The turtle waited with an open mouth after his declaration, staring back at him, completely undaunted by his bewilderment.

Of course a successful message delivery should be rewarded with a sweet. Obito's status was inconsequential to the tiny turtle. All that mattered was that his contract-holder Gai had asked for the message to be sent and he had! Hmph!

His small mouth finally closed and he seemed to frown at Obito. "Sweet, please!" He extended his neck as he opened his little mouth this time. This was very simple. Perhaps he had to repeat it. Maybe the Hokage did not have very good hearing.