Fuyuki

Fuyuki (冬樹, "Snowy winter"), more commonly known as the Sixth Mizukage (六代目水影, Rokudaime Mizukage), is the current Mizukage of Kirigakure; suceeding Mei Terumi. Formerly a Bandit leader, he rose in the ranks and eventually became a Kage by taking advantage of the chaos that followed in the wake of the Fourth Great Shinobi War. Determined, immoveable and ruthless - Fuyuki believes in the philosophy of doing right by wrong, and strives to lead the Village Hidden in the Mist to supremacy by making use of military might to force neighbouring villages to surrender.

Previously the leader of a tribe of bandits and brigands who gathered in the wake of the war, he's a man of an unscrupulous nature, being fully willing to deal with opponents, both political and physical in any way he knew how. Thus it came to be that he would later found the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist again, and fill their ranks with old comrades in order to project a persona of integrity, power and control to his recently acquired subordinates. While also employing these to take care of anyone who would be foolish enough to oppose his rise as Mizukage. While these anarchic ways of controling Kirigakure wouldn't be acceptable during good times, and while Mei Terumi held great sway in the politics of the village prior to the war. The dire state of the world after the Fourth Great Shinobi War meant that power, military assertion and the initiative to take immediate action were valued over traits like diplomacy, mutual understanding and peace treaties. With these policies being disregarded as an inability to act during the hard times of Kirigakure - thus eventually allowing Fuyuki to wrest the power away from the previous Mizukage, and assume her role.

Childhood
Very little is known about Fuyuki's earlier years, with the only information of his past being that he was a child of unremarkable heritage born roughly three years before the start of the Fourth Great Shinobi World War. While neither of Fuyuki's parents were Shinobi of particularily great skill, they were still called into battle and were among the 40,000 shinobi who lost their lives during the first day of the war. Their killer being Pakura of Sunagakure, reincarnated by Kabuto Yakushi. This event lead to Fuyuki developing an immense distrust and dislike of all users of Kekkei Genkai, blaming their accursed talents for the loss of his parents and his difficulties growing up in an orphanage.

Having lost his parents at the age of three, Fuyuki was placed in an orphanage together with many other war orphans and was raised there. Because of the hard times, the children in the orphanage lived a poor life and they had to fight, for the funds of the orphanage were largely insufficient to feed them all, and more orphans were added every day for as long as the war lasted. Growing up in an orphanage was extremely difficult, because of how little food there was to go around - Fuyuki found he had to fight with the other orphans for even the slightest scrap of food, and during the night he would very rarely be able to sleep because of the agonized groans of the unfortunate children who weren't strong or quick enough to hold onto the scraps of food they'd seized. It never even once occured to Fuyuki to pity these children, for this was after all a constant battle for survival to him.

As the years went by and the war came to an end, there were very few adoptions within the orphanage, with everyone knowing that the children within had been strongly damaged by their situation and that they had ceased being children long ago, having been forced to grow up and become independent by any means nessecary; those who failed to accomplish this, or alternatively those whom were incapable of fending for themselves due to weakness or lack of ability invariably died off one after another from starvation; although it was also common for the children to contract fatal illnesses due to malnutrition, poor hygiene and other factors. Fuyuki's orphanage was not the only one who had become like this, and orphanages all over Kirigakure reported similiar conditions. Fuyuki continued to live in the Orphanage until he was five years old; at which point many of the older children had started gathering younger kids around them in bands. These bands were an intended form of alliance between a group of children in order to ensure a mutual survival - Fuyuki himself wanted to belong to such a crowd. But to be accepted into the group, he would have to prove himself to their leader by accompanying them to a rival band to steal their provisions, because of the importance of food, most crowds enacted horrible punishments on anyone who were caught trying to steal their provisisions and this band was no different. In his eagerness to be accepted into a group, the young boy failed to curb himself and involuntarily came to reveal his presence to the enemy Ninja. As they sorrounded him, the young boys "associates" decided to run, leaving Fuyuku behind to fend for himself. Distraught by the betrayal, and about to be lynched by the angry children. Seeing no possible way to escape this situation alive, Fuyuki - in a moment of great distress and desperation subconciously awakened his latent abilities as a Shinobi, and in a dire instinct to survive he employed a water release technique of signfiicant power in a trance-like state. His assailants were brutally swept away with the powerful currents of water that were conjured forth from the very air itself, not one of them survived, and their broken and battered bodies were only found after several hours of searching. Incidents like these were rather common in the orphanage and while only a few of them included reflexive use of Ninjutsu, such events weren't unheard of, and the event was dismissed when the corpses were buried.

It was believed that the orphans would eventually be sent off to join the Academy and become Shinobi; but this was not to be because in the wake of the Fourth War, tribes of bandits had begun banding together to scour the poorly-defended perimeters of the land of water for valuables, recruits, women and food - by a string of fate, one of those groups appeared in the orphanage and killed the matrons of the orphanage. After that, they decidied to recruit children from the orphanage (the ferocity of war orphans spread across the land of water had become infamous by that time) - and they thus forced every child to fight one another to the death, not too disimiliar from the academy practise employed under the reign of the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura. They continued with this practise until only ten children remained, Fuyuki were among these, the bandits then took the children with them and left for the sea - the ten orphans were considered to be by far the most promising children of the entire bunch, and they, incapable of seeing any other possible future of worth willingly went with the bandits with no resistance, and not a single tear shed for their fallen brethren whom they had spent several years of their time with.

Time With The Bandits
With the bandits, Fuyuki was taught how to steal and rob people at their command, and he found that the talents he had picked up during his time with the orphanage were finally starting to pay off. For the first time in his life, Fuyuki thought that he had gained a home, even if his family consisted of burly brutes, he had finally found a place to belong, somewhere where his talents and abilities would be consistently accepted and put to excellent use. For the first time in a life ruled by insecurities, doubt and fear, Fuyuki actually believed he had a home - however, it along with a great many other things was merely an illusion.

Shortly after he included among the bandits, they discovered his weakness, his inability to lift as much as the other boys they had captured, his incapability to wrestle the other boys into the ground and his weak body, which made it impossible for him to keep up with the other orphans in terms of physical strength and endurance. The bandits noticed this, and begun mocking him for it, calling him derogatory terms such as "Princess", "Pansy" and other insults meant to attack his pride as a male. Believing that physical strength was the only thing that decided a mans worth. Because of his inherrent weakness and frail body, Fuyuki was relegated to perform the tasks that noone else wanted to do, as they claimed that due to his weakness he ought to know his place and just be grateful that they even bothered to bring a good-for-nothing wimp like himself along for the ride.

This constant verbal and physical abuse he suffered from the bandits, because over time they weren't simply content about speaking ill to him and mocking him for his perceived lack of masculinity; no, they even resorted to beating him up whenever they felt like it, slapping him around for their own amusement. Telling him to "man up" and to get his act together and grow stronger, all in an attempt to force him to comply with their own expectations of what a man should look like, and how a man should act. And Fuyuki tried, he wanted to be accepted by the bandits badly, and thus he set out to train his body rigidly, all in the hope of being capable of overcoming his weak body and frail physiology. He fought for this, and superficially he seemed to succeed, he did indeed develop muscles and abs and everything else that the bandits thought he needed to have, but when he tried using them, he continued failing. His body was simply incapable of producing the nessecary energy and to make proper use of the muscles, instead they only served to allow him to move slightly easier, but even in comparison to those of the other orphans who hadn't trained nearly as much as he had - he was still inferior.

The bandits understood then, that no matter what, Fuyuki would remain a weakling, and that he was no longer to be considered a man. One of the bandits approached him them and violently tackled Fuyuki to the ground, before proceeding to rape him brutally, claiming that being their bitch was the only thing that he could do now. Fuyuki fought tooth and nail against these forceful ministrations, but once again, his inherrent weakness made it impossible, he was helpless in the face of such strength. Even as he sobbed and screamed he cursed himself for how pathetic and defenseless he was. He could only beg his assailant to let him go, but like everything else, it never worked.

This horrible experience would become Fuyuki's prime incentive to obtain power elsewhere, and he set his sights on the forces of nature themselves, whom had already saved his life once before. Fuyuki longed after the forces at sea, he wanted to be untouchable, to become so powerful that noone could ever possibly match him or oppose him ever again. He needed the power of a god, and to attain them, he knew he had to develop them on his own and that marked the begining of the long ten years which he spent at attempting to perfect the water release as an artform. However, every time he returned to the camp after training he was met with the same response, namely that he was the local bitch and that he had to reward them for feeding him and offering him shelter, something that the majority of the entire band shared in. But for every subsequent forceful approach, Fuyuki's resolve only strengthened, even as his hatred of his "kinsmen" grew.

Appearance
A man strongly influenced by a difficult past, Fuyuki carries himself as if weighed down by a lifetime of insecurities - and his demeanour likewise reflects this to everyone he meets. Because of how he came to be who he is today, Fuyuki is a man who very rarely smiles, and tends to brood alot as a result. Generally coming off as highly unfriendly, ruthless and even cruel.

Fuyuki is a tall man, standing at well above six feet in height, and this often leads to him towering above those he encounters; a trait which he's not above using to allow him to exert control over diplomatic envoys by means of intimidation, an art he, as a former bandit leader and terrrorist is known to be intimately familiar with.

While a conflicted man indeed, Fuyuki has often been described as "chillingly handsome" by his various admirers. Possessing eyes the color of a moonless night, and just as cold along with pale skin and white hair, his features help perpetuate the image of snow, ice and winter to those who look directly at him, and much like his namesake - Fuyuki is treacherous, dangerous and often unpredictable. His facial features are sharp but defined, his bold features being his prominent jaw and valiantly-shaped eyebrows. His hard cut mouth, combined with his demeanour and cold eyes serve to mark his appearance in a chilling light.

Fuyuki's body is one lesser men would envy, for it epitomizes the strength, force and subtle elegance of the sea. Indeed, his physique has been cited as being almost flawless, to the degree that its often compared to that of a living statue; a masterpiece chiseled out from a block of ice by an ingenius craftsman enamored with his art. Fuyuki himself is aware of this, and is never above using it to afford himself an advantage if such an oppurtunity presents itself, considering it to be yet another weapon in his arsenal, and yet another tool to attain his goals if nessecary.

Fuyuki dresses in a loose-fitting kimono of a deep blue fabric, with threads of yellow sewn into the hem of the robe by a skilled hand. The kimono is long and the fabric that composes it is smooth and light to the touch, ensuring that the garment is of minimal hindrance in combat, because of the robes length and voluminous nature its a simple matter for Fuyuki to conceal objects inside it, however - Fuyuki never conceals ordinary Shinobi weaponry in it, considering common items like kunai, shuriken and katana to be beneath his worth; instead, the robe conceals numerous small vials created from ice. These water vials are extremely sturdy despite their fragile appearance, and their appearance is often likened to flawless glass, these vials are enhanced with Fuinjutsu to become capable of containing much greater quantities of water than what would be possible, with even one of these vials being noted to contain enough water to fill a large pond.

Curiously, Fuyuki is a man who enjoys wearing a very small amount of clothing, and beyond the kimono, he rarely wears anything more than traditional undergarments. Preferring the ease of movement afforded by minimal clothing, to the degree that he never wears shoes or any other form of garment which might potentially inhibit his movement.

Personality
Fuyuki is a product of the world he's lived in, and the way he's grown up and the manner of which he's been forced to face the world. Deprived of either a family or even a foreseeable future at the tender age of two Fuyuki was placed in one of the most damaging institutions imagineable, a large orphanage of other war orphans. While here, he was forced to grow up to become an adult far too quickly - he had to fight for every little piece of attention, every scrap of food and everything he would ever need, he was without an identity - a nameless orphan among dozens of others. Constantly fighting for attention, for the chance to be heard above the screams and groans of other children, over the course of the first month he spent in the orphanage Fuyuki had already grown intimately familiar with the prospect of death, he'd grown familiar with dire hunger and he had grown used to stealing and violence, as violence was something he had to resort to every single day simply to stay alive.

These events left deep scars in Fuyuki's psyche, and these are wounds that may never heal and they continued to haunt him even when he was discharged from the orphanage following an event which resulted in the death of several other children by his hand, due to a desperate awakening of his latent abilities as a Shinobi, and the full awakening of his elemental affinity of water. Having been recruited from the orphanage to become a bandit at a young age Fuyuki never acquired any friends, and deliberately ostracized himself from the community, friendship and social relations meant nothing to him at that point - all which mattered was power, the power nessecary to survive in the world, and as such he worked tirelessly to improve his abilities day and night, for to him there simply was no other way - power, success and survival were the only thing which held any relevance or meaning to the young boy.

His search for power eventually lead him to witness the destruction of a ship at sea, crushed by tremendous waves, its crew scattered across the vast ocean of the Land of Water. The massive tidal waves were brought about by a storm, and from that time on, the young Fuyuki began to associate the sea with overwhelming power - the kind of power that he himself so desperately sought in his quest for an identity, in his desire to be acknowledged by the very world who had so cruelly tossed him aside as a child. To him, the immense forces of the sea had to be what true power should look like, and this was something he strived to attain, remembering how the element of water had availed him once before - he decided his own destiny then and there, on the windy shores of Kirigakure. He would become the Mizukage - he would become the Mizukage, not for the desire to help his nation prosper - but in order to achieve immense power and prestige. His ambition being to assume the identity of the leader of the most powerful Shinobi nation in the world, he vowed to achieve his goal by any means nessecary, using it to fuel his own life and as his justification for existing.

His goal decided, Fuyuki knew that beyond simply attaining the power nessecary to qualify for such a position, he would need allies and military power, because he knew that due to his unremarkable background, the elders of Kirigakure would be highly unlikely to accept him even if he did qualify for the position, Fuyuki eventually wrested control over the entire bandit legion away from his masters - killing the men who had effectively raised him. By the age of sixteen, Fuyuki had already become the leader of a massive group of bandits as criminals of all creeds flocked under his banner, intimidated and awestruck by his immense power. The fact that he was willing to go through with all of these horrible deeds even at such a young age showing just how severe his mental issues had become. Once Fuyuki had established a large enough base of fighters dedicated to his cause, he ordered each of his men to duel the bandit closest to them to the death, to ensure that his subordinates killed their empathic side and proved themselves to be the strongest within their creed - if he was unimpressed by the fighting skills of some fighters in particular he typically killed them to prove that weakness would not be tolerable within his group, frightening his men into training extremely hard to ensure their own survival. As tyrannical as these leadership methods were, Fuyuki was still respected by his men for how fairly he rewarded those who impressed him and helped further his cause - and he was stated as possessing a dark charisma.

Fuyuki's past has shaped him into a man of many unfulfilled needs, having never known parental love or anything resembling love aside from that of companionship Fuyuki finds himself desperately wanting everything that normal people take for granted, such as the idea of belonging somewhere, having a perceived identity or respect or family. These are all things that Fuyuki craves, but because of him never having been taught how to respond to these emotions he's grown to apply his own interprentation of them, and in matters of romance, companionship or politics Fuyuki is notorious for taking without giving anything back, becoming extremely possessive of things he's come to define as "his", whether this be lovers, friends, estate or wealth he's loath to let anything or anyone go, and if someone identified as "his" attempt to cut off relations he's been known to react very possessively.

Due to having grown up in such a terrible way, and forced to confront the difficulties of life before he was even remotely mature enough to know how to deal with them, Fuyuki is a man whose sense of empathy is almost non-existant, as to him there is noone and nothing more important than himself and the Land of Water as a whole - he's known to ruthlessly send trained Shinobi on suicide missions if it helps protect the interests of his village and nation and he forcefully quells any attempted resistance against him by threats of mass destruction and eradication, maintaining control and power through fear, a concept which Fuyuki considers equivalent to respect.

Despite his tyrannical ways of governing the Land of Water, and his ruthless demeanour, the people of his nation still begrudginly respect Fuyuki, for while he's a ruthless dictator who ensures that those who dare speak ill of him are executed; he's still noted to be a fair man, believing in rewarding those of his subjects who do well and help to further his goals, granting them wealth, power and influence in exchange for their undying loyalty to him. Beyond this, Fuyuki has also caused the Land of Water to prosper under his leadership, and has cleverly played upon the immense distrust and hate of Kekkei Genkai which orignated in the wake of the Fourth War to please the masses, making any such individual who possesses a Kekkei Genkai not approved by him an outlaw in the nation, along with putting a sizeable bounty on their heads. Dōjutsu users are especially targetted, with Fuyuki being willing to pay up to 60,000,000 of Ryō for the head of such an individual, users of the Sharingan have been given a 100,000,000 Ryō bounty on their head. In addition to this, Fuyuki has several Bingo Books which are freely handed out to the Shinobi of his nation, detailing several individuals which Fuyuki wants dead.

Due to the many painful events in his past, and the constant abuse he used to suffer at the hands of the bandits, Fuyuki to this day still hates other people touching him. Finding that touches, no matter how gentle or light invariably rips out in his worst memories and reminds him of everything he had to go through as a child. As expected, Fuyuki does in particular despise being touched by another man, no matter how close they are, and will usually react very violently if approached in such a manner. In combat, Fuyuki's fear of being touched extends to how he chooses to make use of his great abilities, and is also a part of his fightning style, as the Mizukage typically puts as much distance between himself and his opponent as at all possible, while employing extremely powerful attacks to keep them at bay. His rage at the world, and his overarching desire for one-sided domination of any and all opponents leading him to strike with such unquenchable fury so as to typically annihilate opponents in the first move.

Abilities
As the defacto ruler of the Land of Water, including Kirigakure, Fuyuki possesses immense military and political power - having forcibly united the Land of Water through military might, political assassination, misinformation and the aid of powerful criminal organizations from all over the world, promising those very criminals sanctuary within the reformed Land of Water. Because of these events, Fuyuki not only has access to all the resources present in the Land of Water, but also possesses the combined might of hundreds of vicious criminals, missing-nin and assassins at his command.

Indeed, since arising to the position of Mizukage; and establishing himself as the sole ruler of the Land of Water by having the Water Daimyō and his family murdered shortly after having been officially acknowledged, Fuyuki has used this army of criminals to brutally subjugate those who would dare oppose his regime. With lesser towns and villages in the land of water having been decimated at a mere command from him, or less commonly - destroyed by his own hand to inspire terror and obedience within the land. After numerous exhibits of his immense power as a Shinobi, and the enormous military power he wields as the leader of a Hidden Village composed of some of the most bloodthirsty killers and criminals in Shinobi history - resistances were quelled remarkably fast.

Beyond his enormous influence and resources, Fuyuki is also recognized globally for his ruthless ways and his unstoppable ambition. Fuyuki isn't content with merely being the ruler of a country, instead being driven towards amassing even greater power in the Shinobi world, with his ultimate goal being to erase the existence of all other Shinobi countries altogether in order to ensure his supremacy, eventually seeking to attain something quite akin to world domination. Due to his unwavering faith in own abilities, willingness to go through with the most diabolical of schemes merely to ensure his nations continued "loyalty" and the brutal hunting games he arranges for those possessing Kekkei Genkai: Fuyuki is often described as the second coming of Yagura.

In addition to being the ruler of the Land of Water, Fuyuki has also had his forces invade neighbouring smaller countries and forcibly subjugate their population, with prime examples being the Land of Waves, Noodles and Honey. These countries are ruthlessly used to provide food, shelter and additional resources to Fuyuki and the Land of Water. With Fuyuki making sure to monopolize on the shipping business of the Land of Waves in much the same way that Gatō once did in the past, the residents of these smaller countries are divided up in colonies which are each ruled by one of Fuyuki's most trusted Jōnin. Other areas where Fuyuki has established colonies include Nagi Island to the south of Kirigakure - with the island currently being used as a training ground for new Shinobi.

After assuming office as both the Mizukage, and as the new self-proclaimed Daimyō of the Land of Water - one of Fuyuki's first actions were to appoint seven of the nine orphans whom had been introduced to a life of banditry at an early age, by the brigands who raided their orphanage many years ago to become the new Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. To help him govern the Land of Water, he assigned each of these Swordsmen a fief, or a large piece of land within the Land of Water, where they would reign supreme as lesser lords, with their own villages, mansions and riches; as Fuyuki understood that the best way to placate powerful individuals were to give them even more power and influence and before, a mindset he had derived from personal experience.

Chakra Prowess
Arguably the defining trait of his abilities as a Shinobi, Fuyuki is blessed with a degree of chakra control which is virtually unsurpassed within the known world. Even as a child, his chakra was already so developed that once he was placed in a position of dire stress, he subconciously drew upon his affinity of the element of water to project a powerful blast of water to wash away his assailants, a feat that while it greatly exhausted him, had no other detrimental effects on his health. Fuyuki, at the mere age of five had thus instinctively discovered that precipice which all other users of the water release have spent years trying to obtain. Namely the ability to use water style techniques without a nearby source of water, although the extent at which he could do that at such a young age was limited to techniques of little complexity.

After this event which worked as a catalyst to awaken his latent potential as a Shinobi; Fuyuki discovered that he couldn't easily practise his chakra control, as the standard means to increase his skills in the field, such as the Water Walking and the and the Tree Climbing Practise were by and large far too minute to allow him to increase his already immense natural skill within the field, driven by his everchurning ambition and craving for power Fuyuki discovered a method to increase his abilities within the field.

This new practise involved using his water-natured chakra to influence natural bodies of water. The first step to this unique training procedure was to extend the reach of his chakra, by causing it to emanate from his body, most commonly by employing his palms as mediums to channel the energy through, although he later discovered how to accomplish the same even without the aid of his hands to direct the flow. Through this practise, Fuyuki would try to move and influence bodies of water he encountered during his travels with the bandits, frequently sitting on the shores of lakes, ponds or even oceans attempting to elicite some kind of response from the water - this proved extremely difficult, even for someone as skilled as himself, and in the beginning, even something as minute and inconsequential as causing ripples on the water surface required immense concentration and focus. By the age of thirteen however, Fuyuki could already create fairly large waves by pushing and pulling bodies of water into sustained walls of water, as well as forcibly calm fierce waves and manually divert waves away from the ship of the bandits, which helped him and his allies immensely whenever they crossed the treacherous waters of the Land of Water in search of other villages to raid. Now at the age of twenty-two, Fuyuki has all but mastered this concept and he's capable of conjuring forth huge tidal waves to drown entire villages, control massive bodies of water, all this while only employing water naturally present in the world - allowing him to perform feats which far outshine all other masters of the water release of his era, with barely any drain on his chakra.

However, in time, even this ingenius practise would be used less frequently, in order to give rise to Fuyuki's second path to power, impressed by the amount of progress he had made by following the previous approach, Fuyuki decided to build upon the foundation of what he had managed to accomplish thus far. The next step he devised was manipulating the flow of water-natured chakra, and through that manipulate the flow of water in nature - due to having spend almost a decade refining his chakra control to untold levels, and due to having properly laid a foundation, this proved entirely possible for Fuyuki and he soon learned how to manipulate the flow of water to form powerful whirlpools strong enough to devastate ships and drown their crew, as well as allowing him to forcibly quell such phenomena in nature at will, his ability to create whirlpools has only expanded over the years and today Fuyuki's power is reputedly great enough to allow him to easily sink a whole fleet of incoming ships without trouble. Other applications of his talents include being capable of manipulating and forming clouds - these clouds are then frequently employed to create catastrophes such as tornadoes, waterspouts and fierce hurricanes.

With the ability to perform such feats, Fuyuki's mastery over the state of water seems almost trivial by comparison, although that talent alone would probably be enough to make him a fierce candidate for the title of Mizukage, even should he possess no other talents. However, Fuyuki does indeed possess this kind of ability, which allows him to freely regulate the temperature, pressure and physical state and form of the water he employs through his various Water Release techniques; by using this as a bridge, Fuyuki is capable of accurately imitating and employing abilities normally resserved to users of an advanced chakra nature kekkei genkai. Examples include Fuyuki's ability to easily flashfreeze liquid water into ice and then manipulating it with great ease and fluidity, to an extent only seen by accomplished masters of the Ice Release. Furthermore, after having analyzed the nature of Mei Terumi's Boil Release after encountering her before his rise to the position of Mizukage, Fuyuki later became capable of mimicking the her Kekkei Genkai in much the same manner. These talents are both employed with great skill, so much so that they can be compared to their original users. Fuyuki's ability to achieve such feats with his mastery of chakra control and the water release alone is stated to be much of the reason he's often considered the most powerful user of the Water Release of all time, with his abilities being claimed to surpass even those of Tobirama Senju by no small margin.

Taijutsu
While primarily employing either Ninjutsu or Genjutsu in direct confrontations Fuyuki is still an accomplished user of his special brand of martial techniques. Which is an unnamed style which deals primarily with utilizing a succession of forceful strikes against a single opponent, with every attack being carefully utilized to channel the entirety of his bodies strength into the attacking limb, allowing his strikes to land with maximized force. One of the particularities with this unique brand of Taijutsu is that the strikes it delivers are employed with an open palm, who is delivered to the opponent like an quick blade from the side, in the form of a horizontal chop with his hand. This motion is superficially reminescent of that of a hook, but unlike them its performed in rapid succession, with Fuyuki following up every single attack with a revolving motion which adds a torque onto the subsequent physical attack.

Fuyuki's form of Taijutsu is highly dependant on his hips to gather force for his strikes, with the twisting of his hips serving to add the entire force of his upper body onto every attack - striking the enemy with the full force of his body behind every single blow. Perhaps the most defining trait of this artform is that it seemingly promotes an equilibrium between offence and defence. If one arm is thrust outwards, the other arm is pulled back. And vice-versa. With each movement, the extreme opposite side of the body moves in the opposite direction, this emphasizes that its an artform designed for quick response to the attacks of adversaries, making it a balanced art. With the concept of the artform being to attain a sense over the users entire body no matter how much force he exerts with his attacks.

While a passable art by any means, Fuyuki himself remarks it to be inferior to most forms of contemporary Taijutsu employed by other Shinobi, and its made evident that the fulcrum based concept of this taijutsu style and its many visually appealing techniques aren't nessecarily meant as a true form of combat as much as they're meant to work as a medium through which Fuyuki may more effectively employ his ability to manipulate water. With the somatic movements of these elegant offensive and defensive maneuvers having immediate and varied effects on the water at Fuyuki's command depending on the movement used - thus, its a form of Taijutsu not meant to be used by Fuyuki directly, but to be employed through his water-based attacks.

The origins of this peculiar artform are largely uncertain, although it may be presumed that it was developed slowly over the course of Fuyuki's life along with his mastery of chakra control and immense aptitude for the water release, which the artform would later come to enhance. Its believed that it was formed as an extension of Fuyuki's most natural way to engage in direct confrontation during his youth, and in accordance with this it exemplifies attacks of great raw strength and can on its own inflict mortal injuries on an enemy Shinobi if its used to its utmost degree, although using the artform directly is never intended except for in desperate situations where Taijutsu are nessecary.

Out of combat however the artform is widely used as a form of training and excersise by Fuyuki, with the different movements and manoeuvers of this peculiar art being used to sharpen, hone and focus the mind of the young Mizukage. Along with overall increasing his abilities in combat with its unique approach, due to practising this artform daily Fuyuki has been noted to possess a highly flexible body which allows him to make the most out of every single limb.

However, in spite of all this, Fuyuki possesses a frail body as a result of severe malnourishment while still a child, and despite his muscular appearance his body is weaker than most, and the muscles he does have are also likewise impaired - its noted in his inner circle that his muscular body is to fulfill two objectives, the first is to hide his weak body and thus meticolously disguise his weakness, the second is to attempt to slightly counteract his innate frailty by training it to allow him better control over it, but this has only succeeded in making him roughly on the same level as a typical genin in terms of physical prowess. Fuyuki's muscular body is thus of little worth other than its appearance, with it having the same worth to Fuyuki as that of a prized cosmetic.

Fuyuki's speed is one of his main deficiencies, as Fuyuki is simply incapable of moving at great speeds due to the weakness of his body, and his speed, like so much else is comparable to that of a Genin. However, Fuyuki's reflexes are described as being top-notch, but he lacks the ability to respond to most attacks with his actual body, but this is of little consequence as the water he commands is capable at moving at speeds which far outstrips his own. If Fuyuki needs to move in combat, he rides at the crest of large waves which he can summon nigh-instantenously, all of his movements are either done in lieu of this or by other means, which all employ the element of water one way or another - he almost never relies on his body to accomplish anything on its own.

Perhaps even less impressive than his speed is Fuyuki's physical strength, whose punches and kicks are easily brushed off by hardened Shinobi as being quite light, in terms of physical strength a properly trained Genin is noted to only slightly weaker than Fuyuki and when compared to the abilities of Shinobi of similar power and rank Fuyuki's prowess is stated to be outright miserable. However, as a result of not ever bothering to learn formal Taijutsu, or training his body for combat Fuyuki have had his mastery of Suiton techniques so strongly assimilated into himself so as to allow him to command water to with even less resistance and greater fluidity tha his actual body, becoming an extension of his physical self.

Ninjutsu
Having mastered the art of Water Release to the degree that he's developed and revolutionized it, Fuyuki is often praised as one of the most infleuntial and powerful users of Ninjutsu of the current time. His abilities within elemental transformation and shape transformation being considered to be at the pinnacle of excellency. His ability is such, that he was capable of creating five distinct ways to employ his abilities, known as the Five Principles, which consists of two lesser and three major principles, each of whom were developed over the course of his life during his harsh times at sea and without shelter. These Five Principles are known to give him powers and capabilities which far outstrips that of most other users of Ninjutsu in the world in terms of potency, effect and scope.

His powers have made Fuyuki a feared man among his enemies and the citizens of the Land of Water. Entire towns have been devastated at the hands of Fuyuki in the past, brought to ruin by massive tidal waves, destructive storms and other disasters all artificially created by Fuyuki himself by making use of these five principles. However, for all his power and mastery over the element of water, Fuyuki's abilities do not extent to Ninjutsu as a whole and other than water release techniques, he can perform little else. Indeed, many of the jutsu which most Shinobi take for granted are perpetually absent from Fuyuki's arsenal, with him being incapable of using most techniques which do not employ the element of water. Currently, the only known jutsu which Fuyuki is capable of using which doesn't pertain to water on its own, is the Transformation Ninjutsu; and even so, his ability to use it on its own is only average.

However, in spite of all of this, Fuyuki still refers to himself as the most powerful Shinobi in the world. But for all of his boastful claims and great arrogance, and despite his many shortcomings - thus far, not a single person has managed to prove him wrong in his audacious announcement. As a testamony to his mastery of water-nature techniques however, Fuyuki has learned how to greatly enhance many techniques he's capable of using greatly by combining what he already knows with the jutsu in question.

Transformation Technique: While largely incapable of turning into people, Fuyuki has instead mastered the art of Henge to the degree that he can transform into his primary element of water at will. This stems from Fuyuki's mastery over his primary element and also includes elements of the five principles such as Nagare and Keijo, both of which are thought to influence the transformation to a degree. According to common belief, Fuyuki's ability to transform his entire being into water is at least partially inspired from the Hōzuki Clan's peculiar Hydrification Hiden and his properties while transformed into water is noted to be roughly the same. However, unlike the Hōzuki version this technique doesn't grant the same amount of autonomy on its own, and is thus largely dependant on Fuyuki's ability to mold and manipulate the element of water in order to be effective. However, due to Fuyuki's mastery over the five principles, which in turn were created by him over the course of his life, he can manipulate his own body in this manner in just the same manner as the Hōzuki manage to manipulate their own. Fuyuki's skill with this is noted to be so great so as to allow him to perform both partial and complete transformations into water and is capable of controling his own body while transformed precisely like he manipulates water otherwise. However, quite unlike the documented useage of the Hydrification Technique, Fuyuki is even capable of changing his body into other substances related to water such as mist and ice, with the former being mostly used for evasive purposes - even more impressive, while in any of these states he can freely alter his own body between the various compositions of water, ice and mist. This enabling Fuyuki to use his own body to attack from virtually any angle with ease, simultaneously attacking all while he leaves himself virtually untouchable to regular physical attacks; quite like another similar technique used by a former member of the Akatsuki - the amount of water Fuyuki is capable of transforming into is dependent on his chakra resserves. This technique, of which Fuyuki has become quite known was actually created as a way for him to survive despite his very weak physical abilities and very limited mobility - and for this reason, he's trained himself to using it reflexively upon being attacked; allowing him to instantly turn into water when targetted for an attack. This renders almost all Taijutsu attacks ineffective against him, even styles which make heavy use of chakra such as the Gentle Fist and the Strong Fist. This variation of the transformation technique is noted to be especially powerful when used in an area where there's already alot of water, especially if that water happens to be saturated with Fuyuki's chakra. In such cases, the entire body of water is considered to be a "part" of Fuyuki's actual being and he can freely move around with ease, by "vanishing" into the water. Fuyuki may then appear elsewhere within range, this allows him to move as if by teleportation while in contact with such a body of water.

Water Clone Technique: Due to his mastery over the element of water, and his extensive research on the five principles of water manipulation. Fuyuki has demonstrated the ability to freely alter the size, scope and power of his Water clones drastically. Ranging from standard human-sized clones to towering behemoths composed entirely of water. This extent of mastery over the water clone technique has lead to Fuyuki even developing the ability to have these clones aid him in performing Ninjutsu at all will, or even more impressively, aid in the use and manipulation of his five base principles. Allowing him to use them as mediums to channel his abilities through almost perfectly, however, to make best use of this, Fuyuki is required to give the clone a significant amount of chakra - however, once this is accomplished the clone can either be controled remotely by Fuyuki like a perfect puppet, or act on its own accord based on Fuyuki's most common behaviour in battle. Although using the Water Clone in this manner would disable his ability to talk through it. The number of uses of these clones, and the immense power they possess in comparison to ordinary clones make them comparable a similiar jutsu. Due to their immense power when compared with other clones, and the fact that Fuyuki may indeed see through their eyes, the Mizukage often sends these clones to nearby towns and villages to spread his decrees. This is alot more efficient than travelling over large regions himself and allows him to frequently check up on his subordinates, subjects and allies without endangering himself. Furthermore, should an enemy attack them, they'll be fully capable of fighting and indeed are actually about as powerful as most Jōnin in terms of ability - and most fights end with a draw or with the Water Clone harmlessly disipating. This allows Fuyuki to collect information from his country without ever having to actually show up personally, as well as giving him a means to easily collect information on opponents while negating their own intel by presenting them before a mere imitation of his potential.

Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave: Like the Second Hokage, Fuyuki is capable of using very powerful water release techniques even where there is no natural source of water present. However, Fuyuki is capable of doing this to an even greater extreme than what has been documented in history, for not only is he capable of using techniques without already existent water but he's even capable of summoning water remotely and controling it at will. One of the techniques most frequently used in this manner is the Exploding Water Colliding Wave technique, considered by many users of the Water Release to be an absolute neccessity, given the techniques ability to create water where it doesn't exist by exhaling it from their mouth. Fuyuki, considered to be the greatest master of the water release in the current era, and quite possibly the greatest user of it in Shinobi history has managed to refine this technique into a state of virtual perfection by removing all of its limitations, inherrent flaws and requirements. First among these is the requirement of make hand seals and exhaling the water from the users mouth, having the massive wave produced by the jutsu thus emanate from the caster. Fuyuki has countered this inherrent "flaw" by making use of his affinity to the element itself in conjunction with his excellent chakra control to release the water from the palm of his hands instead, allowing him to summon raging torrents of massive amounts of water by simply releasing his chakra from the palm of his hands while attributing his own water-natured chakra to it. Furthermore, the second weakness is that its relatively simple to avoid as the techniques point of origin is very predictable, considering it always manifests from the position of the caster. Quite like its previous weakness, Fuyuki's mastery over a grand variety of important skills. And due to him having revolutionized the art of water techniques over the course of his life by building an entirely new foundation, Fuyuki has managed to achieve the unthinkable, not only is he capable of summoning massive amounts of water with but a single gesture of his palms, he's even capable of controling the point of origin of his water technique - allowing him to summon it remotely from his actual position, such as above or behind the opponent. Yes, Fuyuki's mastery is such that he can even have the water manifest beneath the ground, making for a lethal surprise attack which few may avoid. Like any other water-natured technique used by Fuyuki, this Ninjutsu can be altered freely by Fuyuki's Five Principles.

Water Release: Water-Heavens Convergence: Fuyuki has mastered this technique to the degree that he's capable of destroying Kekkei Genkai techniques which utilize the element of water by forcibly extracting the water-natured chakra from the other elemental nature. This causes the technique to collapse upon itself almost instaneously, allowing Fuyuki to counter any attempt to use Kekkei Genkai such as Boil Release, Wood Release, Storm Release or Ice Release instantly. All while simultaneously empowering himself by extracting usually large quantities of water from the Ninjutsu of his adversaries. The chakra the opponent would use to cast such techniques is effectively wasted, because the abrupt imbalance that is caused when Fuyuki effectively destroys its very foundation by removing one half. Furthermore, while this Ninjutsu usually requires a succession of six hand signs, Fuyuki is capable of casting it without even the slightest somatic movement - due to his mastery of the water release, and dominion over the element in question, all in conjunction with his extraordinary mastery of shape transformation and impeccable chakra control. Fuyuki has also managed to imprint upon this technique the Principle of Nagare, so as to strengthen its overall effects and drainage by increasing the "flow" of the technique. Indeed, Fuyuki's skill with this technique is such that in addition to being capable of extracting the element of water from advanced chakra natures, plantlife and his sorroundings he's capable of even having it affect living people. He accomplishes this by increasing the effective "drain" of this technique to become much more potent in exchange for greater chakra expenditure, this literally causes the liquid in an opponents body to gruesomely issue forth from their pores, wounds and all available orfices, causing severe dehydration to occur if they remain close to Fuyuki's presence for more than a few moments.

Water Release: Water Mirror Technique: Like many other Water Release techniques before it, Fuyuki has likewise found a way to empower the Water Mirror Technique by combining it with his mastery of water. While the orginal version only summoned a single mirror Fuyuki employs a variation which allows him to rather than create a new mirror use the natural reflective surfaces of clear water instead as a sufficient medium. This reinvention of the Water Mirror Technique allows Fuyuki to reflect most attacks by using his own chakra-infused water as a mirror, like most of Fuyuki's refined water techniques, this also doesn't require a hand seal due to Fuyuki's mastery over the element in question. In combat however, this technique is rather rarely employed due to the sheer amount of chakra it consumes, and how Fuyuki considers it largely impractical other than in certain situations.

Water Release
Fuyuki is widely considered to be the greatest user of the Water Release in the entire world, and potentially the greatest master of the water release in Shinobi history. As the foremost master of the water release in the current era, Fuyuki's abilities have developed to a point that contemporary Ninjutsu techniques are largely unnessecary, as he's achieved mastery over the element in question by training with it exclusively since he was very young. Now, his mastery of the element is considered on a plane completely removed from the realm of mortal Shinobi - with him claiming that his abilities rival that of Isobu itself, the Three Tails. While he's been cited as arrogant for such an appearantly preposterous claim, Fuyuki's mastery of the water nature is so immense so as to allow him to orchestrate a number of natural disasters - such as summoning Tsunami, create extremely destructive maelstroms and even allowing him to manipulate clouds and affording him limited control over the weather. The feats he's reported as being capable of performing includes summoning tornadoes, bringing down lightning and thunder and issue forth destructive storms by generating two opposing currents of hot and cold water to cause disturbance - he's also reportedly capable of using water to reflect light to make himself invisible and generate other optical illusions.

Keijō (形状, Lit. "Shape"): Fuyuki's most principle of his mastery of the water release is to employ his natural chakra control to change the shape of water in his vicinity into something else, by invoking this talent Fuyuki's abilities allows him to command the water to maintain that shape near-indefinately. At its most basic, this ability allows him to shape his water-based attacks into the shape most suited for the situation. However, when combined with his other abilities it blesses him with a tremendous amount of diversity and versatility; most commonly manipulating the water released from the bottles he always keeps on his person in order to attack opponents unerringly with powerful consecutive attacks whose force are often likened to that of a tidal wave. Fuyuki's mastery of this principle is enough to allow him to perform a wide array of enormous feats, all from shaping hyper-pressurized lances of of water fit to pierce their way trough even the strongest of materials and defenses to summon forth massive tidal waves fit to cleanse entire villages of every living thing within the scope of the wave. Usually though, he uses this ability to command moisture and shape his water into clouds; which he can further make use of to manipulate the weather by manipulating the water vapor present in the atmosphere naturally; an effect which drains rather small amounts of energy in comparison to the scope of the effects invoked, due to it serving to accelerate the natural weather conditions present as opposed to artificially creating the effects in question.

Atsu (圧, Lit. "Pressure"): Fuyki's second principle relates to adjusting the pressure and velocity of any liquid body in range; this is a simple application with pretty much endless possibilities as it allows the Mizukage to tremendously accelerate the pressure, movement and by extension concussive force of any liquid body, the potency of this effect is so great that Fuyuki is capable of making something as simple as a rain drop strike the body with such force as to be equivalent to that of a bullet. Fuyuki may likewise increase these perimeters in any other attacks or jutsu which employs water, the chakra cost being equivalent to the size of water influenced in this manner. While this principle can be used for really any purpose Fuyuki would desire of it, a few uses in particular shine out as especially useful; one of the easiest, efficient and cheapest ways to utilize this ability is to apply it to a myriad of individual droplets, whom when released can have their effective pressure and momentum strengthened houndredfold. Being fit to cleave their way to solid stone with ease and inflict grevious injuries upon impact - depending on how much moisture is present in the air upon using Atsu in this manner, the 'water bullets' may even grow into much larger projectiles by absorbing the ambient water. This ability can even be used to exert control over the weather to an impressive extent, by manipulating the clouds conjured by Keijō for a variety of effects, the easiest way to manipulate weather for him being to summon lightning and thunder, by increasing the volume of water in the clouds, as well as its pressure; disallowing electrical discharges for a while, before the lightning bolt invariably breaks the isolation and make its way towards the ground; Fuyuki can further exploit this natural effect by arranging thick and clear water droplets in the air prior to the lightnings release, as water works as a conduit of electricity this can thus allow him to direct the path and direction of the bolts, the energy 'jumping' from one droplet to the next in a point-to-point manner before finally striking the intended location with little force and momentum wasted. However, manipulating lightning in this way greatly reduces the speed of the discharge itself, along with the artificially created lightning being of less power than a natural bolt.

Nagare (流れ, Lit. "Flow"): Fuyuki's third principle is concidered to be more advanced than the previous two, and even with its most fundamental of applications, Nagare has the power to influence the direction and the manner that a liquid flows; at its most basic - the ability manipulates the flow of Fuyuki's water according to his wishes, allowing his water to move with the same versatlity and grace as that of natural born dancer. The movements being controled entirely by Fuyuki's mind and chakra control, allowing Fuyuki to manipulate the flow of water remotely and without even the slightest movement; these attacks strike with unerring speed on their own, but if Fuyuki directs the water by hand motions it reaches speeds capable of keeping up with Shinobi of exceptional mobility. Through the use of Nagare there is no way that is impossible for the user in regards to moving the liquid bodies at his command, exemplified by Fuyuki having shown the ability to manipulate the waves of water in erratic and chaotic manners which would be improbable to outright impossible to achieve otherwise. Despite its great combative use however, Nagare's real powers is only fully ralized when it is combined with Fuyuki's other Principles; and by channeling chakra through the water naturally present in the atmosphere, along with manipulation of his conjured clouds its possible for Fuyuki to manifest whirling columns of water which moves along the the length of Fuyuki's area of influence; creating environmental hazards for his opponent - this effect can be further combined with Atsu and Keijo in order to guide lightning and air to sorround the whirling columns with strong winds and a funnel cloud, generating intense columnar vortexes known as waterspouts which can cause widespread devastation and tear opponents (as well as Fuyuiki himself, if he doesn't control them properly) asunder - Nagare remains one of Fuyuki's most powerful principles, being so powerful that it when combined with his other Principles allows Fuyuki to enact extraordinary influence on the environment around him, as well as affording him a significant amount of power over the weather.

Katamari (塊, Lit. "Mass"): Known as Fuyuki's "fourth" Principle, Katamari doesn't have the immediate power and endless potential that the three true Principles have, but in spite of this Katamari is an extremely powerful ability in that its provides a foundation for some of Fuyuki's most dangerous Ninjutsu techniques, which while they're not nearly as destructive as those provided by the three main principles are still much easier to control and employ successfully. This ability is achieved as a cross between Fuyuki's impeccable chakra control and his abnormally strong affinity with the element of water, granting Fuyuki the unique ability to alter the physical mass of water. This allows Fuyuki to actually compacting a huge amount of water (hundreds to thousands of galleons) into a much smaller form, typically being manifested as hovering sphere of water of moderate size. While not in combat, several of these water spheres orbit around Fuyuki's form endlessly - ensuring that he's always capable of defending himself if attacked, a life of banditry and militaristic extremes having forced Fuyuki to recognize the importance of preparation. These compressed spheres of water serve as some of the most powerful offensive and defensive applications of his mastery over the water release, in that Fuyuki may instantly release the compressed water from it confines at the slightest provocation, causing a shockwave of immense pressure to be unleashed from the sphere along with a sudden torrent of raging water, any Shinobi other than Fuyuki whom are within close range of the sphere when Fuyuki expands it in this manner, will have their bodies pulverized by the immense pressure and force which results when such a massive body of water tries to instantly escape an impossible confinement. Aside from this use, when a large body of water is compressed - it creates an vacuum of great power centered around the growing water sphere itself, this vacuum, empowered with immense attractive forces is powerful enough to create a potent gravitational pull which if not properly responded to may easily throw any nearby individuals off their feet and have them be dragged towards the sphere at high speeds.

Kōon (高温, Lit. "Temperature"): A relatively minor ability, Kōon is considered Fuyuki's second lesser principle, considered separate from the three primary ones and it shares this status with Katamari. Kōon is, as its name would indicate the ability to affect, alter, increase or decrease the temperature of water in Fuyuki's range. An ability which is seemingly unnessecary due to Fuyuki's mastery over the flow and application of his chakra, Kōon still possesses quite abit of practical use in that its capable of instantly changing Fuyuki's water from liquid to ice, mist or steam at extremely rapid rates - its also capable of instantly flashfreezing incoming water release attacks should he need to deflect them quickly, this same application can also be used to instantly turn ice-based attacks back into waters default liquid state. Although these defensive applications of Kōon are rarely used because of how Fuyuki is capable of wresting control over the water of enemies simply by virtue of his vastly superiour skills within the field of water release. Fuyuki's main use of Kōon is either as a component to certain applications, or as a way to alter his Ninjutsu and water-based attacks even as they travel towards their destination, such as causing a massive wave of water to disperse into mist moments before reaching its intended target, before Fuyuki then to follow up by flashfreezing the mist back into ice and directing it towards his unfortunate foe in the form of countless needles of ice.

With a life shaped entirely by his search and craving for power, both personal and political, Fuyuki's general employment of the water release puts heavy emphasis on relentless attacks of enormous power - with every attack being performed with the full intent to kill, as anyone whom dare raise their hand against him are to be struck down ruthlessly. Those who oppose him are commonly crushed between two opposing pressures of water, torn into shreds by a myriad of condensed blades of the element itself, or impaled on massive pillars of ice which may be conjured at a moments notice. Due to being capable of manipulating water even without the need for Ninjutsu, Fuyuki has developed several commonly utilized means of water-empowered attacks which he uses with the fluidity and extent to that of a Jōnin using Shurikenjutsu or Bukijutsu. Many of these applications possess power which would if they were made into actual Water Release techniques probably be ranked as C-rank; proving that these applications of Fuyuki's natural abilities are in and of themselves powerful enough to be compared with actual Ninjutsu.

Flowing Water Limbs: Despite its name, this application requires no physical contact with the victim, nor does it incorporate Taijutsu of any kind. Instead, its one of Fuyuki's simplest yet arguably most versatile applications that through the aid of Keijo allows Fuyuki to shape the water at his command into actual humanized limbs. This allows him to conjure massive appendages, typically hands to allow him to grab, crush or defend against attacks more effectively - but its capable of producing any other limb such as legs, arms, torso or even the head. He's even capable of using this technique in tandem with his mastery of the Water Clone Technique to summon a huge clone of himself who will perfectly mimic his next attack before collapsing into the form of a massive tidal wave which scours across all opposition with immense force, a personal favorite of Fuyuki as in addition to being a very powerful offensive manuever it also displays his greatness.

Raging Vortex Palm: An application which can be employed at either short or mid range with great efficiency. This application combines Fuyuki's natural chakra control with the Principle of Nagare to project what resembles a miniature whirlpool-like effect onto any body of water of his choosing. This whirlpool-like effect is often applied directly to most of Fuyuki's water-based attacks to increase their lethality and destructive force vastly - as when the empowered blast of water reaches its target, they're not only struck with the immense crushing force of the attack, but the technique brutally grinds into their target in much the same manner as that of a rather famous Ninjutsu invented by the Fourth Hokage. Indeed, Fuyuki is, by channeling this application through a hand-held sphere of water capable of mimicking the Rasengan almost perfectly, although so far he's not been seen using it in actual combat.

Vorpal Water Blades: One of Fuyuki's most favored applications, this is slightly more advanced than the former two in that it makes use of two principles at simultaneously to achieve its full potential. These Principles typially consist of Keijo and Atsu, with the former being employed to decide the shape of the blades while the latter increases the pressure of the water to the desired level, Fuyuki's mastery of this application is such that he's capable of employing it in quick succession with minimal drain on his chakra resserves. Witnesses remark that when employed as they are without any additional modification, Fuyuki can increase the sharpness of his water blades to the point where it can easily cut through steel and most other forms of defence, whether they be natural or procured with the aid of Ninjutsu. However, Fuyuki is capable of further empowering this blades by expending an additional amount of chakra to increase their sharpness to levels where they may indeed cut through virtually anything, a feat he accomplishes by employing his impeccable chakra control in tandem with the two principles for maximized effect. The Vorpal Water Blades application is typically used to create long streams of razor-sharp blades of water to cover a wide arc although its also capable of being used to manifest circular chakrams of water whose edges are extremely sharp. These water chakrams may be suspended in the air at Fuyuki's discretion, and may be created and manipulated remotely by the Mizukage.

Revolving Water Sphere: An application inspired by a specific technique often employed by powerful members of the Hyūga Clan of Konohagakure. It was created as a way to allow Fuyuki to increase the diversity of his applications and to introduce yet another powerful tool to his arsenal. The Revolving Water Sphere is created by taking advantage of two important principles - Keijo and Nagare. This application is used by Fuyuki first using Keijo to shape a substantial amount of water into a dome-like shape indentical to that of the source of inspiration, he then employs Nagare to revolve this sphere of water around itself at very high speed, forming into a virtually impenetrable defence which has the added effect of grinding into anything which comes in contact with it, making it double both as a powerful shield and a mighty offence depending on the range its used at. Unlike the original technique this application is inspried from, Fuyuki is capable of maintaining this sphere for as long as he concentrates on keeping it, in this regard, Fuyuki considers its superiour to the original and frequently boasts about this. However, Fuyuki is a man who appreciates wide-scale destruction and to fulfill this desire of his, he developed a variation of the Revolving Water Sphere which in addition to the two primary principles make use of a third, the principle of Atsu. By adding this additional principle Fuyuki is capable of redirecting the immense momentum buildt up by the constant revolutions by abruptly dispelling his own application mid-movement - resulting in an omni-directional wave of highly-pressurized water being released in the form of a rapidly expanding ripple, without the aid of Atsu, this variation would only inflict serious blunt trauma, but with the aid of Atsu - he can transform this ripple into an omni-directional blade of water, cutting clean through anyone and anything within the scope of its effect.

Water Dragon Bullet: As an example of Fuyuki's great mastery of the water release, the Mizukage has demonstrated the ability to turn one of the most infamous water release techniques of Kirigakure into a simple application of his immense powers. Without even something as base as weaving a single hand sign, Fuyuki is capable of employing the principles of Keijo alone to shape a large amount of water into the desired shape, this requires minimal amounts of chakra on Fuyuki's part provided he's got a water source readily available, if not, he can use the water stored within his bottles or simply summon it out of thin air if nessecary. His mastery of the water release is evident in how Fuyuki comments on the water dragon technique as being downright basic in terms of its use, only requiring a single principle in order to create whereas many others require several. Neverthless, for its apparent simplicity in Fuyuki's eyes, its used very extensively by him due to its immense versatility in battle - much like lesser masters of the water release, Fuyuki is capable of remotely controling and guiding the water dragon through the air with unparalled precision to seek out distant targets; the range of this control is simply immense as Fuyuki has at times demonstrated the ability to have the water dragon continue pursuing opponents for several miles before it finally weakens and disipates. Even more impressive being that, as Fuyuki and the water dragon are spiritually the same, the Mizukage is even capable of looking through its ease, making it not only useful as a powerful attack but also as a means to spy upon his opponents as well and gather intelligence, something that is vital to even someone as powerful as him. However, for all its power and for all the boons it provides, the true strength of the Water Dragon is its ability to move through the air to attack at odd angles while simultaneously blocking escape routes and encircling its "prey" with its azure coils, practically "swimming" through the air in a stunning display of imminent death. Due to how comparatively easy it is for Fuyuki to summon these water dragons and maintain them, he usually employs dozens of them at once in combat in order to gain a greater advantage. Fuyuki developed their great aerial movements after witnessing how Tenchū Yagami used Fire Circle - Swimming Sky Dragon.

Gem of the Blue Dragon: One of Fuyuki's most destructive techniques, the Gem of the Blue Dragon combines the properties of Katamari together with the property of Keijo to compress an enormous amount of water, typically several thousands worth of gallons into the shape of a sphere of moderate to large size depending on the exact amount of water compressed into its form. The water is kept perfectly supressed in this particular shape in spite of the impossibilities which would normally dictate that such a feat simply cannot be accomplish - but Fuyuki, through exceptional chakra control and affinity for the element manages to do so nevertheless. Once the sphere is fully compressed, Fuyuki may release it towards an adversary at great speeds, once the sphere makes contact with anything solid the bindings that keep it compressed fade away instantly, causing an enormous explosion at the point of impact. This explosion is made by thousands of gallons burst from its confines in the matter of one hundreth of a second, the force exerted in the blast wave of this explosion is titanic in force and typically disintegrates enemies instantly if they're anywhere within the radius of the blast, which also happens to be very large. Due to the immense power of this application, Fuyuki rarely employs it in direct combat, only using it to deal with villages whom have wronged him - in which case he assaults their town with barrages of these blasts to bring the entire settlement to annihilation within minutes. As in addition to killing any human life, the application also destroys any structure caught within its confines, which allows Fuyuki to erase villages with ease, with just the few shattered pieces of lumber and wood revealing that anyone ever lived in them. Due to its power, Gem of the Blue Dragon is capable of deforming the very environment around it, making new laks, ponds or rivers depending on how it was used.

White Mist Breath: One of Fuyuki's more advanced applications, White Mist Breath is employed by applying the Principle of Kōon to water-natured chakra as it is expelled from Fuyuki's mouth, curiously, Kōon is applied to every single chakra particle exhaled. Unlike other similiar techniques, White Mist Breath doesn't release a blast of sheer cold which instantly freezes everything in its path (although Fuyuki is capable of making it do this instead should he ever desire to), but instead is exhaled in a large volume which saturates a large area in white mist. This White Mist is the true threat as when it comes in contact with any surface it'll apply an almost unnatural chill, freezing the surface it comes in contact with at an accelerated pace. If it lands on the body of a living being, it also seeps into the body of the subject, gradually freezing them from the inside out, stopping blood flow and turning the bones brittle, the severe frostbite brought about by the White Mist is also known to destroy tissue where it touches the skin, causing necrosis which may later turn gangrenous. Inspired by Mei Terumi's Skilled Mist Technique, this application was invented shortly after deposing her and is believed to work in much the same way, just applied differently; something which is supported by how the two techniques appear almost identical in appearance. In much the same manner as the mist produced by the Kirigakure specialty - Hidden Mist Technique, Fuyuki may likewise employ the White Mist Breath as a medium through which he may employ successful Genjutsu. This combination of the White Mist Breath and Genjutsu is noted to leave the target incapable of defending themselves from the mist, and is infinitely useful at dispatching weaker adversaries.

Blossoming Garden of Ice: Considered by Fuyuki to be one of his more powerful applications, the Blossoming Garden of Ice is a complex technique which is born from the principles of Kōon and Katamari. The application is initiated by Fuyuki first freezing a subsntial amount of water in a massive radius sorrounding himself by using the principle of Kōon, this creates a massive field of ice which extends out from Fuyuki's position. Once this field is established, Fuyuki employs the principle of Katamari in conjunction with Fuyuki pulling on the water-natured chakra in the radius, this causes innumerable spikes of ice to shoot up from the "ice garden" in a rippling motion with the spires appearing sooner the closer they are to the epicenter of the application, in essence Fuyuki's current position. The rippling expansion of ice spikes which well up from the ground in a perfectly systematic fashion inspires the thought in those who beholds this application that the very ice itself blossoms into these thousand flowers, thus giving the technique its name. The spikes of ice are known to well up from the ground within a very short span of time after one another, which often leaves an opponent caught between them and ripped to pieces, impaled or crushed by the immense impacts these spikes have once they reach the body - according to the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, Fuyuki once employed this application to single-handedly destroy a rivalling tribe of bandits, tearing into them with the force of nature itself. The Blossoming Garden of Ice application is known to superficially resemble another similar technique.

Certain-Kill Ice Spears: A powerful application whose effects are derived from that of a long-lost Yuki Clan technique, while Fuyuki doesn't possess their bloodline itself, and has never trained to achieve the technique, such a thing is entirely unnessecary for a master of his calibre. This technique, however powerful it is, is considered simple enough for Fuyuki to be capable of using it almost tirelessly, as all he requires is a decently large body of water and the assistance of two of his principles - Kōon and Katamari, making this a weakened version of his other application - Blossoming Garden of Ice; with the two sharing the same principles and working in much the same way, albeit at a much smaller scale. However, due to the inherrent inferiority to its sister application, the ice spears produced in this manner may be conjured at an exceedingly fast pace, so quickly infact that Fuyuki is capable of having them well up from below in extremely quick succession; something which is especially useful for fleeing targets. This chain of ice pillars are very hard to avoid while running as Fuyuki can freely place their point of origin anywhere he'd like to possible intercept and impale those who attempt to run. The great speed these spears "grow" at coupled with Fuyuki's great perception and their large size make them all but unavoidable to anyone save the fastest and most perceptive of Shinobi. With even experienced Ninja only ever managing to avoid a few of them before they make a single wrong step and are impaled in the process. Despite commonly being used as spikes welling up from below his opponents, this application can also just as easily be made into a ruthless airborne offence, by having Fuyuki conjure them remotely in the air. While employed in this manner, the spears of ice are much slimmer and more concentrated in order to award them greater speed and focus as they're released through the air, due to being customized to only produce the minimum amount of air resistance. These variants of the Certain-Kill Ice Spears are noted to be exceedingly dangerous, as whenever he employs them Fuyuki typically uses the principle of Atsu to increase their speed to tremendous degrees, to the point where they're presumeably capable of keeping up with and at times even outright exceeding the speed of the arrows fired by the Bow of Susanoo. Along with many of Fuyuki's more powerful technique, this particular use of the application is a sign that the Mizukage is slowly deciding to become serious.

Genjutsu
While a master of the water release first and foremost, Fuyuki's clever wit and advanced intellect does indeed make him an accomplished user of Genjutsu, which he's capable of using to great effect both in and out of combat. Popular applications of Fuyuki's Genjutsu include masking the appearance of his Ninjutsu, making himself invisible by manipulating the perception of his adversaries and using his other abilities to cloud the adversaries sense of hearing. Most of Fuyuki's Genjutsu are generic in nature and usually deal with simpler elements than more advanced types of Genjutsu, of which Fuyuki possesses only a limited arsenal due to not receiving any formal training as a Shinobi.

Unlike most other forms of such Genjutsu, Fuyuki's generic genjutsu aren't transmitted through the medium of direct eye contact, like the Sharingan, or by sound, but is instead transmitted through Fuyuki's very chakra and by the sensation of overall perception. The manner in which he initiates Genjutsu is noted to be peculiar, and is, like pretty much everything else in his arsenal attributable to his mastery over the element of water - for it is transmitted by his Hiding in Mist Technique. This is accomplished by how Fuyuki's chakra is kneaded into the mist, and this allows it to easily cloud and beguile the senses by subjecting them to a constant influx of Fuyuki's chakra. Due to the medium through which this form of Genjutsu is channeled, using Genjutsu Dissipation is largely pointless, as the Genjutsu will be constantly refreshed for as long as the target is within the scope of Fuyuki's mist, which is simply massive, being capable of enshrouding all of Kirigakure. Furthermore, due to how the targets mind is constantly assaulted with renewed phantasms over a long span of time, they gradually become more and more suspectible to Fuyuki's Genjutsu; as his illusions gradually tear down their mental defenses.

Due to this way of channeling energy through the mist, Fuyuki is capable of employing Generic Genjutsu against his opponents, influencing what they see, feel, hear and touch to what he himself finds most convenient. This way of affecting the five senses are often subtly used and specifically executed to ensure that his Genjutsu remains undetected until his trap is sprung - he also frequently changes the way he influences a target in the middle of combat, all to make sure that each of his attacks reach their mark. While a relatively simple way of employing Genjutsu, in battle, its nonetheless highly noticeable. However, he rarely influences more than one of the five senses at once, and then primarily in a rather minor manner so as to not betray his advantage to his adversary. The extent he uses these minor Genjutsu to affect his target varies, but are primarily related to masking something from their presence, such as making people see things that don't exist, and to cloud their senses so as make them not perceive things that are, such as approaching water Ninjutsu, kunai and shuriken.

If Fuyuki wants to quickly kill a massive ensemble of people (or simply to ensure the death of a particularily troublesome foe), one of the simplest yet most brutal things he can do is to rather than summoning ordinary mist by raising water from his sorroundings, instead make use of the application called White Mist Breath. This application can be used in exactly the same manner as the mist he would otherwise use, but it has the added effect of freezing anything it comes in contact with, sinking into their skin, preventing movement and stopping the flow of blood within moments, paralyzis comes within the span of a minute or two and from then on they'll die an agonizingly slow death. With Genjutsu, Fuyuki can mask most of the symptons by fooling his victims sense of touch and sight, leading to most victims succuming to the white mist before they're even aware of the danger.

Fuyuki's skill with Genjutsu lends itself well to certain illusory effects which deal with affecting the senses negatively. Fuyuki's affinity for water has served to give him a great deal of natural proficiency with a grand variety of high-ranking Genjutsu techniques such as the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, whose sensations are often compared to the idea of drowning, swept away in a watery grave. Thusly, Fuyuki's more powerful applications of Genjutsu deal with methodically crippling enemies by removing their ability to see, feel, hear, smell or taste. With some claiming that he can forcibly remove all the five senses from a human being through some macabre Genjutsu of his, leaving them helpless and incapable of defending themselves properly.

Fuyuki's more powerful generic Genjutsu are often rooted in the sensation of drowning, darkess and solitude; in particular does he favor using a simple but nonetheless extremely effective Genjutsu which makes both the mind and the body of the subject believe that their lungs are quickly filling with murky water. This Genjutsu thus induces intense agony, preventing the target from focusing properly so as to attempt to dispel the Genjutsu itself. Furthermore, because of the illusory effect itself, this Genjutsu is capable doing immense damage to a target, as while under the spell its impossible to breathe unless the Genjutsu is dispelled, this induced inability to breathe can have great consequences for the unfortunate victim which includes brain damage and imagined respiratory failure, the latter can become severe enough to "kill" the victim, shutting them down into a long-lasting coma. Although fainting or being knocked unconcious has been observed to have a relieving effect on the victim, breaking his Genjutsu instantly. However, while Fuyuki's Genjutsu is noted as being very powerful, its overall effectiveness varies upon several things. First of these is the symbolical representation of his Genjutsu, in essence from where it draws its symbolic strength, in this particular case most of Fuyuki's powerful Genjutsu is relateable to the 29th Hexagram of I Ching - Abysmal Waters, Gorge and Darkness.

One of Fuyuki's greatest strengths in terms of Genjutsu, is his ability to destroy opposing Genjutsu users and thus generally come out on top in such exchanges, even against wielders of the Sharingan whom possesses a natural affinity for Genjutsu simply by virtue of their bloodline. Fuyuki accomplishes this by making use some of his prime mediums, which include water and mist in order to cast a Genjutsu on himself even as he's affected by the genjutsu of his adversary. This allows Fuyuki to potentially override illusions placed upon him by his opponents, by creating a new layer of Genjutsu above the "invading Genjutsu" - these illusions differ from regular Genjutsu in that they intrude upon the Genjutsu of the original caster without actually breaking it. This intrusion typically frees Fuyuki from the immediate effects of the Genjutsu by manipulating the illusion to give him an edge and a way to defend himself. Examples would include either removing or dispelling certain illusory "elements" in the Genjutsu of his adversary, such as removing illusory restraints, removing torture devices or even remove other conceptual elements. This causes the Genjutsu to fall out of balance, and it is then easier to counter.

Through his talents in this particular field, Fuyuki is known to methodically break down the Genjutsu of his opponent by means of manipulating the Genjutsu itself, by combining his own Genjutsu with that of his opponent to supplant its hold over him and allow him to amass progressively greater influence over the illusion itself. To be capable of employing these tricks of his however, Fuyuki is dependant about having a secondary medium through which he can affect himself with Genjutsu, the prefered one being his own chakra-infused mist or water. However, with access to these mediums, Fuyuki's ability to defend himself from hostile Genjutsu is virtually without paralell. Fuyuki's mastery of this specific application of Genjutsu allows him to potentially reverse hostile Genjutsu back onto their caster by employing the persistent influence of the mediums of water and mist to gradually overcome and "conquer" the Genjutsu, warping the casters perceptions and turning their attack into his own. This talent deals a great amount of psychological damage to the caster due to having been bested by their own technique in a most embarassing fashion. This in turn weakens their mental defenses immensely and has them involuntarily "surrender" their own sense of perception to Fuyuki, by having their own Genjutsu countered by an opposing Genjutsu, furthermore, due to the merging of these two illusions, the resulting Genjutsu is more powerful than either the illusion of his opponent and his own separately. Once an opponent has "surrendered" their sense of perception in this manner, Fuyuki's hold on their mind is extremely strong, enabling him to manipulate them like puppets if he'd deign to; as any resistance to Genjutsu would be utterly crushed by Fuyuki.

Owing to his excellency within the field, Fuyuki has developed means which allows him to simultaneously affect enormous areas with Genjutsu, with Fuyuki himself claiming that his skill with Genjutsu is sufficient to cripple an entire army if nessecary. Something which is, infact and shockingly enough, not an exagerration. This is accomplished by first making use of a massive amount of summoned mist, employed through Fuyuki's mastery of the Hidden Mist Technique in combination with two overriding Genjutsu effects which are "woven" into the mist through the use of Fuyuki's water-natured chakra, allowing Fuyuki to bestow the initial Genjutsu effect the property of erosion. The initial Genjutsu is made very weak on its own due to the wide dispersion of its form over a wide area, and it is largely incapable of affecting anyone in a meaningful way on its own. However, Fuyuki actually doesn't intend for it to do anything more than simply being present, as for every moment it persists, it subjects anyone within the scope of Fuyuki's mist to its influence. Thus, while it has no effects on the human mind alone, the added property of erosion begins to slowly whittle down the ability to defend against Genjutsu over time, as the very mental defenses of the opponent are eroded in much the same way that a river erodes the banks and the riverbed. During this time, a secondary Genjutsu is riding along the first one, this Genjutsu is typically a powerful Genjutsu developed for the occassion by none other than Fuyuki himself to make sure that the illusory effect does as much damage as at all possible. While the secondary Genjutsu would also be rather weakened by the dispersion in most cases, due to the erosion of resistance caused by the initial Genjutsu, the second one is almost impossible to resist, as the ability to resist it has been crippled beforehand. For maximum performance, Fuyuki often uses this with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, which allows him to potentially "blind" an entire army,

Intelligence
Despite what his appearance would indicate, Fuyuki a very shrewd and cunning man. Having been forced to grow up to learn the harshest truths of life at a very early age, his ability to reason, deduce and understand phenomena are noted to be simply astute. However Fuyuki's intelligence is however frequently underestimated by his opponents and allies alike; most forgetting that he's the creator of the Five Principles, an ingenius form of using the Water Release which expands the users control over the element to truly immense proportions. His ability to begin the creative stages of such an advanced employment of chakra and water chakra is truly a testamony to just how brilliant Fuyuki allegedly is.