Ch 6

Disclaier: ME NO OWN NARUTO… wah!

Ok,new chapter, I know the last one was a bit of a throw back because well, we literally went backwards but now were getting back into the story so onward!

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Mira yawned and stretched her limbs, a few things popped because of her odd positioning during her sleep. Rolling over she winced as her leg bent at an odd angle, she untangled herself and sat up rubbing her eyes and yawning widely again. She glanced around the room to see she was alone, the clock said it was 8:50; a note lay on the desk. She smiled, was he going to make this a habit? Leaning over she snatched up the note.

Mira,

I will be back around one o'clock alright? Don't worry I've only run out to get your school supplies. You're going to get a tour of the academy today but you're not starting until next week. I'm starting my own job tomorrow. I'm going to teach at the school. What do you think? I'll see you soon, grandma said she'll take you to get breakfast when you wake up so go on down alright?

Gray

Mira smiled at the paper, it took her a little time to read it since she was only six and he wrote a lot but soon she was getting dressed and jogging down the steps to find Grandma. Grandma was standing behind the front desk looking through some papers like she'd lost something. Mira bounced up to the desk happily waiting for her to be done, a loud growl alerted her Grandma that she was there. The older woman gave a light chuckle and leant over the desk.

"Hungry?" Her eyes twinkled with mirth.

"Maaaaaybe." Mira replied drawing out the word, "just a little bit." She held up her fingers and made a small space between them. Her Granma laughed wholeheartedly at Mira's silliness.

"Alright, go wait at that table over there and I will finish up here." She told her. Mira hopped over to the table and watched as Grandma called her grandson in and told him to watch the shop, he must've been about thirteen Mira thought. She watched Grandma hand him a few papers saying that another guest needed these when they came back and to be sure to give it to them. Finally Grandma finished and took Mira out to a nice restaurant down the street from the inn.

The restaurant was warm and friendly with a soft hum of many voices in conversations all throughout the small restaurant. Mira smiled at the steamed rice, miso soup, and umeboshi that had been placed before her. She and Grandma began eating and talking.

"Are you ready to attend school?" Grandma asked her.

"Mm, I'm so excited I can't wait!" She exclaimed bouncing a bit in her seat. Grandma chuckled and leant forward.

"Your father says he'll be teaching from now on, won't that be exciting?"

"Yeah, I don't know if I want to be in his class though." She said uncertainly.

"Oh? Why not?"

"Weeeeeeelll, he's my dad for one aaaaaaannnddd when he's training he's very hardcore." She said nodded as if this was a serious bit of knowledge. Grandma gave hearty laugh.

"Oh dear, but he says he's going train you on the sides it seems you won't escape it." Mira thought back on their travels at one point when she had been sleeping she'd had a bad dream which woke her up and she'd seen Gray training. His kind expression had completely disappeared and a fierce expression had overcome his features. Mira watched in awe as he moved at a speed she couldn't even imagine leaving deep imprints of each attack in a tree stood a few feet away.

Mira sighed; he'd turned to look at her noticing she was awake which sent her into hiding so as not to be dragged into it to, gah there was no escape. Focusing on her meal she started feeding her very hungry stomach.

"Did you attend the academy Grandma?" She asked curiously eating more rice.

"Me? Oh no, my husband did though, I carried on my family's inn while he went out on missions. "

"Wasn't that scary though?" If he was on missions he wasn't with her right? Even a six year old understood that, especially one who grew up around ninja's.

"Of course it was, but every time he left he would say, 'I'll see you after work' as if he worked a normal job and when he closed up shop he'd be back safe and sound. So I would always reply with a 'don't forget to pick up the milk' and wave him off and whenever he came home he had a flower in his hands a red tulip. I would ask 'where's my milk?" and he would say 'The store was closed so I picked a flower for you instead'. It felt like there was no danger, and of course I trusted he would come home safely to me." Mira crossed her legs as she listened to the story picturing a beautiful young woman and handsome young man bidding farewell in such a manner and she smiled softly.

"I'm glad dad took a teaching job." She said quietly picking at her rice with the chopsticks.

"Me too" Grandma said quietly. Missions were a risk no matter who you were, she couldn't imagine this child losing another parent. Too many children had gone through that all those years ago, now was a time when she did not want to hear of such things.

When Mira finished eating Grandma decided to take her out for a walk before they went back to the inn, the streets were full of life as they made their way down the cobblestone streets. Grandma kept a tight hold onto her hand to make sure she didn't get trampled in the hustle and bustle of the streets.

"Let's go to the park." Grandma suggested lightly nudging Mira, fore the girls attention was on the people as they moved from one place to another, the names of all the different places, as she even started to list the different kinds of people she saw. She was a rather odd child, but endearing for certain. She made you sort of stop and look yourself just because you wanted to understand what it was that she saw as well. Mira jumped and returned her attention to Grandma.

"What?"

"The park dear" She replied in amusement.

"Ooooh, Can we?" Her excitement was suddenly gushing out. Grandma nodded and pulled her along. The two enjoyed an hour at the park swinging and walking around, Mira liked to stop and explore the area as they walked pretending she was a ninja who must be silent as they snuck up on their foe. Grandma watched in amusement as she played enjoying the carefree sight. This girl, she expected, would be fun to watch grow up.

When they finally made it back the little ball of energy was still bouncing around excitedly. Grandma sent her upstairs telling her to get ready for her father to come pick her up since the girls appearance had become a bit of a mess after all her running around.

Gray strolled half an hour later with a bright smile on his face. Spotting Grandma he smiled and walked over. She was sitting at one of the tables this time reading a seemingly old leather book. Sitting himself down beside her he smiled.

"So how was she?" He asked.

"An angel, I took her to the park after breakfast and she played ninja along the trail for an hour." She laughed. Gray grinned.

"That's my girl."

"She's finishing getting dressed right now so I'm sure she'll be down soon."

"Good. I wouldn't want to be late. Her teacher is Iruka-San, do you know him?"

"Iruka-Sensei?" She said elated, "If that's the case she'll be just fine. He always takes good care of his students and there are a lot of good kids in that school, I know Mira will make a lot of friends."

"I'm glad. I was honestly a little worried, but you're right she'll make friends in no time, it's just part of her personality." He said leaning back in his seat. A few minutes later Mir came bouncing down the stairs.

"Daddy" She yelled and bolted towards him. He laughed and opened his arms wide. Pulling her into his lap he smiled and hugged her close.

"How's my little girl, all ready to go?" He asked.

"Mm" She nodded in affirmation.

"Then let's go." He said setting her back on her feet and taking her hand.

"I'll see you later Mizuki-Sama." Gray said. She nodded and waved good-bye.

"Bye Grandma!" Mira called as they left.

When they were greeted by a teacher named Roshi-Sensei they both bowed respectfully. He gave them a friendly smile.

"Hello my name is Roshi, it's nice to meet you."

"Hello-Roshi-San, I am Kauro Gray and this is my daughter Mira."

"You two look exactly alike." Roshi-Sensei said with a grin. "If you'll follow me I will show you around. Gray-San, you will be taking over with some of Kenkai-Sensei's classes since he had more than he could handle this year, and you Mira-chan will be in Iruka-Sensei's class." He said as he led them down various hallways. He pointed out different places in the school and allowed Mira to sit in on Iruka-Sensei's class so she could get a feel for what it would be like. Fortune was with her when the class was the one she would be partaking in anyway.

Roshi-Sensei slid the door open and popped his head inside. He gave Iruka-Sensei a broad smile, Iruka-Sensei looked at him in confusion.

"Yes, Roshi-San?" He asked.

"Ah, Iruka-San, you know that Mira and Gray-San were getting the tour today and since they've seen most things we thought that she could sit in while I take Gray-San through his class and everything." He told him still smiling broadly.

"Ah, sure I don't mind, this is the class she'll be in anyway. She can introduce herself now while she's at it." Iruka-Sensei told him happily. Mira bounced away from her father to go into the classroom but he stopped her.

"You be a good girl okay?" He said, when she nodded he hugged her and sent her off with a "go have fun sweetie." Roshi-Sensei and Gray left her to Iruka-Sensei engaging in conversation as they left. Gray truly was one of those extremely friendly types. Everyone seemed to love. Mira seemed to have the same ability to make people like her, though in Konoha everyone seemed to be genuinely inviting anyway.

Mira bounced towards Iruka-Sensei happily rolling back and forth between the balls of her feet and her tip toes. Iruka-Sensei smiled at her excitement. He loved when his students were excited about class, it made him feel very proud of his job as a teacher.

"Would you please introduce yourself?" Iruka-Sensei asked with a warm smile. She nodded and turned to face the class. She smiled and bowed.

"Hello, my name is Mira; it's nice to meet you." She said with a bright smile giving the class a little wave. The room suddenly held murmured conversations, as everyone discussed the new kid.

"You can have a seat next to Hinata-chan." He told her guiding her to the seat. The girl she was sitting by immediately blushed and looked away, she had blue hair and these big white eyes. Mira could tell after only five seconds of being in her presence that she was a very shy girl. Mira smiled kindly, and turned to the girl.

"Hi, I'm Mira. It's nice to meet you."

"H-h-hi i-I'm Hinata. H-Hyuga Hinata." Mira smiled.

"Hinata-Chan?" She asked.

"Y-yes?"

"Do you want to be friends?" She asked Hinata blushed and nodded. Mira grinned.

The rest of that class went smoothly; Mira paid extra attention to the lesson as it was her first. She really enjoyed the topic, they were talking about chakra. How it flows through your body and enables you to use jutsu's. He went over the significance of hand signs and the elements that chakra helps you to use.

When school was let out some of the kids came over to meet Mira. It was a lot of fun, she met a boy named Kiba who had a dog named Akamaru who was his permanent best friend, she met a girl named ino who had short blonde hair and was a lot of fun, a girl named Sakura who seemed a little shy herself but not nearly as shy as Hinata, also she got to see Naruto again, though he didn't seem to be the crowd favorite.

According to the girls they used to be in classes without the boys but this year they'd been placed in with the boys to really learn about being a ninja, Mira was glad because she could meet everyone at once instead of girls first that way she could tell who she liked and who she didn't.

She was talking with everyone when her dad came to get her,

"No way, I still can't believe you can understand the things Akamaru says!" Mira laughed excited by her friend's special power.

"It's more interesting than chouji, he just eats" Ino muttered annoyed at the thought. The friends bickered around her, a boy name chouji came up to defend himself, and he was really pudgy with red swirls on his cheeks and a bag of chips in his hand. Behind him a boy named Shikamaru stood muttering about this being 'troublesome' and that he should just go home. Mira laughed as she observed her new friends.

"Mira" Gray called to her with a smile. "I'm sorry to take you away from your friends sweetheart but it's time to go home. Also after a short chat with Roshi-Sensei it's been decided that you can start…..tomorrow." Mira literally jumped out of her seat and ran to Gray who enveloped her in a big hug. Happily she ran back and hugged Hinata, Ino, and Sakura good-bye and waved good-bye to the boys before leaving.

On the way home Mira skipped by Gray's side telling him about her friends and all she'd learned.

"Hinata seems really shy, but I really like her. Oh, and Kiba can understand his dog Akamaru, they have conversations and stuff, it was so cool!" Gray smiled down at her happy that even though the way it had come about had been so poor the outcome was one to be in awe of. "Sakura seems like she has a strong personality, but it's hard to tell unless she's talking to Naruto, and Shikamaru is always saying everything's troublesome at least that's what Ino said, but then he actually said so I think it's probably true."

Both Gray and Mira slept soundly that night having been worn out from their long and rather extraneous day. Tomorrow would be her first day of school, his first day of work and much to Mira's displeasure her first day of lessons….with Gray!