Rinako Nakada

Rinako Nakada (中田里奈子, Nakada Rinako) is a chuunin-level kunoichi from Konohagakure, where she works as both a ninja and as an assistant in her father's weaponry shop.

Background
Soetsu Morisue, Rinako's father, was a man who grew up in Takumi Village of the Land of Rivers (川の国, Kawa no Kuni). He was born into a poor family and lived in an artisan community, learning to craft weapons at an early age. At the start of the Third Shinobi World War, Soetsu saw his opportunity to work his way out of poverty and moved to Konohagakure to sell his weapons, and his trade boomed as the war escalated.

This was also the time when he met Hatsue Nakada, to which he married and remained with in Konoha, even after the war. Soetsu abandoned his former life and continues to spend most of his time in his weaponry shop, later joined by Rinako when she became old enough to help him sell his custom weapons. Hatsue, on the other hand, is a kunoichi with a very secretive career. She worked closely with the Third Hokage until his death, then started working actively with the Nakada clan leader until her retirement.

Because of her parents' demanding occupations, Rinako was mostly taken care of by her tutor, Shusaku Nakada, while she was still young and grew heavily dependant on him. Shusaku became a brotherly figure to Rinako and, when he was killed during the Nine Tails' attack, Rinako was greatly affected. Though she doesn't see her parents as often as she would like, she still hold both in high regard. When she turned six years old, Rinako didn't originally want to become a ninja, however, her parents enrolled her in the academy regardless. Lacking motivation and commitment, Rinako was a below-average student and often slept through her classes, or was sometimes caught writing or drawing during lectures. In sparring matches Rinako's competitive nature was aroused and she enjoyed practicing with other students in physical activities, unable to tolerate physically losing to anyone.

However, her passive mentality towards her studies changed dramatically after a sparring match with her fellow classmate, Shisui Uchiha. Because Shisui was at the top of the class, Rinako was easily beaten when he tricked her in the midst of their fight, using wire strings to trip and immobilize her. Thinking she could still manage to continue, Rinako struggled with her confinement until Shisui stood over her, kunai pressed against her neck, and told her not to move. Unable to accept her first loss, Rinako begrudgingly shook Shisui's hand in good sportsmanship before attempting to wrestle him to the ground. However, Rinako lost her footing and tripped, winding up in Shisui's arms before she fell onto a series of wire, which would've lead to her decapitation. Her resentment towards him flamed even moreso when he advised her to be more careful, easily setting her back on her feet. After this experience, Rinako regarded Shisui with an intense rivalry and found the determination to improve her grades, but ultimately was unable to catch up to him.

After graduating from the academy, Rinako was placed on a team consisting of her classmates Toru Hirata and Mitsuo Kita, underneath the supervision of Mieko Yasuda, a Jounin medical-nin. Because Rinako's skills were only designed to enhance her clan's Kinjutsu, she was kept back from going to the Chuunin exams for a year, getting promoted after the rest of her classmates. She stayed at this level until her retirement, and was able to become a member of Konoha's Sealing Corps at 19 years old.

Despite their lack of contact after the academy, Rinako often heard of Shisui's achievements and great skills, keeping her ill-nature towards him active. However, when they were reunited 4-5 years later, Shisui hardly remembered Rinako let alone recognized her, of which she took great offense.

Personality
Compassionate and loyal, Rinako is shown to have a very strong outward personality. Others see Rinako having a strong, easygoing presence, making her approachable and impressionable. She's ambitious and quick-witted, being a girl with a strong work ethic and seen often pushing herself for what her father claims to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Surely enough, Rinako has a very strict ideal on who she should be as a kunoichi. She sees that she automatically involves herself in close relationships, but won't give too much of herself because she feels her sentimental nature is unfitting for a ninja. However, despite her best attempts, Rinako is very easy to read as she is naturally expressive and opinionated, which often frustrates both herself and others. Friends and acquaintences get annoyed when she tries to withdraw from people emotionally and her tendency to hide her emotions, which are easy to read anyway, usually resulting in the loss of friendship. Despite this characteristic, independence is an alien experience to her. She gets great comfort when she knows she has someone to go to, subconsciously depending on their support.

Rinako is also very quick to find humour in any situation. Having no mental filter, she tends to blurt out sarcastic or snide jokes when she doesn't mean to, and is often seen biting the inside of her cheek to refrain herself in serious situations. Impatient and ill-tempered, Rinako is easily insulted and often retaliates physically. She tries her best to be patient, which only makes her more frustrated in certain situations. She is also considered to be careless or indecisive as she is very unpredictable, and isn't very practical because she wants things to go her way. However, despite this, Rinako is very passionate and will go out of her way to help anyone who needs it.

Appearance
Rinako has long, thick red hair that is about mid-back length, which is usually tied up in a messy bun or in a ponytail. She has varied side-parted bangs that brush over her eyebrows while some strands reach all the way down to the bridge of her nose, and collar-length locks framing her face. Rinako's jaw is round with a blunted chin, her eyes large and almond-shaped, their pupils lost in her iris's charcoal hue. Rinako's nose is short with a subtly curved bridge, her cheekbones high and her lips thick. Her skin is softly sun-kissed, her figure lean despite her shorter-than-average frame. As a Genin, Rinako wore a purple dress with a white wrap-collar, tied with a red ribbon. Around her waist she wore a yellow belt where she attached pouches and scrolls. Underneath her dress she wore fishnets and a black under-skirt, which is visible from her dress's slit, and black thigh-high stockings. She also wore black gloves and traditional blue shinobi sandals, her headband tied over her forehead with her hair tied back in low pigtails.

As a chuunin, Rinako wore a purple yakata-style top that was tucked underneath her black belt and light blue skirt. She also wore a blue, high-collar dress underneath, along with black shorts. She also wore black open-toed boots with a blue trim, with her headband tied over her forehead and bandages wrapped around her palms. During this time she started wearing her hair down, except when on missions.

In her leisure, Rinako wears a blue cardigan with three-quarter sleeves and a black trim. Underneath she wears a strapless purple top and fishnets that cover her torso and stomach, with bandages tied over her hands. She also wears a blue skirt that matches her cardigan, with a muted pink sash tied around her waist and black capris. When off-duty or helping her father, Rinako winds her hair around a single clopstick in a messy bun with a plain black headband over her forehead.

Abilities
Rinako is a earth-natured kunoichi who is adept in Ninjutsu and Fuuinjutsu. Because of this, Rinako's ability to weave handsigns is a major skill, of which she perfected to further improve her strengths. Average ninja are unable to read her handsigns, however, her movements are still easily read by the Sharingan.

Despite these strengths, however, Rinako faces many weaknesses as well. For example, despite the potential her sealing techniques have to be offensive, Rinako is already experiencing the side effects of her clan's Kinjutsu (see below). She is incredibly afraid of the inevitable outcome of prolonged use of this technique, developing severe ankylophobia because of how real this crippling is for her. She often hesitates to use her strongest jutsu in battle because she is afraid of forever losing the usage her hands. Rinako is also very easy to analyze in battle because she allows this fear to override her instincts, and is stuck using weaker techniques repeatedly.

Kinjutsu
The Nakada clan possesses a Kinjutsu that enhances sealing techniques. After this Kinjutsu is performed on the user, a mark (封, seal) is printed on both of their palms, which enables them to use powerful Fuuinjutsu. Unlike normal sealing techniques, where the user or an object is the medium of the Fuuinjutsu, the mark itself acts as the seal when absorbing or molding chakra. Because of the amplified stress the seals create from the ample amount of chakra, using this Kinjutsu will wear down on the user's tendons in their wrists after prolonged use, disabling them from moving either hand for the rest of their life if used too much.

Users with this Kinjutsu are able to use the seals to absorb Ninjutsu attacks, mold their energy to create a shield of chakra, absorb the enemies chakra through contact, and so on.

Because the usage of Kinjutsu is forbidden, members of the Nakada clan wrap bandages over their palms to hide the seal. Rinako personally makes the excuse that she wears the bandages because of a childhood injury.

Member of the Sealing Corps
Because of her Kinjutsu's abilities, Rinako was placed on a sealing squad. This squad consists of 4 members, 3 of which are Fuuinjutsu specialists and the fourth a medical ninja. Together they can perform Kekkai Shihou Fuujin (Four-Corner Sealing Barrier).

Jutsu

 * Chakra Kyuuin Jutsu (Chakra Absorption Technique)
 * Fuuinjutsu: Shishi Keikou (Sealing Technique: Lion Closing Roar)
 * Fuujutsu Kyuuin (Blocking Technique: Absorption Seal)
 * Fuuinjutsu: Sanhou Fuuin (Sealing Technique: Three Directions Seal)
 * Sealing trap explosions

Status
''*Note: I replaced "chakra" with a "Fuuinjutsu" column. Her stamina score accounts for her chakra.''

Preceding Part I
Rinako has a strong role in Konoha before Part I starts, which is why she is not actively part of the original series.

More details will come later :)

Confining the Jinchuuriki Arc
Before the war officially begins, Rinako is seen to be working hard alongside with her father to make and equip weapons and items for the Allied Shinobi Forces. She is also sometimes joined with her teammates who help stock her father's store while Rinako and Soetsu are overwhelmed with forging, and also serves as a liasion between her father and Tsunade.

As the Fourth Shinobi World War starts, Rinako is deployed with a team of other Fuinjutsu specialists and is seen on the frontlines because of her clan's Kinjutsu. She and her teammates are responsible for sealing shinobi that were resurrected by the Impure World Reincarnation and manages to seal multiple ninja, including Yuki Shiramatsu.

Trivia

 * Rinako has a burn scar on her right hand from when she was six. The scarred skin is swelled into a series of horizontal lines around the base of her fingers and extends down to her thumb, and was inflicted when Rinako snuck downstairs in her father's shop late at night and played with the forging equipment, not knowing the metals were still extremely hot.
 * Rinako hates being called "short" or any indirect reference to her height.
 * Rinako suffers from ankylophobia, the fear of immobility of a joint.
 * Because of her father's background, Rinako has a slight accent when she speaks. The accent gets extremely noticable when she's either tired or angry.
 * Rinako enjoys visiting hotsprings and working in her father's shop.
 * Her hobbies include training, writing poety, and shopping.
 * Rinako's favourite foods are zenzai and shiratama anmitsu.
 * Her favourite philosophy is "Ame futte ji katamaru." Land that is rained on will harden.
 * Even though she was in a romantic relationship with Shisui Uchiha, Rinako's first love during her academy years was actually her current teammate, Toru Hirata. Her romantic attraction towards Toru subsided and he remains her closest friend.

Author's Note
Rinako was not designed to mold into the series' story line. On the contrary, she was created to add more depth to Shisui Uchiha's character up until the time of his death. This being said, future fanfiction between Shisui and Rinako will be more focused around Shisui and his development as he grows up and is forced to deal with Danzou and the Uchiha clan's attempt for a coup, rather than based on Rinako's personal story. Because she is a supplementary character, she is also involved with other OCs by other people to also help their development and to support their growth, like how she does for Shisui.
 * To be clear, Rinako is not only there to be a romantic interest for Shisui. Their romantic relationship is not her only involvement with him.

Reference
Rinako's design, character, and plot all belong to Deauri.

Yoko Kusunoki and Yuki Shiramatsu, who are both affliliated with Rinako, belong to Shirayuki-no-Mai. All images are found on Deauri's photobucket.

Screenshots are found here.