*Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, if I did, Himo would be an actual character. Warning: Rated T for now it'll probably change to M. NO LEMONS. Read at your own will, there is always the back button. This is my very first fic so please take it easy on me. :D enjoy*

She was the one who cheered him up.

She was the one who lifted him when he was broken.

Himo was the string who guided him

And he was the puppet.

Yet she was the one who had broken him.

She was the one who made him sad.

She was the one who led him astray.

But she never knew what was bound to happen until the moment of truth.

That moment when she figured it all out.

The story was so secretive that no one knew it all until it happened.

Now we follow this from a simple love story to something much more complex.

The only things left of this long time story, are a far away place, a pair of wings, a stabbed puppet, and a snapped string.

Sunagakure- 28 years ago

He saw the executioners' blades. He couldn't see who was being killed, so he asked his grandmother. "Who is being executed?"

Chiyo replied to her grandson's question, "A fifteen year old and a seven year old, both female"

Sasori looked shocked, and that was a rare sight, "Seven! That's my age!"

Then, he looked closer, "Wait! That's Himo!" he recognized his only friend and fellow academy student.

He looked closer at the other girl, "And that's Setsuna!" he recognized the Suna Jōnin that was Himo's older sister.

All of the sudden he started pushing through the large crowd, trying to stop what was bound to happen. Then, some Chūnin came over to the executioners and Sasori stretched his ears out to listen. I should have brought some puppets he thought calmly as he listened in.

"The execution was canceled?" one of the executioners said.

"Yes, since the providers of this information have been killed during a mission, we have no evidence to execute them".

Then, the Chunin said that the execution was cancelled due to lack of evidence, some looked disappointed, and others looked relieved.

Sasori seemed calm and indifferent but inside, he was jumping for joy. He couldn't bear losing his only friend. She was one of the only things that made him truly happy.

Flashback- two years ago

Sasori was playing with his puppets with a lonely look on his face. The thing Himo didn't know was that he was really happy with his parent puppets. But right now, she was simply awed by his skill. She decided to tell him up front for the first time in the three months of just watching him. He turned around, noticing her dark brown hair, deep purple eyes, and her simple white robes.

"Who is it?" he asked calmly, seeming unfazed, but in reality he thought she was really pretty and was surprised that she was watching him.

"Oh….ummmm…I….w-w-as watching y-you w-with y-y-our puppets…" Himo replied stuttering at first, but slowly regaining confidence.

"Oh! Well, do you want to play with me? Baa-chan will show you how!" Sasori didn't bother to hide his happiness, someone wanted to play with him!

/A few hours later/

"WOW! THIS IS AMAZING!" Himo shouted as she started to put together her very first puppets. Chiyo was proud of her new student. She was a quick learner who manipulated genjutsu with human-like puppets to create some scary events to say the least. They were sure to be great friends once they joined the Academy…..

Back to the present (one day after the execution was cancelled)

After what happened, Himo seemed cheerful as ever, but Sasori knew that it was fake. It was finally the day they were promoted to Genin. He turned around to her and asked if she was alright and she said that she was, but in reality, she was anything but. But she did cheer up when she and Sasori passed, but the rest was a bit of a bore…until the Jōnin senseis for each team were announced. She was asleep at her desk until Sasori tapped her and whispered "Himo-chan, these are the last three teams, let's hope we're together".

Himo blushed and said, "Yeah Saso-chan, me too!"

She started to pray silently for them to be on the same team.

"Himo Yamibato, Sasori Fukasa, and Subata Hamuku. Your sensei will be Takaeshi Moridomo".

Himo gawped. "THE Takaeshi Moridomo?" she thought, "He's the Kazekage's personal shinobi! Only used for important missions! Why is he a sensei?"

He motioned them to follow him to a simple looking training ground.

"Hey there," Takaeshi yawned softly, "since you already know who I am, go ahead and introduce yourselves, starting with the redhead over there."

"I'm Sasori Fukasa, I like pretty much all foods (AN: I was lazy OK?),...love using puppets, and my wish in life is...ummmm" he started to blush beet red.

There was a minute of silence, the Takaeshi spoke, "ANYWAY, what about the brunette?"

Himo started to speak, "I'm Himo Yamibato, my favorite food is flan, I really love using genjutsu and puppets to fight and…I'm NOT telling you my wish in life!"

"Next…."

"I'm Subata Hamuku, I like using my fans," she held up her medium sized fans, "and my wish in life is that I find a certain someone and kill two other someones."

"Now, I have a bit of a test for you three…..it'll be very hard because this is not what other senseis are doing."

"Just spill it." Subata rolled her eyes while commenting.

"Okay if you insist, you'll be doing a low A-rank mission."

The three Genin gawped.

"Of course if you get injured, I'll do the mission myself…you should pack up cause we're leaving tomorrow. Bye my little students!" and he disappeared with the sand.

The next day

"How long is he gonna make us wait?" Himo finally yelled out in frustration.

"Himo-chan don't worry about it." Sasori attempted to calm her down.

Then the person they had all been waiting for opened the door.

"Hello there! Sorry I'm late, I had to prepare some paperwork for the-"

Subata interrupted him, "Cut the crap and let's go".

"Alright then," Takaeshi sighed, "let's go." And as he walked away, three little Genin followed.


This is my first chapter and it may be a little weird but please R&R! I really would like to know how to write my fics better… The goal of this was to make a team similar to Team 7 but the path changed greatly, don't worry, it'll get more exciting later on but until then, please stay with me!