Hello,
This is my first story and I am quite frightened about it but… here it goes… Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, this is done purely on entertainment and I get no money from this.
Zetzu's POV
I stared at the child… He was barely sixteen for Kami's sake! But I could not disobey Leader-Sama's orders. Leader-Sama was very specific that he must capture the child. I crept upon the boy and almost smiled at how small he was. I was about to tie him up when his eyes shot open revealing rusty brown colored eyes.
He stared at me for a split second then jumped up, grabbing a kunai from under his pillow. He glared at me then asked in a calm, steady voice "What is it you require?" I nodded in a friendly manner and then replied "Sasori Akasuna, otherwise known as Sasori of the Red Sand or Sasori the Puppet Master, I have been sent to request that you join the ranks of the Akatsuki. Our Leader-Sama was very impressed by your knowledge and efficiency at such a young that he wishes for you to join us."
He stared at me then nodded saying "Will I be taking possessions with me or do we just leave now?" "We should just leave now. Items that you may need can and will be provided by the Akatsuki." I replied to him then said "I am Zetsu, and we should leave now. Please gather necessary items such as weapons that you will need. No personal items."
He picked up a scroll and released what looked like a hunched, it walked on all four legs, man with a cloak and very ugly face, it had a cloth mask hiding it bottom part of its mouth. It had spiky black hair and a cloak hiding most of its body. Sasori turned towards a door on the other side of the room and began sealing other humanlike creatures into scrolls.
I looked at the sky and saw it getting dark so I turned to Sasori "Shorty, Sasori we need to be at the base by sundown or Leader-Sama will be very angry." Sasori nodded and we took off to the base.
No one's POV
They ran for two hours until they reached a cave on the outskirts Amegakura village, also known as the village of rain, where Zetsu preformed multiple hand signs that Sasori did not care to follow. The Cave appearance gave way thus revealing a very dark, dungeon like hallway leading down into the earth's crust. Zetsu took lead walking at a fast pace, obviously trying to get somewhere.
"We will be taking you directly to Leader-Sama, where he will evaluate your worthiness in a difficult standardized test." Sasori nodded and hurriedly followed Zetsu down many winding, passages, which looked all the same.
Zetsu finally stopped at a tall, strange looking door emitting very powerful chakra patterns. He tapped three consecutive times then paused and resumed with another loud knock. A booming voice echoed through the hall "Zetsu! Is the boy with you? If so, take him to chamber eight where he will commence his 'Trial'". Zetsu nodded, even though Leader-Sama could not see him and turned sharply heading into the direction they just ventured from.
As they were walking, an awkward silence engulfed them until a blur of orange and black tackled Zetsu, making him stumble back a few steps, and look down at the mass on his person. "Tobi, what do you think you are doing?" Suddenly heavy footsteps could be heard and they were booking it to their destination.
"TOBI, Where are you? You little demon from hell! I swear to Jashin-sama when I get my hands on you I'm going to fucking kill you! Tobi is not a good boy!" A Silver haired person came bounding up to Zetsu yelling profanities that could make priests faint. Sasori, irritated by the noise, decided that now would be a perfect time to release Hiruko, his massive, hunched over puppet, and climbed inside.
"Hidan, What is your fucking, watch your language, problem!" Hidan stopped ranting and pointed his finger accusingly at Tobi! "That! That is my problem! The moment you get a mission he becomes the most obnoxious person known to man!"
"Tobi just wanted for Hidan-san to talk to Tobi. Tobi gets bored without Zetsu-Kun here to play with Tobi." Tobi huddled into Zetsu more covering his face, which was covered with an orange mask except for the right eye hole, from Hidan's glare and proceeded to whisper something into Zetsu's ear.
"Hidan, you will leave Tobi alone! Also, since you are here I am going to introduce you to our, hopefully, new Akatsuki member, If he passes the trial." Zetsu turned to the figure that Sasori is now in "Sasori, this Hidan. Hidan, this is Sasori Akasuna."
Hidan gaped at the bulky figure of Sasori. "That is Sasori of the red sand?" Suddenly a person with brown hair and, what looked to be, stiches holding him together appeared behind Hidan. "I agree with Hidan," The figure said, "This cannot be Sasori the Puppet Master!"
Zetzu turned to the new man and retorted "Kakuzu! Do you not believe in my ability to complete simple missions such as a retrieval mission?" Kakuzu shook his head, "I am simply baffled by the fact that this is Sasori," Kakuzu said "I have done much research over him but Sasori was always described as a young, puppet master. Although it was impossible to find any pictures of him, we have descriptions of him in mission reports." Zetsu nodded but sighed.
Sasori, deciding then would be the perfect time to remind Zetsu of the trial stepped forward "Zetsu-San, although meeting the people I will be soon working with is important, I wish to retire to a room soon and the only way to do that is go through the trial." Zetsu nodded "Yes. You are correct. I am sorry for becoming distracted. Please follow me."
Zetsu walked calmly telling Sasori the rooms as they passed but soon came up to a room with a raven haired man with red eyes standing next to the door. The man stepped forward and stared at Sasori's form sizing him up. He acknowledged Zetsu's presence then turned toward Sasori fully. "I will be your opponent during this trial. My name is Itachi Uchiha." Itachi stated. "Follow me." Sasori, still inside Hiruko, for that is where he feels safest, trekked slowly behind Itachi, weary of an attack.
Itachi led Sasori into a damp cavern like area that had many rocky land masses. Itachi turned to Sasori, who was faintly aware of a snake-like figure in the shadows, and without warning attacked.
Having already his Sharingan activated, for that was the Uchiha special blood-limit and he rushed forward, throwing a kunai. Sasori quickly responded opening a scroll and releasing what looked to be a very feminine woman puppet. He thrust her forward shooting kunai dripping in a purple substance.
Itachi dodged and came forward ripping through the puppet, then pinned Sasori against the wall of the cave. Sasori's eyes narrowed, for the fact that he had a pet-peeve about people touching him. He released a spike out of his shoulder, still covered in the purple substance, which sliced Itachi across his arm. Itachi stumbled back surprised but retaliated, shifting forward he used is Sharingan and Sasori was suddenly trapped in a world like no other.
Sasori was watching a very disturbing image that he had buried deep within his mind long ago, wishing for it to never resurface. An old man with graying hair and a wrinkled face held a belt, which was then slammed down upon a very fragile looking young Sasori who could be no older than eight.
"No! Stop! I promise I will behave!" Sasori screamed. "Please stop! I'm sorry Papa Ebizu! Never again! Never! I swear!" The old man, now named Ebizu, threw the belt down upon the child again. "You're right! You ungrateful little pile of shit! It won't happen again because there will never be an again!" Ebizu yelled. "You pulled a very stupid stunt which completely destroyed any trust I had with that customer and he will never be back again!"
Suddenly, a different image but only a glimpse, Sasori pinned beneath an older man, agony, suffering, then… Itachi was then thrust from Sasori's mind, left panting and tired.
Leader-Sama was beside Sasori with a great look of happiness. "Congratulations on passing the trial Sasori Akasuna. Not many are able to force Itachi out of their mind once the process has started." Leader exclaimed. "You must be really talented, or you have something deep in your past you want to forget. Anyway, your partner will be Orochimaru. He will show you the ropes." A snake-like man appeared on the left of Leader and stepped forward leering at Sasori. "Oh and Sasori" Leader-Sama remarked "Do not disappoint."
In a flash he was gone and Sasori was left with Orochimaru, a very unpleasant man to be around in any circumstance. Itachi came forward, wobbly in his footsteps, "I have not had a fight like that in a long time" He remarked "I would like to live to see you grow and maybe eventually have a rematch." Sasori nodded smirking, although hard to tell while he is in Hiruko. Closing the remaining distance between Itachi and his self Sasori pulled a very sterile looking needle and injected it into Itachi's right arm.
"That will rinse all residue of the poison from your veins." Sasori glanced at Orochimaru, "I also would like you to live long enough to have a rematch." Nodding in acceptance Itachi left, seeming to disappear into the shadows.
"Follow me Sasori." Orochimaru said, drawing out the "s" as if a snake hissing it's tune. He wasted no time, making Sasori walk quickly to keep pace. Suddenly Orochimaru turned sharply, winding down a very long passage way of what seemed to be bedrooms, until finally stopping at a wooden door with a kanji of "sky" and "jewel" etched into the wood.
Orochimaru walked into the room motioning for Sasori to enter as well before turning to the side of the room which was desolate, other than an Akatsuki cloak and a ring. "You will be required to wear the Akatsuki cloak anytime you leave the premises. The ring represents your participation in our beliefs. You are required to wear you ring, 'jewel' on your left thumb." He turned, looking into Sasori's muddy brown eyes before stating "You have about thirty minutes before I will come get you for the official ceremony. Unpack, settle in, do as you wish but do not leave this room."
In a blink of an eye he was gone. Sasori turned staring at the half of the room he could do with what he wished and began unraveling scroll's he had brought with him. He released a workbench, with many puppets on it, and began setting up how he wanted his puppets to be arranged, weak to lethal. Quickly thirty minutes passed because Orochimaru was in the room breathing down his neck "Bring your village headband with you" He said turning and standing by the door.
Sasori grabbed it quickly and rushed after Orochimaru, who had vanished as soon as Sasori had moved. Following the snake-like man through the dark Sasori finally came upon the other Akatsuki members. Leader-Sama stood and smiled beckoning Sasori to come closer.
Leader-sama grabbed Sasori and faced the entire group, pulling out a kunai. Handing Sasori the weapon he looked at the headband Sasori had in his hand. "Slash your headband." He explained, "Your headband is a sign of loyalty to your village and to slash a line through it symbolizes you turning your back on your village and swearing loyalty to us."
Sasori stared at his headband, bearing the symbol for the sand village, and could see images of the past good and bad. The room grew heavy with suspense, everyone was staring at Sasori waiting, watching. Finally in a sweep of finality and firmness, a streak was placed through the symbol, forever scaring the headband.
Cheer's erupted from all the people; everyone was enjoying the fact that there was a new member. Sasori continued to stare at the damaged piece of shinobi equipment and ponder upon what he just severed ties with.
Orochimaru slithered up toward Sasori, "I was beginning to wonder if you would sever your ties or try to escape." Sasori looked incredulously, or as incredulously as you could for Sasori was indeed still in Hiruko, at Orochimaru and shrugged. "I was contemplating it…" Sasori remarked "But I thought it would be too much of a hassle to defeat all of you."
Orochimaru chuckled "You are full of confidence." He stated. Sasori turned heading out the door "Yes, I am quite confident but that is only because it is the truth." He stated simply, turning to look at Orochimaru pointedly. "Now show me to our room, please. I wish to finish unpacking."
Once back in their room Sasori walked to his side of the room and opened Hiruko, stepping out. Orochimaru stared at Sasori with lust filled eyes, although it was not normal lust, and shamelessly ogled him. After getting over Sasori's actual appearance Orochimaru left Sasori to his puppets.