Inside Naruto's apartment.
"Naruto, hitting people is wrong."
The Third Hokage bent down and wiped the flour from Naruto's face as he came out of the kitchen.
Naruto fixed his blue eyes on the Third Hokage, without a trace of wavering in them.
"But they were bullying my friend."
"That still doesn't make it right. They're people of the village too. Don't you want to become Hokage, little Naruto?
A Hokage should mediate in a situation like this, not resort to such aggressive measures.
Especially since you're about to start school. You absolutely can't behave like this then."
Remembering that snowy night three years ago, when the nine-tails chakra around Naruto had formed into a little fox's head, the Third Hokage couldn't feel at ease letting Naruto fight.
What if something happened?
Kushina herself had been an expert in Sealing Jutsu.
Yet even she had lost control several times after becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
So whenever Naruto got into a fight, the Third Hokage would pay him a visit.
The shift from reprimands to ordinary social calls had taken only one eruption of nine-tails chakra.
The Third Hokage had discovered that as long as Naruto wasn't provoked, the nine-tails chakra inside him remained calm.
The moment someone scolded Naruto, the nine-tails chakra inside him would stir.
Under those circumstances, the Third Hokage didn't dare speak harshly to Naruto either.
Fortunately, Naruto was a good boy.
Naruto thought to himself, Even the Code of Hammurabi was two thousand years ahead of your way of thinking.
He showed none of that outwardly, however, and simply nodded to the Third Hokage.
"I understand, Grandpa Third."
I'd do it again.
Naruto quickly changed the subject.
"Grandpa Third, would you like to try the steamed buns I made?"
The Third Hokage's eyes lit up.
When