Time flew as 2 years went by.
Back in year 39, at only five years of age, kakashi set a new record when he filed for early graduation and passed with top grades.
The other genius in town shined in Konohaâs hospital. Ryo had a unique style of medical Ninjutsu, and was an exceptionally good surgeon. And with his superior spiritual strength and deep understanding of the human body, he had a whole year without a single surgery failing. The Shinobi treated by him were no less than a hundred. His skill gained him the respect of all of Konohaâs hospital.
The teacher that brought up the two geniuses, Yamashiro Yen, was promoted to become deputy director of the Ninja Academy office.
In the year 40, Hatake Kakashi, at 6 years old, became a Chunin.
In Konohaâs forest, Hatake Sakumo and Ryo practiced. In addition to being in the Konoha Hospital, Ryo spent his remaining time there. In those two years, he finished practicing the Chidori, and his he started using Raykiri skillfully. Ryo has also especially purchased a short knife that can conduct chakra.
In terms of Taijutsu, he developed his own Lightning Chakra Mode. Unlike the one used by the Raikages, he abandoned its defensive aspect and focused on mainly getting speed and attack strength from the mode.
The defensive lightning chakra mode requires huge amounts of continuously flowing Chakra, which was far from Ryoâs reach at that time. He did not have a lot of Chakra. As long as he can use his Ice element, physical attacks were basically ineffective against him. As long as he had enough chakra, he could get away with low defense.
It was through working with Sakumo that he unlocked the Lightning Chakra Mode. Relying on lightning to stimulate his cells and nerves, he got his speed to match the limit of his dynamic vision. Sakumo took his time with the training. Ryoâs problems were to be fixed one by one.
âSakumo san, Iâm going to start!â
âAh! Let me see how you have improved over the past month, but donât kill me like I did to you last time.â
â Sakumo san, look closely!â Ryo infused his Chakra within his blade.
âIs this the âChidori Bladeâ?â Sakumo was really interested in this new technique.
âMore than that!â Ryoâs chakra started floating around his body, and his cells began taking the molecular structure of ice.
Non-pure water can conduct electricity, and the human body has that ability. In his past world, ice wasnât as conductive as much as the human bodies. However, once he changed himself into ice, Ryo found that his body became more conductive.
The fastest thing in the world is light, and that is a electromagnetic wave, and so is lightning. By using his lightning release while he was in his ice form, the ice and thunder blended giving him light characteristics, and his speed was greatly increased.
This mode that Ryo called the âIce Lightening Chakra Modeâ, consumes the most chakra. Right now, Ryo who has the Chakra levels of an average Jonin, could only maintain this mode for 2 minutes max.
The sudden increase in Ryoâs speed didnât stun Sakumo at all. Every time they met these past two years, he had a pleasant surprise by the kid.
Like a blue thunderbolt, Ryo rushed towards Sakumo who lifted his blade to block his attack. With his attack blocked away, Ryo didnât stop and started printing with one hand : Chidori Blade!
âA one-handed seal?â For the 1st time since they started training, Sakumo infused his Blade with Lightning Chakra.
That Chakra Dagger, emitting white light, was like a reaperâs scythe. Ryo didnât like the idea of using his Sharingan. But his eyes started glowing red: âGenjutsu: Multiple Copiesâ!
âRyo, you tried this trick half a year ago.â After that Sakumo appeared right in front of Ryo.
Ryoâs eyes were able to capture Sakumoâs move. But his body couldnât keep up, and the use of Genjutsu and Raykirialso made it impossible for him to maintain ice-thunder mode. The fight ended with Sakumoâs knife an inch away from Ryoâs neck.
âUncle Sakumo, you are really on another level.â The fact that Sakumo isnât even close to using all that he has made it clear for Ryo: he couldnât even inflict damage to him. Faced by such a strong opponent, he knew he had a long way to go.
âRyo, you are very strong. At the mere age of seven, you are infusing your blade with chakra, and using one hand seals. You certainly are no ordinary ninja.â
In fact, Ryo had only two one handed seal Justus that he could use: Chidori and Raykiri. âUncle Sakumo, am I at the level of beating a Jonin now?â
âThere is still a gap between your use of Chidori and Lightning Chakra mode, and that of a Jonin with his own Jutsus. You probably can beat a special Jonin. If you use your Sharingan, you can probably take on a Jonin.â
Jonins are the backbone of every village. In addition to the four elite of Konoha, each village has a dozen at the level of Jonin with only 2-4 people close to the level of a Kage. Ryo had enough power to protect himself in the next war.
âIn 2 years, Kakashi will become a Jonin. I should also graduate.â
âNow you are the Star of Konohaâs Hospital. The 3rd wonât let you graduate so easilyâ.
Ryo also understood that a great medical ninja can save lives, but it didnât seem significant enough for him.
âEven if so, I would also like to apply for graduation.â Ryo did not want to be a medical ninja for his whole life, he wants to be the strongest man in the world.
â Sakumo san, Iâll go back to Ninja School.â
âGood!â Sakumo nodded his head. In the past two years he watched him grow up, he was thinking that he should graduate soon as well.
Ninja school students who want to graduate early must submit a graduation application through their teacher. If the hokage approves, they can take the exam. Succeeding allows them to become ninja. The Hokage does not generally refuse any application, unless it is a particularly weak student. And as Ryo always had top scores, the 3rd had no reason to refuse.
He went back to school to submit his application, and also to meet up with Obito and Rin. The two along with Kakashi were his only close friends, even though he didnât have beef with anyone else.
Finding Yamashiro Yen at the Studentâs affairs office, he submitted his application, and then went to the classroom.
As he entered the class he heard a voice: âRyo yaro! Youâre finally back!â on the table, the sleepy Obito was the 1st to detect his presence.
âRyo, you are back!â Rin also saw him, and the three went to the playground together.
âObito, Rin. I want to apply for graduation.â
âCocky Ryo, I will soon catch up with you.â
âThen you have work hard. Rin, you too!â
âI will.â
After saying goodbye to his friends, he left the school to become a ninja tomorrow!