Chapter 38 - 38 (2/2)

”Cough Cough!” ”What do kids need money for these days? Well, now you're back. Tomorrow, go to Konoha's Hospital, this is now a mission that you'll be rewarded for.”

”Yes Hokage Sama. Now, if there's nothing else, would you please excuse me?” Ryo wanted to go home and see his mother, and later go see Kushina.

”Okey, just remember to go to the hospital tomorrow.”

Just as he set foot outside of the 3rd's office, Ryo flew to his home.

While he was on his way, his mother was resting in the inner room of their house. In the two years that he spent away from home, she missed him all the time. The one who's been taking care of her during those two years was Inoichi Yamanaka.

”Mother, are you there? Mother” Hearing her son's voice outside her room, Chinse rushed to the door to open it. Seeing her son, she burst into tears as she hugged him.

Both mother and son sat down knee to knee and talked to each other till noon. Chinse cooked him all sorts of food. And although he had already eaten ramen at Ichiraku's, he ate up all she offered him to see her smile.

In the afternoon, Ryo went out to find Kushina. After running through half of Konoha, he could find her. So he entered sage mode to perceive her presence.

Because of her huge Chakra, Ryo easily found Kushina. Right with her, he perceived another familiar Chakra.

Running towards her, Ryo went into the Forest of Death, where he found her extremely irritated, hitting Jiraya.

”Kushina Ne-san, what did Jiraya san do wrong?”

”Ryo you're back! Great! Join me in beating up this pervert!”

”Ryo, save me! It was an accident!”

Ryo understood what was going on. What happened is that Jiraya peeped into a hot spring where she was preparing herself to bathe.

Although he's as shameless as they come, he knew that peeping at his disciple's girlfriend wasn't acceptable by any stretch. So when he saw her, he decided to withdraw. Unfortunately, he didn't pay attention and caused some noise that grabbed her attention to him.

When she saw him, she went into her 4 tails mode chasing him all the way down into the forest of death. He knew he messed up when caught breaking the promise in such a way. Even though she was in her 4 tails mode, he didn't use his Sage mode, simply deciding to not resist her.

”Well Ne-san, since he didn't see anything, let's forget it and let him go!”

”Yes, I was wrong.”

”Hey, it's just for Ryo!” Kushina was already tired from chasing him around, and she had so much to say to Ryo after not seeing him for so long. She decided to forgive him.

The two went together to the 3rd training ground. On their way, they talked about his progress in Mount Myoboku during these two years.

Kushina told him about what changed for her as well over the course of the past 2 years. Ryo didn't expect what she told him: that the Kyuubi and her had a great improvement in their relationship.

Not so long after Ryo went to Mount Myoboku, Minato also left the village on a mission.

Being so bored, Kushina often talked to Kurama, and what she talked about was what Ryo said about Biju and humans being able to live together in peace. Soon after the two left, Kurama actually answered her.

Hearing him respond for the 1st time, she spent all day trying to communicate with him and to push him to talk. Little by little, their relationship got better.

”Ryo, you were right, people and Biju can really be friends; Kyu-san now is my friend.”

In the manga, Naruto also became friends with Kurama. Now it seems from what Kushina's saying that her relationship with him is so good that the whole Kyubi incident seems avoidable!