How quick the man is, really confused me. To my knowledge, it's not possible to move this fast without magic.

"I'm not going too fast am I?" He asked me. To which I shook my head. His eyes opened a little wider.

I don't think he expected me to understand him.

"Good." He answered.

"We'll be there soon." He spoke again.

Well, this is sort of disorientating, but I can handle it.

...

It took about 20 minutes to get there, but when we finally got there, it was quite the sight.

The village itself wasn't too extraordinary, but the mountain that over looks the village is.

Carved on the face of the mountain, were four disguishing face, very finely detailed. I

could only guess that they were leaders or past leaders. The guards did give us little trouble

because of me, but still let us pass.

"Awesome, isn't it?" The man smiled at me. I just nodded in return.

It truly was.

"Alright, well, I think it would be smart to bring you to the Hokage. I'm not sure what to do with you."

He said.

"Hokage?" I accidently let out, due to being confused.

The man gave me a look, although I wasn't sure what he was thinking.

"Hmmm... A leader of sorts. My name's Gyo Akiyama. Do you have a name, honey?" He asked. I wasn't

expecting to be asked that, so I had to think a minute. It might be wierd if I didn't. It may be better

to let him assume I'm an abandoned child. The horns would make that story easy.

"Gris." I answered.

"That's a lovely name." He smiled at me.

...

It didn't take long to reach a tower of sorts. Although, it wasn't that large. Going in and passing the lady

in the front, we continued until we reached some stairs. After reaching the top, Gyo knocked on a door.

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"Enter." Some one said from behind the door.

The air when entering, was pretty pressuring. The man that sat at the desk was intimidating.

He had piercing dark eyes, along with a greying goatee, sporting some sort of hat.

"Who do we have here, Akiyama-san?" The presumed Hokage spoke. Gyo looked a little nervous.

"Hokage-sama, I found her on the way back from my mission. She said her name is Gris." Gyo spoke.

"She spoke? She looks like she's not even 2 years old." Hokage asked. He narrowed his eyes at me.

I decided to look elsewhere.

"Also, are those horns? Perhaps a bloodline?" The Hokage spoke again.

"I am not entirely sure myself, Hokage-sama." Gyo answered.

"Bring her here." Hokage demanded.

'Getting passed around like a doll, is not fun.' I blew out my cheeks to show my anger.

The Hokage smiled down at me, whilst I was in his arm.

"Hello young one, my name is Hiruzen Sarutobi, do you understand me?" I nodded.

"Can you speak?"

"Yes." Although, not entirely sure how I understand you, don't remember this language.

His eyes widened a little.

"And how old are you?" He asked.

I thought about it for a second.

"I don't know." I answered.

'Let's keep things a mystery.' I thought.

Hiruzen

I looked down at the child in my arms as I was bringing her to the orphanage.

"Make sure the get along with the children." I said finishing my lecture for her. She didn't seem that

interested in what I was saying, but she had to know these things.

We reached the front of the door of the orphanage and knocked. The door opened a minute later.

"Oh Hokage-sama?! What are you doing here?!" The young woman half-yelled.

"Hello, Marie, I'm here to put this child in the orphanage." I said.

She looked down and I heard her gasp. I know exactly how she feels. This child's appearance is very

unusual. She has a patch of dark purple hair growing out of her head, two little horns growing out of

opposite ends of her forhead, and the most fascinating eyes. Her pupils slit in the middle, much like

a cat or snake, and her irises are a swirl of reds, staring at them you can swear that the colors move.

The intelligence showing in her eyes are a little unnerving, but I couldn't just throw her out to die.

"O-ofcourse, Hokage-sama, but may I ask if there's something wrong with her?" Marie asked.

"I believe it's nothing to worry about, it's most likely a bloodline." I answered. This village is made

up of Bloodline families, so this should ease her worries.

"Ah! That makes sense. Does she have a name?" Marie asked.

"Gris." The child answered. Causing Marie to startle.

I sighed. I know she does it on purpose to surprise people, afterall she's doesn't even appear two years old.

"She's a little more advanced than she seems, but she is still young, hopefully you can teach her manners."

After talking with the girl back at the tower, I had realized she likes to tease others. I didn't

notice it at first, just chalking it up the child innocence, but some comments lead me to believe otherwise.

After I talked to her though, I came to the conclusion that she's mostly harmless.

I handed her off with some of the paperwork.

"I'll come visit you at a later date, Gris." I said.

"Ok." She answered.

I sighed as I walk away.

'Atleast, I'm retiring in a week.'