"Why do I need to stay home? I want to go to the academy like everyone else. That's not fair." The dark-haired girl looked at her father.
"I'm not arguing with you. I've decided to train you myself, and that's what it's all about," replied her father sternly.
The girl said nothing and decided to go to her room. With a bang, the door closed before the young girl threw herself on her bed and buried her head in the pillows.
All of her peers were allowed to go into the academy to become a ninja. It was customary in the clan for the parents to prepare their children for ninja living until it was seven and allowed to attend the academy. Her clan was very proud of his strength and the Clan's Kekkai Genkai, the Sharingan.
Tears ran down the children's cheeks.
It knocked.
"Leave me alone."
The door opened and muffled footsteps echoed through the room. As they fell silent, the mattress lowered under the extra weight. A hand lay on the back of her head and drove slowly and comforting through the black strands.
"Didn't I told you to leave?"
"Ah, c'mon Shizu. It isn't that bad to train at home, right?" The short-haired boy tried to see it in a different light.
"Doushite? I can neither learn with the others nor can I play with them. And Father is always terribly strict, and you know that, too," said the black-haired child, raising it's head.
Her big brother sighed. "Father just wants you to get strong."
"But you're strong, too. Probably even stronger than our clan's head and you could go to the academy." The ravenette looked defiantly into his onyx-eyes.
"Now you are exaggerating. I'm not stronger than our leader," her brother said and smiled softly. But in her eyes, despite all modesty, Uchiha Shisui was infallible in all his actions.
"No, I don't. You master your Sharingan and Mangekyou Sharingan perfectly and you've got the Kotoamatsukami. In addition, you master Shunshin no Jutsu like no body else. You are one of the best fighters of the Uchiha clan."
"But I only made it because of training." Shisui paused for a moment and considered before continuing. "Listen Shizuka, I'm gonna talk to father again. I think I know what your training should be about, maybe I can persuade him to let you go to the academy when the actual goal of the training is achieved. 'kay?"
"What kind of goal would that be?" Shizuka asked, even though she already had a suspicion.
"The Sharingan," her brother told her.
"But I'm seven Shisui. No one has been able to activate the Sharingan at this young age and I can't remember a femal Uchiha that has mastered it at all. Itachi is the youngest user of the Kekkei Genkai and he was only eight when it activated," the small girl reminded him.
Of course, Shisui was aware of that. After all, Uchiha Itachi was next to Shisui as one of best in their Clan. Plus, both Shisui and Itachi were friends. Everytime they're sparring Shizuka was allowed to watch them and she could tell that both her brother and Itachi were good fighters. Her father was very proud of his son and correspondingly high demands on his daughter too.
"Shizuka, you've great talent for Ninjutsu and Taijutsu, just like all Uchihas. I'm sure you'll master the Sharingan as well,"the boy encouraged her.
Shizuka was less convinced of his view. He was right with his statement, but every Uchiha of her age mastered the basic techniques of fire and Taijutsu. The young girl sighed.
Grinning, Shisui raised his hand to her head and ruffled the ravenette hair. "Don't you worry, we'll get you to the Academy somehow."
She looked at him wide eyed. "You promise?"
He looked at his younger sibling and smiled widely. "Promise." With that, he leaved her room.
Shisui Pov.
I didn't like the methods of my father. He was too strict with her and his expectations too high. I hated to talk well about his choices.
Shizuka was still a child. She didn't behave the way a child of her age normally would. She was serious and her thoughts weren't always those of a seven-year-old girl. She was like an adult in a child's body and that worried me.
I entered the living room where our father sat and drank his tea. "What is it, Shisui?"
"We need to talk about Shizu."
Looking at his cup of citrus tea he replied "There's nothing to talk about. She's a young girl with talent and I will not let her waste that talent by going to the academy to play around."
"Like you said, she's a young girl and no emotionless fighting machine. Father, Shizuka is indeed clever and very talented. But she should have the experiences of the academy, she should have friends of her age and be allowed to play. Shizuka don't behave like a seven-year-old. Damn, she don't even talk like a normal kid," I countered.
"You won't change my decision, son. I want her to master the Sharingan. She has the nature and talent." Serenely he drank his tea.
"You're going to break her, you will not get any more from that, " I said through clenched teeth and openly exposed my anger.
"Shisui, do not take out too much. You're just her brother, I'm her father," he said with a cold undertone.
"Yes, I am her brother and as this it's my duty to protect her. I will not stand idly by and watch how you break my sister!"It wasn't the first time that we argued about her.
She stood with tears in her eyes in the living room door. "Don't fight because of me."
I glared at my father and knelt down to comfort her.
"I'll do what Father says. I'll train home and won't bother with the academy anymore if you just stop arguing."
I patted her back comfortingly.
"Good. We will start tomorrow." With that our father leaved the room.
Shizuka was still burying her face in my crook.
"I'll meet Itachi later, Sasuke will be there too. Wanna come too, Shizu?"
Her sadness seemed forgotten. She broke away from me and wiped away her tears before she beamed at me. I smiled back automatically. It was these moments that still made her look like a happy child rather than a serious adult.
AN: Hello out there! This is the first chapter of The Promise and I hope you liked it. It was created in cooperation with xxlilithxx88 and me and is originally written in German. Because we thought it was a shame that only the German speakers could read the book, I decided to translate it, so that everyone else can enjoy it!
The original is written on wattpad and here's the link: https/my.w.tt/RMFTJxRpBQ