"Where is that boy!" Tsunade grumbled under her breath, mainly to herself.

"You know him, he's probably eating ramen from his favorite shop. If I were him, that's what I'd be doing," Shizune replied.

"If you're so sure, why don't you fetch him?" Tsunade said. Shizune shrieked and stammered an ok. At that moment, Sakura burst into the room with none other than a battered Naruto in tow. "NARUTO!" Tsunade shouted. Naruto magically slipped out of Sakura's iron grip long enough to jump to the ceiling and hit his head. "What was that for," he mumbled, rubbing his head. Tsunade looked taken aback with herself. "Sorry Naruto," she said, trying to draw up some dignity. Even Sakura was staring at her. Naruto straightened up. "So, what did you need, Grandma?"

"The first mission you'll be getting will start tomorrow. I'm warning you to get some sleep. You too Sakura. You'll learn everything else tomorrow. Dismissed."

Naruto and Sakura glanced at each other and shuffled out the door. "What was that all about?" Sakura whispered."

"No clue. I think she's excited about something."

"It's probably our mission tomorrow. There's nothing else I can think of that would make her do that."

"Alright Sakura, I trust your word. See you tomorrow." With that they parted.

It wasn't long before Naruto was home. His belongings were few and sparse, and all smothered in a layer of dust. He chuckled to himself. His belongings included basic appliances, clothes, the few of which he had taken along, a clock, and a picture frame. He removed his prized picture of Team 7 and dipped the frame in water, along with his wind up cloth. He went to his room and a shadow clone appeared without hand sign.

"RASENGAN!"

A blue ball of chakra appeared in Naruto's hand. He held it near the floor at the center of the room, palm face up. The chakra's rotation accelerated immensely and a breeze emanated from it, the wind rising up in a cone, like a tornado. The breeze grew into a considerable wind. Dust whipped off the walls and floor, sucked into the torrential wind. The walls cleared quickly, followed by the floor, the bed, then even the crevices behind the dresser. The dust settled down into the vortex of the tornado and as all of it was gathered into one point and compressed, Naruto's shadow clone disintegrated and the rasengan disappeared. His room shone and all the dust was now condensed into a speck. Kakashi was passing by and saw the entire episode. His eye widened during the spectacle. He's applying his rasengan practically? Not bad. He leaped away to his task before Naruto looked up.

Naruto grinned and replaced his clock and picture on his table. He plopped down on the bed, staring outside. The sun was low in the sky. He jumped through the window, shutting it on his way out. Next destination: Sunset watch. (You know, where Naruto goes to watch sunsets. Oh, you don't know? Well it's past this forest nobody ever goes to. Now you know).

The sun leaked into Sakura's room. The rays slowly glided down her walls, across the wooden floorboards, up her sheets, and finally onto her peaceful face. Her face contorted unconsciously and she snapped up instantly. The force caused her to bounce up and down on her bed while she rubbed her eyes. Time... Time... she thought. It was only 7:30, the mission was at 8, she could sleep a bit more... Sakura plopped down on her bed, eyes wide open. When I see Naruto I'm going to give him a bear hug and peck him on the cheek, because he deserves it, and I have missed him that much. Hope he doesn't do something stupid. Sakura forced herself to get up and dressed. Her eye caught the picture of team 7. Sasuke and Naruto were covered in red kisses, one for each thing they had done for her. She hadn't added to it since Sasuke had left, which was probably good because, hard as it was to admit, Naruto would probably be smothered.

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