Naruto remained asleep.
Something nonetheless happened, as Naruto's hand snapped out and grabbed the hand holding that knife while it was still six inches from his chest.
Then Naruto closed that hand. Bones that were not Naruto's made very disturbing noises.
The thugs were well aware that their target was still asleep. That his eyes were still closed. That he was standing up.
They were aware of his eyes opening. Red slitted eyes.
Then they were aware of pain.
"Did you hear that?" asked Sakura.
"It's just Naruto screaming again," said Sasuke tiredly. "I thought he'd stopped that at least."
"It's stopped now," pointed out Sakura. "It didn't sound quite the same."
"Hmph, concentrate on the exercises," said Sasuke. "We can actually do something about the training."
"Right," said Sakura, concentrating on this meant not having to check on Naruto with bones and tendons shifting around under the skin. Yes, much better to be helping Sasuke improve his skills.
Kakashi, despite hobbling along at a snail's pace, was actually the first to check on Naruto. He did so in the morning, when the pain from his depleted chakra was at a low ebb.
The scene which greeted his eyes was a little concerning.
There had been apparently four or five attackers. The exact number being a little uncertain as there were body parts missing. Most of the pieces remaining were, in a most concerning part of this scene, neatly stacked up. There were only four heads though, so that was probably the accurate count.
Weapons were another neat pile. A small pile of senbon, three long-knives, a large axe, two belt-knives, one of those six-tools-combo things, a strangle-wire, and a spork.
He really wasn't sure why the spork was on top of the weapons. File that under 'possibly concerning as well' for now.
Oh, and one of the knives looked as if it had been crumpled up and then straightened. Stress lines in the metal.
The blood was a trifle concerning too. As there wasn't nearly enough of it. This was even more concerning than if there had been too much of it.
POP! went something inside Naruto, causing a number of twitches.
Kakashi considered all the possibilities of this scene and slowly backed away. He hoped someone would be dispatched from Konoha soon who could look this all over and tell him what was going on. He was not at all used to not knowing what was going on.
Hinata kept from activating the Byakugan, remembering Kurenai-sensei's warning. If she kept turning it on, she'd deplete her chakra.
"I know, Akamaru," said Kiba nearby. "We got to use a boat though. No other way to do it."
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