Ryu Hayabusa

Titles: The Dragon Ninja Race: Dragon lineage Nationality: Japanese Birthday: June 15 Age: 25 years old Gender: Male Height: 179 cm (5' 10") Weight: 78 kg (172 lbs ) Status: Alive

Relatives: Ren Hayabusa (Ancestor) Jin Hayabusa (Ancestor) Jô Hayabusa (Father;Deceased) Murai (Uncle;Deceased) Epigonos (Clone) BIO-NOID Doppelgänger (Clone) Canna Higgins (Daughter figure)

Professional Status

Affiliation: Hayabusa Ninja Clan Occupation: Ninja Rank: Master Ninja

With the Vigoorian Emperor dead, the fiend curse lifted and Ryu returned to normal. Ryu quickly retrieved the Dark Dragon Blade, alas his mission was completed, honoring the duty of his clan. At that moment, Rachel called from the upper portion of the magma cave, hanging onto her by her grappling gun. Ryu quickly raced over and got to her just as the cave was collapsing, as the two shot out of the ground pushed out by the spewing ash. In that moment, the Dark Dragon Blade fell out of Ryu's hand and landed right in front of the Dark Disciple. Him, who had been waiting their arrival, revealed his manipulation and identity as Murai, and quickly took the power of the Dark Dragon Blade for himself, becoming the Devil Incarnate. Ryu ultimately defeated Murai, who fell into the pit. From there, Ryu destroyed the Dark Dragon Blade with the True Dragon Sword, shattering it into pieces and teleported away.

Ryu later returned the Eye of the Dragon to Kureha's grave.

At the end of the labyrinth was a path leading into Zakhan Palace, with it Ryu made his way into the palace where all reality had changed and the laws of physics no longer applied. Soon he would come face to face with the dying Black Spider Ninja named Dai. Before he dies, Dai gives Ryu the key to the Palace Core, but not before he tells the young Dragon Shinobi to reclaim the nation of Vigoor, as the world's equilibrium was falling apart.

Journeying deep into the Core, Ryu fought the toughest of the fiends, even entering the underworld to defeat Ishtaros and Nicchae, ancient greater fiends of creation and destruction, and Marbus the greater fiend who guarded the way to the Vigoorian Emperor. Once the path was unlocked, Ryu entered a strange realm falling down and then upwards into a field of flowers. There stood the Vigoorian Emperor, reborn in a divine form and on top of him was the Dark Dragon Blade. The heavenly fields quickly became a hellish fire pit. Ryu then summoned a flying platform of earth to aid him as the large Supreme Deity reached down for him. With the might of the True Dragon Sword, Ryu killed the Vigoorian Emperor, but the Emperor arose again from the magma in his hellish form, and the two battled once more with Ryu winning the fight.

After collecting all the stone tablets during his journey, Ryu placed them on the Twin Serpent Statue near the city entrance; this activated portals throughout the world, and Ryu was suddenly pulled through one of them, leading to the Hayabusa village. There, he visited his childhood friend's grave site, Kureha. On her tombstone was the Eye of the Dragon jewel placed there out of respect. Ryu took this jewel and attached it to the hilt of his sword, unlocking the True Dragon Sword. At the same moment, Ryu had a glimpse of the Vigoorian Emperor. Now having unsealed the Dark Dragon Blade and infused with all the powers of the Evil Deities, the human Emperor was no more, there was only the Supreme Deity known as Vigoor.

Wasting no time, Ryu hopped from portal to portal, ending up in an open field, with a Mayan style pyramid on the other end. Atop the pyramid was Rachel chained up with a Spirit Doku performing an Awakening ritual. As Ryu ran across the field towards them, Alma returned, empowered by Vigoor's return, she was stronger than before. The two fought but Alma was no match for Ryu and his True Dragon Sword. Doku lifted his blade, ready to kill as the sacrifice of Rachel drew closer, while Ryu rushed up the flight of stairs on the Pyramid. Alma, seeing this ran up the stairs as well, outpacing Ryu. At the last moment Alma put herself in front of Doku's blade saving her sister and returning back to her human form, but dying in the process.

Ryu proceeds towards Vigoor. Making his way through the Labyrinth infested with Ghost Fishes and Ariochs. At the end of the Labyrinth, Ryu encountered Doku in his spirit form, and for the second time defeated him in combat. However, upon dying, Doku placed the Fiendish Curse on Ryu, transforming him into a fiend. But Ryu was far too disciplined to give into its corruption, retaining his mind and soul while gaining none of the powers of a fiend, unlike the other humans who became powerful but savage creatures.

Once in the heart of the base, Ryu destroys the large radio tower, disabling the military's organization.

With the military crippled, Ryu continues on his quest to track down Doku and the Dark Dragon Blade. Still searching for that underground path to the Palace, Ryu enters the sewers of Tairon, leading into the Aqueducts beneath the city. Making his way to the end, Ryu faces off against and slays the wind demon Paz Zuu, the door behind the demon leading into a moat surrounding the gated Zakhan. Navigating through the moat, Ryu ended in the underground passage again. This time, however, he discovers a working elevator leading to a coliseum. There, he encounters Doku, who was holding a captured Rachel. The two warriors fought again. However, this time Ryu was victorious and Doku fell. Upon dying, Doku informed Ryu that the Dark Dragon Blade was with the Emperor and that the Awakening was soon at hand. Upon hearing this, Rachel quickly sped away while Ryu continued on his path.

The next leg of Ryu's journey leads him to caverns near the Zakhan palace. Once inside, Ryu navigates through a cavern of ice, fighting more fiends, including the deadlier ice Gobdecks. At the end of the ice caverns, Ryu slayed the large ice beast Yotunfrau. After smelting the Cog of Vigoor, Ryu gain access to the Fire caverns. Slaying it's fiery denizens as he navigated through the lava filled cavern, Ryu reached the end of the cavern where he killed the Flame Dragon. Proceeding into the next area, Ryu found himself in familiar territory, as he made his way back to the Aqueducts, and eventually made his way back to the streets of Tairon. But as the awakening drew closer, fiends started flooding the streets. At Muramasa's shop, Muramasa explained to Ryu that the Dragon Sword was no match for the Dark Dragon Blade's, but required a jewel to make it complete; only then would it be powerful enough to take on the Dark Dragon Blade.

Inside the Monastery, Ryu kills many more fiends, encountering the more demonic Shadow, Monk and Bast fiends. Making his way to the bottom of a deep underground cavern, Ryu discovers a large underground cemetery. During a battle with some fiends, Ryu accidentally reanimates hundreds of zombies known as ghuls by getting fiend blood onto the Holy Grail. Looting the relic, Ryu battles his way through numerous ghuls, reaching the upper levels of the cavern where he uses the Holy Grail to reanimate the large Bone Dragon. The Dragon Skeleton attempts to consume him but Ryu injures it's limbs, causing the creature to fall to the bottom of the cavern, it's sheer size impacts the ground with force enough to break into another hidden section of the underground as water slowly seeps in. Ryu journeys deeper, finding an Egyptian like tomb full of ghouls. Ryu reaches a cavernous tunnel, when the area where the bone dragon landed collapses further, causing water to rush in. This quickly floods the whole area and washes Ryu into another section of the cavern with an elevator. Taking the elevator, Ryu was lead back to the Monastery, where he fought and defeated the greater fiend Alma. However, the power unleashed from her defeat destroys the Monastery, attracting the attention of the Vigoorian Military.

By this time, it's daytime and the military are on full alert. Ryu inquires from Rachel that the Greater Fiends retain their souls. Rachel reveals that Greater Fiends are the ones who retain a soul even after becoming Fiends, and that there are only three of them; Doku, Alma, and another Greater Fiend who guards the Emperor. With the military on his trail, Ryu decides to strike at the heart of the military base to disable them. Killing all Vigoorian soldiers and mech infantry in his way, Ryu makes it to the military supply base by nightfall. There, he dispatches the army of soldiers, sentry robots, tanks and helicopters, as they throw everything they have at him.

Three weeks later, having fully healed from his wounds and informed by Murai of the mastermind behind the attack on his village, Ryu Hayabusa, donning the Black Falcon attire, makes his way towards the Vigoor Empire, an isolated landlocked country with few ways of getting in. One of the few existing routes is by air ship, one of which gets boarded by Ryu. However, on the way there, it is commandeered by Vigoorian special forces perceiving Ryu as a hostile malefactor crossing into the Vigoor border. Ryu wipes out the whole squad, facing General Dynamo atop the air ship where Ryu wounds the general and damages his powersuit, causing it to explode. The air ship crashes in a huge fiery explosion as Ryu reaches the capital city of Tairon in the darkness of the night.

In Tairon, Ryu kills more special forces and MSATs before reaching Muramasa's shop and then Han's bar, where he meets Rachel. They have a brief conversation before Ryu continues his journey. As Ryu infiltrates further, he encounters the rival Black Spider ninja as well. This rival ninja clan that had tried to exterminate the Hayabusa clan for generations were also after the Dark Dragon Blade. Ryu makes his way to the Monastery where he encounters Galla fiends, slaying them as Rachel watches. Afterwards, a larger fiend Hydracubus grabs a hold of Rachel and consumes her. Ryu quickly dispatches the large fiend, saving Rachel as Ayane appears. Ayane informs Ryu that the Dark Dragon Blade's growth in power is causing fiends to appear, Rachel confirms this as explaining the stirring in her fiendish bloodline. Rachel then informs Ryu about an underground path underneath the Monastery she heard about, leading to the Emperor's Palace where Doku will likely be.

At the age of 21, Ryu is entrusted with the Dragon Sword as his father trains in the sacred wilderness. Working under her master Murai, the 14 year old kunoichi, Ayane, delivers messages to Ryu via kunai scrolls, inviting him to visit his uncle in the Shadow Ninja Fortress for special training. Ryu accepts this invitation and proceeds to walk the path of the ninja during the autumn afternoon. As Ryu makes his way to the Ninja Fortress, he is ambushed by ninja of the Shadow Clan. The path a ninja must walk is merciless and cruel, as Ryu must slay Murai's ninja or be killed himself. Ryu makes his way to Murai as the sun sets. There, the two ninja have an exchange of lethal weaponry before sitting down for conversation.

While discussing current affairs, Ayane rushes into the room to quickly inform them that the Hayabusa village is burning. Upon hearing this news, Ryu quickly rushes back to his village to find it under attack by Samurai warriors and mages. Arriving too late, he could only find his dead brethren laying on the ground as he fights through the hordes of Samurai. Making his way to the center of the village, Ryu attempts to save his best friend Kureha, but is unable to reach her in time and was forced to watch as she is killed right in front of his eyes by the Greater Fiend Doku, who then proceeds to behead senior Hayabusa ninja armed with the Dark Dragon Blade, a relic his clan is tasked to protect. The two square off but Ryu is quickly overcome by the Greater Fiend and the Dark Dragon Blade. Ryu collapses and seemingly dies. Hours later, the Hayabusa animal spirit appears, the peregrine falcon landing on a tree above Ryu's body. What transpires in this moment is unknown.

General Agility: Incredibly fast, Ryu Hayabusa is able to move at blinding speeds; Strength: Extremely strong, Ryu Hayabusa's strength is unusually strong. Acrobatics: Ryu Hayabusa is able to move between platforms and scale walls with ease. Hand to Hand: Master level in Hayabusa style ninjutsu for hand to hand combat. Swordsmanship: Master level in the katana and kusarigama discipline aspect of the Hayabusa style ninjutsu. Throws: The Legendary Izuna Drop, where Ryu Hayabusa kicks his enemy at the air up 8 meters on the air, then lunges and slams his enemy's head in a belly-to-back position.

The son of Jô Hayabusa, Ryu was born into the Dragon Lineage legacy; as required, he would be trained from childhood to walk the path of a ninja, a way of life plagued with danger, pain and sorrow.

As a child Ryu learned many crucial survival skills under the guidance and watchful eye of Omitsu, the caretaker of the Hayabusa clan's children. Under Omitsu's care Ryu quickly befriended Kureha and the two became inseparable. Training intensified as he grew older, adapting to these difficulties, Ryu quickly excelled among his peers, becoming one of the clan's top students. His skill would earn him the right to bear the name Hayabusa as his own, mastering many ninja skills, to the delight of his father.

As Ryu grew into a strong young ninja, his best friend Kureha became a Shrine Maiden. Growing up, he befriended many other members of his clan, including the veteran who fought beside his father Genjiro, Kureha's younger sister Momiji (who later becomes Ryu's apprentice), and his uncle from his mother's side Murai, who left the clan under unknown circumstances to establish his own rogue ninja clan.

Ryu also finds himself in good terms with the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan, especially with the young Ayane, Kasumi (who later becomes a runaway ninja) and their current leader, Hayate, who he considers a close friend. This also expands the Hayabusa clan own relations, meaning they can count on the Mugen Tenshin members for help and vice versa.

Though Ryu cares little for his enemies' well being, he still respects them on a warrior basis, even having mutual respect with some adversaries such as Genshin. Outside of battle, Ryu is modest and refined, he is popular among the local residents in his village. Not only as a strong role model for ninja in training, but he is heralded for being kind and gentle, as he cares for the safety of every resident in his home. This is due to the fact that each Hayabusa clansman from Jonin to cadet is cherished as family.

Ryu has the demeanor and wisdom of a man far older than himself, an understanding of the world around him and the balance of power within it. He ignores the pursuit of power to the dismay of his uncle Murai, showing no signs of curiosity for the dark powers that dwelled within the Dark Dragon Blade. When given a choice, he chooses to destroy it rather than consume its immense dark powers. Ryu also refused to keep its divine counterpart the True Dragon Sword, knowing this weapon's existence upsets the delicate balance of the peaceful world.

As a ninja, Ryu ruthlessly kills his enemies without mercy, executing them in a very cold, technical and calculating fashion. His rigorous upbringing in tandem with the many hardships and tragedies he has suffered, has forced Ryu to harden his emotions and discipline his skills to perfection. He is undaunted by the lives he must take in order to protect the balance within the world, knowing that the balance of the world is more important.

Ryu knows life following the ninja path can be both cruel and short, especially for one of the Dragon Lineage. He has already felt first hand the brutality of this life; watching Kureha, his best friend murdered right in front of his own eyes, his clan massacred and he himself killed as he tries to save his village. Ryu endures these hardships with his unstoppable will, an indomitable spirit shown in his exploits as he overcomes every challenge and obstacle, surviving even the trauma of death to return and exact his vengeance.

Overall, Ryu's exploits have given him an attitude far removed from most others as he understands things in more abstract and philosophical terms. He adopts a tranquil nature, free flowing most of the time, but unforgiving and crushing when roused. Ryu is also very stoic, he is usually seen not speaking very often. He usually speaks in profound bursts of wisdom, even sometimes looking down on his enemies.

Ryu is the epitome of a present day ninja. His Legendary Black Falcon outfit's sleek design is similar to that of the modern special ops agent, while the tabi boots, ninja head piece, mask, scarf and shin/forearm guards are reminiscent of the ancient ninja warrior.

Physically, Ryu Hayabusa is a young man in his early 20s, standing at 5'10" and weighing in at 172 lbs. He is in peak physical condition with a muscular build. As a ninja, most of his costumes and attire conceal his face, revealing only his eyes, one of his most distinctive features. Ryu's eyes feature vibrant green coloration with a slight golden hue. This golden hue feature is more prominent accompanied with his wardrobe composed of mostly dark colors, something that points out even more of his peculiar eyes and gives him an intimidating appearance.