then theres the possibility of a portal opening below naruto, and the frog rising form it. the smoke always explodes upwards so you never really SEE it, so its possible. and at the size gamabunta is, its not the speed of light, hell, its maybe 600MPH at BEST. i eman were not talking miles upon miles of distance traveled within half a second, were looking at maybe...1/4 a mile, gama isnt THAT big ya know. so in reality, thefastes hed need to move, is 8 miles a second, whereas the speed of light is three hundred MILLION.