Chapter Two: Training!
"Oh nuts, I'm late again! Kakashi Sensei is going to kill me!" screamed Naruto. It was a Saturday morning in Konohagakure(a.k.a the Hidden Leaf Village). Naruto had just woken up from a long night of partying at the village feastival. He quickly put on his clothes and ran out the door.
He jumped along the roof tops of the town. He then tried to leap to the next building, but he missed the ledge. As Naruto fell, he saw a nearby clothes line and grabbed a hold of it and slid down it. When he reached the end, he droped down and landed on a cart. Of course, it was a melon cart. He hit the sheet over it and bounced to the ground. As soon as he got up, he stated to run again. He went to the outskirts of the village where the training area was. As soon as he had got there, he realized he was late.
"Just as late as usual, eh Naruto" Kakashi said. He did not look happy at all. Then again, you can't see his facail expression under that mask of his. The rest of team seven had already gotten there.
"You have to remember when practice is," exclaimed Sakura, " and you can't keep showing up late. It gives ninja a bad name." Naruto always hated when Sakura told him off. When Sasuke does something wrong, you don't see her yelling at him! Naruto was about to explode but he knew if he did, Sakura would definetly never forgive him.
"Enough!" yelled Kakashi. He was really steaming now. "I am tired of you three bickering all the time. Now, I want you to stop fighting and act like comrades so we can get on with todays lesson." Sasuke said nothing and just gave a smirk. When ever Sasuke smirks like that, it means he is going to show off somehow. "Now today, you each are going to have to go through a training course in the alotted time. Each obstical will test your abilities to deal with obsticals standing in you path through out the rest of you ninja careers" This was it, it was time to show what Naruto was made off.
"I'll go first Kakashi-sensei" said Sasuke. He looked like he wanted to push some buttons to irratate Naruto. "Let me show them how its done"
"Very well Sasuke, you may proced." Kakashi said and he allowed Sasuke to pass. He opened a gate that let Sasuke into the training course. "Your objective is a simple one. Run down all the way to the end, grab the apple, and bring it back here in one minute and thirty seconds."
"This is going to be to easy." Sasuke said. Kakashi waved his hand a signal to start and Sasuke was off. He ran down the track as fast as he could go. As he reached the half way point, a giant wall apeared out from the ground. Sasuke kept moving and before he hit the wall, he jumped right over.
"Amazing!" said Sakura, amazed and impressed by Sasuke, as usual. " Sasuke gained speed for the jump and he also applied chakra to his feet to give him a extra push. Genius." Naruto was not very inpressed. "I probably could run circles around Sasuke," Naruto thought to himself over and over. Just then, Sasuke reached the apple. As soon as he picked it up, lazers came out from the side of the course. Just then, Sasuke climbed on top of the fence where the lazers could not reach him. He scurried across the fence as if it was nothing.
" One minute and ten seconds." Kakashi exclaimed. "Not bad. You still need to learn to be a little bit quicker on the wall next time. Putting chakra in your feet to bounce over the wall was a smart idea too."
"Way to go Sasuke," chanted Sakura.
"Big deal. I bet I could do way better than that" Naruto said as if it were a fact. Kakashi stared at him and then gestured for Naruto to walk in. Naruto walked into the cage. He waited for Kakashi's signal. Kakashi gave him his signal and Naruto was off. He ran down the track. He had remembered where the wall had came up before. Naruto started to put chakra into his feet to power the push. The wall came up and Naruto jumped. Bang was the sound when he hit the wall. Naruto, still being timed, got back up and put chakra in his feet to walk over the wall. Luckly, it worked and Naruto rached the tracks end. He grabed the apple and started to run before the lazers could activate. When the lazers activated, he was half way there with 20 seconds to spare. One lazer hit him and Naruto let out a big "Ouch!" He got to the end of the track with one second to spare. Sasuke did not looked inpressed.
"Well," said Sakura, "I have to admit that …" She pasued and then said "That you just made a complete fool of yourself, even though you completed the course." She bust out laughing at him. A great way to start the day, just have the girl of your dreams laugh at you and your guts.
"Nice try Naruto," said Kakashi, encuraging Naruto. "You just have to work harder on your chakra control." Sakura went next. You know the ironic thing was, she failed and was half way back with the apple.
"Who's laughing now Sakura!" Naruto blurted out. Sasuke really did not look impressed. Finally, after Kakashi graded Sakura, he dissmissed them. As soon as he did, Sakura ran after Naruto with a fist up in the air. She must have still been angry at him. She chased him all the way back to Naurto's apartment. Naruto ran in and looked the door shut.
"Come on Naruto, come out and take this punch like a man," yelled Sakura. While she was banging on Naruto's door, he got out through the back door. He quickly jumped over to the roof top over and got away from Sakura and her angry fists of pain.
Naruto was lucky to escape to the park with his life. He touched down on the grass that still had dew on it. He walked over to the center of the park. In the center, there was a large statue to commemorate the fourth Hokage. The statue was tall. It could be seen all over the park. Naruto looked at the statue intensely. "Some day, I will be remembered as the greatest Hokage. They will see," Naruto thought to himself. With that, he walked away from the statue. He knew if he kept trying, he would get there someday. But right now, he needs to focus on the present because Sakura was coming right at him. Bong was the sound of Sakura's fist up against his noggin. Sakura then walked of in a huff, knowing that her job was done.
"Man, Sakura must have some real anger issues," said Naruto standing up and rubbing his head. "Could this get any worse?" All of the sudden, he heard a noise coming from above him. "Ouch!" he exclaimed, as the person making the noise fell on top of him.