Back at Home

"Welcome Home" Mei smiled the moment Yuuma entered the Manor, it had been a few days ever since his training with Ao. Yuuma smiled brightly as he walked over to give his big sister a firm embrace, "I'm finally home" The two of them entered the lounge area while the Servants went to carry Yuuma's only luggage to his room, "Congratulations for passing the Chunin Exams, Ao reported your exploits so far and honestly it would not be weird if you were to get a promotion to Jonin right away. But taking your age into account, it will have to wait for a few months at least"

Yuuma nodded, he was not that much in a rush for promotion as he already managed to secure a decent amount of Jutsus for him to learn. His control over his chakra has enabled him to use most ninjutsus between Rank C up to B with a bare minimum requirement of one hand seals, while the Rank A that requires a number of hand seals to active, he still needs to use two hands which meant he still had a large room for growth.

"Sis, there is something I need you to know" Yuuma spoke while his eyes moved towards the locations where the Anbu Shinobis were hidden, seeing this Mei was surprised to know he could perceive their locations so accurately. With a single wave of her hand, all the Anbu disappeared from the room leaving only Yuuma and Mei alone, "What is it Yuuma? You know you can tell Big sis anything"

Yuuma nodded, he did not speak but instead he activated both his Sharingan and Byakugan. Seeing his light blue eyes changing into a Red Sharingan and a Golden Byakugan shocked Mei beyond her wildest dreams, "How!? How did you get them? Could it be you transplant them?" Mei asked while Yuuma shook his head, "My eyes were awakened when I practised Senjutsu, according to the White Tiger Sage my bloodline have awakened partly which gave me these eyes" Yuuma spoke as he deactivates both his eyes.

Yuuma began to explain his training in Senjutsu and how his eyes activated, hearing this Mei could no longer pinpoint Yuuma's ancestors other than the Uchiha and Hyuga. 'Golden Byakugan? I never heard of this' Mei thought as she looks at Yuuma's light blue eyes, "This secret of yours will be classified as Forbidden, for now, I will also like the White Tiger patriarch advise you not to openly use the eyes. Although the Uchiha is nearly extinct. Their eyes are still treasures for others"

Yuuma nodded as he expected this kind of development, 'I will have to investigate my origins, I never heard of someone who had both Byakugan and Sharingan' He thought while he chatted with his Sister about his journey, seeing Kiba attached to his back being silent caused Mei to feel surprised as there was a hidden secret that these swords had enough consciousness to choose their wielders.

Knowing that Yuuma got the acknowledgement of Kiba made her feel happy, and the fact she could use this information to push through Yuuma's promotion much sooner since Chojuro will also be having his promotion to Jonin soon because he was a part of the seven swordsmen of the mist.

"For the next few months, you can relax, train and do some missions within the Water Country as part of your Anbu Missions," Mei said that to Yuuma to remind him since he was getting used to travelling abroad. The two of them spent the rest of the night together chatting happily as brother and sister before having their dinner and went to bed.

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Next Morning Yuuma dressed in a dark grey padded outfit while wearing his mask went to the Anbu office, handing over his missions to the counter he turned to view the list of missions available to choose from. "I heard they are calling you the Joker of Kirigakure... From your stunt, during the Chunin exams, the people can't seem to figure out your fighting style." One of the Anbu who was also looking at the board stood next to Yuuma while speaking with him.

"Joker huh? Better than my codename" Yuuma muttered as he pulls off a report about several wanted Bandits near the Capital City of the Water Country, "You best be careful Yuuma, there is a storm brewing inside Kirigakure ever since you left" The Anbu muttered before he used Body Flicker to disappear, Yuuma glances at the spot the Anbu was before he went to the counter to process his chosen mission.

"You intend to choose the River Bandits?" The shinobi processing the administration was quite surprised to see that Yuuma has chosen a Rank A mission, very few selected individuals knew of his two identities like the Anbu who he spoke with was in the Kage Protection team and this Administrative Officer who handles most mission processes. "Yes, I have been told to keep my missions within the Water Country for the next few months which is what I am going to do" Yuuma answered

The Shinobi did not question any further and instead began to process the request, "Can I also ask you to hunt some Black Bears along the way? We are in dire need of their pelts and claws, the doctors require some of their organs" Yuuma thought for a moment when he heard the Shinobi's request, he nodded "I will take the mission" Hearing Yuuma's answer the Shinobi bowed "Thank you, you are one of the few who is willing to take unranked missions like this. You saved me there"

Yuuma smirked as he took the two slips the Administrative Officer gave him before he left the Anbu underground base, the next place Yuuma appeared was behind Mei. "To think you would be able to recreate the famous jutsu that only had two users known in the shinobi world" Mei muttered with a tone of pride she held for Yuuma who kept surprising her, "I have chosen my two missions, I wanted to confirm if you have any missions you want for me to partake"

Hearing this Mei thought for a moment before she handed over a sealed letter, "Deliver this to the Daimyo, also be careful along the way. The village has been tense lately and I am certain that trouble is slowly brewing from within" Mei warned Yuuma the same thing the Anbu warned him, 'I will have to take some time to investigate just what is going on' Yuuma thought as he nodded towards Mei before he used body flicker movement to disappear from the office.

His first location was east of the Water Country Capital City, near the town of Ur. It had a small river nearby which starts from the sea and then the water flows into the underground river, but Yuuma did not immediately go to the river but instead paid a visit to the residents of the Village. "Evening, are you perhaps the Kiri Shinobi who taken our request?" Yuuma came across a middle-aged man with average looks, his body was bulky from his persistent farm works. "Yes, I came to hear some more details about these bandits"

The man felt a bit disappointed to see how young Yuuma was, but he had many interactions with shinobis so he was confident that he could tell when one was experienced or not. Yuuma was the former, "The name is Tatsuya by the way, anyway. The River Bandits appeared about a week ago demanding a percentage of our harvest for protection fee, we did not agree with this set up and they struck our warehouse setting it on fire with our harvest stored inside" Tatsuya began to tell Yuuma the events of the River Bandits.

In short, they were a group of mentally challenged people who can't find it in themselves to work for their own food, instead of working for their food, they would rather steal. This was the summary of what Yuuma believed was fit for the situation, the reason was the fact Yuuma could not understand their actions of burning the food they so-called wanted. At least he did not call them straight out idiots, according to Tatsuya some of them have shinobi skills which were the reason the mission became a Rank A mission.

'The only reason I managed to get this request is that no one took it for a while, and the information is quite limited' Yuuma thought, "I will arrange a room for you to stay at my house, my wife is currently cooking lunch" Tatsuya offered to which Yuuma obliged since he did feel quite hungry, "If you don't mind me asking, but how old are you?" Tatsuya asked Yuuma, Yuuma smiled wryly "Seven, a few more months and I will be Eight" Yuuma answered although he knew his young age was something people found it hard to believe.

"You really are something to be able to accept this mission despite being so young, when I was your age I was still playing around with other kids while acting like shinobis" Tatsuya spoke with a nostalgia gaze ahead of him, Yuuma only smiled wryly as his situation did not allow him to make friends until he entered the Ninja academy. "Is there Black Bears near in the Vicinity?" Yuuma asked as he remembered he received a quest for several black bears.

Hearing Yuuma's question Tatsuya did not think Yuuma would go hunt for bears, "There should be a lair for the black bears about a days walk in that direction" Tatsuya pointed in the northwestern direction from the village, Yuuma made sure to note this down for when he will go hunt them during his investigation. "Honey, I brought our guest" Tatsuya called out when he pushed open the door of his house.

It was quite the usual to see most houses in the land of the Waters were built identical, the grounds were uneven as there were signs of preparation works to pave the pathways but it probably got cancelled. Yuuma turned to look in the opposite direction of the house door looking at the forest where the river was located at, "Welcome Home honey... And is this your Illegitimate child?"

Hearing Tatsuya's wife, Yuuma almost fell face first together with Tatsuya who coughed violently out of shock. "No no no! He is the Shinobi from the Kirigakure!" Tatsuya explained while his wife looked at Yuuma questionably, "But he is such a handsome young boy, he can't be a shinobi---" The wife stops in her mid-sentence when she saw the hilt of Kiba, the swords of the Mist was famous and just from their hilts one could guess which sword Yuuma was in possession of.

"You are a swordsman of the mist?" The wife asked as Yuuma nodded, "Yes, recently instated but I am indeed a swordsman of the mist" Yuuma answered as he was led in the house, the wife still treated him like a child to which he did not bother to change. Just from looking at Tatsuya's wife he realized she loves children and he was in fact a child, although he tends to forget this fact after the several missions he experienced.

"Well Welcome to the Village of Ur" Tatsuya muttered to Yuuma