Quote Originally Posted by DarthEnder View Post
Seems like an inaccurate manga to anime conversion to me.

In the manga, he's standing much closer to her and they make it a point not to show his hand.

http://read.mangashare.com/Naruto/ch...7/page008.html

Agreed, I just think he was going to teleport INTO the fight, not teleport something away from it.
Interesting theory. It looks like it could be an inaccurate conversion then.