"Omakes" are those random extra stories that you get after the end credits in an anime episode. For more information on this omake, go to or just google "multiculturalpedia". There are some pretty strange baby teeth customs out there...

Omake!

Before Gai could boast further about his "victory," Kakashi leapt into a low branch of a tree and started the journey back to the village. Now all he had to do was throw it under the house.

But when he got home, he realized that there was a problem. He lived with his dad in an apartment… but surely the whole building couldn't be called his home? Kakashi thought that one out a bit, then nodded and took out one of his kunai.

Sukumo found him about a half hour later, cheerfully ripping up a portion of the carpet in his room. He watched for a moment then rubbed his face wearily.

"Kakashi, I assume you have a good reason for destroying your carpet?"

Kakashi looked up without an ounce of guilt. "Yep! Look, Dad!" The younger Hatake pulled down his mask and grinned wide, revealing the new gap in his smile.

Sukumo blinked and decided not to mention the telltale bruising around his son's jaw that was just beginning to turn purple. "Oh, it came out today, did it?

"Yep! I did what you thold me to do, Dad. I got creative!" Kakashi grinned and Sukumo coughed to hide his laugh at the new lisp in his son's voice. Kakashi continued hacking at the carpet with his kunai until a worn wooden floorboard was revealed.

"You still haven't answered my question, son."

Kakashi looked back up, a bemused frown crinkling his brow. "I'm planting my tooth, like you're supposed to."

"What?"

"You know. If it's a lower tooth it goes on the roof; if it's an upper one, under the house. I didn't think the landlord would like it if I started digging though—plus we don't really live in the whole building—so I'm putting it here."

Sukumo opened his mouth and then shut it, scratching the back of his head. "Ah, well…" He noticed the familiar stubborn glint in Kakashi's eyes and sighed in defeat. "Let me get you a hammer instead. You'll ruin the flooring with that kunai."

Kakashi looked with unconcern at the floor, blissfully unaware of things like landlords and damage to property. "So?"

Sukumo changed tracks. "You'll ruin your kunai hacking away like that."

"Oh!" Kakashi hurriedly laid aside the ninja weapon and shot to his feet. "Let's get that hammer then!"

He scurried out of his room, and Sukumo eyed the damage to the carpet with a sigh. "He still has a lot of teeth left. Perhaps I should switch to tatami mats."