Chapter 119 - 119 (2/2)
The one that caught his eyes the most was of course Konan. He didn't have any sort of feelings towards her, but he just couldn't help but be attracted by her rare beauty.
Just like in the Manga, Konan was wearing a black Akatsuki uniform embroided with red clouds. Her hair was light violet-blue; her amber eyes were large. At the time, she didn't wear the labret piercing or the light blue paper floweron her head. She looked more playful and cuter than she was later on in the Manga.
Ryo then turned his eyes towards Nagato and pretended to be surprised. The latter thought that Ryo was disturbed by his eyes and subconsciously avoided Ryo's look.
”Your hair! Looks exactly like my Sensei's! Is your last name Uzumaki?” Asked Ryo.
Nagato apparently did not expect that Ryo would be concerned with his hair and last name. He first looked back at Ryo, and then nodded.
”Then you and my sensei are both survivors of the Uzumaki clan! I didn't expect my Sensei's clan to have a member in this organization.”
”Great Nagato! You have surviving clan members! You're not alone.” Yahiko excitedly patted on Nagato's shoulder.
”Ryo san, can you tell us about the Uzumaki clan?” Konan saw that Nagato was speechless, and spoke out for him.
Ryo nodded: ”The Uzumaki and Senju clans are distant relatives. Both are descendants of the legendary Rikudo Sennin. They…”
With Ryo small narrative, the three formed a simple understanding about the Uzumaki clan. After they learn about their descendance from the Rikudo sennin, the three looked like they had finnaly understood a lot of what was concerning them.
When they heard that the clan is almost extinct, Nagato had some sense of loneliness, but he was strongly interested in the few survivors.
”Thank you for telling us about all of this, Ryo san!” Nagato sincerely thanked Ryo.
Ryo wasn't just being nice. In fact, his main purpose was giving Nagato a stronger sense of belonging, to keep him from going astray in the future.
”By the way, who is your Sensei? From what I'm seeing, Nagato is definitely Kage tier, and Yahiko and Konan look to be Jounin tier. Your Sensei must be someone amazing!” Ryo tried to bring up the subject of Jiraya.
As soon as he mentioned their teacher, all three's faces were full of nostalgia. After they looked at each other, Konan was the one to speak.
”You actually must know our Sensei. He is one of the legendary Sannin, Jiraya! He was here before, and he taught us for three years.”
”It turned out to be you!” Said Ryo, showing surprise, ”I heard Jiraya san mention that he had three disciples in the Rain Country.”
”Ryo, you know our Sensei?” Yahiko heard Ryo's words and he quickly approached him with his eyes open wide.
”Of course! Our relationship is pretty good! I've learned half the Ninjutsu I know from him!”
”How has Sensei been doing recently?” Hearing Ryo's answer, Yahiko asked with some excitement.
”Ah! Well, he can breath, eat and sleep, but he's in war you know. He can't peek at women's spas, so I bet he's not feeling too good.”
”Peeping at women's spas? Sensei would never do such a thing!” Konan hugged herself in panic.
”Why not? I found him before Konan, watching you with wicked eyes!” Yahiko added fuel to the flamess
Finding a common topic, Ryo and the three were drawn into conversations, talking about their experiences. Their laughter rang out of the camp from time to time.
In the country, Jiraya kept sneezing for the entirety of the afternoon.