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[h2][b] [color=9e0039]Minamoru [/color]and [color=00aeef]Reikan[/color] Diplomatic Relations Meeting
[color=7ea7d8]Rin[/color][/b];[color=9e0039]Yamato[/color]  [/h2]
[h3]Takes place during the two-day timeskip.[/h3][hr][/center]
 
Reijo walked along the sidewalk of the Smalltown district, fashioned in a Hyuga-styled kimono that was fit for diplomatic missions like these. Traditionalism was always an important aspect to the Minamoru clan, so it wouldn't make sense for him [i]not[/i] to be wearing it. The direction they were headed in was the Reikan house. They'd be conducting some diplomatical talks today, and as much as Reijo hated the Reikan's for their ice release kekkei genkai, it was something that had to be done. 

Tailing behind him was Yamato dressed in his regular attire, which consisted of a loose fitting deep gray tanktop, a denim jacket over that with long sleeves, as well as a set of black jeans underneath. Ofcourse he was wearing his black slip-ins, for ease. He looked rather bored as he had both his hands in his pockets, only going to this meeting because his father had asked him to - he'd gone on similar meetings with the Hyuga, who seemed okay to Yamato despite their kekkei genkai. They were traditional too, something Yamato could appreciate. The Reikan's were not that known to Yamato, so it remained to be seen what they were. [i]They probably touted their ice release as a god's gift, rather than god's curse on them, however.[/i]

The Reikan manor sat on Lake Yomadaru. It was odd for a clan's main house to place resident on a lake, but given that the Reikan Clan isn't one of the highly-regarded ones in Konoha, it stood to reason that they wouldn't get a bigger spot like, say, the Uchiha Clan or even the Hyuga Clan. Sometimes the Reikan Clan had to sit down with the even lesser clans of the village to build relations and expand their territory, which was exactly what they were doing today. Luscious Reikan, the current head of the Reikan Clan,  accepted a sit-down with Reijo Minamoru. The latter would be bringing his son, Yamato and Luscious would have his youngest, Rin with him.

[b]"Master Luscious, the Minamoru's are here."[/b] A maid said, entering Luscious' study.
[color=0076a3][b]"Thank you. Please sit them in the living room."[/b][/color] He said. The maid bowed.

Luscious was a man of a tall frame. He stood nearly seventy-seven inches and boasted a two-hundred weight. Combined with his near-butt length silver hair and cold, icy-blue eyes, he had quite the intimidating presence, something that he embraces to the fullest. For this diplomatic meeting, Luscious wore a simple navy-blue, male kimoto. It had edges of silver to match his hair. Speaking of which, his hair is tied in a series of ponytails overlapping each other.

As Luscious walked out of his study, Rin wasn't far behind him as she had been waiting for him outside the study. She herself had a light blue kimoto of her own, but this one had elegant designs of white snowflakes throughout. Edges of silver like her fathers. Rin had her hair down without any hairties or anything. It was in its natural form.

[b]"I present the Lord Luscious and his daughter, Lady Rin."[/b] The servant said. 

Reijo and Yamato walked inside the room in which they'd be meeting, which happened to be the living room. Reijo didn't look too surprised, as the Reikan's weren't noticeably big and strong unlike other clans, which had a considerable powerbase already [color=9e005d]“Luscious, Rin-chan.. good to see you once again. It's been some time since we last met. How is Rex?”[/color] he asked with a slight smile on his face, noticeably forced but well intended none the less. Reijo couldn't care less for Rex, whom he saw more as a threat than a nice addition to the village.

[color=0076a3][b]"Rex is fine. He is becoming the shining beacon of our family."[/b][/color]Luscious said with pride. His eyes trailed to Rin as if stabbing her with disgust.

Yamato walked in slowly, hands still in pocket. He looked around carefully, surveying the living room and taking a look at the room, at the ornaments and valuables that he could see, in order to measure the Reikan family. Reijo would sit down at the table, sitting on his knees, and so Yamato would follow suit. They might be here for a while, his father had warned, so Yamato was prepared to make himself comfortable. Yamato kept his mouth shut the entire time so far as he sat down in similar fashion, looking at Lucious first, in an attempt to analyse who he was, before he'd look at Rin with a serious and mean face. [i]Why did he have to be here..[/i] Yamato wondered to himself as he stared at the girl.

[color=0076a3][b]"That was quite the ordeal your children went through at the warehouse, wasn't it? To think that Jashinists were framing your family. Truly disgustful."[/b][/color] Luscious said pretending to actually give a damn about what happened, [color=0076a3][b]"you must have been scared, Yamato."[/b][/color] Luscious said, turning his attention to Yamato.

Yamato was surprised but not unready to deal with Lucious. The man was being a pain already and they hadn't been here for five minutes. He let out a small sigh before he answered the man, closing his eyes for a minute as he looked down. He switched positions, too, removing his legs from under his butt and extending one under the table while pulling one of them up and placing his arm on his knee. As he opened up his eyes again he'd stare Lucious in the eye with the typical aggressive and rude Yamato look, furrowed eyebrows and curled down lips completing it. [color=9e0039]“Ah, I wasn't. I'm not a Naito, Luscious.”[/color] It was quite strange how Yamato talked to the man, using his first name without as much as a honorific. 

Luscious smirked. [color=0076a3][b]"Right you are, Yamato."[/b][/color] He said.

Reijo, Yamato's father, didn't give it a second thought, as he himself didn't particularly like Luscious either. It was more that he was forced to deal with them as the Uchiha's and Hyuga's weren't particularly trustworthy allies. Not that Luscious was, either. He simply stared Luscious down like Yamato did, except Reijo remained a calm and cool, serious composure.[color=9e0039]“What worried me more was the fact that Rei was captured. Rei is a classmate of Rin, I think. They could just as well have been after Rex and Rin. I'm not sure if I would've interfered like I did this time, if that were the case.”[/color]

[color=0076a3][b]"Rex is a capable shinobi. He wouldn't have had no trouble with simple Jashinists.I can't say the same for your daughter--"[/b][/color] Yamato spoke up quickly, interrupting Lucious mid sentence without shame. If Lucious thought that Yamato was going to sit here while he insulted Rei, he should think again. [color=9e0039]“I didn't have any trouble with the Jashinists, [i]Lucious.[/i] I also wasn't saying Rex would get captured. I was talking about what if Rin gets caught. My only issue would be if you'd spare the manpower to go rescue your daughter.”[/color] Yamato had caught on to the stabbing stare he had sent to Rin earlier, but had shut his mouth. It wasn't his place to decide on what Rin was doing right and wrong, but neither was it Lucious place to decide what Rei was and wasn't capable of.

Reijo sat in silence as the two bickered, not paying them much mind and simply waiting for Lucious to finish the ordeal. He knew just as well as Lucious that this deal had to go through regardless of what they thought - it would ensure the lives of their clans.

Rin's eyes went back and forth between her father and Yamato, but by the time Yamato had finished, her eyes were on her father. She already knew how he felt about her and how she was a disappointment to him and he reminded her of that constantly.Luscious closed his eyes, a smile laid upon his face. [color=0076a3][b]"Yes, well my youngest wasn't the one who got kidnapped, now was she?"[/b][/color] Luscious' eyes then went to his daughter, [color=0076a3][b]"though, if she did, that would be very unfortunate for the Reikan name, now wouldn't it?"[/b][/color] Luscious said, eyes now at Reijo.

If Lucious thought Reijo was going to reply, then he was probably wrong. Yamato spoke up again despite Lucious not looking at him. It was clear the boy couldn't care less if Lucious was technically an elder and superior. [color=9e0039]“Ah, no she wasn't. If you remember your history lessons, Lucious, you'd know that lady Hinata Hyuga got captured by hostile nin at one point. They were after her power, and in this case it was a similar situation. They didn't pick us because we were weak. Would you say Naruto Uzumaki's wife was weak, Lucious? I doubt it. Rei has potential. What of Rin?”[/color] he asked, with his face now resembling more boredom than anger at the man. It had become clear to Yamato that while the man was powerful and influential in some areas, there was little intelligence or tact to him. He moved his hand with an gentle movement to aim it at Rin, and then he looked at her as well. She had been quiet the entire time, and seemed to be just as uninterested in this meeting as he was. [color=9e0039]“Nanda, [i]baka[/i]. Why are you only looking and not speaking. You know Rei, she is your classmate and a comrade, yet you don't speak up.”[/color]

[color=0076a3][b]"You might want to watch it, Yamato. There are some people out there who don't take kindly to informalities."[/b][/color] Luscious simply said, ending whatever direction that particular discussion was heading. He, instead, turned his head to Rin. She had indeed been silent, but that was only cause she feared what her father would do to her if she said the wrong thing. [color=0076a3][b]"Go on dear, answer his question."[/b][/color]

Rin looked at her father with a rather surprised look. Still, she would speak now, [color=7ea7d8][b]"I don't know her that well. She and I belong to different social circles."[/b][/color] Rin said in a semi-low tone. [color=9e0039]“Yes, and so do I and the Naito clan. I hate their guts. Speak up.”[/color]

Without event thinking, Rin spoke, [color=7ea7d8][b]"If you forgive me for saying this, but your sister is too much of a goody-goody. She's a priss. Always listening to the teachers, always listening to what they say. It's like she has no backbone at all."[/b][/color] Rin spoke her mind. [i]How's that for speaking up?[/i] 

Yamato would greet her answer with a slight smile, but his eyebrows remained furrowed and his eyes were angry as always [color=9e0039]“Ah, I suppose you're right. But those who don't listen to orders, even how stupid that order is, they die. You know this, right, Rin? Surely they taught you in school..”[/color]

[color=7ea7d8][b]"HAH!"[/b][/color] Her voice elevated to a mild yell. [color=7ea7d8][b]"As if I care. I'm hardly even there for it to even matter."[/b][/color] Rin kind of laughed that off, [color=7ea7d8][b]"besides, you're one to talk."[/b][/color] Rin said, [color=7ea7d8][b]"My brothers tell me shit. They told me about how you almost got your ass beat by some thugs. So, don't talk like you're any better than me, cause you--" [/b][/color]

[color=0076a3][b]"Rin, that's enough."[/b][/color] Luscious said with an authoritative tone, ceasing what she was going to say. Rin suddenly went silent, her head slightly pointed down as she looked at the table. [color=0076a3][b]"I apologize for my daughter. She tends to let her mouth run off."[/b][/color] Luscious said, [color=0076a3][b]"Reijo, I believe we should continue this without the children."[/b][/color] Lusicous suggested. 

Reijo bowed his head slightly and stood up, before following after Luscious to settle down somewhere else. Likely the real negotiations would start now, and they left Yamato and Rin behind on their own. An awkward silence ensued as Yamato stared Rin down, his eyes filling up with even more anger as his slight smile dissapeared. The hand that was resting on his knee clenched up into a fist as he looked into her eyes and spoke calmly. 

[color=9e0039]“Your brothers have a big mouth then, for someone with a kekkei genkai. [i]A curse of god[/i]. And a kekkei genkai that is weak to fire no less..”[/color] His words were ominous, and he added power to his words by clenching his fists even tighter, and using some chakra. A small burst of fire spew out from his clenched fist, as well as some smoke, indicating that he was a proficient fire user. An indirect threat, if you willed.

[color=9e0039]“Besides, Rin-chan, while you and your brothers were sitting around doing [i]fuck-all[/i], I was out risking my life fighting a trio of shinobi, whilst my 'team' consisted of idiots who I had to protect at all times, as well. Would your brother Rex, or your father Luscious, do the same for you?”[/color]

His words hit harder than shards of ice coated with chakra. Not about her brothers — she couldn't give two shits what he thinks about her brothers. No, it was that last bit about if Rex or her father would help her if she was kidnapped like Rei was. Rin wasn't at all sure if they would or not. She knew how they felt about her being the supposed disappointment to the Reikan name and even more so how her usage of Hyoton was the weakest of all the Reikan children. 

[color=7ea7d8][b]"Just shut up."[/b][/color] Her voice, while normal, was filled with anger, [color=7ea7d8][b]"You don't know shit."[/b][/color] Rin stood up, her hands banged on the table making any of the cups that were on it fall over, liquid flowing out of them. [color=7ea7d8][b]"You're a self-entitled asshole who can't comprehend what it's like being the disappointment of the family. You can't possibly understand what it's like being the source of the family's disappointing looks."[/b][/color] This time, Rin's voice oozed with emotion as she spoke her words to Yamato, not breaking eye contact for one second.

Yamato's gaze remained unchanged as she burst out in anger, still looking at her with an angry look. Never the less he was surprised the quiet girl from earlier had changed into something more intimidating. Not intimidating enough.. but it was more than he expected. Rin seemed remarkably angry but her voice didn't uncover as much, atleast not until she spoke her final sentence where Yamato noticed she was actually very much emotionally involved.

[color=9e0039]“[i]Nanda..?[/i] Don't tell me to shut up, shut the hell up yourself, [i]baka[/i].”[/color] he said with his hand still laying comfortably across the knee that he had pulled up. He wasn't impressed with her in the slightest. [color=9e0039]“I'm as familiar with a hard hand as the next person. My father is not a kind man. Neither am I. I know what a slap in the face feels like. Be happy you receive only dissapointing looks, rather than a slap in the face from the man that raised you.”[/color] he said calmly, as if he hardly cared, waving her comments away. He seemed more calm than usual, but there was still a burning fire in his eyes. Perhaps the Minamoru's had new allies in the Reikan's, Yamato certainly had a newfound enemy in this man named Rex, and the other Reikan brothers, who went around his back to speak ill of him. Where were they when his sister got kidnapped.. probably doing nothing, feigning to investigate the Jashinists. He'd get them one day.

[color=9e0039]“Besides, I will fight your brother one day. Mark my words, Rin. I'll beat him to a pulp so hard, your father will disown him, disinherit him and make him an outcast. His bloodline limit won't always save him... Perhaps you'll take the spotlight then.. it's up to you to see how you respond to that. Never the less.. Rei will be the same. If you insult her like you did before.. it won't be me that harms you, it will be Rei. She's a gentle soul, but those can crack, too.”[/color]

Slowly his hand dangled up and down while the angered Rin was still standing there, making this entire situation all the more frustrating for her most likely as she barely got a reaction out of Yamato. It'd take more than some yelling and smacking on tables to make him angry. [color=9e0039]“Ah. Before I forget.. your father is an asshole. I wonder why he didn't take Rex, if Rex was so esteemed as your father made it out to be.. to be honest, my father would probably find that a bit insulting..”[/color]

A slight grin toiled on his mouth, as he moved his pulled up leg slightly closer to the table and allowing his arm to reach forwards, grabbing a hold of the cup that Rin had spilled and putting it back straight up again. [color=9e0039]“I don't. Failures like you.. they have a tendency to be interesting. Don't forget that everyone hated Naruto Uzumaki, until he saved their asses. But don't attempt to insult or intimidate me again, Rin. That's not necessary, because you're not scary to me. And don't try it with Rei either. Just a warning.”[/color]

She just stood there still, hearing everything he had to say. It was an earful, but it was also the truth that Rin needed to hear. Not only that, but the vindication that he had in his voice when he spoke about fighting Rex, well Rin could feel it right down to her core. She knew that he meant it when he said that would beat Rex to a pulp. She knew that he meant it that he would beat Rex and would make Luscious disown him. Rin didn't have to respond verbally to that to know it was the absolute and utter truth.
 
When Yamato spoke about her father, she cracked up into laughter. It might have been weird considering the timing, but she just couldn't help it. It was so much that Rin nearly fell over to the floor. [color=7ea7d8][b]"Oh man, that's rich. You're a riot, Minamoru."[/b][/color] Rin said, trying to break her words through her laughing. "We can both agree on that, for sure. My old man is a fucking dick." She said, her laughter fading slightly. 

[color=7ea7d8][b]"And about your sister, maybe she should be less of a priss and actually have some personality."[/b][/color] Well here she was. The real Rin has surfaced.  [color=7ea7d8][b]"Maybe if she didn't be miss goody-goody all the damn time, then perhaps she wouldn't get a bad rap at being the Teacher's Pet."[/b][/color] Rin said in a slightly elevated voice.

[color=9e0039]“Ah.. here you go.. I just warned you.. don't insult my family, baka. Rei might be a priss, but she's also dilligent and trains hard, despite not being as gifted as me. She wants to surpass me knowing it will never happen. [i]That[/i] is the reason she is always in school, and [i]that[/i] is the reason she listens to the teacher. Idiot.. when is the last time you did anything for school.. if you keep going like this I'll make sure I don't stop when I beat Rex..”[/color] he said while he looked her in the eye. He was losing his patience with this girl the more she insulted him and his family.  

[color=7ea7d8][b]”If she trains so hard and pays such close attention to everything the instructors tell her, then how did she get kidnapped so easily?”[/b][/color] Rin leaned in even further, almost right up to Yamato's face at this point. Yamato had now reached a breaking point and slammed his fist into the table. His eyes had picked up the fire again and his teeth were clenched together, and he'd push himself closer with his free hand still, his face barely a centimeter from Rin's face. [color=9e0039]“[i]Baka[/i].. say that again and I will kill you. Were you there? Were your brothers? You know nothing of what happened there. I like to wonder what would've happened to [b]YOU[/b] if you had been captured. Would you fight back against a dozen jonin leveled enemies? Some crazy Jashinist who wants you for your blood? EH?! Answer me, you piece of garbage. Your father would leave you to rot, and your brother wouldn't bat an eye! I saved Rei, and that's more than anyone else can say who wasn't there, so shut the hell up [i]you idiot![/i]”[/color]

Rin laughed slightly as she stepped a few inches away from him as to try to distance herself from the obvious closeness that there was between her and Yamato. [color=7ea7d8][b]”Fine, I get it. Line crossed or whatever.”[/b][/color] Rin said taking a seat on one of the floor pillows. She began to at least set the rest of the cups in their upright positions. [color=7ea7d8][b]”I'm going to my room. I've had enough of your company, anyway.”[/b][/color] Rin said getting up, about to head to her room. 

Yamato had now reached a breaking point and slammed his fist into the  table. His eyes had picked up the fire again and his teeth were clenched  together, and he'd push himself closer with his free hand still, his  face barely a centimeter from Rin's face. [color=9e0039]“Ah, go do as you please. You're boring me, anyway.. if you see Rex or any other brother of yours, tell them I can't wait to melt his ice.”[/color]