“Huh, this place is duller than I thought it’d be.”
Casually strolling into the Uchiha District, with Shiho beside him, granted them a lot of attention. Not that they were blatantly looking in their direction, but the occasional glance was enough to spell it out. Clearly, people randomly wandering into their own personal area wasn’t the norm. They still seemed like normal people. There were a few young kids around playing while some women were gossiping with each other. Some other Uchiha stood around talking quietly with their friends while some elderly folk just watched as daily life went on as normal.
Meanwhile, some Uchiha Police members even patrolled this area of the village. Like most of their nearby clan members, they were easily able to pick up on the presence of another unwelcome guest up above. Fortunately for them, they weren’t deemed much of a threat to be worth anymore of their attention. Uchiha like one Yashiro Uchiha were simply busy with other matters pertaining to the village. On the outside, they had taken it as an honor to be in charge of security for the chūnin exams that would also all five Kage present. Any mishap or oversight could potentially lead to all out war between villages, especially if an accident were to happen to any of the Kage present. That’s what also made it such a great opportunity internally. Even if the Police Force had grown to become more strict in recent times, the villagers needed to know they could be trusted, if they didn’t already.
“Heh, I bet that witch in the Hyūga must be struggling to craft up another spell to save her relevancy again.”
Snickering to himself, Yashiro was mumbling about none other than the Hyūga Head. As one of the only clans that dared to rival the Uchiha in notoriety, the Hyūga was seen as potential threat that could not go unnoticed to him. Even so, the Uchiha made moves even without consideration of the other clans. For example, the Uchiha Police Force has grown to begin slowly expanding their range of protection to even other areas of the Land of Fire. Other nearby towns were starting to see more and more Uchiha in leadership positions. Being under the protection of a famed clan such as the Uchiha certainly added a specific layer of fear into the minds of any potential lowly scum seeking to try any underhanded tactics.
Even the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire approved of the expansion. The elder man going as far to suggest that an Uchiha should join the ranks of the Twelve Guardian Ninja. They were essentially the bodyguards directly under the Feudal Lord. The offer was still on the table as most of the notable Uchiha has their own priorities at the moment. Perhaps someone from the generation could prove their merit suit. Senshu’s brat seemed to have the most talk around him. Even Lord Fugaku seemed to faith in that boy. Hopefully, Raiku wouldn’t let them down.
Walking towards the entrance of the district to head out into the village, Yashiro passed by a pair of young genin who appeared to have wandered into their district. Ironically, the teenage girl just so happened to be a Hyūga. A little spy sent in by the Witch of the Leaf maybe? This girl didn’t have the reputation of being all that bright, so Yashiro would give Hinagiku credit if this was her choice. More suspiciously, the boy she was walking with looked oddly familiar. Like someone he knew a long time ago. He couldn’t quite put his finger on it and assumed it was just his mind playing tricks on him. Only one who knew the darkness could see it lurking like a shadow in the black eyes of the boy. It was a stark contrast to the shameless man who seemed to focus more on the women coming home with him than being a dignified member of the Uchiha clan. Fools who lived off their privileges always ended up on the wrong side of the ground. That was almost always a constant.
“Watch where you’re looking, old man. I don’t want you to break your back looking down on us.”
Having noticed the older ash-grey haired Uchiha was eyeing both Shiho and him, Kiro made sure to warn the man to watch where he was looking. Yashiro’s calm expression twisted ever so slightly as he heard the disrespectful comment. After seeing Mist symbol on the forehead protector the boy wore, Yashiro turned his gaze to the white-eyed girl.
“Listen little lady, you’d be wise to tell your friend with the attitude their to watch his tone before I throw him in a cell for disturbing the peace. As a Hyūga, you yourself should know the guidelines set by the police force, so I won’t hesitate to throw you in if I must. A separate cell, of course. If Hinagiku has an issue with that, she can take it up with me. Don’t cause any more trouble here, you got that?”
After making his stern warning clear to Shiho, the Uchiha left them alone. Honestly, Kiro found it a bit funny the man got tilted over what he said and snickered quietly when Yashiro left. That Uchiha was the one looking at them suspiciously in the first place. People got jumped for looking at someone the wrong way where he grew up. However, Kiro more so didn’t like that Shiho seemed to receive some of the anger placed on her. Maybe that was because she was a Hyūga. Either way, that guy had to be all talk since he should know better than thinking he could just a arrest a foreign ninja without consequences. He made sure to let Shiho know as well as bring up someone he just remembered who was also another Uchiha full of shit.
“Apologies for that, Shiho. I doubt they’ll try anything on us. They’re really full of themselves as I suspected. Oh, yeah, and do you happen to know an Uchiha named Raiku?”
