The puppet House
Chapter two
The Beginning
Her parents would always tell her the Myth of Akasuna no Sasori - The great puppeteer. Not because she was a trouble child – no – quite the opposite, she was very quiet and a shy as a child. They tolled her, just because it was like a bad time story.
She didn't have many friends as a kid, the only one was Ino. Just because of her she became braver and found new friends. But like all things it didn't last long. They became 'rivals' if you could say that. Neither of them talked to each other anymore, after all Ino betrayed the shy child.
The girl was always teased about her forehead – a little bit larger then normal- and her natural pink hair. Everyone thought that she was a freak, a nature's mistake just because of her appearance. No one wanted to be a friend of such a child. So they would just insult her, most of those insults would bring the said girl to tears.
But as she grew the confidence in her self became bigger. She became more curious and always wanted to know everything around her self.
The said child's name was Sakura. Haruno Sakura.
Now at age of sixteen she was a beautiful teenage girl that was curious of everything. Quite smart for her age, knows more that others, but all this came just because she would read books as a child while others would play.
Being an outcast gives some perks after all. You get use to being alone, get more time for your self, and don't need to worry about others. Just think about your self. Because no one else will take care of you or your troubles.
She had one rule in her life, never get to attached in your life, because people will betray you and change you for the better like you where some kind of un-living thing.
Of course she didn't really knew how to talk with other kids her age, the only person she ever talks is her mother. After all her father went missing long time ago. No one knew where he was, nor his body was found. And they all knew that he loved his family too much to leave them just like that.
So Sakura have to deal with one more thing, to grow without her father. Her mother would never give her more attention then needed. She was working day and night, to keep her house bills paid, daughter and her self fed. Life wasn't fair for them. But they weren't complaining.
They where as happy as you can be happy living in antisocial family with no father, almost no money and just a hateful life itself.
Yes. Life for Harunos was just… For no better words to be found 'normal'. Why, you ask. Just because they accepted their fate. There's nothing to change anymore…
Well that was what Sakura's mother thought, but she herself didn't believe in it. I mean people everyday where wining lotteries and people where being found. Maybe, just maybe the star of hope and happiness will shine again and bring then their joy back.
Silly, isn't it? It is, but can't a girl dream to have a normal life, a normal family, to be just normal?
Of course not, it was just in logical, what could good happen to such a natures freak. Yes even after all these years all these talks are still in her head. She's still being teased, but she doesn't care anymore, after all like her mother said she became mute to these things.
They will come to one ear and will go from the other. You just get used to it.
To tell you the truth Sakura looked normal, her forehead looked normal and she wasn't fat on skinny in any way. She was just fine, but like it said you can't teach dog new tricks, just like you can't make them forget them. Seems like people just grew in to calling her like that.
But it was just for better, because she became invisible to them, they rarely said anything to her.
She felt relieved, she didn't need to hide or run home anymore, she had even more time. And with that time the pink haired girl read.
Yes read. She read everything, from some medical books to fantasy, some horror and rarely romance.
One day, like any normal day she was looking for a good book she still hasn't read. She was in an old library where old books and scrolls where been kept. You could come there and read them f you want, but you couldn't take them home.
She was so focused at looking for something interesting, when suddenly an old scroll caught her eye. It was all dusty and looked like it was burned in few places. Feeling like someone was tugging her she reached out for it and took it.
A chill like feeling run thought her spine. As strange as it was the green eyes girl got even a bigger desire to open it, to see what was inside.
She carefully took it and laid in on one of the desks that where in the middle of the library. Carefully tugging at the seal it rolled open to reveal some old hand written things. Not really understand what it was she started to inspect it more closely.
It was written in a beautiful script, the first thought that came to her was that it was woman's hand writing, but as she inspected more she had other feeling that it was a males writing and strange as that sounds – she really felt it.
As much as she understood it was a family's scroll, more from some kind of clan. Family- who where puppeteers. She read every little bit about it. There where written few things about how to make puppets how to control them, and of course the biography about the family.
As interesting at it was, one name captured her attention- Akasuna no Sasori. It was like she heard that name before. She felt memories of her child hood coming back…
Ah yes, that's where she heard the name. She heard it in a tale, a Myth that her father would tell her while he was still there.
Akasuna no Sasori the grate puppeteer that went insane. She still remembers the Myth. And now looking back at the scroll she sees the Myth with her own eyes, she knows every word of it, after all she heard it like millions of times.
Person that makes puppets from real people? Insane, it was unbelievable, old people talks. Who would do such a thing? And hearing screams and ghosts? Now that was ridiculous.
But being the curious person Sakura is, she went looking for more information about this puppeteer. But it seems there's nothing much about him, being an antisocial person; no one knew anything about him, except the tales people created.
Sighting Sakura started thinking. A crazy man creating puppets – who was dead by now- a hunted house full of mystery and unsolved, puzzles about his life. Yes, it would take a lot time and energy but it was worth it.
She made up her mind she was going to find out, what exactly was and what happened to this Sasori guy.
Standing up and going out of the library Sakura made plans how to find out everything.
And everything you need and will most likely find will be in the Akasuna no Sasoris house.
That's the place where everything…
Begins…