Chapter 238 - 238 (1/2)

Ryo thought about things for a while and then asked: ”Kurama, if someone comes to hurt Ne-san as she is giving birth, would you cooperate with them?”

The Kyubi didn't seem to expect this question, but he answered without hesitation: ”I told you before kid; I don't want to switch Jinchurikis!”

Ryo answered smiling: ”That should be enough! Kurama, trust me, I will definitely protect Ne san, with you!”

Hearing that, the Kyubi could only feel a lot better. Ever since Ryo became Kushina's disciple at around 7 years old, he had been watching his growth. Along the years, Ryo never made a promise he couldn't fulfill, and never had trouble he couldn't overcome in one way or another.

Therefore, although the Kyubi couldn't grasp the source of Ryo's confidence, he still believed in him, and returned control to Kushina.

Kushina didn't get to hear any part of the conversation. Usually, now she would be arguing and urging Ryo to tell her about what she had missing.

However, now she was just too thrilled by knowing she was going to be a mother, and all her interests in life revolved around the one in her tummy; she didn't have time for arguing.

She got back to asking Ryo about what she should do to preserve the fetus's health, and he answered every question of her in details until Minato returned in the afternoon.

”Honey, I'm back! Hey, Ryo, you're here as well!” Minato, who had just entered, found Ryo at home. As he was saluting him, he found Kushina rushing to him while desperately failing to hide her excitement.

”Minato, I have good news to tell you.” She said, trying to speak calmly.

”What good news?”

”Minato, you're going to become a father!”

Minato froze in place for a good while. He couldn't process the news quickly, and then he suddenly snapped out excitedly saying: ”A father?!”

”Yes! You're really becoming a father!” Kushina repeated her answer, and Minato had a large smile covering his face as he jumped on her to hug her closely.

Ryo, who was looking from across the room, smiled and teleported back home.

The next day, Ryo went to Minato's office to ask him for help with his Teleportation Technique.

Ryo had been feeling at ease about the whole deal concerning Naruto's birth. After all, Obito knew the truth about Madara's plans, and the relationship between Kurama and Kushina was so good.

But the words of Kurama got to him. For some reason that he couldn't identify, he couldn't feel relaxed anymore. Therefore, with nothing clear to prepare for, he could only focus on overcoming his own shortcomings, including his teleportation limitations.

Minato's mastery over the use of the Teleportation Barrier Technique was much better than that of Ryo, which enabled him to teleport disregarding distance. as for Ryo, he could only sense his marks up to a certain distance.

After getting instructions from Minato, Ryo used Naruto's method to practice, creating three Shadow Clones to practice alongside with him.

Time went by, and over four months passed. This was year 48 after post Konoha's inception.

Ryo spent this whole period practicing the Teleportation Barrier technique. Besides the period he had spent in Mount Myobuko, this was the longest time Ryo had ever taken practicing a single technique.

Despite this, and despite the fact that he had been using Shadow Clones, Ryo still couldn't fully master this technique. Nevertheless, he still managed to achieve great improvement compared to before.