The sun rose over the horizon and cast its new light upon the Valley of Ends. The shadows slunk away from Naruto's prone form as he continued to sleep peacefully.
The two pairs of eyes reappeared again in the shadows, observing their prey.
"Well, how about now?" asked the bulkier of the two, as he began to finger the blade of his katana, "It's morning…"
"No, Naki, I said we will wait until he has awoken, and then we can strike," replied the other one, much more lithe compared to his other.
"Fine, fine," muttered Naki, as he sheathed his sword for the thousandth time, "But you know Kano? You are really weird you know that? I mean look at him!" he gestured wildly at Naruto, "This is the perfect time to kill him; he won't even know what hit him!"
"Now, now ototo, be patient and control that killing intent of yours, you'll give us away," chided Kano lightly, as his calculating eyes continued to watch the target.
"Fine, fine," the hulk sighed, "And don't call me ototo…not on missions, not at home, and not anywhere!"
"Tsk, tsk. Well, brats will be brats," Kano laughed bitterly.
Naki just griped some more as the two waited for the objective to awaken.
Three hours had passed.
"Now?"
"Nope."
One hour later:
"Now?"
"No."
Noon:
"Aniki…"
" No! Not yet!"
"I have to go to the bathroom…"
"Oh…go ahead…"
Two hours later:
"Oh the relief!"
"Where the hell were you, you baka! It can't take that long to go and take a crap! What, are you having chronic diarrhea?"
"…I thought we agreed we'd never talk about my chronic diarrhea again…"
"Oops… Sorry... Oh come on, don't go and cry…"
Three hours later:
Naki was staring at Naruto, eyes still a little puffy from his tears.
"Damn it, I'm tired of waiting!" He exclaimed. He drew his katana and leapt out of his cover, launching himself fifty meters forward, and landing next to Naruto.
Kano pulled out his kusari-gama and followed, muttering, "Damn him, he's too headstrong."
He landed next to his brother, and found him viciously kicking Naruto to get up.
"Wakie, wakie!" Naki yelled. Naruto finally awoke drowsily, and the first thing he seemed to have noticed was the bird that was still on his forehead protector.
"Hey little guy, when did you get here?"
Naki skewered the bird with a quick thrust of his katana, and was about to announce that he, Naki, would be killing the arrogant little Leaf ninja, when he noticed something odd: the dead bird on his blade was smoking.
"Oh, and by the way big guy," said 'Naruto' as he brushed off the feathers of the dead 'bird', "you should stop talking to kage bunshin," smoke began do come from his body, "especially bakuretsu kage bunshin."
With that, the two clones exploded simultaneously, engulfing the area in dust and plume.
About a mile away, the real Naruto was heading back to the village when he heard the explosions go off. He smiled at the bird on his shoulder and said, "Good plan, don't you think?"
The bird twittered in agreement.
As the dust began to clear, two mutilated figures were laying some fifty feet from each other, blood spattering the ground.
Two more figures appeared in a shroud of smoke, and looked down at the corpses.
"Well, our ploy worked, we have a measure of our opposition now, don't we?" asked one of the figures as he retrieved the katana from one of the bodies.
"Yes, though I do think it was a waste of my genjutsu making these idiots think that they were us; in fact, I feel almost offended," responded the other one, swinging the kusari-gama around to test for any damage that might have been caused by the explosion.
"Oh well, now the hunt can begin Naki," stated the second figure, while putting the kusari-gama in its holster on his back
"Yes, it can, Kano, yes it can…" muttered the second one as he sheathed the katana.
The two stared at each other, and then disappeared in another cloud of smoke.
The sun was high in the sky now, shining down on the valley. The only evidence of human disturbance were the large scorch marks, spatters of blood, and two bodies that were beyond any recognition.