Aisaka Himeko/Story

# **The Tale of Aisaka Himeko**

## The Begining

On a certain cold night of July, inside a small farm house in the lands of Herb, a small and premature baby was born, that baby was Aisaka Himeko, the third and last child of a poor family of farmers with no special talent. Aisaka was born prematurely unlike the rest of her family, she was small and weak, even for a normal baby, but time passed and she grew up normally, well, almost, because she grew up with a strange condition that caused her to be underdeveloped for a normal child and also too vulnerable against illness.

The years passed and Himeko was now a full kid, while still slightly underdeveloped compared to other kids and weak, she was also awfully smaller than everyone else. Her parents worried about her health, it would be too dangerous to let her play outside with other kids as she could easily get hurt or worse, so they did everything they could to keep her self, one of the best option they found was to isolate her inside their house, at least that way she could be safe, however, Himeko never liked that and with reasons, she wanted to play outside, have friends and be normal like the others, having to stay inside her room, only watching the outside world from the windows was too sad and boring, but she had no option, despite hating that, she knew it was the best for herself and simply accepted it. Himeko's childhood was as boring as one can imagine, stuck inside her room and having no friends, only dreaming about the life she would never have...

## The Little Narcissus

Life continued the same way as it used to be, boring. By this time Himeko had already accepted her fate, she wasn't sad anymore, in fact, any emotions she could feel had already disappeared, all replaced with a profound sense of emptiness, at least she had her family so she wasn't really alone, but still, Himeko couldn't help but feel like her life was wrong, like she was missing a bunch of things in this world - and she was - but it's not like she had any options, it was her fate to stay like that, her destiny... Destiny?

Somewhere around those years, Himeko started to wonder about what is fate and destiny, what is the meaning of life, she brought those questions to her parents but they left her with more questions than answers. Aisaka wasn't satisfied with that and kept wondering about the meanings of her life, eventually she got sick of everything, for the first time she felt a burning sensation inside her heart, maybe it was anger, maybe she finally reached her limit and got mad at her lifestyle, but this burning feeling lead Himeko to take an extreme decision, no more she would stay inside her room, now she was determined to find the answers to her questions. On a certain night, the little girl decided to leave the house and walk all the way to a small lake on the hills above the farm house. The walk to the lake took hours and Himeko was clearly not physically prepared for that, along the path she tripped and hurted herself many times, but the burning emotion gave her the strenght to stand up and continue walking towards her goal, eventually after most of the night passed, Himeko finally reached the lake. It was very quiet, so much that you could hear the calm water, the night sky reflected in the lake, it was a magical sight. Himeko simply sat by the lake, not really knowing what to do next, she began to whisper her questions to the lake, as if praying to something. A silence filled the place after the questions ended, for a moment she thought that this whole thing was in vain, but suddenly, Himeko heard someone whispering back to her the answers she wanted, it was a godly voice that slowly filled her mind, it was quiet but loud, the whispers then became a feeling that quickly increased its force inside of Himeko, she felt no more pain, only a warm sensation like a hot summer and a strange urge to punch something. She began to see strange visions of someone, a strong woman reaching out for her, the girl tried to grab her hand but, without knowing she passed out, waking up at the morning just before the sun rise, Himeko had no idea if that strange event was real or if she was simply dreaming, either way, on that morning something was difference, something had changed, Himeko was feeling an strange energy she never felt before, her body wasn't weak and for the first time in years, she felt happiness. Himeko ran down the hill back to her house to tell her family the news, they couldn't believe at first but then realized it was true. Something had awakened inside of Himeko on that random night... Her parents grounded her for three months after that.

Either way, Himeko had finally understood her life, it was not her fate to be weak, in fact, she had no idea of her fate, no one does. Life is like a book with thousands of blank pages, you won't know what the end is untill you reach the last page, but to do that you must write all pages first, if you don't do that, the end will be simply... nothing. That's life. Fate is nothing, if you don't write your destiny first.

## Konoha: A New Life Begins

After that strange night, Himeko quickly started to change, she was now more energetic and was getting strong quickly, the girl also began to take interest in martial arts, it wouldn't take long for her to ask her parents what they feared the most. She wanted to become a ninja.

Her parents didn't agree with that, well, her mother didn't agree. Himeko's father thought it would be amazing for his daughter to become a ninja, she could gain better trainings and become even more strong, not only that, but gain a lot of money too, but her mother thought it would be too dangerous and she could get herself killed, Himeko kept insisting for months untill her mother finally gave up and accepted the idea. It was Himeko's happiest moment. The girl quickly packed her things, grabbed her papers and moved away to the village of Konoha where she would start her new life as a ninja with the goal of becoming the strongest of all times.

When Himeko arrived at Konoha, she met a few people who would later become her friends, one of them was a woman named "Amane" who called her a dwerp. She was cool. There was also Ritoshi who was basically Himeko's Sensei, he wasn't the type to talk a lot and for some reason liked to stalk people... and give bombs to Himeko which was probally illegal but, who cares.

Himeko felt kinda lonely during her first days in Konoha, now away from her family, but knowing that she would become stronger and meet new people made her view the future in a optmistic way. Himeko was now preparing herself for the adventures that was to come...

### Baron Wars and Himeko's Dilemma

If you had to choose, would you follow someone's orders or would you do what is right for you?

That was the question i had...

As the great nations of Hive and Fire began to wage their wars in the lands of Baron, i of course fought alongside my comrades against those who i thought were my enemies, but as the campaign progressed i started to see the truth. Those weren't my enemies. They were simply soldiers forced to sacrifice their own lives for the good of some rich noble, just like me...

I tried to ignore that and just keep doing my job, but i couldn't, innocent lives were being wasted because of greed and ignorance, i couldn't take part on that unnecessary killing. I refused and because of that i got demoted from my Chunin role and after the war ended and we all went back to Konoha, i left the village...

You should always do what is right, no matter what, that's what i always thought. I went back to my old house to spent some time there, i had no plans of going back to Konoha so i would probally stay there for the rest of my life. However, as time passed by, i started to wonder if my decision was really right, maybe i should've stayed in the village and continue my work, but at the same time i felt like this was the right decision, so i just ignored that and went back to my old life...