Alright, here's a short one. It's after midterms so I'm kinda tired of...work. Yeah. ._.
-start chapter three-
One week into intense medical training, Sakura approached her sensei, still oblivious to her motives of suddenly teaching her on a regular basis, as opposed to whenever there was time in between Hokage duties.
"Ano…Shishou, I was wondering…I have a request…" she began, stumbling over her words, shyly, as though her question may provoke her short-tempered master.
"What is it, Sakura?" Tsunade asked, kind of annoyed, and at the same time concerned about the change in behavior.
"Well…I want…Can you get me a genjutsu teacher?" Sakura finally asked.
Tsunade replied in an attempt to pry for more information, "Hmm…I can, of course, but what I want to know is WHY? Kakashi has told me that you were already something of a genjutsu-type."
"Well, I can dispel it and detect it just fine, but what I really want to be able to do is…you know…to cast it," Sakura confessed, although it would be a lie to say that she hadn't prepared the answer to the inevitable question beforehand.
"Alright, Haruno, I'll get you a genjutsu teacher, as long as you understand that you will still have training with me everyday. Don't think that training will be any less difficult or time consuming: you're going to need to find some way to fit both of these training sessions in your day. And as long as you understand that, I guarantee you that you can start genjutsu training as soon as possible," Tsunade declared, her authority ringing on every syllable.
Tsunade had noticed the determination Sakura possessed the past week, no doubt from the incident with Neji; however, when talking about learning to cast genjutsu, Tsunade could see a new, different determination in Sakura's eyes: it unnerved the Godaime Hokage for reasons that she couldn't quite comprehend just yet.
Early the next morning, Tsunade called Shizune to her office.
"Get me Kurenai…and some sake," she ordered, still a tad grumpy from being woken up less than half an hour prior.
"It's too early for sake, Hokage-sama…" Shizune muttered, while leaving to find the red-eyed Jounin.
Not long after Shizune left Tsunade's office, a burst of flower petals signaled the arrival of Kurenai.
"Yes, Hokage-sama?" she reported, bowing slightly to show her respect.
"Yuuhi Kurenai," Tsunade began, "I put you in charge of teaching the art of genjutsu-casting to Haruno Sakura."
"Hai, understood. When shall I start?" Kurenai accepted, although there was really no choice given to her.
"You may start whenever you please, even today. I shall be training Sakura myself, from the afternoon until early evening. You may train her at any other time. You are dismissed."
"Hai, I will do my best," Kurenai bowed, and once again Tsunade's office was temporarily filled with the scent of flower petals.
Kurenai walked the streets of Konoha, watching shops open, and children leaving for school. Thinking about how to possibly go about teaching the pink-haired Chuunin, Kurenai found herself walking by Kakashi.
"Yo," he greeted, hand making a slight wave before going to his side.
"Ah, Kakashi-san, it's been a while. Hmm…You taught Haruno Sakura for a little while, right?" Kurenai asked, trying to find an approach of teaching the art of genjutsu to someone she barely knew.
"Hm…yes, I suppose. Why?" he asked, his one eye not looking up from his trademark book.
Kurenai took a breath and began to explain the situation she found herself in, "I've been ordered by Hokage-sama to teach her genjutsu…"
While flattered that she was chosen to teach because of her exceptional genjutsu skills, Kurenai was also finding herself somewhat upset about teaching someone that was not particularly outstanding, at least in her memory.
"Isn't she already a genjutsu-type…?" Kakashi asked, his eye finally leaving the pages of sin and meeting the red eyes of his comrade.
"Is she? I'm to teacher her how to CAST genjutsu…" Kurenai explained further, starting to be confused by Tsunade's sudden request.
"Well, she has pretty good chakra control. She can manage, you'll be fine. Good luck," Kakashi stated, no sooner than the words had left his…mask, had he poofed away to some other location.
"Oh, I really hate it when he does that…" Kurenai muttered before heading in the general direction of Sakura's house.
-end chapter three-
Spellcheck fails:
Shishou - Chisholm
Genjutsu - Generous
Godaime - Godawful
Shizune - Shinned
Yuuhi - Yuppie
Kurenai - Laurena
Kakashi - Kashmir
poofed- pooed (Seriously...? -_-;)
Lol my favorite was Godawful...The Godawful Hokage, no wait...Godaime...XD
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But yeah, if I need to, I'll start rewarding the people that did review by posting their names at the beginning of each chapter and stuff. YEAH THAT'S INCENTIVE. =P
Lastly, I hope you liked this chapter, I know it was short. ^^;