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Chapter 4: Mindsphere - level 1 - Sakura
The soft breeze of the wind touching his face, ruffling his red hair against his cheeks while shadowing over his eyes slightly, the light humming of the birds while the lovely sight of the red roses over growing the fences of the run down castle in front of him took on a fairy tale appearance, Sasori simply standing there in front of the large stone gates with the iron bars of the gate locked with chains. There was no way of really getting in and he had just finished walking through the mountain pass to get there so it would take a few hours to get back to the middle of the field where the two cities where at the moment, however, his little fairy was simply flying around his over head watching him to see what the male truly would do. In a way it was kinda funny. Slipping his hands into his pockets, Sasori moved away from the gate only to cast a glance up at the top of the tower where a small light flickered, far away from the world that was below it waiting for it.. It took a few hours but Sasori was finally to the east city, the streets where dead while trash gently blew from the left to the right, the old pieces of trash hitting against the brick and wooden buildings while silence slowly started to eat away at his minds peace, well this was a lovely city. Slowly he walked down the hallway with his back straight and his eyes moving from the left to the right waiting for something to jump out of the shadows but then he stopped, there just in the center of the town stood a small girl reaching into the wishing well to grab a few of the coins there, Sasori couldn't help but smirk at this sight, honestly if he wanted a child he wanted it to take after him, after all he was much stronger than the rest of his group.
With the loud clock tower ringing in the distances, the high traditional Japanese buildings hiding the street in shadows, he slowly moved over to the pink hair female and watched as her small hand moved the water from left to right trying to grab the pretty coins that rested just out of her reach. "If you take those coins you'll have bad luck..." He warned, the girl jumping and looking up at him, water shining and dripping from her hands just as she moved them over her chest and gripped them into fist, those two large green eyes looking up at him and shock and confusion. Moving over to the fountain he sat down on the edge of it and looked into the water only to gently grab the large coin she had been after and smiled, handing it to her, but she only stared at him, "Who are you...?" Her weak voice asked, "The princess doesn't like people where during the day..." Confusion entered Sasori's eyes but he gripped the coin and moved to place his hands into his lap, "I'm actually here to see the princess but the gate is locked..." Watching as the girl turned away from him and started to dig for more coins, completely ignoring him now that she knew he wasn't any trouble for her, he looked down at the coins only to stand up with a huff and gently grab her hand that was resting just within the water, taking it out and placing the large silver coin inside of it. "And if she doesn't like people here during the day... Than what are you doing here?" The question seemed to shock the girl but she huffed and yanked her hand away, the coin bouncing and rolling away from them on the stone street.
The little girl only glared up at him before she turned and moved away from him, Sasori following like the lost pup that he really was, "Well girly...?" Pausing at the nickname, she turned to look up at him and pouted, a light tint of pink resting on her cheeks, "Just because you can get the good stuff... doesn't mean I can..." she answered, a small glare on her face trying to warn him to shut up but it didn't work, he only smiled wanting to know more, "Th... the princess takes everything... Every day she ask for more people and she controls this place..." Gripping the few coins that she had in her hand, she bowed her head allowing a few strands of pink to cover her face and stood there in silence, it was like a heavy weight was slowly pressing down onto Sasori's body waiting for the girl to finish, "She isn't even... Suppose to be in this level..." With a jerk of his body, his eyes widen and he slowly started to become confused, "Your here to help aren't you...?" He asked softly, looking up at him with those large green eyes and for once Sasori felt his body frozen, should he help her? He was only there to find the real Sakura and to help her learn songs for the war but there he was now standing in front of a little girl who was dirty and very thin wanting him to help her get rid of the princess who wasn't even suppose to be there in that moment. At first Sasori didn't answer her, of course he didn't, he was a bad guy! But then he smiled and nodded, "Sure... Tell me how to get into the castle first..."
Leading him away from the city and towards the other one, silence easily coming over the two of them through the long walk, they finally made it to the city that was covered in complete darkness, the people there shivering in the cold and wrapped up in ripped clothes and blankets, there wasn't even a wishing fountain there that had water in it! "She took everything from us..." The little girl spoke, her hair falling over her shoulders while Sasori stood behind her looking around the place in slight awe. From the field to the castle to the other city everything looked to be perfect, then when you came to this city... You could feel the pressure and the tension filling the air and pressing down on your back trying to force you to give up and simply lay there and yet... Through all the people who were hooded and cloaked, this little girl was the only one to want to get out of this darkness and dared to go into the light. Silently she walked over to the few people close to her and smiled, laying a few coins in their hands, it wasn't that surprising that she did it and in fact he had expected it but when those people looked up Sasori nearly froze in fear! There was Naruto as a child and Sasuke as a child leaning against each other, each taking a coin in their hand before a large figure hovered over her and his body tensed, there stood Kakashi simply hugging her in his arms smiling at her. It was kinda confusing at seeing them there when they weren't suppose to be but when she looked up at him and smiled, Sasori walked over to her side and her hand gripped his large one, Sasori earning a glare from the simple action.
"He's here to free us from her..." The little girls voice spoke, her eyes locking with Kakashis, "Nii-Sama... Can we help him get into the castle...?" She asked, though Sasori didn't understand why the girl was calling Kakashi brother, he didn't really think of asking her and simply accepted it. The elder male looked up at him and nodded but then sighed, "First we need to get the lights and water back to this place... That way we can over power her..." He answered, the small girl's hand gripping Sasori's tighter with those simple words and looked up at him, "I can help with the water... I think ViVi can help with the light..." Thus the Naruto look alike looked up and smiled that stupid grin of his before nodding, standing with Sasuke by his side once again, "Yea, I know where she's keeping it!" Then he started to think, if they could do this all along then why hadn't they? "I'll come with you two..." Her legs were shocking when she said this and Sakura grip tighten on his hand before she started to tug him away from the city back towards the South away from the cities and the castle. He didn't ask, he didn't even speak till they were far away from the city where all her so called friends stood waving at the two of them as they faded off into the field of flowers. Something had changed though... Instead of there being flowers that bloomed to life, there were flowers that were slowly dying around them... Now Sasori had to ask, even with her small hand gripping his shaking, was this the right Sakura that he was helping or was it the wrong one that had changed this place that he was helping take control?
After a few hours of walking in silence they finally came to a large dam which is when Sakura finally released his hand and looked up at him smiling happily, "We need to unblock this..." The large cement thing stood far above him and Sakura and yet he was sure that if he unblocked this then the city would flood the poor town! However, the little girl was already looking around the area trying to find a door or a nob but Sasori already had the most evil of idea's and simply started to form seals with his hands, the little Sakura looking up at him confused and then with a simple seal Sasori forced a large amount of Chakra into the stone and grabbed Sakura's hand, pulling her against his chest and hiding her just as the stone exploded and chips of stone flew past his face while the small girl gripped his shirt tightly. With the last of the stone falling around them, he finally sat up and looked at the wall where... nothing came out? There was no water, no light just nothing! Sakura raced over to the rubble though and peaked inside of the dark only to see a small water guardian slowly float out. With a long white kimono on her chibi form, dark black hair floating around her face and crystal blue eyes locking with Sasori's, the male blinked, "Are you the ones that saved me...?" She asked, her lips never moving but her voice floating through the air around them, "I've been locked up for so long..." Hugging the large wooden dipper in her hands, she smiled and looked around her, "Now I can get back to my work..." With a small wave of her wooden dipper, water rushed from the opening of the rubble and rushed down the stream filling it to the brim.
It was that moment that the little girls hair ruffled slightly and turned a tint of blue, "Ah..." Looking up at him she smiled happily, the guardian standing just behind her before slowly disappearing into small white orbs, entering the small girl's body, "Now I can summon her... Thank you Sasori!" She seemed happy enough and Sasori was pleased have have gained a new song, though it seemed rather useless... What was the point of having a water guardian? Returning to the village, the group before him already taking while the people that were still hooded drank the water that was now freshly entering the towns stream, he turned and looked up at the darkening sky, it seemed the princess wasn't that happy anymore about her subjects being under her control. Feeling a small tug on his cloak he looked down and smiled and Sakura who grabbed his hand and followed Naruto once again out of the village towards the east part of the world, where the dark village was resting in silence. Sasori watched the two children talk and Sakura seemed innocent enough but something just didn't seem right! Sasori tried not to let it bother him, even as they entered the dark city and walked towards the large palace that sat in silence, he didn't question them, only made sure to stay close to Sakura. With a creak of the large wooden doors, the three of them walked inside of the building and Naruto lead them down into the basements where the falling apart palace that was laced in golden decorations with red walls and boarders.
In that moment Sasori paused just outside of the cage where the small fire fox sat waiting for them, it's sad eyes looking up at the three begging to be free from the jail, "I... I can't..." There stood the small girl Sakura, her hands sliding from Sasoris while her green eyes widen in fear, "I can't let you two... I thought I could..." Holding her head a purple aura started to raise around her and Sasori moved Naruto back behind him, her small hands gripping her head in pain, Naruto stood there in fear shaking at the sight of his long friend. "I can't bring light to this world! They will see everything and you... you will see everything to!" Turning to look up at them was no longer the innocent girl but a feared beast that was hurt and now trying to force the people who could help her away, Sasori saw this and felt the heat of her aura already eating away at his skin. Silently the girl readied to attack and the fox just inside of the jail stood there watching, as if testing to see what Sasori would do now. "Sakura..." His voice seemed to jolt her away and she looked up at him, tears filling her eyes, "I wont judge you... I'm here to help you learn songs... Songs that when you sing can help people like you want..." Still nothing came to mind and she moved backwards by a small step, Sasori stepping forward and wrapping his arms around the scared child, "Sakura listen to me... I wont tell anyone... I promise..." It was a lie of course but she seemed to relax against him and nodded, his skin that had been burning now relaxed as the gate open and the small fox moved to jump onto Sasori's shoulder, the three walking outside into the darkness that the young girl her self had cast upon this world to hide in.
As they left the palace, Sakura resting in Sasori's arms holding him close, the small fox jumped down and grew, grew and grew till three large tails whip around it from behind and it stood over the group howling up at the clouds. With a bright light glowing from it's body, the clouds slowly started to disappear and the bright sunlight flashed down onto the world below them, the flowers slowly disappearing to show the large forest area, the springs and the small houses of the villagers who had been buried under the darkness. It was this moment Sasori looked down to see Sakura no longer a child but the adult she was suppose to be, looking up at him with fear and confusion, "...Sasori... We lied..." She whispered, Naruto gone while he looked around him self finding that he was standing in the middle of a large lake, the water below him so still it mirrored him, "We can't take you to the princess... Not yet..." Slowly she moved from his hold and started to glow a bright gold, the water slowly moving up around them, "But... If you go deep into me... You can save her..." With small golden orbs Sakura disappeared from his hold and the water suddenly clung to him, taking him down into the darkness of the lake quickly, Sasori never even having a chance to fight.
With a sputter of water from his lips, the door above him was swung open and he sat up in the bed he had laid in, looking over to see that sakura was still deep inside of the sleep that he had left her. With a sigh he moved off his bed and disconnected him self from the thing before doing the same to Sakura and leaving the room, he was tired... So very tired, but he laid her in his bed and left the room, sealing the door so she wouldn't be able to leave without him. Wobbling his way into the main meeting room, he looked up at the two leaders who smirked at his tired state, "Naruto... What happened to make you like this...?" Sasori questioned suddenly, silence coming over the group while Naruto glared at him, "Why... Did you need see something inside of her...?" Sasori didn't answer but it seemed to be enough for the blond male to tilt his head back and yawn, "...Everyone has a dream... I worked very hard for mine... I even lived through the hell that village put me through when I was little..." He spoke, silence slowly weighing down more and more on the group while they listen intently, "Yet they gave the position to someone else... They didn't even consider me to be hokage!" He yelled, slamming his hand down onto his throne and glaring at the red hair male, his eyes turning a bright red, "That is why I will be better... I will prove they made a mistake and create the perfect world..." Then he smirked, "And with Sakura as my Goddess... Her songs will lead us to that victory..."
Okay so I hope ya'll liked this chapter, I wanted to through something into this part but I didn't want to make it to serious or playful, I wanted to just scratch the first layer of who I think Sakura really is on the inside. Anyway, like normal comment and review my lovies~
