"Third Generation, these people saved our village—and me. That proves they came with good intentions. Don't let their goodwill turn to anger."
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded. "Just focus on recovering." Then he picked up Biwako Sarutobi and Tianlu and took them to Ninja Hospital.
Kushina leaned on Minato Namikaze for support. "Let's go home, Kushina."
At the mention of home, Kushina remembered Naruto was still there!
She hurried home and found Naruto asleep in his cradle.
"Naruto, my precious child. Mommy won't be so careless again."
Naruto slept soundly, undisturbed by the noise.
Minato put an arm around his wife's shoulders. "I'm sorry you had such a scare, Kushina. I'll work hard to become stronger and protect you and our child."
Kushina had only just regained some strength. She leaned against Minato and nodded.
She'd been terrified today, thinking she'd never see her child again. She hadn't expected people from the Other World to save her.
One of them was even the Minato from the Other World. They'd said that in his world, Kushina wouldn't give birth to Naruto for another month.
What a strange thing—a world exactly like their own.
"Minato, they saved our lives. If you get the chance, try to repay them."
Minato understood, of course, but now that he was Hokage, some things that had once been simple had become difficult.
Still, he would do his best. "All right. I promise."
Night passed, and hardly anyone in Konoha slept.
How could anyone sleep with the Nine-Tails appearing in the village?
Early the next morning, the villagers flocked to the area the Nine-Tails had damaged the night before.
Every house in the area had suffered some degree of damage, and the ground was riddled with trenches.
Yet no one had been killed, and no reports of deaths had