Chapter 22.4- One Thousand Hands

Fuinjutsu a bust, the next logical coin was Ninjutsu. Wind or water. That was the basic question. I had the basic idea I could use something like the bubble head charm from Harry Potter to maintain a bubble of water above my head that was hollow from within where I could breathe through but the only problem with that was that I’d suffocate in virtually no time. Five minutes at the most from breathing the same air over and over again. I could also experiment with holding my breath for longer and longer periods so I could spend even longer but something told me the whales were not the sort to tolerate half-baked measures. They had asked me to breathe and that was ehat I was going to do.

I floated for a few seconds in the water before steeling my will and diving inside once again. The goal here was to use what I knew about medical ninjutsu to let me breathe a bit. I felt water against the pores of my skin, and focusing, I tried to split the water itself into the elements that made up the compound. Two parts Hydrogen as against one part Oxygen per atom. I just needed to take out that single atom of oxygen and pump it into my body. Once again, it failed to work. A remained under the water until I felt myself unable to holdmy breath for any longer and swam back to the top, gasping for air and breathing in large lungfuls. All the while, I hated myself for every second of it. Failure was a bitch.

“What are you doing in there?” I heard a sudden voice ring out.

Activating my byakugan, I wasn’t surprised to make out Izuku walking into the gated pond area that the Senju clan treasured. It wasn’t nearly as grand as the Naka river but it still was one hell of a water body. Crystal clear, clean, cool in the hot months and hot in the old months. It was our very own gift from the Sage of Six Paths, Grandmother Mito would say with a smirk every once in a while.

“We have training now. You promised to help me get my sharingan to the last tomoe” he said, and I nodded while rocketing out of the pond and drying myself with a quick application of wind release chakra that I definitely hadn’t stolen from Kagami Uchiha. It was the story I was going to be using if anyone actually cared enough to make a fuss about it. I doubted they will.

“Sure. Let’s get to it. I need to get my mind of off this thing in the first place.