I've been thinking about this for a long time now ever since I liked this couple... And I've been working on it... Please enjoy desu.
Disclaimer: This Anime does not belong to me, 'cause if it did, then Ino and Sasori are long in a relationship.
Warning: This might confuse some of you, but remember it's just a fanfiction.
- Kei –
Past - 1
Finally the battle of Suna and Konoha have finally been resolved and now, they have made a peace treaty aligning the two villages. Though Konoha had to be careful, it might have been a year now that the fight was over and things have been settled but they never lowered their defences. That's when the Hokage had assigned Yamanaka Inoichi to go to Suna and do a little 'vacation'.
"Ino! Are you ready to go?" Inoichi asked his four year old daughter as he carried their luggage.
"Hai!" Ino, dressed in proper attired to withstand the heat, ran down the stairs and held her mother and father's hand.
"Ino, don't run while in a long skirt, you might trip and fall." Her mother warned.
"Hai hai." She answered.
So Inoichi's cover wouldn't get blown, the Hokage had ordered for him to take his family along, Inoichi had rejected at first, seeing his daughter might get harmed, but in due time accepted.
They travelled a great distance and had finally arrived at the gate.
"It's so hot!" Ino screamed as she tried to fan herself.
Then a guard from Suna approached them and talked to them.
"You're from Konoha right?" The man asked seeing the forehead protector in the man's bag. "What are you doing here?"
"Ah, you see, I'm here on vacation with my family, is there any chance that you'd have an ice cream shop here?"
"Ugh... Ice cream..." Ino muttered.
The guard looked at Ino, poor little girl was dying of heat.
"Sure, just when you enter, there's a small shop there and it sells the best ice cream in Suna."
"Oh you're very kind, thank you." Ino's mother bowed then glanced at her daughter who was desperately fanning herself, "Ino!"
"Ha-hai! Arigatogozaimasu!" Ino bowed and sighed, her mother was strict alright.
"Of course, go on ahead, and I suggest you hide your forehead protector, just so you won't scare the people."
"Ah right."
They entered Suna and the first this Ino had done was look for that Ice cream shop.
"Ino! We can look for that shop later, we have to go and check in!"
"Hai..." Ino wobbled.
They have finally checked in and Ino's father let her explore the village, Ino's mother refused at first, but with a little begging, she agreed.
Ino wobbled and sighed, she went to an alley and unconsciously sat down, breathing heavily.
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Sasori was roaming the streets alone, he was looking for more puppet parts, his grandmother had just taught him the art of puppetry, he was merrily walking until he made a quick turn at an alley and saw Ino, she was panting hard and Sasori quickly ran over to her side.
"Uh-uhm, excuse me, a-are you alright?" Sasori asked with a worried expression on his face.
"Ice cream..." Ino muttered.
"Ice cream?" Sasori repeated then realized what was happening! Heat stroke! Of course! He then stood up and went to the ice cream shop he was going to visit before going home, he had enough money to buy two Ice cream cones, one for him and one for her.
"Ugh..." Ino muttered,
"He-here." Sasori gave her the Ice cream cone and Ino shakily took it. She stared at it and took one lick.
Ino's eyes opened wide and she smiled, "Chocolate! Yum!" She licked again and sighed in relief. "Fwuah! Thank you!" She turned and smiled at Sasori who had a small tint of blush in return.
"U-uh, you're welcome."
"I was dying of the heat and came to look for this popular ice cream shop then I felt all dizzy and just collapsed here! You really saved me there!"
Wow she was a talker, Sasori noticed and smiled as he licked his own chocolate ice cream. "The heat doesn't seem to get along with you."
"That's because it's my first time in weather like this," She sighed as she ate her ice cream, "Mama and Papa made me come here for vacation, I don't mind the place, it's really pretty here and it's my first time going out of my village, but I'd rather pick a place less hot."
"Your village?"
"Yeah,"
"Where's your village?"
Ino placed a finger on her lips and winked, "If I tell you then you have to keep it a secret!"
Sasori blinked a few times then nodded slowly.
"I'm from Konoha!" She smiled.
"Konoha?" Sasori tilted his head."I've heard of that village before."
"Maybe because Suna and Konoha are allies!" She smiled, "But Papa told me not to say it out loud, so better keep it a secret okay?"
Sasori nodded his head and smiled, he wasn't used to talk to kids his age, he always was cooped up at home working on his puppets, he always talked with officials when he goes with his grandmother to the Kazakage's mansion but they weren't kids.
"Oh, it looks like I've got the Ice cream I came for," Ino stood up, "Hey, thank for the free ice cream!" Ino smiles mischievously and ran a few meters, "What's your name?"
"Uh- Sasori!" Sasori shouted hoping she heard it.
"Well Sasori, my name is Ino!" She ran a few meters more, "Let's meet up here again tomorrow!" She smiled happily which caught Sasori by surprise, "Same time okay?!"
Sasori slowly nodded, still confused but Ino just smiled,
"You can show me around here considering we have two weeks here okay?"
"H-hai..."
"Ja ne!"
And with that, Ino waved and ran back to the Inn she and her parents were staying at and when her mother saw her she scolded her about talking so long, but Ino just ate her ice cream with an unusually big smile on her face.
Sasori slowly stood up, looking to where Ino had been before, "Weird girl..." He had said with a smile on his face, he was then inspired to make a new small puppet.
It was dark out and Sasori had finally returned home.
"Sasori!"
Sasori blinked and looked at his grandmother who had hugged him.
"Grandma Chiyo."
"Where have you been child?" His grandmother pulled away and looked at his with worry, "It's dark out, you should have been back hours ago."
"Grandma! Grandma! I met someone today and she was really weird, but I promised to meet her tomorrow as well, here." Sasori showed Chiyo his bag of puppet part with a big smile, "I'm planning to make her a puppet and give it to her!" His smile grew wider, "Grandma, I'm going to go to my room and work on it right away!" Sasori then ran to his room and hurriedly built his puppet, he needed to make it precisely so that she would love it.
"My my..." Chiyo stared at the stairs, with a warm smile of her own, "He's never smiled like that before..." She walked up the stairs and peeked in his room, she saw him working happily with a big smile on his face, "I wonder who this girl is." She whispered with a smile and gently closed the door.
That's it for Past – 1, hope you enjoyed it! Leave a comment! Or maybe not, I mean... leave a comment to make me know that you exist! Thank you desu~!
