A/N: First and foremost, I would like to send a formal apology out to Hidan for not including the obvious in the previous installment, for that chapter was written and released long before its writer was aware of your pwnsome existence. And to answer your question...no. She says to thank you for your generous offer, but she definitely cannot accept 'a first class ticket to hell via Air F-ing Impalement' at this given time.

I-I

A particularly distinctive trend in the 'Naruto' series is the obvious lack of cherished family values. Save Yamanaka Ino, there is not one main character who leads, to this day, a normal home life. There are even a few unfortunate souls whose assumingly-existent families aren't even given an honorable mention throughout the entire duration of the series, such as Rock Lee, Tenten, and even our very own Haruno Sakura.

Eighty percent of the rookie characters' mothers never appear on screen / page.

Several other relatives of the series' protagonists / supporting cast are portrayed with highly unfavorable behavior, such as Hinata's father's unfatherly disposition, Shikamaru's father's languorousness and his mother's frighteningly unstable dual-personality, Kiba's mother's outbursts of unwarranted violence, and Sasuke's brother's...problems.

Upon hearing the words 'warm and inviting', the Hyuuga clan isn't exactly the first family to come to mind.

Upon hearing the words 'alive and well', the Uchiha clan isn't there either.

Temari, Kankurou, and Gaara's father wasn't at all hesitant to order the destruction of his own son. Did either sibling lift a finger to protect their youngest brother, even as they got older? I think not.

Chouji's father is a glutton.

Shikamaru's father is a drunk.

And Kiba's house is just chock-full of bitches, isn't it?

The canines.

...I was referring to the canines.

The point I'm trying to convey is that it IS, in fact, possible to record the positive side of family relations without the character's backstory becoming all family-centric. Showing a character's home life gives them depth and purpose; the same kind of sympathy we got with the Hyuuga clan, but in a way that wouldn't depress the hell out of us. We want to see healthy family relations for once, Kishimoto! Would it really be so terrible to see Sasuke and Itachi go on a fishing trip together? Or to have Hiashi and Neji have an uncle-nephew night out at the movies? There must be a logical reason why Kishimoto Masashi seems to discriminate against his characters having sane relatives...

...it makes us wonder what his family must be like.