Chapter 6
"Here I am before the sun
Going on a hundred mile run
Stretchin', yawnin', comin' alive
I can do it, I got the drive
Starting out slow keeping the pace
Morning breeze is blowing in my face
Passing others watching me
Wonder what it is they see
Do they see my grief and pain
They must think I'm insane
Or do they see my will and pride
Ain't t no doubt I got the drive
Breath deep, sound off, let em know
We're on the move and rarin' to go
CTO smiling as we pass by
We're gonna show him we got the drive
Picking up the pace and heading out
For blocks around you can hear us shout
Come run with us if you ' d like to try
One thing's for sure we got the drive
If you want to keep pace with me
There ' s one thing you've got to see
Drive 's important and will is too
Makes me best at what I do" Tori sung under her breath as she ran. Kakashi and Tori had not broken a sweat after their fifth lap around Konoha. Tori slowed down and came to a full stop, Kakashi doing the same.
"Tired?" He asked and Tori shook her head no
"That was enough stretching for my leg muscles I need to stretch the rest of my body" Tori explained and looked up to see an old pole made of metal that long ago held a sign to a shop. Kakashi and Tori had stopped in the run down part of Konoha, and Tori liked the look of the pole. "How much weight do you think that pole can handle?" Tori asked and Kakashi looked at her weird, was she planning on doing pull-ups?
"Why?"
"Just wondering"
"It looks pretty sturdy" Tori nodded at his answer to her question and pulled out a bag of flour and Kakashi's sport bandages. Wrapping her hands with the bandages as she had been taught to do in gymnastics she sat down and took off her boots, and doing the same method of bandaging on her feet. She opened the bag of flour and put enough on her hands and feet before running and jumping high enough to grab it. Starting with the ¾ giant, where she had her swing completely around the pole, getting closer as she did so to give her enough backwards force that she was able to do her next move; the swing ½ turn, where when at an obtuse angle, Tori crossed her arms and swung her body so she was facing the opposite way. Moving to the Staulder, Rear with ½ Turn move, Tori made a v with her legs she touched the pole as she allowed gravity to plummet herself down to turn and have her ankles touch once more. Tori ended in a double flyaway, a move where she did four to five somersaults after propelling herself off the bar and landed on her feet.
"Whoo" Tori said happily as she landed with her arms in the air. She could not see the shinobi behind her in pure shock. Kakashi had never in his entire life seen such a display of flexibility in such a manner before. Tori turned toward the man and smiled "Can you show me to a training ground now that I have properly stretched my entire body?" Kakashi nodded at her request and led her to his favorite training ground.
