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Legacy of the Rasengan III
Chuuten
By: Tellemicus Sundance
Chapter 3: Team Seven Returns

Hokage Tower, Konohagakure
8:59am

"Reiketsukan junshu… kusottare," grumbled an extremely pissed off Uzumaki Naruto as he walked slowly into the Hokage Tower. "Kutabacchimae!"

Those and quite a few much more colorful insults were uttered from the blonde as he had walked through Konoha. The people that heard the whispered insults either glared at his oblivious form or blushed at the sheer absurdity of the said comments.

He took slow, perfectly measured steps with his eye glaring hatefully yet unseeingly down upon the ground that he treaded on. With his arms crossed angrily over his chest and a deep frown marring his face, furious red-hot flames would not have been out of place to show how angry Naruto currently was.

It was not until he felt a familiar gaze upon his shoulders that Naruto's head snapped up. With a large, seemingly genuine smile, Naruto turned and mocked bowed to the person who was watching him.

"Ohayo gozaimasu, Babaa!" he loudly proclaimed, his fake smile quickly becoming a mischievous grin.

Due to him having his eye closed in exclamation and not sensing any killing intent, he was quite caught by surprise with the blonde Hokage's hand slapped against his cheek. Tsunade had put enough force into throw him into a spin and leave an angry red imprint. He made no attempt to prevent himself from falling to the ground in front of her in the hallway.

"Konnichiwa, Naruto," she replied pleasantly, staring down at him as he rubbed his cheek with a small, pained grin.

"Still so sensitive about how old you are, Babaa?" Naruto asked, chuckling as he continued rubbing the sting out of his cheek. Snorting at the blonde's attempts to get a further rise out of her, Tsunade turned and started walking towards her office.

Glancing out of the corner of her eye, she carefully watched as he climbed to his feet and followed her. She was happy that he had arrived a few minutes earlier than was necessary; now she could properly greet him.

It was nice to see him again. The village just hadn't quite been the same without him, in her opinion. Yet how ever short a time ago he had returned, it would seem that he had already discovered something that had set his anger off. And if she knew him as well as she hoped she did, it could only be one thing.

The Hyuuga clan.

Passing through the doors, she waited for him to follow and close them behind him. As soon as the doors were closed, she whirled around and snatched him into a bone-crushing hug. She purposely ignored his panicked thrashing and escape attempts, her strength was just too great for him to break free of.

"If I ever assign you to go away for so long again, I will retire from Hokage early," she said, affection coating her words. "I missed you, Uzumaki Naruto."

However, no amount of that affection reached the blonde who she now held. His face was starting to turn blue and his movements gradually slowing down. Looking down at his familiar bright blue eye, she raised her arm up just enough to lift him off the ground.

"However, if you ever pull a stunt like the one you did this morning again," she growled, allowing her pent-up anger at his reckless actions to color her voice. "I will personally send you meet your ancestors in the afterlife!"

"…Gomen—nasai…" Naruto was barely able to gasp out. Even if he could've found a way to escape this situation, there was no way he could bring harm to his beloved obaasan. This was the reason he managed to utter out one final word with the remainder of the oxygen in his lungs. "…mercy!"

"Tsunade-sensei?" a familiar voice asked from behind them. "What are you doing?"

"Teaching this gaki a lesson about scaring people," she answered without looking back. "You're a little early Sakura-san."

Sakura remained where she had entered the room. It was quite amusing and heartwarming to see her usually tough sensei showing her more loving side. Of course, Naruto would probably have disagreed in an instant given how blue his face currently was.

Finally relenting, Tsunade released the captured blonde. With the sudden freedom and unrestrained flow of oxygen into his system, Naruto staggered away with audible gasps.

Sasuke walked into the room and raised his eyebrow questioningly. Naruto ignored him in favor of trying to renew the blood flow through his neck. Choosing to ignore the blonde in turn, Sasuke took his place between his teammates as they walked up to the Hokage's desk.

"As of this moment," Tsunade said as she seated herself. "The Konoha no Gogyou is officially reinstated as a Team Seven." It gave her a certain amount of devious glee to see the trio squirm at the mere mention that name. "However, due to the fact that none of you have really interacted for three years, I have scheduled a little 'test' to measure each of your new abilities."

"A test?" Sakura asked. "What kind of test? Who's giving it?"

"That would be me," a voice said from an open window to the side. Kakashi lounged there with his face predictably buried in his new book.

"Aw man!" Naruto groaned, slouching slightly. "I was hoping to get a few weeks off."

"What?" Sakura asked as everyone in the room looked at him, not believing a word that he'd spoken. "Why not, Naruto?"

"Hey!" Naruto cried, throwing his hands up as if to ward off an attack. "I just got home from Ero-Sannin's evil training trip! I thought I deserved a vacation! Why don't you come back in three months?"

"I guess you'll miss the Chuunin Exam that's taking place in a week then," Kakashi said, returning his attention back to his book. "It's the last one we're having for another six months. Which means you'll have to follow Sasuke who, as a Jounin, is now the leader of—"

"So when do we get started, Baka-sensei?" Naruto called out, a cheeky grin on his face.

Rolling their eyes at the newly-returned blonde, Sakura and Sasuke both turned to face their former sensei. Though, given the knowing grins that each of the three were wearing, it was clear they already knew.

"Training Ground Seven," Kakashi said. In a rare moment of inspiration, he decided to add in a little incentive. "and the last one there will be tied to a post."

Before any of them could move or speak, he turned and vanished, a small smirk hidden safely behind his mask.

Training Ground Seven
9:07am

"You know," Naruto said with a nostalgic tone as he looked around the training field for the second time that day. "if this place never changes, I wouldn't mind in the least."

"I know what you mean," Sakura said.

Even though she had seen it far more often than Naruto over the past two and a half years, having her missing teammate back brought with it a powerful sense of nostalgia. This was why she joined the blonde in looking around the moderately-sized field surrounded by the forests with a small river flowing through one side of the clearing.

"So tell me, Kakashi," Sasuke said, taking charge of the situation. "What kind of 'test' do you have in mind for us?"

"Oh nothing that you haven't done before," Kakashi said evasively, digging in his weapons' pouch and extracting something. "Actually, I think we'll start off with one of my favorites."

A pair of bells dropped into view from his fingers.

"Like before," Kakashi continued, as he stuffed his book into his pouch. "if you don't come at with the intent to kill, you most likely will fail to get them. The time limit, however, is at sunrise tomorrow."

All three members of Team Seven had small grins on their faces when they saw the bells. Sakura dug into her pouch and pulled out a pair of black gloves which she quickly donned. Naruto absentmindedly tightened his headband. Even Sasuke reached up to tighten the straps of the armor plates over his arms.

"No way could you've already finished the Icha Icha Tactics, Baka-sensei," Naruto said, grinning. "Not even you could do that."

"I guess he's being serious this time," Sakura said with a small but bright smile.

"Of course I am," Kakashi said as he exposed his Sharingan eye. "Something's telling me to not underestimate you guys this time."

"Against me? Perhaps…" Sasuke said, managing to keep a straight face. "since I'm the only other Jounin here."

A low, almost unheard growl sounded from Naruto's throat at yet another quirk from Sasuke about his rank. A pleased smirk appeared on Sasuke's face. His unofficial mission of constantly irritating Naruto had yet another success. And what a satisfying one at that!

"I wouldn't be too cocky if I were you, Sasuke," Kakashi warned with his voice surprisingly stern. "As a Jounin, an Uchiha, and above all else: my apprentice, I am holding you to a very high standard. So if you fail this test, you can expect another one of our special training sessions afterward."

Naruto's face shifted between a glare at Kakashi to a slightly confused and interested stare. It would seem that even after these years, Kakashi still seemed to hold Sasuke higher than him! Yet, what was this training session he threatened Sasuke with? Glancing at him, he saw the usually reserved Uchiha's face wearing an undisguised look of horror…and was that a blush on his cheeks?

Due to the fact that Sakura was also watching Sasuke's reaction, he could clearly see the devilish grin that was pulling at her lips and a deadly shine in her green eyes. Evidently, she knew what these training sessions were and found amusement in them. Now Naruto was really curious!

A sudden desire to end this test erupted to life inside him. He couldn't wait to interrogate—I mean question—the Uchiha about this subject! With this growing impulse, he glanced back at Kakashi. The man didn't seem to be on guard at the second since he was clearly about to continue his lecture of his expectations of the other two.

Discreetly moving his hand, Naruto snatched out several shuriken and hurled them at the Hatake. Forewarned by his Sharingan, Kakashi easily ducked under them and sent a few of his own back towards his attacking student. When Naruto predictably jumped over them, he threw another wave at the blonde who was now caught suspended in midair.

With a sudden show of surprising flexibility, the blonde twisted in midair and dodged the deadly weapons with plenty of space to spare. As he landed and turned in one move, Naruto snatched the handle of the katana strapped to his back. Even as he was turning to start the charge towards his former sensei, a sudden pair of hands with grips like iron grabbed his wrist and a handful of his hair. With just a slight twist, the partially unsheathed blade of the weapon was positioned at the base of his neck.

Kakashi just grinned at the position that he now held his most rebellious yet very talented student. But before he could say anything, he sensed the sudden appearance of a Kage Bunshin behind him, poking a kunai into his unprotected backside. When Naruto had had the time to summon it, he wasn't too sure. Perhaps when he had dodged those shuriken in the air?

"I see your impatience hasn't changed since last time," Kakashi said quietly.

For a moment they all relived a memory that was almost a perfect replica of their current positions. Naruto held at kunai point by Kakashi after trying to attack him before the start of the very same test. During both times, Sakura and Sasuke had just stood to the side, watching bemused as their sensei outmaneuvered the blonde.

"I just really want to go see Hinata-hime," was Naruto's mumbled excuse since he didn't want to hint his intention of following Sasuke to answer his question.

That little statement drew a small grin from Kakashi nonetheless as he released Naruto. "Alright, start!" he said, vanishing in a poof of smoke.

Quickly looking around for any indication of his location, Sakura came to a fast realization. If he's not in sight and no noticeable signs of genjutsu, there was only one place he could be.

"Below!" she yelled as she bent down and punched the earth powerfully underneath her. A massive crater, easily twenty meters in diameter, was formed in the ground as the earth was splintered.

Only Sasuke had been ready for the shockwaves and maintained his balance. Naruto was comically thrown off-balance while gaping at Sakura in shock. Kakashi, who had indeed hidden underground, was also gaping at her from the crevice he could see her. Sure, he'd heard Sasuke once mention in passing that she had grown very physically strong but not to this extent!

From her position in the disheveled ground, Sakura easily spotted her target with a look of restrained confidence and eagerness. "Found you!"

"Very impressive, Sakura-san," Kakashi said, quickly gathering his wits and climbing back to the surface. "You are indeed a student of Godaime-sama."

Sakura just gave him a small, almost nervous smile.

"Well then," Sasuke said, stepping forward as his Sharingan activated. "Perhaps it's time to get serious."

"Hai!" Naruto and Sakura cheered as all three suddenly dashed forward.

Snatching a kunai from his pouch as his patented Oboro no Jutsu came to life, Naruto flashed through a five one-handed handseals. Jabbing his kunai forward, a sudden powerful gust of concentrated wind raced forward. Kakashi barely was able to dodge the Kunai Soufuu Atsu.

As soon as he landed, he was forced to evacuate that spot as well. Sasuke had sent a large Goukakyuu straight at him. Rolling to the side, Kakashi snapped to his feet in time to see a blonde missile flying right at him. He caught just a glimpse of Sakura straightening herself after throwing the teenager.

Naruto was much too close for him to dodge again, so Kakashi turned and grabbed the outstretched fist racing at him. Using the boy's momentum against him, he twisted and hurled him away. But the teenager just seemed to bounce off the ground for a moment before rebounding back on the man.

Charging on both sides, like their earlier jutsu, Naruto and Sasuke rushed the Hatake. Seeing Naruto leap into the air to deliver a flying kick, Sasuke slid along the ground in an attempt to disrupt Kakashi's footing. Easily seeing their strategy, Kakashi hopped away and watched as the two sailed past one another.

Recoiling much quicker than he'd anticipated, Kakashi was beset by a literal whirlwind of punches and kicks from the blonde. Dodging a particularly strong punch, Kakashi bent back and kicked Naruto powerfully into his chin, knocking the blonde slightly into the air.

Seeing an opening, Sasuke dashed in and hit his sensei with a kick to his unprotected backside. The blow sent the man stumbling forward, right into the kick that Naruto had thrown his way. From his new position, buckled painfully over Naruto's feet, Kakashi could see that the blonde had managed to both land and push himself off the ground using his hands as an anchor. The added movement of rising off the ground and towards his target gave his kick a considerable bit more power than he might normally have been able to do.

Before Kakashi could properly orient himself, Naruto thrust his hands upon the ground again. This time he pushed himself much higher and giving himself a bit of a spin as he threw a fast punch. The punch hit the same time that a following kick from Sasuke hit his side.

Bouncing off the ground like a skipping stone, Kakashi turned and rolled. Quickly sliding to his feet while digging small trenches in the dirt, he caught a familiar scent as the third teammate tried to rush his back. Sidestepping her chakra-enhanced fist, he grabbed Sakura's arm and threw her back towards the boys.

After sliding under Sakura's flailing body, Naruto jumped into the air again as he neared the man. About the same time that Sasuke caught Sakura, Naruto had brought an ax-kick down towards the man's head. Predictably, Kakashi blocked it and pushed the blonde's leg back up into the air to throw off his center of balance.

Catching his fall in a handstand, Naruto did not even bother to right himself. Using his new position, he began throwing repeated kicks into Kakashi's face as quickly as he could. Crossing his arms into a basic guard, Kakashi took the blows with a bit of salt. He had not expected Naruto to be so relentless in his attacks.

However, he instantly saw an obvious opening in the blonde's attack. With his hands partially immobile and his feet trying to pummel his opponent's face, Naruto had left his entire torso unguarded! Stepping back slightly, he threw a fast kick at the opening.

Already predicting such an attack, Naruto withdrew his legs into a ball. Then he pushed himself up off of the ground and with one hand he caught Kakashi's kneecap. Using it to push himself into a spin, Naruto twirled in midair with the knee on the same side already seeking out the Kakashi's unprotected torso. The blow, though not overly strong, was enough to knock the man awkwardly to side.

Finally pulling himself up to his feet, Naruto instantly took to the air again to deliver yet another ax-kick. Of course this one was dodged, though not nearly as gracefully as Kakashi would've preferred. Grabbing onto the back of Naruto's jacket, he turned and threw the boy far across the clearing, right into the river.

The sound of rushing earth caught Kakashi's attention and had him reflexively jump high into the air and to the side. He watched as below him a giant snake of earth lunged past where he had been. It was one of Sakura's favorite old ninjutsu he remembered. As expected, the earthy serpent curled around and lunged at him again even as he descended.

He barely touched the ground before hearing, "Katon: Kisou Karyuu no Jutsu!" A sudden wave of heat washed over his shoulders and back as the dragon-shaped fireball roared towards him. Mindful of the serpent, Kakashi dodged to the side, missing the fire by mere inches.

Bouncing backwards to put some distance between him and the two jutsu, Kakashi idly wondered where Naruto had disappeared to.

"Suiton: Suiryuudan!"

Speak of the devil, Kakashi thought in exasperation as three elemental serpents bore down upon him. Jumping from side to side, he nimbly dodged the fire and water as they made attempts to crash into him. Turning towards Sakura's Doton jutsu, he had just enough to see that it had disappeared under the earth at some point.

Erupting out of the ground, the snake thrust itself into his abdomen with all the strength of a freight train and knocked him backward. It was only when he heard the rush of water and felt the heat of fire that Kakashi realized that the other two jutsu had rebounded on him. And he couldn't dodge very well suspended in midair unless he—

The two jutsu crashed into him from opposite sides. The fire burned and exploded, pushing him towards the water. The Suiryuudan attempted to crush him into the earth and thus pressed him back into the heart of the flames. Fire and water clashed and the two jutsu extinguished the other in a hot spray of steam that erupted from the epicenter as the body fell to the ground limply.

It didn't take the clearing of the steam to see that the body of Kakashi had been switched for a log.

"You know, Kakashi," Sasuke said casually as he watched Sakura's Doton jutsu crumble to the earth. "If you continue to use that same trick, you'll eventually start becoming predictable."

"And the worst part," Naruto spoke up from where he stood on the river. "is that you've really slacked off in your stealth training, baka-sensei!"

"Hai," Sakura agreed, smirking somewhat broadly in pride. "Even I can sense where you're hiding, Kakashi-sensei."

Dropping from the tree that he had hid himself, Kakashi eyed the trio as they watched him with amused grins. Okay, this is going to be quite a bit more difficult than I first thought.

Training Ground Seven
12:24pm

If he'd thought that this test would be easy, Naruto would've been terribly wrong. He knew that Kakashi was among the best Jounin in Konohagakure. His taijutsu was nearly flawless, even without his Sharingan. His arsenal of jutsu was incredibly vast and diverse. With very large chakra reserves and a great control over them, Kakashi could devastate all but the truly strongest of opponents with minimal effort. The fact that his sense of smell was just as good as his own only decreased the chances of a sneak attack.

The man had truly earned every bit of his renown. Only a complete fool would underestimate the abilities of such a man.

Yet his opponents were certainly no slouches themselves. With the reunion of the Kaze Kitsune, Kasai Taka, and the Aka Sakura, Team Seven's teamwork seemed to just merge back into conjunction. The power of the Kaze Kitsune, speed of the Kasai Taka, and the strength of the Aka Sakura, when combined, quickly proved to be something to fear for even a man of Kakashi's stature.

In the three-hour time span that their battle had been taking place, each of them gave as good as they received. Kakashi was covered in sweat, mud, a few bruises and cuts, and some wood splinters. His chakra, though still in considerable quantity, had taken a large dip. Sasuke and Naruto were in much the same shape, save for a few burns and missing hair. Even Sakura had several layers of dust coating her clothes with a fine sheen of sweat and mud everywhere else. All of them were exhausted from having battled for so long.

Despite a few of the expected surprises from each member of the team, the fact that it had taken them more than three hours to finally snatch the bells was a true testament to all of them. It showed the level skill that the younger shinobi had gained to be able to forcefully take the bells from their former sensei. It also proved that Kakashi was no slouch in any means to be able to fight them off for as long as he did. Each of them was quite proud of themselves and each other for the little victories they'd achieved during the fighting.

But the way they acquired the bells from Kakashi turned out to be far more humiliating to the man than he'd have thought possible. The reason the test had lasted as long as it did was because the teenagers had been having so much fun beating on the man. It wasn't until their stomachs started rumbling that they had decided that they'd had enough and it was time for lunch. Kakashi had of course objected to them simply walking away during a serious test. Then, much to her surprise, Naruto held up the bells. It had turned out that Naruto had snatched the bells away from Kakashi right from the beginning, when Sakura had thrown him into the man! And Kakashi hadn't even noticed!

Yet there existed one final punishment that needed to be distributed among them.

"This is fucking ridiculous!" Sakura screamed out in a righteous fury at her former sensei. "I'm a Chuunin! I don't deserve to be tied to this stupid post again, sensei!"

"Ah," Kakashi drawled as he once again had his face buried in his new book. He did not even attempt to hide the amusement in his voice at her fury. "But I distinctly remember saying that the last one here was to be tied to a post. Did I not say that clearly enough, Sakura-san?"

Indeed, Sakura had once again been subject to being tied to the same post as she had in their very first test to become Genin. And despite the fact that she knew a jutsu that could release her from being bound, Kakashi's knots proved to be just as tight as they had been the first time. And, thinking ahead, he had even applied a special seal to prevent Sakura from exerting enough of her unfathomable strength to break loose.

A low, dangerous growl rumbled through her throat for a moment at yet another failed attempt to escape. After a moment of glaring at him, she resolutely looked away while mumbling incoherent threats under her breath. Her mumblings, however, were quite clearly heard by one blonde teammate who was sitting next to her post.

"Oi!" Naruto piped up, sounding and looking very much surprised and even a little hurt. "I resent that, Sakura-chan!"

"Gomen, Naruto," she muttered.

"Naruto," Sasuke spoke up from Sakura's other side. "where did you learn to fight like that?"

"Like what?" Naruto asked, trying to seem confused to the Uchiha's statement.

Frowning at Naruto's feigned confusion, he answered after a moment. "When we were fighting Kakashi, where did you learn that taijutsu? Or did you make that up as well?"

"Oh that?" Naruto asked, grinning broadly. "Well, I guess I kind of may have made it up."

"Kind of?" Sasuke inquired as he quirked an eyebrow in question.

"Yeah, some of it Ero-Sannin taught me. But the rest was just touch-and-go. Baka-sensei is the first person I've really tried it out on. I'm still having trouble with the third tier of the Kazeken though."

"Tier?" Sakura asked, quite interested despite her position.

"Yeah!" Even though he was giving away secrets of his taijutsu, Naruto didn't really care. Taijutsu, unlike ninjutsu, was far more easily learned or copied and thus it would've been extremely foolish of him to try to hide it. "The one I used on Baka-sensei was only the second. The third fought high up in the air."

"I get it," Sakura said quickly. "That way you could fight easier on that wind board you made, right?"

"Something like that," Naruto said as he climbed to his feet and stretched. "Well, I'm going. I'm still hungry."

"I need to submit a report to Godaime-sama," Kakashi said curtly before vanishing in a poof of smoke.

Guessing at what time it was, Sasuke mumbled something about checking up on Osamaru as he too started walking away. Naruto glanced at the Uchiha questioningly before altering his course to follow him.

"OI!" Sakura yelled indignantly. "AREN'T YOU FORGETTING SOMEONE HERE?!"

(Author's Note) I know, I know! I'm WAY late for this update. And I hate myself for it! However, things had gotten quite hectic in my work area and don't even me started on my superiors!

I know that this chapter is ridiculously short when compared to my usual standards. But I really didn't want to draw out the battle. Besides, with how I've been writing the remainder of the chapter, it might've seemed a bit like a let down. But I'm not completely against writing more of the fight. If any of you have questions on pieces of it, just ask and I'll see if I can work in some flashbacks to answer your questions.

Another reason why I wanted to end the fight so quickly was because I want to get started on the Rescue Gaara arc. I know that's a rather weak excuse, but it's the truth. I'm tired of being stuck in limbo over this piece of the story and the fight was only stalling it. Besides, we all know that they eventually got the bells anyway.

However, if you were hoping to catch a deeper glimpse into their individual abilities, you'll have to wait a bit longer. I swear to you all on my reputation as an author that I will be much more thorough in writing the various fight scenes to save Gaara.

And I'm sorry about the lack of any 'new' jutsu (aside from Naruto's Kazeken). I just didn't have the inspiration or see the need to introduce a few more of their ninjutsu. That's partly why I relied on FictionReader98's jutsu for this chapter.

One last thing before I go. I HIGHLY recommend you all go and look at the most recent picture I've posted on my homepage from dannex009 (near the bottom). It is simply incredible! I know some of the details in aren't exactly in line with the story, but that was the artist's decision and not mine. Nevertheless, I know you all will greatly approve of it.

Aka Sakura—Bloody Cherry Blossom (also known as: the Red Cherry Blossom)
Babaa—old woman, derogative term: hag
Junshu—purebred, thoroughbred
Kasai Taka—Fire Hawk
Kaze Kitsune—Wind Fox
Konnichiwa—Hello
Kusottare—vulgar epithet, shithead, bastard
Kutabacchimae—Drop dead, you bastard!, fuck you! (AN: This one is my personal favorite)
Ohayo gozaimasu—Good morning
Reiketsukan—cold-blooded person, heartless, coldhearted person

Fuuton: Kunai Soufuu Atsu--Wind Release: Kunai Blast Pressure//Modeled after Yukie/Gale's Kaze Ken Soufuu Atsu, and created using Kaze Kiwa as a base. Naruto forms the Kaze Kiwa standard seals – one handed – then adds a fifth one, uniquely designed for this attack: the Kitsune. Naruto forms a mini Kaze Kiwa around the kunai itself, and then makes it recoil on itself to launch it, similar to a spring. Because of this, Naruto has to sacrifice some of the Kaze Kiwa's power, thus making the total damage done only about 70 percent of the Kaze Kiwa. In appearance, it looks very similar to the Kaze Ken Soufuu Atsu, with the very front of it the drill of the Kaze Kiwa, thus making the victim feel like they were hit with a lesser Kaze Kiwa, as opposed to a blast of air. (Mid C-Class Ninjutsu) (Naruto) (Created by FictionReader98)

Doton: Daichi Kobura no Jutsu (updated)--Earth Release: Ground Cobra//A jutsu similar to that of the Suiryuudan. How it differs is the fact that the user has far more control over the actions of the Daichi Kobura, than one does with Suiryuudan. Thus, one is able to move the Daichi Kobura in any direction, movement, patterns the user desires, such as having it constrict an obstacle or opponent. The user could even pour more chakra into the jutsu to 'harden' and improve its endurance. This, however, means that in order for the Daichi Kobura to do all this, the user must constantly supply it with chakra, in addition to the amount used to create it in the first place. Because of this, plus the focus required, this means that the user has to remain stationary and focused, leaving the user quite vulnerable. For if the user moves and/or loses concentration, the jutsu will break apart. One could potentially keep the Daichi Kobura going for long periods of time... if they have the chakra reserves to maintain it. (Mid B-Class Ninjutsu) (Sakura) (Created by FictionReader98)

Katon: Kisou Karyuu--Fire Release: Homing Fire Dragon//One of Sasuke's fastest attack ninjutsu. Taking the form of a dragon made of fire, the Kisou Karyuu is designed to lock on to an opponent's chakra signature and seek it out until it hits, causing significant damage if it manages to hit. Even if it fails, it provides an ample distraction for Sasuke to attack using another means. The Kisou Karyuu can last about thirty seconds before it burns itself out. (Low B-Class Ninjutsu) (Sasuke) (Created by FictionReader98)

Kazeken—Wind Fist//A taijutsu style that was created by Naruto after comparing multiple others together with his own natural style. It consists of three tiers; Earth, Jump, and Flight.

The Earth Tier is based on speed, evasion, and counterattacks. The user will attempt to attack from any angle while dodging their opponent's attacks. This tier is best meant for beginners (academy students, Genin). It teaches them to always look for an alternate means to bring down their opponent. (D-Class Taijutsu)

The Jump Tier is more focused on power and surprise attacks, balance and counterbalances. The user spends more time in the air than the ground, using gravity to deliver much stronger kicks and punches than one could generally perform. Best used by Chuunin or Jounin. (C-Class Taijutsu)

The Flight Tier is by far the most dangerous and deadly. It focuses entirely on balance and one's center of gravity to fight their enemy. The Flight Tier can only be used while the combatants are suspended in the air (regardless of circumstances). This tier can only be used by someone of great skill in taijutsu, usually Jounin and ANBU. (B-Class Taijutsu)