The saga of Akasuna no Sasori
Note: Inspired heavily from The saga of Tanya the evil but I plan to change the plot midway into the story- so please bare with me.
-Kyubey
Prologue
It was a bright sunny day. The city was as it always is, cars passed by each other; busy people with their own personal stories came and go; business people typed on their computers and filed reports...
All was normal.
I - Sasori, would describe myself as one with a twisted personality. I am also impatient and hate to keep others waiting. Other than those traits- I would consider myself cautious and individualistic. I also would enjoy being a higher up, and would take any opportunity to be one; as I enjoy being above others (not in a relationship per say). My job, as I would put it simply is to fire people. Pretty simple, though painful, but so long as I get paid- who cares?
"No..."
"..Why..."
"Please...I have my daughter's tuition to consider and my loan on my house..."
This is all too familiar for me...
I sighed to myself, let's make this quick.
"You have missed work without permission multiple times." I said, not caring about the pitiful man in front of me, "You've ignored company orders to improve your work."
The tears that formed in his eyes began to fall out onto his ugly face.
"Now then," I continued, "What reason does the company have to continue employing you?"
"Wait a second please!" He cried. I sighed to myself and pulled out a career support book from underneath and slide it towards him on the table.
"Please leave."
The day had finally came to an end, I gave in my report to my boss then left for the day. I took a step outside through the automatic doors and began walking to the subway station. I've noticed it has begun to become cloudy and I swore the weather report said it would be all sunny today.
Damn them.
Cold tears from above of melancholy and of those who've become lost because of me began to pour down. The people around me started to scurry away like ants. I sighed, I didn't have my umbrella with me. I was tired and didn't feel like heading over to a convenience store- not that I would be caught dead in one, so I ran along with the pathetic ants to the subway station. Fortunately, it had a rooftop, similar to a leaf shielding the ants from the cold tears. I was standing in front of all the crowd waiting for their platform, reading my book titled: "Freedom of choice". It's obvious that for a system to function smoothly, a system needs rules; one doesn't need to to look far to figure that out. If I wanted to climb up to become a higher up and have an office of my own, All I would have to do is follow all my company rules and continue being the productive person I am. My goal in mind : an executive. Then my life would be a nice and easy one. The other people around me were either chatting on the phone, promising their family the'll be home soon; listening to music with headphones on or playing games; daydreaming; etc.
The dashboard signalled that there was an incoming train. Finally I could get home, have a cup of coffee and relax.
However, things don't always go as planned.
A pair of hands from behind gave me a push and I fell off the platform. I turned around to see who it was and I fell back.
It was him, the guy I laid off earlier. He looked shocked and confused of his own actions.
It's the kind of impulsive person who gets fired and wants revenge. A more reasonable man would've ignored such emotions.
My papers fell out of hand and out of my briefcase in the air with me. The arriving train got closer to my floating body.
So this is it...
I could feel the eyes of all the passerby on me as I awaited death.
"What?"
The people at the station stopped moving, my book was stuck in the air, and the raindrops stood still.
I looked around, my body frozen like everyone else's.
"What happened? What is this?"
A man behind my killer spoke.
"I'm getting tired of this."
"Humans these days have no sense of right and wrong." This time, a woman.
"They've become war riddled tools."
"What are they saying?"
"They do not care for one another, nor do they share one's pain."
"And not a trace of hopes for peace."
"No one listens to the wishes of the saviour."
"A higher up being? Like a god?"
"Indeed,I; lord Pain. He will be the light of the world when the time comes." Spoke the train conductor.
"So I am to understand that the being called 'Pain' has stopped time in the moments before me death as other people around me?"
"Indeed."
"Sorry to say this but I highly doubt you could do anything to bring peace with ideologies like that. I also reject your presence."
"I watch over my people, billions and trillions and this is what you have to say to me?"
"Perhaps having such a simple, powerful life with technology by your side made you like this?"
"I have the power to have you reborn once- a life where you will suffer in dire needs. You will feel pain and know pain, and only then, you will serve me to bring peace to our world in the hands of the cruel hungry for war higher ups."
"Wait your misjudging things- !" So all I've done and all I've lived up for will go to waste. Now I feel like that pathetic business man whom I laid off earlier.
The voices around me began chanting, I could see where I was going; where I would be reborn. I foresaw a war zone and some village in a desert.
The bright light came closer and closer to my body…The train finally collided with me and thus began my story.
"Congratulations miss, you have a beautiful baby boy!"
"Ah...he's adorable…"
I opened my eyes to see this new world where I was reborn in. A woman with long brown hair looked down upon me and smiled.
"Hello...Sasori-chan."