Chapter 22. Unlucky Kumo Shinobis

Ryu took a moment to catch his breath. He walked towards Killer B. His body was completely charred. Ryu went forward to seal him. As he bent down an attack came from right beneath him. Ryu had already sensed him. Among all the Jinchurikis B was the only sly one. This could be seen when the Akatsuki and Momoshiki tried to capture him. They were both fooled.

Ryu dodged the attack. He appeared to B's side and used a Rasengan. B used his Chakra coat to defend it. Before he could stabilise, Ryu again appeared before him and did a seal to his gut

' Sealing Arts: Four symbols seal '.

His five fingers lighted with chakra as he palmed B's gut. The eight tails was sealed along with his chakra. Ryu picked him up like a sand bag.

He placed all three of them together. Ai looked at Ryu hatefully.

Ryu: Don't look at me like that. I am straight.

Ai almost puked blood hearing that. Yugito regained consciousness. She looked at Ryu and asked

' What are you going to do next? '

Ryu: I am going to your village.

The three of them were stunned at first. They shouted curses at Ryu for going to attack their village.

Ryu: Whoa, did I say i am going to attack your village? You guys should atleast hear the rest.

They Calmed down and listened.

Ryu: I train in kenjutsu, so I want to borrow expert kenjutsu users from your village.

Ai didn't even think before saying : Hell no. You want my ninjas as punching bags, No way.

Ryu: Fine. I will hold the three of you hostage and demand all kenjutsu users for the three of you. Two Jinchurikis and a kage, must be enough to accept my conditions.

Ryu finally touched their weak spot. They were afraid he would use them as hostages. Now they could only accept his conditions otherwise if he does what he said, it will be a disgrace to them and their entire village.

Ai said devoid of all strengths: I accept your conditions.

B and Yugito looked at Ai and stayed silent. They knew he made a tough decision. Ryu placed seals on all three of their brains. If they ever go back on their words he could destroy their brains in a second.

Ryu and the three headed back to Cloud village. The villagers and the ninjas were waiting nervously. It had been sometime since their Raikage and Jinchurikis went to fight that man. They could hear loud explosions and see clouds of smoke in the distance. One of the ninjas spotted a few shadows in the distance. They looked closely and it was their Raikage and the others.

They celebrated but not for long. As they got closer the village saw an additional person with them walking leisurely towards their village. They were horrified to see it was the same person who attacked their village. Ai calmed the village saying they made peace. Under the watchful eyes of all the village Ryu entered. He was given a good place to stay and great food.

Raikage's Tower. Inside the Council Hall.

All the elders, Commanders was there. They all inquired about what happened. They were horrified to know that the three of them have a seal placed on their heads. If they ever go back on their words he would explode their heads. Ai explained what the deal was. They were all surprised to find nothing more to it. He just needs to spar with Kenjutsu experts and after he gained some attainments in kenjutsu he will remove the seal and leave. This was too good to be true. Only Ai and the other two had bitter expressions.

They have seen his strength, even if he is a nobody in sword techniques he would still thrash their shinobi's. The three of them payed silent tribute to the kenjutsu users in their village.

The next day Ryu was guided towards the training grounds. He went in and saw severel shinobi wearing standard cloud attire. He saw Ai in the field and went towards him. Ai was waiting for Ryu. Ai introduced 12 Jounin's behind him

' They are all expert kenjutsu users. You can train with them. Don't go back on your word otherwise even if the three of us die our village won't let you off .' Ai warned Ryu.

Ryu: Relax. I am a man of my word.

Ai nodded and went outside. He didn't leave, he wants to see his level in kenjutsu. Ryu made 11 shadow clones, each of them picked up a sword and went towards their respective opponents. Ryu took out his Kokushibyo and went to his opponent.

The kumo ninjas were dumbfounded seeing this. Ryu and his clones engaged in combat. Ryu sealed his strength a level below his opponent. At first Ryu was disadvantaged but as time passed Ryu got accustomed to their speed and rhythm.

After 4 hours.

The kumo ninjas were lying on the ground like dead bodies. Ryu was standing at the side holding onto his sword.

Ryu: Navii, show me the progress of sword intent.

Techniques: Sword teacher Level 1(False Intent 2%).

Ryu: What's False intent? I thought the next stage is sword intent.

Navii: False Sword intent refers to the compression of energy to battle. It is the next phase of training. Once mastered this part then you will have to add your way into your sword thus comprehending True Intent. Each level in False intent refers to how efficient you can compress your energy. Level one means out of master's 100% power you are only able to compress a max of 10%.

Ryu stood there digesting all of this information. After a while he asked

' Shall we continue? '.

Hearing his question every Kenjutsu expert laying on the ground had a helpless expression. Ryu didn't beat them in kenjutsu, he beat them in stamina. The F** ker was giddy after four hours of continuous training. They just got a break for 10 minutes and the F**ker is already ready for another bout.

The kumo ninjas paled at what's to come. Ai, B and Yugito prayed for their body and spirit.