This has to be record fast updating for me. For whatever reason, I'm not having trouble writing. Oh well, here's the next installment.

"Sasuke-kun, it's not working."

"You're not focusing hard enough."

"I could focus chakra better than you and Naruto put together when I was twelve. Focusing isn't the issue!"

While initially Sasuke had had the rockier start when it came to jutsu, he had eventually figured out how to work with Sakura's water based chakra. While he still had trouble with the higher ranked water jutsus that she knew, such as Daibakufu no Jutsu, and felt like he was drowning and throwing up at the same time at every technique, he had gotten the basic idea down in about an hour. He didn't have the chakra control for super strength and medical ninjutsu, however. Sakura had had some difficulty escaping his Suirou no Jutsu, and was forced to admit that he was indeed a prodigy. Once she escaped, it was her turn to learn. They had started with him so at least if something went wrong, she could heal him and at least one of them could learn something. After all, if he hurt her badly enough to where she couldn't heal herself, Sasuke would have a lot of explaining to do at the hospital. Namely, why Sakura suddenly was unable to heal Sasuke.

Sakura, however, was making little progress. She had spent the last forty five minutes trying to activate the Sharingan, but to no avail. She had absolutely no trouble gathering chakra to the eyes, which were shaped a little differently than her own and an abnormal optic nerve. She had to repress a shudder when she remembered that these were Itachi's eyes and tried not to think about how long he had been dead before Sasuke had decided to switch. She'd open her eyes once the chakra was there, but it wasn't appearing to make a difference; her vision was the same and she could feel the chakra just sitting there waiting to do something.

Trying his best to stay patient, Sasuke crouched down across from where Sakura was sitting crossed legged and looking like she was about to pout. Not wanting to see what that looked like on his face, Sasuke resigned himself to helping out a little more. "What is it you feel happening?"

Sakura looked a little surprised before replying. "Well, I'm gathering my chakra to my eyes, like you said, but when I open them, I'm not seeing any differently and the chakra feels as though it's just sitting there, waiting to do something. Similar to right before I attack someone." She looked down at her right hand and experimentally made a fist. "At least that makes sense." She rested her fist in her lap and looked at Sasuke pleadingly, "Sasuke-kun, why do I have to activate the Sharingan? Why don't I learn some of your other jutsu that don't require it first?"

"Not having it will immediately let people know that something is wrong. That, and if you can't learn anything else before then, the Sharingan alone will increase your ability to dodge." He knew he should be feeling more annoyed than he was at the moment. Sakura was not making any progress, which was infuriating, but it wasn't for lack of trying. She had beads of sweat running down her temples just from focusing so hard on gathering chakra.

"I dodge better than you do, being a medic-nin. Plus, with your speed on top of that, I should be fine. It's you we need to worry about getting hit." He scowled at her, but didn't respond. "Besides, I can't activate this stupid doujutsu anyway!"

Cringing at hearing his own feared kekkei genkai referred to as "stupid", Sasuke pondered the situation out loud. "I can't imagine you'd have to activate it properly, since those eyes have already done it and so has my body. The chakra is the same," he trailed off uncertainly. The only thing that could even be different is the route the chakra was taking to the eyes, but if that was what was preventing Sakura from making any headway, that'd just be ridiculous.

He gave her a good natured smirk when he figured it out. "You said it felt like right before you release chakra from your fist to attack something?" She nodded, unsure of where Sasuke was going with this. "Think of it as trying to attack something with your eyes; try releasing some of the chakra gathered there while maintaining some to keep the Sharingan activated." This all came so naturally for him, it was difficult for him to actually stop and think about how he activates his signature doujutsu.

Sighing and not daring to hope for success, Sakura did as instructed. She looked into her own emerald eyes before shutting them tightly and focusing chakra to them. Nervous about releasing the chakra and scared she'd damage Sasuke's eyes unintentionally, she let out a calming breath before simultaneously opening her eyes and releasing chakra while keep a steady supply headed towards her eyes.

Sasuke fell over in shock when he saw his own Mangekyou Sharingan staring him in the eyes and felt a pang at seeing the slightly modified version of Itachi's. He'd never really gotten a good look at his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan before and now was definitely not the time. Scared that Sakura would accidentally attack him, he rolled on the balls of his feet and shook her shoulders. "Stop, Sakura, stop!"

Her eyes slowly faded back to their usual charcoal as the chakra flowed back into her core and she looked at him excited. "Oh, Sasuke-kun, something happened! I could see your basic chakra flow and saw you fall before you did, if that makes sense..." she trailed off a little. "But that sure does take a lot of chakra, how do you keep it activated for so long?"

Sasuke took his hands off of her shoulders but remained crouched opposite her. "Sakura, you used too much chakra. That wasn't the Sharingan."

"It wasn't? But I definitely felt a shift in-"

He cut her off. "That was my Mangekyou Sharingan."

She gasped in horror. "It was? But, I could have attacked you without even knowing it and wouldn't have been able to stop." He nodded. "Sasuke-kun, I think we should move on to something else."

"No. Try again, but with less chakra."

Looking uncertain, Sakura did as he requested, but dwarfed the amount of chakra she used. She was overcompensating out of fear, as her first two tries resulted in nothing but wasted chakra. On the third, however, she saw Sasuke fight off a ghost of a smile, and took that as a declaration that she had succeeded. "I did it! Sasuke-kun, I did it," she leaned over and hugged him as she cheered. She had almost forgotten that their bodies were switched and when they came into contact with each other, it felt strange to say the least. Instead of feeling Sasuke's muscles tensing underneath her slender frame, she was hugging her own softer body and feeling her curves, rather than his sturdy frame. She had her own long hair trying to get into her mouth and could smell her shampoo instead of Sasuke's distinctly masculine scent.

Sasuke, on the other hand, was trying not to fall over again at having his weight thrown at him because Sakura hadn't thought about it. She somehow managed to get his broad chest to smash uncomfortably against his now more feminine one and not having a face full of her strawberry milk colored hair just felt weird. He wrapped a much smaller arm around her in reciprocation to placate her and make her stop. She did so and on leaning back, gave him a crooked grin, "Well, that felt weird."

"Hn."

Once Sasuke figured out just how Sakura learned, teaching went much smoother. While it tested his patience more than sitting back and watching did, it yielded better results and less time spent on his part. That is, it went smoothly with every variation of Chidori, barring Kirin, of course. Radiating chakra from all over her body was something Sakura could do in her sleep. Fire jutsu raised another problem. If Sakura were to mess up, it could result in her burning her lungs. Normally, she could heal that injury to the point that she could function. However, if she burned them too badly, Sasuke would have to take her to the hospital immediately and would be forced to explain how Uchiha Sasuke had managed to hurt himself this severely on a jutsu he could use at age eight and why Haruno Sakura could do nothing but watch.

He understood her concern, really he did, but fire jutsus just were not that difficult. He'd ended up with a few burns around his mouth, yes, but no horrific damage. Besides, even if she did burn her skin, she could just heal it anyway. "Sakura, just treat it like any of your water jutsus. Except instead of drowning and vomiting, you'll feel a burn that is desperate to escape." He'd never be a jounin sensei; teaching was far too annoying. Sakura was a quick learner and willing and that was irritating enough. A bunch of dropout genin would end up Chidoried before the end of the bell test.

Not at all feeing comfortable with the idea, half expecting charred lungs and the other half expecting some weird Chidori breath, Sakura filled her chest with chakra until it felt that it would scorch her chest cavity trying to escape, then blew with all the force she could muster.

Now Sasuke was beginning to get ticked, but could feel some of the irritation ebbing at the edge to allow some pride to sink in. How he had failed to notice Sakura's abilities was beyond him. She has released a fireball much larger than his own and easily rivaled Itachi's. It appeared to be much hotter than Itacih's, though, as the nearby grass was blacked just from the air around the fire. She was never one to waste an ounce of chakra, so either her water jutsus took much more chakra than he had been using, or she was a complete natural with fire, even making the best Uchiha look like amateurs. He'd be willing to bet that her second element was fire.

She turned to face him and performed a quick check of her lungs to make sure nothing was burned. The mix of their abilities, her medical ninjutsu and strength combined with his Sharingan and jutsu, was indeed monsterous. He'd love to see the look on the dobe's face if he had to face off against this. It really was a pity only he would get to see this.

"Sasuke-kun, you're looking at me funny. Is everything okay? Did I mess up?" She tilted her head, looking concerned.

"You did fine, Sakura. You did just fine."

I intended to make this chapter longer, but I thought this was a sufficient ending for it. Reviews are awesome and fuel updates. Just sayin'.