Nao looked slightly interested at the Sadaime Hokage's ploy to get him to be a ninja of Konohagakure no Sato. A short detailed letter, sent by way of messenger bird detailing the pros and cons of attending Konoha Ninja Academy aka KNA. The letter was to the point without any extra sugar coating, Nao didn't like to be pressured or pushed into ANY thing. Even at his young age he has always had a sense of freedom, whether it be freedom of his physical self or mental self. He liked knowing that every choice he will make is truly his and not influenced in any way by what others told him. Not to say he's against taking advice, but he does his best to not be heavily influenced by any parties beyond himself. Nao didn't trust enough people to even be peer pressured into doing anything he was against, and these trust issues were really no fault of his own. When you live in a place where everybody is judging before getting to know you or just outright hates your guts, it is bound to be incredibly difficult to put trust into anyone who isn't family. Nao has little family. He has his mom, who is in a coma and bed bound indefinitely, his cousin who is always busy trying to make life easier for the both of them and constantly dealing with the trauma of prematurely losing his mother under suspicious circumstances, his unknown father who according to Sadaime was " a powerful Jonin of the Leaf" currently dead due to the Biju in his gut, and lastly his aunt NoNo. Konoha has her listed as MIA, but Kabuto hasn't seen or heard anything from her since she disappeared years ago on that mission to Iwagakure no Sato, ever so mysteriously. Kabuto has no idea who his father was, not that his mother was loose it's just she was an introvert (a Yakushi trait possibly) with no known relationships with any man that was deemed romantic. It's well known that NoNo knew Tsunade Senju pretty well due to them both being esteemed medical ninjas, thus she was well acquainted with the male Sannin. Kabuto, who was quite handsome and hard more sharp features seemed to take after his unknown father in looks, especially with his piercing golden eyes.
Nao gripped the letter in hand, pulling his thoughts away from his admittedly tragic social and familial life and back to the pressing matter at hand. This isn't the first time the Sadaime has brought up being a soldier of the Hidden Leaf. The old monkey has been doing so since he was 4 years of age simply because Kabuto told him of his unwanted burden on his 4th birthday. Nao did research, as much as possible as very little knowledge on Jinchuriki was made public and easily realized that Jinchuriki were war machines for their respective hidden villages. So he's never too surprised when the Old Man brings up the issue of his ninja status. But his approach was definitely different from all the others. The first attempts were bribery, the next bout of attempts was subterfuge, then came begging. Nao giggled childishly to himself at the thought.
'The old coot soon realized I am much to intelligent to be weaseled into something like ninjahood.'
Eventually the attempts at getting him to join the Academy came to a halt, to be honest it was starting to get annoying for both himself and Kabuto-nii. Seeing this letter looks like a last resort type of thing, especially after months of quiet. It was all sorta interesting. He just had to figure out why. Why, out of nowhere is the Hokage starting his efforts again? Hmmm.
It didn't take too long for Nao to find the answer to the mystery. It became easy once he started looking. It seems that the clan heirs to Konoha's noble clans will be starting Ninja Academy this year. All 7 of them. This seemed to be a political move maybe? A ploy for a generation of ninja from the Leaf that will rival the Sannin? Who knows but this became incredibly convenient for him. Nao came from a ninja family, that once used to be a clan but the wars wasn't kind to the Yakushi, now most Yakushi work as wondering medics with no real ties to each other, so his political pull was very insignificant. His Jinchuriki status did little help, as he was infamous rather than famous because of it. And he was a boy of ambition, in a hostile environment, with very little support. It was a constant cloud of secrecy pertaining to his aunt, his father, how he was even chosen to be the Jinchuriki, Kabuto's father and the list seemed endless. Konoha was hiding things from him, things he has every right to know. He knows that the reasons why they're hiding these things can't possibly be good, he's realistic not idealistic, this is a ninja village. What better way to get some political head way and muscle if he befriends the Hyuga heiress? Or the Uchiha clan head's second son? Or all three heirs to the Ino-Shika-Cho trio? Plus with all the noble clans heirs in the Academy the material will be harder and more educational, undoubtedly. The Sadaime may think him a fool but he isn't. And never will be. He wants to make sure the Jinchuriki to the strongest Biju in existence is a loyal lapdog to the powers that be in this village. And by pestering him now, knowing that he'll definitely consider going this year because of the heirs, very well played. The Sadaime for all of his screw ups is a crafty old rat, so crafty that he probably knows that he would come to this conclusion and is banking on the 'Will of Fire' or the 'Power of Friendship' to keep me him tied down to this cesspool. Nao is a free bird, and Konoha is a cage, all ninja villages were leashes on ninja possibility, on individuality. Civilians are the only ones really safe from the chains ninja villages provide and even than living side by side with human killing machines has made the civilian society in villages… predictable. He knew for a fact he has been living a lie, the secrets kept from him will probably destroy the contentment he has in being a citizen of Konoha, Kabuto already shows the signs of a flight risk now with everything that has happened since the disappearance of his mother. The only reason they are still here is because of his mother and the fact he is still a child with zero field experience.
Nao knew that he had to go to the Academy, it will teach him all the shinobi basics he may not have learned plus provide more learning material. Becoming friends with heirs to Konoha's ninja nobility will also cut down the chances of Konoha sending hunter ninja right away when he and his cousin most likely defects in the future.
The younger Yakushi waited until his cousin got home from his shift at the hospital and showed him the letter. Kabuto was obviously mad but Nao gave him the rundown and bluntly stated that he knew that the remaining Yakushi's of Konoha will likely be dropping the 'of Konoha' in the not to distant future. Kabuto seemed tense but eventually agreed to his reasoning stating that they both will be training extremely hard. Kabuto also said that it was necessary for him to become Chunin now, since the Academy was expensive and they didn't have enough in savings to support the extra. The older Yakushi didn't have to say out loud that having Chunin clearance in the village will bolster his power level and ability to train him so when they do eventually leave, things will be a lot less harder. That evening it was agreed that he will attend KNA and they will leave, taking his mother Jan as well, to possibly find leads on NoNo and be from the pit of hate and deceit Konoha has become.
That night the cousins made history unknowingly, just like they unknowingly divulged their rough plans to a Snake.