Though some things didn't set well with him, even considering how vanishingly brief the life of these young upstart gods were - much less the campfire sparks of "mortal" lifespans.
So, when he saw something that struck him as being particularly unfair and unhumorous, well, could you really blame him for manipulating things just a tad?
Though he had made a teenie-tiny mistake in the relative time rates. Almost unnoticeable with everything else going on really.
"Two hours of this nonsense," grumbled Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage as he entered his office. "Eh? What's this?"
A box on his desk, with a few of the Fourth's weapons?
Below that a slip of paper?
Moving the box, the Third Hokage could see the resemblence to the seals that the Fourth used for his own technique. The design was a little more complicated and had two boundaries. The little crackling spark was different too.
Not exactly slow on the uptake, the Third put the seal out on the floor and started clearing a space.
The crackle became a circle, which became a dome, which suddenly flashed.
"That did it!" said someone who resembled Hinata Hyuga, though she was a little taller and had longer hair and was wearing some unfamiliar clothes and carrying a SWORD?!
"Quick, everyone off the seal!" said someone who looked like a slightly taller Naruto except that Naruto's hair was longer and his clothes were REALLY unfamiliar. "I've got to go back!"
The large group of unfamiliar people hurried out of the circle which was already forming again.
"Can someone explain all this to me?" asked the Hokage, fixing Hinata with his gaze in particular.
"Well, we've got ten minutes for the round trip," said Hinata with a nod. "Yes, Hokage, we have time, but we'll need to get medic-nin and some jonin in here - just in case something comes through WITH Naruto."
"These are people from the Promenade, a village which was being overrun by its enemies when Naruto was able to perform his Teleport Jutsu," said Hinata as the wounded were being checked. Despite the differences in species, wounds were still wounds. There were curious ones watching from a distance, but the street was mostly clear as this latest weirdness from Naruto played out.
"So they were attacked by a rival ninja group?" asked the Hokage. "I see burns, stab wounds - signs of a ninja battle."
"They use different forms of ninjutsu," explained Hinata.
"You were gone three hours here, how long were you there?" asked the Hokage next.
"Eh? But - we were there over a month," said Hinata, looking around as the idea penetrated. "Close to two. Though it was hard to tell. We spent most of that time underground."
crackle
The Third Hokage looked up at the window of his office as light flickered. "Looks like he's on the way back."
"It'll probably take four trips to get everyone out," admitted Hinata.
"This could be a problem," said the Hokage as one of the strangers walked up.
"We were told you take missions for money," said the stranger, holding up a brick of gold. "Can we talk?"
"I think, perhaps, we can," admitted the Hokage, "rescuing refugees IS a valid mission usually."
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