Naruto: The Lone Wolf of the Leaf

The birth of the Rakurai

Ryu POV

When we walked in, Kakashi was awake.

Naruto: Look the sense's coming around.

Ryu: Looks like you did it again huh? If never thought I'd have to tell you this but you have to learn how to maintain your Sharingan.

Sakura: And if it puts that much strain on your body maybe it's not worth it.

Ryu: Being honest its not even that the Sharingan is that draining, it's just that Zabuza was tough.

Tazuna: Well we shouldn't have many other ninja like him around anymore.

Ryu: 'Zabuza has to be dead, he couldn't be alive after that. So why do I still feel like he's alive? Unless...' Ohhhh crap.

Sakura: What is it?

Ryu: Zabuza is still alive.

Everyone had a grim look on their faces, even Kakashi.

Naruto: But how?!! We all saw him not nailed with needles!!

Ryu: Yeah, that's the point. Throwing needles are only deadly with they hit in the right spot, or if you get skewered by a bunch of them. And there aren't any vital points in the neck.

Sakura: But how?! You both checked for his heart beat!

Ryu: He was in a false death state. That so tracker was actually an accomplice of Zabuza's. If she was really a tracker she would have felt with him on the spot.

Kakashi: Trackers are trained to know every vital spot inside of the body. A temporary death state would be simple. We must prepare quickly.

I then started to smirk.

Ryu: If I'm being honest I'm kinda happy he's not dead. Now I have the chance to fight him again. I can tell you feel the same, Naruto.

Naruto had a smile with a tint of fear and a lot of happiness when he heard that Zabuza was alive.

Sakura: Sensei, you said prepare quickly, but you can barely move.

Ryu: I'm guessing you forgot who taught the three of you most of the Jutsu in your arsenal's.

Then Kakashi started chuckling.

Kakashi: I can still train you.

Sakura: Hold on! A little last minute training won't make us strong enough to fight Zabuza! You could barely defeat him with your Sharingan.

A confident smirk appeared on my face as I started to chuckle a tiny bit as well.

Ryu: Maybe normal training, but we're not gonna be doing just the ordinary training anymore.

Sakura: And Ryu, aren't you supposed to be a strong as sensei? You were struggling against one of the clones.

Ryu: If you honestly thought I was being serious against the clone, your out of your mind.

The three of them just sweat dropped realizing that I could have gotten them all killed by holding back.

Kakashi: The three of you have grown, Naruto-

He then turned to Kakashi.

Kakashi: -You've grown the most.

He smiled sad the thought of being ahead of the other two in growth had pleasures him.

Kakashi: And even you Ryu have grown a bit more from when we all started.

I looked at him confused and remembered.