The Next Step

is episode 76 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Synopsis
Kakashi Hatake reveals that the Rasengan is an incomplete jutsu as he is not able to combine his own elemental chakra affinity into it, just as it's creator, the Fourth Hokage couldn't do. He then presumes that Naruto Uzumaki might be the first one to be able to do so. Meanwhile, Asuma Sarutobi sends word to the other teams about the Akatsuki's location and proceeds on. Kakuzu then exchanges Chiriku's corpse. Naruto's training increases his stress to the point that the Nine-Tailed Fox tries to break free, but Yamato manages to suppress it entirely.