Bab 5: Starting training

For the next 3 days, Mito kept on checking up on her grandson. She was a little worried about him since this was supposed to be his first kill.

However, unlike what she expected, Araki felt nothing after having killed those three. In fact, there was a strange sense of satisfaction in his mind.

For these 3 days, he would grow a small plant in the courtyard and control it to do all sorts of things. Sometimes write his name on the ground. Sometimes make it a sharp thing.

It was strange for him to be doing it without even weaving any hand signs. As Mito saw him playing with Mokuton as if it was his toy, she couldn't help but think with a smile 'Hashi, it looks like Araki is even more connected to nature as compared to you. He doesn't even need to weave any hand signs to control these vines. Just his thought is enough…'

He was slowly growing bored with playing with one plant. Controlling two at the same time seemed to be his limit, but he would rarely use two at the same time, it was because he would be too tired to enjoy.

Araki went to his grandma, a rather pitiful look on his face. Now, Uzumaki Mito was a lot of things, but she definitely wasn't a mind-reader.

She didn't understand why Araki was coming towards her with such a pitiful look on his face.

Araki spoke with a sad tone, "Grandma, I can't play with two plants at the same time. Help me out please…!"

When she heard his sad tone and his reason for coming here, Mito facepalmed. She thought in her head 'Obviously, you can't… You just awakened your chakra a few days. Moreover, such a forceful awakening…'

"Alright, why don't you start training your chakra? When your chakra becomes strong enough, you will even be able to raise a forest!" She says with a hint of a smile on her face.

Hearing that he would be able to raise a forest, Araki was beyond excited. He immediately said, "Train me, grandma!"

A gentle smile appeared on Mito's face as she asked Araki, "You really want me to train you?"

"Yup! You were so awesome back there. You must be really strong! Make me strong too." And there it was… He said it!

It seemed that Mito has been waiting for these words. A merciless grin appeared on her face as she started chuckling, "Kekekeke… You can't back away now."

"Grandma… What's with that grin on your face. Grandma… You are scaring me now. Waah! Let me go! Let me go! Waah! I am just a little kid. Someone save me now." Araki tried to resist with his pitiful cries, but how could he get out of Mito's grasps.

Poor boy… He would probably regret that he came to ask for training from his grandmother for the next 10 days or so.

Mito seemed to transform into an absolute demon when training Araki. Araki could understand why the Hokage feared his grandma so much.

The first thing she did was ask him to go around the Senju Clan's property once while running. Now, it might seem little, but it was quite a lot.

Why? Because the Senju Clan had a few forests which were considered it's personal property. So… It can be imagined how taxing it would be for Araki when he takes goes around the Senju Clan's property once. Especially while running…

Araki would sometimes fall on the ground and feign a hurt look. But Mito gave him a dead stare and ordered him to continue running! Poor Araki continued to run with Mito closely following him to see if he would do any tricks.

Once Araki started feeling tired, he would even try to use his Mokuton ability to create a plant to hold Mito's one leg. The plant wouldn't even stop Mito for a single second before it was uprooted from the ground.

"Waah! My plant!" He let out a surprised sound.

"Continue running!" Came the shout before behind him.

"Yes!" He was a little helpless in front of his grandmother and could do nothing but obey her.

After that day, Araki really understood why his father would be so scared of his grandma. She was really scary when she starts training…

This was just the training for the first day.

The next day, she wanted Araki to perform 50 push-ups.

Now… Araki's body was already quite sore after the long-distance running from the previous day. He didn't even have the strength to perform 1. He knew from his previous day's experience that a pitiful expression wouldn't work on his grandma.

Maybe displaying weakness would work. Araki showed Mito how hard he was trying but couldn't do it. Just as he was about to relax, his grandma brought her palm down and smacked his small butt.

"You brat! You think you can fool me with such acting!"

"Aah! Don't hit me, grandma. I am really sorry, grandma! I am doing it!" He immediately started doing push-ups. Even though his body was exhausted, he continued to do push-ups in fear that his grandma would spank him again.

"Hmph…" Seeing him doing his push-ups made Mito grunt in satisfaction.

The third day, he was once again asked to run around the Senju Clan's property. However, this time, he was asked to do his push-ups after he returned! It felt like his workload just increased by twice the amount.

But, this time, Araki didn't despair. Why? Because he found a neat trick. He found out that if he sent chakra in his arms, he could increase his strength. Although the pain after his training wouldn't get any easier, it did make it easier for him to complete his grandma's training routine.

As he wasn't asked his grandma to not use chakra, Araki felt like he had finally one-upped his grandma in something. A mischievous expression appeared on his face as he thought 'Hehehehe… It looks like she isn't aware that I can do this.'

He had no idea that this was what Mito was aiming for in this training. She wanted to make him learn how to use his chakra to enhance his body.

He unexpectedly went two days without using his chakra at all. It already surprised Mito. On the third day, she wasn't ready to take any risk and ordered him for training far past his capability.