Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Prologue

Sasori was currently being escorted towards the Kazekage's office. He had an idea as to why though. About a week ago, he turned a jounin of the village Hiruko into a puppet, a human puppet that could actually use chakra. He heard people talking about it and saying what a monster he was for doing something so inhuman.

Scoff 'As if they could understand the beauty and talent that went into Hiruko.' Sasori thought as he walked by a couple of villagers that were glaring at him and whispering to each other. He was already thinking of leaving the village, but not before taking the Kazekage's body, it would make the perfect addition to his collection. And now, he had the perfect opportunity to kill the Sandaime.

As they reached the Kazekage's office, his ANBU escort roughly pushed him inside and slammed the door behind him. The Sandaime was currently doing some paperwork and didn't seem too concerned about the puppeteer that was thrown into his office. Sasori took his time to look around the room. The room itself was pretty barren, almost everything was black, from the walls to the floor and the desk, and even the windows were tinted black. All in all, Sasori was not impressed by the other man's décor. Finally, the Kazekage addressed him.

"Akasuna no Sasori, it has come to my attention that you have recently murdered a fellow shinobi of my village and turned him into a puppet. Do you deny this?" The Sandaime said with a calm voice that still held much authority behind it.

"No, sir. What you say is the truth." Sasori responded, his voice not revealing anything.

"Mm, may I see this puppet?" The Kazekage asked with a hint of curiosity.

Sasori raised a questioning eyebrow but did as he asked. He didn't know what to think of the Sandaime's sudden curiosity for his first Human Puppet. In any case, if his puppet was out he had a better chance to kill him. As he unsealed Hiruko and placed chakra strings to control the puppet, he got ready to strike the Kage in case he tried something.

"Fascinating, and this puppet can actually use chakra like a regular shinobi?" The Kazekage asked without fear. He could see the puppet was ready to attack but he was unconcerned about it.

"That is correct." Sasori answered while wondering why the Sandaime wasn't trying to kill him yet. 'What is he up to?'

"Well then, it seems that with this I have no choice but to..." the Sandaime paused as he stood up and Sasori got ready to fight. "…offer you the seat of Fourth Kazekage."

"WHAT?" Sasori was shocked, he expected many things, execution, imprisonment, banishment, but he didn't expect to be offered to becoming the Fourth Kazekage.

"You see, Sasori, I am growing old and soon I won't be able to defend the village as efficiently. I was looking for the perfect successor. One who possesses knowledge of Sunagakure's traditions and arts. At first, I was going to make the Head of Anbu the Kazekage since he knows how to manipulate gold dust. However, after learning about your Human Puppets, I can safely say that you are the perfect choice. You made one of our most sacred arts even more powerful."

Now, Sasori is a very smart man, he knew that as Kazekage he would be safe from being hunted for creating Human Puppets. If the villagers saw that his puppets could make the village even stronger than it is now, they would accept it. This, in turn, gave him the advantage of being able to add more people to his Human puppet collection. In the end, he would be benefitting from this offer a great deal.

"I accept."