disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

tea leaves i: a series of drabbles; Did you know? There exists a small star where souls are bought and sold. There also exists a girl who waits and waits for all her souls to be sold, for then would she be granted a chance to be born into Earth.

i. soul for sale

Did you know? Across the Milky Way, some thousand light years away, there exists a small star. On this star, souls are bought and sold, usually by the owners themselves.

. . .

One blonde boy with bright blue eyes sold his soul of happiness for a plain, pink-haired girl, for he wished happiness for his love. Though this girl sold her own soul of happiness in return, it was not out of love, but out of gratitude.

This pink-haired girl, whose name was of a beautiful, delicate flower, sold many other parts of her. She sold her soul of "Sakura" – the part of her that made up her name – to her parents. Her soul of intelligence was bought by a pale, blonde woman by the name of Tsunade. This pink-haired girl was popular, and soon, she had sold half of her souls.

The remaining ones resembled to those of Pandora's box. Anger. Hate. Confusion. Chaos. Misery.

She waited and waited for the rest of her souls to be sold, for then would she be granted a chance to be born into Earth.

At first, people were hesitant towards her, but soon, they easily came to ignore her. For countless days and nights, she stood, waiting persistently for her souls to be sold.

One day, a man clad in black stopped in front of her. When he pulled over his hood, the girl brightened instantly. The man she loved had finally returned.

Eagerly, she brought out the one part of her soul she had been keeping preciously – the soul of hope. Selflessly, the pink-haired girl cast her ugly souls to the side and gently placed her soul of hope into the man's hands.

The raven-haired man bought her soul of hope, and only that, and then he walked away. The pink-haired girl realized that the man must have sold all his souls, and now he was granted the right to be reborn on Earth.

Surrounded by all her ill-fitted souls, the tremulous girl wept softly, and with great sorrows, for not only was she bound to her ill souls eternally, she had lost her love again.

Several days later, a mysterious man bought all her souls, and the girl was finally granted access to Earth, where she could reunite with her unrequited love, she hoped. The mysterious man, before turning away, offered her his soul.

It was a soul of forgetfulness, but the girl never found out because her memories disappeared upon entering Earth. All her previous painful heartbreaks and the never-ending years of waiting were forever lost in her memory.

. . .

In the distant star, a young man clad in a black cloak waits for his ugly souls to be sold, but it's okay.

He has her soul of hope with him.

notes: a very random idea just struck me. this is the result.