Whoever said that training was easy is completely wrong. There is only one word describing my current situation: Exhausting.
Using the Leaf Concentration Practice i tried to sense and control my Chakra. At first i felt dumb. Focussing an ordinary Leaf on your Forehead to get superpowers felt like something out of fiction.
But it worked after i fell into some kind of state.
*Thud*
My whole Body slumped onto the ground. I felt like as if i used my body to do exercises way beyond my body limit.
Sweat poured out of my pores as i tried to move my eyes towards the leaf. What remained was only powder, the leaf disintegrated.
I tried to keep my eyes open but darkness surrounded after i looked at the leaf powder for one last time.
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"It's time to wake up Hashirama, you have to go to school."
A voice woke me up as i opened my eyes.
"You shocked your father and me when we found you laying on the ground, drenched in sweat. We thought you fell unconscious but you snored when we came near you. Do you feel good? Is the Ninja Academy something we have to reconsider?"
My Mum looked at me with a worried look. I knew that my parents probably didn't want me to be a ninja, but it's some kind of obligation for the people living in the village of fire.
So i tried to assure her that everything is fine.
"Everything is okay Mom, the only reason why i fainted is because i used my Chakra. Since i wasn't able to control it, everything got pushed out and then i fainted due to overexertation. Now i know how Chakra feels like so i should be able to control it a litte bit."
It really felt like i discovered something new. Like discovering your sexual organs when you are in puberty. Though it wasn't as pleasant and can be compared to a new limb.
When my Family ate Breakfast on that Day there was a silence floating around the table.
"Son, your Mother and I decided to move over to your sister for a few weeks. We already hired Ninjas to protect us because it may be dangerous. *Sigh*, times haven't changed at all. I hope you can train to become a strong Shinobi. In that way you can protect your beloved and yourself. When we are gone you can take your food from our restaurant. The manager already knows it. If you want to spend any money ask the manager as well, he will give you everything necessary."
Rubbing my head father continued:
"You have grown up and now you are on your way to become a proper shinobi. You can make your own decisions but always talk with your family if you have any problems. We may not be able to help, but we can listen to you."
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I nodded since it seemed the best answer.
As we continued to eat something surprising happened. I almost devoured an entire bucket of rice with a few side dishes.
Smiling my parents hugged me and pressed a bag with money into my hand.
"Here are 30.000 Ryo, if you need any more money just give the manager a call. Now hurry up, you are going to be late if you daddle any further." said my Mom.
As i rushed out a premise hit me. I turned around only to find both of my parents standing there, at the gate, waving towards me while smiling.
... Doesn't this happen when some kind of shitty tragedy stuff happens?
I gulped, took one last glance at my parents before rushing towards the school. Let's hope that nothing bad happens.
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"Ok our first lessons will be all about the hand seal for ninjutsu. So there are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Hare, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Bird, Dog and Boar. We will start with Rat, please open your textbook on page 7 to start with the introduction in history. Please read it aloud..." Iruka continued to brabble unnecessary stuff.
Bored i tried to suppress a yawn. While most of the kids listened to Iruka as if the knowdledge would save them one day i could only sigh inwardly. Hand seals are important but the academy doesn't teach you elemental ninjutsu, they only teach 3 ninjutsus. Clone Technique, Transformation Technique and Body replacement Technique.
Each of them being from E-Rank. The other things that the Academy provide are only general lessons as well as a fundamentals for Taijutsu and Bukijutsu.
The day continued as a i talked with Shikamaru about Chakra control. Appearently he already mastered the leaf concentration technique. In other words he could focus the leaf without making it to powder.
Since i couldn't train in the class with the leaf concentration technique i decided to gather chakra with one hand seal. I also tried to remember each of the 12 basic hand seals as well as the fluent transition from one seal to another.
I am probably the worst protagonis a story can have.
That was my conclusion after i tried the 12 basic handseals. It took me 10-15 seconds to form one hand seal correctly. It may seem easy, just make that seal and everything should work, right?
But reality is giving harsh slaps left and right. You need to combine hand seal and chakra control for the most perfect combination.
"Hey Hashirama, you kinda know that we don't need to fuse our Chakra into our hand seals? They are more like the ninjutsu structure. Fusing Chakra into the hand seals is something for Jonins. It will reduce the amount of hand seals needed for a ninjutsu." whispered Shikamaru as he watched my pathetic training.
I looked at him while whispering back: "Do you know a training method to improve chakra control?"
"Just meditate and shape your chakra in your body, it's really annoying though and doesn't improve your Chakra control that much. After all even if you don't do anything, just using chakra every day would give the same result." yawned Shikamaru.
That explains why Shikamaru doesn't train Chakra control!
However since i wasn't one of those talented-ninjas i needed an headstart. After all i won't be as lucky as Sakura.
Many deemed Sakura as useless. I would probably rate her talent the same a mine. But she got the most suited technique for her and combined with her way above average chakra control she managed to fix most of her problems.
"Hey, wanna come with us to the playground?"
I looked up only to see Kiba, Shikamaru and Choji staring at me.
Naturally Akamaru was on Kibas head.
Staring at them i inwardly battled against myself.
"Oh, Hashirama you probably don't know them. This guy with the dog is Kiba, and left to me is Choji."
"It's not a Dog, it's Akamaru!" yelled Kiba while Akamaru agreed with a "Woof!"
At this moment i realized the famous sentence of "My mind is telling me no~, but my body, my body is telling me yes~".
"Yeah i would love to go!"
Smiling we walked towards the playground.