Puppeteer

Disclaimer : Naruto was never mine. Never did. Nuh-uh.

WARNING : Story MAY contain spoilers to the Anime watchers.

Advise is to read Chapter 266 onwards and you'll see how hot Sasori is! -drools- There's already a Sasori fanclub!

A/N : This chapter will explain Sasori's lack of puppet body!

ren-ta-chan wants you all to read & review please!

Puppets : 3
Sakura woke early in the morning due to her alarm clock and a delicious smell coming from her kitchen. She sighed. She got up from her bed to take a shower and brush her teeth.

After her shower, which was cold to wake her up more effectively, she headed downstairs to have her breakfast which she knew Sasori had made for her. After all, it WAS her house and he wouldn't be too greedy to leave her food out right?

Sakura was sure she could get used to the sight of seeing Sasori in her mother's apron. It was so CUTE seeing him in that. Wait, did she just think cute? She flushed. Well, no one can deny the cuteness except guys.

Come to think of it... Where the hell did he find the white shirt and jeans? Must have been her father's. Since it looked baggy on him yet made him have this look. She sighed. He looked absolutely fabulous in it.

Argh.

She felt she was becoming like the lovesick fangirl when she was with Sasuke.

Sakura sat at one end of the table while Sasori served her with pancakes. She blinked. "I think you know the way to earn a man's heart is through his stomach. But somehow, the situation seems reversed here." Sakura said with amusement twinkling in her eyes.

Sasori smirked. "Let's just say things with me aren't usually normal." He replied.

She slowly digested the answer.

"Itadakimasu."

They had decided on walking to the Hokage's Tower since it wasn't too far from her home.

Thankfully, no one had recognised him and it seemed that a lot of the girls were slowly falling for his looks. They arrived at the Tower quietly and Sakura looked at his face to look for any comfirmation that he was ready to enter her sensei's office. Sasori nodded and pushed opened the door.

"So… Sasori the puppeteer, you wish to stop your ways of the Akatsuki? I want you to swear. Then I shall retain all your chakra until you have earned my trust." Tsunade said after hearing Sakura's explanation.

"Ah! I have been meaning to ask you Sasori-san. That time when I fought you… You had a puppet body. Besides, the day I healed you, you had a perfectly fine male body." Sakura asked curiously.

"Chiiyo-baa, before she died of old age, removed the seal that was above my heart. Removing the seal required a blood of a loved one. Therefore, I ran away from the Sand village because I knew she was the dearest to me." Sasori replied emotionlessly yet Sakura could hear the tinge of sadness in it.

Tsunade hid a grin. She knew that grandma of his would still be dear to him, but now, her apprentice would soon be the most important in the puppeteer's heart. Not to mention, that Uchiha seemed to be looking at her apprentice a lot lately. Oh the fun of it all! Maybe she could trust this Sasori already.

"Hmm. I have a proposition for you Sasori-san. I wouldn't take your chakra away. BUT, in return, I want you to swear to protect Sakura at all times. Stand guard in front of her bathroom when she needs to go for all I care. Lately, Akatsuki is planning something and I'm sure they're targetting us since our country has been the one attacking them mostly." Tsunade said seriously even though her mind was planning deviously.

Sasori looked at the 5th Hokage.

"I swear, I will protect Sakura-san from harm or anything that is dangerous to her." He spoke up. Sakura looked at him in surprise.

"Excellent! Don't worry, you'll still be living at Sakura's house!" The 5th Hokage exclaimed as she clapped both her hands together. She threw something at Sasori.

Sakura, still in shock, allowed Tsunade to escort her out of the Hokage Tower while Sasori tied what the Hokage gave him around his arm.

Sasuke decided to walk around the village's marketplace to buy some supplies which was usually ninja projectiles or tomatoes. He noticed the familiar pink hair out of the crowd. Sasuke braced himself for Sakura's usual greeting along with a hug. He closed his eyes.

Any moment now.

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3.

Huh?

Sasuke opened one of his eyes and looked at Sakura. He blinked. Was that…? He hastily ran to her and grabbed her away from Sasori.

"Sasori…" He growled. Sasori looked up, obviously bored.

"Ah! Sasuke-kun! He is not an enemy! Can't you see his headband that's around his arm? Oh it's getting late, got to run!" Sakura quickly explained before she grabbed Sasori's hand and ran away from the seething Sasuke.

The emotions were clear to him now.

The emotion was different from anger, yet alike.

Sasuke was as sure as hell he was jealous.

Sakura panted. Using too much chakra on running was wasteful. Sasori sat down on her couch looking amused. She glared at him. She settled herself down on another couch saying a something very shocking that it surprised herself that she was pouring out her feelings to the puppeteer looking at her., "I'm starting to get annoyed at Sasuke. I almost DID beat you that time in the cave, he still thinks I'm the weak girl who couldn't withstand a fight for a few minutes."

She sighed. "I'll be upstairs in my room." Sakura muttered before trudging up the stairs. Sasori took this as a cue to start cooking. Funny how he, a male, was cooking for this very fast mood changing kunoichi…

He inwardly sighed.

Does that mean he had to follow Sakura even on missions?

Woah. That sounded like he was whining.

tsuzuku.
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