"Seems Mother is asleep." Midoriko muttered. "So it would appear." Ahatake replied and they walked out the door.
"Father why is acquiring such power so hard?" She asked looking slightly down.
"I'm sorry. Because your my kid, you seem to be resistant to my spiritual pressure, so you haven't obtained Hollow powers like Akiko."
"But Akiko's your sister." She replied.
"My half-sister. And we didn't grow up together so she wasn't attuned to me. You were my favorite and I spent more time with you when you were a baby than Tai and and your mother vice-versa."
"Oh." She yawned a bit. "Father doesn't the air feel uneasy?"
"A bit, but what could possibly go wrong?"