[quote=@King Kindred] Yeah, I read the part about the chakra returning on the wiki, but I don't remember it being said in the actual material. Edit: Just checked the reference [url=http://www.mangapanda.com/naruto/433/9]chapter/pages[/url] for it, and I don't know if it's a different translation, but it doesn't say that a dispelled clone's chakra goes back to the user. Just that once the Sage clones from Mount Myoboku are summoned their sage chakra goes into Naruto. But if the chakra goes back to them when they're dispelled I think it's when it's either they're manually dispelled by the user or when the user absorbs their chakra for themselves causing the clone to dispel. In Rin's case her first clone was destroyed by Akio's clone and Naruto never seemed to regain chakra after his clones were destroyed by someone else. Sorry. I'm picky about jutsu details as well. Years of Naruto Rp's will do that to a person. Edit 2: And although chakra coating and body flicker aren't high caliber jutsu doing them multiple times in succession would drain chakra. Plus if the shuriken aren't made specially for absorbing chakra, like Asuma's blade and the White Fang's saber, then it'd cost more chakra than normal to coat them with an element. [/quote] I will agree on the shuriken infusion using more chakra and the body flicker technique as well, but the first clone wasn't destroyed, it was attacked and remained as it was, hence the Akio's clone entering taijutsu stance and preparing to fight it. After the attack it was dispelled by Rin. And even with increased chakra usage for the other techniques, it nowhere near tops the shaping of elements into a dragons or vipers, etc. Rin wouldn't be much of shinobi if all or most of her chakra was used up for a few body flickers and a one time chakra infusion.