[Open, Non-Event]

[first_host]

For once, one of the very rarest of moments had occurred. Mito was not the type to get lost or not know the layout of the village between Konoha and Uzushio as if it were the back of her very hand. This time, however, she'd ended up on the outskirts of Michi no Sato with confusion apparent on her face, not sure how she'd taken a wrong turn. Or, even, what this village was.

Tapping the side of her chin with her forefinger she quietly investigated the area right outside of the little village, not sure what to make of it or even if it were friendly. Even with the foundation of the ninja villages, tensions were still high if one were not careful. Steps were light and quiet as she moved from cover to cover, even if her cover was rather easily blown by the fairly ornate kimono and crimson colored hair.

If anything, the woman may have appeared almost skittish to the casual onlooker, or as if a spy of some shape or form.

Comments

[withoutareason]

Mito you're really not painting yourself as a good person to this kid. "Why?"

[first_host]

She can't really lie about it, can she? "Would you wish to speak to someone who wishes your death?"

[withoutareason]

"...I did that all the time at home." His voice was very quiet then, and he looked away from her.

[first_host]

Wait.

Wait what.

What did she just do, that's not what she meant to do what-so-ever. "... Why would they do such a thing?"

[withoutareason]

"Always have." It was a mumble and his voice wobbled. "They don't here, it's nice." He sniffled and looked back to her, eyes a little wide and wet. "Is it because no one knows to hate me here?"

[first_host]

"I cannot say for sure, but I do not see any reason to hate you. Nor would I believe there ever reason to wish death upon someone like that." Shifting her weight just a bit she held him closer in a tight hug, resting her chin on the top of his head. "And I will make sure that no one ever does such a thing if it does crop up."

[withoutareason]

"I don't wanna go home, even if mom and dad keep going away again. Least I know what they look like now, and have people who wanna be nice to me." He hid his face against her, sniffling again and trying not to mess up her pretty dress. He didn't want her to get mad and dump him on the ground if he messed up her dress.

[first_host]

"There is no excuse for someone to hate a child, not a single reason in the world." Even if she had no idea that this kid was the third host to the demon, though it weighed on the back of her mind between her own thoughts and Kurama's picking at her to figure it out. "Ah. What is this village in front of us, anyway? I had been heading to my old home before I ended up here."

[withoutareason]

"This is Michi!" He scrubbed at his face and sniffled again. "The weather's weird here."

[first_host]

"Michi..." Strange name and even stranger that the weather would be weird. But to what extent, she wasn't yet sure. "How is the weather weird?" While she collected her thoughts together to find a way to shut the fox up. "If you... do not mind my asking, are you familiar at all with the demon fox on a... personal level? It may sound strange, but the one I am holding seems to think so."

[withoutareason]

"I had a sunbeam last month. And. Uh? I dunno?" Was she trying to confuse him?

[first_host]

"This sounds crazy, but hear me out. Do you have a swirl on you somewhere?" It would certainly explain a lot, if not absolutely tick her off to ridiculous degrees.

[withoutareason]

"Um. Not always?" He was so very very confused now.

[first_host]

"... Not always?" Strange. Maybe he wasn't what the fox seemed to think he was.

[withoutareason]

"Uh huh! It never showed up at all unless I was sick or since I've been learning ckara!"

[first_host]

Certainly not the same type of seal she'd used, this was getting more interesting the longer they talked about it. "Can you make it show up now that you are learning?"

[withoutareason]

"If I focus super hard!" He nodded at once, pleased they'd found a topic that was better.

[first_host]

"Can you show me, then?" A light smile as she moved to try and set him down on the ground. Hopefully the seal wasn't what she thought it would be, but if anyone would know seals then it was certainly her.

[withoutareason]

He nodded, letting her put him down and putting his hands together, immediately concentrating with his eyes squinched mostly shut. He forgot to grab his shirt though.

[first_host]

... That really wasn't doing anything from that point. With a soft chuckle she moved to pull his shirt up just a bit, figuring that if it was the seal she thought it was that it'd appear in only one particular spot.

[withoutareason]

One eye peeked open but he didn't stop. Once he got the chakra stuff going he could usually keep it going for absolutely forever.

[first_host]

Once the seal showed up she immediately paused as her eyes locked onto it. That seal wasn't the one she was expecting, not entirely. Dropping his shirt she takes a few steps back, hand immediately covering her mouth as she does so. "No, that can't be right..."

[withoutareason]

The reaction immediately garnered his full attention, and he dropped his hands, back going straight as wariness, well trained wariness, instantly crossed his face. Should he go? He should probably go.

[first_host]

"That seal. It has been some time since I've seen it, it's akin to my own but is very clearly the Dead Demon Consuming Seal." Which meant that someone died for it to happen, maybe that would explain why he didn't know where his parents were, maybe they had died.

"Naruto, tell me, do you ever hear a voice in the back of your head?"

[withoutareason]

"Nope." Not even a little.

...

Was he supposed to?

He was just about on the verge of going silent and switching to hand seals for talking here.