Training Omake

It was two days after the mission to Wave Country and Naruto arrived at the apartment Sakura shared with her parents at 9 am and knocked on the door.

"What do you want?" it was Sakura's mother who answered the door.

"Good Morning, Mrs. Haruno," Naruto greeted cheerfully, "I came to get Sakura-chan because we're do training this morning."

"She said that her team has the week off." Mrs. Haruno said.

"A shinobi never takes time off from training." Naruto said proudly, "Besides Sakura-chan and I had agreed to train before we returned home. So is she ready?"

"Fine, let me call her." Mrs. Haruno said before shouting for Sakura over her shoulder, Sakura reached the door in a couple seconds.

"Naruto?" Sakura asked, "What are you doing here?"

"We agreed to train together remember?" Naruto asked, "It's not like you to forget something."

"You're right sorry," Sakura said, "I just got so caught up in those medical scrolls I forgot."

"It's alright," Naruto said, "we can postpone it until tomorrow if you want."

"No, just give me a second to get ready and I'll be right out." Sakura said as she ran back inside to get her things, "Okay, I'm ready to go." Sakura ran out her door dragging Naruto behind her, "So which training ground are we going to?"

"First, I got a question," Naruto said, "Are you still on your diet?"

"Yes, I still have to look good for Sasuke-kun," Sakura said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Okay, before we even start training we're going to the Akimichi's Restaurant," Naruto said, "I bet all you had for breakfast was a granola bar or something."

"Naruto, if I eat too much I'll gain weight!" Sakura said.

"How much do you think I weight?" Naruto asked.

"With the shape you're in, I'd say about 70 lbs." Sakura said as she remembered Naruto without the bulky orange jumpsuit.

"Wrong, now before I tell you how much I really weight I want you to tell me your height and weight." Naruto said.

"I'm 4' 11" and weigh 78 lbs.," Sakura said, "My goal weight is 70 lbs."

"You'll never be a good kunoichi if you keep trying to lose weight like this," Naruto said, "It's why you have a hard time with little amount of training Kashi puts us through. I'm two inches shorter than you and still weight more than you do."

"Really, how much do you weigh?" Sakura asked.

"90lbs," Naruto said, "It's mostly muscle. Oh look, we're at the restaurant." Naruto dragged Sakura inside, "Chöza can we have a table for two?"

"Naru, good morning," Chöji's dad greeted, "You're later than usual, did you decide to sleep in on you day off?"

"No, I was waiting for Sakura-chan," Naruto said gesturing to the girl next to her, "We're going to train together today, but she's not on the same schedule I am."

"Oh, it nice to meet you Sakura," Chöza greeted.

"Chöza's Chöji's dad." Naruto supplied quickly.

"It's nice to meet you as well Mr. Akimichi." Sakura replied.

"So what would you gi- like to eat?" Chöza asked.

"It's alright, she knows I'm a girl," Naruto said noticing his slip up, "So doesn't the rest of my team. Anyway, we'll have two eggs, two pieces of toast and three slices of bacon, each. Actually can I have six slices of bacon?"

"Sure Naru, but shouldn't you let you friend order what she wants?" Chöza said.

"Nope, I'm trying to stop her from dieting," Naruto said, "Real kunoichi don't diet."

"I understand, so what do you girls want to drink?" Chöza asked.

"I'll have apple juice, what about you Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked.

"Do you have white grape juice?" Sakura asked.

"Yes." Chöza said.

"I'll have that please." Sakura said. Chöza then left to get the girls breakfast. Naruto and Sakura talked and got to know one another as they waited for their meals to arrive. Once the food came they ate in silence, and once they were finished Naruto paid and the two girls headed to Training Ground 7.

"Okay, so I've been thinking," Naruto said, "You're totally out of shape and even farther behind me on the stamina field; so instead of starting out with my light training schedule we'll spend the next month working you up to it how's that sound?"

"What exactly is you're training like?" Sakura asked.

"My light training is 100 sit-ups, push-up, squats, and crunches; followed by 150 kicks and punches for each arm and leg; then I run 15 laps around the village and it's all done with weights on. Plus I meditate before and after for half an hour." Naruto said, "Then I go home and shower so I can meet you guys back here for team meetings at 9."

"Geez, no wonder you're always late." Sakura said, "I'm surprised you don't drop dead of exhaustion."

"Nope, I have plenty if energy, also I'm never really late." Naruto said, "I wake up at five in the morning to do that every day and I'm finished by 8am, I come back and hide in the bushes and wait for both you and Sasuke to arrive, then wait an extra five minutes before joining you. It would raise question if the dead-last, outcast was on time for training."

"Everyday?" Sakura asked, "I can hardly do the training Kakashi-sensei gives us."

"That's why I said we'd start out easy," Naruto said, "You've only got to do 25 sit-ups, push-up, squats, and crunches; followed by 50 kicks and punches for each arm and leg; then we'll run 5 laps around the village. I'll triple my weights, but you don't have to worry about weights for now just get used to the exercise, we'll add you weights later."

"Are you serious?" Sakura asked as she paled.

"Of course," Naruto said, "First we'll start with mediation though, it's not ideal to train directly after eating."

"It's there something easier to do?" Sakura asked scared.

"No, besides didn't you say you want to impress Sasuke?" Naruto asked and got a nod in response, "Well, if he's going to restart his clan he's going to be looking for a strong able-bodied kunoichi, not someone who diets and take the easy way out." Naruto saw the determination flare in Sakura's eyes.

'Not the right motivation to improve but it'll work for now.' Naruto thought, 'Eventually she learn she has to do this for herself not someone else.'

"By the way you have until lunchtime to finish the exercise." Naruto said happily.

"WHAT?!"

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It was noon and the two girls had just finished their five laps around the village, Naruto was taking her weight off as she watched Sakura collapse to the ground in a huff.

"Hey, we're not done yet." Naruto said as she nudged Sakura's side.

"You Satan in human-form you know that right?" Sakura asked glaring as she forced herself to sit upright.

"Trust me that was nothing." Naruto said, "Now, mediate; afterwards I'll give you a massage and treat you to lunch wherever you want."

"Mhmm." Sakura hummed as she sat up and closed her eyes. Naruto sat next to her and did the same thing, however in a couple of minutes Naruto heard some light snoring from her side and started laughing. Naruto finished meditating and flared her chakra.

"Naruto is something wrong?" Kakashi asked appearing in a cloud of smoke.

"Not really," Naruto said, "but I need your help with something. Can you bring Sakura home for me, if I bring her home looking like that I'll get in trouble and it will cause a riot."

"What did you two do?" Kakashi asked looking at his other student, "It looks like you beat the poor girl to death."

"It was only some easy training, she's just really out of shape." Naruto defended, "I really didn't think she'd be this bad."

"What exactly was easy training?" Kakashi asked.

"The same thing you guys had me do when you started training me," Naruto said, "25 sit-ups, push-up, squats, and crunches; followed by 50 kicks and punches for each arm and leg; then we'll run 5 laps around the village. I even tripled my weights and did it with her, she wasn't using any weights though."

"What are you weight usually at?" Kakashi asked.

"75lbs on my arm and 90 on each leg." Naruto said. "Now will you take her home? Also leave a note for her telling her we'll train again here tomorrow at 9am and to eat a balanced breakfast."

"Fine, now you go get some lunch and go home." Kakashi said then grabbed Sakura and shushined away.

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Finally Team 7's week of vacation was up and they were all at the red bridge awaiting Kakashi sensei's arrival.

"You're On Time!" Naruto and Sakura shouted as Kakashi arrived at promptly 9:05 am.

"Maa, Maa… it's not important." Kakashi said as he waved off the two Genin, "However it has come to my attention recently that your stamina is not up to par so I've arranged a little game." At those words Naruto promptly turned and ran away, but she didn't get far, "Where do you think you're going, Naru-chan?"

"To hide somewhere you hopefully won't find me." Naruto said as she struggled to get away.

"Uh-uh, you're included in this it's a team game." Kakashi said as he hit her and the other two slowly retreating Genin with paralysis jutsus. He then took three sets of chakra weights out of his hip pouch. "Now the rules are simple, you each get a set of self-adjusting weights, and you have to run around the village 100 times by sunset. You have to stay together and just too added to the fun you're going to be having, the weights will get heavier as you get used to them and only I can take them off." He released the paralysis, "You start now."

The three Genin cursed and took off running, when they heard "I also gathered some bored Jönin-rank and above ninja so beware of flying pointy objects."

Hours later the three Genin had collapsed in the middle of the training ground, exhausted and nursing several minor wounds.

"Good job, team." Kakashi said with an eye smile, "Now go home and rest, we'll play this game again tomorrow and every day until you can run the laps in a decent amount of time. Don't bother trying to hide because I'll just come find you." On that note Kakashi shushined away.

"I take it back, Naru," Sakura mumbled, "He's Satan-incarnate." The other two nodded in agreement then proceeded to crawl home for showers and their beds.