How To Survive In The World Of Naruto With Fragmented Memories

Ao c.a.r.e.s.ses his chin while thinking, he turned to look at Yuuma "There is no need to endanger yourself since you passed you are a genin, however, you will be following me. Do you have any dissatisfaction with this?" Hearing Ao's arranged plans for him, Yuuma shook his head "Everything is fine" Ao nodded as the two of them left the old lady behind, since she was old she will be resting in peace soon on her own so there was no need to punish her for being involved.

"Sensei, when the old lady spoke about Kaede's true identity I was reminded of the day I once saw the Mizukage at the Academy opening ceremony" Ao listened to Yuuma without interrupting him, but since it was about the Mizukage it meant it was something important so Yuuma continued, "Unlike other people who did not have a bright aura, the Mizukage was covered by an aura that was coloured similar to dark crimson swirling around him"

Hearing this Ao's expression became stern but he did not voice anything out, 'I should pay a visit to the Mizukage sometime to see this for myself' Ao thought, with this, he confirmed the boy did indeed have a doujutsu similar to the Byakugan but different at the same time. The two of them soon arrived back in the town only to see the shop where Kaede operated at was empty, even the Sales Assistant was gone. Ao Sent Yuuma to head towards the Harbour while he went to gather surrounding shinobis to scour the entire island.

Yuuma nodded when he received the order and began to move swiftly in the direction of the Harbour, by the time he arrived he realized that there were no boats so he went straight to one of the nearby Civilians "Sir, did any boats just left right now?" The man who was stopped by Yuuma looked at the boy nodding, "Yes, an hour ago the Harbour was vacated since the administration wanted to clear the garbages in the water before it will cause some sh.i.p.s to get stuck"

Yuuma nodded as he thanked the man for answering his question, Yuuma turned to look in the direction the boats would normally sail but he could see that the boats were long gone and the noise of water splashing could be heard from the bottom of the harbour as the shinobis were cleaning the area. "Any news?" Ao appeared behind Yuuma who shook his head, "The boats already left and there is almost no way of determining which one they went on since all of the boats left together"

Ao nodded, "No need to feel down you did an excellent job and is qualified to be a shinobi, I already sent several teams to investigate the relations Kaede had on this island and cross-match them to see if there are any other spies on this island" Yuuma nodded at Ao's words as he made his resolve to become stronger much firmer. "Also your sister became the head of the Terumi Clan, so you can go home"

When Yuuma heard this he was shocked turning to look at Ao with a slack-jawed expression, Ao chuckled when he saw this expression as he rubbed the head of Yuuma "Your sister is amazingly strong so you should be proud, she endured a lot of you boy, so you should make her proud in turn" Yuuma nodded when he heard Ao's word. The two of them spent the night at a rented room before heading back to the Village the very next morning.

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"YUUMA!" Yuuma dodged to the left as a shadow crash face-first into the ground where he stood, "Cough cough, you gotten better at dodging" Kisame spoke cheekily while smiling, he stood up dusting off his clothes "So did you fail?" Seeing Kisame's smirk Yuuma had the urge to slap it at least once but chose to smile instead which caused Kisame's smirk to turn slack-jawed "You----"

Yuuma nodded as he walked together with his shocked friend, "To think you would pass, what kind of test did you do?" Kisame was quite interested in the test Yuuma did and Yuuma told what he was allowed to since there were some secrets especially in regards to Kumo's successful infiltration could not be leaked as such information would cause a panic among the people. Yuuma instead only told him how he was supposed to capture the thief, "To think your mission would be such a high level one, is the administration crazy!?"

Yuuma shook his head laughing at his friend before mentioning the school was a mess ever since Zabuza slaughtered an entire class of graduates, Kisame only snorted "Hmph! They should learn how to be adaptable! We are ninjas!" Yuuma nodded at his friend who would not let go of opportunities to badmouth the school system as he too hated the system himself, "Study hard Kisame, since you will have a long way to go before you catch up" Yuuma smirked at his friend who was taken aback, "You--- I will show you how powerful I will become!" Kisame ran ahead towards the classes while Yuuma went in the direction of the offices.

When Yuuma entered the reception area of the staff offices he was confronted by a blond-haired smiling woman who appears to be more friendlier than the previous staff member, "Good morning, you should be Yuuma Terumi correct?" Hearing her question Yuuma vigilantly looked at the lady not sure how he should approach this sudden change of treatment 'Could it be someone is plotting against me?' Yuuma thought while the lady smiled not feeling the least bothered about his reaction.

"My name is Yuri, I have been assigned here by Head of the Terumi clan, Miss Mei" Yuri explained it shortly for Yuuma who felt relieved as he knew not many would dare to use his sister's name since she was quite famous among the ninjas in the Mist Village, "I'm here to report my success in my graduation exam" Yuri who heard this was surprised as she knew the difficulty level Ao chosen for Yuuma to compete was by no means easy, 'To think this boy is this skilled' Yuri thought with a smile as she processes the paperwork.

"Please come to the school tomorrow morning where you will have to take your ID photo as well as your interview with the Mizukage" Yuri explained to Yuuma patiently, Yuuma nodded as he bowed "Thank you" He turned and left the offices leaving Yuri who turned to look at a familiar-looking lady walking out of the shadows, "Miss Mei, I would like I advise you that such behaviour is borderline stalking!" Mei giggled "I only needed to make sure that Yuuma came to save otherwise I would have to punish Ao for not following orders" Mei answered

Yuri sighed as she handed over the doc.u.ment to Mei, when Mei read through it she smiled warmly "As expected, I knew Yuuma is a far greater talent than the other kids my father gathered in the past" She nodded while handing the paperback to Yuri as she left, 'I wonder what I should do for Yuuma to grow stronger for his big sis' She thought while imagining her little brother being powerful.

Meanwhile, Yuuma went over to the library meant for Genins where he could get access to higher leveled jutsus but since he once broke through here when he was but an academy student using his genjutsu he decided to head up the stairs to read through higher-level jutsus for the day. But never would he imagine the moment he entered the level A floor he was confronted by Yagura who was silently reading a scroll.

"Never thought a genin would be able to be this skilled" Yagura muttered as he turned his gaze towards Yuuma, when Yuuma activated his eyes he noticed the red aura was no longer around Yagura's body. "I see, so you're the one who had Ao save me from being controlled" Yagura smile grew broader as he spoke, Yuuma was still vigilant as he knew he was not supposed to be here but Yagura waved for him to come over.

"Since you saved me I will allow you to enter the library up to the forbidden section, but you will only have access to it for six months... That is your reward from me" Yagura spoke with a cheeky grin "Thank you Mizukage" Yuuma thank Yagura as this gift was truly a good timing, because of his age Yuuma could not easily enter the Anbu Hunter-nin department of his choice so he has no choice but to do Rank D missions for money and train in the meantime.

Afterwards, the two of them chatted to the point Yuuma was surprised to find that Yagura was really someone easy to converse with unlike the rumours about him because Yagura was getting along with Yuuma so well he decided to teach Yuuma for a few hours in Ninjutsu and Kenjutsu which greatly benefitted Yuuma and also showed him a path he could train towards to. Before going home Yuuma took several scrolls along with him to study and train at home while he bade farewell to his friend the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura.

"So that is the boy who told you I was being manipulated?" Yagura spoke while looking at Yuuma who left the library, Ao appeared kneeling behind Yagura "Yes!, it was by luck my disciple noticed you were being controlled" Yagura nodded with a satisfied smile, "Since he saved me from myself, I will do whatever I can to turn the reputation of the Mist around" Ao shivered for a moment feeling glad things were about to turn for the better as he disappeared together with Yagura from the library.

Yuuma that night trained diligently in a few different element jutsus, the only problem was the fact he could only practice the hand seals and do it more practically the next day.

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The next morning Yuuma head off to the academy wearing his black sleeveless shirt with a brown camo jacket zipped closed over it, brown camo pants with black boots as Yuuma did not like the idea of wearing sandals as other shinobis do. Wrapped around his neck was his yellow scarf covering his mouth and his dark brown hair standing unruly with spikes, the thing that stood out the most of him was his barely traceable pupil light blue eyes.

He did not bring his weapons with him since he will only be processing his application for his genin rank today, people were whispering when they saw Yuuma wearing a unique shinobi outfit that stood out differently from the others heading to school, even Kisame his friend was surprised to see this outfit "Oi! So this is your outfit huh? It looks quite good if you intend to fight in Iwagakure" Yuuma chuckled at his friend's comment, the two of them continued to chat till they separate once again but this time Yuuma's sensei was waiting for him.

"You're right on time" Ao muttered as he turned around walking ahead with Yuuma following after him, but while Yuuma followed Ao he started to feel like he could sense something different from the surroundings yet he could not see it nor feel it, he only knew he was sensing something around him but later shook it off his mind as he followed his sensei as this was the start of his journey ahead as a Genin.