Are there fruits in the mountains?
二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず。
"One who chases after two hares won't catch even one."
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Year Three (Yuzu is Three years old)
Cheering up my father is hard. Very Hard. I don't know how I can cheer up an old person, considering that he should do it because I'm the one with the condition. But it's okay now he came back to normal.
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I woke up early in morning to make pancakes for my father. He needed to be happy so I can be happy. Well pancakes are easy, what could go wrong. We have all the ingredients here. Some flour, baking powder, salt, white sugar, milk, egg and butter, that's all I need. Too bad they don't have pancake mix here (does it exist here?). My father is still asleep so I needed to be quiet so I can't disturb him.
I mixed all the ingredients and cooked it. I did a little mess but nobody cares for that, all that matters was the pancakes that I'm going to serve. After 10 minutes I prepared the table and the pancakes. I heard footsteps coming towards the dining room so I quickly poured the syrup and sat on the chair. "Tou-san look what I made!" I chirped "What's this?" he asked "It's a pancake, I made it early in the morning" I answered. "You shouldn't have made us breakfast you just came home from the hospital, what happens if you get sick again" he said worriedly "I'm fine Tou-san, I can handle anything, I told you that I'm going to be a great ninja!" I chirped "So eat my pancakes now! It's delicious". My father curiously eyed the food and ate it, his eyes widen and said "This is so good Yuzu-chan! Where'd you learn this?" he asked 'Shit, I don't have an excuse for this' "Uhh, I just experimented random food that I saw from the pantry" I lied. "Well good thing it turns out well" he said.
"Yuzu-chan don't do this ever again, okay? I'm worried that you'll get sick. So next I'm going to cook breakfast to you" he said "No, Tou-chan I'm gonna make breakfast everyday, you'll cook lunch and dinner already so I'm gonna help you!" I said. "Okay Yuzu, make sure it's good". Then he smiled
We ate our pancakes until there's nothing left.
[Flashback End]
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My father is teaching me taijutsu, he bought some training weights to make me faster. I'm only allowed to wear this during my training times not every day. He said that I'm going to wear this all the time when I'm 8 years old. He taught me some academy katas, which were basic moves. My father forced me to run every morning him, which means waking up at 5:00 in the morning. I never met Gai though, it seems he was on the other side of the village. Which I'm thankful for.
Right now we're doing the second kata at the academy which is the Tekki Nidan*. Father guides me about my stances, and sometimes hit me with a stick if I made a wrong stance.
"Yuzu, take a break, you're doing good" he said "You're going to be a great ninja like your me and your mother." he praised me. "Am I allowed to learn about chakra now father?" I asked "Not yet, maybe when you're five, and at the same time I can teach you cool jutsus" he said. "But don't forget your medicines, m'kay?" he reminded me "Okay".
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Taijustu... It's such a TROUBLESOME thing to do. You gotta wake up more early so you can get a warm up. I can't believe there are people who have spare time to exercise in the morning. It's like they don't even take time to process the trauma that comes from waking up and realizing you exist. Existential Crisis is hitting me hard. Why did I get reincarnated again? Do I need something to do here in this Narutoverse? Since I'm here maybe I can prevent some deaths like Neji, Asuma, Jiraiya and Itachi. That's gonna be hard, but hey, I'm going to work hard (if only I have this motivation). I don't where to begin with this fucked up world.
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What time is it? It's dinner time!
Even if my father acts childish, he is a good cook! He's good at making Tempura, Ramen, Okonomiyaki and my personal favorite Curry. Today we're making curry. I'm going to help him prepare the dishes. "Yuzu, try to mix the curry carefully, okay?" "Okay". Father didn't trust me with a knife so he chopped all the other ingredients necessary. When the food's done we ate our curry. Then my father said to me "Yuzu-chan you're going to have a playdate with Ino. Inoichi invited you" "Really! I can't wait for it Tou-san" 'Ino still can't beat me at Checkers, hah'. "What time are we going?" "Around one in the afternoon" he said. "Now sleep so you can get rest, okay?" I went up to my room and slept
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The next day
After preparing all the thing I need. MY father and I went to Ino's house. And there I saw Ino waiting at the front door. "Hi, Ino!, are you gonna beat me now? I am still the winner y'know?" I said to her. "In your dreams Yuzu-chan I brought someone to beat you!" she said. "Tou-san Ino and I are going to play upstairs m'kay" I said "Okay Yuzu-chan behave okay? Ino-chan where's your father?" Dad asked Ino "Dad is just at the backyard, Yamaguchi-san" Ino said "Let's now go upstairs Yuzu-chan" she said.
As I enter the room upstairs, there I saw the one and only Sakura. 'Woah, Sakura is here the medic of Team 7.' I thought. "Hey, Sakura meet Yuzu, and Yuzu meet Sakura" Ino said as she introduced me to Sakura. "Uh h-hi Yuzu-san nice to meet you" Sakura shyly said "Hi, there Sakura-chan you can drop the -san we're friends anyways" I chirped "Okay Yuzu-chan" Sakura said. "Hey Ino, what're we going to do the whole day?" I asked. "I asked Sakura-chan to beat you in Checkers" Ino said "Are you really that desperate Ino to beat me in checkers?" I asked her "Kinda, but I wanna see who's better at checkers between you and Sakura-chan, because you both beat me to it" she admitted. "Okay then, let's have a good game Sakura-chan" I said.
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"Thanks for the good game Sakura, you played well" I smiled at her. "Woaah, Yuzu-chan you're good at this game" Sakura said. "Hehehe, I'm not that good, I'm sure somebody can beat me at checkers" I said. "Not good? You caught all of Sakura's pieces and and Sakura only caught five of yours" Ino said. I just shrugged. "How 'bout you and Sakura play, I would want to see you guys play checkers" I suggested "Sure" they both said.
Sakura and Ino played for a long time, and the game ending with a draw. After playing we just decided to eat cookies but with milk this time. I hope their friendship is never ruined in the series. Are all Uchiha sexy or somewhat handsome? Is it in their genes?
I'll never be a fangirl especially to Sasuke.
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We went home afterplaying. We already ate dinner at Ino's house so I went to my bed early. 'Being a reincarnated person is really tiring. I need to lay low, maybe I can be genius but not a prodigy like Itachi. I need to fail some classes' I thought. Pondering this thoughts for a long time, I suddenly fell asleep.
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*There are only three Tekki basic kata on this list. Their purpose is to help you develop a strong fighting stance. The horse stance is used in all of the Tekki videos. Imagine you are riding a horse to get the right position.
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Author's Notes: Do you like it? my new story? It's hard for me to write long chapters so next chapters may take awhile. Please Review and tell me some mistakes I made (follow my story too :)). (´∀｀)
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but I have Ramen
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