Before Sakura headed home, she and, quite surprisingly, Kakashi accompanied Shisui to the station. The older shinobi had said screw it to any kind of protocol, left the hospital undetected, and met with Fugaku-san, telling him that they had returned from a mission that had landed Shisui in the hospital. The man has stared wordlessly for a while, but eventually given a long exhale and told his nephew that he was glad he had come home to his family.

Then he scowled at Sakura.

'Well, technically I didn 't lie, Fugaku-san. I

was

with Shisui all day yesterday, ' she had said and, for good measure, hugged the Uchiha Head and apologized.

Kakashi almost choked on his spit when Fugaku-san smiled at her and she gave him a

'See? Told you he 's the best '

kind of look.