When in Japan

by Masamune Uchiha

Read as Tsukiko Arashi, Yuri Tachibana, and the Uchiha brothers take thier jouney through life, The last year of High school, their quest to find good careers, and most importantly relationships. when a pshycpath comes to get kill everyone so that he can Yuri all to himsef what happens to the group and who is behind it all?

1. Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Yuri gathered her things as the high pitched bell rang, signaling the end of science. It was time for lunch. She slung her bag over her shoulder and began to leave the room. Once out of the door, a few of her closest friends came up to her. One was Hinata, sporting the light blue skirt, white button up shirt, red tie, and a blush. There was also Naruto, who had no jacket and whose shirt was only half tucked in to his black slacks. His spiky blond hair was messy, but it didn't look bad. Tsukiko, who had long blue hair, was behind them and next to Itachi. Tsukiko and Itachi were two of Yuri's closest friends and, as of last year, they were also a couple.

"Yurippi? Are you ready for lunch?" Hinata sounded as shy as ever.

"Yeah, let's go." Yuri started walking and the rest followed. They mingled as they walked down the hall, passing friends and teachers.

"Hey Naruto," Yuri looked back at him, "I heard ramen's on the menu today." She laughed as Naruto drooled. Once they reached the cafeteria, their other friends were waiting at their table. Kiba, Shino, Tenten, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Neji, Lee and Sakura waved them over to the table. Sasuke stayed behind, Yuri thought. She figured he would, though. Whenever Ino doesn't sit with Suzu, Yuri's sister, Sasuke stays behind to avoid both Ino and Sakura fighting to sit next to him. She hadn't seen him much today because Tsunade Sensei, the principal, gave him detention. He walked out of class during a test because Ino wouldn't leave him alone. She bullied a person into giving her the seat next to him. I would have done the same thing, she thought. Detention times were over at lunch, though.

"Uh, guys, I forgot something in my classroom. I'll meet up with you later." A few nodded, but Tsukiko and Itachi knew what she was really doing.

She strode down the hall, looking for the classroom he would be in. He usually favored Kakashi's class for lunch, so she went there. Sure enough, Sasuke was sitting in the second to last row, reading a book. She tip toed in and stood right in front of his desk.

"Ehem," she cleared her throat and giggled. He looked up and smirked. Sasuke usually had black slacks on and his shirt was either loosely tucked, or not tucked at all. Whichever he wore, he never looked sloppy. He always had his sleeves rolled up, too. He wouldn't be caught dead in the tan jacket, though.

"Shouldn't you be in the lunch room with the rest of us?"

"And be around Ino and Sakura at the same time? I don't think so..."

"Sakura isn't as bad but, Ino...well, you can just beat her off with a stick." They both laughed at that.

"I might try that. But, I think you might have to do the beating, I already got detention today."

"Yeah I heard. But still, you should come with me. I'll scare Ino off. Pleeeaaase?" Yuri gave him her most adorable, big eyed look.

"Okay one, I don't think a rhino could scare her if it was in the way of me. Two that puppy face doesn't work on me and you know it." Yuri scowled at him.

"Ya know you can really be a downer. Don't you wanna leave your corner and be sociable for once?"

Sasuke stood and walked around the desk. He stopped in front of Yuri.

"Yurippi, why do you always want me around, huh?"

"Why do you think?" He chuckled in agreement and put his hand behind Yuri's neck. She stood on her toes and he bent down. He was about 3 inches taller than her so, they both had to make an effort. Their noses touched and Yuri's heartbeat increased. She wondered if he ever gets nervous at a time like this. She figured she'd just ask him later. They gradually got closer until their lips brushed against each other. They, yet again, moved their heads forward until they were completely connected. Yuri's arms were wrapped around his neck, and his were around her waist. They stayed embracing each other for a while. When the moment was coming to a close and they backed slightly away, Sasuke opened his eyes, and Yuri did as well. Lunch wasn't even close to being over but they both knew everyone would be expecting them. Or, Yuri at least. She reluctantly took a step away from him and sunk back her normal height. He smiled gently and took her hand.

"Let's go face the blond." Sasuke looked a little defeated.

"Which one?"

"Both," Sasuke laughed lightly and they walked, hand in hand, to the door.

Yuri let go of him and they went on to the cafeteria. She opened the doors to see all of their friends and classmates joking and laughing, or yelling.

"Look what the cat dragged in! Hey Sasuke." Naruto stood to greet them.

"Does that make me a cat, Naruto?"

Yuri's laugh changed to a grimace when she noticed that the only open space was next to Ino. He's not sitting by her, she thought. Yuri slid in next to her. Ino turned to see Sasuke sitting by Yuri, only one seat away from her.

"Sasuke! You can sit by me if you want. Yurippi wouldn't mind sitting on the edge, right Yurippi?"

"I'm fine here, thank you." Yuri sounded abrupt and cold. "I still don't get why you're always hanging around him...you seem needy, Yurippi..."

"I SEEM NEEDY! HOW OFTEN ARE YOU OBSESSING OVER HIM?" Yuri stood, glaring down at her. The table went silent.

"I THINK YOU NEED A REALITY CHECK BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN LIKE HIM!" Ino was silent. The rest of their table broke out in laughter.

"Ha-ha! It's your fault for making Yurippi angry ha-ha!" Kiba said, doubled over laughing.

Yuri sat back down and continued to eat. Sasuke just smirked. He thought about what she said, 'I don't even like him'. He considered it a shame that they went to such lengths to keep their relationship a secret, though it was better that way. It would be dramatic if people found out. The thing was a lot of guys like Yurippi, and a lot of girls like Sasuke. Guys would attempt to bully Sasuke, though it wouldn't matter, and girls would bully Yurippi, though she would just yell and blow their eardrums out with her fierce words. Oh well, he thought, as long as we're together, it doesn't matter to me. But, maybe it would be nice if we didn't have to hide...

The rest of the lunch period went normally. Laughing, obnoxious behavior and the like. Yuri and Sasuke sat on a bench that was in front of the field, where the rest of their classmates indulged in a game of soccer. They all participated, so Yuri and Sasuke could talk freely.

"Yurippi? What's the worst that could happen if we told everyone about us?" Yuri wasn't expecting him to bring it up.

"Well, Ino might be pretty mean to me but, I don't care about her. I don't wanna hurt anyone's feelings either."

"Like who?"

"Well, I know he likes Sakura but, Naruto confessed to me once. And I don't want to hurt Sakura's feelings because she really likes you."

"But she knows I don't like her. I understand Naruto, though. I'm the worst person the girl he likes could be with. I mean, we are sort of like rivals."

"Exactly."

"Then we could just ask everyone to keep it from him."

"That won't work. He'll find out."

"Yeah, guess so."

Tsukiko and Itachi, who were holding hands, walked from the field, up to the bench where Yuri and Sasuke were.

"Hey guys," Itachi said.

"Hey," Yuri responded because Sasuke was still a bit lost in thought.

Yuri and all of her friends, except Tsukiko and Itachi, had the next class together. Physical Education. Yuri hated this class mostly because of the teacher. Lee sped into the gym first to greet his favorite teacher.

"Guy sensei!"

"My favorite youthful student!"

Guy and Lee gave each other two thumbs up and their sparkly smile.

"Here we go," Yuri said. A few others moaned in agreement. They began stretching as Guy told them to keep their youth. He told the class that they are doing tennis training. Ugh, Yuri thought, those stupid shorts are more like underwear. They went out to the tennis courts and picked their teams. They decided to have two people on one side. Sasuke and Yuri were one team, and Naruto and Sakura were the other. Just like old times, she thought. When Yuri came to this school in the third grade, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura were her first friends.

Sasuke took to Yuri more than he thought he would. He had always been so isolated but, Yuri changed him. He even thought about how he thought she looked, like how pretty her purple hair looks or how good she looks in those shorts. The white t shirt and navy blue shorts were the regular gym outfit for girls. Sasuke never noticed any other girl in it like other guys did. No girl except for Yuri, anyway. Especially lately. He had been acting strange. How he wanted everyone to know about them being together, and he was even looking at her butt too... This was the first time he realized the difference in him. He felt slightly more human, though.

The match was beginning and Sakura threw the ball up into the air. When she swung at it, the ball flew over to the middle of Yuri and Sasuke's court. They both dove for it but, Yuri got to it first. She jumped to swing at it and it shot over to Naruto. He went to hit it but only tapped the top of the ball with the racket. The ball went downwards and hit the net.

"No! Sakura...we lost." Naruto looked a bit scared and for good reason. Sakura stomped toward him and made a fist.

"S-Sakura!" Naruto yelled out in fear as she reached back her fist.

POW! Sakura punched Naruto right in the nose. He started to bleed a little. No one paid attention because it was fairly normal for Sakura to punch Naruto. Yuri let out an awkward laugh and Sasuke just shook his head.

"Doesn't he know that he could just run from her?" Yuri asked.

"I dunno. Maybe he doesn't run because her punch is the only time she ever touches him," Yuri chuckled, thinking he might actually be right.

Naruto was still on the ground, cradling his nose. Sakura was standing over him, with smoke coming out of her ears.

"Every time we lose it's YOUR FAULT!"

"I'm sorry!"

"Hm!" Sakura turned away and went back to the gym.

Yuri went over to Naruto and gave him a pat on the head. She started to walk into the gym and Sasuke followed her. Once inside, Yuri went to the girl's locker room. Sasuke stood guard outside because a lot of guys tried to sneak in. Sasuke didn't exactly want pervs looking at his girlfriend when she was changing. He intimidated most of the guys at school so, when they see Sasuke, they don't even try to peep. It was never really an issue. It was almost time for him to change, though. Yurippi should be about done by now, he thought. Sasuke went to the boy's locker room. Little did he know, Yuri had not changed yet because she couldn't get her locker open. One boy figured this was his chance. He snuck to the entrance of the girl's locker room and made sure no one could see him. He inched in the door and peered around the corner. Only a few girls were still in there. He thought he would hide in a shower until they were gone. Y-Yurippi's in a towel, he thought. She can't get her locker open, he thought, yes! He snuck into a shower and left a crack in the curtain so he could see. One by one, the others left and Yuri finally opened her locker. The boy couldn't see her though. He tip toed out of the shower and crouched behind a row of lockers. He could see now. Yuri was sliding her skirt up to her waist. The towel was in the way of his view. She was about to put on her shirt and the towel dropped to the floor. She was turned away from the peeper so, he just saw her back. He was pretty disappointed. He decided to sneak out before she noticed him. He crawled out of the door and once he was out, a shadow loomed over him. He looked up to see Naruto standing over him.

"Hey! You're Kabuto, right? What are doing sneaking out of the girl's locker room?"

"Uh...I um." As though Kabuto's situation couldn't get any worse, Sasuke came up to them.

"What's going on here?"

"Kabuto, here, was just sneaking out of the girls locker room." Sasuke's eyes widened and he got pretty angry.

"So, who exactly is still in there? You can imagine what will happen if you don't tell me." Sasuke kneeled to his level and glared at him. Naruto punched his hand, a sign of, 'I'm gonna kick your ass'.

"U-Uh Yurippi Tachibana..." Sasuke and Naruto both got red faced and Sasuke grabbed Kabuto's shirt.

"You didn't see anything, right, punk!" Sasuke said, getting in his face.

"No! I swear I just saw her back nothing else!"

"Well, I will be keeping a close eye on you. You would have a black eye and a broken nose right now if I didn't already get detention today so, I would watch out if I were you." Sasuke backed off, and Kabuto sped away from him. A few seconds later, Yuri came out of the locker room.

"Hey, guys. What's up?" Yuri saw red faced Naruto and Sasuke clenching both of his fists.

"Uh, guys? What happened?" It was Naruto who answered.

"Well, that guy named Kabuto snuck into the girl's locker room while you were changing! I'll kill him!" Yuri was shocked.

"You have GOT to be kidding me! He didn't see anything right! Oh god I hope he didn't he's so creepy!"

"He said he couldn't see..." Sasuke was quiet. Obviously trying to keep his cool.

Yuri was in a totally bad mood now...and the fun wasn't over, either. They had math next. She hated the teacher more than the subject. That snake is so disgusting, so horrible and he favored Sasuke over anyone. It was very obvious too. He really liked Yuri too but, she never missed a chance to tell him how creepy he was.

Yuri and most of her friends, including Tsukiko and Itachi that were still holding hands, went reluctantly to the math room. The only student in the room yet was Kabuto, who everyone knows wants to be the teacher's favorite. Everyone came in and took their seats. Sasuke, Yurippi, Tsukiko, and Itachi, still holding Tsukiko's hand, sat at one table.

"Good afternoon, class. Sasuke, how are you?" Orochimaru stood at the table in front of the chalk board.

"Uh...fine, I guess..." Sasuke looked slightly scared. The long tongued teacher walked up to their table and gave Sasuke a pat on the back. He shivered a little and scooted closer to Yuri.

"Ah, Yurippi! How are you!"

"Only my friends are allowed to call me Yurippi..."

"Oh..my apologies." Yuri scowled at him and he laughed awkwardly. Then Tsukiko joined the conversation.

"Shouldn't you be teaching or something?" She shot him a poisonous glare and he backed off. He returned to the front of the classroom, as far away from Tsukiko as possible.

"Uh..well! I'm going to pass back the quizzes you took last week. Sasuke, Yuri, will you help me pass them back please?"

I knew it, Yuri thought. Sasuke and herself were his favorite choices for everything. They got up and grabbed handfuls of paper. Yuri had Sasuke's quiz. His handwriting was very legible and neat. She set it on his desk and continued handing out papers. She had Kabuto's too. He looked like a deer caught in headlights when she walked up to him. He smiled at her and was about to say something.

"Don't flatter yourself, pervert, I'm just handing back your test." He looked crushed and sadly took his D+. She was done handing out hers and sat back down. Sasuke joined her shortly after. He looked at his 100% with a smiley face next to it. Not again, he thought. He looked up at Orochimaru, who gave him two thumbs up and a creepy smile. Sasuke shivered and so did Yuri. She looked at Tsukiko and Itachi. Tsukiko was leaning against Itachi, who's arm was around her. Sasuke leaned toward Yuri.

"Wouldn't it be nice if we could be open like that, too?" He whispered. Yuri didn't respond, mainly because she was thinking the same thing. It's easier if no one knows, she thought. She had to repeatedly tell herself that because she had a small doubt. There's no hurt feelings if it's a secret, she told herself. But someone's feelings already are hurt. Sasuke's.

Orochimaru told the class to use the rest of the period to do whatever they wanted. He only said this because Tsukiko glared at him when he started to give an assignment. This meant different things to different people. Some telling people to go on diets, some staring at clouds, and some continuing to hold hands. Sasuke had been feeling insecure about something and thought this free time would be a good opportunity to ask about it.

"Um, Yurippi," he whispered, "are you...uh..embarrassed to..um.. be with me?" Yuri looked over in shock.

"Of course not! I told you, the only reason we are keeping it a secret is to avoid drama and hurt feelings."

"But...well..Naruto has Sakura that he likes too and we can definitely deal with the other people."

"I guess...but I just think we should wait."

"Hugh...fine." She is embarrassed, he thought. I know people think I sulk a lot but I'm not that bad...am I?

Sasuke didn't say a word for the rest of the period, despite Yuri and Orochimaru attempts at starting a conversation. However, Orochimaru was chased away by either Yuri or Tsukiko, in which case he ran away, every time he went near them. Tsukiko's hand was always intertwined with Itachi's, and they laughed and talked together, too. Yuri looked at them, thinking their relationship was so much better than hers.

When the period was over, they only had one more class. They had to go to art now. It was Yuri's favorite subject, and a lot of other people's too. The teachers are pretty entertaining, so that adds to the fun. Yuri wondered who would win the argument today...

They all filed into the room and sat on the wooden stools. Deidara, who was her least favorite because he could be intensely conceited, was at the foot of the class. Yuri's favorite art teacher, Sasori, was coming into the room, looking peeved.

"Deidara? Did you set out the clay?"

"Perhaps..."

"Who else would it be?"

"Real art can be made with clay..."

"How many times to I have to tell you that art lasts forever and cannot be so easily broken like clay!" Deidara's smirk turned to a grimace.

Uh oh, Yuri thought, its already begun. Every once and a while, they put aside their differences and let us do some actual art. But usually, Yuri just roots for Sasori, along with most other people. Deidara was too self centered and he wasn't as nice as Sasori. Besides, Sasori was way cuter than Deidara. Yuri tuned back into their bickering.

"-preposterous to think clay is the only source of art!"

"Aren't you just stating your usual argument? This goes nowhere, my man."

"Well, I may be saying the same things but at least I don't go to the bathrooms and tell my reflection how beautiful I am during lunch..."

"That was a secret!" The whole class bursted out with laughter and Deidara was extremely red. Sasori was chuckling.

"He he...guess I won this round, eh Deidara?" He didn't respond, but stomped past Sasori, and out of the room.

"Well, I guess he's going to find a mirror now to make himself feel better." The class laughed again. Yuri turned to Sasuke to see if he was laughing. He wasn't. He just sat there, with his head on the table, staring into space. The rest of the class was talking to Sasori, or socializing. Maybe no one will see, she thought. Yuri reached over to find Sasuke's hands. When she found them, both were in fists. He was obviously pretty upset. She unclenched one of his hands and slid her fingers through his. She squeezed his hand and he slightly lifted his head. She gave him an adoring smile and he returned it with a gentle smirk. She let go and returned her attention to the front of the room. Hopefully no one saw, she thought, they weren't behind anyone so, hopefully no one was on the floor and looked under the table. It wasn't likely, though. Sasori decided to show them a video about woodwork and went to check on Deidara. No one really paid attention. Tsukiko and Itachi were still giggling to themselves. Yuri almost never saw them apart, or not holding hands or hugging, both of which they were doing right now. They never kissed in public. Yuri doubted Itachi would have a problem with it but, Tsukiko wasn't all that comfortable. Yuri wouldn't be comfortable with it either. But, Sasuke would. Well, she thought, those brothers do think alike. I don't know, she thought, as long as they weren't in front of very specific people. She would totally plant one on him in front of Orochimaru. That would really show him.

The last class of the day was over, and everyone was boarding the bus. Sasuke, Yuri, Itachi, and Tsukiko always sat in the last four seats. Naruto, Sakura, Sai, and Hinata sat in front of them. Yuri had the same stop as Sasuke, which meant the same stop as Itachi too. Even Tsukiko lived close to them. They all got off and once the bus was far enough down the road, Yuri grabbed the still sulking Sasuke's hand.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine..."

"I don't buy it. Your never THIS quiet!" Sasuke just shrugged his shoulders and loosely held on to Yuri's hand. Itachi went up to him.

"I think I might know. Well, I think, knowing my brother, he's still thinking that your embarrassed of him."

"Oh yeah...I told you I wasn't embarrassed of you and I am NOT lying!" Sasuke didn't respond or even lift his head.

"Ugh! What is with you!" Yuri's house was just around the corner and walked at a faster pace. She was so aggravated and didn't care if he went and sulked all year because she thought it was his fault for not believing her. She sped off, leaving the other three in her dust. Tsukiko just stared after her in surprise.

"Uh, Yurippi...?" But, Yuri was already around the corner and speeding home.

She slammed the door to the kitchen and threw her bag on the table.

"What's wrong with you?" Her sister Suzu was at the table, drinking some tea.

"Nothing!"

"Are you and your stupid boyfriend having issues?"

"YES SUZU! ME AND MY STUPID BOYFRIEND ARE HAVING ISSUES! ARE YOU HAPPY!"

"Uuuhhmm...sure..."

"I am in SUCH a bad mood right now!"

"Then go take a walk or something because your being kind of annoying..."

"Don't start with me! But...I think I will take a walk and get away from YOU!" She stomped out the door. She went down the road and was so angry she didn't realize that she was on Sasuke's street. She stopped when she saw Sasuke and Itachi walking into their house. Sasuke had a big lump on his face. Tsukiko, she thought. Itachi was pointing at the lump and snickering.

"Come on Sasuke you should've seen that coming. You keep sulking around like this she's gonna hit you again too." Sasuke just shouldered past Itachi and into the house. Itachi on the other hand walked back down the road to Tsukiko's house. Sasuke plopped down on the sofa and tried to fall asleep. He was about to drift off when, someone barged in.

"SASUKE YOU ASS!" He sat straight up and looked at Yuri, who was fuming in the doorway.

"Y-Yurippi?"

"You!" She started stomping toward him, "are an ASS! The GUY IS SUPPOSSED TO STOMP AFTER THE GIRL! AND What the HELL makes you think that I would be embarrassed of you! I hold your hand and I kiss you and here you are SULKING!"

"Um..."

"I will tell everyone if it makes you happy! I know you think I'm embarrassed of you but I'm not! Your more important than anyone else and I don't care who knows anymore!"

"Uhhh..."

"IS THAT ALL YOUR GONNA SAY IS UM!"

"Sorry! Are..you uh..really gonna tell everyone?"

"YOU ARE TOTALLY MISSING THE POINT HERE! DO I NEED TO GET TSUKIKO TO HIT YOU AGAIN!"

"NO!"

"THEN WILL YOU LISTEN TO WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY! THE FACT THAT I AM TELLING EVERYONE IS NOT THE POINT! WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT YOU ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYONE WHO'S GONNA BE MAD!"

"Oh. I'm sorry."

"YOU BETTER BE!"

Sasuke got up and walked over to Yuri. She eyed him as he put his arms out. She saw his apologetic face and gave in, wrapping her arms around him and burying her face in his shirt. Sasuke rested his chin on the top of her head.

"I'm sorry for yelling so much."

"It's okay..to be honest, I thought it was kinda cute."

"That's kind of weird..." They heard footsteps behind them.

"Well, you don't seem very mad now, Yurippi."

Tsukiko and Itachi were in the doorway.

"Yeah, shut up." Yurippi smiled and took a deep breath, inhaling Sasuke's scent. Sasuke loosened his grip and Yuri clung on to him, pulling him back to her. He chuckled and put his arms tight around her waist.

"I think we need to make an announcement to the lunch table tomorrow."

"Yes!" Itachi shouted.

"What are you so happy about," Yuri asked.

"Do you know how often he complains to me about the whole 'keeping it a secret' thing?"

"Oh..." Yuri released Sasuke from her death grip. Tsukiko and Itachi were sitting on the sofa by now. Itachi was sitting up straight and Tsukiko was lying down, with her head on his lap.

"I think I'm staying here Yurippi..." Tsukiko yawned and was about to fall asleep. Even Itachi rested his head on the back of the sofa, his eyes slowly closing. I am pretty tired, Yuri thought. She also didn't want to deal with Suzu. Maybe I will stay, she pondered. There were two sofa's, with a small table in the middle. They sat similar to Tsukiko and Itachi, only Sasuke was lying on Yuri's lap, holding her hand. Sasuke fell asleep almost immediately. Yuri, however, couldn't drift off so easily. With her free hand, she ran her fingers through his hair. She tilted her head back and tried to fall asleep. After a while, Yuri did drift off, and the four of them slept through the night.