Naruto Fanfiction

chapter 15

chapter 15-Training

(3rd p.o.v)

Ryuu opened his eyes and looked around. White walls, white floor, white ceiling, white bed, white sheets, white blanket, white pillow, white chairs, white heart monitor. Hospital. Tenten was beside him with Lee's bed on the other side of her.

Neji wasn't there, meaning he was probably training, and Hayate was sitting beside Tenten. On Ryuu's other side was Yugao.

"Good morning," Yugao smiled.

"Master, I'm so sorry," Ryuu began. "I didn't mean-"

"It's alright," Yugao smiled. "I made a rookie mistake and slipped. They patched me up easily. You on the other hand, were in much worse condition. While I was a relatively serious death risk, you opened the Gate of Closing. Idiot. Your body didn't go through the proper training to use it so you destroyed your body using it.

Your muscles were almost completely shredded, a few of your bones were cracked, the bones in your feet and legs were all shattered, and your heart very nearly tore itself free of your Aorta. You can't use the Inner Gates again. It's going to kill you.

They managed to heal you completely this time but if you had used it for even a minute longer, you'd be dead. Promise me you won't use it again."

"I promise," Ryuu nodded then turned to Tenten. "How's Lee?"

"He's not good," Tenten stated. "He used the Gates so long that his body tore itself apart, his limbs shattered themselves from him hitting Gaara, and Gaara crushed his left arm and leg. He won't be a ninja again. He can't."

Ryuu nodded and turned his attention to Hayate.

"Even if because of an accident, you did win your fight," Hayate stated. "In reality, accidents don't mean the person who wins because of them loses anyway so it won't here either. Congratulations. You're continuing."

"Thank you," Ryuu smiled. "When can I leave?"

"Now," a Medical Nin stated walking in. "You're all healed so we were just waiting for you to wake up."

"Sasuke took the liberty of getting you a clean set of clothes for you," Yugao stated pointing at the pile of clothes with his tanto and trench knife sitting on the top.

Ryuu instinctively reached to his neck but realized the necklace was gone.

"I have your necklace," Yugao stated before he could panic. "Figured you should probably keep that fact about yourself a secret for the time being."

"Thank you," Ryuu sighed smiling.

She nodded and they all left allowing him to get dressed before he left the room and she handed the necklace over. Then, Tenten returned to the room and the others left. Ryuu pulled his necklace on and turned to Yugao.

"I'll meet you at the clearing in a few minutes," Yugao stated. "You have a month to train before the next part of the exam so I'm going to oversee your training personally with a bit of help I found recently. For now, I need to talk to Hayate for a moment."

Ryuu nodded and vanished in a swirl of fallen leaves. He arrived at the clearing within minutes and sighed leaning against the tree. His older brother had been a master of the Body Flicker Technique. Ryuu was only skilled enough for it to require nearly no chakra and to be able to attack while using it, though he was saving that ability for a certain someone.

He remembered several times when his brother would use the technique to make himself seem to flicker like a flame or a crappy film. He remembered that no one ever seemed to notice except him and Itachi.