Chiyo walked through the halls. As a councilor, nearly an elder, she was very busy and was rushing to get her paperwork to the right person. She turned a corner and crashed into an unfortunate Jounin on the other side. He was about to yell but he saw she was the person he was looking for.
"Chiyo-sama, I have some…… news." He said uncomfortably.
"What's wrong?" She asked curiously.
Her knees grew weak. She put her hand on the wall to keep herself from falling over. Tears began to form in her eyes and run down her cheeks. She didn't try to hold them back, she didn't care about her image anymore. Her daughter and son were dead.
Sasori stood in a line with the many other students. He saw classmates go up, collect their headbands and ran proudly to their parents. Sasori scanned the crowd for his parents but looked down nervously when they were not in the crowd. Sasori stepped forward as another kid was called. Sasori scanned once again, very quickly, failing to see them. He looked down sadly. He looked back to the end of the line were Baki stood. He was standing beside the rest of the advanced children that would be given an additional award. She played with his sleeves nervously as he waited to be called. A very long and boring 30 minutes passed and Sasori finally woke from his spaced out state when the person in front of him was called. He then heard his name being called.
"Sasori!"
He expected clapping from all his family. The auditorium was silent. Other parents looked around nervously, deciding to clap to make the poor kid feel better. Sasori looked down as he trudged outside. He leaned against the wall and threw the headband at his feet.
"Sasori-kun…" The voice of his grandmother brought a small hint of hope as he looked up.
Something was wrong, her eyes were red from crying. Sasori walked over slowly and nervously.
"What's wrong, Grandma Chiyo?" Sasori asked quietly.
"Your parents… won't be coming back," She said sadly, and almost as quiet as her grandson.
Sasori understood death better than most people his age. His parents ad caused it every day. So Chiyo's subtle attempt to make it seem like they were still alive was wasted on him. Sasori's knee's buckled but Chiyo caught him. They held onto each other for a long time afterwards. Sasori didn't want to let go. He wished that his Grandma could take him far away from this world. A place that could numb all his feelings and take away the sadness.
Ebizo paced the hallways of his home. The bodies had been recovered and the killer was the white fang of Konoha.
"There's so much to do…" Ebizo mumbled subconsciously.
There were funeral preparations to be made, they had to buy a nice one. Also Sasori would be a new addition to their family so the guest room had to be cleaned out.
"Before I forget…" Ebizo added "Kill the White Fang" onto his list.