Disclaimer: Hey everyone, guess what? I don't own Naruto! (gasp) I know, I know, I right such wonderful fics (cue the laughter), but unfortunately, I don't get any credit for them...I wonder if Mr. Kishimoto ever gets bored and decides to read fanfics on Naruto...hm...I mean, it is possible. Gah, nevermind.

Chap. 19: Train Me?

(Sakura's P.O.V.)

We were standing in our usual training ground area, which to no surprise had various sized craters from weeks past littering the ground. According to Naruto, I should be able to make my own crater to add to the wonderful myriad of destruction. Naruto got a little hazy eyed as he recalled a few craters in particular...ones such as the time he managed to throw two RasenShurikan at once, and then the time he decimated twenty clones of himself in a single attack.

"You truly expect me to believe that I'm going to learn the technique of the Fourth Hokage?" I asked, tapping my foot as he snapped out his trip down memory lane.

He smiled brightly, "Hey, my dad learned it, Kakashi-sensei can do it, and even Ero-sannin has a relatively easy time with it. It's like a family jutsu...except no clan really...owns it I guess." he said with a shrug.

"What are you getting at Naruto?" I asked, not sure what he was saying.

"You're practically family to me Sakura...except in a different sense...you know what I mean...er, anyway, I feel that you should at least be able to perform a simple Rasengan. I only ask that of you. I mean, not to sound weird or anything, but you're alot sexier when you get that deadly gleam in your eyes. It scares the crap out of me, but whenever I see you look up after smashing a boulder in an attempt to crush my skull in..." he gave a shiver of what seemed to be delight, "...but I'm getting off topic. What I mean is that I think you should know this jutsu, and for starters, there's no hand seals to go through!"

I gave Naruto a very confused look, "Did you just say that I'm sexy when I look deadly?"

He laughed nervously, "Um...yeah...sort of...I mean, that gleam in your eyes with that smile promising pain just does something to my insides..."

I decided to humor him and gave him my best killer-intent look. He backed off a little, but I could tell he was blushing a bit, "You never told me of this sooner, Naruto-kun." I emphasized the last part by cracking my knuckles. I walked right up to him, and pressed him against a tree. He gulped as I tightened my gloves, "Why don't we just skip training and...do something else?" I suggested with a hint of seduction in my voice. It had been quite awhile since we had done anything totally intimate together. Naruto always gone for missions and me at the hospital proved to take up a good portion of our lives.

Naruto seemed to be fight a war within himself whether on whether or not he just give up with this training and give in to my request. However, he eventually reached a decision, "S-Sakura...please don't try and sidetrack me like that right now. I'm serious about this," he added with a light kiss to my forehead, "Tell you what, if you're still able to move after we're all done with this, then I'm yours for the night."

That sounded fair, "Fine...so what do I have to do for the Rasengan?"

Naruto beamed at me, and reached for a basket that he had decided to bring with him. He pulled out a water balloon and handed it to me, "First step of the Rasengan: Rotation." he beamed.

I looked at the blue water balloon, then at my blonde-haired lover, "What?"

Naruto smiled, and walked behind me and put his arms around me so that his arms were draped over my own. I blushed a little, and felt him lace his fingers around my own, "Rotation, the first step of the Rasengan. It isn't called the 'Spiraling Sphere' for nothing. You have spin your chakra in multiple directions for the Rasengan to start working." he said as he put his cheeks against mine, "Here, I'll help you with the first time...just because I love you. Now, summon chakra to your hands, and channel it into the balloon."

I nodded, and did as he instructed. I saw the blue light from my chakra channel into the water balloon, and felt a tingling sensation of Naruto throwing in a bit of his. As he gripped my hands, he told me to continue by making rotational movements with my hands while he slowly guided me. I felt the balloon start to vibrate as the chakra built up, and noticed a light from within the balloon spinning in every direction.

"Wow, it's working!" I said as I saw the balloon expand. Naruto eventually stopped assisting, but continued to hold on to my waste, giving me some pointers as I continued to keep the water balloons rotation going.

"Wonderful so far Sakura...it took me twice as long to even get started with the first step...but seeing as you have excellent chakra control, it's no surprise you're doing this well for the first time." Naruto laughed, giving me a light squeeze around the waste.

Suddenly, the water balloon exploded, and Naruto and I were both wet with water.

Naruto chuckled, "Wow...I'm truly amazed Sakura. I never thought you make the balloon pop this quickly. I mean, yeah, it's a water balloon, but that requires great effort to keep the motion going. I think you have a general idea of how that works, right?"

I gave him a nod, and he smiled. Then he reached into the basket and handed me another water balloon, "Okay then, this time it's all you. I won't help you do it, but I 'll give you advice."

I ended up having a harder time without Naruto's extra guidance in how to pop the water balloon. As good as control over chakra was, it was becoming quite a pain to pop the water balloon. Naruto watched with a rare look of concentration on his face, then spoke, "A little faster, Sakura."

I nodded, and made the spiraling motions with my my right hand a little faster as he told me to do. I again started to feel the balloon start to vibrate, and from my peripheral vision I saw Naruto nodding to himself. Suddenly...

Splooosh!!!

I found myself dripping wet fromt the balloon's contents. Naruto smiled, and laughed despite the fact that I was growling with anger, "Naruutooo..."

"I'm sorry Sakura...but trust me, I dealt with the same stuff all those years back. It isn't easy, I know, and it will only get harder.

"Right...so, how did I do?" I asked, straining my hair of water.

"I thought you could do it, and I was right. I think you have the general idea down, but, I think we can try a few more times before we go onto the next step." Naruto said as he gave me a third water balloon, "At this rate, you'll have the Rasengan down in days." he shook his head in admiration, "So, how do you feel?"

I shrugged, "A little drained, but nothing I can't shake off. I'm fine otherwise."

"Good, now, same thing only faster." he replied, pointing to the water balloon in my hand.

I was heaving in air, trying to maintain a standing position. My knees quaked, and I was dripping from head to toe in water. I finally gave into exhaustion. After a whole hour without a single break, I had popped close to twenty-four water balloons...Naruto said that he had done less, but he wanted to make sure I had this down perfectly so I wouldn't have to rely on making a Shadow Clone like he did when he first learned the technique.

"I...I think I'm done...for today..." I breathed, and fell to my knees, catching my breath fromt the chakra depletion. I was in no serious state, but I was definitely running on low.

I felt two strong arms pick me up, and cradle me, "Sakura-chan...you did great. I mean it."

"Thanks...Naruto." I said as I drifted into an exhausted sleep.

I awoke sometime later in the day in our bed. I stretched a bit, and let out a yawn. My hands felt numb from all of the Rasengan practice today.

"Oh, you're awake. I have some supper for you in the kitchen." I heard Naruto say as he peeked into our room.

"Hmm...not really hungry right now. Thanks though." I said, curling up in our extra soft bed. Naruto seemed to blush as I gave him my sweetest look, my face barely visible from burying my face in the pillow. He walked into the bedroom and sat on the bedside, "Sakura...you don't know how happy you've made me today."

I giggled a bit, "Why?"

"Well, I finally got the chance to teach you something for once." he smiled, placing a hand on my side.

He was overreacting a bit in my opinion, "Naruto, you already have taught me alot. Ever since we were Genin."

Naruto laughed, "Well, then consider this a generous gift for being such a beautiful kunoichi."

I raised my eyebrows, "Keep it up and you may just end up keeping that smile on your face for the rest of the night, Naruto." I laughed as he froze at that, but managed to let out a nervous laugh. He was fun to tease...even if I wasn't necessarily teasing him with the last statement.

Later that night after a nice meal of fish and fresh vegetables from my parent's house, and a little intimate time together, we lay in our bed, enjoying the warmth of each other.

"So, you ready for the wedding? It's two days from today." I heard Naruto say softly.

I nodded, "Yep, and ontop of that, it's going to be on the mountain on top of the Hokage Faces. I hear Anko picked out a gown that was hand made for her in Suna."

"Suna?" Naruto echoed, looking at me.

"Temari has connections. It helps that she decided to move in with Shikamaru's family, yet still maintain her affiliations with the Hidden Sand. Let's just say she can give us great discounts." I smiled, placing my head on his chest.

"Heh, speaking of which, when are Temari and the lazy bum going to get married? In another month, right?" Naruto said with a chuckle.

"That's right!" I replied, remembering that I was asked by her to help arrange the flowers with Ino and her.

"Still can't believe that he proposed to her." Naruto smirked, "He pulled a real fast one on all of us with that manuever."

"Yeah. She's inviting quite a large number from Suna as well. Not to mention Gaara and Kankuro will be here. It's almost a diplomatic meeting if you ask me." I said, knowing full well that Temari and Shikamaru weren't concerned about politics in the least bit.

"Geez, everyone seems to be getting hitched around here." Naruto mumbled.

"Speaking of which," I paused, and scooted closer to him, "when do you plan on asking me to-" before I could finish, I heard the light snoring of Naruto.

"Auggh! Wake up, you stupid, blonde-headed, lady charmer of an ANBU!" I heard my Inner-Self scream out in frustration. So close too...

Oh well, all good things come with time. For now, sleep seemed like the best idea.

end of Chap. 19- Don't say it...don't say it...I know it's short, but this is another transition chapter...don't say, ah fine, go ahead, say it. I'm trying to make this interesting, and I know it's hard to wait, believe me, I know. I've read stories with the same reaction...but this was a 'fluff' chapter...I know, a college guy writing this kind of stuff is just...nevermind. I think I can make that up though with my fight scenes though! Anyways, I'll update sooner than you think! Okay? By the way, if you like this story, maybe you should read my other fanfic in the works, "Existence". The summary speaks for itself. Naruto runs off to Suna. If you're into that stuff give it a shot. Other than that, R&R because little Gaara likes reviews...you don't want to upset little, kind-hearted, six year old Gaara, do you? He'll cry otherwise, and no one wants chibi Gaara to cry...

Shoutout no...you know the drill: Darklight ultimate. (yeah, it was a short chapter...just like this one. Please forgive me...they'll be getting longer...hopefully. I try to compensate by making them more um...'fluffy'? yeah, I'll use that word. Anyways, thanks for your input.) kishi.tenshi (wow, I'm glad you aren't angry about the whole Rasengan idea. Oh, don't worry, it won't be like Naruto's Oodama Rasengan. She's not going to be uber kunoichi all of the sudden...I would rather beat myself with a mallet than go and make Sakura 'super-powered' all of the sudden. I'm not saying she won't be getting stronger, but I won't make her super-powered all of the sudden. You have my word on it.) DrendeSalkash (yeah, you should be interested in the new Rasengan of Sakura's...that little scene with Naruto showing her the first time is a teaser of how it might work...but don't be certain on that...I'm still developing the idea. Anyways, yeah, I'm having a inner turmoil on what to do...it's getting close to an importat part in the story, but I need more information...I hate waiting. Anyways, thanks for your appreciation on my endeavors.)

and to all who have continued reading and reviewing thanks, I shall not fail you-attebayo! Gah...I've got too much time for this...