Later that week, Kane was stuck with baby sitting duty. He had taken Tatsu and Mako to the park, where they had gone to the monuments after getting ice cream.
"What's this statue of Kane-san?" Tatsu asked.
Peering up, the Chunnin replied.
"This here is a monument to the late Team 10.
They weren't killed, but after the last one of them had died, the Hokage had the monument constructed so they could be remembered."
"Way to go Grandpa!" Mako giggled.
"Yes,"
Kane said, scooping Mako up and sitting her on his shoulders
"That was very nice of Grandpa Naruto, wasn't it?"
"Well well, what have we here?"
The trio spun around and were greeted by the grinning face of an eleven year old girl with a backpack.
"Cari-chan!"
Mako squealed and grabbed the girl in a bear-hug.
Katsu sighed
"Girls . . ."
Kane chuckled
"Cari, what are you doing in Konaha? Aren't you attending the Academy in Suna?"
The young girl looked up through brown bangs into Kane's white eyes.
"I am, but we have vacation right now. So mum sent me here to visit Aunt Mika."
"Alright, that's good to know. Her baby's due in a few months, so she needs all the help she can get."
"Would you like to join us for a picnic lunch?"
The group sat down under the big elm tree in the center of the park and sat in silence for several minutes.
It was Mako who broke the silence.
"Daddy, what happened to Jin-sama?"
Kane turned, startled by her question.
"What do you mean?"
Mako looked uncomfortable, like she was trying to decide what words to choose.
"Well, why does she look like she's our age? Tatsu said that she told him she's over 120 years old."
Kane nodded,
"That's true, she is over 120 year old."
"You mean the girl in the teal robes?"
Mako piped up, before continuing.
"I've seen her; she's visited Suna a couple times."
"How did she get all those scars?"
Cari turned to Mako, surprised.
"What scars?"
Mako looked at Kane, who nodded briefly.
"It was before Chizo was born. I forget where, but we were at a gathering of some kind and someone spilled sake all over her robes. She went upstairs to change, and I followed her to make sure she wouldn't get lost, cuz it was a big house. Anyway, she had left the door open a crack and from what I could see, she was covered from head to toe in scars and stitches. What happened to her?"
Kane sighed sadly.
He gazed out over the park, at the monuments and forests that made Konaha the wonderful place it was.
"I had been hoping you would ask when you were older. Do you really want to know?"
Tatsu, Mako, and Cari all nodded their heads silently, eyes on Kane.
He sighed again.
"Alright, I'll tell you what I know. Your mother's going to kill me when she found out I told you."