Authors- This story is just for fun and not meant to be taken seriously. It's a triangle rollercoaster of hot and cold romance. Where impulsive decisions are made and through mistakes characters grow. I'm more into the trouble, jealousy, temptation, seduction and romantic tension between characters. I'm a writer/reader that likes to play the trickster god and put characters in positions of discomfort. However I think I did somethings wrong with this story and are doing a totally new story rewrite. The next version will be more fleshed out and take place much before the starting point of this story. It will also be about another clan instead of house Hyūga I used here.
An hour later after the food and entertainment Sei returned home. During her time with the Senju Kuro went missing. Sei did not mind her cat with a short attention span would show back up eventually after chasing prey and other cats around the village. The same could be said for Tora. Around the hour before eight at night she started to dress in her combat attire which comprised of a black robe, sandals, her utility belt and pack, lastly dark leather armor protecting her chest, arms and upper back. On her way to the ruins of the Hyūga temple there Sei kept to the shadows whilst also tying up her hair in a ponytail.
At full speed it took her less than five minutes to reach the Hyuga temple a few miles northwest from Konoha. Upon arrival she used her byakugan to search out who could be here waiting for her. Silently she entered the main chamber of the temple. From the shadows she heard a laugh and steps coming close to her from behind. In a flash she turned and grabbed this stranger forcing them into the dirt and rubble.
"Who are you tell me!?" She demanded from the man with her foot on his neck.
"Get off of me! Seihana! It's me Yoshiyuki Hyūga. Your cousin and fiance." He begged for mercy.
Sei released him looking him up and down. Tora proved right about what she said about him. Yoshiyuki looked like a totally different person than what she remembered him as. He was no longer short and pudgy. He shared the common Hyūga traits byakugan, pale handsome angular complexion with dark long hair.
She snickered rudely, "Why did you return? Surely sailing the high seas was better than coming back home to marry me..."
He stood up and backed away, "You still have ill thoughts about me?"
"You vainglorious codpiece! You cut my hair off and then poured ink onto my head... Then a few days later you called me ugly in front of the other boys!" She clutched her fist.
He laugh in her face, "You are such a bullshit farting wench! Don't forget who kissed you first!"
"Don't forget the bullshit farting wench who kicked you in the scrotum first!" She retorted starting to laugh.
He stopped laughing, "That's why I wear a codpiece. I wake up everyday remembering the kick -in- the- balls- no- jutsu. Harpy, Tell me? Have you done any scrotum kicking recently?"
Sei bragged on, "Well, It's not something I enjoy doing... My compulsiveness may have gotten the best of me. I kicked a drunken oaf of an Uchiha..."
Yoshiyuki interrupted, "What have you been doing? You lewd turnip?"
She spoke, "Absolutely nothing as last I checked I still have my virginity. You should know your eyes are not the only with a fond view of me."
"Though the only one decreed to take your virtue is me..." He said matter of factly.
"Ahh, You are soo entitled onto me!" She shot back sarcastically.
This time he slapped her on the face. Sei touched her scarlet facial without crying, "How dare you hit a lady! You bushwhacking bastard!"
He claimed heatedly, "You are no lady! Do you know what this kind of scandalous behavior can do to me and you? As your fiance we are chained together on the same boat! If you jump into the water I will also drown with you."
Sei glared at Yoshi, "Fine! I break the chains and I drown alone. I rather not be married to a man whom I cannot stand and will never love!"
"What do you know about love?" He spoke never backing down.
Sei thought and spoke, "Love is loss, it is pain, it is attraction, it is danger, it is happiness, it is jealousy and it is freedom."
Yoshi continued, "You are forgetting two others. Love is compassion and to love another you must love yourself first with compassion and understanding. Love is not one thing- Emptiness. No one has ever felt empty when loved."
Behind all the make up, clothing and charm Sei possessed slumbered a loathing for herself. If there was one thing Sei never loved it was herself.
Two hours later She arrived at the edge of the forest alongside the river for her midnight meeting. However he was nowhere to be seen. Seeing this as a possible time for an ambush Sei activated her byakugan searching out for Tobirama's presence. She pinpointed four targets. One north of her along the river, one closest standing behind a tree trunk, in the trees and the last sitting on a rock near a Jizō statue.
Instead of following up with his challenge Sei sat down cross legged at the edge of the river. From her pack Sei took out a cat treat placing it on the ground. Now she waited for her cat to show up. Tobirama scowled at her reaction. At any chance to conceal her true skill Sei took. Was this one of her ploys? Her next actions proved him right.
Sei thought to herself adjusting her hair, 'He will always know where I am and what I heard about his fighting style it's probably best if I break from reality otherwise I will not be able to touch him... Though I must admit he is much more powerful than I am however the first test in any match is the test of composure and intimidation. He won the latter but...'
Waiting for Kuro she began tapping her foot, 'Kurō? Where are you? Well, If he's not going to show up...' She noticed that Tobirama moved farther north away from her. 'He would want me to follow him... So shall he receive.' Most cautiously Sei ensued after him.
"Mother! I'm here to help you." Kuro ran beside her.
"Mother? You only called me that when you were a kitten... Where were you?"
He meowed contently, "Hashirama gave me some fish..."
"Traitor."
"What do you want me to do?"
"I want you to swallow me." She confirmed.
"You want me to do that? I can do it three times. After that I will have to take a nap." Kurō complained growling.
"After this you can sleep as long as you want." She assured stopping her pace.
"Hmm, Ok!" Kurō replied. Shadows surrounded the dark cat. As the shadows subsided Kurō began to grow ten feet. He swallowed Sei causing both of them to disappear. They both stepped into the shadow realm. Everything in this plane mirrored the features of Earth. Traveling through this gloomy reality one must always be aware of the creatures within the nothingness that may reach out for what they covet. Kuro arched his back saying, "Is this really necessary? Mother? This is just sparing right?"
"He's always calm and in control... I will surprise him." She searched for the true Tobirama from the shadows.
Kurō growled, "Is this some sort of Senju mating ritual? If it is... It's very similar to the feline version... Asserting dominance and-."
"No, Kurō. This about testing one's abilities."
"Hmm, You already admitted that he's more powerful than you."
"Yes, I may have but... Power isn't everything... Some may be powerful but that doesn't compare to cleverness or cunning."
"He is also all those things." Kuro insisted following closely.
Sei smiled. "Aww, Kurō I think you admire him."
"As if! He can keep his Suiton far from me and his hands off of you!" He bellowed showing his fangs.
She teased petting him, "You are such a jealous sourpuss."
"Rrhowl! I'm protective of you! How are you going to defeat him?"
"Sensuality is mightier than the sword." She mused standing behind her target's shadow. "Open your mouth, I'm going to jump through."
"Maybe I should swallow him?"
"No, Kurō unless you are looking for a fall out battle. Now open wide..."
"As you wish." Kurō complied. Shadow surrounded Sei and Kurō. The cat grew in size and once again swallowed Sei whole. She jumped into the earth reality launching herself at her target. Nevertheless Tobirama moved out of her grip at the last minute causing her to fall on her butt into the grassy dirt.By this time her scheme had failed.
"ouch... That hurts." Sei stood back up rubbing her bruised behind.
"The qualities of your companion are strange. Why do you not show your true skill? Chosen One?" He indifferently asked her.
Sei faced him and replied gazing straight into his eyes, "My sensei wishes only to bring sadness to the world and destroy everything I love... My true power is pain your body and consciousness cannot feel... From now on I choose to defy sensei's ways..."
"You wish to numb misery. What will replace such a sensation?"
His discovery made her grin fiendishly, "A common feeling people pursue every day and night. What only the touch of another person can give... Surely you already know."
He remembered her actions from the other night. He spoke, "Another Manipulation of the nerves and senses? To provoke stimulus?"
"As words and gestures of favor are just there to postpone the enviable." Her step closer caused him to back away.
"The enviable?" He questioned as she slid downward her hands over his hair.
Sei gently traced all her fingers from his forehead down. Resting her thumbs over his eyes which he closed and winsomely whispered in his ear. "What lies underneath a mask and costume."
His voice emitted ten feet from behind her, "Will you find what you desire?"
Without warning a clone from the dark brush threw a kunai toward her.Dodging the dagger Sei teleported ten feet away from him, "Are you still testing me or is this now a game?"
"I am not one for games... Though I am testing you... You defy your sensei's ways... Are you also rejecting to use everything he has given you?"
"Yes." She picked up the kunai from the ground and walked back to him. She explained, "Most people only know the bed time stories of the onikage... It's all lies... When I was ten years old the onikage kidnapped me in the dead of night from the Hyūga compound. He took me to be his student... For a time it was actually exciting until I found out what his true aims were and what he wanted from me in the end... He wishes to destroy everything I value and take my first born to replace him when his death comes... Once he finally accepts my rejection of his power... He will come for me and cause death in his wake... I will fight him and die by his hand."
He took the blade from her and threw it into the darkness. He revealed austerely, "I will never let you die."
"Why?"
"Because... You matter to me..." He claimed in all conscience. "Besides, Your death would not hinder this parasite whom has latched onto you he will find another."
She recalled his words, "I matter to you... Why?"
"Letting you die a death you describe would be a disgrace and a waste. You may remind me of someone whom I have memories of however I am not delusional by the sheer resemblance... Your way of life, all around grace, convictions and being are covetable and captivating." He acknowledged taking her hand into his own.
Red faced Sei turned away thinking to herself. Her inner self mused within thoughts, 'He just doesn't like me as said before... It runs deeper than favor...'
Sei push that her into the back of her mind. She shook her head and said, "I covet your genuine honesty, discipline and your vision. My convictions and grace is just a mask I wear to the world to hide what I truly think and feel."
He began to turn his back to leave. Tobirama finalized before disappearing into the darkness, "Once you choose to stop lying to yourself and have forsaken your fear... You will know where to find me."
