... was that a yes or a no? Sasuke gave her a hard stare, trying to work out if this was something where he was supposed to start applying the rules of clan politics and assume all answers came with several layers of hidden meanings. Unfortunately, there were no context clues from what he knew of Sakura to provide a suggestion as to what might be her actual intent, and a total lack of either Itachi or Mikoto to whom to deflect anything truly confusing.

After a long frown, he finally spoke again, deciding it was on her own head if she couldn't give a straight no to a simple request and wound up wasting her time.

"Very well. What time do you usually train?"