The girl with Pink Hair

Chapter Eighteen

It took me hours to complete my one hundred laps around the leaf village, because I refused to fight Sakura. I wasn't the only one who was punished and forced to run until we dropped with weights strapped to my arms and legs, our progress was all tracked through little black boxes that Carver had clipped to me.

There were seven other people I would pass them every so often, two of which tried to cheat. One shinobi tried to pay the other to run their laps, the paid shinobi took the little black box from the paying person and tried to run with two of them but as far as I know he didn't get very far. Raiden showed up and not long after he vanished, I didn't pass either ninja after they were caught.

The sun was rising, it was four or five in the morning when I was finally done running. I dropped onto a nearby bench and instantly fell asleep. I can remember flashes of Carver's face as he picked me up and carried me home. I remember whining to him about how unfair this was, but he just said he couldn't favor me over the other shinobi, it wouldn't have been fair. I woke up inside my apartment after only a few hours of sleep. My training session today was a ten in the freaking morning, as I moved around my body was sore in places, I didn't know could ache.

I collapsed in a seat in the stands of the arena, I leaned onto the railing as I wanted to cry. I didn't even get to eat breakfast since I woke up late and had to get here because there was no way on this earth, I could do that punishment again. My friends sat around me, they all complained about being here and for once I agreed. I hurt so bad I just wanted to go home stuff my face and sleep for three days.

On the bright side of things, the arena was set up for target practice so there was no fighting today. I don't think I could last long in a fight right now even if I wanted too. Carver explained how we will be practicing different types of target practice today. We were first going to do the standard shooting at a nonmoving target, second we would try to hit a moving target and then lastly we were going to have to hit clones that they summon.

My name was called out and I heard my voice groan, my feet moved on their own as I did what I was told. I moved below where Carver and Raiden were waiting for me. I opened my eyes after dragging myself onto the field, I saw Sakura was here as well. She made us line up on blue lines that were spray painted onto the grass. Carver handed each of us a set of different colored kunai.

"Hit the target." Sakura instructed, I looked ahead of me. I had to squint my eyes to see the target.

"That is at least a hundred yards." TenTen said, "No one can make that shot!" I agreed, I could barely move my arms, no way was I hitting that.

"We are being set up to fail-" Shikamaru started but was cut off by Sakura, she pulled out a silver kunai and whipped it my mouth dropped seeing she not only hit the target, she hit the damn center.

"We are not going to make you do anything we can't." Sakura said, turning to Shikamaru and TenTen. "The faster you complete the three sets of target practice, the faster your done with us for the day."

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I stepped out of my bathroom feeling refreshed in clean clothes. After eating three cups of ramen I looked outside, it was late this whole day flew past me before I could enjoy it. I wondered if Sakura and the others were done with their training for the day? I walked out of my apartment and came face to face with Sasuke and Kakashi. I smiled at the two as I moved to knock on Sakura's door.

"Come in!" Carver called; yay they were home! I walked in with a full smile, I waved about to greet them until my smile dropped off my face. I looked around and saw Carver was on the couch shirtless. Bloody gauze was in a wastebasket as I watched him stick a fresh gauze on his side where a four-inch gash was healing. "Where have you guys been?" Carver wondered.