250 Words, Yay.

Long gone was the sweltering heat as day gave way to night, and on this night a raven haired foreigner to this village was using the training grounds. To her, this place was only habitable after hours, for the sun was far too harsh. Having taken a slight break from her training, Risako's silver eyes, with pupils so wide stared off into the starry night sky. 

It had crossed her mind that the thought for shadow clones had maybe come from the stars. Why fight as one when you could fight as many? Naw, she was thinking too much into it. 

Nonetheless, they had their use. Breaking her gaze off the night sky, she erected her posture and closed her eyes once again. Drifting off into thought as the fox in her lap readjusted itself before snoozing off. Creating a clone was no issue, creating a clone with its own thought process and ability to act was slightly harder, and it was a task she had been practicing for quite a while now. Bringing her hands together, she focused her chakra into the handseal and could feel it manifest as a being mirroring her own form. Simply mirroring wasn't enough, Risako wanted the being to move and perform actions of its own accord. Opening her eyes, she noticed the clone had not. Scooping the fox within her arms, she hoisted him out of his sleep and to her shoulder and stood up, which the clone still hadn't. 

Just so she didn't look crazy, or depraved of human interaction, she didn't want to speak with the clone. Taking a step forward, her hand reached for its face. Caressing her own cheek was a bit weird, but simultaneously both Risako's had smiled, knowing exactly what had happened. With that, the clone would disperse and she'd be off to bed.

[307 WC

Claiming Shadow Clones: 2,250/2,250 after WC reduction.
Also Claiming 2 AP for 200 words trained.]

Approved.