When I moved in with the Iga clan, I wasn't sure what to expect. I didn't know that they lived in an old Senju garrison, but- they do. There's almost no sign that the garrison used to be a Senju garrison either- it's all covered in tapestries and soft pallets to sit in. No Senju clan symbols anywhere. That said, I can't say I've seen the Iga clan symbol. Or maybe… I just haven't noticed it?
When we moved in, we got to pick any room in the fort we wanted to stay in, all four of us- I thought for sure they'd make us use the old bunkroom, but that's actually a stillroom now.
I was still- raw, from… the Tenth, so- so I was kind of rude, and I said- no, I was very rude. I demanded the Tower room.
Kirara is- hard for me to describe. It's not that she's easy to ignore- it's that she's hard to notice. She doesn't really have toys or anything like that- none of them do. When I demanded her room, I honestly didn't realize that she lived in it; I just thought it was a weird offshoot of the library.
It wasn't. It was Kirara's room. Which… makes more sense than I'd realized at the time. That girl- I swear, if she had wings, she'd fly away.
I got a room I'm pretty sure used to be a storage room, but- it's. Really nice. I can put everything I still- have- onto shelves, and… and I know that there's no one here who's going to try and… do anything. To me.
I'm glad Yayoi talked me out of trying for jonin right now- even if could do it right now, it makes more sense. Not to.
Even so- I don't think I've ever seen Itachi cry. Not like he did when Yayoi told him what would have to happen for the Iga clan to help the Uchiha clan like they wanted to. I've never seen Itachi hug anyone- not even his mother- quite the way he hugged Yayoi. Obito grabbed my arm and took me from the room, Raiko on his heels. Sasuke was in Kirara's arms, and all of us left Fort Iga and settled on the beach by their run-off pond.
I'm glad. Itachi and Yayoi- there's something between them, something I don't think I've seen before. They deserve their time together, like this- as they are, now.
They won't get very much of it, I'm afraid.