Here's the next chapter!! It took a while to make so i hope you enjoy it!!

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Chapter 2: Even a Damaged Seed Can Grow

It was dinner at the Uchiha household. Itachi was silently reading a newspaper for a possible job just in case he would have to quit as a Shinobi. Fugaku was sending strange glances that made Itachi shiver over to him. If it wasn't for his mother, Itachi wouldn't have held out much longer.

"Sasuke-kun! Time for dinner, and send Mrs. U my regards." Hiroko yelled out. She placed the hot spaghetti on the table, and sat down across from her husband. Three year old Sasuke came wobbling in on his chubby little legs with excitement.

"Itch'i! Itch'i!! How is you!!" He exclaimed, sitting down across from the elder Uchiha. Fugaku glared at his youngest sons antics and was to arrogant to notice that Itachi, as well as his mother, had chuckled. He had never understood why people laughed at such annoying things.

Once things had calmed down Fugaku started to get serious. "Itachi," he said "I want to know what team number, who your sensei is, and team-mates. Everything."

Itachi gulped slightly and began, trying not to stutter. "Team 13, Sensei is Kanta Mirashi, and Team-mates are Inumaru Inuzuka..." Itachi caught Fugaku's smirk, knowing full well that he had guessed the same as Itachi. He thought there was going to be a Hyuuga.

Itachi took a deep breathe and said "and Kiyoraka Yoruki." Fugaku's silverware dropped on the table with a hard clang. His face was red with anger as well as surprise. He banged his fists on the table. "I knew it!" He said

"I knew that Council was conspiring against us. My Prodigy of a son does not deserve to have a weak female on his team! To make it worse it's a Kiyoraka! Those weaklings couldn't wield a kunai if their life depended on it! Just wait until I confront the council about this! Just you wait!!" He screamed knocking the pot of tomato sauce all over Hiroko's lap. She only winced slightly from the pain, but then became completely enraged at her husband's actions.

"So you think all women are worthless huh? That the Kiyoraka clan is weak? Tell me Fugaku, do you think that a weakling woman would not be able to hold up for herself? Look at me!! I'm covered in Scolding hot tomato sauce, and I barely even winced! This is why I filed that divorce all those months ago, but no!! The Uchiha clan couldn't afford to have the leader fight over the ownership of the children! Just wait Fugaku! Once those papers are finally finalized by the Hokage, I'm out of here! With both the kids!!" She screamed.

Sasuke started to tear up from all the commotion and Itachi couldn't help but be surprised. His mother had filed a divorce? And she was taking ownership of both of them? Inside his head Itachi was greatly pleased. he could finally get out of this horrible clan, and he wouldn't have to deal with his father for the rest of his life!

Hiroko marched out of the room, pulling both the kids along, and leaving an enraged Fugaku in their mist. Itachi secretly knew this wouldn't be the end of this. Marching up to his room Itachi stared at himself in the mirror.

When he was younger he had refused to let his hair grow long. His black hair was spiked slightly and cut like Chanto's, but slightly shorter. His eyes were a pale onyx, and when he turned the Sharingon on they would turn a bright red. He was wearing a dark blue shirt with Black shorts. His legs were covered in bandages, as well as his covered chest. But even though he could see himself in the mirror, Itachi could not tell why girls tended to fight over him and try to win his attention.

Sure he was a good looker, but nothing else really appealed to him other than his talents as a Shinobi. But underneath all that was a cold-hearted boy who hated the world because he felt it was pointless. He hated his life, and he didn't even know why.

All Itachi could do now was wait for tomorrows events to unfold, so he slipped into his bed and waited. He wondered what his team-mates were doing right now, and if they had better lives that this. It wouldn't be until a month later that he found out what was happening to the other two at this time, but he felt that they weren't doing any better.

He closed his eyes, but it wasn't until 1 O'clock in the morning that he finally fell asleep.

xX-Xx

The sun was almost up the next morning when Itachi arrived at the training field. Yoruki was already there, and was resting her back against the tree with her eyes closed. If Itachi was any other boy he would have thought she was sleeping, but he wasn't any other boy. He could tell she was not sleeping, and her right eye was slightly open enough for her to see.

"Good Morning, Dope" Yoruki said smiling to herself. Itachi's face reddened ,but quickly returned back to its original color. He ignored her antics to try and annoy him for the rest of their wait, and eventually ignored her existence all together. It was another 5 minutes until Inumaru arrived.

"What's up everybody!!!" He yelled grinning sheepishly. Yoruki looked up for a second then closed her eyes again after a brief 'Hi'. Itachi sighed and sat down in his spot against the tree. Inumaru looked between the two and sighed.

"Arf Arf Arfarf!" Inumaru nodded towards his dog. "I know, they act like an old married couple sometimes."

"Arf Arf!"

"Yeah I know, this teams going to have a hard time communicating." Yoruki shifted slightly before glancing up to the oblivious boy. He acted as if they weren't there, and she and Itachi did not act like a married couple. Knowing that neither of the boys could read thoughts she returned her attention back to the little tree out in the center of the field. To most it was just a simple twig, but she knew it was not.

The Kiyoraka clan lived in the northern part of Konoha, so she trained here all the time when she was younger. That small twig in the middle was actually a 2 month old tree. Someone had planted it there a few months back, and to her it seemed magical. No matter whom trained here or how good peoples aim was, nobody was able to land even the slightest tap on the tree. Even when people walked by it seemed as it repelled touch, for a person was to always miss it my millimeters.

"Hey Yoruki, what are you looking at?" Inumaru asked playing around with Toraku. Yoruki shook her head a little to get herself together and said "Nothing, it's nothing."

Itachi smirked "To me it looked like you were watching that little twig over there in the dirt?" As he said this Inumaru looked up and spotted it, sadly grabbing the attention of Toraku. Toraku lunged for the center of the field ready to get the 'twig' at all costs.

"No!!" Yoruki yelled unexpectedly and pounced on the dog before it could reach the tree. Itachi shot up from his seat and ran over, with Inumaru already ahead of him. Yoruki was wrestling Toraku to death, trying to stop him from destroying the tree, while the boys tried hard to get them apart.

Itachi held onto Yoruki with all his might as she tried to break free. Inumaru was having an equally hard time trying to get Toraku to settle down. He was also mad because of what Yoruki did.

"Dang it Yoruki! What the hell was that about? Why did you attack Toraku like that? He was just trying to get the stick!!" He screamed just about to slap her.

"Hold it, Inumaru." Itachi stated, standing between them. He pointed to the twig "Look" he said. Inumaru took a closer look at the twig and realized what it was. "It's a tree!!"

"Not just any tree, you dimwit! That tree had been there for two months and nobody had been able to land a scratch on it!! And I am not going to let anyone be the first to damage it!" Yoruki screamed, totally out of her character. Toraku whimpered slightly, and hid behind Inumaru who was equally as sorry.

Suddenly Mirashi popped out of nowhere in a puff of smoke. "What's up guys!!? Today our mission is to find the perfect ... place to ... plant my..." He slowly stopped talking as he realized how much tension in the air. Yoruki just huffed and stormed off, leaving the three men behind.

"Was it something I said?" Mirashi asked, completely clueless as of what had happened. Itachi shook his head slightly as to say 'no' and took off after her. Itachi wanted to know why she got fired up all of a sudden. It isn't just for no reason that people yell at people like that for the sake of a plant.

Inumaru sighed and walked away seeing no purpose to stay. It's always all my fault he thought And I don't even know what I'm doing wrong

Mirashi stood in the same spot alone for about 30 minutes before he just shrugged and headed for town.

"I need another beer"

xX-Xx

"Yoruki, what was that all about?" Itachi called finally finding her underneath a large tree that acted as a canopy. She looked up at him and sighed.

"It's just that... Never mind... You don't care anyway." She growled then turned her back to him. Itachi glared for a second then stalked off. If she wasn't going to talk, he wasn't going to make her.

Back at the tree canopy Yoruki started stare at an acorn she had found on the forest floor. It was slightly damaged and deformed for someone had stepped on it.

She sighed and dug a hole a few minutes away in a opening in the woods. She sat down in front of the hole and planted the seed. She began to speak to it, unknowing that Itachi was hiding behind a tree a few feet away.

"It's just that…, little seed ... People don't realize how great a person can be... even if they start out small and weak. Even though people can't see it, the people we know as great and superior to ourselves can be weak and helpless too. People don't realize that you are not born great, you grow up to be." Yoruki started as she filled the hole with dirt. "It's just like you little seed because..."

"Even a Damaged seed can grow"

Itachi smirked to himself and walked away, his head propped up by his arms. He knew exactly what she meant, and how she felt. Prodigies are always misunderstood. For they seem to be superior and greater than a normal person but behind all that greatness they are nothing. And need to learn as much as the next person.

Both of them just wanted to feel what it was like to be normal, so they observe people to see how it might feel. Except unlike Itachi, Yoruki looked and plants and studied how they grew. She was right about the seeds though.

Because even a damaged little seed can grow into the most wonderful plant in the world. You just never know because they're not given a chance to live. That's why Yoruki freaked out, because she wanted to give that little tree a chance to be great.

So there's the next chapter to Itachi's Lost Genin Years. I hope you readers have liked it. Please tell me what you think.

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