Ryouta Senju- Makings of A Legend

Chapter 8 - Returning Home

Me and Sakura will follow your lead." Ryouta stated as Sasuke nodded, activating the two tomoe sharingan once more, seeing everything much clearer.

The nukenin, in Sasuke's perspective, looked to be travelling at a much slower pace than the Uchiha had anticipated, making it much easier to follow.

Though it was not only Sasuke who could see this. 'His speed has increased, but not to the point where it's impossible to track and respond in time with. Compared to the Raikage, this Joshin guy would be moving like a snail.' Ryouta observed as he utilised his increased reaction time to swiftly duck under a sword from Joshin.

Ryouta kicked the man, who moved with excellent agility to dodge the strong kick, however, Ryouta's teammate could see him much easier than Ryiuta himself, and because of this..

"Katon: Hōsenka Tsumabeni!" Sasuke exclaimed as he threw over ten shuriken at the nukenin, coating the shuriken in small fireball as the man took the brunt of the attack, not being able to escape as quick.

Seeing this, Ryouta continuously struck kicks, punches and slashes with his kunai at the man, wearing him down while Sasuke hit the man continuously with fire jutsus.

As the man was slowly nearing his limit, Sakura charged up her strongest attack yet. "Get ready..." Ryouta whispered to her as he shunshined behind the nukenin.

He slapped a seal on his back, restricting his chakra flow temporarily as Sakura landed a insanely powerful blow to the man's stomach.

Joshin's eyes went wide with shock as saliva flew out his mouth as a response to the blow. He doubled over while grasping his stomach as Ryouta prepared to deliver the finishing blow with his Mōkuton, well, that was before, a screeching sound was heard.

It was as if there were a thousand birds singing, and Ryouta knew this sound very well. 'Kakashi-sensei. Finally.' Much to the brown haired Senju's relief, the sound edged closer and closer before it stabbed Jashin right through his heart.

The team looked at their Jōnin sensei who had his hitaiate lifted to reveal a lone sharingan replacing his scarred left eye. To the jōnin's surprise, only Sakura and Sasuke looked shocked at the sight of a sharingan.

He could tell that Sasuke was currently getting angrier by the second. 'Did Ryouta know about my sharingan? But how?' The man thought in shock as he ripped his arm out of Joshin's chest.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Exclaimed Sakura in surprise and relief. Sasuke and Ryouta acknowledged his presence by sighing.

"Lucky I got here in time, or we would have had to spend more time here tending to Ryouta-kun." Kakashi stated as Pakkun poofed away.

"Arigatō, Kakashi-sensei." Ryouta said with a deep breath. 'I need to get stronger, and quick. I could barely hold my own against this Joshin character, and the chūnin exams are only a couple months away.

I need to learn more Mōkuton jutsus by then, to have more of a chance to stand up against Orochimaru. And if I want to get promoted to chūnin, I'll need to get stronger quick!' Ryouta steeled his resolve as he thought about the upcoming events.

He had been too lax and it nearly costed him and his team's lives against this guy. In order to protect all of his close ones, he needs to be much stronger.

Sasuke, however, was in a predicament of his own. 'Why am I so weak! I had to be snapped out of fear by Ryouta! I need to get strong enough to kill Itachi, and at the moment, I'm not even a rival to Ryou.

This village is doing nothing more than holding me back, I must get stronger!' The raven haired Uchiha thought as he observed his enigma of a sensei. "Kakashi. Why do you have the sharingan? That is the Uchiha's prized possession!" Sasuke demanded.