Grandfather!?
Gengetsu studied the boy before him, who clearly bore the features of the Hozuki Clan, and asked in disbelief, "Then you're Angetsu's..."
"Hozuki Angetsu was my father. I'm your grandson, Suigetsu!"
"I died young. How did Angetsu die?" Gengetsu asked.
Suigetsu said sadly, "Father sacrificed himself for the village, leaving me and my older brother..."
"You have an older brother, too??" Gengetsu exclaimed.
"Yes. Hozuki Mangetsu, formerly one of Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. But he died a long time ago..." Suigetsu said despondently.
Gengetsu's heart ached at that. "Ah, my poor grandsons..."
Suigetsu looked pitiful. "Grandfather, I'm so glad I could meet you..."
Strictly speaking, relatives separated by a generation who had never met would not share particularly deep feelings. Younger people might feel attached to their elders, but for elders toward their juniors, this was practically a rule...
That was right. A clever boy like Suigetsu had his own little scheme!
The shinobi world is so dangerous now. With Grandfather Gengetsu here, we'll finally have someone backing us. Then, if I build a good relationship with Naruto Uzumaki on top of that, won't I be set for life? I'm such a genius...
Gengetsu had never expected to meet his own grandson after death, a boy he had never seen in life. Tears streamed down his aged face. "I have no regrets. Truly, no regrets now. Suigetsu, I'm so glad I could meet you. Now I can finally return to the Elysian Pure Land in peace..."
Whoosh!!
White soul-light enveloped Gengetsu's body!
Suigetsu panicked. "W-wait...!"
Whoosh!!
Gengetsu's soul left the living sacrifice and ascended into the sky!
"Take care of yourself, Suigetsu. Your grandfather will be going on ahead..."
"Grandfather, h-how could you just leave...!!!"
Suigetsu slapped his backside and stamped his feet.
*How could this