"Waaah! Teacher, you hit too hard! You didn't even spare a girl!" Kushina Uzumaki sobbed as she splashed a basin of cold water over Minato Namikaze and Shibi Aburame, waking them.
Jiraiya smiled. "If you want to be my students, you have to show me your strong will."
Kushina Uzumaki sniffled without saying anything.
He saw that the other two had woken up too.
Jiraiya continued, "Overall, you performed quite well. Although I haven't even used a tenth of my strength, your performance was still very good. You didn't get the bells, but I'm very pleased with your talent. I'll observe you for a few more days. If you satisfy me, you can stay."
At first, the three were still a little nervous. By the end, however, they were overjoyed.
Kushina Uzumaki stopped crying too.
At another training ground, Hatake Sakumo looked at the three lying on the ground, feeling somewhat helpless.
He said, "Shikaku, you're all far too weak. You need to work harder."
"Teacher Sakumo, go a little easier on us. My bones are falling apart. I don't even have the strength to stand anymore," Shikaku Nara said shakily.
Chubby Kid and Yellow-Hair beside him also said, "Teacher Sakumo, you really hit too hard."
Chubby Kid even sneaked a potato chip into his mouth before whimpering, "Ow, it hurts."
"Oh, my handsome face! It's gone, all gone!" Yellow-Hair lay on the ground, wailing.
"All right, all right, get up, all of you! If you were people from our base, I'd beat you half to death. And here you are, sniveling like women!" Hatake Sakumo said, exasperated with their failure to measure up.
The three slowly climbed to their feet.
Then they let out more screams.
**"Get up, now! Haven't you eaten? Stand up like men! Don't make me