family. He was also confused when Ryu said he had another kekkei genkai.

Kakashi was a bit shocked " Another kekkei genkai?! which one ? "

Naruto and Sakura was confused. They understood what Ryu said about Naruto having wood style but didn"t get a word about kekkei genkai.

Sakura " Sensei what is a kekkei genkai? "

Kakashi " Sakura you heard Sasuke say about the Sharingan right? kekkei genkai is not specific to the eyes, they can be other abilities such as the first Hokage"s wood style or Haku"s Ice style "

Sakura was shocked when she understood what Kakashi said. If that was correct then Naruto and Ryu had one crazy ability. After all the first Hokage was known as the G.o.d of Shin.o.bi. And Sasuke has two kekkei genkai.. suddenly she felt inferior.

Kakashi " What"s his other kekkei genkai? "

Sasuke was also excited, with this he will be a lot closer to kill that man.

Ryu " It"s a fire and lightning kekkei genkai. If you want more information we need to test him. But only when we are done here. "

Last night Ryu had already activated Sasuke"s physique. Sasuke nodded when Ryu said that. Kakashi also agreed after all this was a kekkei genkai we are talking about so they don"t know what might happen.

Days pa.s.sed since the death of Gatou. Ryu used his wood style to help the workers and to provide logs for the bridge. Among these days the team got well along with Haku. He was well liked by everyone.

Finally the bridge was completed and the mission was over. The team packed up, said goodbye to Tazuna and the villagers. Inari was sad that Naruto was leaving.

Ryu and the rest including Zabuza and Haku started their journey back to Konoha. Ryu had a lot of plans regarding Naruto and Sasuke. These two are basically two of the strongest people this planet can offer. He would do everything in his power to make them strong. This is where he was born... his home. He will leave in the future so he needs to make this world as strong as possible to atleast defend itself from others.

After they reached a good spot, Ryu " Sasuke, in these days I have already told you about elemental Nature of chakra. You have very high affinity towards fire and lightning. Now we need to bring out your kekkei genkai. It"s hard but it"s also very simple. Just try to feel your chakra. A kekkei genkai is different as it automatically mixes the elemental chakra within our body, all you need to do is to feel that chakra inside you "

Sasuke tried to so what Ryu said. At first nothing happened but after Thirty minutes his hand produced a slight silver coloured chakra. Ryu could feel the burning sensation as well as the destruction of lightning. The silver chakra kind of looked like plasma.

Sasuke was very focused. It took him about thirty minutes just to get in touch with this chakra and it"s taking him even more focus to barely maintain it. After a couple of minutes the silver chakra disappeared. Sasuke was on his knees panting.

Sakura and Naruto were worried. They asked him if he was alright. Sasuke " I am fine..just exhausted "

Zabuza was shocked " That was some kekkei genkai..if he could fire that it will absolutely be atleast a B cla.s.s Jutsu. "

Haku nodded. Kakashi " So how should we name this kekkei genkai "

Ryu " It had the burning sensation of fire as well as the sharpness and destruction of lightning so we will call it " Plasma Style " "