By the time they got home, it was already late...
Tsukimi had been worried sick. She had even called Mito and Jiaoyue over... If Mikoto hadn't come back when she did, all three of them would have gone out looking...
After they heard Mikoto's explanation...
A little later...
"Oh, Father, you're here too, huh?"
"Yes."
"Uncle."
"You're here too, Dave."
"Father."
"Here you are."
Father and son knelt on the floor alongside Hashirama and Tobirama...
"Uncle, why are you kneeling here too?" Dave asked Hashirama.
"Well, I went to the internet cafe with Madara earlier. We got carried away and started fighting, and flattened everything for miles around the place. Hmph! So what if I couldn't afford the damages? Nine-Tails actually reported me! And Kagami Uchiha! I'm his teacher, his very own teacher! He actually wanted to lock me up! Then... he notified Mito to come bail me out... And then... I ended up kneeling here..." Hashirama swung between agitation and indignation as he spoke...
"What about you, Father?" After a moment of silence, Dave turned to Tobirama.
"I was doing an experiment and blew up Kage Rock," Tobirama said flatly, as though someone else had done it.
"And you? What did you blow up?" Dave shook his head helplessly and turned to his son.
"Apparently, yesterday was Valentine's Day or something. Big Brother Jiraiya asked me to use Flying Thunder God to go to his house, pick up a present, and deliver it to Big Sister Tsunade... Who knew... the box he put the present in looked just like the one he usually kept his underwear in... And then... well... after Big Sister Tsunade pulled a pair of underwear out of the box... she chased Big Brother Jiraiya through six streets, trying to kill him... The whole village was