The old academy head grumbled as he sorted through the large pile of papers. This was rare procedure, and he hated doing it. Hoping he had heard wrong he turned to the elderly lady in front of him.
"So you want him pulled out of the ninja program?"
Chiyo nodded. She had decided that the stressful life of a ninja wouldn't be best for her grandson. That and she couldn't bear to lose him too. She tilted her head to find Sasori sitting quietly in the waiting room. He hadn't talked much since the accident. She was worried about him, so to cheer him up she was going to surprise him today. After their business at the academy she decided to take the long way home, to give Sasori some fresh air. As they walked a little boy near them had fallen down. His parents were quick to the rescue however. She turned to Sasori, he looked like he was about to break. She put her hand on his shoulder and wondered what she could say. Strangely, he looked up at her and smiled.
"On the way home, can you buy me a candy?"
She smiled. He was acting strong for his age. If she was that old she'd be crying an ocean. She bought him the most expensive candy in the store, much to his delight. When they got him he quickly went to his room to enjoy his treat. She took this chance to sneak into her workshop. She chose the small doll that she had made for him a while back and using the thin chakra lines, walked it up to his room.
Sasori chewed on the candy slowly. He felt sick. He didn't like the feeling, the feeling that his heart was about to explode. His eyes passed a picture of his family and it got worse. The door opened a crack and he looked in alarm to see who it was. A small puppet walked over, climbed onto his bed and looked at him. He looked back in curiosity. It offered his hand. Sasori took it and shook it with his fingers. The puppet started to do cartwheels and dance as he watched in delight. He didn't feel sick anymore. Chiyo walked in slowly.
"Wow Grandma! What's this?" He asked excitedly.
She motioned for him to follow her. She led him into a room in the basement that he had never been allowed to go in before. In there broken puppets lined the walls.
"These are all my broken puppets. You can have them."
He was ecstatic. She gave him a basic explanation on what puppets were and that his chakra string lessons would start tomorrow. When she left the room he let his eyes wander from puppet to puppet. It was amazing. He went through the puppets, trying to think of what he should make first. Finally finding two broken ones that looked enough like people he went to the desk to start drawing the plans for his new puppets. After a few seconds of wondering what to call his puppets, he finally found a title. Mommy and Daddy.
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The next day he woke up early. As he opened the blinds he saw people from his class going to meet their new teams. He thought about what his team would've been like but he dismissed the thought. He was going to be a puppeteer. He got dressed and went to the kitchen for breakfast. His grandpa was sitting at the table reading a news paper, commenting on how stupid everyone was and his grandma was just putting breakfast on the table.
"Can I learn about puppets now?" He asked anxiously.
She laughed and told him to wait until after breakfast. He pouted and grumpily sat at the table. He wolfed down his breakfast so he could get closer to the training. She finally led him down to the puppet room again. She decided to bring her own working puppet with her.
"Can we start?"
"This is going to take a lot of practice, are you ready?"
He nodded excitedly. He couldn't wait to start learning. She first showed him the anatomy of puppets. He learned quickly, being able to identify most of the parts after only a couple of times through. He smiled when he saw that his grandma was proud of him. He promised himself that he would make her even more proud, as the best puppeteer in Sunagakure.