Hey everyone this is the first chapter of a short story series I’m doing for MiraDai since it’s the only next generation pairing I like and they’re the only kids I like too. Although I wish it had more fics for me to read.

Here’s the link for FF.Net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12426167/1/MiraDai-Bonding 

Mirai Sarutobi was the daughter of Asuma and Kurenai Sarutobi. Her father had died before she was born so she'd never met him. That didn't mean she was alone though. She had her cousin Konohamaru along with both teams of her parents. Shikamaru had particularly been present out of teams 8 and 10.

He'd visit Asuma's grave with her and tell her stories and play with her. As she got older she regarded him as her older brother and admired him greatly alongside her mother.

They were her two most important people. That is until Shikamaru had a son. Then a new person was added to that list but for an entirely different reason.

Shikadai was almost a carbon copy of his dad like his father before him.

From the day he was born, Mirai had been a near constant companion. They'd play, they'd come over to each other's houses and were close friends.

As they got older, things changed. The Nara curse of laziness set it on Shikadai. Of course that didn't mean they didn't hang out, it just wasn't as energetic. They played Shogi, which Mirai was surprised to find the younger boy could best her at. Shikamaru had done the same thing to her for years. Of course he did the same thing to her dad apparently and his own father always beat him.

Mirai was thirteen and Shikadai was ten when they first decided to play it together.

Shikadai looked to her, "Hey Mirai. Will you play Shogi with me?" he asked.

She smiled at him, "Sure. Why the sudden interest?" she returned.

He scratched the back of his head, "Dad showed me it. I tried playing against him but he kept beating me. So I wanna try against someone else." he answered.

The two sat across from each other trying to decide their move. Mirai was winning for the first couple minutes, then Shikadai started taking her pieces like crazy.

The game was over pretty quickly, leaving a happy Shikadai and an irritated Mirai.

She looked down at the board, "Like father, like son." she mumbled.

Then she grinned, "Let's try this again." she challenged.

He nodded in return and they played another game. This turned into several rematches that all ended in the young Nara's victory. Along the way, Mirai stopped really being mad. She chose instead to be encouraging to her friend.

She had to admit that she enjoyed watching his expressions change as he made each move and his smirk that grew every time his strategy was successful. There was something oddly cute about it. She had no doubt he'd be a good looking young man one day.

She stopped her thoughts, 'Did I just think about little Shikadai that way?" she asked herself in her head.

Shikadai noticed that she wasn't really paying attention, "Do you wanna stop?" he asked.

She blushed, "Uh...yeah! Let's go get something to eat." she suggested.

He looked confused, "Um...okay." he agreed.

A little something, celebrating the fact that Mirai is officially Shikadai’s mentor/master.

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More shipart! for @miramais99tigers I need to get a life...

Mira x Daichi