Naruto - The Wind Calamity

Chaoter 109 : Wind Vacuum Technique

Fujin began practicing. Hiruzen had instructed him to practice with a 1 cm radius vacuum core for now.

After creating the vacuum core, he began encasing it with a thin layer of his chakra. It needed delicate chakra control. However, thanks to his Senju Taijutsu style training, his chakra control was good enough.

After a few failures, he managed to learn it rather quickly. The next challenge was to form winds around it to add another layer. This time he failed a lot more. If the winds hit the chakra film even a bit, it would collapse. But, soon he managed to create a proper Vacuum sphere.

In Fujin's right hand, a wind sphere rotated. At the center of this wind sphere was a thin chakra film that encased a 1 cm radius vacuum core. Hiruzen thought, 'Incredible. He got the basic form right in less than 10 minutes!'

Hiruzen said, "Now throw this sphere at a tree."

Fujin nodded and followed his instruction. The Vacuum sphere travelled for 10 meters when it suddenly began collapsing. Fujin observed closely and muttered, "The winds hit the chakra film and entered the vacuum core."

Hiruzen nodded, "That is the case. You have to ensure that the winds don't hit the chakra film even when it is travelling. And you need to make the chakra film sturdier while not increasing its thickness."

Fujin nodded and began practicing again. For the next 7 hours, Fujin kept experimenting with the wind flow and tried making the chakra film sturdier.

Hiruzen kept watching the whole time. He initially watched Fujin with fondness due to how dedicated and hardworking he was. However, after 7 straight hours, he sighed, 'I expected him to take a break for breakfast and lunch. Instead, he just grabbed a few ration bars and stuffed them into his mouth! He didn't even offer them to me.'

Hiruzen hadn't carried anything to eat. A couple of times, he had even asked Fujin to take a break. However, Fujin replied, "Just some time, Lord Hokage. I think I have got a handle on this!" After replying, he would get lost in practice and not even look at Hiruzen.

He did talk with Hiruzen a few times, but it was regarding issues in the training. After getting the answers, he focused on the training once again.

Finally, he managed to get a hang of it! He created another Vacuum sphere and threw it in the air. It traveled for around 100 meters in the sky before collapsing.

Fujin looked at Hiruzen, who nodded and said, "Good. This is perfect. Now try it on trees or boulders."

Fujin nodded and followed his instruction. He created a vacuum sphere and threw it at a tree. It hit the tree and pierced through it, creating a 2 inch wide hole in the tree.

He smiled and began creating more Vacuum spheres. In the next few minutes, dozens of trees were pierced. However, every Vacuum sphere after piercing the tree would collapse.

Fujin wondered, 'This is definitely good but if it collapses so soon after piercing a tree, it won't be that lethal. Maybe creating a bigger vacuum core might help it go longer…'

Hiruzen wasn't aware of Fujin's thoughts. He looked at his performance and praised him, "Great work Fujin. However, let's stop here for today."
Fujin looked at Hiruzen and protested, "But Lord Hokage, I can still train!"
Hiruzen shook his head and said, "Your chakra is almost exhausted. If we train more, then you might not be able to train tomorrow. The next step of training will be just as challenging as today's. So let's stop for today."

Fujin reluctantly nodded. Hiruzen instructed, "Don't practice Wind Vacuum style in my absence. Preferably, don't use any more jutsus today and meditate to recover your chakra quickly. We will meet tomorrow at 7 AM as well."