Chapter 22: Battle Chakra Control Exercises

Disclaimer: Naruto is the work of Kishimoto

It had been only two days since the day Kakashi took him aside and told him of the beauty of Shadow Clone Combat.

Naruto was in fact loving the fact that his Jutsu was so…great at practically everything he wanted.

Kakashi was…recovering eventually and was now able to stand without the crutch but it would be another few days until he would be able to fight completely; the same day that Zabuza was probably going to attack them.

However it wasn't like Naruto didn't do nothing during this time; in fact he was practising the two Earth Style Jutsus in the meantime and with Shadow Clones he had it down; mostly.

Unlike the Academy Basic Jutsu; the two Earth Style Jutsus were both of a higher rank with the Underground Projection Fish Jutsu being a C-rank Jutsu while the Double Suicide Decapitation Jutsu is a D-rank Jutsu.

And with rank comes a higher level of control needed to use it and with it; unfortunately a higher number of hand-seals to remember.

Even while completely focusing on that area of using the two Jutsus in question with hundreds of Shadow Clones trying to familiarise with the Jutsu and cut down the number of hand-seals they require; Naruto managed to get them both to a respectable 5 hand-seals each.

Not the worse since he could do that in a good second flat but not the best since Shinobi are known to blaze through hand-seals in a split second before attacking. Though that only accounted for those at least Jonin level and maybe High Chunin as well.

Genin level Shinobi while quick in executing hand-seals weren't fast at it.

Plus it didn't help that the resistance seal he had on him which was at 1.75x in strength meaning he was practically slower than he should be in everything which was a pain.

With a sigh, Naruto looked back at his current opponent which a certain Copy-Ninja was wanting to make sure that he was in shape again for the fight against Zabuza.

"Is that all you got Naruto?" Kakashi taunted, "I would've thought all those thousands of hours practising those Jutsus with your Shadow Clones that you had it down by now!"

And it once again didn't help that said Sensei wanted to see how well he was doing in his Shadow Clone Combat. Naruto growled as he saw the last of his Shadow Clones being destroyed again by said Sensei who seemed bloody casually taking him down bit by bit without effort!

"Damnit!" Naruto shouted making the cross hand-seal and shouting out, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Three distinct groups of Shadow Clones in threes totalling up to nine appeared in front of the original Naruto with a good deal of smoke as they charged at their teacher. The middle one went straight, the ones to the left and right leaped to either side and into the air via trees.

What Naruto didn't show was there was another Shadow Clone whom used the Earth Style: Underground Projection Fish Jutsu to borrow underground and split up to surround said Jonin and teacher in a few seconds in case the first plan didn't work.

Naruto watched as his first team was met with immediately annihilation with three easy jabs at the Shadow Clones popping them immediately. The two teams to the left and right react then halfway to their point and threw their Kunai and Shurikens at the man.

"Gotta!"

And at the same moment a pair of hands grabbed onto the ankles of the Jonin as the weapons plunged into him; but in the next moment smoke burst out of the body and turned into a log where Naruto realised one of his other teams were destroyed with screams as Kakashi handled them all with a Kunai before chucking three Shurikens at them and without them reacting in time, popping them before dropping down with the same Kunai and killing the Shadow Clone in the ground with little effort at all.

"Like I said, is that all you got Naruto?" Kakashi asked his student again as he saw the fatigue in the boy making that many Shadow Clones over and over again.

They went around with over a dozen rounds already and all of them with Naruto using Shadow Clones and his newly taught Earth Jutsus.

Most Jonin can only fight at full power at most for 2-3 times max and that's when they're limiting themselves from using Chakra Draining Jutsus. Naruto on the other hand was using several Chakra Draining Jutsus in a row and only now was tiring out.

Frankly Naruto was going to be a monster on the battlefield in the future.

To be honest, Kakashi believed it would at most take Naruto another 2 years for him to be on the same level as him and another year after that to surpass him. At most at the age of 16, Naruto was going to be stronger than him; an elite Jonin stepping into the realm of Kages and S-rank NInjas.

Looking at the progress of his students; aside from Sakura whom shouldn't have even gotten her headband in his opinion; both of them were training at a fast pace and not slower than him when he was first a Genin though at a much younger age.

Naruto was a brawler and with decent Taijutsu. But he had Shadow Clones and had enough Chakra to make him a Ninjutsu juggernaut on the level of legends.

Furthermore he was also studying Fuinjutsu and was at a good level; still below him but soon he would be surpassed in that area and it helped that Naruto was unusually good at traps.

Yes, Shadow Clones, Ninjutsu and Fuinjutsu Traps alone would make Naruto a monster to face.

Sasuke on the other hand was a precise fighter like the rest of his clan.

His Taijutsu was naturally good and would improve with time and lots of training. His Ninjutsu wasn't too bad with his Fire Affinity though he would like for him to develop a second one; either Lightning or Earth and his Genjutsu would go above most when his Sharingan would awaken. Unlike Naruto who was a pure juggernaut.

Sasuke was an all-rounder like most Uchihas but seemed to lean more on Taijutsu and Ninjutsu unlike Itachi who specialised more in Genjutsu.

Still; both students if given the chance could be the next Sannin…the next White Fang like his father or Sensei where they would be both respected and feared.

And his job was to make sure they were prepared and trained enough to handle the world.

With a strict look getting back in gear he barked out the order to Naruto, "Another round! This time we'll see if you can last more than 10 seconds!"

Kakashi smiled seeing the determination in Naruto's eyes.

Hours later from near Chakra Exhaustion; his reserves were already two thirds full from rest and food which he had brought in spares within his Scrolls sealed within.

Naturally he had a good deal of instant Ramen since that filled him up quickly and was high on energy in general; he also had lots of fruits which were a much healthier alternative.

Of course his Chakra refilling so quickly was mostly thanks to his extreme metabolism from what he could tell was because he was the Kyubi's Jinchuriki.

Something he was using as an excuse that having the beast sealed in him had some benefits in order to not get depressed.

"You ready Dobe?" Sasuke asked looking impatient. It had been more than a few hours since Naruto needed to rest to recover his Chakra. With a wry smile Naruto replied, "Around two thirds full…which should be enough for a few hours of sparring."

The Teme looked shocked and then sputtered out, "How much damn Chakra do you have?! I know I have one of the highest Chakra levels in my age but I can only last at most half an hour of sparring!"

With a shrug Naruto answered while flecking out his muscles a bit, "Around Elite Jonin levels…so about the same or higher than Kakashi-sensei. He actually doesn't have a lot of Chakra compared to his rank you know."

"Hn" Sasuke simply nodded and got into his stance.

Seeing this, Naruto grinned since it has been a while since he had sparred against Sasuke where he didn't know completely of his ins and outs. With a flick up his hand, Naruto shot up a Kunai up into the air and both sides waited until the Kunai turned around and hit the ground for their spar to start.

"Shadow Cl-"

In the moment the signal for the spar started, Sasuke immediately threw a dozen shurikens at him stopping him from immediately using his Jutsu. Naruto dodged to the left where Sasuke charged up against him with a good deal of speed.

'Hmm…he's using Chakra Enhancement to speed himself up. Typical' Naruto mused as he too gathered Chakra in his body to his limbs and to a lesser extent the rest of his body as a shield for any attacks that breaks through his guard.

With a fist at hand, both boys went in to punch each other; but Sasuke still had a faster body pure and simple and he managed to barely dodge his punch as his landed on Naruto's face, blowing him away and flipping him in the air before charging at him.

"ACK!"

Naruto let out a small scream of pain as he took the time in the air to make a cross hand-seal and muttered out while pouring a reasonable amount of Chakra, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Immediately, Sasuke was met with a trio of fists to which he managed to block in time with both hands and a knee.

However the chance to continue his attack ended with Naruto landing on the ground feet first just as he flared his Chakra to quickly kill off the three Shadow Clones that stopped him.

But at the same time Naruto called upon another 9 Shadow Clones to aid him as they ran straight at him in formation.

The Uchiha noticed as one third in each group held back a bit before drawing out a weapon while another third charged straight in without any regard and the final third backed the latter up.

"HN!"

But Sasuke wasn't called a prodigy for nothing. Even without the Sharingan, Sasuke was able to keep track of each of these Shadow Clones with clear view with his naturally superior vision and as thus he knew what he needed to do to get rid of them at once.

He dodged one blow after another and eventually took the time to make sure they were all lined up together as he blazed through the hand-seals and shouted, "Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!"

With a single breath and a coiled finger to control the width of the attack; Sasuke literally burnt down the Shadow Clones and shot the rather large Fireball even for most Chunin (In his opinion) at the real Naruto.

Poof!

Only for him to disappear as a Shadow Clone.

The Uchiha as much as he later denied it panicked. How did the Dobe do it? He was watching him from the beginning! Even with a Transformation it was a cheap illusion any decent Ninja could tell! (Unfortunately said Uchiha and the rest of the world didn't know Naruto's Transformation was a TRUE Physical Transformation)

'Where are you…? He's not in front, behind or above me…below!'

That series of thoughts that was aided by the rather humiliating lost against Kakashi during their Bell Test sprung into place as a pair of hands leaped from the ground under him as he leaped into the air, only for him to be met with a barrage of Kunai and Shurikens thrown directly to the side of him.

With a click of his tongue Sasuke once again demonstrated how skilled he was in dodging and deflecting every single one of those weapons while in mid-flight before dropping to the ground.

His Training with the Green Freaks REALLY helped him in his skills whether on ground or the occasional fight in mid-air more than he ever wanted to admit.

But at the same time as landing, Sasuke noticed that something was wrong. Naruto wasn't this quiet…ever unless…

"You just completely trapped the place everywhere around me didn't you?" Sasuke sighed remembering said Dobe was rather good at stealth, trapping and now Fuinjutsu which was a deadly combination.

A few chuckles was heard all around him indicating that he was already surrounded by Shadow Clones. And it didn't help that each Shadow Clone could trigger a trap at any location which made it highly difficult (But not impossible) to sense each one.

In all, Sasuke could either surrender which would damage his pride by a bit or…draw out the battle where he would be outmatched in numbers and outwitted by the Dobe and face further humiliation by said Blonde.

Yep, Uchiha Pride or not, there were certain things he rather not experience and that unfortunately included the 'Helpful' Taijutsu users Naruto introduced him to near the beginning of the year.

With another sigh and an arm raised Sasuke announced, "I surrender. I rather not face ALL of your traps the day before Zabuza supposedly will appear again."

With a chuckle Naruto appeared along with their Sensei surprisingly before Sasuke felt the need to want to hit them both with the looks they were giving him.

"Well then, another round?" Kakashi asked with an eye-smile.

It was at the fifth day of recovery that Kakashi took aside both Naruto and Sasuke for their training.

He had mostly recovered but still needed the rest of the week off in order to fully get back in the game from Chakra Exhaustion from the battle with Zabuza.

Sakura since she still didn't want the training went with Tazuna on the bridge to 'protect' him.

Frankly it was all but certain that Kakashi was going to put the girl through the grinder in training else kick her out of the program entirely.

But on the other hand he was more than impressed with the progress both Naruto and Sasuke had.

The former was getting more than along with his own version of Shadow Clone Combat and Kakashi knew for a fact with each new Ninjutsu or idea he gets, it'll make him more and more dangerous.

The later however recently mastered the Tree-Climbing Exercise to the point where it would take too long to improve on it in time for the battle.

Initially the Copy-Nin wanted to teach the duo about Chakra Enhancement but remembered that Naruto went over it and they both used the technique though quite roughly in their spars. He was now going to help them refine it since they both now had the required control for it.

"What I'm going to teach you will be dangerous and should only be used against enemies" Kakashi warned, "If I dare find you using this against someone who is not prepared for it; I will make your life a living hell."

Both boys gulped and quickly nodded. Kakashi smiled seeing that he could still make his students fear him as though they were new Genin rather than ones whom were a month new in comparison.

"What I'm going to teach you are three times that will more or less ensure you'll be on Chunin level in a physical sense when you master even one of them…master all three of them and you may match a Jonin for a short while. However with just a few days you'll be at best at the pinnaces of what a Genin would be" Kakashi explained as Naruto asked eagerly, "What kind of Jutsu are we talking about?"

Kakashi chuckled and rhetorically asked, "Who says its Jutsu's I'm teaching you? No" he said shaking his head, "What I'm going to teach you are three types of Chakra Control designed for battle."

Sasuke looked confused while Naruto looked on even more eagerly hearing the words 'Chakra Control'.

Kakashi knew that these exercises were more beneficial to Naruto who needed the reserves but he also knew that Sasuke would be on a higher level using these techniques than Naruto for a good while.

"Now these three techniques are called Chakra Compression, Chakra Cycling and Chakra Folding" he explained, "Chakra Compression is naturally when you compress the Chakra in say, your fist but when you strike something, you release it at that exact moment to unleash a strike several times stronger than normal."

Kakashi gathered some Chakra; not a lot and hit the tree behind him causing it to leave a rather moderate dent in it before saying, "I didn't even hit it that hard and used only a small amount of Chakra to do so. You can see the effects of using this in combat."

It was then that Naruto asked, "Sensei! If it's that useful then why don't all Ninjas use it? I mean neither you nor Zabuza used it when you fought."

"Ahh…" Kakashi figured Naruto would ask him that and explained further, "The reason is actually simple. It takes too much time to gather and compress the Chakra to strike and any decent Jonin will be able to sense that you are gathering and compressing your Chakra to enhance your attack. Another risk is that too much Chakra gathered at once and being compressed when you can't handle it may explode your limb."

Kakashi watched satisfied as the two boys looked horrified at the thought of their body parts exploding with even training.

"Plus you can only hold onto the Chakra compressed like that for so long before it's used up though there is one Ninja known to be a master of this technique that she became legendary" Kakashi shrugged at the end.

"Who?" Sasuke was curious at least on the person who managed to convert what seemed to be a rather sledgehammer technique into one that could face other Shinobi.

"Tsunade of the Sannin. She has perfect Chakra Control and with it is the only known Front Line Combat Medic….ever. Due to that and a Seal she has on her forehead that collects Chakra, she is able to instantaneously gather and compress her Chakra to its smallest amount and let it explode out at the same moment she hits something. She has perfected this to the point where she has the strength of a hundred in this moment giving the seal she uses for this the name 'Strength of a Hundred'. Plus there are other effects that Seal has that I do not know but her teacher the Saindaime Hokage and team-mates; the Toad and Snake Sannin know of."

Kakashi watched as his students stared at him in amazement of the sheer information he gave them.

Naruto looked gleeful since Kakashi knew that the boy would want to try to at least create a bastardised version of the seal later while Sasuke was probably thinking the same but more along the lines of wanting that power.

With a sigh, Kakashi had to pop that bubble.

"While Tsunade mastered the use of this particular technique; neither of you will ever to that extent at least" he said and for a brief moment enjoyed the looks of devastations the two had but that was quickly squashed with some guilt, "To do so requires perfect Chakra Control which neither of you and myself have. Even I can at best multiple my strike's power at best 5 times using Chakra Compression. I doubt you will go over 3 times your power unless you highly overcharge it or get better Chakra Control."

Frowning his Raven haired student asked, "Then why teach us this if we can't use it to its fullest potential?"

Kakashi eye-smiled and stated, "Simple. Even at that amount, attacking three times your current strength is a lot of power and places you above Genin level at least."

"…."

His two students looked at each other for a moment before Naruto spoke up, "Teme. No matter the negatives against using it; having it is still useful in case you need a last ditch hit. Face it; who hasn't dreamed of punching a boulder and easily shattering it?"

"Hn" Sasuke simply scoffed and looked at him to explain the next thing on his list.

Obliging Kakashi continued wanting to spend less time explaining and more time letting them teach themselves the limits of their current abilities in using these techniques.

"The next thing is Chakra Cycling and it is something that ALL Jonin and above use consciously or not. Any experienced Chunin would learn how to do so as well and normally I wouldn't dare teach you any of these techniques but these are dire times and I want EVERY method that I know to keep you alive to do so" Kakashi explained with a warning again. Don't slack off and prepare for everything.

"Now the concept of this is fairly simple but complicated to execute like Chakra Compression. The idea is that within your Chakra system, there is a flow like how blood is pumped through your body. The concept of Chakra Cycling is that you accelerate this process actively in order to overall increase the strength and speed of your body as well as to increase your recovery speed in stamina" he explained though still warned, "I recommend not learning this immediately unless you have a method like Shadow Clones to help you experience how much your body can endure. If you don't…you could and can cause irreversible damage to your Chakra System as a result."

The duo cringed at the warning again.

"Any questions?"

Naruto raised his hand and then asked, "Yeah, so you implied I could use Shadow Clones to help me train on this…"

Kakashi nodded and answered, "Yes, with the memory transfer aspect of Shadow Clones; it would greatly benefit you especially since you easily have as much Chakra as me and not enough control to initially risk yourself on using this technique."

"Is there any advice for me who can't use Shadow Clones to help me?" Sasuke asked to which Kakashi once again answered, "Start very small and very slow as well to make sure your body is completely used to it before moving it up bit by bit slowly. Taking your time with this is the key here I better not see you attempt even this. A week is not enough to get it down to an acceptable level in battle without risks."

Taking a breath in, Kakashi continued to the next technique, "The last of the exercises, Chakra Folding is the most difficult but at the same time is the most powerful and it is something that the Saindaime Hokage refined to its limits."

This came to a surprise for Naruto who blurted out, "Jiji? He actually created something that awesome?"

Sasuke snorted and said, "The Hokage is known as 'The Professor' after 'God of Shinobi'. He had the respect of even my clan for not only his combat prowess and leadership to be the ONLY Kage to take back the hat after retirement but also by inventing a stupidly large number of techniques big and small."

"Thank you Sasuke" Kakashi eye-smiled, "Now back to Chakra Folding. The concept is that you fold the Chakra in you which is similar to Chakra Compressing but by folding it instead of compressing it, you can hold the power in for much longer."

Naruto and Sasuke nodded to this, already it seemed useful.

"Now do either of you know how we measure a person's Chakra Capabilities?" Kakashi asked resulting in shaking of the heads.

"In that case, there are three ways of measuring chakra capabilities. They are Chakra Supply which is how much Chakra you have, Chakra Capacity which measures how much Chakra you can use at a time. It doesn't matter if you have limitless Chakra Supply when you can't use it. The last is called Chakra Density and determines the size and intensity of a Jutsu. The higher the rank of a Jutsu, the more Chakra Density you tend to need to use it. Chakra Folding is a way to make sure you can rapidly increase your Chakra Density."

That was new, Naruto was under the impression that Chakra Supply and Capacity were the same.

"However doing so requires a LOT more control but the other benefit outsets that. By folding your Chakra you are also able to amplify the power of your Jutsu by a higher margin than just pumping more Chakra into it. For example, take Sasuke's Grand Fireball he used at me during the bell test. By doubling the amount of Chakra he pumped into it, it wouldn't be twice as powerful since you are effectively overpowering it."

"Hn" Sasuke nodded, "It's harder to control the size as well and having a smaller but hotter Fireball was a mark of skill in my clan. Using more Chakra in a Jutsu tends to just make it bigger if you don't control it."

"Correct, but by using Chakra Folding with using the Grand Fireball Jutsu, you'll almost effortlessly be able to use the Jutsu at the same size but at least twice the power. Chakra Folding is basically a way to pressurise your Chakra and amplifying the effects of your actions" Kakashi said, "An example is this."

Then at the same moment Kakashi said that, both Naruto and Sasuke felt pressure. But it wasn't normal pressure that you could normally ignore even as Chakra was used to increase the effects of it. This pressure demanded you to kneel down before it. It was choking you and telling you that you are inferior.

And when both boys were about to submit, something that neither could easily do due to will and pride; the pressure disappeared.

"What was that?" Sasuke asked with a sightly frightened tone. He remembered something similar that night…did Itachi use this against him?

Naruto on the other hand was less surprised but wasn't that prepared for it to be used on him. The only person who had such a pressure in his presence before was Hokage-jiji and that was when he was usually saving him from being attacked, tortured and killed by mobs.

Well the civilians and more importantly the Shinobi learnt easily why not to pissed off a near 70 year old Shinobi.

With age comes danger that speaks of cunning and power even if said person was usually a kind grandfather.

"That was Chakra Folding used to amplify the pressure around me. I believe Naruto did something similar against Sakura during the beginning of the first week but that was due to him using a LOT more Chakra than me currently" Kakashi explained with Naruto grunting. It wasn't his fault that that happened, when he was angry it was harder for him to control his already hard to control Chakra!

"Okay" Naruto nodded after a few moments of silence, "It's good that you want us to learn this but isn't there like 2 more days at most before the fight with Zabuza and the masked kid?"

"The dobe is right" Sasuke agreed, "2 days isn't enough to even roughly master any of these techniques. Is there any other reason you want to teach us this?"

Any other teacher would find Sasuke's comment rude or in the case of being an Uchiha ass kisser; highly complementary but Kakashi was neither as he said, "2 days of intense training on the first one is enough for me to teach you the raw basics of at least Chakra Compression and hopefully Chakra Cycling for it to increase the chance that you will survive the upcoming battle."

"…."

Both boys were silent on the seriousness of the situation. They had no doubt that Kakashi would never teach them these techniques so early if not for the fact that their lives were literally on the line right now.

But Naruto wasn't that fazed. With the Time Loops he literally had an infinite amount of times to get it right and he was willing to learn and probably master one of the three techniques if they had to cycle through the loops when something goes wrong.

No, he had no doubt that something was going to screw up. The reason was simply with Zabuza an Elite Jonin and an unknown variable as enemies, there was too much that could go wrong.

But this gave him time; a week before each loop could probably reset to train each of these aspects and he could just say that he learn it reading through a book or by listening in to someone talking about it or even making it up and didn't know what he was doing since it seemed to make him stronger.

Out of the three, Naruto decided that either Chakra Compression or Chakra Cycling was going to benefit him the most initially…but the aspect of Chakra Folding was powerful to him. But at the same time he really didn't have any Jutsus that benefited him learning it first.

Therefore learning Chakra Compression and Chakra Cycling first seemed best.

The former combined with Chakra Enhancement would make him powerful in close quarter Taijutsu and would allow another couple of moves he could combine into his Shadow Clone Combat style. The later was essentially a smoother version of Chakra Enhancement to the body.

The benefits of Chakra Enhancement was specific points of focus in enhancing senses.

The benefits of Chakra Compression was a focus of power in strikes.

The benefits of Chakra Cycling was an overall boost in all aspects of the body san senses.

And the benefits of Chakra Folding was the amplification of everything he did especially with Ninjustu.

Yes, Naruto was going to especially enjoy this training even more so since these exercises were basically Chakra Control exercise in their core.

With it, he could possibly finally hit up to Chunin level Chakra Control!

A/N:

This chapter is interesting to write since it puts in several new concepts that weren't at all there in Canon.

Chakra Supply, Capacity and Density will be the new way I'm going to measure someone's Chakra System. This idea was taken from A World Full of Monsters
by Fahad09 in which the author describes how Chakra worked.

Naturally I was highly interested in this and how it compared and explained what happened in Canon since its essentially an AU world in which he created.

And what I got was simply awesome to my eyes.

In particular Chakra Density.

While one can easily explain Chakra Supply and Capacity as the source and hose that represents how much a Ninja can use Chakra at a time and at how long, Chakra Density is different from all of that.

Basically there was literally nothing in Canon that said that none of the other characters could use that one Jutsu that is based around Chakra Density, the Rasangan.

Kakashi could use it but never in battle.

But it was never explained more than Kakashi saying that it was too unwieldy.

Of course you have the Chidori which unlike the Rasangan was more of a stab rather than pushing a ball of destruction around with you, but there was really nothing more that said Kakashi didn't use Rasangan once or twice when he needed to.

Until Fahad09 brought up Chakra Density. I don't even know he was the first to give this explanation and can't be bothered to track down the source but Chakra Density and the fact that the Rasangen is basically a rather large lump of spinning and dense Chakra.

That brought up a whole lot of questions on why everyone didn't just use this amazing Jutsu when they had the control to use it like the Third and even Danzo who had decades of training to back them up and the Chakra to use said Jutsu but never did while someone like Naruto could at the age of 13.

The answer is all in the density of one's Chakra.

Chakra itself is a booster of sorts which allows Ninjas to do many things.

However a Jinchuriki is probably-no certain to stand above other Ninjas in almost all regards thanks to their Chakra and their supply of Buji Chakra. What's so special about this?

A) A Buji's Chakra is the most dense Chakra you can get in the world. It is so dense in such amounts that the Buji probably accounts for the vast majority in the world. So yeah, that's a handy tool to have.

B) As a result of A, the Jinchuriki's own Chakra gets affected and takes on more of the Buji's traits. Hell 9 months and baby Naruto got the whiskers that were passed onto his kids.

But anyway, because of this Naruto's Chakra is Dense. As in really really Dense to the point where one portion of his Chakra to the same amount to the average Ninja would be several times more potent Dense.

No wonder why he failed at making a simple Clone. That E-rank Jutsu wasn't meant to take that much Chakra at once no matter how little he put in it.

But at the same time, THIS is the reason why Naruto can use Rasangan so well. THIS is the reason why Naruto literally spams Rasangans. It's not because he was too lazy to learn anything else.

It's more that most Jutsus that can work for him require too much control for his Dense Chakra Reserve at that point and the ones that don't are high powered ones that you generally don't want people on using.

And the fact that the time required for said control would probably take years for Naruto to develop and he didn't have the time and safety to become a balanced Ninja.

Chakra Density is a thing in this Fic and its going to influence later how much trouble Naruto has with Jutsus in general.

Now that's done, onto those 'Chakra Control Techniques' I have in the chapter.

The base concept of them is simple.

Namely how could Chakra Control be used in a fight.

Chakra Compression can be considered a rough version of Tsunade's Strength Jutsu.

Chakra Cycling is a way to loosen up your body with Chakra making your muscles less tense and also allows you to temporary to recover stamina a bit.

And Chakra Folding is a way to make your Chakra more dense. Guess how badly that'll go for Naruto later on?

Canon basically gives us next to nothing on how normal Ninjas fight. We have near ridiculous explanations that borders more on Clan Jutsu and other Unique Jutsus that the common average Ninja can not do.

Serious the most normal Ninja I can see in Konoha at first thought is Iruka of all people.

The above three techniques?

Basically me making up why Chunins are generally better than Genin in what they do. They have techniques that make them physically better along with access and use of Elemental Jutsus.