Part of her regretted not having sliced that dumb book to shreds.

Next time.

Once Kakashi was done speaking, she gave him a nod and things were underway. 

The combat itself wasn't very interesting. It was just basic maneuvering, aiming and dodging with a blade, sometimes with two. As the training continued, other tools were brought out like the shuriken. Their combat was usually close to mid-range and Sakura was trying to figure out the point Kakashi was trying to make. After roughly an hour had elapsed, Kakashi Sensei added another tactic to the training. He would approach her in small bursts. He would retreat and it would force her to figure out where he was hiding and what sort of attack would be coming her way? Close combat, long range or something in the middle? At least the breaks would give her time to catch her breath and settle her thoughts. For the most part though, she was able to remain focused on the task at hand. At first, she had been distracted by trying to figure out Kakashi Sensei and what his intentions were.

But now, she was only thinking about him, the attack and where it would be coming from. As the pair of ninja continued to dance in a pattern, moving all over the grounds, things had shifted toward the water. She wasn't very surprised by his subtle guiding. She had hoped the combat exercise would be over soon and it was. It seemed now, the real progress could begin. Before she could get too excited however, the man told her to preform the signs but not execute them yet. Sakura's lips pouted and her brow dipped. That wasn't the instructions she was hoping for but she quietly huffed and did as he asked. While she continued to run through the many hand signs, which she had already memorized, she wondered what Kakashi was up to behind her. Was he going to attack or something? Sakura wasn't sure but decided to trust him, despite his annoying surprise earlier.

Finally, she was told to use the jutsu.

So she did.

Sakura created a large dragon made up of water, this time it was in better control. She supposed the morning's events had something to do with that. She had been able to sharpen her concentration as well as ensure her chakra flow wasn't hampered by anything. Next, she preformed the jutsu again and again, creating it and then releasing it. For something so draining, her dragons never seemed to diminish in size and while Kakashi was remaining comfortably quiet, Sakura knew he had to be pleased. When the sun rose to its highest point, Kakashi spoke up and mentioned they could stop and eat now. She turned to him, remembering she had brought them both lunch. [b]"Oh um..."[/b] She wasn't sure how to bring up her lunches she had made for them. At the moment, she felt a little ridiculous about it but the fact was, she wanted to do something nice. It's not like this would be a repeat of when she tried to give Sasuke one back at the Academy when they had a field trip. [b]"Actually I made us lunch."[/b] She told him.

[b]"I thought it would give us more time to train, we wouldn't be walking around the village looking for a place to eat or anything."[/b] She mentioned. [b]"But I also wanted to thank you, for taking me seriously. I know sometimes we don't see eye to eye...on maybe the past but...I would like to think you're someone I can come to rely on and I'd like to become that for you."[/b] Inner Sakura was about ready to have a murderous fit but Sakura tried to bring her own ramblings to a close so she didn't look like such a loser. [b]"I know I'm strong and I believe you can help me become a really great ninja."[/b] She concluded.

[i]'Great, now we have to murder him because you won't shut up already!'[/i] Inner Sakura yelled.

Quickly moving to her pack, she took out the bento boxes and handed one to Kakashi. [b]"If you don't like it, we can always go somewhere."[/b] She shrugged. Insider, there was rice, some grilled chicken, grilled veggies, some fresh oranges and some chocolate granola. 

[i]'Shut. up.'[/i] Inner Sakura sighed and fell down.