"Whoever you are, I don't appreciate this sort of 'joke.'" The polite smile faded from Kakashi's face.
"Hashirama" looked from Uchiha Gen to Kakashi and frowned in confusion. What gift? What were these two talking about?
Come to think of it, the eye this fellow kept covered was actually a Sharingan? If he remembered correctly, little Tsunade had mentioned that this man was a younger member of the Hatake Clan. Hmm—Hatake Kakashi?
"This isn't a joke. If you insist on having me spell it out, Obito Uchiha is still alive. As for me—"
Uchiha Gen grinned broadly. "Allow me to introduce myself again. My name is..."
Before he could finish, however, "Hashirama" clapped a hand over Uchiha Gen's mouth and whisked him away!
Kakashi was reeling. He wanted to grab the man responsible and demand an explanation, but the revelation was so shocking that his reaction lagged a beat. By the time he activated his Sharingan and searched the area, he found nothing. He hadn't even seen which direction the two had gone.
Only once there was no one nearby did "Hashirama" release Uchiha Gen. "What are you doing?" he asked gravely.
"Hmm... don't you think it's fun?" Uchiha Gen considered it for a moment, then smiled.
Without waiting for "Hashirama" to respond, Uchiha Gen glanced around and asked, "Anyway, where's your original?"
"Hashirama" instinctively started to answer, but suddenly swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue. Looking at Uchiha Gen, he had a bad feeling. "Why are you asking?"
At that reaction, Uchiha Gen mentally snapped his fingers. It seemed Konoha's current situation was pretty close to his guess. Tobirama appeared to have been busy with something else lately, Tsunade was at a meeting, and "Hashirama's" original hadn't come to see him in quite some time. Perhaps