7 Mystery Unravels (2/2)

It was a bit far-fetched, but it was the only explanation Danzo felt might explain Fuzen's instinctual use of chakra transformation. On the downside, if he was right, it also meant he'd probably never access any of the other elemental chakra transformation inherent to his bloodline as they appeared to fused to create a new element.

He wasn't quite sure how to categorize it either. If it was only the three elemental chakra natures, it would be a kekkei tota, but if what he assumed was correct regarding the addition of yin release, then it'd be an unheard mix between elemental and non-elemental chakra transformation.

Danzo had been silent for quite some time now and appeared to be in deep thought.

”What are you thinking?” Fuzen asked. For once genuinely interested in what he thought. Danzo did have much more experience when compared to him in this department.

”Okay, there's some good and some bad news...”

”I want the bad news first!”

”The bad news is that I don't see you ever using the normal nature transformations and as a consequence will have to develop your own arsenal of jutsu from scratch.”

”And the good news?”

”Well, the good news is that you have a bloodline that no one yet knows how to counter and with the addition of yin release, it appears to be a very flexible bloodline, meaning your future limit using it will only be restricted by your skill in shape manipulation and imagination.”

That was good news indeed, Fuzen thought. And the bad news didn't discourage him in the slightest. Knowing he only had a single path to power made his ambition burn even brighter and determined to excel even more. He liked the aspect of creating a new path unseen to this world.

To most shinobi the first step would be to learning how to mould and define the nature of their chakra, however, as that came naturally to him, it wasn't necessary. Together Fuzen and Danzo began experimenting on the properties and characteristics of his bloodline's specific nature transformation.

Initially, Danzo went with the assumption his bloodline was an improved version of the Nara Clan's ability to manipulate their own shadows through the use of Yin Release, but it turned out to be so much more.

It took them several months to build a preliminary understanding of his bloodline. One of the primary aspects they had discovered during this time was that any future jutsu he created was always going to have a foundation in the darkness contained within his own shadow.

The fortunate thing was he would always have access to the darkness within his shadow as it could never truly be erased. Darkness was indeed one of the few constant factors in this world.

Knowing this, they brainstormed ideas that would support and enhance his already current skillset. That meant it should enable his taijutsu prowess to excel even more. Danzo wasn't of much use during this phase and often just sat on the sideline watching Fuzen struggle and curse to himself. Danzo did make an excellent test-subject though and helped point out some errors in his thinking.

It took a while, but in the end, Fuzen ended up with a jutsu called 'Black Sea'. With himself, at the epicentre, he would use shape transformation to expand the darkness within his shadow in a circle around him. Within this field of darkness, he had figured out how to increase the downward gravitational force on opponents to a noticeable degree thereby making them slower and him appearing faster. He already had ideas of how its uses could be developed further when his shape transformation improved. As he wasn't yet very proficient in its use, both the gravitational downforce he could exert, and the range that currently maxed out at around 20 feet could be improved a lot. It wasn't quite a sea yet, but in the future, he would make sure it would be.