>>5799314“... After that, your mother couldn’t handle it. She couldn’t cope with being a Kirigakure ninja anymore. She made contact with one of our ninja, Orochimaru-” You see a look of disgust cloud Lord Hokage’s face when he utters that name. “-and organized an exchange of information in return for her expatriation from Kiri to Konoha. They had a somewhat close relationship. As close as was possible for two people of their… personalities. Orochimaru was eventually discovered to be a criminal who sacrificed many innocents in his quest to uncover forbidden jutsu, and though your mother was never implicated or proven to be an accomplice, most, myself included, believe her to have been complicit in the murder of several Konoha villagers and shinobi. A suspicion we left unaddressed as we kept her under observation, hoping to catch her interacting with Orochimaru again so we could generate leads to arrest both of them, as Orochimaru has thus far escaped arrest. But your mother has been minding her business ever since. Quietly.”
The Third Hokage stands back up and walks over to you, gesturing for you to sit down. “Sit down. Take your shirt off. Close your eyes and generate chakra. I need to investigate this.”
You do as Lord Hokage commands. You sit down cross-legged with your shirt removed, and generate chakra. Your mind is becoming blanker and emptier static as this conversation continues. You feel the Hokage’s fingers firmly press into your back while you form Tora and center energy in your core. Eventually you feel the Hokage’s hand withdraw as he releases another drawn out sigh.
“There’s no easy way to say this either, Otomo, especially since I’m not going to explain the intricacies of forbidden jutsu to a genin. But your chakra appears ‘blue’ is because somebody has attempted to rip your soul out of your body at some point. I can’t go into details, but this is a component of some of the forbidden jutsu Orochimaru has been working on. If I had to guess, and it’s a rather strong guess, mind you… The reason your mother has been cold and distant towards you for most of your life is because you’re nothing more to her than a sacrificial vessel for the resurrection of your sister. She’s most likely already tried and failed to… Swap your soul for your deceased sibling’s. Your spiritual energy is unbound from your body, it’s flowing steadily into the afterlife, dissipating at a gradual rate. The only reason you’re not dead is because as your life energy slowly dissipates it’s steadily being replaced at an equal rate by chakra from… elsewhere. You can no doubt imagine where it’s coming from. This probably happened to you when you were quite young. It may very well prove fatal as time goes forward. I’m sorry.”
>A lot of bombshells so I’ll let you react to that. 