He listens to Chouji, the scenario not entirely new to him. He remembers hearing something similar, about the war and fighting, a year ago. "I heard a little about the war during my first stay. Not much, but we'd had some unpleasant company back then, and me and a few others had be be brought up to speed."

But it's alright. If you hadn't been a little on edge I would have called you out on being rusty." There's a short pause, and he nearly asks what Ino and Shikamaru don't know. It couldn't be good, but...

Asuma returns the smile. "Hey, don't worry about it. There's plenty of time for a happy reunion later, once you're more used to this place." Because any kind of happy reunion would be hard, coming straight from a war. Especially when suddenly faced with someone who should be dead.