He was struggling with a very large conger, and holding fast with one hand to the side of the vessel, in order to seize with the other the gaping jowl of his antagonist, when the master said to him, Take care they don't see you from Belle-Isle.
In Naruto each base-element is stronger and weaker than one element:-. Fire: strong against Wind, weak against Water. Wind: strong against Lightning, weak against Fire. Lightning: strong against Earth, weak against Wind. Earth: strong against Water, weak against Lightning.
The thing is, in the Narutoverse the lightning element is strong against earth not water. Weird, I know. I like water as Naruto's second chakra type also though, because Shippuden literslly translates to Hurricane Chronicles. Hurricane= water + wind. Rasengan + water + wind = hurricane.