#Chitina Shinju

[pancake-flying]

My, oh my.

Rant under the cut. Spoilers from this too.

This is the Chitina House portrait. Shinju, following the Kanbayashi customs, is the Head of the House. She’s a stern woman who rules over her domain with an iron fist. Her name means pearl, because I was burnt out coming up with names. This lady is like, six foot six (2 m), and I would let her step on me.

Next is Keiichi, aka Blessed One because he has two chakra affinities when the Kanbayashi usually have none. He’s the oldest of Shinju and Nori’s kids, older by eight years to Sachi. He inherited Shinju’s strict personality, as well as mommy issues. He thought he would be Shinju’s successor, but because Sachi was born a girl, that dream was shattered.

*The Kanbayashi are matriarcal and matrilineal.

This caused fights between Keiichi and Sachi, which paired with Sachi being a little shit, was a perfect brew for chaos.

Sachi, the little shit, is named after happiness; how ironic, judging by her face. Sachi was named like that because she was born two months premature after her mother suffered heavy emotional trauma (her sister’s death, Hoshiko, by the Archive). This meant that Shinju, and her family, was overprotective of her when she grew up, isolating and smothering her. Sachi was a quiet kid until all the trauma and abuse broke her at the tender age of five, when she discovered she could use fuuinjutsu, and went ahead to make her family’s lives hell. Sachi became estranged from her family at age five when she entered the Archive training program, Shinju and Keiichi (RIP Nori) weren’t happy and felt betrayed. 

*Yeah, Sachi’s childhood might be a key in explaining why she acts so much in Part I Fate, which will be very important in Part II Destiny and Part III Chaos. 

Finishing up, Nori of the Isonash House, meaning tradition/rites. He was Naruhito’s son (Head of Isonash) and was married to Shinju to build an alliance between both houses. Thing is, Nori and Shinju were truly in love, and Nori’s death truly made Shinju snap. Nori was from the hunter house, and he had a kind personality, often too lenient with his kids which vexed Shinju terribly (kisses were good bribes tho). Nori was also a traveler, and since he was Shinju’s right hand, he was often in the field. He didn’t spend much time with his kids, but he tried to spend as much quality time when they were together. Sachi and Keiichi loved him very much. Nori died because of an encounter with a Yamanaka, and, as you know from Part I Fate, Yamanaka mental jutsu messes with the Kanbayashi temporal seals (in the brain) and kills them to avoid being discovered. Such a death caused great impact in the Chitina family, which explains why Sachi doesn’t go near the Yamanaka ever and Keiichi downright wants them killed. Ahh, so sweet.

Shinju, Keiichi and Sachi are wearing the Chitina House colors, white and gold, while Nori has the Isonash colors too (black and gold), as well as a wolf fur cape that he carries because of his mother’s death (another Kanbayashi custom; it’s Naruhito’s wife).

And this is it.

I just wanted to have a pic with them together, and because I really like Shinju’s imposing nature. A six foot six woman that won’t hesitate to pull your teeth out? Sing me up. Okay, jokes over, I needed a reference pic with them. Sachi takes after Shinju in terms of look, but she’s got her father’s personality to some extent. Keiichi looks like Nori, with his wild hair and boyish face, but he has his mother’s eyes as well as her wicked tongue. 

*BTW I don’t know if I like how the clothes turned out. I mean, there’s too much white, but it’s kinda inevitable considering the Kanbayashi are basically elves in the Narutoverse, but with much more gold. Also, Nori’s face is messed up. I can’t draw adult men to save my life, and originally he has a beard because of the Isonash customs. HOWEVER, because I suck at drawing beards, he gets to be clean shaven for the family portrait.