Ok, so I'm really pissed at a few people as of now. When I'm pissed, I write or type, so merry Chiru's pissed day! (Reviews would make me feel better)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and right now I don't really care.

P.S. Read the author's note at the bottom. At least the second paragraph.

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Sasuke's P.O.V.

I was finally sixteen. Yippee. No one even knew and that was exactly what I intended it to be like. My birthday would be something that could place Orochimaru in a considerably fowl mood. In fact, he would probably send me on some prolonged mission that no one else would take except me. (Really, I had no choice.) Usually, I would be begging for a mission anyways, but this year…It was just different.

I knew about Orochimaru's plan to consume my body and use me as a host, so I had to work quickly. By this time I was almost positive I was strong enough to kill Itachi and I needed a day off to plan me escape and how I was to slaughter him. The problem was, I couldn't think of a way to get out of here. My mind kept skipping to the part where I gleefully stabbed Itachi in the heart and watched him suffer. I had even decided that I would kill him on that day.

Somehow I had to place my thoughts in order and being locked up in my tiny cell all day did not get my creative juices flowing. I decided to take a…stroll through the dark corridors of the Sound base.

It was amusing how well I knew this place and who comforting it could be once you recognized where you were going. I had only been at this particular base for around three months and I already knew it behind my back. I believe that is because of its similar layout to our prior base. You'd think that Orochimaru would have enough brains to switch around the 'maze' every now and then, but the hallways always seem to twist the same way and the rooms are almost always in the same exact spot. It made it so easy to navigate through that it almost made me laugh!

The only reason I had chosen to walk in the hallway was simply it was bigger than my…conservative room, and for some odd reason, it always helped me think when I could breath. Plus, the passageways were almost always empty and it somehow gave me a strange sense of peace.

While I was walking down the semi-spacious hallway, I actually heard voices. It surprised me to some extent to hear two male voices. If anyone was ever in the hallways, it was always the female shinobi, so hearing at least two men gossiping made me curious of what they were gossiping about.

"Did you see the newest Jounin, Sukon? Man, is she cute!"

I was tempted to smack my head after hearing that statement. And I though men were supposedly more mature than women…You would at least think they'd choose to talk about something important.

"Who? Shia? Yeah, I saw her. She's ok looking," The man who must have been Sukon replied. "But she's kind of weak…"

I waited for the other man to speak, but I didn't hear his voice until after his shock disappeared. "What are you talking about? She's a Jounin! Anew one, but that is our highest level except for Sasuke-sama!"

"I bet that Haruno-san from Konoha could beat her." Sukon grumbled.

When I heard the name Haruno, I was in utter shock. Especially since the word beat was on there. They couldn't possibly be talking about Haruno Sakura. She was weak! I doubt she even made it to the Jounin level! But the boys continued to talk about this 'Haruno-san' so I stayed to eavesdrop.

"Who?"

"Come on Makon, you haven't heard of her? She's got pink hair down to her lower back and dark, emerald eyes. She's gorgeous!"

"Being pretty has nothing to do with being strong Sukon!" The newly named Makon retorted.

"OH! Did I forget to mention she's the highest ranking ANBU captain out of all the shinobi countries?!"

I stopped listening to their conversation for a moment. They couldn't be talking about Sakura! There was just no way!

"But she does have her flaws…" I heard Sukon's voice break through my thoughts. Now I was really curious. I simply had to know Sakura's weakness. I half expected it to be me!

"They say she's…Emotionless."

Now I knew this wasn't Sakura. Emotions and Sakura just fit together like the perfect puzzle. Sure there was evidence that it could be her; like the pink hair and her last name being Haruno, but there were many things that didn't fit my outdated description of her. For example, emerald eyes? Where did that come from? Sakura always had a bright florescent green color for her eyes. The emotionless part definitely didn't suit her either. I kept telling myself over and over that this wasn't my Haruno Sakura, but somewhere in the corners of my mind, I knew I was just lying to myself.

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DEAD! Ok, this is definitely one of my favorite chapters. I'm not a big Sasuke fan, but I enjoyed being his mind for once. Someday I'm gonna massacre his thoughts…I would love to screw him up. Then He could be some idiot that worked for me. J

In other news. I did not get a ton of reviews last chappie and I'm not sure if that's due to how fast I'm updating or how bad the chap was, but I thought it would be smart to warn you that my offer for the canceling thing still holds!

-SachiruNatsu