"We all have, but I wanna know why Renkaji left," Naruto said, fingers laced behind his head, "He didn't even let anyone he was back, let alone where he was going."<br/><br/>He sat down looking at Draco, a unusually thoughtful expression on his face. He knew Renkaji was a passionate person, not just leaving without saying a word was weird, even for him. Just what had happened to him to make him do that. Sakura had departed earlier to find him before he got too far from the village. He just hoped he'd come back unharmed.<br/><br/>"Just what happened to make him leave?" he said, pretty much talking to himself at this point, "It doesn't make sense for him. Sure, everyone treats him like a plague but he's proven to be a valued member of the village. What made him change his mind?"<br/><br/><br/>----------------<br/><br/>He found himself staring hard at a shinobi who'd attacked him. It had been a stalemate so far as both were engaged in a blade lock with swords. The shinobi had him in sword skill but he had the shinobi in battle sense. Neither seemed intent on using ninjutsu or genjutsu. It was straight sword skill and taijutsu.<br/><br/>"You came from the Hidden Leaf, didn't you?" The shinobi asked, jumping back as the blade lock ended with him overpowering the shinobi.<br/><br/>"You should know," He said, sword reflecting moonlight as he held in next to his head in a ready stance, "We fought there numerous times..... Sasuke."