( Ami's progress)

While one of Ren's clones was fighting with Gari, another was currently facing off against his other student Ami.

Unlike like Gari's area which was filled with holes and knocked down trees, the place where Ren's clone and Ami were currently standing looked normal.

And there was a very good reason for this it wasn't because Ami didn't have to firepower to destroy the area, it was simply because for the first month she was focusing solely on taijutsu.

Seeing as she wanted to be an all-rounder, she had to train all aspects equally and couldn't focus on one more than the other.

And the month of training paid off as her taijutsu was now far better, Ami could beat both of her teammates in a taijutsu match even if they fought her together, but her taijutsu wasn't the taijutsu of the hidden stone village.

It was something Ren came up with for her called 'frozen touch taijutsu'.

'Frozen touch taijutsu' the name didn't sound particularly interesting or dangerous, but it was highly dangerous after all Ren created it.

This taijutsu is aimed at creating serious damage from even the smallest of touches, one finger touching the opponent could lead to their death.

The taijutsu user releases a burst of ice release chakra, aimed at freezing vital organs that could lead directly to death, of course, the user can't always have the opportunity to hit a vital organ, so the users also target bones and muscles, freezing them and taking away the opponents means to dodge or defend themselves.

Currently, Ami doesn't have the chakra control, or high enough strength in her ice release to make this lethal when she uses it, but it should still be able to slow down her opponent.

But today was the start of Ami's ninjutsu training.

So as the clone and Ami faced off, they moved at the same time making identical hand seals quickly.

" Ice release; frost breath." They both said as they took deep breaths then blew out what looked to be a fast-moving and heavy mist that froze everything it passed.

As the two attacks finally connected, carrying the same power and chakra amount, they canceled each other out, but the mist didn't disappear, but spread out and became ticker, and even a little colder, turning the surrounding into a frozen wasteland.

Ren's clone had sensory abilities so, he could still find his way around in the mist, but the cold had forced him to use chakra to ward it off, increasing his chakra usage.

Ami on the other hand, didn't need to use chakra to find off the cold seeing as she had Yuki clan blood, and she had her own way of navigating the mist that has become so thick, it could be called fog.

Ami didn't waste any time, as she started making hand seals.

" Ice release; one with the fog Jutsu."

WHOOSH!!!

The fog around Ami quickly moved and surrounded her completely and her figure disappeared.

The clone who was moving in the direction he had sensed Ami suddenly stopped, as he felt her chakra signature vanish, and the fog was clearing.

The sudden change, put the clone on guard, as it kept its sensory abilities active keeping track of everything in the area.

And he didn't have to wait long, as the ice beneath his feet cracked, and he jumped to the side.

As he did though the ice where he was going to land burst open as Ami appeared with her whole left hand turned into an icicle stabbing towards the clone's heart.

Still falling towards the spot as he was mid-jump, the clone quickly uses 'substitution Jutsu

and appeared on a tree a few feet away, as a frozen branch appeared where he was getting destroyed by Ami's attack.

But he didn't have time to rest as two spikes of ice broke out off the tree he was standing on one from below and another from the left forcing him to jump to the right to dodge.

As he did, the ground below him Broke open in four spots, as four Ami appeared rushing at him while he was still in mid-air.

Looking back at where he just jumped from He sees the rest of the spikes turned out to be what looked like ice clones of Ami with their hands turned to ice spikes.

But the clone didn't panic, quickly making hand seals.

" Ice release: frozen bullets."

Ren stretched out his finger and aimed at an approaching ice clone.

BAM!!

BAM!!

BAM!!

BAM!!

A small piece of ice shot from his outstretched finger and went through the heads of the four clones on the ground destroying them so he could land safely.

As he did the two remaining clones didn't stop their movement closing in on him, the clone however quickly observed the area and noticed the ice was melting and the fog was now surrounding about two meters around him.

Seeing this even the clone knew what was happening.

He quickly enhanced his legs with chakra and flickered to the two approaching clones and appeared behind them then shoved his arms through their chest destroying them, and with them, the remaining ice and fog disappeared.

' It seems the clone in the resting area, thought her a new Jutsu, and one the main body doesn't know at that, but this is what he wanted, keeping the information separate so they could have the element of surprise, a good jutsu but it suks to much chakra.

Ami left long ago, should be when she realized this wouldn't be enough to beat me she choose to retreat and rest to get back chakra, she made the right choice but now I know her trump card I won't fall for it again.' thinks the clone as it flickers away to hunt down Ami again.