Keep on Training

She nodded her head at me and looked up at the sky. I honestly though,as she looked into the sky,the sky that we all shared,that she was thinking of her late husband as she saw me train. "All right next thing your gonna have to do is one hundred sit-ups." She said as cheerful as before. I let out a deep sigh. "Man this training really is top-notch. It is worth a master status for this work. I laid down on the ground,bent my legs and put my hands behind my head. It was time for me to work on my abs. I began the set of sit-ups. The push ups were hard enough,my arms were barely able to stay in place just by being behind my head. After a few minutes I finished up the sit ups and just flopped down on the floor. "Are we done?" I asked tiredly. The work out itself was killing me. She giggled a little and shook her head,instantly in that moment I had thought that a few of my hairs turned gray. "That's only the beginning of the warm up." She stated to me. I stood up,slightly dizzy but it quickly wore off. "Well now we're basically gonna do what you were doing when I got here. Your gonna do one thousand punches and kicks. five hundred for each arm and five hundred per leg." I looked at her in amazement and prepared a question for her. "Yo do realize I AM only a Genin correct?" I ask her,kindly but almost in a jokingly manner. She nodded and just smiled. "If you want to get strong you have to work hard. " I nodded in agreement. I knew that her husband did far beyond this a day,I was amazed her house didn't wreak or body odor. I began my punches and kicks immidiatly. Maybe an hour passed before I had finished them completely,Mika stood by me the entire time,guiding me to show me how to make my punches more effective. With all this said and done I bowed to Mika, despite all of the pain in my body. "I think I shall rest now." I said with a kind smile. Mika nodded at me and sat against a tree. "I'll just be here for a bit. Come back in one hour and we'll resume." She said. I bowed to her,gathered my gear weakly and set off back to town,my body sore beyond belief.

[426 words,ALL strength, exit for now]

2 strength Points, and 2 jp

I walked back onto the training field and cracked my fists. My strength had notably increased on the battlefield but it still wasn't where I could get deal sufficient with simply my fists. I stretched my body a bit before dropping down onto the ground and beginning to do push ups,I was trying out Mika's program some more,it wouldn't hurt to try. Well actually it would hurt,quite a lot to be honest. I continued my push ups for a minute or so before I stood back up and cracked my knuckles. "One hundred push ups done.Time for my sit-ups." I said quietly to myself as I took off the sword from my back,as well as the pouch, and put it off to the side and put it down on the ground,against a tree. I dropped back down to the ground,onto my back, and began to do my sit ups. I had another hundred needed doing,sit ups were easy however for me,my abdomen being one of the strongest sections in my body. A few more minutes passed before I was done with my sit ups. My body was already aching,I wasn't used to doing this kind of training, but I had to keep on doing it to improve my strength. I stretched my arms a little more and looks over at a low hanging tree branch. I could do pull ups as well,those would probably help me train my body strength as well. I stretched a little more before wrapping my hands around the tree branch which was just about perfect height for me to do my pull ups. I just had to hope it wouldn't break under me. I crossed my feet and I began to do the pull ups. This was maybe the hardest one to do, especially shortly after doing one hundred push ups. I had to keep going though all of this training or I would remain weak. As I did I pull ups I held my head up high and stared out into the sky as I did my pull ups. I didn't know what about the sky it was but something about it just gave me this feeling that I could do anything. Places like the underwater village were a village on the bottom of my list of places I wanted to be. Sure there was a sky above me but if I couldn't see it from any point then it was like living a in a jail. Before I knew it I finished off my set of pull ups and without really knowing it,I went over by a good twenty five. I dropped down from the tree,even if it was a short drop, and stretched my arms. My arms have done a lot of hard work today,a lot of work I would have liked to avoid but it has to be done or I would never grow in strength and my goals will never be accomplished. I looked at the tree and held up my fists. I began to do quick jabs at the tree,my punches were improving after all,that was a good sign for my training. I stopped for a momment and looked up at the sky. "Let's start trying out combos." I thought to myself and I began to do quick one,two combos on the tree,and it was working. My hands weren't hitting each other or anything,it was almost perfect in my eyes. I smiled and stretched a lil. "I should get going. More missions needed doing." I thought as I picked up my gear and walked off to the village.
[619 words] [All strength] [exit]

3 strength. 3 jp