Two weeks later found Naruto and Sayuri back at the training ground that they used with Naruto surrounded by an aura of yellow-green flickering energy. Naruto dropped his hold of the energy and collapsed, panting at the exertion. Sayuri walked over to her apprentice, looked down at him, and said, "Congratulations, you just did what would normally take someone at least three months to learn in barely two weeks." Naruto chuckled at receiving Sayuri's praise. "Well, get up, it'd time for lunch."

After lunch Naruto was still pretty tired but had regained more than enough chakra to continue training with. When they got to the training grounds Sayuri did a few handseals and said, "Doton: Hana Hōmai," causing the field to be covered in flowers. Sayuri said, "Alright, now that we have got that taken care of, I want you to do those handseals that I taught you the first day, okay?" "Sure thing," Naruto said, doing the handseals. Seeing Naruto do transition between them perfectly Sayuri said, "alright, now you remember how you used your chakra before?"

Naruto replied, "Yes."

"Good, now I want you to use your chakra and focus it into the seals that you just did, okay?"

"Yeah, sure," Naruto said as he gathered his chakra and did the handseals, sending the chakra to his hands. When he was done, not only did all of the flowers that Sayuri created fly up, into the air and stop, but when they did, the flowers shredded.

Sayuri's eyes widened at the sight and said, "Alright, maybe not so much chakra next time, eh?"

"Right...sorry about that," Naruto nervously said.

"Alright then, Doton: Hana Hōmai."

The field newly filled with flowers, Naruto went through the handseals, focusing his chakra through the seals. This time only two flowers broke from their stems, immediately falling to the ground. Naruto said, "Okay, that was too little." He then went through the handseals again, and again, and again, each time with little success.

Two days later, with no progress being made, Sayuri said, "alright, I was going to have you do this after you had learned Hana Shuriken: Hikarakuyō, but apparently you have the same problems with chakra control as I did. So, before you continue on with this jutsu, you will learn to climb a tree without using your hands."

Three weeks later Naruto could stick to the tree for five meters before falling. Sayuri had him try Hana Shuriken: Hikarakuyō again, this time it worked. The flowers rose up, off of their stems and hovered in mid-air. Sayuri said, "That's great, now all you need to do is extend your hand in the direction that you wish the flowers to go. As you do that the flowers will harden to become like metal, now extend your arm towards that tree over there," Sayuri indicated a tree on their right. Naruto extended his hand toward the tree, causing the flowers to harden and fly towards the tree. When they hit the tree the flowers embedded themselves in it. Naruto walked up to the tree and touched one of the Hana Shuriken and found that, while it still had the velvety feel of the petals of an ordinary flower, they were as hard as steel. He exclaimed, "It's so hard!"

Sayuri said, "Well, it would make some pretty pathetic shuriken if they weren't. So, do you want to continue practicing with it now, or should we go on to the next one?"

"Hmm...I think that I want to continue practicing with it for now, we can start on the next one tomorrow."

Sayuri smiled and said, "alright then, we can start on Doton: Hana Hōmai tomorrow. I'll see you then...oh yes, one thing. Whatever you do, once you start Hana Shuriken: Hikarakuyō, do not send them downwards. It will not only make you look like a dumbass, it will actually target your feet."

"My feet? Why?"

"Think about it. Flowers are normally attached to the ground by their roots. When you gain control of the flowers through the use of Hana Shuriken: Hikarakuyō, you become their 'roots' and you are attached to the ground by your feet. So unless you like bullet dancing, don't do it."

"Hai, Sayuri-sensei."

"Good, I'll see you tomorrow then."