Jiraiya
Stepping into the room given to me by the hokage with Yuto's being adjacent to it I sat down after informing the kid to wash up and prepare for training tomorrow.
In my left hand I hold the two pieces of chakra paper from Yuto's test earlier. That along with the conversation I had with him while walking the streets only serve to make me more worried.
I decide it can't be helped and call ma and pa back into my room through the reverse summon.
I don't give them time to ask any questions, I simply hand pa the paper and speak as I reach toward him. "This is the result of a chakra element test I performed with Yuto." I say. Letting them decide what to tell me.
I know something is odd. I'd never heard of it before and the two toads look equally shocked. "So it's true…" pa said.
"What's true?" I ask impatient to know the answer. I have a theory. I just need to confirm or deny it.
It's not pa but ma who answers my question, "he has yin-yang release ability." She said without preamble.
That makes me have to sit back down after I'd stood up when pa first spoke. "Yin Yang release? That's almost unheard of. Every shinobi usually falls more toward one than the other."
Pa nods at my statement before speaking, "you're right Jiraiya. Very few individuals have more than two innate chakra natures. Furthermore, they also usually lean toward one facet of being a shinobi. You need to bring him in here and let me feel it for myself. I want to confirm what my eyes are telling me with my senses."
I nod and make my way out of the room and across the hall to Yuto's. I am about to knock when it slides open revealing a very upset looking child. "Yuto what's-" I don't finish my speech before he darts back into my room toward ma and pa.
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Yuto
I'd grown increasingly frustrated with my shadow, the anbu sent to monitor me. Jiraiya knew. He had to. Was it some test to see if I would call it out? Was the third trying to see the truth of my eyes for himself?
Most importantly, the guy sent a fellow brother of mine to do the job. I knew now why his chakra looked so much different to everyone else's I've seen. It's because he was a user of a dead ability. One that shouldn't exist but does thanks to our shared benefactor orochimaru.
My shadow was the one and only woodstyle user left in Konoha, maybe the world though obito falls into that category as well, Tenzo. Or Yamato as he insisted team 7 call him.
I'd spent hours trying to look at his chakra separately. When I focused on what happened when they become united though gave me my answer.
Right after I washed my body and put a fresh version of my outfit on, I decided to see what the next move is. I have a month to learn enough to survive. I can't be incapacitated like sasuke was. My only life line was Jiraiya, and he would go find tsunade after the exams were over.
This meant that no matter the cost, I had to walk out of here with Jiraiya and naruto to find tsunade. I can't be lying in a bed in a village run by danzo shimura. I'd just take my chances and jump from the hokage monument.
The thought of someone plucking out my eyes was the most terrifying thing I've ever imagined. The most likely candidate to do this is Danzo. Hell, the guy has a full hashirama arm and sharingans for gods sake.
With those thoughts in mind I jumped up from my position and swiftly walked toward my door and opened it. I saw Jiraiya about to knock. Inside his room i saw the two roads.
I raced past Jiraiya toward the two elderly frogs. "Mr. Pa. Ms. Ma, I'm so happy to see you again."
The old male frog just smiled while ma beamed and jumped up to my shoulder. "And it's good to see you too little tadpole. Tell me, would you mind doing the chakra nature test again?"
I shook my head. I knew one thing above all else, these two wouldn't let me get hurt. "Not at all." I say back to her.
I hear Jiraiya walk in but pay him no mind as ma hands me another chakra paper. I focused my chakra to my fingers and again the same thing happened.
The elder male frog spoke. "Indeed. A yin Yang release user."
I had an ah ha moment in my head of course I'd have the yin Yang release. Gojo was known for many things. But his two favorite attacks were red and blue. Push and pull. Yin and Yang.
It seems the toads were watching my reaction. "Oh, did you know about this Yuto?" Ma asks me.
I gave a shrug. "I feel like I can push or pull things to me. One is red and the other is blue. I just associated that to yin and Yang."
This seemed to Intrigue the toads. "Can you do it now?"
I shook my head. "No. It feels like a barrier has to be breached for me to understand it. I know it's there, just not how to get there I guess."
I see understanding dawn i their eyes. I've just theorized it takes a life or death scenario to unlock.
Before anything else can be asked of me I decided to ask my original question. "Why is there someone following me?" I say turning to Jiraiya. Bringing chakra to my eyes in force. I don't think I can intimidate him. But I want to see if he lies. Chakra fluctuates when you lie I've learned. Time to use that and my eyes to my advantage.
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Jiraiya
I'm honestly kind of shocked he could find the anbu so quickly. However, I shouldn't be shocked. From the evidence just presented to me I need to start thinking about Yuto differently. He had potential even I didn't see.
"The hokage would not let an unknown shinobi into his village without a monitor."
He scoffs. I can feel the chakra behind his eyes intensify. " I thought YOU were supposed to fill that role?"
I sigh. "Yuto, there's not-" but he cuts me off.
"I just want to live. To run and laugh and fight. My eyes are not a secret to be shared with the entirety of Konoha. The fact the hokage knows makes me a bit nervous itself. Not to mention some anbu who hides his face like a coward, afraid of the consequences he may face.
What I'm saying is, how can I survive if I don't use my eyes? How can I use my eyes while being watched? I am grateful to both you and your hokage. You saved me from a nightmare and I'll always remember that, but I don't fully trust you and I definitely don't trust the hokage." He said and when he finished he was out of breathe.
I sigh. It's true. I have an idea why but I have to ask anyway, "and why don't you trust the hokage?"
He rips off his eye cover so I can see into them. They are dazzling even when not fully awakened as they are now. But now, it looks as if I'm looking into infinity.
"Look at naruto. He saves this village everytime he wakes up and breathes. Yet they treat him like dirt. How many times has he went home hungry because there was no store willing to give him food? How many times has he been cold because he didn't have the ability to buy a jacket for winter? Where was the hokage?"
I go to speak but he stopped me. "I'll tell you where, up there in his tall office overlooking the village. Stacked in paperwork he could have a clone do while he does something to stop this abuse of a child.
But no. He didn't. He sat there and sat there and sat there while naruto bore the entire weight of this village. He's your teacher and I know you love him, but to expect me to trust someone who I've personally seen the result of his failure to protect the most important person in this village and still call yourself an S ranked shinobi is nuts."
He turned back to ma and pa. "It was nice speaking to the two of you again. I hope to see you soon." He said and left in a shunshin with a single hand sign.
I go to to after him but ma's hand on my arm stops me. "Better to let him cool off Jiraiya boy. Yuto isn't completely wrong. But I think he's more angry at him for orochimaru. He's put the pieces together by now."
That's probably true. Sarutobi sensei had the opportunity to stop orochimaru. But he didn't. And Yuto is a living example of that failure as well. My mood had gone from bad to worse
"How can I help someone who seems so angry?" I ask more thinking out loud than asking a question to ma or pa.
However, pa answers me anyway, "keep coming back. That's all you can do. Show them the anger doesn't push you away but brings you closer." I nod, not ready to see how late he'll make me stay up until he returns.
I don't worry about his safety. The anbu with him is one of the best. My only concern is Yuto himself. The boy is untrained but that's what makes him dangerous. He doesn't have the ethics taught to him by academy teachers. He was thrust into a world with power he's trying to understand and a mind too young to comprehend it.
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Yuto
I arrive atop the nearest rooftop trying to clear my head. I just needed to be free. I've felt confined since I got here. On the road with Jiraiya was awesome. In the village full of snakes my mood has turned 180°.
I find myself in a small training area. I only know this because it's similar to the one team 7 used in the show.
I'm broken from my thoughts when I notice my shadow arrive. I turn toward him and as I do I'm untying my blindfold. "You," I say while pouring all the chakra I can into my eyes.
"Time to come out," I say throwing one of the kunai the last person who was here left.
I can't beat him I know that, but I want to let loose. To be what I was born to be in this life. Honored.
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Authors note: maybe the last chapter for a minute. Gonna relax and read. See ya.