Ch 10 : Guiding Sakura (2)

[ DING!!! Haruno Sakura's affection +100.]

As the notification prompted into Sanada's ear, a slight smile appeared on his face. He just wanted to guide Sakura, and something like increasing affection was just a bonus.

Then, Sanada let go of Sakura's hand and whispered:

" Sakura, now it's your turn to try. Remember, try to keep a calm heart and just be yourself!"

Sakura felt the big warm hand leaving, felt a bit lost, but she quickly recovered and nodded at Sanada's words.

She held the leaf in her hand tightly and closed her eyes as she tried to remain calm.

' Be calm, just let it flow like water, and everything will be fine....'

As Sakura kept having that thought in her mind, she slowly felt the change in the leaf.

The dried leaf slowly got moist, and when Sakura opened her eyes, the leaf now had some water droplets on it.

Sakura looked at Sanada full of disbelief, and..

" Sensei, this.."

" Yes, Congrats Sakura, you have done it!"

Sanada was not stingy with his words. He gave a hearty smile to Sakura and pat her head, which even though made her feel a bit embarrassed, but also fill her heart with happiness.

It was the first time Sakura felt like this. The man in front of her was not only handsome but also very dependable and could always fill her heart with warmness.

This sensation was clearly different from the one that her parents gave her, and it somehow made Sakura feel very dependable to Sanada.

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[ DING!!! Congratulations on successfully guiding your student and bringing her to the right path.]

[ Reward: Haruno Sakura's affection +250, 1x Gacha ticket.]

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A new notification appeared, and it should be a happy occasion for Sanada. But at this moment, he decided to ignore the notification first and focus on Sakura.

Sakura had just completed the first stage of the training, but the training will only get more complex from now on.

" You did a good job Sakura. But it is just the first step. The goal of the training is to fully make the leaf wet, and even though you have done a pretty good job so far, it is still some distance away from fully completing the training." Said Sanada as he reminded her not to be easily get satisfied with little progress.

"Remember, never get too full of yourself and always strive to be better. Now get back to your training as I will instruct Ami and Hibachi, okay." Said Sanada before he proceeded to leave Sakura and walked toward the direction of his other two disciples.

" Yes, Sensei! I will always keep your words in my heart!" Said Sakura as she immediately focused on her training once again, making Sanda become more and more satisfied with this disciple of his.

Sanada was not in a hurry to use the "chakra nature training card from the system." He wanted to let Sakura fully complete the drenching of the leaf all by herself first before using the card to help her through the second phase.

The anime and manga didn't explain the second phase training method of the water element, and even though Sanada had some guesses, he knew that it would be a lot better if he just used the card later.

In the end, the first training session ended as Sanada saw the sun was going to set.

Both Hibachi and Ami successfully climbed half of the tree, and Sakura make some great progress in fully drenching the leaf.

. . . . . .

A few days later, Konoha mission Assignment center.

Sakura and the two were discussing their recent mission while waiting for the arrival of Sanada.

" Ahhh!! I want to do some exciting missions, and not just spending my genin life catching cats or picking up weeds!" Shouted Hibachi in frustration.

After the exciting first session, reality quickly splashed cold water on them.

The three thought that their ninja life would be full of battle and exciting missions, but it has been three days, and they haven't done anything other than a few boring D-Rank missions.

Of course, they also have their training session with Sanada in the afternoon, but compared with their expectation, it was pretty lackluster.

" Stop complaining, Hibachi! It is the procedure of the genin mission, and Sanada-sensei said that it was good for the development of teamwork." Said Sakura as she wanted to calm down the complaining Hibachi.

However, the inner Sakura has another say about this.

' But outing mission with Sanada-sensei... Wouldn't that mean I would spend a whole day with Sanada-sensei...'

Yup, after that one time, Sakura had fully turned into Sanada's little fans. It still wasn't known whether it was love or just pure admiration, but slowly, the untouchable Sasuke's position was replaced by Sanada's image.

Things get even worse after Sakura gets to eat Sanada's homecooked meal every day. Because of the promise in the tree-climbing training, Sakura gets to eat Sanada's cooking for a week, and now she begins to feel that she couldn't live without Sanada's cooking anymore.

' Maybe I should marry Sanada-sensei so I can get to eat his food every day? Bah.. Sakura, what are you thinking! Remember that you have Sasuke, okay? But somehow, Sanada-sensei felt a lot better than Sasuke recently...'

Watching Sakura and Hibachi bickering, Ami could only smile on their side.

Among the trio, Ami was the calmer one. She knew that she was not as talented as Sakura, and not as unreasonable as Hibachi, so in this kind of situation, she just decided to shut her mouth.

Not long after, a figure appeared and greeted the trio.

" Yo!! Good morning, still excited for today's mission?"