School is in! A Kage teaches!

[Tetsu]

The cool winds blew calmly as Amira traveled down the street. "What a calm day..." The young Kazekage thought to herself as she let each foot fall of her dark uniform sandals create an imprint in the loose sand that covered the sandstone steers of Sunagakure. Her intent was clear as she made her way towards the academy building that she was more than familiar with. Having visited there as a child, the Kazekage had spent many hours building block houses to knock down with shuriken like many children did when they were young. "My how things have changed..." She muttered quietly reflecting on how much responsibility she now had.

Shoving her hands into her dark pant pocket, she trudged along letting her headdress fly back in the wind as the long stresses of the past began to flood back into view. She was just about 100 meters or so from the academy building when she heard a familiar voice from behind. Amira stopped and sighed as she recognized the familiar voice of Yukio, her old babysitter from years ago when her mother had been in the hospital giving birth to her brother Gasume. "So? What brings you here oh mighty Kazekage?" She heard the feminine voice mock as Amira began to hear footsteps behind her. Turning to face the woman that she still considered a friend, she found a few surprising facts as she looked over the woman's body.

"You're pregnant?" Amira asked right out of the gates as she noticed how round the woman's belly had gotten while she had been so preoccupied with tending to the village that she must have been oblivious to life of her friend. "Yup, about five months no actually." She said with a cocky smile that alleviated Amira's worries only slightly. "I'm sorry that I wasn't aware...I've been preoccupied, how about you walk with me?" Amira offered as the pregnant woman sighed with discontent. "You don't stop for anyone do you kid?" Yukio said jokingly as she began to waddle her way forward to match the slow pace that Amira had set.

"So are you and Gai getting married?" Amira asked in a hallow tone as they continued on towards the school. Amira figured the answer would be yes, but she knew that there was not always the best in people's hearts. "Yeah, we are hoping to have a ceremony after all of this gets handled." She laughed patting her stomach gently. Amira couldn't help but smile as she watched her old friend's content with her situation. The young Kazekage doubted that it would be easy carrying then raising a child, especially in her position as the village leader. As the school came into view Amira let a quaint smile cross her face, "I hope that everything goes well for you, I know that life is going to start getting difficult so good luck." Amira said softly as they closed in on the academy's entrance. "I'm sorry I can't talk much longer, but duty calls." She joked quietly as she turned towards the door to attempt ending the conversation there. As she placed her hands upon the cool brass door knob, she heard Yukio speak one last time. "Hey kid, just don't over work yourself okay?" She heard her friend say as she slowly pushed open the door. Looking back with a glare of nonchalance, Amira quietly muttered "yeah..." As she pushed open the academy doors to find the long hallways, wooden floors, and room number labels above the door just as she had expected.

"Alright...preschool is in 107" she said quietly to herself as she looked along the first floor corridor for the sign that would denominate the room that she would be entering. As she walked down the hallway, a few of the Chuunin instructors and Genin adjuncts bowed their heads as they passed her. The constant respect wasn't something that she cared for very much, but all the same it happened occasionally, especially out in public like she was. As she came down to the seventh room down the hall to the left she noticed the room indicated that it was in fact the room she had been looking for, 107.

As she pushed the sliding door open, the young Kazekage noticed how disorganized the room looked at first glance. The class cheered and played, ignorant to the many terrors that village shinobi battled each day. "Class, today we have a very special guest!" the frazzled teacher that had spoken with her at the tower announced as she walked in. Amira felt her head shrink back as suddenly all of the attention was upon her. "Please welcome the lady Kazekage, of Sunagakure." The teacher woman said clapping as her class followed suit. "Uh...hi." Was all Amira could stammer out as she raised her hand to wave slightly before the mass of young children.

[Tetsu]

"So...I'm the Kazekage, and...I've got a very important job." Amira began awkwardly as she tried to focus a little bit as she face a room full of children not much older then her little brother. "I'm the villages leader you see, and I've decided to spend the rest of my day today with you children." She said calmly as her confidence slowly began to return. Slowly she paced her way forward so that she could stand in the center of the room with a joyful smile. She looked out at the young children and felt a swelling pride for the people that were surely going to be the next generation after she reached an even older age. "But enough about me...you all are the future of the village." Amira said with a smile as she took a chair and spun it around so that she could face the children.

"So, anyway, your teacher here has asked me to read you all a story while I'm here." She said hearing some groans of endearment and other squeaks of excitement. The mixed response was definitely something to think about as she slowly reached back into her butt bag to pull out the the ABC's book that she had been given back at the tower. "Man...look at that, it's an ABC's book kids." She said taking the book and showing the class before she took the time to indulge into what the literature actually said. "Except...for ninja's" she added as she determined to make the drab boom much more fun then it actually was.

"So gather round children." Amira said jokingly as she gestured to have the children sit themselves around her as she began to look through the book. "Alright, let us begin." Amira said looking into the first page and reading the pages small contents. "A is for Amegakure...that's the rain village and our ALLY" she said with a laugh seeing as ally was also an A word. "B is for Bow...with bows." Amira said making a bow like gesture with her hands. "C is for caltrops, which are a little spiky ninja tool." Amira said happily explaining each thing as she went along. "D is for disk, which is a throwing weapon used by ninja as well." Amira said happily as she continued reading the book. Though it was quiet boring, she still enjoyed reading for the kiddos.

When she came to K, Amira thought to herself as to what it meant to be what the word upon the page described. "K is for Kage." She said solemnly as she reflected on her reign as a whole. She had made alliances and battled foes that desired to harm her people. Being a Kage not only meant being a capable ninja, but also a formidable leader. She sighed as she realized the will of the village was strong in each and every single person she saw before her. She was sworn to protect these people, and would make sure to do so even at the cost of her own life.

[Tetsu]

As Amira finished the book, the room remained silent as she placed the book back on the teachers desk. "Thanks for having me guys." She said with a go happy smile and a wave as Amira began to walk towards the classroom's sliding door. The young Kazekage had finished what she had set out to do and really felt the urgent need to return back to the tower. There is so much work to be done, she thought to herself dreadfully as she attempted to leave the classroom. As she reached the door, she felt an odd little tugging sensation on the hem of her pant leg. "Excuse me lady, when I grow up I want to be just like you..." She heard the go happy little girl stammer before happily running back to her classmates in the happy mood that seemed to linger in the room as Amira sighed and left the room in silence.

as she walked out into the familiar hallway, she allowed her feet to carry her ones are back towards the entrance that she had gone in at. She felt her sandals upon the sandstone floor as she continued back towards the entrance with a heavy heart. She knew that thing wouldn't always be this simple for these unknowing innocent kids. One day that would be all grown up and put in the line of duty to fight and die for their village. Amira daunted over that fact as she came to the front door and allowed herself to exit the academy building without another word.

The cool breeze of the Sunagakure streets were the same as they always were when she walked out into the warm afternoon sun. "At least something never change" she said to herself with a slight laugh. She knew that thing would progressively get harder, especially with a fourteen year old Kazekage. Finding solace in the fact that her village was strong, and that she would continue to do her best for the village as it's leader. She felt the sun upon her face as she continued onward towards the tower that lay just in the distance, imposing upon her all the work that had to still be done that day. "Ugh...why couldn't they give me an assistant or something."'she said in annoyance as she approached the tower, waving at the AnBu guard that stood outside of the governments building. "This was quite interesting to say the least." She said entering the tower and leaving the streets to the wind.

[exit]