What is that strong light? Man who the hell turned on the lights so damn bright? Turn that shit off!
…
Ok, im going to scream at whoever isnt turning the lights off!
I try to rage and lash out at whoever was turning on the lights only for the only noises to come out of my mouth to be:
"Goo Goo!"
"Oh! Thank goodness he had his first cry! I thought he was stale for a second…"
"This little guy shall be known as Kazoto Shimo!"
What.
I open my eyes and my adjust a bit to the lighting allowing me to see two people with umm… Lets say distinct color palettes for hair holding me.
Ok, what the fuck happened?
I was hanging out with my friend, Darius.
We were outside talking about our favorite anime as usual.
Of course its the eminence in shadow (guess why).
We were discussing the LN and the potential release dates before we decided to head back home together since our homes were not that far apart.
On the way back home Darius noticed or rather felt something was off as we were walking back.
"Bro, am I delusional or is something following us?"
"I think its honestly both"
"..."
He sighs and we keep walking in silence.
Its been a while since we had that dialogue.
Darius still seems to be uneasy with how much he's turning back to look at his back.
I speak up since him being paranoid is starting to make me paranoid
"Are you seriously still worried?"
"Yeah im for real, is it just me or is something behind us?"
I turn behind to check for anything suspicious.
…
…
...
I see nothing and turn back to Darius
"I don't feel or see anything… are you sure man?"
"I don't know then, I guess im just having a tingly feeling… Just a little creeped out really"
"Why?"
"I keep feeling like someones behind us as we walk…"
"…"
Aaaaaand now were both paranoid.
Thanks Darius.
We keep walking and eventually forget the conversation.
But were both still paranoid.
!
DID I JUST SEE A SHADOW MOVE?
"DARIUS YOU SAW THAT?"
He turns to me alarmed.
"Saw what?"
"THE MOVING SHADOW?"
"No, I didn't see it'
"...Were cooked"
"...What do you mean bro, what did you see? Of course the shadow's moving, you are aswell dumbass?"
I turn to him with a 'are you serious?' face.
"Morale support 100."
"…"
"…"
After some time and an awkward silence Darius decides to ask me the same question again.
"Soooo… What the fuck did you actually see?"
"A shadow (that wasnt mine) moving."
"So, who's shadow is it?"
"…"
"…"
I sit there and think.
I eventually get lost in thought.
We have to cross a street to get to our houses.
I don't want to see my mother again...
Oh boy, I sure hope truck-kun doesn't just- ya'know… show up and hit u-
"SAM!"
Where did that noise come fro-?
.
Crack!
The last thing I was able to see was some guy with a hammer caving my head in.
Oh.
Oh ok.
WAIT IM DEAD.
Aren't I basically dead?
How am I even here?
And why the hell did I say 'Goo Goo' of all fucking things.
Why is everything so blurry?
Did I just…
Did I just fucking isekaied?
Ok, but why am I a baby?
Couldn't I just wake up conveniently in a 5 year old body or something?
OK ok ok.
First things first, I have to figure out who I am, where I am and who I am exactly.
If I cant do any of that then I might aswell save myself the time and kill myself again because I'm not Naruto, I will not be searching for my parents and heritage my whole life.
I'm going to have to prepare for a whole lot of embarrassing moments with my new parents huh?…
Its a good thing my previous dad was an actor and taught me a whole bunch about it.
Not like mom would care what I did anyways…
…
I look up to the people I now have to recognize as my mom and dad.
I hope your decent humans...
[Time skip: 10 Years.]
Alright.
Is it night time?
I stop pretending to be asleep and look out the window.
Yeah, ok it is.
I get out of my bed and put on my training clothes.
I then jump outside my window and go to the courtyard unaware of the eyes watching me in pity.
I start stretching before the training with the swords and weights. (Which are homemade!)
Night time training is very important!
I start my sword practice as I think.
Its now been a couple years and well lets say I discovered that Cid Kagenou…
He doesn't exist.
I tried searching for him in his house and territory (didn't go as planned.) and ive found no one other then Claire Kagenou.
...Im pretty sure she woke up and saw me as i left her window and thats why they had a thief investigation in the local area..
All the info I found on the Kagenou barony is they have a chance to rise in the ranks with their single child, Claire.
Notice something wrong here?
Single Child.
Which means the cult is basically allowed to run free…
I stop my sword mid-swing.
Unless…
…
Do-
Do I make Shadow Garden?
I mean, I trained just like Cid did and now im considered basically unbeatable by this point…
And yes, just like Cid would do, I was killing bandits to hunt for Alpha.
Trying to unlock the SSR elf from the meatball gacha…
When I rescue Alpha she will also rescue me from the trouble of running the organization all together.
Of course in order to make Shadow Garden as powerful as it is in the anime im going to have to act like the impossible to reach master of the organization…
How do I even do that?
Cid practiced for years to pull bullshitting off at that level flawlessly…
Wait…
Speaking of Kagenou...
Claire by this point in time would start having the curse no?
I guess ill have to go cure that tomorrow while acting incompetent…
How do I even do that?
I mean, as far im aware Cid modified Alpha's body in order to allow her to handle that much magic but I cant quite do that yet…
I can only modify my own body as far as im aware.
I mean, I guess I can use Claire as early practice for Alpha…
I leave into the forest to lift the (homemade!) weights without being seen.
I start lifting the (homemade.) weights.
I practice running my magic all throughout my body while making only slight modifications since I basically don't even look like a human anymore on the inside.
I look in the (homemade?) mirror as I practice to increase muscle productivity and focus.
And I look like a cringe OC…
Morning sky blue messy hair with red eyes thanks to 'overdrive'.
My regular eyes are dark blue fading into... grey?…
I guess im not complaining…
Well thats my reps done for today, time to start badass one-liner practice as I kill bandits…
Man… all this and im still going to be viewed as a terrorist…
Oh well, atleast I get my own shadow organization…
Thats cool right?
Oh.
Im done killing bandits?
Already?
I mean this HAS basically become muscle memory but damn…
I managed to "discover" the slime suit at the age of 5 and ive been working with mana canceling cuffs…
Im trying to prepare for the school terrorist attack thats to happen in… 7 or 8 years from now im guessing?
Not too sure…
Well, I made it home…
Everyone has been looking at me with eyes of pity and worry laately, I wonder why?
Whatever… I guess its time to sleep.
Here's to another day of trying to replace the eminence in shadow…
…
First chapter!
I hope you enjoy this but I have to warn you that im basically doing this for the sake of my own entertainment (and to fight my addiction to teis off) so expect updates a lot and the plot mostly the same but personalities, interactions and even character relationships to be different.
I will never write another author note unless its trivia or a leave notice.
You can expect a chapter to be out basically every second day
See you guys eventually!