It was time to head home from Konoha Kindergarten.
"Obito, who's picking you up today?" Kakashi asked, looking at Obito grinning foolishly beside him.
"No idea. I think my great-grandfather went up to heaven last night too, so who knows? Either my grandmother or my great-grandmother," Obito said with a helpless shrug.
"For me, it'll probably be my mom," Kakashi said after some thought. His grandparents had died long ago, and his dad was always skulking around in ANBU, nowhere to be seen.
"My old man went up to heaven, and my brother's in ANBU too. Same here," Asuma Sarutobi said flatly from beside them.
"My dad went up to heaven too, damn it," Hidan said with a chuckle.
"Hehe, youth! My father's out hauling bricks with my grandfather to earn money! I'm going to find them now too!" Guy's teeth flashed brilliantly.
"My dad definitely won't come. He's the Hokage," Mitsuki said with a shrug.
"I think Kakashi's dad killed my mom and dad..." Sasori said, lowering his head sadly.
Between the Seven Beasts of Burden, they couldn't scrape together even one dad to pick them up...
"Ahem, Sasori, I sincerely apologize on my father's behalf." Kakashi knew about this too. His father had told him some of his experiences... He hurried over to Sasori and bowed to him.
"It's okay... I don't remember them anyway... And I know what happened back then. It was during the war. I understand." Sasori nodded dejectedly, then forced a smile.
"It's fine, Sasori. Your parents are just dead, right? Mitsuki's dad and grandpa can get them back for you. Connections, you know? I get how it works. All those elders have some ties to each other," Obito said with a smile.
"Really?!" Though Little Scorpion said he didn't mind, he had never