Author's Notes: Hello all! Just wanted to give thanks for taking the time to read my stories. And also so that nobody sues me, I do not own Naruto in any form or fashion. This is purely for your enjoyment. Please please leave any comment/reviews (bad or good). I build highly on those.

And so here begins the journey of Hazuki. She is one of many of experimental test tube babies of Orochimaru, but the only one to survive and therefore given the Cursed Seal of Heaven as a "gift". She currently works with Karin in the many underground secret bases for Orochimaru.

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Hazuki's POV

I heaved another sigh and massaged my temples. "Karin that is the most disgusting thing in the world," I say as Karin rubbed a sweat drenched shirt against her face.

"But it's Sasuke's wonderful shirt and I managed to steal right under his nose. I bet your just jealous." She retorted.

"Yes. So jealous of a gross sick sweaty shirt from the most stoic emotionless person alive." I snorted.

This got Karin angry. "Don't you DARE speak down on Sasuke, Hazuki! He is not an emotionless! He's just the deep brooding type! Just because we already did it. You're just jealous" she said menacingly with a glaze over her eyes.

"Yes…first of all, that's just way too much information; just leave me out of your sick fantasies. And second of all, I don't sleep with every guy I meet." I rolled your eyes and went back to work.

I was in the middle of writing down some chemical formulas I was studying just when Karin came in to bug me for the millionth time about Sasuke. "Don't you have WORK to do?" I seethed.

"I finished my work a long time ago. Geez. Just because you're my boss's daughter, you shouldn't act all high and mighty." She said.

This annoyed me. "He is not my father." I emphasized that greatly, "and he DID put me in charge of all his operations. So I CAN act all high and mighty."

"Why do you keep denying he's your father? I mean biologically he is your father." She probed. Probably trying to keep me occupied from making her do any work.

"A father I someone who is loving and caring to his child… something which Orochimaru does not fill in any of the categories. What kind of a father kills innocent people for experiments? What he's doing is highly illegal and unethical. Why do you think he's one of the most wanted missing-nin alive? I am merely another tool to add to his collection." I replied sadly.

Just that moment sharp flashes of people screaming under torture speed across my eyes. I grabbed my head with my hands and froze, desperately trying not to scream my lungs out. "No, not again!" I cried. My body suddenly went cold and I automatically clawed at my neck, where that cursed seal paralyzed me. I was surrounded by blackness and I couldn't hear a thing but the screaming. Screaming of the patients my father killed so callously. 'No, not again. Please , someone help me. I can't take it anymore!'

These flashes of pain came to me regularly. Ever since I could remember, a crippling force would paralyze me into a black oblivion at random times.

Suddenly I felt something solid touch my shoulders. This brought me back from my nightmare. I gasped and turned. It was the last person I wanted to see.

Sasuke's POV

"This is getting really annoying. My shirt is missing. Again. I need to remind Hazuki to keep Karin away from my things…"

Sasuke had just finished his training with Orochimaru and was now looking for Karin to get back his belonging.

"Annoying woman. Making me look for my things" I groaned as I turn the corner into Hazuki's office.

The scene in front of me stopped me short. Hazuki was reeled over, from what looks like pain, with blood dripping down her neck from the clawing of her fingers. She wasn't moving and Karin was just standing there like an idiot not knowing what to do.

"Whats going on?" I demanded.

"Sasuke!" Karin beamed as she turned around. She ran next to me and grabbed my arm, which annoyed me. She should respect other people's space.

"I don't know! She just froze up like that after we were talking…" she looked back at Hazuki uncertainly.

I yanked my hand away and reached toward Hazuki. Her fragile shoulders were stiff and cold… like a corpse.

As my hand came down onto her shoulder she gasped and suddenly turned around… with moisture glistening in her eyes.

She then shoved my hand off her shoulder. "Don't touch me" she said so callously. It amazed me how quickly she composed herself; she might even match my speed. 'Maybe I was just imaging the tears in her eyes?'

"Don't treat Sasuke that way!" Karin screamed… annoyingly with her hands on her hips.

"You should check that out" I said as I pointed to her still bleeding neck. She merely stood there. I wanted to make sure she was still ok from her attack so I reached towards her face.

"Hey, didn't you hear me? I said you should get that checked out." Her skin was still cold but it was smooth and nice to my touch. But, again, she slapped my hands away from her. "I said not to touch me" She glared at me. This amused me.

"SASUKE KUN! How could you!" Karin yanked my hand away from Hazuki's face. "This girl…."I mentally seethed.

"Sasuke-kun.. don't you want to touch me? I'll let you touch anywhere you choose…." she hovered my hands above her breasts. "Plus mine are bigger than hers" she gloated. I was automatically repulsed by her.

Just then Hazuki walked out without a word. She suddenly stopped at the door. "I believe Karin has something to give you, Sasuke" she said without looking back and strode off.

I had almost forgotten why I had come here in the first place. I then heard Karin scoff in retort behind me. I looked back to glare at her…

Hauki's POV

I see Sasuke's face. The face of someone who has no emotions and someone who seeks to be like my father. My "father" a murderer. This is why I couldn't stand Sasuke. He came to Orochimaru for his teachings and abandoned his village, his friends, and his heart.

I quickly snapped out of the moment and slapped his hand off my shoulder. "Don't touch me" I told him.

"Don't treat Sasuke that way!" Karin screamed. I ignored her obnoxious blabbering.

"You should check that out" Sasuke pointed to my neck.

I forgot about the "present"my wonderful loving "father" has given to me. I had been searching for a way to remove the hideous scar that reminded me everyday when I saw myself in the mirror that I was a slave to him and to his monstrosity. Recently I had been clawing at my neck to try to physically remove it. Of course, it doesn't. A forbidden technique takes more than physical strength to remove. Although, having this Cursed Seal did have it has its benefits in some cases.

As I was reminiscing, Sasuke dared to touch my face. The hands of a traitor to his village and friends. I quickly slapped it away from me as if his betrayal would spread onto me. Just then Karin grabbed Sasukes hands.

"SASUKE KUN! How could you!" she yelled. "Sasuke-kun... don't you want to touch me? I'll let you touch anywhere you choose….Plus mine are bigger than hers…"she pleaded.

'Mental note to self: next time I see Karin, slap her in the face.' I rolled my eyes. As if I cared of my looks.

I wanted to patch up my neck so that I wouldn't die of blood loss so I made my way to the door to go to the infirmary. And right before I left the room I wanted to get revenge on Karin for annoying me. "I believe Karin has something to give you, Sasuke" I simply said and walked off. I heard Karin give a scoff and smiled in amusement as I made my way down the corridor. As I do I sadly reached with my left hand to touch my right upper back, just below my right shoulder. There lay another scar. A scar I secretly cared for. A scar that is the same exact one on a particular person's forehead….

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