Happy fourth of July! :D Lol! :3 Well here's the 2nd chapter! Sorry it took me so long to update this Dx I've been focusing on my other fanfic.

Okay, well in this fanfiction, Sakura is 13 and Sasori is 17. I realize that Sasori is much older than that, he is actually 35. But that would be creepy to pair a 13 year old girl and a 35 year old guy. e.e This fanfic also takes place a little bit after Sasuke leaves the village, meaning that Naruto is still around for some time.

Another thing is that, Sasori will not be a puppet in this fanfic. I'm just going to make him human, since that will be much easier for future things. I hope none of you have any problems with that! ^^; Anyways, on with the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.


Sasori was sitting next to Deidara. He was thinking of everything he had just learned. From Akatsuki's demise to his own death, he didn't know which disturbed him more.

He knew he wasn't the strongest shinobi, so surely his death would be inevitable. But the fact that the Akatsuki would be brought down was unbelievable to him.

The redhead wasn't paying attention to what Pein was saying, instead he busied himself in thoughts of this supposed pink-haired girl.

"Sasori!" Pein's voice shook the puppet master out of his thoughts and brought him back to reality. He looked up and saw that the rest of the members were all staring at him.

Deidara smiled, Kisame grinned viciously, Hidan glared, Konan stared politely, Itachi remained impassive, and Kakuzu... well, you can't tell because of the mask covering his mouth.

The old woman was no where in sight, meaning she must of left.

"Yes, Pein-sama?" Sasori's voice came out as rather monotone, almost as if he didn't care.

Pein's gray Rinnegan eyes bore holes into the redhead, making him flinch slightly. It was never a good idea to piss off Pein. The leader made his way over to the puppet master, but stopped a few feet away from him. "I'm giving you a mission, Sasori." His voice was barely above a whisper as he gazed into Sasori's brown eyes.

Sasori scrutinized Pein, incredulously. "May I ask what the mission is, Pein-sama?" For some reason he already had a feeling what would be asked of him, judging by the way Pein was acting and how he had immediately picked him for it.

The orange haired man turned his head to the rest of the members and gave a cold glare. But his glare did soften at the sight of Konan, who smiled at him coyly.

They all stopped staring and turned their heads to the front and remained quiet, but they were sure to listen in closely. The leader sharply turned back to Sasori, "Your mission is to find out what this secret weapon is, that Konoha possesses. After you find out what it is, report back to me. Then we will be able to take out the Kyuubi brat. Also, kill that pink-haired girl that Chi was talking about. I can't afford to lose you, as you are invaluable to this organization." Pein stood there expectantly, awaiting Sasori's response.

All the redhead could do was nod, as he waited for his leader to say anything else. "You will leave right after this meeting has been adjourned. I don't want you to be wasting precious time, though I am giving you as much time as you need. This mission could take a while." Pein turned around, making his cloak swish back behind him.

"All of you may leave now," the orange-haired man said tersely. He was done wasting his time with them all. He needed to get his head cleared. All of this news was unsettling to him.

Everyone scrambled out of their seats and quickly went out the door, except Konan, who stayed back with Pein as usual.

Sasori was back in his room and collected the necessary weapons he needed. He was going to bring all sorts of poisons and serums and what not. The redhead propped his puppets on to his back with a sigh. He didn't particularly like long missions, as they were quite tiresome.

"Hey, Sasori-danna!" All of a sudden he felt someone jump up from behind and grab his neck. Sasori struggled to free himself, but found himself unable to do so.

He managed to shake them off and turned around, ready to kill who ever it was. His eyes widened slightly, because he wasn't that surprised. Deidara was grinning cheekily at him with a flushed face. "Sorry, Sasori-danna!" He laughed and scratched the back of his head in an embarrassed manner.

The puppet master glared at his teammate's immature behavior. They were both 17, yet Deidara still acted like a child. "What do you want?" Sasori sneered and checked the bottles he had at his sides. He didn't want them to break because poisons were inside of them, poisons he made himself. Many of them didn't have a cure, making them even more dangerous.

The blonde was used to his teammate's stressed out behavior. His danna acted like he was stressed out all the time. "I just wanted to wish you good luck on your new mission, since it seems like it will be difficult." Deidara smirked, inwardly pleased with the idea that the mission would be difficult for his partner.

He had to admit, he was jealous of Sasori sometimes. Sasori always got things done quickly and proficiently, something that Deidara himself was unable to do most of the time. Well, the blonde did accomplish his missions quickly, but not as quick as Sasori.

The redhead eyed him suspiciously. To him it seemed like his partner was sucking up in order to accomplish something. But maybe he was being paranoid. "Thank you," Sasori said. "I must be on my way now." He gently pushed Deidara aside as he headed out the door, but he made sure to bid him a farewell before he left.


Sasori was jumping from tree to tree speedily. Konoha wasn't too far from where he was. He had been traveling for only a few hours, as Amegakure was actually very close to Konoha.

Along the way he had to go through a small village that was right on the border of Ame and Konoha. Right now he was in the dense forest of Konoha.

The redhead knew that unnecessary attention would be brought upon him if someone noticed his chakra heading towards Konoha, whether it was from villagers or shinobi, so he made sure to mask his chakra.

The puppet master knew what he would do as soon as he arrived in the village; he would begin his search for the pink-haired girl. It is likely that the Jinchuuriki would be near her when he got there, but even if he wasn't, he would be around her at some point.

Soon another hour had passed, and Sasori could see the gates to Konoha. It was guarded by 2 shinobi, but he knew he could easily get rid of them. He kept himself hidden high up in a tree, and readied a paper bomb. He would use this as a distraction for them.

He attached the paper bomb to a kunai and poised it in his hand, ready to throw it. He threw it as it went flying into the trees. An explosion was heard seconds later as trees and debris flew up into the air. Sasori turned his attention back to the guards and saw that they had noticed it, and went to check it out. The gate was left open for anyone to waltz in.

Sasori took the opportunity to hurry in through the gate, making sure to go unnoticed by anyone that happened to be near it.

The redhead soon found himself behind some bushes at a park of some sort. There was a bench made of stone that was set on a sidewalk. The area was heavily littered with trees and forestry.

All of a sudden he heard laughter. The voice was feminine and high-pitched.

He peered through the bushes and spotted her. "This pathetic pink-haired girl is the one who's going to kill me?" Sasori whispered to himself.

There sitting on the bench was a pink-haired girl. There couldn't be too many pink-haired children in this village, so he assumed that was the same girl that old woman was talking about.

The girl had short pink hair that barely grazed her shoulders. From what he could see, she had green eyes that sparkled with such brilliance. She wore a red qipao dress with green shorts underneath. Her figure appeared to be scrawny. She lacked any feminine curves what so ever.

Sasori was not a perverted man, but he couldn't help but notice that she was as flat as a 10 year old boy. He really wanted to laugh at how feeble this girl was and at the fact that she was supposed to kill him. Nonsense! He of course would kill her first!

He chuckled to himself lightly as he continued to watch her. This will be an easy kill for me.


Well that's the 2nd chapter! I hope you liked it! ^^ I have a lot planned for this fanfic! Haha, well, if you have any questions just ask in a review and I'll gladly answer them for you! :3

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