naruto: summoner of the dead.

chapter5:senju boot camp from hell

From the time they woke up to the time they were going to the academy training grounds all of the konoha 12 would start their day off running ten mile marathons around the village to build up their stamina and endurance. Needless to say that sakura and ino were not too fond of this morning training Regiment for.

'building up their chakra levels'
As tobirama put it saying that the first step in controlling your chakra is increasing the amount you already have at your disposal.

Watching from a nearby roof tobirama noticed that sakura and ino were only halfway through their run and were exhausted already.

Tobirama then appeared behind them and forming a water whip in his hands and said.

"What are you doing???. You've only run 5 miles around the village!!!. GET YOUR ASS IN GEAR LADIES!!!. NOW!!!.

I SAID GET MOVING!!!!. THEN REPORT TO THE ACADEMY TRAINING GROUNDS WHEN YOUR FINISHED!!!."

(WHACK!!!)
(CRACK!!!)
(SNAP!!!)

Tobirama hit the ground beneath their feet so hard that it left cuts in the ground.
Sakura and ino now realize how brutal the second hokage's training was for the third hokage as a gennin.

They realized it was shape up or give up. There was no in between option.

Once they had finished their run they made it to the academy training grounds only to see everyone else just as exhausted accept for rock lee and might gai who were practically used to such 'youthful workouts'
As they put it.

Hashirama senju then said.

"Welcome everyone. I hope that you enjoyed your morning running exercise because this will be a constant routine for all of you. As you can clearly see I've rebuilt the training course. Thanks to my wood release the walls are taller.

The pit falls are deeper. And with brother tobirama helping, the water traps are even larger. This course will test you on your chakra control your focus and your stamina.

After this is a course where we will work on upper body strength and how long you can hold a 40 to 80 pound weight in each hand.

You must do these exercises repeatedly until the weights feel like feathers and the morning running exercise becomes natural to your body. A strong mind and body goes hand in hand. Team 9 has volunteered to assist in this particular training course.

You all have until sunset to get through both courses and move on to meet Lord third and fourth hokage to learn your elements and train in the basics of those elements. BEGIN!!!."

They all begin running up the wooden walls with Naruto and sasuke easily leading the pack both neck and neck as they finally reached the end of the first course everyone's eyes widened in shock.

They couldn't believe how quickly Naruto and sasuke finished the first course!!!. There was no way they could be that powerful!!!.

Naruto and sasuke then began running across the water traps Naruto had slightly pulled ahead of sasuke in a burst of speed leaving sasuke not far behind.

Hiruzen then said.

"He truly is just like you minato. Fast.
Strong. Resilient. And very resourceful.
But. As the old saying goes. Like father like son I guess. Now if only he had your brains more then kushina's attitude and personality."

And kushina said as she snuck up behind Hiruzen and said.

"What was that last comment of yours... Hiruzen sarutobi???. Because it sounded like you think Naruto having my personality is a bad thing.