[BONUS CHAPTER] Reuniting with Hinata

Karin's mother was originally buried by her on a piece of wasteland in Kusagakure.

Because of her status, Karin was not allowed to leave the village.

So she could only bury her mother here.

When a hole was dug out, a simple coffin could be seen.

This coffin was made by the young Karin herself with a handful of old kunais, and it looked small and crude.

But it was the only coffin she could prepare for her mother at that time.

Ryosuke and Karin paid homage to her mother's bones, and then put the coffin on a scroll.

"Ryosuke-kun, let's go."

Karin grabbed Ryosuke's hand and was about to leave. She didn't want to stay in this place anymore.

Because this place had left her with nothing but pain.

"Wait a minute, there is one last thing to do."

As Ryosuke said, some sand gathered under his feet, and supported him and Karin to fly directly into the sky.

"Sand Burial!"

In the sky, Ryosuke moved his hand, and in an instant, the ground of Kusagakure turned into a desert.

With the rumbling sand rolling, the entire Kusagakure was swallowed by the sand.

The corpses, the buildings and so on were all buried.

Karin looked at Kusagakure which had completely disappeared below and opened her small mouth in surprise.

Then she looked at Ryosuke with eyes that twinkled like little stars.

"Let's go."

Ryosuke touched Karin's head with a smile, and then led her to disappear in midair in an instant.

Some sand fell to the ground.

If someone comes here, they will find a large sandy land in a forest, which looks quite strange.

And Kusagakure, which was supposed to be here?

It had completely disappeared from the territory of this world.

After returning to Konoha

Ryosuke first buried Karin's mother's bones with Karin, and at the same time changed her remains to a better coffin and erected a tombstone, which was located in Konoha's cemetery.

Almost every ninja of Konoha would be buried here after their death.

Ryosuke's father was also buried here.

"Let's go. You can come and have a look when you have time later."

Ryosuke said to Karin with a sad face.

"Hmm."

Karin nodded obediently.

"Mom, you don't have to worry about me anymore. I have now found the person who is worth entrusting my life to. Ryosuke-kum is very good to me. Please bless us from Pure Land."

Karin looked back at her mother's tombstone, and then left the cemetery with Ryosuke.

That night.

Ryosuke did not go home, but stayed with Karin.

After all, what happened today had too much impact on Karin.

Her vengeance was resolved, and her mother also had a better resting place.

Ryosuke thought about staying with her tonight, lest Karin be lonely.

But to Ryosuke's surprise, a small body got into his bed in the middle of the night.

"Ryosuke-kun, I can't sleep."

Karin's little head got out from under the quilt.

She looked at Ryosuke and said, "I want to hug you while sleeping. Can I do that?"

Karin looked at him pitifully.

Ryosuke could only promise to let her fall asleep in his arms.

But that's all!

He didn't want to do anything more.

After all, they were still young.

Even in this world, they were still considered too young.

He planned to wait at least two more years.

This night, Ryosuke didn't sleep all night.

Holding Karin in his arms made him unable to fall asleep no matter what.

In addition, he was in good spirits. He usually only sleeps for two or three hours at night.

Occasionally, he does not even sleep for a day or two, and it does not affect him at all.

But Karin slept soundly.

Holding Ryosuke in her arms, she fell asleep until the sun rose.

"Woo~! I slept so comfortably!"

Karin stretched her waist, and looked at Ryosuke in front of her with a smile.

"Ryosuke, why did you wake up so early?"

Ryosuke pinched the tip of Karin's nose with a smile, and then urged her to get up and wash up.

Today the third competition of the Chūnin exam would be held.

It would start at 9:00 am.

It was now 8:32!

"Ryosuke, can I go to see you in the competition today?"

In the bathroom, Karin, who was brushing her teeth, suddenly poked her head out and asked.

"Okay, I'll take you there later."

Ryosuke, who had just changed his clothes, nodded and said.

"I'll cheer you on at that time!"

Karin laughed.

"That might be a little difficult."

Ryosuke said heartily.

His match was the last one.

That means there was a high probability that Orochimaru's Konoha collapse plan would have already started before his match could start.

So, Karin might not have the chance to cheer him.

After Karin finished washing up and changed her clothes, the two set off for the examination room of the Chūnin exam.

As for breakfast, they had it on the road.

Karin hadn't learned to cook before.

It was not that she didn't want to learn how to cook.

It was just that the people in Kusagakure didn't allow her to leave a certain area at all.

She had no chance to learn.

Otherwise, it's not like she liked to eat those overnight meals, cold steamed buns and the like every day.

8:50 am.

Ryosuke led Karin into the huge arena from the entrance channel.

After coming out of the tunnel, Ryosuke separated from Karin.

"Ryosuke, here!"

Karin stood on her tiptoe and kissed Ryosuke on the cheek before trotting upstairs to the stands.

Ryosuke also walked over to the other candidates under the curious eyes of the others.

"Ryosuke, who was that girl just now?"

Hinata had arrived about 20 minutes earlier than Ryosuke.

In fact, except for Naruto, all the candidates had arrived at this moment.

Even Sasuke who was supposed to be late had arrived.

This time, he had arrived here early, and was waiting for the game to start.

"That's Karin. I met her during the second exam. I'll introduce you to her after the exam is over."

As Ryosuke spoke, he took Hinata's little hand.

After not seeing her for a month, Ryosuke missed Hinata very much.

"Have you had a hard time this month?" Ryosuke asked softly.

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