Eiko Rio

Eiko Rio
Personal
Birthplace	Land of Bears
Birthdate	03/10/1
Gender	Male
Age	13
Height	5'0
Weight	Thin
Blood Type	O
Kekkei Genkai	None
Classification	None
Areas of Expertise	None
Clan	None
Affiliation	Kirigakure (Hoshigakure)
Team	None
Rank
Ninja Rank	Genin
Genin-Equivalent Age	12
Nature Type
Element (Affinity)	Fire (Unutilized)

Signature Jutsu
Chakra Physical

Eiko Rio is a boy who has been forced to become a man far too quickly. From a doomed family, Rio accepted the training offered by his place of refuge - Hoshigakure - as the price to be paid for safety. He has since learned that he has ten years left before the poisonous energy they filled him with will claim his life. He is determined that he will use the short time remaining to him in order to redeem the legacy of his family, and again make the world recognize the legacy of the Eiko … and his own name, in the process.

Background

+ Reveal: Genius or Fool?

It is a strange thing, to be told that you are a genius and feel that you are a fool.

My name is Eiko Rio. In the Ninja Wars, my family were one of countless Clans who thought themselves some of the finest in the ninja world, and who were brought low for their presumption.

In the early days, or so the legend goes, my family were one of the first to experiment with adding chakra to physical techniques. Utilizing a blend of raw taijutsu prowess along with naturally-deep chakra reserves, they rose to great prominence - unfortunately, unlike many other clans, there was absolutely nothing unique to our blood which we could keep secret. Our techniques were copied, and it was only our skill which allowed us to maintain a place in the ninja world at all.

My grandfather, Eiko Tokihai, made the critical mistake. When the War was at its peak, he declared that the Eiko family would invade the Land of Fire and crush both the Senju and the Uchiha, as he believed their fierce battling would leave them weak and distracted.

He was mistaken.

The Clan was scattered, with only a handful left alive. We had to look for allies wherever we could find them, and my parents fell in with the nascent Hoshigakure. The power of the meteorite helped to hide our presence, and we were amongst the first to be experimented upon. My parents volunteered. Again, this was to prove a mistake.

I was only an infant at the time, and perhaps it was my young body which was the secret to my adaptation. I survived, where both my parents perished. The Hoshikage was very pleased, naturally, and I received intensive training to unlock my potential. I began to come into my own. At the age of thirteen I even managed to, from technique scrolls left by my parents and with the guidance of the Hoshikage, rediscover the chakra-enhanced striking techniques we were known for.

Unfortunately, it was at about this time that the Village Hidden in the Mist sent a delegation to Hoshigakure in order to discuss ending the Silence once and for all, and it became painfully clear throughout the negotiations that these powerful foreign ninja had forces under their command that could wipe us from the map if the whim so took them.

Part of the deal negotiated was that I would be sent to Kirigakure in order to … foster unity, officially. I suspect that the truth is more simple. I'm tribute, being sent to this foreign Village in order to buy the lives of my comrades.

I don't care.

You see, after arriving in Kirigakure, they were concerned about my physical frailty. I tried to explain that it was a natural consequence of the training, but, they insisted on a full medical anyway. Most likely, they wanted to see what effects my training had on my body anyway… the result revealed that I have ten years to live, because of the poisonous energy flowing through my chakra system.

Ten years.

I have a decade left to make my mark on this world. Three thousand six hundred and fifty days. Before I fall, I have resolved that I will find a way to reignite the legacy of my family. The world will know the name of Eiko Rio… before it is gone forever!

Personality

+ Reveal: No matter how bright the candle burns...

Rio is a decidedly cold character. With the promise of his death hanging over his head, he feels an immense pressure to achieve - to reach his full potential before his life is snuffed out.

Rio feels a burning hatred of the Hoshikage for his reckless and foolhardy training, particularly since he now believes that both his parents were claimed by the poisonous energy. He isn't stupid enough to display that hatred openly, though. He suppresses all of his frustration, his anger, his rage, hiding it behind a frozen mask in order to continue his training unhindered - as much as possible - by the politics of his situation.

He loved his parents, and he laments the fate of his Clan - he has never met a Uchiha or a Senju, and so he hasn't had the opportunity to judge these Clans firsthand, but intellectually he can't disagree that the Eiko deserved to be wiped out. They were the aggressors, led by an idiot, and they paid the price. There is, unfortunately, a big difference between understanding that your family deserved to be wiped out, and accepting it emotionally. There is a feud there that he considers it his debt of honour to repay.

Rio is also extremely proud of his family's techniques. As pioneers of chakra-infused Taijutsu, legend speaks of Eiko clan members who could shatter mountains with a single punch, move fast enough to dodge lightning, and perform similar feats of incredible prowess.

He has thus sworn that he will rediscover these techniques, and become the most powerful ninja in the world in the process. He has ten years in which he has to reach that peak, and become stronger than any Kage. It isn't even that he has some particular goal in mind for this power; merely by being that powerful, word of his legend would spread and the world would remember him, recall his family name, and his legacy would be secure.

Appearance

Standing at barely five foot tall, Rio is not the most intimidating teenager that the world has ever seen - but then, who is? Likely around thirteen or fourteen years of age, the boy's hair is jet black and very spiky, standing up in a series of irregular spikes in apparent defiance of all laws of gravity or hair products.

His eyes are a hard shade of brown, his features quite sternly-set. He has a strong jaw line and a sharp nose… but he's also sallow, his skin pale and wan, as though he hasn't seen enough daylight in a very long time. He doesn't have much muscle tone to him, either; he's thin, and doesn't look as though he's got much strength in him.

To round off his weird look, the kid is wearing a strange outfit. Form-fitting and black shiny material clings to him, with a forehead protector worn which shows not one of the main clan villages, but a starburst symbol. His feet and hands are protected by thick grey boots and matching gloves.

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Group 1

Name	Relationship	Notes
Hoshikage	Kage	I will follow your orders, for now.

Ninja Journal

+ Days Remaining: 3644

I have decided to keep a diary.

Six days ago I was told that I have ten years to live. The doctors weren't so precise; they said it could be less, it could be a little more, but ten years is the best guess. I have decided to live as though this is absolutely true. The reason for my illness is simple - the Hoshikage's training is deadly. What I am uncertain of, is whether it is still worth it.

Either way, I feel betrayed. It should have been my decision to limit my life. My parents probably died as a result of the training as well. Did they know? Does everyone know?

Doihara Akane - a medical ninja I met today - seemed to know already. She has resolved to help me. I appreciate that, I really do, but I fear that if I spend all my time chasing a cure, or even allow myself to believe that one could really be found, I might achieve nothing before the illness takes me. That would be a terrible thing.

Kirigakure is far more intense than Hoshigakure. I met Doihara Ishino before I met his wife, and he is an interesting man. He uses puppets and genjutsu, apparently, and was a former Seven Swordsman. He brews good tea and seemed broadly supportive of my presence in the village.

I have put off talking about the strange thing for too long though.

I met a woman called Roku. She is also a Hoshigakure ninja. She used the Beast technique in front of me, and summoned many animals - her chakra level was incredible, far exceeding my own. I confronted her, along with Doihara Akane, and she claimed to have amnesia from her life before age fourteen. She also claimed that the person she works for (despite being a villager) used medicine which helped her with the poisonous chakra. Akane has said she will investigate. I remain suspicious.

Roku doesn't want to know more. I offered to investigate her past with Hoshigakure and she declined. She claims she doesn't care because 'she is alive' and that is all that matters. I looked her up in the bingo book when I returned to my quarters, and she is there. Missing.

I suspect she is lying about the amnesia. More likely, she discovered - as I did - that the chakra is killing her, and this man was able to help her. I hate that she has made me an accessory to her renegade status. Now that I know, I feel I ought to tell the Hoshikage. I haven't, though, and I don't think I will. That man has told so many lies to us, why should I give him anything?

For now, I know there is one more person out there who probably holds a grudge against the Hoshikage. That is useful information.

+ Days Remaining: 3642

I have returned to my training, and it is good.

I received orders to spar with Okumo Naoya. I was eager to challenge him because he is a member of the Mizukage's Clan, and that makes him dangerous.

I was surprised that he was only a year older than me, but strong enough to make a mockery of my attempts to match him. The only time I hit him was when he allowed himself to be hit, and although I was strong enough to injure him, if he had been defending himself, there was simply no chance of me being able to lay a finger on him.

When he showed me his technique, he hit me so hard I threw up and my chakra fan showed itself. That was humiliating, but he took it in stride. In fact, he covered me with spiders which healed the injury with some sort of numbing bites.

I showered for two hours straight after I got home. I still don't feel clean. In fact, I feel like the spiders are still on me … maybe in me? Could they have laid eggs under my skin? Horrifying.

I may never feel clean again.

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Mysterious Peacock Style
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