Naruto Shippuuden Episode 204 [Canon]

[DarthEnderX]

Also, why does she only have two kick ass abilities. Three elements, three permutations assuming the order doesn't matter. It was water, fire and earth. So she should have three abilites, water + fire, fire +earth, and earth +water.

That would require three separate Bloodline Limits. As it is, she's already the first character they've introduced who has two.

Remember that any character can use multiple elements with enough training, Kakashi has also been shown to use 3 or 4 of them now, and it's not even considered a big deal. But being able to combine two elements to form a new element requires a Bloodline Limit.

So even if she could use 3 different elements, she'd have to be descended from 3 separate clans that each knew how to combine two of those elements in order to make all 3 combinations.

One person can only have so many awesome magic parents.

I think your view of individual elemental affinities is too limited. I'm pretty sure you need nothing but water to get plenty of mist jutsus, for example. It's still water, even if gaseous. Lava is nothing but molten rock, but since the heat is actually the important point, having it require both earth and fire makes sense. So, until we see supercritical water, I don't think water + fire will be evident. Not that supercritical water wouldn't be quite a lethal jutsu...

I hardly think Supercritical is nessecary for a water+fire combination. Even Steam would be an acceptable combination of Water and Fire elements.

For some reason, you skipped right over steam on your path between regular fog and nuclear reactor byproduct.