Author-Ayumizetsu-lover(and some by little bro)
Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto… or Sasori. I do own Anira and Forrest.
-I think I've said all I need to. My brother(15 yrs. Old) is the voice of Forrest's personality, so anything Forrest says is not written by me. 3-enjoy!!
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HEARTSTRINGS
CHAPTER 1
A scream cut through the chilled night air. Anira shot up in her bed, panting. It took her a few seconds before she realized the scream had came from her.
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Anira sat in her parents stark kitchen, shuddering. She hadn't expected anyone else in the house to awaken to her sudden outburst, she had been waking from her continuous nightmares like this since she was ten years old. And seven years later, the horrible memory-induced visions still gave her chills.
She brought her stale cup of re-microwaved coffee to her quavering lips, and sipped. Her nerves began to relax as the steam from the brown liquid spiraled into her nose.
Anira glanced at the small clock fixed into her mom's trusty old stove. 'three in the morning… that's the most sleep I've gotten in two months! ' She realized. Surprisingly, the thought came to her as a near accomplishment; she was getting tougher.
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After a while, Anira glanced at the clock again and sighed. It was time to get the rest of the family up and out of bed, something she really didn't enjoy.
Having a little brother who had only been two when her dad had died, he didn't suffer from the same horrific nightmares she did.
Anira wandered grudgingly into her little brothers room, hopefully, God had decided Forrest would actually enjoy school that day, but Anira was not that lucky.
"Hey, Forrest, it's time to get your butt out of bed dude." Anira murmured semi-sweetly, shaking him gently.
Yeah, like shaking the nine yr. old had worked the last four weeks.
"NOOOoooooooo…go die." the lump moaned from under his comforter.
Anira groaned and ripped the warm blanket off the black haired boy. Forrest had insisted on dying his hair that color after glimpsing a group of goth teens on his way home from school.
"Get up!" she growled menacingly, maybe this time he'd actually respond…
Forrest rolled over to face her and gave her an impish grin. "You know, if you did die, it would make this world soooo much easier to live in." he snickered.
"Uhg! You brat!" Anira shouted. Before the boy had time to react, she'd yanked his pillow out from under his head and slammed it in his face. "Do you know how easy it would be if YOU weren't in MY life?!!"
From underneath his pillow, Forrest snickered. "Nope! No clue." then he flung his pillow in her general direction.
Anira dodged easily, then spun around and left the room. "You're awake, that's all I needed to know. If you miss school today, you're moms problem, not mine!" She roared from the top of the stairs.
Anira left her little brother to get himself dressed. Every sunrise, since their moms new job, it had been her duty to wake Forrest up in the morning, and they went through that same routine, more or less so, every weekday.
On her way back towards the kitchen, she paused by her mother's room and peered in. Although her father had been dead for seven years, she still slept in a king sized bed.
"Mom?" She whispered tentatively. her mom wasn't as deep of a sleeper as Forrest, but she still had problems waking up in the morning.
There was a groan, and she saw the frail lump under the comforter move and squirm. "I-I'm awake honey. G-go get yourself dressed." The woman answered tiredly.
Anira smiled slightly then turned to do as her mother had said, then paused and spun back around. "Mom, I slept till three last night." She said proudly.
"Th-that's great sweetheart, did you scream?" Her mom half whispered with encouragement.
"Yeah, I screamed… it's hard not to… y'know?" Anira answered, a little sadly.
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End of chapter one!! I think I forgot to mention… this entire story takes place in our world. I know it's a little short, but that's the beginning!! Oh, and don't worry Sasori fans. Our adorable brown-eyed red-haired puppeteer is coming up soon so plz be patient! I'll update soon! (please respond! This is my first try, so encouragement might help!) mmm…bye!