Naruto 330 is uit:
A the Hokage's office, Shikamaru, Koketsu and Izumo announced the tragic new to Tsunade Sama.
She's upset by this looks down at her desk.
Koketsu asks Tsunada about Kurenai and she replies she'll tell her while they're going to gather the village for Asuma's funeral.
Shikamaru objects and tells Tsunada that he'll talk to Kurenai, as Asuma whished that he said something to her.
In the meantime, Naruto's working with 2 bunshins trying to add Wind chakra to the Rasengan. It looks like he's getting closer, as the Rasengan's shape changed and now has small extentions sticking out of it, rotating with the flow inside.
Naruto thinks he's getting close now. He just needed a second clone to handle the nature manipulation. Since he can't do this by himself, one clone can look at left and another one at right. It's just a matter of splitting into smaller pieces.
Kakashi's little joke seemed to have worked. While looking at Naruto he thinks that only Naruto has the chakra and jutsu to be able to do this. Even if he was the Fourth, he wouldn't be able to.
He tells Naruto didn't expect anything else from the number one surprising ninja and add that he really like Naruto now.
Naruto and his bunshins didn't expect their sensei saying such thing and they lose their concentration, releasing the uncomplete new rasengan, blowing them away.
Naruto yells at Kakashi not to say weird things like that! Because of him he missed The Jutsu! Kakashi didn't mean it like 'that', but Naruto snaps back telling him to back off.
While Yamato is busy keeping the kyuubi chakra under control, Izumo interrupts him, telling he has a report. Naruto looks up and when Yamato calls shouts that Kakashi has to stop the training and return to the village right away, he's totally surprised and not too happy about it. Kakashi asks what happened...
Izumo tells him about Asuma. They both stare in front of them, shocked by this tragic news.
In the meantime, Shikamaru told Kurenai about it. Shocked as she's, she has loses her strenght in her lengs and falls to the ground... crying, with Shikamaru comforting her.
At the graveyard, everyone is gathering at Asuma's tomb, watching Kurenai putting down a bouquet on his tombstone.
Konahamaru is crying at the loss of his uncle, with Naruto squeezing his shoulder. Kakashi remains silents, thinking about his friend...
Ino asks Chouji were Shikamaru is. When he went to his house, Shikamaru's mother told Chouji he left a while ago...
Shikamaru is lying on the ground in a grassfield nearby the village watching the clouds while smoking a cigarette.
Later that night, Shikamaru is home, sitting in front of the Shougo game he started with Asuma, when he told him about the King that had to be protected before making his move...
Shikamaru's dad observes his son silently from a distance.
The next day(s) Shikamaru spends time studying at the library, training ... and manages to add chakra to Asuma's knives.
Silently Shikamaru prepares his gear and checks his lighter... Then Ino and Chouji ask him if he's all set and ready to go.
Yeah.