| abstract | - Ryūku was born to one of Sunagakure's noble clans, the Sōga clan. A rather dangerous clan that had entered Sunagakure by the end of the Second Shinobi World War, he was born in a period of time where no children were being born into the clan. Due to this, he was treated with much respect and for most of his time growing up, he was given special treatment. He was born into the high house of the clan. Being a noble clan, it was separated into 3 parts, The High House which governed the clan and controlled the decisions, the Defense House which defended the clan and was composed of completely shinobi, and the Low House that had little to no power in the clan. Being that he was in the high house, he was the third in line to become the leader, however he had no interests in becoming a shinobi and rather focused on his academics and was rather interested in art. At the age of 7, he was forced by his father and members of his clan to learn the basics of their Advanced Nature Kekkei Genkai, the Miasma Release. He got the concept right away and was instantly hailed as a prodigy for learning them straightaway. He was talked about often, and it was said that he could become a shinobi, however he never took up the opportunity to do so. Time flied quickly. Before anyone knew it, he had turned 14. At that age, sunagakure had fought in several conflicts with Konohagakure and Iwagakure respectively. During these feuds, the Sōga clan fought quite frequently among the front lines. The Sōga clan was usually never called out for battle unless it was a very serious matter like the fate of the village, so it was obvious that a war was brewing. The feuds went on and sunagakure was desperate. For the longest, they had been considered the weakest village due to their low shinobi forces. Because of this, they made an urgent plan to start drafting teenagers that were Ryūkus age into becoming a shinobi, dragging them away from their homes and putting them under immense stress and pain to try and quickly make them strong. It was a time of depression, many parents feared of their children being drafted. Fortunately, Ryūku wasn't one of the ones to be drafted. Only time would tell if this drastic plan would work, but they would have to find out.. The next night would be tragic for Ryūku, changing his personality and perspective on life altogether. Several konohagakure shinobi had been set out to infiltrate Sunagakure with one mission and one mission only: eradicate the Sōga clan. The mission had been put in place so the annoying Miasma Release would never see the light of day again. It was at least midnight. Konohagakure shinobi had successfully infiltrated the lower house. They were all resting peacefully to awaken to the sound of murder. Their fellow clansmen were being struck down before their eyes. Some tried running, the noble men of the clan began to fight back, but their efforts were futile. There was no trace of life. The lower house had been completely annihilated by Konohagakure. This alerted the defense house, so they woke up and checked out what was going on. They saw what had happened to their fellow clansmen and cursed the konohagakure shinobi. They attempted to kill the shinobi that had killed their family members and put up quite a fight, eliminating several konohagakure shinobi before getting utterly outnumbered and killed. From there, they killed the rest of those that were sleeping in the defense house and moved on. The next house was Ryūku's, the High House. Ryūku was awoken to an annoying noise. He heard constant footsteps and he could swear he heard screams and clanks of metal as well. It bothered him so much, he flipped the light switch, and looked around his enormous bedroom. He found nothing that he left on to make such a noise. He then looked out of his window, still to no avail. He began to fall back asleep, but the noise persisted. He finally opened his room door, and looked downstairs, to a shocking sight. His family, mother, father, everyone who he had known and come to love, getting killed by the hands of konohagakure. He was absolutely frozen. As if something was holding onto him and wouldn't let go. He shivered and was shaking greatly, it was the scariest thing he had ever seen. He has goose bumps that burned, it felt like his skin was on fire. His eyes glared with fear, bulging. He didn't know what to do, only one option remained: run, run as fast as he could. He headed back in his room, and slammed the door, hyperventilating. He opened his window and climbed out, shutting it on his way. He looked at the other two houses, they were destroyed. Konoha was fleeing the village as they had caught the attention of all of sunagakure. In a panic, Ryūku ran as far as he could. Nowhere to go, he barely fell asleep outside in the sand, his mind full of thoughts. He began to gain a new feel, which was hatred. He wanted to avenge his clan. He didn't want this to happen. He knew it was insane, but he knew what he must do: become a shinobi. The next day, while Sunagakure was investigating the crime and discovered it was konoha, a determined Ryūku confronted the Third Kazekage. He asked the Kazekage something that he never thought he'd hear in a time like this, to become a shinobi. He told him of the dangers and with what happened to his clan the previous night, he was lucky he survived and might be emotionally unstable for the job of a shinobi, but Ryūku constantly insisted, until The Third finally gave in. He enrolled him, and said he would begin training the next week.
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