Hello again ! ^^ It's been what... two days since my latest update ?
Why so fast when I update my other stories once a month ? It's because of the form of this fiction. I'm used to make long chapters about 10,000 words each. This story is made of chapters that are 500 words long (I can go up to 1,000 if I'm inspired). It's because each chapter treats one idea at a time, whereas in my other fictions I have several ideas inside each chapter.
This makes A Hero's Shadow way easier to write. That's why I'm trying to update it as fast as possible. It's a bit of a challenge. Making short stories about little subjects about Kagerou's life.
For now I plan to be canon until the search of Tsunade. I'll need a few changes in the original story after that because Kagerou must be old enough to do what I planned for her (What I planned for her kinda was my original idea for the story. It was supposed to be a long oneshot. But I thought I needed to write about her childhood, and it became something else. I changed the original title that was supposed to be The Girl in flames, and the story changed accordingly.
Thanks for those who took the time to read this little text.
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Summer job
The first time I met him, I was five. I had just started the Academy in April, and learnt how to do a Henge after seeing a few upperclassmen practising and had been able to fool a few civilians. They believed I was ten and weren't against me working for them. They also believed I was a weak and kinda dumb kid as I was still a first year under the illusion. Summer break meant some work in the fields, and I thought I could help them with easy tasks against a few banknotes.
I had been too hopeful, as always. The work was way more harsher than I expected as I had to carry buckets of water from the near river to water the plants. It was so heavy I didn't do half as much as the other kids they were paying to do the same. And I was obviously the youngest, even under my Henge.
And there this curly haired young man took my bucket away from me without effort and carried it with his own.
"Hey !"I protested.
"I wouldn't be a good person if I let you carry this at such a young age."
"But..."
"Don't worry, I'll give you a share."
I immediately refused. People were always lying to me when they were nice. Then I remembered I was under an illusion and that he couldn't possibly know who I was.
"I am strong enough to carry it." I said with my more mature voice. "Give it back."
"Certainly not."
And he started walking. Even carrying two full buckets of water, he was still faster than the five-year-old I was. That was so unfair ! We went back and forth a few times, and I finally get to carry half-emptied buckets. When the day was finished, the owner of the field told me he will not pay me because I had done close to nothing.
I was despaired. This money was supposed to buy me and my brother a set of shuriken to practise. I would have worked the other days to have some kunai too. What should I do now ? I tried not to cry because I couldn't give up. Then the boy who was with me took my hand and walked me to Konoha that was about two or three miles away.
"Let go of me !" I shouted.
"Why is a strong girl like you crying ?" he asked.
"Because now I have to find another job and win more money because of you !"
"No you don't. Here's your share." he said handing me the money. "But you shouldn't have to work at your age. I saw you before at the Academy : my cousin's in your class."
"You know who I am ?" I asked wiping my tears.
"You're Uzumaki Kagerou, aren't you ?"
He wasn't rejecting me ! For the first time I knew that some people weren't jerks.
"Who are you ?"
"I am Uchiha Shisui."
