Chapter 8: Release

I slapped Kisame's shoulder. "Put your chakra in to it, stupid."

"Che, I am," Kisame snapped.

I slapped his shoulder again. "No sass."

"Whatever," the shark-like man grumbled. He performed the snake, ram, monkey, boar, horse and tiger hand seals. "Katon: Endan!" He put his fingers to his lips, and spat out seven small sized fireballs.

"Hn, that wasn't as bad as your last attempts," I teased. I grinned. "They were at least a millimeter bigger!"

Kisame glared at me. "Why am I even doing this?"

"You're a Suiton master already," I stated. "I'm making you a Katon master so then you can have the Futton; a combination of Katon and Suiton. You should be happy, I'm entrusting you with one of my many kekkei genkai's."

"Why am I getting special treatment?" Kisame complained.

"Who said that?" I asked mockingly. "I have shadow clones with everyone else so then they can learn different affinities and such. Kakuzu is getting the Youton, Itachi-kun is getting the Enton, Orochimaru is getting the Shouton, Konan is getting the Kouton, and so forth."

"Is Tobi doing the same?" he asked.

"He's probably goofing off somewhere," I mumbled. "Or maybe he's experimenting with some jutsu's."

Kisame stared at me for a second.

I scowled. "What? He does it all the time." I slapped his arm. "Get back to work."

He scowled, but continued anyways.

"Why Fuuton?" Deidara complained. He pouted. "I can do perfectly fine with the Bakuton!"

I scowled. "You can't rely on one thing and expect to survive for a long time, gaki. Besides, I'm giving you the Jinton. Since you're young and still a midget, you have the advantage of speed. I know you can shunshin and stuff, but this will help you."

"How so?" he asked.

"Speed, moron. Speed," I snapped. "It's important in battle. Just as important as strength and strategy. No more questions."

Deidara nodded.

"The technique I'm about to teach you might be a bit of a challenge to master because this one depends on one's prowess of chakra reserves," I explained. "If you are like me and have gigantic reservoirs, then you can knock down a whole entire forest in one strike. However, if you have smaller and more normal reserves like Itachi-kun, the best you can do is knock a few trees down."

"What's my estimated reserve?" Deidara questioned in curiosity.

"Mid Genin at most," I replied. "I will show you."

The blonde nodded, and watched with determined eyes.

I performed the tiger, ox, dog, rabbit and snake hand seals. "Fuuton: Daitoppa!" A gust of wind blew from my frontside that knocked down the wet trees of the scrawny forest in front of us. Birds flew away and animals scattered, waves of fear rolling off of them [1].

Deidara stared in surprise. "Amazing!"

"That was only a fragment of my power," I stated. "Now, you try it. Gather chakra into one of your arms, and then make it thin while also maintaining it. Then release it while adding the wind nature."

The boy nodded. He copied the hand seals, lifted one of his arms, and swiped it. "Fuuton: Daitoppa!"

My jaw hung in shock, my eyes slightly widening. "'The hell was that?! That was just a breeze!"

Deidara glared. "It was my first try, you stupid old man!"

I glared at him. "Old man?! I'm only twenty-seven!"

"That's old!" Deidara shot back.

"Compared to Tobi, I'm rather young!" I snapped. "He's forty-two!"

Deidara stared in shock. "What?!"

I sighed, slapping myself for my stupidity. Obito's totally gonna kick my ass...

"The Enton?" Itachi asked. "What is that? I never heard of it."

"I know you have your Mangekyou," I stated. "Amaterasu, I believe. It can manipulate black flames that can burn for seven days and seven nights. You can accomplish the Enton with your Mangekyou and combine it with some other affinity."

Itachi raised a brow. "How'd you know?"

I snickered. "I'm more observant than you probably think. I can just see that Sharingan in your eyes, Itachi-kun."

His other eyebrow lifted.

I rolled my eyes. "I know you know how to control the flames a little bit; guide the flames, make them into balls of fire and so forth. But now we're going to practice on making the flames more obedient. It'll be like training a dog; long, difficult and annoying, but worth it."

Itachi nodded. "So where do we start?"

I pointed at the scrawny and wet tree that stood out of the pine forest in front of us. "Burn that tree down to the core in five seconds. If you can't do that, then burn that other tree in four seconds."

"Alright," Itachi mumbled. He activated his Sharingan, which molded into Amaterasu. His eyes narrowed, and black flames started blazing on the bark of the tree.

Four and a half seconds later, the tree shriveled up to nothing but ashes and smoke.

"As expected from a prodigy," I mused. I smirked and put my hand on my hip. "Now, burn two trees in three seconds."

He nodded, narrowing his eyes again. Black flames ignited and two trees closer to the edge of the forest started burning. Exactly three seconds later, they were left to nothing but ash and flame.

"Six trees in three seconds."

Six more pine tree's caught fire at Itachi's will, and started burning. Three and a half seconds later, the trees crumbled.

I glanced at the Uchiha. His eyes were focused and narrowed, ready at any given moment. I nodded my approval. "Burn three trees in five seconds. But this time, make the flames as little and brief as possible. Like Hiraishin, it's there and then it's not."

Itachi nodded, and his eyes narrowed even more. A second later, three trees were caught in a flurry of blazing flames. After three seconds, the flames disappeared in a wisp of smoke, leaving ash and burnt wood.

I felt a fox-like grin twitch on my lips. He's even better than I thought...

'Youton': 'Lava Release'

'Enton': 'Blaze Release'

'Shouton': 'Crystal Release'

'Kouton': 'Steel Release'

'Bakuton': 'Explosion Release'

'Jinton': 'Swift Release'

'Fuuton': 'Wind Release'

'Katon': 'Fire Release'

Katon: Endan - 'Fire Release: Flame Bullets'

Fuuton: Daitoppa - 'Wind Release: Great Breakthrough'

[1] Naru-chan can literally smell fear due to stealing a few Inuzuka techniques from their library.

Anyways, if you want to find out more about the release's, then just look it up on the wikipedia.

Peace! :3