Ryozo and Ronin now walking along the road away from the village where Kakashi and Team seven were trying to find him, with every step Ryozo took closer towards Ronin's hide-out, the smirk upon Ronin's lips would grow ever so slightly wider.
"Stop grinning, it's beginning to get on my nerves, real quick." Ryozo's eyes never leaved the path with which he was walking, yet he had somehow caught a glimpse of Ronin's face looking wide mouthed as his skin by his eyes was pulled back to make the wide grin.
"Ah…" Ronin's face now falling blank; could he possibly control a grin that wide for more than a moment?
"That's better. Now how much further do we have to go?" The red head's mouth now pulled air deep within him – almost cooling down his insides as he walked along the plain and open desert which now surrounded him.
"Patience Ryozo, we'll get there in due time"
"Ronin's back! And he's brought someone with him!" An excited voice now shouted out, foot steps quick and loud against the ground – Even if sand was said to soften it. This person couldn't have been one for being sneaky.
"Maybe, he'll let us eat this one." A darker voice now spoke in the background, coming from behind Ronin and Ryozo – As this person's footsteps where rather light, barely noticeable at that.
A smirk feel across Ronin's lips as he turned for a moment to look back upon the boy who was walking behind him – As soon as he saw the face of the boy his face would return to its blank form like Ryozo had asked of him. "Got to kill him first now, haven't you?"
"You make that sound like a challenge. Any new-be you bring back is always weaker than me." A smirk could be heard within his voice – His eyes cold upon Ryozo's back sending a small shiver down his back.
"It's not a challenge." Ryozo now spoke as a grin grew wide upon his lips as he now turned around to return the glare which he could feel upon his back. "It's called stupidity… Especially if you think you can beat me."
"No one asked you new-be, go back to being quiet, and go find Suichi or someone else in the camp!" A growl now parted from the lips of the boy – now Ryozo taking a small hint he didn't like to be held against anything.
"Don't worry about him!" A rather happy voice now came from behind Ryozo, his eyes a glittering blue, as he looked toward the boy. "Keiji isn't always one to play exactly very fair to the new guys that are joined. As he got his butt handed to him by the first new-be he fought against." A grin now spread wide over the person's lips, enough to run from ear to ear.
"Shut ya trap damn it! You know I had that guy beat! Not my fault he had some damn blood line help!" He growled once again, his eyes flaring with rage as he looked towards Ryozo. "If ya willing to fight me! Grab a sword and follow me!"
A simple shrug was the answer towards Keiji's question, with Ryozo now picking up a simple and rather dull looking wooden sword, as he turned to Keiji. "You really think, just because their little toys, you can beat me as you've played with them for longer?"
That did it – Just then the flare within Keiji's eyes was full with rage for Ryozo. His eyes now squinting into a near enough death glare as a chuckle parted from Ronin's lips now highly amused by how easily this fight had broken out.
"If you think you're good enough, get the real thing already squirt." Keiji's glare never left Ryozo's eyes, as he didn't seem to move an inch to reach for a real sword; the cold metal seemed to shimmer into his eyes against the wind. "That's what I thought."
"No, the kid just has a brain, unlike you" Another voice called from behind a rock – Which didn't seem to have been there moment ago. "Ronin, Suichi. New guy. Keiji." The now visible man – his eyes a sharp white colour, able to give any spin a chill to run down it.
"Not you too! You're taking sides with this new-be over me Senichi?!" Keiji growled once more, as he pointed his sword toward Ryozo. "Met me here again, tonight, everyone will watch as they see how weak you really are."
The sheer tone in his voice made Suichi gasp a little just for the fun of having to do it, as a grin would then cross his lips, whispering into Ryozo's ear ever so softly. "Or, you're going to get your own butt handed to you."
"Whatever." Ryozo seemed to answer both, the request and the statement which was given to him at that time. Now turning his back upon them all he began to walk towards an open area where he would be able to stay without anyone coming near him for a while. That was, all apart from Ronin who was now following him.
And now people, have we been able to guess the moral of the story – If so, take a guess, I bet it won't actually be right.
Anyway – Now Ryozo has found himself stuck as the 'New-Be' what will actually happen to him now he is there. Will Naruto or anyone be able to find out where he has gone? Or will they just give up looking after turning over every stone that is said to be in the village.