"What if someone was born with different colors in a tribe? Recessive genes?" Gai couldn't imagine being separated by coloring. He'd still have his whole team, but Kakashi... Kakashi wouldn't have been a part of his life, and that seemed empty indeed. Beyond that, there were far more dark-haired people than anyone else in his country. Where would the very few pink-haired people go? Would they have one tiny village, a few huts?

Gai sighed. "So as long as he is here he is missing something that is important. I see. I am missing part of what makes me who I am, but it is not crucial. It is something I can live without."