Wednsday after Art class Itachi and Tsukiko walked down to thier lockers to grab thier stuff.

"You ready for baseball tryouts Tsukiko?" Itachi asked. Tsukiko nodded her head and smiled. She raised up to stand on her toes and kissed Itachi's forehead. Itachi smile and leaned down to kiss her back his lips lightly brushing against her's. "Good luck. I'll be sitting in the bleachers if you need me." She smiled and ran out to the field.

When she got to the field she was a little dissapointed at the number of people on the field. There was hardly enough poeple for a full team! Not much of a competition!

She did however recognize some of the faces on the field. Lee was in the batting cage warming up and Sasuke was out on the pitching mound tossing the ball around, Neji was playing catcher, Tenten was out on third base, Sai was on first base, Kiba was playing shortstop, Sakura, ShikamaruT were in the outfield. There were no other players out there so Tsukiko took her rightful place at second base.

After warming up and having Guy sensei put them through a shit load of drills and streches they were set to running two laps around the field to end the day. She was the first one to reach the dugout breathing heavy and using her sleeve to wipe the sweat of her fore head. The rest of her team filed in just as out of breath as she was.

She grabbed her bag and walked out of the dug out saying a quick goodbye to Guy sensei. As she left the dugout she was met with cold water bottle dangling infront of her face. She gladly took the water bottle from Itachi and started chugging it down.

She trew the now empty bottle into one of the trash bins by the bleachers.

Itachi came up behind her and pulled her into a hug. She could feel the light laughter in his chest and the rythmic beating of his heart.

"Your pretty cute when you play baseball." The laughter she felt in his chest rang out through his voice.

"Oh really?" She asked teasingly. Spun her around so that she was facing him and he pressed his forehead against her's.

"Really."

She laughed and asked, "What about me playing baseball do you find cute?"

Itachi smiled and brushed the lose stands of hair out of her face. "Well I say you look cute because your hair get in your face and sticks to your forehead and you have that little determined look of your's."

"Okay well i'll meet you back at your house. I been getting the feeling that it's about time i took care of something." She kissed his cheeck and took off down the road.

It had been two years but Tsukiko was headed for her house. It was two years ago when her parents had been murdered and she hadn't set foot in her house since. She turned her head to see Itachi standing there watching her go. Tsukiko woundered if he knew where she was going.

She got to the path that came off the main road and that lead to her house. She took a deep breath and slowly started walking down the path.

She walked up the stairs to the patio and stopped at the door.

"I can do this!"

She placed her hand on the door knob and slowly turned it. She pushed the door open just a little bit and slowly but steadly opened the door more. She walked in with her eyes closed. She took a few breathes and opened her eyes

It was dark in the living room. The TV screen smashed and the curtains torn. The sofa destroyed and the glass coffee table shattered. There were drops of blood long dried by now around the shattered glass of the table. And she saw a trail of dried blood leading down the hallway to what was left of her parents room. She walked into the kitchen which had hardly been touched. There were still dirty dishes in the sink which were now crusted with old moldy food and dried soap. She was afraid to open the refrigerator. The hallway was relatively clear except for the blood trail and the broken picture frame. The picture was still in the frame and Tsukiko carefully pulled it up trying to avoid the broken glass as much as possible.

It was a pitcure of her mother, her father and herself. She was only five years old in that picture. She was on her father's shoulder pointing at something although she couldn't remember what. She carefully folded the picture amd put it in her pocket. She opened the door to her parents room and walked in side. The bed was still torn and bloodied and so was the floor. The memories of that night came back as she stood there in the exact same place she stood two years ago.

She remembered laying on her bed listening to music when she heard her mother scream. Her father was yelling and she could hear the sound of the cutains tearing. She remembered calling the police and then walking into her parents room to find them dead and a man with a knife standing in the middle of the room. She remebered running down the hallway as the man yelled and cursed running after her. She remembered being tackled by the man and landing on the coffe table. She remembered the glass shattering underneath her and the glass cutting into her back. She remembered it all. How she kicked and punched and bit the man. And how the police got there and tackled the guy. She also remembered being lifted into the ambulance and being driven away from the house. And now she had finally come back. She was on her knees in the middle of the room tears running down her face. Her head in her lap. She knew that she would have to face this place again but now that she had she felt herself breaking down as she sat there and sobbed.

Itachi sat on the couch wondering what Tsukiko had ment.

"What did she need to do so badly?"

And the look on her face as she left gave him a bad feeling. He sat there racking his brain trying to figure out what she was doing when it hit him. He jumped up off the sofa grabbed his jacket off the edge of the couch and ran.

He kept running down the street and down the path to Tsukiko's house praying that she wasn't there!

He saw the opened door and ran through it and stopped in the living room. He heard the sound of Tsukiko crying so he ran down the hallway and into her parent's room. Sure enough Tsukiko sat there crying.

He looked down at her sitting on her knees with her head in her lap crying. She was shaking a little bit and so he took his jacket off and put it around her shoulders. He knelt down beside her and wrapped his arms around her wispereing 'don't cry. It's okay. Im here it's okay. Please don't cry'. She felt her lean into his arms and he sat up laying her head in his lap.

He stroked the top of her head with one hand while he let her hold the other one in a death gip.

After a while she got quiet and the crying stopped. Tsukiko had fallen asleep so Itachi picked her up and headed back to his house. He walked in and ignored the looks Sasuke and Yuri were giving him and walked down to his room. He laid her on his bed and pulled the blanket over her and headed back to the living room.

As expected, Yuri was freaking out, wondering why she was crying.

"Did you do something again!" She got in his face, giving him a one eyed glare. Itachi thought her right eye would pop out soon, so he backed her off.

"Of course not. She, uh-"

"Went to her house, huh?"

"Yeah..."

"You idiot! Why did you let her go!"

"I didn't know that's where she was going!" He shouted out of guilt.

She gave him that creepy one eyed glare again.

"Would you quit that! Its creepy..."

"That's the point dumbass!"

He didn't say anything else.

"She was right though. That was something she needed to I just wish she hadn't gone alone."

Yuri walked in to Itachi room to check on Tsukiko. She was completly and totally asleep. Yuri closed the door and walked back to the living room. She sat back on the couch next to Sasuke. He wrapped his arm around her and went back to talking to Itachi.

"So how bad was it? The inside of the house i mean."

"It was pretty bad."

"How bad?"

"Broken glass and blood stains everywhere."

"I take it you found her in the bedroom?"

"Yeah..."

"Do you think she'll be alright?"

"Yeah i think so. She's tough."

Yuri decided to change the conversation.

"So when is the first baseball game?"

Sasuke shrugged. "Dunno it won't be for a while."

Sasuke smirked. "But when we do have our first game you and Itachi will be cheering for us right? Me and Tsukiko's personal cheerleaders right Itachi?"

Yuri tried not to laugh as Itachi rolled his eyes while trying to hide a smile. When Sasuke picked on his brother it could either turn into a fight or something to laugh at.

This one was one to laugh at. From the look on Sasuke's face Yuri could tell that he wasn't done messing with Itachi by any means.

"Yea we could get you some pom poms and you two can stand on the top bench of the bleachers." Yuri just sat there laughing away while Itachi continued to roll his eyes as he told Sasuke to shut up.

Sasuke started laughing himself.

"Oh come on Itachi loosen up man. I don't know how Tsukiko can be with you every second of the day your no fun." As if on que Yuri looked over as Tsukiko walked down the hallway and into the living room. "Tsukiko, have a nice nap?" She looked like she was still half asleep.

"Eerm..i guess," she yawned. Yuri giggled, just hoping she really would be alright after that. Itachi sped over to her.

"Well hello there." He spun her around, as if she wasn't dizzy enough, and dipped her. Her head almost touched the floor and her back arched more than she was comfortable with. Itachi's face was right in front of hers and he had a sarcastic smirk.

"Let...me...go..."

"Hm?"

"Now!"

"Fine fine." He straightened her back. He looked at her suspiciously.

"I'm f-"

"No you aren't."

"Yes I am! How would you know!"

"Because I love you and I know you." She was speechless as tears welled up in her eyes. Tsukiko locked herself around him, burrowing her face in his chest. He rested his hands on her back and kissed the top of her head. She wept more and Yuri crouched beside her. She put her hand on Tsukiko's back too. Sasuke stood behind Yuri, giving them space.

Her weeping quieted down until it was just a slight weezing. She was asleep again.

"Every time she cries..." Yuri laughed,

"She falls asleep," Itachi finished.

"I think she'll be out for a while this time. She probably only woke up in the first place because of you guys."

"What do you mean Sasuke?"

"You guys were pretty loud..." Yuri laughed loudly.

"SSSHH! You are going to wake her up!" Itachi snapped.

"Sorry!"

Tsukiko did sleep for the rest of the night. Yuri and Sasuke said she stayed asleep because she was on Itachi's lap. Itachi layed across the sofa and Tsukiko on top of him. Yuri fell asleep too, taking up the whole sofa lying on her stomach. When Sasuke went to lie down, he knew there was no room and she would kick him if he moved her. He settled on the floor and rested his head on her back. He figured Yuri couldn't kick him there. Obviously, Yuri kicked a lot in her sleep. Sasuke and the others constantly told her she should try out for soccer. Now that he thought about it, the soccer season started in a month. He's gotta get her training. Yuri was the biggest clutz in the world, but she sure could kick.

It was about 6:30 when in happened. The door of the Uchiha house creaked open as someone crept in. The four were sound asleep when the intruder struck.

A trumpet sounded throughout the house and Yuri's reflexes kicked in. She swung her legs around and they hit something.

"Shit!" It was Sasuke's head.

"OW! WHAT THE HELL!"

"I am so sorry! It was a reflex because of the..wait...WHO THE HELL HAS A TRUMPET!" Yuri saw a tusk of blond hair peaking out from behind the door. Once on her feet, Yuri stormed over to the door and swung it open.

"NARUTO!"

Naruto was shaking as he was spotted by Yuri. His eyes were wide with fear. Yuri's hair was a birds nest and she was fuming. She was about to hit him when someone pulled her back.

Tsukiko, with hair even worse than Yuri's, shoved her aside and rolled up her sleeves.

"I was looking forward to a peaceful morning you ass! And if anyone's going to hit you, ITS GONNA BE ME!" Naruto was still holding the trumpet as he backed away from her.

Meanwhile, Sasuke was trying to stand, but was feeling a bit woozy. He had been woken up by Yuri kicking him in the head. That isn't something you come out of without a concusion. A lump was forming and he stumbled to the kitchen to get an icepack. Yuri turned around and saw him. She raced to the freezer and got an icepack. Sasuke had only gotten past the other sofa, which was a few feet before the first counter. There was an opening at the end of it that led into the triangle shaped kitchen. The fridge and oven were on the wall to the left of the main counter and across fron that were cupboards and extra counter space.

Yuri led Sasuke back to the couch and sat him down. She moved his hand and set the icepack on the lump.

"I am so sorry!" But it was too late. Sasuke was already in his grumbling, sulking mood. Before Naruto could manage to get out the door Tsukiko had him by the back of his shirt. She punched him in the back of the head as Sakura would. "Ow ow ow ow ow!"

"Well Naruto that's what happens when you walk into my house and wake up my girlfriend." Itachi walked over laughing as he helped Naruto up.

"Well I was just making sure you guys were up, we have our trip and we need to be at the school a little early!"

"Oh yeah! That trip to central Tokyo. How long are we staying again?" All four of them completely blanked on it. Naruto gave them a look that said 'seriously?'.

"We are staying there for four days and three nights."

"Oooh", Yuri gushed," are we staying in a hotel!"

"Do you guys listen at all?"

"Your..telling us...?" Tsukiko questioned.

"Uh..when do we have to be there?" Yuri looked a little nervous.

Naruto looked at his watch, "In an hour."

"THAN WHY DID YOU WAKE US UP SO EARLY!" Naruto crouched to the floor and covered his head as Tsukiko tried to punch him again.

"Phew! I haven't packed yet..." Yuri mumbled awkwardly.

"Come to think of it...neither have we." Naruto laughed at how Itachi spoke for himself and Tsukiko. Yuri realized she still had her school clothes on and went to Sasuke's room to change. Yuri had a lot of clothes at their house. She had clothes at her own home too. Most of her clothes were at and Sasuke's house. Tsukiko practically kept every thing she had at Sasuke house since she basically lived there. Her house was just a place for her and Sasuke to be alone when they wanted. However, Suzu was there, though she stayed with Ino a lot. Yuri rarely went to her house. It wasn't nearly as painful as going into Tsukiko's house would be, that's for sure. Memories of her childhood still haunted her in both of those houses.

Tsukiko, Itachi, and Sasuke were ready and Yuri joined them.

Tsukiko was trying to remember the purpose of the field trip was but came to the conclusion that she was alseep at the time it was mentioned.

They got to the school and went to their lockers. Since they did get there a bit late Itachi just took her bag and tossed it in his locker and they raced for the bus.

Tsukiko made sure that the four of them had the back of the bus so that they wouldn't have to sit with any of the multiple people that pissed her off.

Tsukiko sat with Itachi and Yuri and Sasuke sat in the seat beside them. Their friends Naruto and Sakura sat in front of Yuri. Hinata sat in front of Tsukiko. Kabuto made his way to the back to get a seat by Yuri. Both Yuri and Tsukiko stood up. Tsukiko punched her fist and then pointed to her nose, reminding him of math. Kabuto gulped and looked to Yuri. Unlike Tsukiko, Yuri couldn't keep quiet.

"Go away you pervert!" Her voice echoed throughout the bus. He pushed his glasses up and abruptly went to the front. Neji and and Tenten sat by them, soon followed by Shikamaru and Choji. Almost all of their friends sat in the back, though Mr. Student Body President Neji was supposed to sit with the teachers.

The ride to Tokyo took two hours, during which, Tsukiko slept, Yuri and Sasuke shared a pair of earbuds to Yuri's IPod, and Naruto shouted obnoxiously. The rest of them were chatting and laughing with eachother. Yuri and Naruto were loudly making jokes. Naruto was one of her closest friends. Next to Sasuke and Tsukiko. He was a little ahead of Itachi, actually. Yuri and Naruto had the loud voices in common and their sense of humor.

Sasuke continued listening to music and smiling lightly whenever Yuri laughed.

When the busses finally stopped, all of the students looked out of the windows. A tall building loomed over them and Yuri got excited.

"That looks so cool! Look at the pillars out front! What amazing architecture!" She beamed at the building and Sasuke smirked at her. In Sasuke language, that was an adoring look.

"Alright students, this building is our hotel. Its 24 stories and we are occupying the top four stories. There are three to four people to a room so pick your partners quickly!" Tsunade's voice boomed throughout the bus.

It wasn't hard for Yuri to guess who would be in one room.

"Oh, and one more thing. You"ll be sharing beds and i don't want to hear anyone whine about it, understood!"

"Yes sensei!" They all chimed. Kabuto got off first and waited to get his bag. Once Yuri, Tsukiko, and the others got off, Kabuto was still there, waiting for Yuri.

"Uh, Yurippi? Is there room for another person in your room?"

"We have all of our roommates. Leave!" Sasuke snapped. Yuri looked at him in surprise.

"What? I don't want that pervert anywhere near you."

Yuri blushed and Sasuke looked down, embarrassed.

"AAAAAWWW!" Kiba taunted them. Yuri glared at him.

"Well, we did tell everyone, so that is to be expected."

She thought back to the day after they resolved their fight. It was lunch time, and the two of them stood at the foot of the table. Yuri announced that they had been together for a while. Some were devistated, some told them it was obvious.

Tsunade was again shouting at them to move on and pick rooms. All of the students rushed to get in the elevator. Yuri squished herself into one elevator and pulled Sasuke with her. There was no room to move around and Sasuke was leaning against Yuri, who was trapped in a corner.

"Sorry," Sasuke apologized. Yuri was wincing. Her chest was being smashed and it was excruciatingly painful.

"Can you..move at all?"

"No. Sorry. What's wrong."

"Umm.."

"What is it?"

"Well your kind of squishing my um..." She pointed to her chest and Sasuke realized he felt them against his ribs.

"Oh!" Just as he tried to move, the doors opened and the crowd of students jostled forward. He was pushed toward her.

"OW!" Yuri shouted in pain. Once there was room, Sasuke skipped backward and helped Yuri off of the elevator. They looked down the hallway and saw Itachi waving for them to come over. They picked the room at the end of the hall. When they reached the door, Tsukiko approached Yuri, who was clutching herself.

"Ow ow ow..."

"What happened?" Tsukiko eyed Sasuke, who looked guilt ridden.

"He squished our Yuri's chest, didn't you Sasuke?" Orochimaru appeared behind them, whispering in their ears. Yuri was startled and swung her leg into his midsection. He gasped and crumpled to the floor.

"A-are you t-trying out for s- soccer Yuri?"

"Get out of here! And take your perverted pet along with you!" Kabuto peered out from a corner.

"But Yurippi, we're staying in the room next to yours."

"What!" Yuri stormed inside the room and slammed the door. She stopped when she saw how nice the room was. There were two large beds, a flat screen TV sitting on a desk. A table stood in between the beds with a lamp and a phone. Across from the bathroom, there was a mini fridge and two large chairs sat on either side of the large window. They were on the top floor and Yuri went to look out of the window.

"I call the bed by the window." She beamed at the view of the city. The streets 24 floor below her were thriving with cars and people. Lights coming from the shops, cars, and buildings blinded her but they were beautiful. Tsukiko flopped down on the other bed stretching out over the matress.

"Tsukiko you slept for two hours on the way here!"

Itachi critizised her play fully.

"Look just because i laid down dose not mean i plan on going to sleep! For your information i do not sleep twenty four seven!" Yuri gave her a disbelieving look.

"Suuuure..." She giggled. Sasuke smiled at her. Itachi noticed and walked over to him.