Itachi and Yayoi learn best by actually physically doing what they set themselves to learn. So do I. Explaining the theory of what field medics do is perfectly fine for Itachi- he'd understand and absorb the lecture. Yayoi would zone in and out of the conversation at least three times. So did I, at the beginning of my career as a mednin.
I've nearly broken her of that, but until it's fully done, I'll keep training her in evasion. Itachi, clever little devil, has picked up on what I'm doing and has started throwing things at her- little bouncy ball toys, small rocks, onigiri and dango on the stick, little hundred ryo store toys worth less than the materials they're made of, senbon, kunai, shiruken on wire, exploding tags folded like messenger pigeon style origami. Beads. Flowers. The occasional punch.
She's so far dodged them all- knowing her, she'll start feinting and throwing what he's throwing back at him. It shocked the hell out of me when she started punting the boulders I threw her way back at my head- it shocked me again when she started adding weapons to her throwbacks.
All that aside, I'm sure it will be very interesting for the both of them when they start exploring the more physical side of their relationship. I remember it being very interesting when Dan-