</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (dazzz &#064; Feb 22 2004, 06:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>some things don&#39;t need any discussion whatsoever. it&#39;s just common sense and logical. one can summon anything anywhere as long as it&#39;s summoned at an area (ground, air, etc) that&#39;s the most suitable, efficient, and convinient for the user and the summoning. ie: naruto had to summon the gamabunta in mid air cuz there was no way he was gonna do it when he hits the ground and no way he&#39;s gonna do it on the walls of the cliff cuz he&#39;d keep falling and gamabunta would&#39;ve been summoned on top of him. so, naruto had to summon it in the area below him, which was air. for kakashi, he had to summon the dogs on/under the ground cuz that&#39;s what they are for. to trap the opponent through an elemen of surprise by coming out of the ground (where he&#39;d least expect it from). IT&#39;S THAT SIMPLE.

EDIT: from what kishimoto has shown us, i think all summons are done through scrolls. the scrolls may not necessarily be needed to during the summoning process, but it&#39;s needed to sign a contract with the summons before they can summon.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
well if people felt the need to ask the question....then you cant just say it goes without saying

First, in every scenario when a summon is performed, some black markings spread across a surface where the summon is supposed to appear. I would assume this holds some sort of significance (perhaps as a portal or something that opens up on the ground). Also, it would have been more convenient for sarutobi to summon enma without having to strain himself to reach for a branch, but yet, he did. So you cant just say that someone can summon things in midair if they feel like it. I&#39;d believe either the fact that its kyubi&#39;s power or that the air is pressing up against naruto because of him freefalling as the excuse for doing it, but these conclusions were derived from discussing.....not just something expected for the general viewing audience to immediately realize. I&#39;m sure its not the series intention to be too complicated by any means, but this is how devoted fans of the series try to better comprehend the things that havent been explicitly explained, and in the process also perhaps discover interesting details that might have otherwise been overlooked.

oh and Kiba &#39;n&#39; Akamaru, I wont argue with ya that kakashi used an earth element jutsu for summoning the dogs at the bridge, but also keep in mind that the way he summoned them was rather abnormal from most summoning methods. It&#39;s our understanding that basic summoning methods don&#39;t require any special element, and it probably didnt require an earth type when he summoned Pakkun on the guy&#39;s back. Maybe he combined summoning with that beheading jutsu thingy he used on sasuke to ambush zabuza.