#summoning jutsu

The Inuzuka clan and Aburame should just be dog and insect summoners

Kiba & Inuzuka clan

Basically, just make them the dog summoners and they summon their dogs to help battle just like they usually do

And make the dog summon contract a clan-exclusive thing hence a clan

The only main difference is that the dogs can now talk

This is more of a take it or leave it but maybe in their genetics they have some inept ability for summoning so that it might not cost as much chakra to summon for example

And/or to keep things like Akamaru always around Kiba make it so their summon has no time limit so Akamaru can be with Kiba 24/7 if he wants

This way you keep all the Inuzuka clan techniques but since they’re summons it wides the possibilities from weapon usage to like the Kiba vs Naruto fight where since Akamaru can talk it would make it harder to differentiate the two when transformed

As for Kakashi

You can maybe add some lore that Kakashi’s mother was an Inuzuka to not only explain his heightened sense of smell but as an honorary Inuzuka (kinda like Boruto and Himawari with the Hyuga clan) it granted him a dog summon contract

Or just change it either or to wolves and clarify there is a difference between dog and a wolf

In a way, an upgrade

Kiba being able to talk with Akamaru I think is a big communication upgrade that can prove that just having Akamaru as an extension of Kiba is more useful as it can be Akamaru instead of Pakkun in the Chunin Exam/Konoha Crush arc

I think whether just because of time or focus or etc but Kiba’s the big upgrade is the three-headed dog while cool because Cerberus is a bit weak compared to the others I think just seeing how well Kakashi used his dogs I think makes it more flexible for combination attacks and combos like holding down an opponent to just giving Akamaru a sword or something

This isn’t the upgrade that would move Kiba from one of the weakest Konoha 12 to one of the strongest but in the aspect of making him feel a bit more unique but also in the same world as the others

As for Shino and the Aburame clan

Similar to the Inuzuka clan make the insect contract clan exclusive maybe have a clan unique where they can make summons last longer or something

Maybe most insects can't talk and that's the balancing or normalizing as hearing a hundred flies can be annoying

The only thing is I think kinda like how with the toads and snakes there are tiers to them like there were tadpoles and little Gamakichi and big Gamabunta

I can see that with insects like he uses the small insects a lot but if he needs to he can summon a bigger insect like a dragonfly that can be his equivalent to a hawk flying him with a giant beetle or a like insect that can ram a wall, etc

I think this also allows Shino and the Aburame clan to summon differently as it’s not that Shino will summon just one little insect at a time he can summon hundreds to thousands of insects at a time

Insect upgrade

Shino’s parasitic insects are mainly for draining chakra

Torune’s were more akin to poisonous

But something I always felt they should/could do is to use insects similar to Gaara’s sand

Where it can be used as a shield or a way to grab and hold things, even punch, and so on

It’s not much different than when characters in other media can control things like sand or metal and use it in that way just this would be bugs

Plus being summons does lessen the death point as they would just go back when too much damage occurs

I think having a Gaara lite is a upgrade for nearly anybody especially Shino

And it allows of Shino wants to use Torune’s insects he could just maybe takes more chakra or time spent or something?

Variety

Such as a butterfly or a bee or cricket or etc

Making him a bit more creative in how he uses insects such as fire flies for a light source

And since it’s a summon allows for more fantastical insect sizes mentioned earlier with giant insects

As Shino can summon a giant praying mantis and have it fight like the Pokemon scyther or something

Or a worm and he can get intel underground.