Chapter 324: Check up
The best result was the sheer versatility in his ninjutsu list. For every chakra nature, he had something unique, and the possible combinations he could make now were astonishing to say the least.
In two months, he had been learning new jutsus every week and then using shadow clones to perfect them. The result was nothing but astonishing. One day he was sitting with Shisui, discussing how much he had progressed, and the list he made was this:
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Fire Release: Fireball, Fire Stream, Great Dragon Fire Technique, and Demon Lantern
Earth Release: Hiding in the Mole, Earth Wall, Iron Skin Jutsu, Bottles Swamp, Rock Shelter, First Rock, and Earth Spear
Wind Release: Wind Blade, Gale Palm, Wind Instantaneous Movement Jutsu, Great Breakthrough Jutsu, Rotating Shuriken, as well as Divine Mountain Wind (which he was practicing for fire combo attacks only), Spiraling Wind Ball (which somehow resembled more like Rasenshuriken), and Beast Tearing Gale Palm
No Nature: Body Flicker, Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu, Supercharging a Jutsu, and Mitotic Regeneration Jutsu
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With Wind Release having the most number of jutsus, but it was mainly because they paired really well with his Fire Jutsus, which in comparison were least in number. But if one asked Kaida which were his most lethal jutsus, his answer would simply be:
'Fire Release'
Because from when he had learned Supercharging a Jutsu and the effect of mixing Yin and Yang Chakra on the jutsu, he had gone crazy with his experiments. The number of times the jutsu exploded and his clones got dispersed were shocking—almost more than seven hundred times. And that number was only this much because of the Iron Skin Jutsu, because the number of blasts had been almost thrice of this number.
But the results were worth it. The new jutsus: Great Dragon Fire Technique and Demon Lantern already had the process of applying Yin Chakra in the attack so that the attack could be controlled easily even after it was released.
The Great Dragon Fire Technique simply compresses a large amount of fire and Yin Chakra inside the user's body, moulding it in the form of a dragon. Once released, the color of the dragon depends on the amount of Yin Chakra. If more Yin Chakra is used, the color is whitish, but the temperature drops in exchange for super control.
Then there is Demon Lantern, where many demon face-like fireballs appear near the ninja, easily controllable. It is a jutsu somewhat similar to Itachi's S-rank Fire Release Great Flame Flower, and maybe one of the reasons Kaida learned this jutsu aside from the obvious benefit of targeting multiple weaker enemies at the same time.
But even though these two techniques were higher than the ones he knew before, by modifying them with Yang Chakra and joining them with other jutsus, Kaida had created some deadly combos like:
Great Fireball Jutsu, with its destructive power amplified with too much Yang Chakra while also supercharging it with 5 percent of his chakra, resulting in an almost blackish-red color. Yet they had the property of almost inexhaustible flames. One can say they were inferior copies of Amaterasu. They were so deadly that even Shisui learned them after seeing them once.
But the most important part was if that combined with the Spiraling Wind Ball, Kaida created a missile—a targeted missile, fired at a speed almost close to 400 km/hr.
Luckily, his practicing partners were either Shisui or clones. Otherwise, someone may have died when he used this jutsu for the first time, destroying a part of the forest along with tens of trees.
His second combo was also deadly at the same level. Divine Mountain Wind full of Yin Chakra and Fire Stream Jutsu full of Yang Chakra was a perfect combination. With wind control, Kaida was able to keep the flames at one position, resulting in increasing the temperature of that area so much that even rock started to melt, and the ground got converted into glass.
In 2 months of time, Kaida had actually gone a little overboard with his training. But aside from training, there was something else he was focusing on as well.
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"How many times do I have to say, I got a full body checkup from the best medical ninja of our clan? He said I am perfectly fine. Then why should I go to your sensei for the checkup?" Itachi asked.
'Because Tsunade is not here,' Kaida thought, but his words were completely different from his thoughts.
"Because I am getting a gut feeling that something is off about your health, and what would you lose with a small checkup?" Kaida asked.
"This is the third time you are asking the same question. I had already gotten two checkups. What would change in the third?" Itachi asked, due to Kaida's constant pestering. He had gone through two full body checkups along with chakra scans of his body. There were no problems, aside from some minor fractures which a ninja normally gets from training. So there was actually nothing wrong with him.
Whereas Kaida was in a different dilemma. 'You are going to fucking die in the future because of an incurable disease, and I am trying to find it before it reaches that stage. Is it that difficult to let someone save your life?' Kaida thought, with anger visible in his eyes, which somehow unsettled Itachi a little, like he was being accused of something he had not done.
"What?"
"Just get this checkup done, and I will not ask anymore," Kaida said.
"Okay," Itachi said.
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Itachi was lying clothless in front of Mitsuru. One of the reasons he didn't want to get the scan was seeing Kaida glancing from around the corner. Mitsuru chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I am going to take good care of your boyfriend."
"Sensei, please focus on the task. Jokes can wait."
"You are no fun anymore," Mitsuru said as she started scanning Itachi's body from top to bottom.
"…" Itachi was just laying motionless when Mitsuru completed the scan and said, "He is perfectly fine." Itachi was about to sit straight when Kaida cut Mitsuru off.
"Sensei, please scan his chakra network as well. I think there is something wrong with him," Kaida said.
"It is? Or are you making an excuse so that you can find a reason for your lo…" Mitsuru was making another joke before her words stopped.
'BINGO,' Kaida thought as Mitsuru's expression turned serious.
"Nurse, bring me Seikakusa, Hikarihana, and Kikiryuu right now," there was seriousness in her voice.
"Is there something wrong, ma'am?" Itachi asked, a little worried from Mitsuru's expression.
"I am not sure. Wait a little. I will tell you soon," Mitsuru said in a sisterly voice, trying to soothe her little brother. Soon the nurse brought the herbs, along with water and needles. Mitsuru quickly made a concoction and dipped the needles in that, then using those to poke Itachi at various points.
Soon many veins bulged on Itachi's body, and his eyes and back started to hurt a lot.
"Ma'am, it is hurting too much," Itachi said.
"I can see," Mitsuru said with a sigh as she fed Itachi something, resulting in him going back to normal.
"What was all that?" Itachi asked.