Kiba and Shino's faces were etched with fear, their bodies still tense from the horror they had just witnessed. Beside them, however, Hinata was perfectly fine.
It was quite a scene to see. Even though Naruto was completely drenched in fresh blood, Hinata's cheeks still turned a warm pink the moment she looked at him.
Taking in the sight, Hinata inwardly thought, 'When did Naruto become so dominant?'
She nudged herself lightly, feeling shy just from watching him stand there.
Meanwhile, at Naruto's location, the dark-haired boy simply raised his hands.
CLAP. CLAP.
He clapped sharply, ordering his team to come to him. All eleven subjugated members, along with Sakura, stepped forward obediently.
Naruto looked at them and said, "I want to have a bath. You two ladies prepare a fan made of large leaves. You girl need to wash my clothes. You remaining all prepare a bath tub for me."
As he commanded this, everyone instantly set to work.
Two of the girls hurried to gather large leaves to create fans. The others worked together to build a sturdy bathtub out of wood and mud, quickly filling it with fresh water.
Right in the middle of the clearing, Naruto undressed himself. He stripped down until he was wearing only his underwear.
Seeing this from the bushes, Hinata felt a massive wave of shyness and quickly closed her eyes.
Kiba and Shino watched in total confusion. They thought, 'What's Naruto doing… Is he going to take bath before girls?'
The blood-soaked clothes Naruto had just taken off were passed to one of the less-than-average-looking girls. She immediately went to the edge of the camp and started washing the clothes to remove all the dark bloodstains.
Naruto reached the wooden bathtub and placed his hand against the water. He circulated his Yang fire, perfectly controlling the heat. Soon, the water began to vaporize, turning the cold bath into a luxurious hot spring.
Satisfied, Naruto stepped in to take a dip.
Two average-looking girls came to his sides and gently fanned him with the large leaves. The remaining members of his team formed a tight circle around the tub, guarding him like loyal soldiers.
Naruto rested his arms on the tub and ordered, "Hey, Sakura, come and massage my shoulders."
Sakura didn't argue. She walked over to Naruto and started massaging his tense shoulders.
As this surreal scene unfolded, Kiba and Shino were completely flabbergasted. They never expected something like this to happen right in front of their eyes.
They were watching Naruto enjoy very good treatment from the same teammates they had just fought to the point of near death.
Kiba and Shino thought bitterly, 'Fate is not fair.'
Well, fate is not fair… but if you have true ability, you can achieve something.
Suddenly, the bushes behind them moved. Hearing the sound, Kiba and Shino instantly went on high alert. Hinata immediately used her Byakugan to find out who was creeping up on them.
Before Kiba could react, a black shadow suddenly stretched toward him, binding him tightly to not let him make any noise. At the same time, Ino slipped out from the foliage and closed Hinata's mouth with her hand.
Shino, being a silent fellow, faced the sudden calamity with his usual silence and cool nature.
It was Shikamaru's team. Choji was sitting in the dirt, eating his chips with a deathly pale face, looking like he had seen something very dangerous. But he hadn't stopped eating, making only very small chewing sounds.
Shikamaru's face was also completely pale, which was entirely different from his usual relaxed nature. Looking at Kiba, he warned them that danger was near. "SHHHH."
Shikamaru then looked at Hinata and asked in a low, desperate voice, "Hinata, use Byakugan and see if any one is there near us or any one following my way."
Kiba, Hinata, and Shino got an instant picture. Shikamaru's team had fallen into serious danger. Something had made the genius Shikamaru feel true fear, which meant it was very dangerous.
Hearing his instructions, Ino took her hand away from Hinata's mouth.
Hinata focused her Byakugan, spreading her vision even more to scan the dense forest. Looking back at Shikamaru, she whispered, "At present no one is there near 1 km."
After hearing this, a massive wave of relief took over Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji.
All three sat down in the dirt and explained their horrific encounter with the Sand Village people.
Shikamaru's voice shook slightly. "That Sand Village man with his gourd on his back is a monster. I saw him killing four people crushing them with sand, even their bones not came out from it."
After saying it, all three members of Team 10 got a pale face again just from the memory.
Kiba and Shino shared a dark look.
Looking at Shikamaru, Kiba said, "We also saw a monster but it's none other than Naruto. He killed one torturing him, cut his both hands and legs and cut his head and for other one he crushed his head with his bare hand. I have never seen a gore scene like this."
After saying it, Kiba's face also grew a little dark.
Hearing this, Shikamaru frowned in disbelief. "Where is he and where are their bodies?"
Shikamaru simply did not believe that Naruto would do something so brutally gruesome.
Silently, Kiba parted the bushes and showed him exactly where Naruto was.
Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji looked in that direction. Instantly, they too got flabbergasted by the bizarre scene in front of them.
Right in front of them, Naruto was looking perfectly happy from the shoulder massage being done by Sakura. Beside him, two girls were fanning him, and the remaining members were guarding him.
But just some distance away from them lay the brutal truth. There were two severed hands, two legs, one head, one body with no arms, legs, or head, and one headless body. It was quite a gore scene, as their internal organs had come out from it somewhat.
But Ino did not stare at the bodies. Her eyes completely ignored the gore and glued themselves to Sakura and Naruto. Obviously, Ino was the very first person who made friends with Naruto, but now Sakura was much closer to him than her. This made Ino feel a little jealous in her heart.
Beside her, Hinata was also feeling jealousy over Sakura's closeness to him.
At that moment, Naruto finished his bath. He stood up and stepped out from his tub. The wet fabric clung to his body, and now there was a very clear bulge in his underwear.
Seeing this, Hinata once again covered her eyes with her hands, her cheeks turning entirely red.
Ino, who also saw this, stared with wide eyes. 'How come he is exposing like that and Sakura is not much affected by it, but… it's… SOO BIGG,' she thought. Blushing furiously, she quickly closed her eyes as well.
At the same time, the bushes on the far side of the clearing moved again.
Hinata quickly used her Byakugan to see who they were. After seeing them, a cold chill ran down her spine. She sensed immense danger. She could feel Gaara's chakra, which was like a monster beast's chakra—vast, suffocating, and terrifying.
Identifying who they were, Hinata immediately signaled their team in the bushes.
THREE PEOPLE... SILENCE... DANGER.
Shikamaru got a clear, terrifying picture of who had just arrived.
From the bushes, three people stepped into the open: Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari.
Seeing Naruto standing there with the distinct bulge in his underwear and his water-soaked, muscled body.
Temari got completely shy. "Ahhhh…. pervert," she screamed, quickly closing her eyes.
Kankuro looked a little disgusted, grimacing as he said, "Ah… Aa."
Gaara simply stood there, his cold eyes staring with absolutely no difference in his expression.
Naruto met their gaze with a perfectly expressionless face, looking completely unbothered by the intrusion.
"Give me few minutes," he said calmly.
Then, Naruto raised his hands.
CLAP. CLAP.
Instantly, all the guarding members turned their backs to him. The four women in the camp moved swiftly, forming a tight human wall to block the Sand siblings' view.
Naruto went back behind them, removed his wet underwear, and wore his dried clothes that had just been washed.
Temari and Sakura couldn't see a thing. But for Hinata and Ino, who were hiding at a sharp cross-angle in the bushes, they had a clear line of sight.
Hinata and Ino saw Naruto's manhood glancing a little from between their fingers as they tried to cover their eyes. Instantly, both of their cheeks turned beetroot red.
Meanwhile, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, and Shino firmly turned their heads away, having absolutely no desire to see something like that.
As Naruto finally wore his pants, he clapped again.
CLAP. CLAP.
The human wall broke, and everyone went back to their original defensive positions. Naruto casually spread his hands wide, and Sakura carefully placed his shirt on him. Then, Naruto smoothly buttoned himself up.
Fully dressed, Naruto looked directly at the red-haired monster of the Sand. "What do you want Gaara?"
Gaara's cold eyes remained locked on him. "How should I address you?"
"You can call me Naruto," he replied smoothly.
Gaara stared at him without blinking. "Naruto, We want Heaven Scroll."
Naruto looked at Gaara, calmly raising his right hand into the midair, leaving it open as if asking for a trade. "What are your stakes then?"
Watching them converse calmly while standing near a pile of mutilated corpses, Kiba swallowed hard.
'Two monsters met, what happens now,' Kiba thought, his heart pounding in his chest.