"Hmmm I should hurry up, this time I'm actually about to be late." Kushina narrowed her eyes as she hopped from roof to roof. She can sense most of her classmates are already in class. If it wasn't for not wanting to be lazy, she would've appeared directly at the academy using Yomotsu Hirasaka.
'Well might as well have some fun before arriving." Kushina's smirked, putting more power into her legs before performing a powerful leap into the air that caused a small shockwave.
She soared over several buildings like a bullet, on the soles of her feet she generated a small amount of repulsive force to increase her speed even more.
Yes, she's using Shinra Tensei from her feet, luckily she has durability seals on her sandals. Her actions caused other roof-hopping shinobi to look up in confusion as some only saw a glimpse of red soaring above and past them.
Inside the classroom, Minato wondered if Kushina was running late. Soon he was knocked out of his thoughts as he and some of his classmates heard something from outside. They looked out the window to see something in the air heading in their direction at high speeds.
"What the hell? Is that…" Tsume trailed off.
"Kushina…?" Minato said as they saw Kushina fly through the window and land gracefully on her feet.
Several kids wondered if the red-haired Uzumaki had the ability to fly. It makes sense considering they saw Kushina somehow guided herself to land directly into the classroom without trouble.
"Choza, rate my entrance!" Kushina called out.
"9!" Choza answered.
"Tsume!" Kushina said.
"Eh 8." Tsume shrugged.
"An 8? Really? Some friend you are." Kushina joked before saying. "Minato!"
"10!" Minato replied.
"See, I can always depend on you Minato." Kushina grinned, walking over to her seat next to the blonde boy.
Not long after Nikita-sensei walked in and started class.
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A few hours later into the afternoon, with the sun beaming brightly and slight humidity in the air. Nikita-sensei brought the class to the training track in the academy courtyard. Nothing grand, just a big and well-prepared area that has been used many times to evaluate and develop basic capabilities of ninjas. All of the students, excluding Kushina, have done these tests multiple times for years now and are used to them.
Kushina could see that they were about to run through an obstacle course that had several challenges set up. Some balanced beams, tall walls to climb over, she even saw some hurdles. There were various obstacles in this circuit, none of them posed a problem for her obviously.
"As I said yesterday, today we are doing your weekly physical tests. You all know the drill, hurry and find a spot on the starting line." Ise instructed the children.
The students began to line up, positioning themselves side by side. Kushina sensed some were nervous about falling lower in the rankings and others were eager to improve their standing.
She stood between two civilian kids, Minato was a couple spots from her. She wondered what his reaction would be once she takes his spot as the top student.
Truthfully it's unfair that she's even participating in this, but she has no choice. She wants to earn her headband the same way as everyone else.
Nikita-sensei raised his hand, drawing all eyes on him. There was a heavy silence for a few seconds, he looked, seeing every student was ready and waiting on the signal. His stern expression nearly broke into a proud smirk, without wasting another second he nodded, giving the signal to begin the race.
The students took off, each running at their own pace and handling the obstacles using their own style.
It was an obstacle course that tested one's speed, agility, body coordination and strength.
It didn't take long for everyone, including Ise, to notice that Kushina clearly stood out. The new girl who only joined the academy a week ago is completely dominating the circuit. It was shocking to all since they never expected her to be competing and dominating the top students of the class. Even Minato could not keep up with Kushina, which really shocked them since they all knew Minato was the fastest in their class.
It must be stated Kushina has the benefits of 3 physiques combined into one. One Piece, Uzumaki and Otsutsuki, she's the true definition of a stamina monster. This is not even counting the fact she's also a jinchuuriki.
These kids unfortunately have no chance competing against a monster like Kushina, especially given she's holding back massively. This entire circuit is child's play to her, she's not close to breaking a sweat.
"Woah! Kushina is incredible." Someone said out loud.
"She's faster than Minato…"Jinta was shocked, he didn't expect Kushina to be this good.
"Is she even using chakra…?" Inoichi wondered.
"No, she's using pure physical strength." Shikaku said as he saw Kushina effortlessly climbing up the tall walls without the slightest difficulty. Her movements were crisps and fluid, this is the first time he's witnessed a girl having more natural physical strength than a boy. 'She's holding back, if she wanted to she could go even faster, what a troublesome girl.'
In areas where many students struggled, Kushina did not waver in the slightest. Soon she finished the race in first place, which was also shocking due to her finishing 2 whole minutes before anyone else. It was no surprise Minato finished second.
Speaking of Minato, the young blonde stared at his red-haired friend with a dazed look. It was easy to tell that he was also very shocked by Kushina's dominance in the race. He heard the Uzumaki Clan had large reserves of stamina, but not to this degree. With speed surpassing his own, Kushina was able to keep up his speedy pace the entire time, not once did she slow down. Hell, looking at her she didn't look tired at all! As if this entire race was a walk in the park for her.
Truthfully he is honestly happy for her, he knows some of their classmates didn't think too highly of Kushina. Waiting on the first chance they can get to mock her for her failures. Coming in first place will prevent those few students from acting on their desire to cause trouble for his friend. Though he wasn't too worried since he noticed Kushina never seemed to care about anything negative said about her.
Minato walked up towards her as more students finished the circuit. "I didn't expect you to be so fast Kushina."
'Gaki, if only you knew how slow I truly was running compared to my normal speed. Plus I have to show off a little in order to build up my reputation.' Kushina internally snorted prior to responding. "I trained a lot growing up and my physique is different from a normal Uzumaki physique."
"I'll say, I never thought one could have the strength you displayed without the use of chakra. It's more shocking especially because you're a girl and guys usually are naturally stronger. But it's clear you're an anomaly in that category." Tsume said as she and a few others joined the two.
'She's not wrong, I'm definitely an anomaly.' Kushina chuckled internally. "Eh, in the ninja world nearly anything is possible." She shrugged.
The students chatted for a moment until Nikita-sensei approached them. "Impressive results Kushina, however do remember that physical attributes aren't everything to being a shinobi." He said to her.
'Tell that to 8th Gate Might Guy who fought Six Paths Madara.' Kushina internally rolled her eyes while nodding
outwardly.