Ryuu teaches Itachi.

'Two months passed in a blink,

We continued to explore our Mangekyou abilities any time I got time.

We then unsealed everyone's memories of Rikuto and two months after that.

Rikuto and Nakamura moved into the village, he lived in a house near uncle Fugaku's, inside the Uchiha compounds.

I would visit there many times and I would even train Itachi and Shisui.

However, Itachi hadn't started training Ninjutsu yet.

He still hadn't joined the academy yet, but I would still teach him a few things, he was a genius just like me.

Aunt Mikoto was pregnant again, she and big sis Kushina were almost giving birth.'

Ryuu was at Fugaku's house, waiting for Itachi.

"Itachi, come on, let's go get a snack before eating lunch." Ryuu held Itachi's hand as they went to get some Dango.

"Big brother, when are you going to teach me ninjutsu?" Itachi asked.

"Why won't your father teach you?"

"He said he'd teach me a jutsu, but he was too busy on the day he was supposed to teach me and mother can't teach me because she's going to have another kid."

Ryuu nodded.

"I see…

In that case, I'll teach you a jutsu special to our clan after I come back from my missions, it won't be long, I'll finish my mission in a few hours at most."

Itachi nodded, even though he wasn't satisfied.

'Big brother will come back I'm sure of it.

He's the only person other than Shisui who always remembers to teach me something.'

Itachi looked at Ryuu.

'He's not satisfied with that, but I can't blame him.' Ryuu said to himself.

"I tell you what, if you impress me by doing something extraordinary today, then I'll teach you two new fire-style ninjutsu, is that a deal?"

He nodded excitedly.

'I'll prove myself to big brother that I deserve to learn a new technique, but the problem is.

How am I supposed to impress him?' Itachi asked himself.

Ryuu gave him his Dango and then they walked to the Uchiha training grounds, where they would train Shuriken jutsu.

They found Shisui training his shuriken jutsu.

There were eight targets, including one hidden behind a giant rock.

Shisui had his Sharingan on and threw four Kunai in the air.

He used the other four to deflect themselves, then they all hit the targets at once.

'Shisui is so talented, but they say he's nothing compared to big brother.'

Itachi said to himself as he watched.

"Hey Itachi, watch this."

Ryuu whispered to him.

"Hidden mist jutsu!" A cloud of thick fog appeared.

Blocking Itachi and Shisui's sight.

'What's going on? Is there an attack on the village? This mist is too thick right now.' Shisui grabbed his tanto and entered a defensive stance.

"Caw!" Shisui was startled by a crow.

"Sensei?" He tried to scare away the crow, but it didn't move.

Shisui even threw a kunai at it but it passed through.

Ryuu removed the mist and Shisui was free, but his eyes widened as multiple crows swarmed him and some just sat near him.

"What's going on?" Shisui used the body flicker jutsu to get away.

"Hi, Shisui." He jumped back, startled.

"Hahaha!" Shisui could hear a loud laugh.

"You should've seen your face!"

Ryuu helped Shisui get up.

"Anyway, we saw you training and came to say hi, you know."

Shisui frowned.

"That's how you say hello?" Ryuu nodded.

'If only all those enemies Sensei has could see him now.'

"Anyway, it's been a while since you came here, hasn't it?" Ryuu nodded.

"Yeah, I came here to show off a little." Shisui smiled.

"Well then, come on."

"Alright, you asked for this.

Take another two targets and make them impossible to hit, alright?"

Shisui did as Ryuu said and placed the targets.

'Even sensei can't get all these right, they're impossible to hit.'

Shisui said to himself.

"Well, I have to say, this is going to be difficult. You've made one of them practically impossible to get."

Ryuu said as he memorized where the targets were. Shisui grinned.

"At least that's what I would say if I wasn't as amazing as you know me to be."

Shisui's grin turned into a stubborn frown.

"Watch closely Itachi." He nodded.

Ryuu took five shurikens in each hand and then closed his eyes.

He jumped in the air above the giant rock and threw the shurikens on his left hand first.

He did a flip and swung the other shurikens using his right hand.

Whoosh… Whoosh…

They hit each other and then went towards their targets.

Ryuu landed, and they hit their targets, leaving Shisui and Itachi in awe.

"And that's how it's done," Ryuu said with a smirk.

'It's true, big brother's just as great as everyone says he is.

He did all that with ease.

But… he's different from regular shinobi, he's less serious, and he likes to play around even when there's danger.

Is that what it takes for someone to be that powerful?'

Itachi asked himself as he observed Ryuu's odd behaviour.

"Well, I didn't just come here to show off you know, Shisui, join us and have some lunch before I leave, I have a mission Minato needs me to do."

"Ramen again?"

"Is that even a question?"

Ryuu teleported them to Ichiraku Ramen.

They ordered their food and sat down, then ate.

After that, Kakashi arrived.

"Ryuu, it's time to go." He nodded.

"Well, I'll see you all in three days, alright?" They nodded.

Ryuu teleported back home to change and then he left to Minato's office.

"Remember, this mission is an S-rank, kill this shinobi, he's transporting very classified information and is nearing the Sunagakure borders."

Ryuu and Kakashi nodded.

Ryuu teleported to the borders between Sunagakure and Konohagakure.

"Summoning jutsu!" A pack of dogs appeared.

"What is it?" One of them asked.

He had a deep and gruff voice.

"Pakkun, I need you to track this scent for us." Kakashi gave Pakkun his smallest ninken, a mask that was covered in blood.

"Our target dropped his mask while trying to escape."

"What? No greetings this time?"

Pakkun asked.

"Sorry Pakkun, we're on a really important mission here," Ryuu added.

"Alright then." He took the mask and sniffed it.

Ryuu activated sage mode to heighten his senses.

"Follow us!" Pakkun said as he began running towards the enemy.

"Multi Shadow clone jutsu!"

Hundreds of Ryuu's shadow clones appeared and scattered through the forests.

'We ran after the target and after a few hours, we finally found him.

I used sage mode to enhance my sensory abilities and with that, Kakashi and I avoided traps set up.

He had set up a camp but was by himself with the documents beside him.'

Kakashi nodded at Ryuu to show that he was ready to attack.

'We stood a few feet apart from each other and we were both facing him.'

They both activated lightning blade on their hands.

"Lightning style: lightning cable!"

They ran towards their target with a wire made of lightning between them.

It cut straight through him, then they switched their lightning blade off.

Ryuu and Kakashi used the body elimination technique to get rid of the body.

"Let's head back." Ryuu nodded.

He teleported back to Minato's office.

"Back already?" Ryuu handed the document to Minato.

"Kakashi, I'll meet you at home, I need to speak with Hokage-sama."

He nodded and left.

"What did I say about calling me that? I told you, you don't have to call me that."

Ryuu smiled.

"You truly are a strange Hokage. most Hokage and Kage's of other lands insist on being called by their title, but you don't want to." Minato smiled.

"You guys did brilliantly on this mission, I can count you both, especially you, all your missions as an Anbu have been a success even after losing Phoenix Flame." Ryuu shyly scratched his head.

"But anyway, what did you want to talk about?"

"Well, I want to take a trip to Uzushiogakure, big sis Kushina said that there were scrolls of secret fuinjutsu in there."

"I see…" Minato said.

"How long do you plan on going? And when do you plan on leaving?"

"I'm guessing I'll be gone for a month or so and I want to leave as soon as I can, but it would be better if I leave sooner rather than later because I don't want to miss the birth of your son."

Minato smiled.

"Ryuu, I have a favor to ask you."

Ryuu nodded.

"I already know." His eyes widened.

"Minato don't worry about your son, first, he's not born yet and also I'll never leave his side, whatever happens, he will always have someone who loves him he's your son and he will be a younger brother to me, just like I was to you."

Minato smiled and nodded.

"Sometimes I forget you're not just a child anymore."

Ryuu smiled.

"And sometimes I forget you have a name, Hokage-sama."

Minato scoffed. "Of course you do."

Ryuu chuckled.

"What is it?" Minato asked.

"Do you remember the day we perfected flying Raijin?" He nodded.

"Yeah, when you tested it by teleporting to my house." Ryuu nodded.

"I never told you this, but that day I found Kushina's panties on your floor."

Minato's eyes widened, and he started sweating a little.

"Oh, uhm…"

They both laughed.

"You always find a way to get in trouble and to get others in trouble, too.

Even now."

Ryuu smiled.

Minato looked at Ryuu as he was laughing and for a second, he imagined the small child who created multiple ninjutsu's with him.

"I really am proud of you, Ryuu."

"Hey, Minato, stop saying such things, you're making this awkward, you know."

Minato smiled.

"Well, I'm also proud of you too, I'll make sure you stay being the 4th Hokage for years, no matter what I have to do."

Ryuu enthusiastically claimed.

"Well, it's alright if you want to go for a month, just make sure you come back, the village will need you, and I'll need you too."

Ryuu nodded.

"Well, I have to go now, I promised Itachi I'd teach him a new jutsu." Minato nodded.

Ryuu left and went to Itachi, who was practicing shuriken jutsu by himself.

"You're back?" Ryuu nodded.

"Come with me, I'll teach you a fire-style jutsu." Itachi nodded.

Ryuu took him to the Uchiha lake where he learned his first fire-style jutsu.

"Are you ready?" He nodded.

"This is the key jutsu of our clan. One could say it's a rite of passage, you know."

Ryuu did the hand signs.

"Fire style: Fireball jutsu!"

Ryuu shot out a medium-sized fireball.

'Part of me misses being able to control these flames.' He said to himself.

Itachi did the hand signs.

"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu!"

Itachi shot a large fireball from his mouth.

"Impressive." He smiled.

"Teach me another one, come on! Big brother, Shisui said you know many jutsu's."

Ryuu smiled.

He called Itachi with his hand.

Itachi obediently ran up to him.

Ryuu tapped Itachi's forehead.

"Sorry Itachi, maybe next time,"

"What was that for?"

Ryuu smiled.

"Let's go home, you can tell your father about the new jutsu I showed you."

Ryuu took him back home and left to pack his things.