A little while later.
Daiyue brought his friends to the Hospital Room to see Little Mikoto, but Dave left Fugaku outside the door.
"...What's wrong, Uncle...?" Fugaku swallowed as he looked at Dave blocking the doorway.
"Nothing. Didn't you want to learn Fire Release? Come on, I'll help you practice."
"No need, Uncle, no need! I think I'm fine just using Taijutsu!"
"Now, that won't do. Come on, let your uncle help you practice."
"Ah!"
"Daiyue, will Fugaku be okay?" Kagami's son, Uchiha Suimon, swallowed as he watched Dave drag Fugaku away.
"...He should be fine. My father knows how hard to hit..." Daiyue shook his head helplessly. He hoped so, anyway.
After his friends finished visiting Little Mikoto, Daiyue received a call from his older brother Orochimaru.
"Hello, Big Brother Orochimaru. What's up?" Daiyue answered the phone and asked, puzzled.
"Is Aunt Tsukimi all right?" Orochimaru asked with concern.
"She's fine. I have a little sister now. Her name is Meiko Senju."
"Good, as long as Aunt Tsukimi is all right. Oh, and if you have time, come over to the Experimental School. Let's run another experiment on that last ninjutsu research project," Orochimaru continued, relieved to hear that Tsukimi was fine.
"Sure, no problem."
Meanwhile, Dave, the good villager who helped children practice ninjutsu, finished helping Fugaku with his training, then returned to the hospital to look after Tsukimi. Once he was sure she was all right, he went to Uzumaki Nanako's home.
"Nanako," Dave called, knocking gently on the door.
"Oh, Dave, you're here! Come in!" Uzumaki Nanako exclaimed in surprise, quickly inviting him inside.
"Where's Akai? Isn't he home?" Dave glanced around and asked, puzzled.
Akai, that red Watermelon Head, had gotten together with Nanako a few years earlier. After marrying, the two had bought