White Eyes

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Chapter Four: Charcoal Black Eyes

A/N: This chapter is, in fact, Sasuke's chapter. Uchiha Sasuke is NOT my favorite person, and I'm sorry to all you Sasuke fans out there. But don't worry--it's not like I'm going to be mean to him or kill him off or something that other Sasuke-dislikers would do...... I don't want you to stop reading my story! Oh yea, I know there is no such thing as 'black eyes', they are in fact brown, but I liked the name I came up with..heh heh.....I was just too lazy to change it, okay?!

Ever since Konoha's latest gossip --Hinata and Naruto-- came about, Sasuke's rabid fangirls (most girls on Konoha, and some in other villages) had been a little calmer.....sure, they still swooned over him like mad, but they didn't do it as much. Whenever Hinata or Naruto walked along (they NEVER walked together, for fear of the gossip spreading and getting to the Hyuga Main House) and Sasuke was near, instead of Sasuke being swarmed, Hinata or Naruto were bombarded with questions and comments. They never believed it when Hinata or Naruto said that it was all just a huge misunderstanding. They just took it as modesty.

Uchiha Sasuke wasn't used to getting this little attention. It wasn't that he missed the attention, it was just something entirely new. He was used to guys coming up and wanting to fight him (mainly Naruto), and girls glomping him (mainly Sakura and Ino). Naruto was busy THINKING lately, which surprised the young Uchiha boy, and Sakura was thinking a lot too! But only now, the pastel haired girl wasn't thinking of him. She was thinking of Hinata and Naruto. Sasuke also noticed that Ino had left a few days ago. Who couldn't notice? He was getting used to the peace and quiet. He liked it. The only problem was that he knew it wouldn't last for long. So he was still moping around. Brooding. Always the pessimist....

Currently, Sasuke was sitting on Team 7's mission meeting place, the bridge, with Haruno Sakura and Uzumaki Naruto. They would still have a few hours to wait for their always-late sensei, Hatake Kakashi.

"He must have gotten lost on 'the road of life' again, eh Sakura-chan?" Naruto complained. He and Sakura always thought they were the impatient ones whenever waiting for their sensei, but really it was always Sasuke being the most impatient. He just never showed it, after all, he still believed that he was the best shinobi of Konohagakure. While Sakura and Naruto thought Sasuke was just sitting there, patiently brooding and plotting revenge against Itachi, the truth was that secretly, Sasuke was thinking evil thoughts about the silver-haired jounin. He hated how Kakashi acted so cool everytime he was late!

Truth be told, Sasuke had his own 'Inner Sakura'. His name? 'Inner Sasuke'.

Sasuke was quickly brought out of his thought with Sakura's voice. "Or maybe he 'overslept' again. I don't see what he could possibly be doing every morning, when he tells us to meet him at a certain time and never shows! I'll bet that he makes us wait simply for the satisfaction of knowing that we'll come here at the right time every morning," Sakura paused to glance at Sasuke longingly, "Right, Sasuke-kun?" She batted her emerald eyes. Sasuke grunted. He hated when she'd try so hard to win his affections, but he hated it more when Yamanaka Ino tried. She was just too forcefull.

Most people would be flattered if two of the most beautiful girls in the viallge (Sakura and Ino), along with almost every other girl in the village, was in love with them, in fact, they'd most likely be ecstatic. But not Uchiha Sasuke. It made him sick to think that so many people could be so weak, just because a handsome guy comes along. He detested most women because of that. But he detested most men because the way they wanted to FIGHT him over those women. They were just as bad as the girls, if not worse.

This reminded Sasuke of that Rock Lee fellow. He obviously had a thing for Sakura, and that was a minor reason he fought Sasuke. Minor. Naruto fought Sasuke for many reasons. Not so much for Sakura, but for all girls in general. Jealousy, one might say. No one ever acknowledged Naruto and that made him hate Sasuke, since everyone believed that Sasuke had looks and brains when Naruto had neither. But a few people had noticed that there was always one person there to acknowledge him, she was just too shy to let him know. And it was the girl Naruto had been thinking about a lot lately. Hyuga Hinata. As he did about most any girl, Sasuke believed that Hinata was weak. He believed that she was weaker than almost every other person in Konoha, and didn't deserve to be a shinobi. When he found out that she was not in love with him, he thought she was stronger than he had thought, emotionally at least. That if she was not in love with him, she wouldn't be in love with anyone. Then he saw the way she would gaze at the young Uzumaki. Any respect that he may have had for the Hyuga girl turned to dust and was blown away. If anyone was in love with someone so weak as he thought Naruto was, they had no strength in them at all. Especially if they could not tell him. At least Ino and Sakura would often confess their love for Sasuke. Not like he cared or anything, it was just that at least they were brave enough to do that. Hinata, on the other hand........But he knew it must have been eating her up inside. He knew that the gossip spreading about his teammate and Hinata wasn't true--he knew that Hinata would never work up the courage to date Naruto, and Naruto would always be too clueless to notice teh affection she gave him. Whatta dunce.

"Sasuke-kun, isn't Kakashi-sensei later than usual? I mean, shouldn't he have been here by now?" Sakura gazed at the sun, which was high over their heads, A little past noon. He was usually here around ten....had something gone horribly wrong? What was wrong with their teacher, and why was he so late?!

"Hmn...." Sasuke thought alloud. Why WAS Kakashi an hour later than usual? Was there something they should know about?

Before anyone could say anything else, the most annoying, shrill voice called out to them.

"Yo! Big forehead girl! Sasuke-kun! Stupid Naruto! Guess who!"

It was Yamanaka Ino. Just what Sasuke wanted at the time........

TBC......

Hey! That chapter was mostly just Sasuke's thoughts, I guess. I really didn't have much planned out, I mean, he really doesn't have anything to do with Naruto and Hinata, other than the fact that he's on Naruto's shinobi team, but.....I wanted to do a chapter for each member of Team 7, as I will for each of team 10 and 8. Oh yea, and for that last part "It was Yamanaka Ino, just what Sasuke wanted at the time...." I was being sarcastic. I knew some people wouldn't catch onto that. Heh heh.

Next Chapter: Chapter Five: Baby Blue Eyes