Are there fruits in the mountains?

"I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves."

― Ludwig Wittgenstein

~Academy Year: Year 3~

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Pizza. Pizza is life. Pizza is like my family. Especially with melty cheese and those savoury pepperonis. 'Ding' the oven has finished baking my pizza. I grabbed my oven mittens and took out my pizza out of the oven. 'This is heaven, It's so so hard to find people selling pepperonis here' I thought. I grabbed a slice and ate my pizza. Tears of joy came out of my eyes. "Yuzu! Why are you eating at three in the morning?" my father asked "Why not? I'm hungry and I want to be early at class" I said "Anyways have this" I hand him a plate of pizza. He ate it and grabbed two more slices "This is so good, can you make me more?" he said "But you'll have to give me weapons" I said "What!? Not for free but I'm your Tou-san" he said surprised "Maybe next time" I said "Anyways, can I go at your work place? I'm bored" I said "Sure... but you'll have to make this..." "Pizza" "You'll have to make Pizza!" he said. I groaned "Fine, but you will help" "Okay" he agreed.

After baking three whole pizzas we went at T&I. "Kaito-san you're early" a man gruffly said "Ibiki why so grumpy it's early in the morning" my father said "The interrogating room is full of poison gas. The last prisoner must've dropped it" he said "Oh, I'll clean it and interrogate the prisoner" he said "But before that you take care of my kid Ibiki!" my father said as he hand me over Ibiki then left. "Uhhh want some Pizza?" I asked. He seemed annoyed and he said "Sure" I followed him at the T&I's cafeteria.

"Here some pizza, my Tou-san made it delicious" I chirped. He ate one slice and ate more "Hey you guys can get some free food here" I shouted. Many ninjas grabbed a slice of pizza until there's none. "Oh, a few seconds and it's gone" I said to myself "What do you expect, many ninja stayed here at night and forgot to eat dinner" he said "Oh, you talked I thought you're just one grumpy old man who hates kids" I said "What did you say?" he said angrily "See! You're an old man, poor at hearing!" he hit my head lightly. "Oww!" "I'm not an old man" he said "Fine, fine" "Yuzu-chan! Tou-san is back *gasp* where's my pizza!" my father suprisingly said. Ibiki just smirked "Your daughter is generous that she gave them to all ninjas here" "Wahh! Yuzu-chan I thought it was for me" he said while crying 'Woah, he's really a sadist' I thought "There's more at home you know?" I said "Really?" "Nah, you need to make it Tou-san" my father just pouted. "Yuzu-chan you have to go at school now or you might be late" he said "What it's five in the morning!" I said "No buts, let's go" he said as he shunshined us two at the academy "Okay Yuzu-chan, go now at the academy!" I glared at him and went inside the academy.

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I went inside my new classroom. New semester, new classes. This time we have two sections (again). The one is for jounin track and the other is at chuunin track. I'm at the Jounin track with all the rookie nine. Ohh boy the timeline is strong with this one. I slept for an hour then I felt someone beside me I opened my eyes and I saw Sasuke. "Uhh, good morning?" I said "Hn." "Are you mute?" I asked "No" "Is that your first word?" "Hn." "Why so grumpy? Did your brother left you and never said goodbye properly?" "Don't talk about Itachi again." he said to me while glaring "Wow Sasuke you said your first sentence, you're growing so so fast" I said "Yuzu! I wanna fight you in a spar." he said "Why?" "To test my strength" "What if I don't want to have a spar?" I said. He suddenly dragged me outside "Hey we're not that close, why're you dragging me!" I said "Let's fight" he said "Fine"

Sasuke bolted right at me with a roundhouse kick I dodged it. I threw kunais at him and delivered a punch. He blocked it. This thing continued for five minutes until Sasuke performed signs of fireball jutsu. "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu" he breathed out a large fireball. I saw Sasuke smirked. I'm at the top of the tree. It was just my clone. "Hn. looks like I win" he said as he left the field. 'A good chance of troll' I thought I shunshined back at the classroom and slept.

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Sasuke POV

Revenge is what I want after Itachi killed the whole clan. He left me alone. I wasn't strong enough to beat him. After that blonde haired girl beat me I felt weak. I want to test my strength. That blonde haired girl is at the same level at me or even more stronger after this year. It was bad luck that she didn't get the advance class at our second year. Now is my chance to beat her and show how I'm strong to Itachi. "Uhh, good morning?" she said "Hn." was my response "Are you mute?" she asked "No" "Is that your first word?" "Hn." 'She is getting annoying' "Why so grumpy? Did your brother left you and never said goodbye properly?" 'How did she know!? she should never talk about my Itachi he's not my brother anymore' "Don't talk about Itachi again." I said while I was glaring "Wow Sasuke you said your first sentence, you're growing so so fast" she said "Yuzu! I want to fight you in a spar." I said "Why?" "To test my strength" "What if I don't wanna have a spar?" she said. I dragged her outside "Hey we're not that close, why're you dragging me!" she said "Let's fight" I said "Fine" she finnaly agreed.

I bolted right to here with a roundhouse and she dodged it 'tsk' She threw kunais and I swiftly dodged it. After preparing to gather my chakra for minuted I performed the hand seals of Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu. "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu" I shouted. I smirked "Hn. looks like I win" 'Pathetic' I went back to my classroom.

I opened the door and I was surprised that the annoying blonde girl isn't back at the field scathed with my jutsu. I sit beside her and woke her up. "Hey! how did you escape the jutsu" I said a little angry "gtrgy gtooo fhisgure itt howw" she said lazily "Hey wake up!" I tried to shake her "Stop shakin me duckhead" "Just tell me how you did it" "Fine... but we have to friends or lunch buddies" she said playfully "No" "Well... I tried to save you from fangirls and I'm feeling generous today to tell you what I did but you disagreed" she drawled and went back to sleep "Fine." "Magic word duckhead" "Be my friend" I said annoyed "Wrong magic word" "Please be my friend" "Add sincerity with it" "Be my friend" "You're missing one thing" "Please be my friend" I said with fake sincerity "Well I the magic word was Abra Cadabra but it's fine" she said I sweat dropped internally "Now tell me how you did it!" I said annoyed "Ok... I'll tell you... I performed a jutsu" she said "What kind?" "An easy one" "Hn. You're hopeless" I said "But not as hopeless like you" she said "You're quite lonely, you need friends. No man is an island they say" I just stayed quiet 'Maybe befriending her won't be bad she can help me beat Itachi'

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Sasuke is soo annoying when it comes to beating Itachi. The Uchiha massacre just happened... and I didn't know that. Not that I care anyways. but it's so delayed. It's bothering me. I can ask my father later on. Now I should sleep.

"kYaaAAAa" somebody squealed so loudly. I bolted right up and slammed the desk "CAN YOU NOT shout so loudly?" I said annoyed "Move away blondie I wanna seat with Sasuke-kun" she said "No Amy it should be me" a familiar face said "Tsk, the weirdo is seating beside Sasuke-kun" Toga said. I just sighed "You want the seat, then fine" As I was about to stand-up Sasuke grabbed my hand "Don't." "Duckhead you're not mute, and tell me the magic word first" I said "Abra cadabra?" he said unsurely "I was expecting you to say please but that's fine" I sat back down and put my head down. 'Back to sleep'. The class is noisy for minutes until Iruka-sensei arrived. "Class be quiet!" he yelled, all students went back to their proper seats. "Today we're going to learn some jutsus, can somebody tell me the basic three?" Iruka asked the class. Sakura raised her hand "The basic three are: Substitution Jutsu, Clone technique and transformation technique" she recited "Very Good" Iruka said to Sakura. "Now who can perform this?" he asked the class "Sasuke would you like to demonstrate?" Iruka asked "Hn." he went in front and performed these three "Very Good" Iruka said. I heard some girls mutter "Sasuke-kun is the best" "I hope he teaches me" "I'll go ask him later". "Quiet class, we'll start one by one by practicing the hand seals" he said "First up: Amaya Toga" she performed the justus with minor flaws "See that Sasuke-kun I'm the best" she said. I whispered to Sasuke "If you wanna reform your clan, you'll marry all of these girls, and polygamy is kinda a bad thing" Sasuke shivered and then glared at me. "Yamaguchi Yuzu" I went in front and perform the jutsus without handseals. "Very good Yuzu. Activating jutsu without hand seals is kinda hard" he said I showed him a thumbs up and went back to seat. "Now for boys: Aburame Shino" after all the boys were called Iruka decided to let us have a free time outside.

I went up to Hinata "Yoo, Hinata" "Hello Yuzu-chan" she said "You didn't stutter!" I said with surprise "I-I s-still k-kinda do" she said I sighed "Soo what happened last year" "W-well my f-father t-taught me the b-basics of g-gentle f-fist" she said a little proud "Really! That's so cool! You're gonna be the best Kunoichi of this year!" I said "I-I'm not the b-best, Sa-Sakura-chan is st-strong too as w-well as I-Ino-chan" she said "Don't bring yourself down that's bad you're great in your own way" I said "Since we have free time, why don't we talk with Naruto" I grinned and went up to Naruto. Hinata tried to stopped me but she's slow "No Yuzu-chan". "Naruto can we play a game with Hinata-chan" I asked him. Naruto brightened up "Sure ~ttebayo but... I need to learn the jutsus that Iruka-sensei taught today" he said "Which jutsu?" I asked "The clone one" "Oh" 'Well, should I hint him about it? Nah I can't spoil it, but that's no fun. Maybe I can be a matchmaker for Naruto and Hinita if I planned a study at Hinata's place' I thought. Hinata was beside me already "Naruto how about we study at Hinata's place? She's good at some of these jutsus" I said. Naruto smiled and said "Really! You'll help me Hinata!" he hugged Hinata. Hinata was about to pass out "S-s-sure" then she passed out I sweat dropped. "You should take her at the clinic Naruto" I said. "Okay" he carried Hinata to the clinic.

"Teach me how to perform the jutsu without hand seals" somebody said from behind. I looked back and I saw Sasuke "Why Saucecakes?" "To avenge my clan" he said "Give me more reasonable reason, Saucegay" he looks annoyed "Pronounce my name properly first" he said "No" I responded.

He threw some wooden kunai at me I caught it and threw it back at him. 'Fuck this shit, I'm gonna teach Sasuke a lesson'. We engaged into a taijutsu fight. He punched me in the face then kicked me many times although I blocked mostly of the kicks. While he's regaining his posture I charged up to him and kicked his neck, he started coughing. "Shit" he said I punched his stomach repeatedly. He suddenly kicked me at my stomach I staggered back. I performed shunshin and punched him back. I started coughing up blood "Hn. looks like I win" he said to me "I didn't pass out yet, the fight is still going" he charged right me and threw me at the ground 'Crack' my arm is now broken. "Surrender" he said while holding me on the ground "No you surrender" I headbutted Sasuke I passed out.

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I opened my eyes and saw Iruka glaring at me and Sasuke. "Explain why this happened" Iruka said angrily "Sasuke just throwed a wooden kunai directed at me" "Hn." "Both of you have suspension" he said and went out to call my parent. I sighed 'I hate myself for saying this' "Well you win. And I always keep my promise. I'll teach you some jutsu" I said he smirked "Hn." "You're not mute! Talk with real words dammit" I said annoyed "Fine. Good thing you know how pathetic you are" he smugly said "What an interesting friendship... well since I lost this game. Do you think you can fight Itachi now?" I asked. "Hn." "Gay sauce, I don't accept monosyllabic answers" I said "No. I need to train more" he said "Revenge is always not an answer Duckhead" I said "You'll feel empty once you did it" "What's all this lecture for?" he asked. I eye smiled and said "I am a wise old lady, that would help you on the way" I said jokingly. Sasuke just smiled "Did you just smiled?" I asked "No. It must be the reflection of the light" he said "The clinic has now windows" I said "Hn." "Tell me if you want me to teach you okay? Even when you beat me to pulp" I smiled. He left the clinic and went back to class.

I heard the door opened "Yuzu-chan! What happened?! Why are you suspended?" my father annoyingly asked. I nervously laughed "Hehe, I got in a fight..." I mumbled the last part quietly but he still heard it. "What!? I never knew you would get into a fight! I thought you were a good girl" he 'cried' "It's okay the suspension is for three days" he glared at me "It's still suspension" he said a little bit mad 'What a quick change of attitude' I thought. "Hmph" was all I can say "Change your attitude Yuzu, I didn't expect this from you" he said disappointed and left. '... What's with my father's attitude? I thought he was sane. I feel he has major mood swings' I thought

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"You did what?!" Naruto shouted I just sighed "You and Teme got into a fight and you lose. I'll beat him ~ttebayo" he said "Dude, you can't even make a real clone" I said "Hey! You said you guys gonna teach me ~ttebayo" "Yeah yeah, I promised. Anyways were here" we arrived in front of the Hyuuga compound. Hinata was waiting for us in front of her house "Hinata-chan thanks for letting us in your home" Naruto said and Hinata blushed 'I gunna be the best match maker' I thought "L-let's go at t-the b-back of t-the compound t-to t-train" Hinata said. We followed her and arrived at the back of the compound and we saw someone already training. 'Dang, it's Neji. 'The fate is absolute' guy is here.' Hinata just ignored Neji, but she seemed uncomfortable. Naruto seemed clueless but ignored it anyways. "Hey, let's start the training" I said. "Now Naruto show us your clone justu" I said. He performed the jutsu and what he got was a pale and lousy clone "You see what I mean!" he said 'I should give him a hint 'bout this' "Did you skip the chakra control classes?" "Uhh, yeah, why?" he asked. "N-Naruto-kun y-you n-need t-to le-learn ch-chakra c-c-control t-to p-perform j-jutsus w-with e-ease" Hinata said a little bit red. "Realy! How do I do chakra control?" "Well there's many different ways. Like putting chakra on your forehead to stick leaf or the tree exercise" I answered "Let's do first the Leaf one" "Okay! Let's do this!"

After many attempts of Leaf sticking exercise. Naruto gave up "A failure is always a failure" Neji said "What did you say ~ttebayo?" Naruto said angrily. Hinata intervened "Neji-kun pl-please d-don't s-start a f-f-fight" Hinata said "Birds with the same feather, flocks together, people like you are failures and has no future. That's your fate" he said at us 'He really hates Hinata. It's not much shown at the Anime' "Well that goes to you then? A failure like us." I said "Then explain how. I graduated top of class" he said pointing his hitae-ate on his forehead "Welll... If we have an exam about attitudes you'll fail immediately. And by the way fate isn't controlling our lives you know!" I said annoyed "Tch. Pathetic" he said and went away. Hinata sighed "I-I'm s-s-sorry f-for h-his a-attitude" she said "It's okay" Naruto said "Back to making clones."

'What am I doing again? Oh yeah teach Naruto an easy way to get the clone jutsu' "Naruto try making a kabajillion clones" I said "Kabajillion? Is that even a word?" "Nope. Just to do it already". He performed the hand seals and many clones appeared. All of them is still pale and lousy 'WTF, the kyuubi really has a ton of chakra' "Hey look! I made one decent clone, Believe It!" he said "Naruto... out of this many clones... you only made one" I sighed "Anyways I'm heading home, Hinata can teach you some extra tips" I said as I winked at Hinata. Hinata blushed hard "Yuzu-chan d-don't leave me h-here" she said "Nope, bye!" I left immediately.

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Authors Notes: I rushed to make this story. School is such a pain in the ass. Reviews makes me happy :3 Tell what you think