AN: Ohayo! Here's the second chapter of my very first fanfic. Just so you know, in this story I've chosen to follow the life of an OC of mine, since I love Kinkou so much. Warning: Zed might seem a little OC to you guys, but hey, even if he's a badass, really dangerous shadow master, that doesen't means he doesen't has emotions -.-' . Secondly, I see a lot of people start shipping Akali and Zed, yeah… I'm not one of them, so you can turn around. Akali is to be shipped with Shen by all means, but that doesen't mean our most loved Shadow Master doesen't needs someone to love too, and this story does just that.

Disclaimer : So I only own my OC's. If I owned anything else… *dreams*

Shadows of her memories chapter 1

Do you ever know how it is to be always the loser? To always fail at everything your sibling succedes? I do, for sure, and I have been alright with this for half of my life. If it wasn't for his words, I would've never become who I am today. I'm Akyo, the Kinkou's Order last Shadow Born. And it hadn't been easy to become the last one. It all started years ago... Back in my childhood...

The little girl fell flat on her back. She was breathing hard, trying to catch her lost breath. Her face was full of scratches and her ebony hair wich was previously caught in a high ponytail was now framing her muddied face. Another girl, an older one, was smirking victoriously while looking down at the fallen one. The two had just battled, and guess who won?

''You seriously need more training. Or, you're just bad at fighting'' Zayenn said as the smirk never left her lips. The girl was tall for the age of 13 . Dark midnight hair was caught up in a ponytail, altho it barely passed her shoulders. She had green eyes, a small nose, and reddish lips, and a cream color for her skin. She looked down at her younger sibling wich was close to crying again, as she saw her blink rapidly.

The one on the ground was Akyo. The girl had long ebony hair wich was now dirty, cool icy blue - almost white irises were now covered with unshed tears. She was 1 year younger than her older sister, and felt like a waste of space. She wasn't exceling at none of the things required for the job they had to take from their mother pretty soon.

Both of the girls were proud daughters of the current Shadow Born of the Kinkou. Altho she loved her daughters equally she was inclined a little towards her first child. She did her best in supporting her young one, and promised her, even if she fails the trial, and Zayenn becomes a full Shadow Born, she wasn't going to die.

''Leave me alone, Zayenn, you won already.'' and in truth a tear fell from her eye now.

''Stop the water works, little sister . You're not gonna be pitied if you're crying . You're just embarissing yourself.'' To prove her point she turned her back to her sibling before speaking up again. ''If you're crying because you lost again then your misery will be ended soon.'' She smirked before continuing.'' The trial is going to be in one year, and then this will be settled once and for all.'' And so she left.

Akyo wasn't a cry baby. But it were times like this when she cried. Silent tears fell down her cheeks, eyes covered by her brownish bangs, as her rude sister's words flowed trough her mind.

'If you're crying because you lost again...' another tear fell. Yes, again, she failed yet again. And her sister hasn't even tried. She was merely playing Merry go Round with her, until teaching her where it's her place. Her place was in her older sister's shadow and it was going to be like that forever. As she rised on her feet and wiped the tears out of her eyes, she saw two boys having a fight just like she and Zayenn had before. There was one with silvery hair which was taller as his red pupils focused on his enemy only. The other one had brown hair, and red pupils too, as he saw only the face of his enemy. Their accuracy in fighting was astonishing, and the way they fought could put even a veteran ninja to shame. Fists flew everywhere, and it wasn't long before the two separated, both panting hard, watching the other in the eye. The silver haired one seemed more calm than the other one, and didn't seem affected by the heated glare his sparring partener was sending him. She knew both of theese boys. The silver haired one was the son of the order's master Youken: Shen. The other one, was a protegee of the master, who took him under his wing, teaching him the arts of the ninjas, named Zed. She had saw them sparring multiple times, and even tho the way they fought was so different each time, the outcome was always the same : a tie.

After echanging a few words, the two went separate ways. She saw Zed looked a little bit way too pissed than he should have, but at that point it didn't matter. She was extremely tired, and hungry, and she better get some rest before her sister beats her again the next day.

The following week, out of the blue Zayenn had canceled all her plans which involved training with her little sister. This gave Akyo a breath of fresh air, and spent her week spectating from afar, the sparring matches between Zed and Shen. She was always mesmerized by the way they fought, and deep in her heart, wished she could do the same. While Shen had much more controll over his abillities, there was little damage he could do, but he could take up a lot of it. On the other side, Zed had little control over his power, and could do a lot of damage in a short period of time, but he was easy to strike, since he couldn't focus on fighting his enemy and also defending himself. After their little training was over, Shen turned around and entered the order. Zed stood and watched him enter, and she was so focused on wondering what was going to happen, that she didn't felt the pair of red eyes that fell on her figure, well, not when it happened more exactly. After she saw Shen's figure dissapear behind the door of the order, she turned her eyes to look at Zed, and imediatelly regretted that decision. Her eyes made contact with his, and she felt her knees give away. She wasn't scared, she was feeling more like, the deer-in-the-headlights. None dared to break eye contact, before Zed turned, and left into the woods.

Curiosity had the better of her, and against her better judgement she followed him into the woods. She did found soon enough a clearing, which was in the middle devoid of grass, and had two logs on different sides of the cirlce of dirt formed. In rest the clearing had soft grass, but no presence. She left from her hiding spot, and ventured into the clearing. She stood into the middle of it, wondering where could he have gone. It wasn't long before her question was answered.

She felt a hand on her shoulder, and then jumped back , while yelping so loud, she scared the very few birds who had found their place into the trees. Her eyes met again that red gaze, sending her heart into a herratic beat.

Zed seemed unimpressed by her scared reaction, and waited for her to calm down, and make sure she wont scream again, when he talks to her. When he was sure of those facts he spoke:

''I knew I could scare people, but you are actually the first one to react that badly.'' he said in a mocking tone, while he observed with a inward smirk that a pinki-ish hue started to form on her cheeks.

''Well, if you wouldn't have taken me by surprise maybe I wouln't have had to scream, you know?'' she said with a ''are you serious?'' face.

He chuckled and then spoke again : ''Makes sense. I'm Zed.'' and extended his hand to her.

She reached for it and shook it. ''Akyo. Nice to meet you.'' He let go of her hand before speaking again.

''Ah. you're Zayenn's younger sister, am I correct?'' he watched her wince slightly, and then he was sure of what he had heard and saw.

''Erm, yeah. So that means the world knows me as the 'useless little sister'?''

''Ah, no, but I've seen you fight with her and honestly I couldn't believe Zayenn was much more worst to her sibling that to anybody else.''

She frowned.''You watched me spar with my sister?''

He chuckled again.''You're not the only one who has been stalking someone.''He felt another victorious smirk as he saw that pinkish hue, becoming a full force of a blush.

''I wasn't stalking you!'' How dared he?!

'' I knew you weren't, but still. Anyway, I did saw she has a fist of iron.'' He saw her turn her head around in shame. So now even he knew how lame she was? When she had hoped for a friend...

''I know I'm bad, you don't have to shove it in my face.''

''Actually, I'm here to help you out.'' That picked her interest. She turned her head to look at him and then he spoke again:

''I want to help you out with this ''problem'' you have with fighting. You've got the potential, you only need some training.''

That confused her . ''W...Why would you want to help me?'' she said with a look of untrust on her face. Nobody has ever been trying to help her out at anything, other than her mother. No one...

''Firstly, because I hate your sister. And secondly, she beats you because she intimitades you. If you get over it, you will show her who's the actual superior sibling.''

The face she made was something he never saw before. He face was filled with unbelieaf, and before she broke into the greatest smile he ever saw, a lonely tear fell from her eyes.

''Would you really do that?!'' She asked.

''Why wouldn't I?''

He couldn't help but smirk again at the smile and the happy face she made. He really didn't knew why he had told her he's going to train her, but still what he said was true. She had potential. A great one. And adding a pissed off Zayenn only made the cake become sweeter.

''But I'm warning you, training with me wont be that easy.''

''Bring it on.'' she said with a defiant smirk on her face.

He inwardly scoffed. He was going to prove everybody wrong, when he's gonna transform her into a fighter.