7 Amegakure!

Nightmare--In Ryu's case, he would have this repetitive dream that occurs one week straight or sometimes 5 or 6 days. A dream that started when he was six years old that haunted him more than ever.

'Red-- it was the only thing he could see in a vast space that was tainted with blood. He was not able to move a single while he could feel something staring at him with cold chilling intent then a blade would slowly approach his throat-- that's is when he would hear a cry, a heartbreaking sob of a lady that it would make people feel the despair, sadness, hate, unwillingness and all kinds of negative emotions directed not to him, but someone or something at Ryu's back. Then he would start to cry, but the cry seemed to help as the blood red space broke apart transporting him to a small room and he could finally move, his head could. He could see a pair of fair thin legs laying in a bed but when he tried tilting his head to look at who was lying on the bed, he felt his head suddenly being forcefully tilted by a hand forcing him to look backwards-- then, the dream would end.'

He was not able to look at who was lying at the bed nor the person behind him threatening his life with a knife. That was the reason he could awaken his sharingan. But when he was seven years old, he was suddenly engulfed with despair, anger and hate due to unknown cause leading him to also awaken another tomoe. He did not achieve it through training. He was prevented in training it as he could be spied on or might get exposed. That was why the Uchiha Elders were shocked to find out how he could awaken it.

The details on the dream might be miniscule, but he was certain that it was from his childhood or possibly when he was still a baby. He formed many theories about it, like the pair of thin legs on the bed was his mother's that was sick and couldn't move so she could only cry. While the man on his back was an enemy during the second world war. And if his theory was proven right, he swore that he would hunt down who the person was and track down every family member of his and annihilate them.

...

It was already morning while Ryu sat cross legged in his bed. He did not bother continuing his sleep and just meditated calming his mind and absorbing natural energy.

Ryu did not have a great night, every night has not been good to him. Even though he slept, he would always wake up with the illusion that he did not.

The sun was still an hour before the village could witness it's rise when Ryu left his residence. He easily swept past the guards and traveling miles away from the Hidden Leaf. His destination, Amegakure!

He heard about a a group that is getting famous in the Amegakure recently. From the little bits of information he got when he was returning to the Hidden Leaf, the group is apparently trying to stop the war. They were just a recent group but was expanding pretty fast and the member seemed to be also very strong. The group was called Akatsuki, consisting of mainly Amegakure Shinobi's.

Ryu wanted to stop the war, but not alone. How could he take on thousands of shinobi's on his own, don't make me laugh. He also needs intel from what is happening throughout the world. You need plan on how to stop it. Some may say that planning is for the cowardly, but that was all idiots would say.

He did not bother hiding his identity as an Uchiha, if the group was really that trustworthy, they would accept him. If not? The he would just have to kill them.

With those in mind, he sped up towards the location of Amegakure, and with his traveling speed nearly reaching 20 meters per second, he finally reached the Hidden Rain village in five days. And since this is war, he was delayed for killing more enemies. With his physical stamina, he could easily reach his peak state after some couple of minutes.

As the name suggest, the village is really raining non-stop. He encountered several ninjas from this village, and killed some of them. But his plan on not hiding his identity as Uchiha was instantly foiled. The village was very tight in their security that he needed to go under several security checks just to enter it. The reason was also simple, the village was taken as a battlefield between Suna and Konohagakure. And if it wasn't for the infamously strong village leader, Hanzo, the village would not have been in good shape.

Hanzo got well known during the Second Great Shinobi World War as the man who was able to beat the strongest team from Konoha and dubbing them the name, The Three Legendary Ninja! Now, he was lying low and not yet doing something big outside his village. And there were also rumors of him being scared of getting assassinated.

With his plan foiled, Ryu could only try Transformation justu. And if it won't work, placing them on a genjutsu for a minute would not be a problem. He heard about summoning techniques, but he have not seen one use it or even read a manual about it. With a puff, his whole body transformed into a 14 years old young man with ordinary looks, with a huge bag on his back. His face looked miserable and pale. It looked like he was just a fragile young boy that might collapse at any minute.

He made sure that his chakra was very hidden and censor type ninjas would only sense a little chakra. This method would not work against Hyuga members but Ryu is still confident with his skill.

His bag was filled with travelling foods, clothes which are mostly for traveling and no, a long knife, a book, and several coins. He reduced his kunai's and shuriken. All his clothes with the Uchiha clan crest was stored in his Ring.

Ryu started walking from a km away from the village to avoid any suspicions. With 'unstable' pace, he slowly made his way to he bridge but when he was halfway through it, his body 'collapsed' with a dull 'thud'. To make it more realistic, he even started to crawl towards the gate pretending he did not notice the several men coming to his rescue.

The guards wore black cloaks with a wide bamboo hat protecting them from the rain. Their weapons were mainly spears. Ryu was carried inside the gate and was immediately put on a bed. Even disguised as a young man, his body and belongings was still thoroughly checked. Still, his disguise was not noticed.

"Oi, Kid, are you alright" asked the leader of the guards. He was one of the censor type ninjas and also the strongest.

"Ah.. My head still hurts..." Ryu said with a 'great difficulty'.

"Then rest more, there is a food prepared for you. You can leave if you want to. Don't think that we will take care of you, your belongings are in the corner, don't worry, we have not touched it. You are fortunate that you were able to rich this far, Or else..." The guard said kindly and just left the cottage. Although they did help Ryu, that doesn't mean that they will take care of him. They still have job to do.

Ryu expected them to be ruthless, but the saying "Don't judge a book by its cover" is really very true. He woke up and ate what food was prepared for him, said goodbye to the guards and eventually left. Even if he was just assumed to be an ordinary kid with a little bit of chakra, it was still a good act of kindness.

The Amegakure had very tall and very good buildings. Unlike the Hidden Leaf, the village is even more advance in technology. Ryu was expecting someone to follow him, but it looks like they did not regard him as a threat. The security is not that airtight.

Due to the rain, there were only few people on the streets. They had to wear cloaks and large bamboo hats just to not get wet. Even umbrella's was not effective. With his current appearance, it would be very suspicious if he would as some information that could concern national security, would it?

Ryu walked randomly until he noticed that there were two men that looked to be wearing an identical uniform of some sort while they had a head protector of the hidden rain. They must be some guards patrolling the area. Judging by their chakra, it is safe to say that they are just some genin level ninjas. He followed them until they reached a location with no people around causing the two to be suspicious and finally turned around only to stare directly at a crimson red eyes that looked evil.

Their body stopped moving, as if paralyzed and scared of what they are seeing. They both collapsed on their butt while the guy on the left started to wet his pants.

"Do you know something about a group called Akatsuki?" asked Ryu to the two. Their face turned into confusion before shaking there heads. "Then I have no more use to you.." Ryu said indifferently before cutting their necks cleanly. With a wave of his hand, the corpse disappeared to be stored in his Ring.

It was one of the terrifying effect of a mastered sharingan. The technique was called Genjutsu: Sharingan. It could be used on many different ways like paralize, knock the enemy unconscious, or simply put them into genjutsu while you could interrogate.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" "Transform!"

Puff! Puff!

He and his clone transformed into the two guards before disappearing in the shadows.