A few days later, the Sand and Stone went to battle, and Konoha didnât interfere. Although they won the last battle, they still had close to a 1000 injured people. They were in no shape to keep fighting.The Stone thought that they could take advantage of the Sands latest defeat and beat them completely. What they didnât expect was they actually rose up and resisted them.
This actually ended with the Stone suffering a heavy defeat, and even the Tsuchikageâs son was severely injured in a Sand ambush.
Over the course of those days, Ryo never seemed to get off his feet. There were too many injured in the camp, and as head of the medical team, he had no time to rest.
After a few days of hard work, he finally finished treating the wounded. He sighed of relief as he was lying in bed ready to sleep.
Jiraya had wanted to speak to him ever since the battle ended. However, he kept finding him being too busy to be bothered.
But when he found out that he had finished treating the wounded, he rushed to his tent and pulled him out of the bed!
âHey Jiraya san! What are you doing?â Ryo was confused and hated the fact that Jiraya disrupted his rest.
âI wanted to talk to you for long time now. Come with me.â After he finished his words, both went outside the camp to the desert.
âWhat do you want to talk about? And why did we have to go so far?â Ryo didnât understand.
âKid, I have two questions for you. First: What was that technique with which you guided the lightning? And second, Why did you let Pakura go?â Jirayaâs tone was unusually serious. After all, letting a strong enemy go was no trivial matter.
âWell Iâll tell you about that technique. It has many requirements. One needs the presence of a cumulonimbus cloud, and there must be the friction necessary for it to produce lightningâ¦â Ryo went on explaining the use and disadvantages of Kirin. Jiraya was disappointed as he thought that it could be more readily available for use.
âSo what happened to make you deliberately let Pakura go? Donât think that no one noticed it. You know well about the perception capabilities given by Sage mode!â
âJiraya san, I let Pakura go on my own term, and thatâs because I need her in my plans. That plan is something Iâm not willing to discuss.â Faced with Jirayaâs insistence, Ryo had to say the truth.
âWhat plans are so mysterious? Youâre just a stinky little kid!â Jiraya looked at Ryoâs eyes and was not buying the whole deal.
âOld man, youâre really troublesome!â Ryo wasnât that polite responding to him.
Jiraya was still 34 at that time. He hated being called an old man so much that he raised his hand to Slap Ryoâs head.
Ryo sensed it coming, and he dodged to the side.
âYou little smug! [Wild Lionâs Mane Justu]!â Jiraya was angry and felt somewhat insulted. His hair stretched out and reached for Ryo.
Just as the hair was reaching him, Ryo managed to throw an Ice Scalpel. When Jiraya thought that he was about to be caught, Ryo teleported towards it.
âFlying Thunder god⦠or no! This is your Ice Teleportation? So thatâs what youâve been working on for so long with Sakumo San!â
âOy, Jiraya san, seems like you canât catch me anymore!â Ryo laughed provocatively.
âIt seems thatâs you made a great progress this time around! But still, youâre still far!â As he finished talking, Jiraya formed his hand seals and a swamp formed below Ryo.
It all happened to fast. Ryo couldnât find time to escape and was caught by the infamous Swamp of the Underworld.
âJiraya San, arenât you forgetting about my Ice Release? Mud has a lot of water in it!â
Of course, Jiraya had that thought out already, and wasnât going to let him escape so easily. A fireball was already on its way to Ryo.
The latter made an Ice Wall to block it. Then he froze the swamp and managed to get away.
âMy turn Jiraya san!â Finishing his words, Ryo formed his seals sent a massive water stream towards Jiraya.
â[Doton: Earth-Style Wall]!â The wall blocked off the current, but could not stop Ryo from freezing it.
Ryo turned the second half of the stream into Ice Ramming it through the wall, and it managed the break it.
Ryo entered his Ice-Lightning Chakra mode immediately, teleporting into the Ice and popping in front of Jiraya.
He condensed Ice Blades and launched himself towards Jiraya to slash him, but all that was there to receive the hit was a wooden log that was cut in half.
âHey Kid you want to kill me or something?â Jiraya was exaggerating.
âJiraya san, if were so easy to kill, you wouldâve died so many times already.â After flattering Jiraya for a bit, Ryo blinked with his blades in front of him.
Both went at each other several times, without anyone getting an edge.
âHaha! All right, letâs stop fighting, youâve gotten really good kid!â Jiraya felt really pleased with Ryoâs progress.
His praise made Ryo embarrassed. After all, heâs learned half of his techniques from Jiraya.
After that, the two sat down and talked; mainly about the 3rd. Jiraya could feel that Ryo had some prejudices against his Sensei.
âJiraya san, have you ever thought of making money?â Ryo didnât want to talk about the 3rd that much so he chose to divert the topic.
âMaking money? Of course I did! With money, a man can enjoy a hot spring and Sake, what more would a man want?â looking at his wretched smile, Ryo understood what else he was thinking about and shook his head helplessly.
âJiraya san, I always see writing something. Wouldnât you be interested in writing a book? In case it sells, youâll make a lot of money!â
âA book?â Jiraya found Ryoâs proposal really interesting.
âYes, a book! Make it about your autobiography, or a story about peeping at womenâs Baths.â
Listening to Ryoâs proposal, Jirayaâs eyes went brighter and brighter. He couldnât wait to start.
âKid, I have no more time to chat, Iâm off!â Jiraya turned and never looked back!
Ryo didnât know precisely when Jiraya started writing books in the original timeline. When Kushina was pregnant with Naruto, the 1st book was already written, with Naruto being the name of its protagonist.
He also knew that Kakashi was a huge fan of his âFlirting Paradiseâ since the age of 18.
So for those reason, Ryo pushed Jiraya to that direction. Itâs just that he never expected that he would be so enthusiastic for the idea.
âKakashi, Iâve just made a great contribution to your future happiness. Next time we meet, you better invite me out on a barbecue!â Ryo said to himself.
âAchoo!â While training, Kakashi sneezed in the Earth Country camp.
âKakashi youâre okay? Do you have a cold?â Rin asked him concerned.
Obito who felt immediately jealous answered her: âKakashi Yaro must have offended so many people that heâs being badmouthed right now!â
Kakashi didnât care about what Obito said, he just nodded saying to Rin that he was okay and got back to his training.