{Somewhere in the Forest outside Konoha, Land of Fire}
{11:46 AM, 1st July 78 Yrs}
Hiroshi could feel both Gaara and Naruto staring at him, he walked towards both of them and grabbed onto their shoulders before focusing on the seal back at his original base.
The scenery shifted as he let go of the two Jinchuriki, he use Hiraishin to teleport back to a different seal as Gaara's sand tried to attack him, the sand was sluggish though not at all what he was expecting.
'Maybe it had something to do with the fact that he has exhausted all of his chakra reserves, and his chakra regeneration right now can't keep up his 24/7 defense.'
"So aren't you gonna introduce yourself," Hiroshi asked, as he made the cross-shaped hand-seal. His clone popped up beside him and walked to Naruto as it started healing him.
Naruto's face was marred with confusion as he saw the green glow in Hiroshi's clone's hands. The silence was awkward for a moment before Naruto spoke, "Where are we? Who are you?"
"Just a friend lending you guys a helping hand... I'll explain in a little bit but wait I need to save two more people," Hiroshi spoke.
Hiroshi focused and then teleported back to Konoha, he selected a seal that was around 100 m away from Kankuro and Temari. He looked around and found Sakura supporting Sasuke as Pakun was sniffing around the area from where he snatched up Naruto and Gaara. Realizing that both Temari and Kankuro were unattended, Hiroshi teleported to them gathering everyone's attention.
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"Wait where did you take-" Sakura shouted but Hiroshi ignored her and grabbed Temari and Kankuro before he teleported back.
Hiroshi's sudden arrival alerted Naruto and Gaara who were now able to move a little, the Jinchuriki regeneration was really something else, in 3 minutes Naruto and Gaara went from basically paralyzed to being able to move around.
"Hey chill out, look I got presents for you," Hiroshi waved towards Temari and Kankuro, Temari growled at being called a present but Hiroshi ignored the two of them.
"What do you want?" This time it was Gaara who spoke, he looked a little dazed at the number of things happening, first, he lost to Naruto, then Naruto refused to kill him instead he accepted him as a friend, and then 'Jun' suddenly appeared and kidnapped both him and Naruto. His jutsu was weird too, he was too fast for his eyes to follow, and now that he was low on the sand the situation was a little dire, though he was using whatever chakra he got to form sand beneath him.
"I don't want anything, I was just doing my regular rounds checking up on Naruto when I heard some rumors about Orochimaru's plan to attack Konoha in the black market" Hiroshi shrugged, his words drawing out more confusion from the 4 of them, he didn't want to risk freeing Temari and Kankuro, no matter if they were genin there was no point underestimating them.
After pondering for a bit he made another clone who went up to Temari and Kankuro both of them were still lying in a heap, the clone tore the Paralysis seal that was slapped to their chest. He was running a bit low on chakra so he dismissed the clone as Temari and Kankuro rushed to stand between Hiroshi and Gaara.
"Calm down calm down, you are not going anywhere without my help anyway," Hiroshi tried to defuse the situation but Temari and Kankura started pulling out Kunai from their pouches, "... alright, sit down, we are currently in the Land of Hot water if you want to run away with Gaara then you would have to rush back to Suna which will take you at least 6-7 days. You guys are not in a condition to go through that, so why don't you heal up, and then you can leave?" Hiroshi calmly offered but Temari immediately shouted at him refuting his statement.
"That's bullshit, just now we were outside Konoha, and neither of us fainted so there was no way you could have taken us that far away, Suna's forces surround Konoha, they may even find us any second..." She tried to show a triumphant look as her eyes danced around the area searching through the surroundings.
"Well...ummm you can try to leave if you want, the three of you, I just had to get you out of Konoha, by the time you go back Suna should have stabilized and you three would be safe..." Hiroshi shrugged before he turned to Naruto.
"I'll take you back to Konoha later today, it is chaotic right now with Orochimaru attacking Konoha," Hiroshi said to Naruto before he stood up, he walked up to his water collection system and filled a bottle with some fresh water before throwing it towards Naruto.
"But I want to go back now, I can help!" Naruto shouted but he stumbled, his body was running on fumes as the exhaustion from having the Kyuubi's chakra running through his system.
"You can't even walk," Hiroshi gave him an 'Are-you-an-idiot' look.
"What do you mean Suna should have stabilized by then?" Temari asked again, it seems she took the lead in asking the questions for the trio, Hiroshi didn't actually want them to leave.
"Well Orochimaru killed your father, the Fourth Kazekage, so Suna is in a bit of a mess right now, plus if Konoha managed to capture you three, then Suna would have to pay a lot more for the peace treaty which would break Suna's economy leading to another war in 3-5 years." Hiroshi hammered each point with a casual look, the trio froze as each of them went through different expressions.
Even Naruto quietened down as Temari turned away, she was the oldest of the trio and probably the only one who remembered her father before her mother died. It was all conjecture on Hiroshi's part but he knew there was some truth to that when Kunkaro turned to give her a concerned look.
"But that's not the only reason right?" Gaara asked, his face was still emotionless but he stepped up in front of Temari and Kankuro, and a burst of sand appeared from under his feet flowing freely all around him.
"No..." the tension in the room increased as the trio get ready for a fight again, "I wanted to see how much Suna fucked up when they tried to seal the Ichibi into you and to see if I can fix your seal."
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