Chapter XVI

The Sensei began, "Let's delve into the other facets of Chakra."

"You've already witnessed one property, [Nature Transformation], during my last attack," he continued.

"So, what encapsulates Nature Transformation in a nutshell? Essentially, it involves molding our chakra into one of the natural forces – water, wind, earth, or fire."

"And why undergo this transformation? Because using raw chakra is feeble unless one possesses extraordinary talent in Shape Manipulation or employs high-class techniques," the Sensei clarified.

"There are also other natures of chakra formed by using a combination of different natures, but it is not a topic for you, as it is very rare for anyone to manifest it. Like one in hundreds of thousands," the Sensei mentioned.

"There also exist hybrid chakra natures formed by combining different elements, like lava release, boil release but that's an exceedingly rare occurrence – only one in hundreds of thousands," he added.

"As for which Nature Transformation you will be most proficient in, it is dependent on your affinity. I am sure you all have already checked it in your first years," the Sensei noted.

Listening in, Tatsuya glanced at his own Status Panel Affinity.

[Affinity]

• Fire: {50%} • Water: {50%} • Wind: {40%}

• Earth: {25%} • Lightning: {60%}

It was a pretty balanced one, with only earth being relatively low. Which was quite normal for a Hyuga clan member.

Unlike Uchihas, who were very proficient in Fire Style and Lightning Style for special cases, Hyugas mostly excelled in using neutral chakra as their base fighting style without any Nature transformation.

Which was quite a pity. As despite being called one of the strongest clans in the village, they didn't have anything other than Byakugan, which also didn't have any immediate evolution unlike Sharingan. As for Tenseigan, it was almost impossible to obtain.

They were only able to retain their position as their strongest because of their numbers, how easy it was for them to awaken byakugan than their rivals and there were not many Uchihas left.

Thankfully, he had the system; otherwise, he would have pretty low chances of ever getting to the top of the world.

Even for that, he would need to practise Eight Gates to the extremes like Might Guy.

"And the last property of the Chakra is the [Output]. In simple terms, it is the rate of chakra you can output per unit of time."

"Most people can only output a certain percentage of their total chakra volume, while someone like the Raikage of Hidden Cloud Village can sometimes increase their output level to such extremes that it will dwarf most of the ninja in the world."

(A/N: Raikage can even output his chakra to the level of Bijuu even though he didn't have Bijuu level reserves.)

Sensei gave everyone some time to digest the information before saying, "With this, I am sure everyone will get the gist of the basic properties of Chakra."

"Ugh… I don't get it. What is this Output, spatial composition?" Naruto murmured.

Tatsuya thought about explaining the stuff to Naruto but then decided not to. Explaining it with just words to him would be impossible now; Naruto is the type of guy who learns more in practice than in theory.

"Now, I will explain how these properties will affect the casting of techni—" Sensei began but was suddenly interrupted by a large, burly man who invaded the room, almost breaking the door.

"Oye, Takashi, mind if I take over your class? I'm on a limited schedule," a rough and gruff voice sounded from the burly man.

"Don't you have your class timing already, Kumano? Why are you trying to steal mine?" Takashi sensei said.

"Uhh… Well, I am going to let them fight today. And you know how little time I get for that. It's never enough."

"You get appropriate time, Kumano. It's just you who always sets too many fights every time." Sensei argued.

"Will you give it to me or not?" Kumano argued.

Resignedly, Sensei conceded, "Just this time. Try it again, and I'll steal your class."

"As you have seen, I will teach about Chakra Theory some other day. Today, you will be in Kumano sensei's care."

Hearing it, everyone simultaneously groaned inwardly.

"Dammit, Ogre is going to make us work again," Sakura complained and Ino immediately nodded agreeing with Sakura.

But Kumano, unfazed by the complaining looks of everyone, grinned widely. "Alright, my little ninjas, buckle up! Today's lesson is going to be practical. We're diving into some real action."

"No better way to understand chakra properties than through actual combat," Kumano declared, pacing in front of the students.

"But first, let's get out of this cramped room and get into the real ground. Follow me," he declared, walking out of the room.

Everyone started following him to the practice grounds.

"Who do you think you will fight today?" Yumiko asked.

"Depends. I don't know if it's going to be random or if we'll be allowed to choose our partners," Tatsuya shrugged.

"If we can choose… Wanna fight me?!" She said with an excited smile.

"Oh… aren't you quite eager today?" Tatsuya asked, amused.

"Of course! I want to test out what I've been practising, and who better to spar with than you," Yumiko replied.

"Sure. If that's what you want. But are you sure…it seems someone else is even more eager than you," Tatsuya said, pointing to his back, where a super-focused Sasuke was staring at his back intently.

"... Well… he can wait for another time, right?" She said innocently.

"Hmm..he can," Tatsuya nodded, shrugging.

They reached the practice grounds, a large open space for sparring and various types of training.

Immediately, everyone took the ninja formation and stood in a line.

Kumano stood in front of them and said with a burly smile, his scar making him look scary "Now, it's time to see if you little brats didn't get rusty, right? And what better than a good ol' spar."

Some even started shuddering, seeing the smile on his face. They knew he was going to be especially hard on those who were going to lose today.

Somehow, most of their gazes locked onto Tatsuya's position, and everyone had the same thought for a moment: 'Nobody would want to fight him.'

"I can see the fear in your eyes already. It seems you little shits really need a good dose of training today."

"How about... having the losing party become subordinate to the winning party for a week? This should give you quite some motivation, right?" Kumano suggested, a mischievous grin on his face.

"Wha…?"

"S-Subordinate?"

Everyone took a sharp breath, and a multitude of different expressions crossed their faces as they processed what they had just heard.

Kumano chuckled, thoroughly enjoying the surprised reactions. "That's right! The losing team will be at the beck and call of the winners for a week. But of course, it will be within the Academy grounds,"

"Isn't that a bit harsh?" Ino whispered to Tatsuya.

He nodded, "Well, it'll certainly make everyone fight their best."

"Still… What if the winning party tries to take advantage of the losing party… like, you know, in bad ways?" Ino asked.

"They surely will have some way to stop it; he is just not saying that to us currently, to give everyone a more dire situation to respond, which will have them give their best performance." Tatsuya explained.

".... No wonder, nobody likes him." Ino spat out under her breath.

Tatsuya shrugged, then turning his head to the left, he asked Yumiko with a mischievous smile, "Still want to fight me? You might become my paper boy , you know."

Yumiko rolled her eyes, playfully nudging Tatsuya. "You're not scaring me with that, paperboy or not, I'm ready for a good match. And I think it should be you, who should be scared, I might become your Master and slave you for a week."

'That doesn't sound so bad though,' Tatsuya thought.

"Hey! What are you thinking with such an expression?" Yumiko nudged his waist with her elbow.

"Oh, it's nothing." Tatsuya quickly shut away that thought process.

"So, are you ready to be my slave/subordinate?" She asked.

"You shouldn't be so confident, Yumiko. I am sure Tatsuya can easily defeat you," Ino commented from the side.

Yumiko just smirked and said, "we'll see, we'll see Blondie"

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