It's strange. I never thought I'd like anywhere in the village as much as the Uchiha district, but the Iga clan's home- it's really a fort- is… wonderful. They've got this weird setup where the kitchen is almost it's own separate house from the bedrooms, and a library, and a study- which none of us are allowed into, ever. They also started sleeping in different parts of the house recently, which is new. I remember when our team got the mission to watch them, they all slept in one room, together. Now, Kirara sleeps in the top room of the Tower, Raiko sleeps in one of the side-rooms near the woods, and Yayoi has their old room.
Heh, the scar Raiko gave me still tingles sometimes. Usually right before a thunderstorm…
They have this… lake-thing? It's like a reservoir, but not- too small. Anyway, it's got all this sand on one side, with these huge boulders plopped down together, like discarded peanut shells. I go out there at night and sit, and I watch the stars move on the water. It's really… peaceful.
When I was little, my Aunt and Uncle took me to the beach. It was… I think that was the happiest time I ever spent with them. When I sit out there on those rocks, I can remember it better than anything else. I think- I think that's what I want to remember about my clan, my family- not our accomplishments, but that feeling I had on the beach when I was just a kid.