A/N: Here's another glorious update in Life of a Jinjuriki. With that in mind I have decided to show why this story is called Life of a Jinjuriki and not Life of a Dude With a Kekkai Genkai. Technically he's not officially a Jinjuriki and even the technicality doesn't last long but I thought it was a cool name. I will also be revealing more about Rioko's mysterious Kekkai Genkai. On with the show.
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, I wouldn't have a disclaimer now would I.
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Insight
Rioko lay in bed after a long day of training with Itachi. It had been little more than two weeks and he could already fully control his hold over time when he was using his Kokugan and he and the rest of his team were beginning to work better together and Anko and Kakora had been given the day off by Itachi. Unfortunately for Rioko, Itachi wanted to use that time to work with Rioko.
Exhaustion was beginning to take hold of Rioko and in no time at all he drifted off to sleep.
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A sudden wave of piercing cold woke Rioko from his sleep. He looked around and to his shock, found him self on a snow covered mountain peak. Apart from the shock of finding himself there, Rioko was beginning to shiver because even though he'd always dealt with the cold well, this was cold like he'd never felt before.
"Hello!?" He yelled as he began to wander around looking for cover. "Is anybody out there?" Rioko strained his ears but heard nothing but the roar of the wind. Then off in the distance he saw what looked like a fire. He began to walk as fast as he could in the deep snow towards the light. When he got close enough, he saw that the fire was coming from somewhere inside a large cave.
Eager to get out of the cold he ran into the cave and towards the fire. At the end of the cave was an enormous archway with two burning torches on either side of it. 'This must be the source of the fire...' He thought and then he gasped as he looked through the archway.
Beyond the arch was a massive, well lit cavern with what looked like a fifty foot tall cage door at the far side. Rioko started inching towards the cage door and saw a white sheet of paper with a seal on it on the cage.
Suddenly, he heard a purring noise from in the cave and jumped back. Visions of vicious beasts began to swim to the surface of his mind and judging by the size of the door he thought, it was huge. He began to back away and was surprised when a snow fox came strolling up to the cage door. It was bugger than most snow foxes but the tips of it's ears still only reached his elbow.
It purred again then a voice in his head giggled and said "Hi! I'm Seii." Rioko jumped in surprise and said "Holy shit!" The snow fox giggled again and said "I was beginning to think I'd never get to talk to anyone again."
Rioko stood motionless for a minute then stammered "W-what are y-you?"
"I told you silly, I'm Seii. My full name is Uwakionna Seii . I don't see why I'm locked in this cage, I don't mind being in here now that I have someone to talk to." Seii said then she giggled at the look on his face.
Rioko took a deep breathe trying to clear his head then he said "So...if you're inside of me...then how come I've never come here before?"
Seii just giggled and said "I don't know. You ask to many questions." Suddenly the world around Rioko began to fade and Seii pouted "Oh man! You're waking up. Come back soon!" The last thing Rioko heard was her giggling again then everything faded into blackness.
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The light rays of the morning sun drifted through his bed room window and Rioko sat up in bed. "What a weird dream..." He said to no one in particular.
He got out of bed headed to the shower. For a while he just stood there and let the water wash over him while he thought 'I don't get it. What I saw last night was obviously just a dream...I mean how could I have a Bijuu in me and not know. But if it was a dream then why did the cold feel so real?' As Rioko got out of the shower and got dressed, the disturbing possibility that it wasn't just a dream was becoming more and more likely.
His mind was taken off of the subject of the strange happenings of last night when his dad yelled up to him "Rioko! Get down here! Your Sensei's here and he says that your team is going on a mission!"
Rioko went pelting down the stairs so fast that everyone in the downstairs hall thought that it was a miracle that he hadn't broke his spine. When he came skidding to a halt in front of Itachi, Itachi smiled and said "Good, now that I've got you we're just about ready. We'll be going on an escort mission to the Land of snow." Itachi then directed his students out the door and closed it behind him. Rioko's father watched them go through the window then took out a radio and said "They're coming."
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Rioko starred on in awe at the man that was the personal bodyguard of their charge. The way he saw it was that they were wasting their time guarding her. The man in front of them seemed to have it covered. He had scars cris-crossing his face and a vicious looking sword at his waist. Even though he was clearly old, he seemed to generate a sense of power and the Large Peregrine Falcon on his shoulder that looked as old as he was helped complete the image. The person they were actually escorting was a teenage boy that was some powerful, political figure's son. He gave Rioko the impression of a spoiled brat. Judging by the looks on Anko's face, she thought so too.
Itachi smiled and bowed to the boy and said "Hello. I am Itachi and these are my students Anko and Rioko. We will be accompanying you on your journey back to snow.
The boy turned up his nose at Rioko and scoffed "That boy doesn't look like he could hurt a fly. He looks like one good hit would finish him off."
Then Rioko saw him stare towards Anko's chest while she wasn't looking and Rioko growled "And you look like a broken nail would finish you off."
The boy just glared at him and then whipped around and started to march off. "Come Yajuburi!" The intimidating guard did as he was told and started to follow him and Itachi followed suit.
Rioko was about to follow too when he realized something "Itachi, where's Kakora?"
Itachi turned back and said "She can't come on this mission. Now come on."
Rioko sat staring over the side of the swaying boat, staring at the distant peaks of far off Icebergs. 'I wonder what the land of snow is like...' He thought to himself. He practically fell overboard when he got a reply.
'I like snow!'
Rioko looked around trying to find the source of the voice when he heard a giggle and groaned. 'Hey! Why the groan? I thought we were friends!' The now unmistakable voice of Seii said in his head.
'I wasn't expecting to hear from you.' Rioko replied, calming down a bit.
'Oh, well hurry up and get to bed. I want to talk face to face.' Then she giggled and a sudden wave of tiredness came over him. He began to slowly inch back to his cabin, overcome by the sudden tiredness. The second he plopped down on it, he was out.
Rioko found himself in the large, well-lit cave again, staring into the giant cage. Seii came trotting up to the front and giggled "Rioko, I know it's a lot to ask but could you open the cage?" She looked at him with pleading eyes and he was about to say no but then ii turned into a small little puppy and whimpered giving him the puppy dog look.
Rioko lasted about two seconds before succumbing and opening the cage by removing the seal. Seii changed back into her usual self and bounded onto Rioko. She began snarling and snapping at him and he yelled in surprise and fright. The Seii stopped and started giggling. "Just kidding! I don't mind being here now that I can run around!" She jumped off of him and landed a few feet away, stretching and then lowering herself onto the ground. "So..." she started "Why weren't you expecting to hear from me?"
Rioko looked out the cave entrance and stared down the mountain and said "I thought it was a dream the first time I came here."
Seii giggled and moved closer to him lying back down with her head on his lap "So I'm the girl of your dreams then?" She giggled again and Rioko returned to staring out the cave entrance.
"Not quite." He said "I don't dig fury chicks."
He felt Seii shift off of his lap and he thought she had left because he saw her trot away behind him and sat there for a second and then felt a pair of arms rap around him and heard Seii say "How about now?" He turned around and found himself looking at a girl about his age wearing a dark blue long sleeved t-shirt and a pair of fishnet leggings under a skirt that only got about three quarters of the way to her knee. She giggled again and licked his cheek and he inched away from her saying "That's not funny."
She pouted and said "I thought it looked cute."
Rioko had to admit to himself that it was taking a great deal of effort to keep his eyes off of her. "That may be so but you're still really a fox."
She giggled and wrapped her arms around him again before he could move and whispered into his ear "Ooh...but I'm special. I'm not like most other things that get sealed in people like Bijuu, I'm a kind of all powerful being." She stopped for a second and giggled again "But one day, a long time ago, I went where I wasn't supposed to and got bound to this earth. When I was sealed into you all but a few of my powers were taken from me. The power to shape shift is one of my two remaining powers, the other one being an odd kind of chakra that you actually seem to have inherited some of. So now I'm really just a cute girl that you can't get out of your head." She giggled again and pulled herself even closer to him.
"Rioko thought for a second and then asked slowly "So what's up with the form you're in right now?"
"This is what I actually look like and I got the cloths by looking through your memories of clothing stores." She giggled again and looked at him.
"So you're really a human? Not a fox?" She nodded while staring at the falling snow and smiling. "Wow...um...ok...." Rioko looked at Seii who was way closer to him than he'd ever been to a girl in his life without getting hit, she had her arms wrapped around him, and, to top it off, she had chosen cloths that would have never been allowed at the academy. "Well..." He said continuing awkwardly "Well this is suddenly a whole lot more awkward now knowing you're not really a fox..."
She giggled again and finally let go of him, allowing his lungs to return to their normal size. She placed her hands on the stone floor between them and leaned in close to him so that her face was less than an inch from his and she whispered as seductively as she could "Have I been a bad girl? Do you want to punish me?" She began to move closer but then Rioko stood up and said "Ok.... I mean seriously, what the hell? This is the most screwed up shit I've ever heard of! I mean for gods sake! The first girl that has ever tried to get that close to me is one that's in my freaking head. That's just screwed up! Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'm going to wake up now."
Rioko turned around and began to march towards the entrance to the cave leaving Seii sitting alone in the middle of the floor staring at her lap. She sniffed and wiped her nose on her sleeve and tears began dripping onto her lap. 'Why?' She thought 'Why does no one ever want to get to close to me? Am I just never supposed to be happy?' She looked up from her tear soaked lap and saw Rioko starting to fade. She made up her mind in an instant.
The world around Rioko was fading and then to his shock he felt a hand grab his and then a chakra link formed between them and he turned to see a teary eyed Seii just before the world went completely black.
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Rioko was jerked awake by the sound of Anko yelling "What the hell?!" He was surprised to feel a hand in his and looking over, his saw Seii staring back at him with teary eyes and with her head sticking out fro under the blanket. "Rioko! Where'd that girl come from and why the hell are you in bed together?!" Anko's sudden yells surprise Seii and she jumped in surprise throwing the blankets off of her and Rioko's face invented a new shade of red while Anko let out a yell of anger at Rioko and she started screaming "You stupid fucking perverted little bastard! Making a girl go to bed with you when you're thirteen and no less on a mission! What the hell were you thnking?!"
Anko's yells had attracted Itachi who, just like Rioko, turned red and thought 'This is so freaking embarrassing but damn is she hot!' Rioko was thinking the exact same thing while Seii was thinking 'Oh my god...I think I'm gonna die of embarrassment! It's bad enough that I'm even here in Rioko's bed, but I didn't expect that this would happen.' She inwardly moaned and thought 'What will he think of me now?'
Rioko really hoped she didn't want to know what he thought of her because the two different halves of him had some conflicting feelings "If ya know what I mean". Anko must have noticed the look on Rioko's face because she yelled "You fucking pervert! I'm gonna rip your nuts off!" Rioko yelled "Oh shit!" And tore passed Anko as fast as he could and she ran after him.
Itachi and Seii sat there in an awkward silence and then Itachi said "Ummm...yeah...I'm Itachi, their sensei..."
Seii was still blushing madly but she stuttered "I-I'm S-s-seii." She stopped for a second then said as casually as she could "Do you really think she uhh... do what she said she'd do?"
"Only if she can catch him." Replied Itachi who was now scribbling frantically in an orange book.
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Seii came out of the bathroom fully dressed in some of Anko's cloths which Itachi had given her after restraining Anko. Seii looked up the hall and saw Rioko lying against the wall panting. He saw her and jerked his hand in a kind of half wave thing and she walked over and sat by him. "So..." he started "You're out of my head now. How'd that happen?" She just shrugged and he said "Ok." He looked over at her sitting next to him and registered that she'd some how succeeded in finding the exact outfit she'd been wearing in his head.
They heard people scrambling around above them and heard someone shout "We're in sight of the port!"
As they drew nearer to the port, Seii wrapped her arms around Rioko and sat there, occasionally shivering. He smiled and, while he was trying to release himself from her grip, said "I thought you said you were good with the cold."
"She continued to shiver and replied "It's not the cold...something's not right." As they came within a mile of the port, Seii's uneasy began to make him worry. Eventually he stopped resisting her hold on him and she pulled even closer to him and said "Rioko?" He looked over ad saw that her pale blue eyes were very close to him with her long front bangs falling in front of them. She moved closer to im and he thought 'Oh shit!' And he was about to pull away but then he thought about it and he decided 'Eh. Screw it. What have I got to lose. She seems prety nice too..."
As their heads grew closer together, Rioko began to feel his face going red. There was less than an inch between them now, but then the ship hit the side of an Iceberg, jolting the ship and throwing them onto the ground. 'I'm not sure if that was luck or bad luck...' Rioko thought. Seii and him just looked at each other then stood up and scratched his neck while Seii redid the tie on the back of her hair that kept it in a spiky ponytail. They both laughed uneasily and Rioko felt like the bottom had dropped out of his stomach and something told him it wasn't the rocking ship. They started walking back down the hall and Rioko noticed Seii looking nervous, "What is it?" He asked he concerned. "Is it that thing you felt before?"
"No, it's not that. It's just...I gotta go..." With that she turned away and shuffled off down the hall. Rioko watched her go and then felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Itachi.
Itachi just shook his head in disappointment and said "Rioko..." He remained silent for a minute and then said "You really need to work on your people skills."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Rioko asked indignantly.
Itachi shook his head again and said "You really do need help. I know this may sound intrusive but I saw what happened between you two. The fact that you didn't catch onto the fact that she wasn't nervous about some unknown thing, is astounding."
Rioko glared at him and said "Ok then Mr. Know-it-all, what was she thinking then."
"This is sad...Rioko she wasn't nervous about anything near this ship, she was nervous about you."
Itachi looked at Rioko and saw that he was lost. Rioko frowned and said "I don't get it..."
Itachi sighed deeply and thought 'This is gonna take a lot of work...'
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A/N: Hoped you all liked it. Longest chapter yet by far.