Dorothy
It was simple advice, Nagiha knew, but it was the best she could offer with this element, honestly. It was already becoming apparent that Hikari could soon match or outpace Nagiha in Wind Release, given that it was only her secondary element. Now, Nagiha certainly wasn't about to outmatched in Earth Release anytime soon, but that was a different story entirely. Still, Nagiha watched as her student spat out two waves, more powerful than before. The sharp waves of wind were punctuated with fluid head-motion, something Nagiha hadn't even thought to advise on yet. The localized hurricane that resulted sliced through the chestpiece, the entire pile practically crashing down with little else left.

"'Atta girl, think ya shown off enough there," The Sabaku girl would say with a grin, noticing that the Genin was starting to look uneasy from the chakra usage. Better to stop it here; their goal was to focus on Wind Release, after all, and any mistakes brought about by exhaustion wouldn't be conducive to proper training.

"Looks like your Wind Release is improvin' quickly. You'll probably surpass mine soon enough, seein' as it looks like your main element. You keep up the trainin', and you'll be surprised the things ya can do by takin' an element to its limit," With those words, Nagiha would step forward and begin weaving handsigns. After finishing on a Snake seal, Nagiha would reach out a hand and idly gesture towards the junkpile. Instantly, the earth beneath the junk would crumble into sand, sinking the remainder of the junk in a display of elemental powess.

"It's a pretty uncommon thing, cause even once ya reach that point, it takes effort to make it work. But I'm sure if ya keep it up, you can join those ranks... With a lotta time and effort, o' course."
John
With her task finally done, Hikari finally allowed herself to accept the praise Nagiha was giving her — a wan, weary smile weakly stretched her lips in a replica of a grin, though with none of the bouncy, bubbly, bright energy Hikari so often presented as though she was energy incarnate. She sat down on the ground, nodding at Nagiha's advice and watching the older girl's utter mastery over Earth Release come alive by swallowing the decimated pile in a sudden transformation of solid dirt to loose sand. As she always was when Nagiha showed her skill with her primary element, Hikari was in awe.

"You're a flatterer," Hikari weakly protested. While she very much wanted to be one of the handful to ever claim to master an element, actually envisioning being able to do so was... Almost too much, really. To profess total control over the winds themselves? To control every aspect from the speed and pressure to the density and angle, all at but a single whimsy? It was an almost addicting thought — but really and truly, Hikari didn't think she'd ever be able to do it. She was just Hikari, after all. Another redheaded Uzumaki like the rest of her clan. What made her so special?

"I have some ideas," She admitted, shrugging noncommittally. "Things that seem impossible unless I can control wind not coming from my hands or mouth. I hope someday I can make it work..."

Hikari stood once more, giving a long, drawn-out yawn, her arms stretched behind her head. Had this technique really taken so much out of her?

"Thanks for helpin' me again, Nagiha," Hikari finished sleepily, her speech starting to slur. "I'm gonna head home now. 'M sleepy. You're really great 'n stuff, y'know? Really 'ppreciate ya."
Rodolfo
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*Atosh would be found once again within the training grounds, he would be sparing against himself fighting some rock clones. He would be focused on fighting with his rope dart as he would focus on using both his rope dart and his kunais at the same time. He would fight outnumbered against his 4 rock clones and focus on controlling the distance between himself and the clones by using his rope dart before throwing in a quick kunai on the retreating clone.*

*Atosh did his best to keep up the pressure of his rope dart swinging around and kunais being sent out at high speed while ensuring that he didn't break form for his fighting style. The clones meanwhile focus on attacking from various angles and attempting to strike Atosh at the same time.*

*The sparring match would lead Atosh very tired seeing how he had to use a vast amount of both Stamina and chakra he would soon need to take a break as he laid down on the floor. Looking up at the sky he would look at his rope dart and pull it in, he would feel the chains and he would notice the seemingly endless scratches alongside some dents The dents were only minor but it would still throw Atosh off seeing how he thought he was maintaining his rope dart well.*

*Despite the small flaws he saw within his chain. Atosh would soon get back to his training as he would begin to make rock clones of himself and get his rope dart ready alongside some rock kunai as he began to spar with his clones once again.*

*The sounds of metal clashing against rock could be heard as Atosh kept up his fight against the rock versions of himself.* ["Hmm... Would this even be a chain dance?"] *He would think to himself as he kept up the fight against his own clones, using times where the clones reposition to make another batch of Rock kunais.*

*After a while, each clone would soon be broken as Atosh stood, not feeling exhausted seeing how this would be also great stamina training for him. However soon Atosh would be making pillars for himself to hit at the max range of his rope dart as he began to practice going from one of his chain dances into a quick but effective kunai throw alongside his rope dart towards a target at max range,*

*Atosh was training so he can easily get his rope dart from him to his target even if the rope dart would miss, so he could quickly redirect the chain afterward to attack his opponent in attempt to keep up the unrelenting pressure of a flurry of metal and possibly stone projectiles to overwhelm his enemy with minimum chakra uses for either defensive means though a wall of stone or his armor technique. Soon Atosh would find himself landing both his kunai and rope dart landing on his opponent in almost the same spot being inches apart. He would nod thinking that this was good enough for now.*

`` Chain dance flying metal ^ ``

Soon after finishing his training for syncing his kunai throws with his rope dart he would soon begin to practice a different technique. Throwing his rope dart away from him and at a pillar he made Atosh would use the rope dart as an anchor and pull himself towards the rope dart. He wanted to practice using his own rope dart as a movement tool than just a weapon. Seeing how he has problems keeping up with his peers using normal methods, Atosh would need to find alternate ways for him to move just as fast. He also thought of other ways that using his rope dart in such a manner would be useful.*

*Soon setting up his own course using his Earth release, Atosh would soon start to swing from pillar to pillar using his rope dart. Just as soon he would find himself back on the ground face first, laying on the floor once again he would flip himself to be facing upwards towards the sky and rest a bit before getting back up. He would think about the methods his mentor and father apparently used. Using their elements Sento and Zil would use a Jutsu to launch themselves with great speed and then use their rope darts to steer and control speed while seemingly flying. Sento using Lighting to grant him a large amount of speed before sending him flying though the air like an arrow, while Zil despite just being capable of flight, was able to launch himself using wind before switching over to his rope dart to control his flight.*

*Sitruka and Milin however never really found a way to replicate this method of travel due to their elements not being capable of giving themselves such speed. Sharing the same Element with Milin, Atosh would attempt to think of ways that maybe he could makeshift his own way of rapid transportation.*

*He would lay on the ground for a while thinking that maybe he could use his own Jutsu of Rock pillar spear to send himself flying due to the instant nature of the Jutsu of the pillar coming out quickly. But soon Atosh would stand up again and head back to the start of his small course made of stone.*

*Getting back to the starting area Atosh would quickly send his rope dart outwards attach itself to the pillar before pulling on it to send himself sailing through the air, he would chain together his rope dart latching onto the pillars. He would soon find himself easily trusting his rope dart to hold its place before being yanked out so it could be thrown into another area, allowing Atosh to swing from area to area with ease.*

*Soon afterward Atosh would clean up the area by using his Earth Chakra nature, he would then look towards his rope dart and think about how else he could push his skill with his rope dart to more extremes to become a powerful weapon he would pratice some of his chain dances while thinking to see if anything would come to mind.*

`` Chain Dance: Chasing / Fading Crescent^^ ``

*Soon realizing that he needs to improve his Chakra enhancement over his fist and weapon he would make a pillar of stone once again in front of him before coating his fist with Chakra he would punch the pillar while using Armor Technique to ensure his hand didn't receive any damage. He would do his best to make large dents into the pillar for each punch he laid into the pillar using his full strength and the added striking power from the Chakra making his punch heavier. Soon he would find himself needing to quickly punch the falling half the pillar away from him. He would wave his hands a bit to relieve some of the pressure his hands were on before cleaning up the area once again. Afterward, Atosh would raise another pillar before taking a break.*

*After burning through a lot of chakra he would sit down on the ground before looking at his rope dart... He would think about one of his long-term goals of learning the Earth Chakra mode and mastering it, which he learned from his mother and Sento that a step into learning the defensive transformation was a Technique called Earth Release: Earth Spear.*

*From what he was told by Sento that Atosh was getting close to being capable of performing the Jutsu seeing how his heavy use and proficiency with Armor Technique was already immense, However, the only thing that was currently stopping him was the fact that he was not capable of using the element of Earth with his Chakra enhancement.*

*Soon standing up Atosh's rope dart would start to glow as it began to get coated by Chakra, even the chain began to shine with a blueish silver glow as he began to attack the pillar with his Rope dart.*

*Atosh would quickly notice the massive amount of damage he did on the pillar with each strike from his rope dart, even strike where it was just the chain itself being smashed against the pillar left a larger mark than his own fist. Once again the pillar would soon fall but while it was falling Atosh would use his rope dart to send the falling pillar up into the sky before smashing it to pieces using a precise throw shattering the pillar using only his chakra and his Rope dart.*

*Wanting to push himself more Atosh would make a handful of pillars, and soon surrounded himself with pillars Atosh would begin to perform the Chain dance of the new moon, The sound of rock being shattered could be heard as a shining shooting star could be soon flying around as the Rope dart flew though the air with a mystical glow coming off it. The Rope dart would clash long side the pillars and bounce of it just to allow Atosh to keep up with his fluid motions to keep to the momentum of his Rope dart high. In a matter of minutes, the pillars would soon break falling apart in to pieces before returning to the ground as dirt.*

`` Solo training ^^``