The days passed and the day of the full moon arrived. Kin and Dosu were training as usual, but Jugo was trying something different.
What happens if, instead of absorbing the chakra, he pushes it onto another person?
At first he denied it, after all chakra should be like DNA, right? You push it into someone incompatible and the chakra is rejected, but that's not quite the case, the example of Naruto sharing Kurama's chakra during the war comes to mind, chakra can indeed be shared.
Perhaps the control over it isn't as precise as the original owner's, but this opens doors.
Then he tried with Getsu.
He tried to do the reverse process, instead of sucking, he tried to donate.
When Naruto donated chakra, a Kurama chakra cloak would form around the target, perhaps because the target's chakra network couldn't handle receiving so much chakra at once and the cloak acted as an external reservoir.
The chakra didn't just need to be emitted from the hands towards the target, that was easy. The chakra needed to enter the target's chakra pathways and be assimilated into the target's normal chakra, that was the difficult part.
Well, not quite. Getsu managed to absorb his chakra on the first try, but while Jugo was happy, he stopped the next moment, thinking the reason might be due to the bond between them, so he grabbed an animal from the forest and...
The squirrel exploded.
"Wow, that was... " - Jugo doesn't even want to talk about it.
Then he tried with a larger animal, just as he expected, the problem was that the squirrel's body couldn't handle his chakra.
He tried it with a bear next time and it worked, but the bear went crazy, destroying everything in its path.
Jugo could only watch the bear continue its fury for a while before collapsing, exhausted.
At least he didn't die, he just looked extremely tired.
Jugo became thoughtful, perhaps the problem lay within his own chakra.
In known cases of using someone else's chakra, whether it's a Bijuu's chakra or natural energy, there are always some visible alterations, which is probably due to a lack of complete compatibility with the donated chakra.
Naruto was driven mad by the malice of Kurama's chakra, toads were turning to stone...
In any case, a perfect donation is unlikely, but the point is that Jugo's own chakra is an unknown quantity.
Whether it's the curse or the prisoner's path, all of it influenced their chakra, their werewolves can withstand it, but the others? It seems difficult.
Thus, he was back to square one, unable to remove the "corruption" from his chakra, he wouldn't be able to actively donate it for the time being.
How to do that? Who knows, maybe developing the bind can work on that later, for now Jugo has returned to hunting with the trio of werewolves.
His progress, or rather, the progress of his clones in recent days, has been excellent.
Jutsus that Orochimaru gave? Mastered. Dosu's Sound Jutsus and Kin's Genjutsu? Mastered. Rasengan? Mastered.
He was struggling with chakra nature now, that was a more complicated part, especially lightning and fire.
Not that he hadn't made progress, he could freely alter the nature of his chakra now, but that was far from enough for him because the costs were high, the power weak, and the control minimal.
So the training continued, he had no teacher, so he progressed on his own. Besides, he wasn't content with simply changing the shape of the Rasengan, after all, it's a jutsu that depends on the initial movement to maintain its effectiveness.
That's why Naruto needs the clone to create the Rasengan, but after it's created, Naruto can maintain it on his own, simply by injecting chakra and keeping control minimal.
It's like a spinning top, you need an initial rotational movement, but then it maintains its movement on its own.
The chakra threads were a great way to train shapeshifting for now, but his goal was to be able to do something like manipulate lightning directly like the Chidori, without even needing to use hand seals.
The clones trained in different ways, those who trained wind and lightning used them to coat kunai, those who trained earth and water tried to control the elements themselves, molding them into different shapes and those who trained fire were trying to "create" the Hadouken because... wow, it would be cool to be throwing Hadoukens around.
He simply concentrated the fire between his hands, increasing its intensity before launching it.
Compared to a jutsu? Its power left something to be desired, but with all this training, his future control could very well create a miniature fireball like Escanor's, capable of drying up a lake or something like that.
That was to be expected.
Training with chakra threads, on the other hand... well, let's just say his clones were jumping from tree to tree saying. - "With great power comes great responsibility..."
The other day they decided to play different versions of Spider-Man, they all used transformations to get black suits and fought over who would be "Bully Maguire".
Jugo ignored that group of chuunibyou and canceled the jutsu... ha! There could only be one Bully Maguire! And it was him!
In any case, Jugo returned to the clearing earlier that day, he hoped to get back to the hotel before the moon rose, he didn't want to end up going crazy because he'd forgotten the time.
He looked at Dosu, who was surrounded by clones mocking him. He looked "great", lying on the ground, breathing heavily, covered in wounds. The good news was that he was already bandaged.
Kin, on the other hand, seemed extremely happy, her hair was dancing wildly around her.
Jugo stared at it, her lips trembling. She couldn't make it grow, she couldn't control it properly, and it wasn't even enhanced with chakra. All she could do was this crazy, senseless dance.
Even so, the woman seemed extremely happy with herself.
Jugo sighed. At the very least, her chakra threads had already reached 13 meters, which is progress, but to be useful, Jugo needed them to reach at least 25 meters. That's enough distance, after all, the more distance she could maintain, the better.
The irony was that Kin saw the clone training Hadouken and wanted to learn.
Jugo could only roll his eyes, that wasn't even a jutsu. This girl's talent wasn't very good, and she barely had any chakra left. It could take her a year just to reach his current level.
Jugo only got this far because he cheated with the clones.
Nature change is a Jonin-level skill and for good reason.
So the girl's dream of throwing Hadoukens came to an end, at least for now.
Dosu, on the other hand, saw the wind clones cutting down trees with kunai and was very tempted, but he didn't have time for that either, he was either being beaten or learning the Hidden Mist Jutsu.
He could already cover a large area on his own with it, so he wouldn't need the mist-sealing scroll, even so, he still said he would use it, since it would consume too much chakra if he tried it alone.
In truth, the chakra consumption of this jutsu is quite average, but Dosu's control over the water is still laughable, so... it's a shame, at least his Taijutsu was improving by leaps and bounds. Who would have thought that getting beaten up in the mist is a good form of combat training?
Kin also began training with the spider clones, who forced her to wear a cosplay costume, well, it was based on Spider-Gwen's outfit, but the shoes were ninja sandals and there was no mask or hood, after all, her hair was very long and she was using her hair to learn how to fight.
So what was left was a plain, tight-fitting outfit that mixed black, white and pink, she still had her right leg bandaged with a kunai pouch full of poisoned senbon needles and their bells, so it was a rudimentary mix.
Actually, she looked more like Silk, but Jugo (and his clones) thought Gwen's outfit was better, so...
Kin didn't understand anything, but she liked the outfit, especially when she saw the clones staring at her eagerly, so she started wearing it.
Jugo, who had become a werewolf, knew he wouldn't go completely insane again, so he was very tempted to visit Kin at night, but the woman was always extremely tired after training, he could only wait. Kin didn't seem ready either, so besides kissing her, he couldn't take any further action.
Even with just a simple kiss, without any tongue involved, the woman once hid in her room for a night.
Jugo was extremely frustrated by the woman's embarrassment, but he wasn't enjoying training either, his exhaustion from dealing with hundreds of clones was no less than hers, so he let her go and took things easy.
Anko never appeared again either, Ino didn't pray for him, which was good, so Jugo's life finally calmed down, and he was very grateful for that.
-Come on, let's go back earlier today.- Jugo said as he appeared in the clearing. The next moment, the clones began to dissolve, one at a time, each one taking about five seconds to disappear.
It took him half an hour to finally receive all the feedback and by that point his eyes were bloodshot. Taking a few deep breaths, he sighed. Training like this is truly painful, but at least he felt that each time he rested, his spirit grew a little stronger.
It's a unique type of training, one that would likely kill anyone who tried it before seeing any significant improvement, luckily, Jugo had the Bind to help.
Dosu and Kin had already finished resting a bit, Dosu dressed as always, Kin in her new bodysuit fashion. Jugo gave her a few more glances, making Kin look happy and embarrassed. Dosu openly rolled her eyes.
After that time, their friendship grew considerably, to the point where Dosu no longer cared much about decorum in front of Jugo.
It hasn't gotten to the point where he calls himself a friend, but they can already coexist peacefully.
The group soon returned, the dogs walking ahead as if they were clearing the way.
They were just a bunch of puppies, but Jugo noticed that their growth rate wasn't slow, they already looked like 3-month-old puppies, seemingly growing 2 months in just a few days. That was good, it meant these little guys were getting stronger.
They are also trying to learn to speak normally, currently only Jugo can hear them, but perhaps they will learn in the future.