Welcome back.

"Ryuu, it's not your fault, you didn't know this would happen and you couldn't have stopped it." Ryuu frowned.

"But you're wrong, I could've stopped all of it if I simply came back earlier."

"We'll talk about that later but for now, I'm just glad you're back and so is everyone else, let's go celebrate your return to life with the rest, I'll meet you all for a barbecue in an hour."

Ryuu nodded.

Ryuu walked back home.

'It's been so long since I was in the village, but I just want to go home.' He said to himself.

"Knock knock knock!"

"I'm coming!" Sakumo answered.

"Who is it?" He said as he opened the door.

"Impossible."

He dropped his cup of water with tears in his eyes; he didn't think twice before embracing Ryuu.

"I missed you too, Father."

Ryuu hugged Sakumo back.

'After finding out what happened with my father and brother, Sakumo has become more of a father to me than Hanzo ever could be.'

"Ryuu, what happened to you? We thought you had died, you'd be surprised how many people came to your funeral, all kinds of people.

But none of them visited your place more than Kakashi, he'd be excited to see you alive and well, he didn't take it as well as others I can understand what he's going through, when I lost Hanzo I was never the same but luckily I had both of you."

Ryuu folded his fist.

"What's wrong?" Sakumo asked.

"Do you remember my dad having another child?"

He shook his head at Ryuu.

"Why are you asking me this?"

Seeing Sakumo confused, Ryuu realized Rikuto was right and smiled to make it seem like a joke.

"It's nothing. I'm going to have some barbecue later with Minato and the rest, I'll see you after that." He nodded.

"I'll make you some fish, and I hope you will at least have dinner with me."

Ryuu nodded.

After Ryuu finished refreshing, he left the house.

"Before I go to the restaurant, I have to make one last pit stop." He said as he teleported to Fugaku's home.

'He isn't here, but Mikoto is here and so is someone else, does that mean he's born?'

Ryuu's heart was pumping faster as he was getting excited.

"Knock knock knock!"

Mikoto opened for him, she dropped her plate on the ground and the baby started crying.

She hugged Ryuu with tears in her eyes. She then invited him in for some tea.

"Auntie Mikoto, it's good to see you, I was hoping to see Uncle here too, but I'm guessing he's still working." She nodded.

"I can't believe you're alive, you're truly a miracle child, Fugaku and I were about to name our son after you, oh and how could I forget, this is Itachi Uchiha, our firstborn, we had a great celebration the night he was born, everyone in the clan was there it's a shame you couldn't make it."

Ryuu nodded.

"I would've loved to be there."

She nodded.

"Sadly, I have to make a lot of sacrifices to raise Itachi, so I quit my job as a shinobi.

I hope he'll be as talented and skilled as you when he grows up."

Ryuu nodded.

"He definitely will, and I'll be there to help him get stronger and protect him."

She smiled and picked Itachi up.

"Hear that Itachi? Ryuu will always be there for you."

Itachi giggled and grabbed Ryuu's finger.

"I'm Home!" Fugaku said as he entered his house.

"Mikoto you wouldn't believe what I've heard today, Ryuu came back from the dead, the other people are calling him unkillable, and after surviving that massive explosion in the forest of death I would call him that too."

"Uncle!"

Seeing Ryuu stunned Fugaku, and it left him speechless, he sat down and had some tea with them.

"I still can't believe it, when I heard the news I thought it was a joke, people were calling you unkillable, that explosion would've destroyed you."

Ryuu nodded.

"I was very fortunate to survive that and even more fortunate to be here with all of you."

He nodded.

"It's good to have you back, Ryuu."

He said.

"It's good to be back home, but I have a request when he grows up, I want to be the one who trains Itachi, I have a feeling he'll be a great shinobi."

Fugaku nodded.

"I wouldn't want anyone else training him."

After having tea with Fugaku and Mikoto, Ryuu went to the barbecue restaurant to meet with the others and was contemplating his plans for the future.

'That's right, there's the other thing I need, Kurama's chakra, he's the only one that knows I was alive.'

He said to himself as he entered the restaurant.

"There you are, you bastard!"

Tsunade's fist interrupted Ryuu's thoughts.

"Boom!" Ryuu was welcomed back by a powerful punch by Tsunade, which sent him through the walls of the restaurant.

"Man, how much worse could this get?"

He said as he stood up.

"Ryuu, you bastard!" Kushina came and punched Ryuu back to the ground, cracking the ground.

"This reminds me of how you used to handle women when we were children, right Jiraiya?" Orochimaru said to him with a smirk.

"You liar! I was very popular with the ladies, only Tsunade would be foolish enough to deny my charms!"

He Replied.

"What did you say?!"

Jiraiya's eyes slowly turned around to see Tsunade's fist connecting with his face.

"Hmph, even after all these years, things don't change,"

Orochimaru said with a sly smile.

Ryuu finally got up.

"Tsunade-chan, I've missed you, even after you beat me up, I've still missed you."

She folded her arms.

"Yeah, this is Ryuu alright." Both Kushina and Tsunade hugged him with tears in their eyes.

"Lucky bastard," Jiraiya said.

"Heh, not what I was expecting when I invited you all here,"

Minato said while shyly scratching his head as he looked at all the damage done.

They all sat down together while having lunch.

"You fool, you made us all think you were dead!" Tsunade said.

"Sorry about that but technically I would've died, if it's okay with you guys I'll tell you guys all about it some other time, for now, I'd just appreciate some steak with my friends."

Minato nodded.

"Of course, you can tell us some other time we've missed you and would like to share some barbecue with you." He said.

A few hours passed.

After they finished having lunch and were done hanging out, Ryuu Walked back home.

'I wonder why Obito and the others didn't show up, I know Kakashi is on a mission but what about Obito and Rin or Guy? I can't sense their chakra. In the village, are they on a mission too?'

He asked himself before he entered his house.

"I'm Home!" He said Sakumo was in the kitchen making fish and rice.

"Here already? I'm not finished yet, you can come back later."

Ryuu shook his head.

"No worries dad, I'll help you out, it'll save some time and we'll make more for Kakashi when he comes back."

Sakumo smiled, and the two made fish and rice together.

After having dinner with Sakumo, Ryuu sat and kept Sakumo company as he did the dishes.

"So anyway, earlier, why did you ask if your father had another son?"

"No reason, on my way back I saw someone who looked exactly like me and thought it would be funny if he did."

He replied.

'They're back!' Ryuu's eyes widened as he sensed Kakashi's chakra.

"Kakashi is back and so are the others!"

Ryuu quickly got up and teleported to Hokage's office.

"I'll meet them here."

"Knock knock knock!"

Ryuu was let in.

'Sarutobi-sensei looked much older than before, he has so much white hair and wrinkles, I guess the stress and old age got to him.'

"Ah, Ryuu, I was wondering when you'd come and see me." Ryuu shyly scratched his head.

"Sorry I couldn't come and see you earlier, Sarutobi-sensei." He said.

"No, don't worry about it, I'm sure there were many people who demanded your presence more than me." Ryuu nodded.

"Tsunade-chan greeted me with a punch, but it was the best punch that has ever hit me," Ryuu said while holding his cheek.

The third Hokage shook his head.

'Jiraiya has gotten to him.'

He said to himself.

"Anyway, I'm glad to see you alive and well, when you died it left a mark in Konoha, many people's morale died down and for a while, we had no motivation." Ryuu frowned.

"Knock knock knock!"

"Come in!" Team 7 came back.

"Impossible." They all said, their eyes widened, and they froze in place.

"What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost."

Ryuu said with a smile.

Even Obito was left speechless.

"I can't believe my eyes, I thought I heard people whispering, but I simply thought all of that was my imagination," Kakashi said.

"I should've known you wouldn't have died like that!" Obito said as he jumped on Ryuu, giving him a hug, Rin and Kakashi joined in.

"I'm sorry for leaving you all like that."

They didn't speak.

"Ahem!"

"Although I appreciate this touching reunion, I need Kakashi debriefing on the mission."

He nodded.

'I left the room and went to wait for them outside.'

"Just great, now he's coming this way."

'Danzo paced past me like he was in trouble or better yet, attacked, I used all my will power to hold in my laughter.'

He barged into Hokage's office.

"Danzo? What is the meaning of this?!"

He asked.

Ryuu entered his office to see what was happening.

Danzo was still catching his breath.

"Hiruzen, we have an intruder in the village, he attacked me and killed my root shinobi!"

Ryuu smiled, knowing he couldn't say anything about the Sharingan's he had.

"Did you see his face?"

He shook his head at the Hokage.

"He wore a mask and used a Gunbai to deflect my attacks.

The Gunbai he used, reminded me of that shinobi."

They glanced at each other.

Ryuu instinctively knew who they were talking about.

'Madara.' Ryuu said to himself.

The Hokage sighed.

"Could this be an attack from the other villagers? Is someone trying to weaken us?"

He took his pipe and lit it.

"I bet it was those damn Uchiha, they always cause such trouble,"

He murmured,

Luckily Obito and Rin didn't hear him, Kakashi and Ryuu heard him and glanced at each other.

"Whoosh!"

In less than a second, Ryuu appeared behind him and held his sword on Danzo's neck.

"Don't you dare insult my clan." He said with his three tomoe Sharingan on.

The entire room was silent, everyone could feel Ryuu's killing intent.

"Ryuu, calm down!" The Hokage said.

"With all due respect, Sarutobi-sensei, how do you let him discriminate against my clan? Do you hate the Uchiha clan as well?" He asked.

Ryuu's question left Hiruzen shocked and didn't immediately answer, Ryuu nodded and took his blade from his neck, Danzo's neck was bleeding because of how sharp his blade was.

"I see… I have my answer, then."

"Wait!" Team 7 called for him, but they called deaf ears.

Ryuu teleported away.