Chapter 25

~ Sixteen years ago ~

Misaki is walking around the forest behind the training grounds when two boys appear in front of her holding worms in her direction. Scared, she cries and runs but the boys corner her against a tree, the worms inches away from her face.

"Stop it, please!" she begs, covering her face with her hands.

"Hey, you two. Leave the girl alone." Another voice says behind them. The boys look at him, "oh no, it's Shisui Uchiha, let's get out of here" they say before running away.

Misaki looks between her hands and finds a boy kneeling in front of her with a warm smile on his face. He has short dark coloured hair, black eyes with long eyelashes. It reminds her of her older brother.

"It's ok, I'm not going to hurt you." He takes her hand and helps her get up. He smiles at her before he lets go of her and starts to walk away but she follows him.

They arrive to a spot with kunais and targets hanging on the trees. It's clear that he had trained a lot here as there are numerous indentations on the targets. The boy turns around to face her, showing no surprise at seeing her there. "My name is Shisui Uchiha. What's your name?" he asks.

"Misaki" she whispers.

"Nice to meet you Misaki. You can watch while I train if you want, but stay by that tree so I don't hurt you, ok?"

He starts collecting all the kunais before standing in the centre. Jumping high he spins in the air and throws them all at once, each kunai hitting right in the centre of the targets.

He repeats the process a few times until Misaki decides to throw a small stone towards one of the kunais, changing its course and hitting a different target, also in the centre. Shisui gasps, amazed by the accuracy of her throw.

"That was amazing" Shisui says appearing in front of her. "How old are you?"

"I've just turned 5," she answers.

"And have you used shuriken before?"

"I used to play with my father's ninja tools but he got really angry when he saw me. He has forbidden me to learn any ninja skills or go to the academy. But I want to become a ninja, that is my dream!"

"I see, you're very talented." Shisui says smiling, moving a strand of her hair behind her ear. "I can train you in the ninja arts when I'm not on missions if you'd like" he tells her.

Surprised, Misaki jumps onto him making fall back. "Yes, please Shisui, that'll be amazing!" she yells, Shisui laughing.

That was the day she met Shisui Uchiha.