The young man at the southern gate this morning couldn't help but raise his eyebrow as he leaned against the little booth that served more as an info guide to the 'public' side of the Yamanaka compound. Uchiha Miroru, walking up to the gate like a normal person? The others were not going to believe this.
With his blonde hair and blue eyes, he might have looked like any other Yamanaka, but this morning's 'guard' was less androgynous than many of his kin, and perhaps one of the physically largest members. The red tips of his hair also helped him stand out from the crowd of mainly blonde mindwalkers of Konoha, being none other than Yamanaka Daisuke.
"You know, I think someone somewhere just won a bet with long odds," Daisuke said with a snort,
"Uchiha Miroru coming through the gate like a normal visitor was not on my bingo card. It's nothin' serious, just opened up some of the apartments for the village to rent, so we gotta be around for the future newer residents who might need help."
The three storey apartment complex was the newest and largest building in the clan compound, and really at this point in time the clan itself wasn't big enough to need them all, the project had been a future proofing initiative. But renting them out would help recoup the funds lost in building it, plus it would bring more income to the clan stores as well. Not that Daisuke cared too much personally, not like the old folks did.
"Kiddo's prolly at the training grounds right now," he jerked his thumb in the direction of their clan's personal training area, fully expecting Miroru to take off in her usual fashion now,
"though if you could draw a mustache on one of the fox statues in the maze on your way, that'd be great. Will win me a bet with Hayate."
In the training grounds, Itsuki paused as he felt a familiar burning chakra approach, his attention turning towards the south gate of the compound while tugging on a forelock in thought. He
could try and come up with a prank for Miroru for when she got here, slow as she seemed to be going for some reason, but the question was what?
Eh... it was too early in the morning, and Mi-chi was usually the best source of their pranks anyway, he couldn't out trick Tricky Mikki unless he brought his A game. Instead he folded himself up on the nearest large rock and focused on the flow of his chakra for a bit, waiting to see what she would do.
If he can't outfox her, he could at least be ready for whatever she had ready.