BSWS CH-5 Future Goals and Ambition

Waking up early the next day, Sakura meditated for a while to get her chakra to its prime condition. Once that was done, she got ready to start her daily training. Yesterday's events had shown her that her chakra control talent will not make her invincible, she will have to work hard to get strong.

Firstly, she had to increase her chakra quantity. Currently it was truly at a pathetic state. But Last night's fight had shown her something.

Chakra was similar to any other limb in human body, it gets stronger and more powerful the more it is used. Even last night's intense fight had made her chakra grow by nearly 5%. So if she had enough training and used her chakra up regularly, she might actually have a decent chance of having a large amount of chakra naturally.

Secondly, She really had to work on some killing techniques, most probably some quick to use Ninjutsu. Currently the only decent Ninjutsu she had was her True Transformation Jutsu and its derived applications.

Yesterday she had used that briefly when she transformed leaves to Shuriken and her dull blade to a sharp one. But she knew there were more applications for it that could be even deadlier.

Apart from that, she would look through some Ninjutsu from the Ninja Library instead of the Academy Library. After all, She was a Genin now and she could do that.

And Finally, She had to meditate and train her body daily. Chakra was a combination of Physical and Mental Energy, hence cumulative increase in those aspects will naturally contribute in increase of chakra.

Additionally, she also figured she would train in the special ability she had used yesterday to find Naruto. That sort of ability was known as Chakra Sensor Talent, and they were a highly valued form of Ninja Talent. Chakra Sensors were of two types, one who were natural at it and the other who trained for it.

The Natural Sensors were often those with certain bloodlines that were intuited to wards a certain aspect of sensing. Some could sense the traditional chakra quantity, some were able to sense presence, some were good at sensing types of chakra, and some rare form of sensors could sense elemental presence or even emotions.

The Natural Sensors were always easily able to master their gifts and could rely on it to easily become a powerhouse. However, the downside to this was that often they were limited to only a certain aspect of sensing and could never expand beyond that.

A Natural Emotion Sensor would often be limited by the very bloodline that provided the ability and be unable to master other forms of Sensing.

On the other hand, Trained Sensors are those that mastered their Chakra Control to the limits and were able to sense all sorts of phenomena based on their mastery of Chakra Control.

The upside of this was that they will not be limited to a certain aspect of sensing. With enough time and effort they could master all forms of sensing. On the downside, they usually had no inborn talent for any of the sub-aspects of sensing so their success simply depends on their hard work.

Sakura strongly felt she could be a Trained Sensor if she worked hard. She had already successfully done a minor type of sensing yesterday without any formal training. With proper training she could shine even better.

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After completing her daily training, Sakura got dressed and went to the academy. Today was the day when they would take their pictures and make their official Ninja ID. She decided to keep it casual and wore her Yukata-Hakama outfit with the Ninja belt instead of a sash.

After she reached the academy and had her photograph taken, she was called for a minor clearance interview directly taken by the Hokage and Iruka.

"So, Miss Sakura Haruno," Third Hokage said while enjoying a puff of smoke from his pipe, "Your academic performance has been really impressive. You have even surpassed all your classmates in Theory aspect. Even if we combine Practical aspect, you still stand ahead of most in your class."

"As a Ninja Candidate with a civilian background, your achievement has been nothing short of spectacular. Is there any special training routine you are following? If so could that could help even more ninja to emerge from civilian backgrounds?" Lord Third asked with a calm gaze at her.

"I don't think so Lord Third." Sakura replied calmly, dispersing the pressure being cast at her effortlessly. These mind games would have worked on a young and naive Sakura, but not the Sakura she had now become.

"Hmm," Lord Third observed her calm reaction with surprise. Usually most Genin would be sweating or be nervous in front of him. Yet this simple civilian girl showed such stability and calmness?

"Iruka told me that you recently had a major change in temperament and preferences, especially appearance wise." Third hokage said "Any special reason?"

"Not really." Sakura said "The reason for the change was just some good advice I got when I was down in the dumps. It made me take a look at my life and what I want to achieve in future."

"When I did that, I realized that once I become a ninja, I will not be able to live such a carefree and frivolous lifestyle. As such, I decided to change my ways and work hard to become a good Kunoichi to achieve my ambitions in future."

"Oh? And what are those ambitions?" Hokage asked.

"I want to be powerful." Sakura said while looking right into Hokage's eyes and let some of her emotions be revealed for the first time. Lord Third could see the immense determination and the readiness to walk through a sea of fire if that made her more powerful.

Seeing such powerful emotions in the eyes of a Genin candidate sent a shock to Hokage's mind. He had only seen such determination in one other candidate today, but that determination was soaked in hatred. This on the other hand was a pure shining light that promised great results.

"Alright, you may go now Miss Sakura Haruno." Lord Third said as he stamped her ID "Do be present in your class tomorrow. You will meet your assigned team and your team's Sensei then."