Chapter 4: Cut


"I can't cut this at all." Boruto frowned as he stared at his cube of metal, "It can be molded into weapons so obviously it's sturdy but even with my kunais I can't scratch it. My only guess is that I can heat it up but..."

Boruto turned to look at the small bonfire he had built.

"That's nowhere enough heat for me to melt it...if only I knew any Fire Release techniques..."

Boruto sighed as he laid on his back. He had barely gotten anywhere and he was already stuck. Maybe he wasn't cut out for this. Maybe he was too weak to change anything...

Boruto bit his lip and picked up one of the books he had borrowed from the library under a disguise. All it had was basic information about chakra natures and elemental affinity but it was better than letting his mind wander off into self-loathing.

Let's see...The Five Elemental Releases: Fire, Water, Earth, Wind and Lightning. Each of them have a type that they are strong and weak against. Fire is weak to Water, Water is weak to Earth, Earth is weak to Lightning, Lightning is weak to Wind and Wind is weak to Fire.

Fire burns. Water soaks. Earth turns to dirt. Lightning crumples. Wind cuts.

It would be great if he could use his wind release to cut the cube but it just absorbs chakra.

Fire beats Wind. Wind beats Lightning. Lightning beats Earth. Earth beats Water. Water beats Fire.

Boruto sat up. What if…

Boruto placed his hands on the cube and pushed his chakra into it. The cube took his chakra readily as sparks began to cross it's surface. The blades of grass around it began to move, first slapping against the surface as if magnetized then away again as if repelled. Again and again the grass flipped between these two states until it was nothing more than shuddering in midair before ripping itself apart from the amount of Lightning chakra that Boruto had placed into the cube.

Exhausted, Boruto stood up and stared at the cube of pure electricity that was sparking and zapping in from of him. Boruto held up his hand and focused as much Wind chakra as he could into his hand.

Wind beats Lightning. And Wind cuts.

Bringing his hand down on the cube, he pushed his wind chakra against his lightning chakra, forcing the two elements to clash. Even with the elemental advantage, he could feel the lightning overpowering the wind in his hands and Boruto had to push even more of his chakra into his palm.

CRACK!

Boruto stumbled forth as his hand caught him against the ground. For a moment, Boruto focused on catching his breath and recovering. Then he nervously turned his eyes on the cube.

It laid on the ground, cut cleanly in half.