Naruto: Winds and Changes

"Because you look distracted," Neji shrugged indifferently. "And you're a terrible liar; I can tell something is bothering you."

Tenten frowned for a moment before sighing, "I haven't been able to find Naruto ever since the Sandaime's funeral service. It's like he dropped off the map. I tried looking for him a little while ago, and apparently he left with Jiraiya of the Sannin to go on some kind of mission."

Neji looked at Tenten for a moment as he digested the information she gave him, "And you're upset that he did not come to find you and tell you he would be leaving, correct?"

"Well…yes," Tenten admitted. Actually she had been downright furious, as the training field she and her team used could attest to, when she had found out that he had left without telling her. Ever since she had seen how lost and vulnerable he had looked at the Sandaime's funeral she had been worried for the blond. That he would just up and leave without even letting her know was frustrating, reminded her much of the time he came back from his first C-rank.

"I would not be too upset Tenten. If he was with Jiraiya-sama then it must have been a mission of great importance."

Tenten glared at the white eyed prodigy, "I know that! But he still could have given me the common courtesy of at least saying goodbye! He's always doing this! Being completely inconsiderate of the feelings of others, especially when they're worried about him!"

Neji decided not to say anything more on the subject. He knew that when his teammate got on about something very little, if anything at all, could ever get her to change her opinion.

"Perhaps, but there might have been extenuating circumstances," Neji changed direction towards the Hyuuga compound, "I would not be too harsh until I received all of the facts Tenten."

(Tanzaku Gai)

Naruto dispelled his Kage Bunshin and sorted through the information in his head. Holding out his hand he tried to make the Rasengan one handed, only to fail. The jutsu was getting increasingly frustrating, especially since he had been at this for two days and nothing he tried seemed to let him master it. Though, he was pleased to see he no longer burnt his hand when the jutsu dispelled.

Of course it did not help that he refused to use his Kage Bunshin anymore than he already was on the jutsu. For whatever reason he felt it was imperative that he get this down on his own, otherwise it would be like he had cheated on the bet.

That was not to say that he did not have Kage Bunshin working on other things while he did this. Currently Naruto had about three hundred clones doing their normal routine. Since he had mastered many jutsu as well as the highest form of chakra control he knew, he had taken to splitting them off into other tasks.

One was to start working on his own jutsu, he already knew the functions of hand signs so they were trying to brainstorm for new ideas. He was actually having them try to find a way to make a jutsu similar to Kakashi's Chidori except with wind. Since while Jiraiya said that the Rasengan made the Chidori look like child's play, they were also two very different jutsu, with the Chidori being a piercing attack and the Rasengan being a grinding attack.

The others were simply continuing with his wind manipulation. Trying to find different ways of utilizing wind for combat, as well as working on mastering his wind jutsu to the point where he could do them without hand seals.

Sighing Naruto created another Kage Bunshin and held out his hand, creating another Rasengan before dispersing it and making it again.

A little ways away Tsunade stood hiding behind a boulder as she watched him train.

The next morning Naruto awoke with a groan, opening his eyes he blinked a few times and frowned when he found himself on his bed.

"How did I get here?" He wondered as he did not remember walking back from the training ground. In fact the last thing he remembered was experimenting with the Rasengan when…

"Son of a bitch…" Naruto muttered as he sat up in his bed. "Note to self, do not try and make a big as spinning ball of youki without adult supervision."

Naruto stood up from his bed and was about to go to the bathroom when he ended up tripping over a lump in the room. He was about to curse again when he heard the lump groan. Looking over he found Shizune lying on the floor, making it obvious that it was she he had tripped over.

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