Naruto: Rise To The Top

The one-tailed Jinchuriki created a large wave of sand resembling a tsunami to block the advance of Susanoo, who is trying to escape to Konoha's troops.

The tsunami-like sand wave pushed the Susanoo back and brought it back to the center of the Suna's troops. The Susanoo tried to resist the wave by holding on to the ground, but the wave lifted it off the ground.

When the wave ended, the fallen Susanoo stood up and tried to run again, but several spears of iron sand surrounded the Susanoo and prevented him from moving.

"It's over. You won't be able to escape and no one will come to help you." The Kazekage sneered while looking at Ryuu who was inside the Susanoo.

Ryuu looked at the direction of the Konoha troops and saw that they had completely retreated and did not wait for him to reach them, a shocked expression appeared on Ryuu's face as if he was surprised that Konoha's troops had left him.

Ryuu took a deep breath and then looked at the Kazekage and said arrogantly, "Even if no one comes to help me, I can escape anytime I want, but I will stay here to kill you."

"Hoo, is it your loyalty to Konoha that makes you fight to the death, or is it your arrogance that makes you think you're really going to kill me?" There was a mockery in the Kazekage's voice.

"I will make two option to you, the first is if you become my subordinate and swear allegiance to Suna Village I will let you live because it is a waste to let a talent like you die early. The second is that you can stay loyal to Konoha but you will die here" The Kazekage spoke generously when he said the first option, but spoke menacingly when he said the second option.

"Then I would choose the third option," Ryuu said with a smile as he looked at the Kazekage.

"There is no third option for you"

"There is a third option, to kill you here, and then return to Konoha." Ryuu spoke while raising his right hand and then clenched his fist as if he was holding something and then pulled his hand back.

When the Kazbekage saw Ryuu's movements, he became alert and prepared for any attack that might come from Ryuu.

"Kazekage-sama is behind you."

"Dodge"

As soon as the Kazekage heard the warning sound coming from the Suna ninja, his body moved at full speed to try to dodge the attack coming from behind him.

When he moved away, he looked back and found the giant Susanoo's weapon passing over where he was standing before and then returned to the hands of the Susanoo. If the Kazekage had not been warned by the Suna ninja, he would have been cut in half and died.

Susanoo breaks free from the spears that were holding him and stands in front of the Kazekage. When everyone starts to think that this kid isn't easy to defeat even with the cooperation of two Kage level ninjas, the Susanoo that was protecting Ryuu is scattered which means that Ryuu's impenetrable defense is gone.

"Hehehehehe, looks like you've exhausted your chakra, you're doomed to die now kid." The Kazekage laughed as he walked toward Ryuu.

Ryuu sighed sadly as he looked at his hands, "Unfortunately I couldn't kill you in the end, it would have been funny if the Kazekage died at the hands of the shadow clone."

After Ryuu finished his words he exploded in white smoke proving that he really was a shadow clone.

.....

While all of this was happening, someone was watching it all. He had white skin, green hair, and yellow eyes. After the fight was over, he said to himself, "Madara-sama will be happy after he gets this news."

After he finished saying these words, he began to sink into the ground.

.....

"Tsunade-onee-san, why are we retreating? Ryuu is still fighting the enemy alone there. We have to go back to help him." Kushina was shocked upon receiving orders to retreat, she tried to disobey the orders and not withdraw with Konoha's troops so Tsunade personally pulled her away from the battlefield.

"I guess I'm glad to hear you say that, Kushina." Kushina suddenly heard Ryuu's voice right behind her.

When she turned, she saw Ryuu's smiling face, so she quickly hugged him and said, "Idiot, you made us worried about you."

Mikoto looked at Ryuu and didn't say anything, just approached him and hugged him too. Ryuu felt so happy that they were doing this, their actions showed how much they loved him.

Tsunade approached Ryuu as well, making him think that he was going to get a hug from Tsunade, but what he got was not a hug but a strong punch to the head which made him scream in pain, "Why did you do this?"

"Because you acted recklessly and went in the middle of the enemy forces, then you tricked us into thinking you were dead, promise me you won't act reckless again" After Tsunade said this, she pulled Ryuu into a hug as well and his face settled among the soft hills, and his nose entered the feminine smell of Tsunade, which It made his heartbeat increase.

He was single in his previous life and had no girlfriend so he never got a hug from an adult girl before, so Ryuu enjoyed every moment he spent between these two hills.

But suddenly he felt pain from his waist and knew immediately what had happened. The cause of the pain was two angry and jealous girls pinching his waist so hard that the area that had been pinched turned red. But he tried to ignore the pain as much as he could to keep feeling some happiness in the valley between the two hills.

'I have to accept some pain for the sake of happiness' Ryuu thought while feeling pain and happiness at the same time.