Terumi, Ryo [DONE]

At a very young age, before Ryo can ever remember, he was adopted as a member of the Uchiha clan from wandering travelers. He was raised in Athra, and was brought up to be a shinobi. Although the Uchiha emphasized fire as their primary element, Ryo’s affinity was clearly water, and he began to train at the young age of 6 years. He easily passed the tests of his village, and acquired C-Rank shortly after he began training to become a shinobi, becoming one of the youngest ninjas in the desert lands.

Even though they had a small amount of water in Athra, Ryo was fascinated with the substance, and attempted to master water style jutsu with the village’s reservoirs, but he was condemned. Once the clan found out, he was punished for using the little water the village had recklessly. His clan head structured his training under a strict watch, and forced him to learn the Uchiha clan’s fire style, as well as earth style from some of the other ninja, but Ryo couldn’t help but wonder what learning water style was like. Nobody in Athra could use water style effectively, much less in combat. Ryo knew that one day, he would master that style.

After a few years of relentless, 3 to be exact, Ryo became quite good as using both fire and earth style jutsu, even during spars between other tribe members. At age 12, Ryo could use both elements interchangeably, and had attained status as a B-Rank ninja. At this stage, he began to try to use both styles in two different jutsu at the same time, until the Uchiha clan leader pulled him aside and told him of his famous lineage. Ryo was now informed that he was not an official blood member of the Uchiha clan, and that he would never awaken the Sharingan that the other members had. Instead he had a different bloodline, one that was rich with the use of ‘different’ elements, as his clan head had told him. He reached out a book from one of the shelves in the clan center and gave it to Ryo. Ryo had learned that this book was the only thing the travelers dropped off.

Ryo left the building and walked out through Athra to a remote hiding spot he had found when he was younger. He ran out in between two of the large clay buildings, and climbed up onto the roof of the larger clay building. Once there, he began to tear apart the book, figuratively. He discovered his full name was Ryo Terumi, of the Terumi blood line, and that the clan had been scattered across the various villages, and often adopted into other lineages across the tribes. However, it did explain why Ryo was so good with elemental releases, as it was a portion of the rich Terumi bloodline. Finally Ryo was able to discover the mystery of his bloodline, it revealed that members of the bloodline could use Lava and Boil styles by mixing their elements and using them at the same time.

Ryo returned back to his adopted clan of the Uchiha, forgave the clan head for hiding these secrets from him for so long, and returned to another two years of training. After long and hard years, Ryo was now 14, had the skills of an A-Rank ninja, unfortunately without the rank, and awakened his ability to use Lava style, a combination of his fire and earth abilities. As excited as he was, he knew the clan still had an advanced style that he could learn, and unfortunately, he couldn’t find a teacher anywhere in the village of Athra to teach him water style techniques. He approached his clan leader with a radical plan, to leave in search of a water style sensei in another village. His clan leader thought he was crazy, but he knew that Ryo could not be swayed, and allowed him to leave the village in search of another sensei.

It took a month of awful living conditions throughout the desert wasteland before Ryo was able to even see the green of organic material. The environment drastically changed as he continued on his quest, changing from desert sand, open meadows, to dense forests. As he traveled through the forest however, he encountered some resistance. As he walked, a gentle mist began to cloud his vision, and eventually, this mist became extremely thick, almost impossible to see through. As he was trying to find his way, he stood straight up. A kunai found its way along his neck, and its wielder was a skilled shinobi. “What are you doing here?” he heard her yell. Ryo panicked, and explained the reasons for his journey, his longing to learn water style to bring water to the people of the desert.

Fortunately for Ryo, that shinobi did know water style, and was kind-hearted. For two years, Ryo spent his life living among the trees in a hideout as this shinobi taught him water style in between her missions. Although Ryo did not know much about her, he did catch her name, Sameonna Amagiri. With her help, Ryo became extremely skilled, being able to produce a plethora of water from his own chakra. He was grateful for Sameonna-sensei’s teachings, and he couldn’t wait to return to the desert. After there last training, he thanked Sameonna for her teachings, and promised they would meet again as tribe leaders.

Ryo traveled across the forest, open clear meadows, and ranging sand dunes once again, but this time he did it much slower. He took much more breaks now that he knew water style, and began to practice it even more, trying to augment it with his other styles. By the time he had started into the sands, Ryo had begun to create even more water on his own, and he started to use it with his fire style. He released a large mist from his mouth, and it began to eat away some of the small plants and cactuses that spotted the desert sands. Ryo had finally done it, he had awakened his Boil style.

After his eighteenth birthday, he returned to a weathered Athra. It’s people had begun to lose hope, the recent drought effecting them greatly. Ryo arrived at just the right time, using his earth style to dig a small trench, his lava style to create a sealed layer, and created a plethora of water using his chakra. Instantly people began to flock towards the water, revitalized and with a new life after finally having more than drops of water in a well. Shortly after, he was recommended by the Uchiha clan head to take over as the village leader, and he assumed the position the day after.

As village leader, Ryo took a much different style. He tried to tone down the violence of the shinobi training program, while still emphasizing no fear of battle. He aimed to recreate Athra as I paradise, and hoped to train more clans the basics of water style in order to keep the village’s thirst quenched. Finally, he hoped to expand Athra to be the greatest market, for not only products, but ninja as well. He’s worked for better relations between the tribes, and hopes to one day stop the reckless wars that the tribes have experienced.

(OOC: This is a sample from another RP I am a part of.)
While the large toad began to walk away, and the sun began to set around Mount Myoboku, Takuya did not give up his training. As the toad began to leave the area, Takuya tried again, but this time he had a better idea. He laid flat on his stomach, with his hands touching the golden mountain, and began to focus his chakra into his hands. He took a few moments before trying to work his hands up the first part of the mountain, as with great difficulty. Takuya had to resist the great strain in his arms as gravity tugged on the rest of his body, but his entire body was off the ground now, as he slowly placed one hand above the other and made his way up the golden mountain.

Takuya knew the large toad didn’t believe in him, but he wasn’t ready to give up. He chose being a ninja or the safety of an easy life because of the adventure and the grit. As soon as he became a ninja, he felt needed by his village, and he sought to become stronger because of it. His parent believed in him, his fellow ninja believed in him, and he wouldn’t give up now. His hands soon worked their way up the side of the horn, and the high he got, the more is body became more parallel. Gravity soon began to help him more than it hurt as he cleared almost half of the mountain now.

Hand after hand, Takuya’s efforts became more visible, he was just about to reach the top of the mountain. His strength began to fail him, but he would not give up so close to his goal. He quickly followed hand after hand until he had reached the top of the golden peak. After making it to the large flat space on the top, he flipped over on to his back and looked up at the sky, tired from the intense training he had just finished.

As Takuya looked to the stars he wondered about his new friends who had helped him become stronger, the toads. At first he was quite disappointed, slowly realizing that the affinity for his summoning were these oily amphibians, and not something more practical. After spending a lot of time at Mount Myoboku, he grew a new appreciation for the toads. He just hoped if this really was his affinity, he could find a good group of toads who he could call into battle to aid him.

Takuya slowly drifted into sleep that night on top of the golden mountain. He thought about climbing down, but wanted to prove his point that he made it to the top. As the sun came up over the horizon and into the valley, the large toad came back to check up on Takuya. Takuya was hoping to sleep in a bit, since he spent most of the night trying to climb up the mountain, but the loud toad woke him up when he croaked, “Takuya, did you give up?” Takuya opened his eyes and sat on the edge, looking down at the toad, “I’m up here!” he laughed. “You think I gave up now?”

The toad smiled, as did Takuya. “Well come on down, the big geezer will want to talk to you after you completed your training!” the toad yelled. Takuya decided he was right, and leaped off of the golden mountain into the pond where his training had begun. He quickly dried himself off, waved the toad goodbye, and approached the large steps. This time he took his time, especially since his whole body felt tired after last night. He walked in to the large temple to speak with the Great Toad Sage once again. The old toad looked as if he hadn’t moved, with his hat and tassels resting in the same position as Takuya remembered.

“Have you completed your training?” the old toad croaked. “I have,” Takuya replied. “Takuya, let me tell you something. The toads have been quite the summoning clan decades ago, but the toads haven’t had a ninja sign the summoning contract in years.” Takuya thought he saw the old geezer get a little misty eyed. “The Summoning Jutsu led you here to Mount Myoboku, which means the toads are your affinity for summoning, but the world is always full of choices.” He motioned to a few other toads that carried in a massive scroll.

This scroll was at least two feet tall, and was as wide as a tree trunk. Fortunate for Takuya, this scroll was in some kind of holder with straps, which made up for its massive size. As the toads brought the scroll towards Takuya, he wondered what this scroll was for. “What is this scroll for?” he questioned. The old toad adjusted himself in his chair, which was the first time Takuya had seen the geezer toad move.

“This is the summoning contract for the toads here. Once you sign your name and place your fingers on the scroll, using your blood, you’ll be able to start summoning the toads that reside here. As I said before, I can’t make choices for you Takuya. If you don’t sign it, hopefully someone else will in the Leaf village.” Takuya slung the giant scroll over his back, resting horizontally in along his lower back, and thanked the Toad Sage. Unfortunately, the Toad Sage made it extremely hard on Takuya earlier case, and he would have to consider the toads as being good partners in battle.

As Takuya approached the stairs, he wondered for a second, and then turned around, “Toad Sage, how do I return back to Konoha?” The elderly toad couldn’t help but laugh for a moment before he responded, “How did you get here Takuya?” Takuya placed his hands together, focused his chakra, wove the hand seals, and yelled, “Summoning Jutsu!”

As he looked around, all of the toads, the ponds, the mountains, the geysers and springs, were all replaced by the comfort of the forest. Takuya took his hand off of the cool grass as the sun shined through into the same clearing. As he stood up, he felt the weight of the scroll resist him, making it more difficult than usual. Takuya knew that he was entrusted by the Toad Sage to keep this scroll safe, and with that, he returned to his home in Konoha, feeling stronger than ever before. With his new training with the toads, Takuya felt like a summoning master after mastering the basics.