Word: Eolian |ee-OH-lee-un| adjective

Meaning: Borne, deposited, produced, or eroded by the wind

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~Naruto~

Naruto could admit he was very hyper as a kid. He remembered rushing head-long into any and all fights he came across when he was twelve, shouting insults and yelling his favorite jutsu at the top of his lungs (Sakura would point out that he did so well into his late teens and still does on occasion). He also remembered that he would incessantly beg Kakashi-sensei to teach him "cool new jutsu" so he could go on missions to "rescue princesses" and be "a total badass that was acknowledged and loved by all."

…But that was when he was twelve and despised by many.

Naruto's remembers Asuma's lessons and tips on manipulating Wind Nature chakra, and doubts that he will ever forget. He realized a few things while he was practicing cutting the waterfall: if he was taught anything nearly as complicated as what would turn out to be one of his most terrifyingly destructive jutsu, he would have been severely handicapped from overuse and over exertion of his chakra system because of his recklessness, or he would have probably destroyed half of Konoha chasing down that infernal cat Tora.

Because of that, Naruto is happy that his teachers saw that potential and decided against teaching him anything too powerful (besides Jiraiya teaching him Rasengan). He is also happy that his teachers trusted him enough to teach him what they did when they did.

…But that was when he was sixteen and needed something big and powerful to help take out the "immortals" of the Akatsuki.

Naruto didn't experiment with his wind chakra for a few years after the Fuuton: Rasenshuriken was deemed kinjutsu for causing massive harm to the user. Naruto himself had taken an unexpectedly long time to recover from it, even with the Kyuubi. He started up his wind chakra training again when he was nineteen and had nothing too pressing to handle. He started by having a clone jump through trees to get leaves to fall while another clone threw pebbles and rocks up in the same area. The initial idea was to throw wind senbon at the falling items and pierce them on their decent.

He decided that he needed to refine the technique after blowing the tree behind the targets to sawdust on the first attempt. He refined it to the point he could do it when he barely glanced at the items but still hit all of them with precision. That is where he hit a bit of a wall. He figured he would improvise with this skill in battle, but he couldn't think of really any use for the skill since he was a close to mid-ranged combatant and didn't do well with too much distance. So he talked to Sakura to see if she had any ideas.

Sakura, being the bookworm that she was, suggested reading about landforms and how they were etched into the way they are today. She also suggested that he read carefully over the caves section, because with the wind jutsu, he might be able to figure out a way to help find shelter in some areas.

…So that is how he found himself looking at a geography book while focusing his wind element into sculpting an eolian cave in a massive boulder in such a way that made it look as if it was eroded naturally and not eroded by someone who was bored.

~Naruto~

Fuuton – Wind Release

Kinjutsu – Forbidden Technique

~Naruto~

Thanks for reading. This is hopefully the beginning of a daily drabble series for Naruto based off the word of the day on Merriam-Webster.

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Silently Fleeting