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"DO NOT OPEN 'TILL CHRISTMAS."

Sakura laughed. Now she is amused by the anonymous sender of this gift. Maybe this one's playing her a game. And at all cost, she's game with it. And why would she open it before Christmas when since then, she never missed the suspense. But still her curiosity aroused as she begins thinking on who would this mystery person be.

Cling!

The oven sounded as the cookies are already baked. She quickly retrieves the cookie tray from the oven and placed it on the table for it to cool down.

"Yum! They do look delicious to eat!" She giggles.

She quickly heads in the attic to look for ribbons and stuff for her gift design. She'll no way give design-less pouches, especially for Christmas. In the attic, she was overwhelmed to see the things she hasn't seen for so long. There was the pair of sandals when Ino last gave her but now it couldn't fit in her feet. She also saw some of the old family and friend pics she had that brought back some memories. She quickly proceeded into an empty shelf where she found the box that contained all the cute and colorful designs she had. She quickly descended downstairs to start with the gift makeover.

Ruffling the things inside the box, she retrieves a lot of unused designs she has left for so many years. Just then, she noticed a dazzling object inside. She slowly retrieves it from the box and was astonished when she remembered what it was.

FLASHBACK:

"Sakura dear, thanks for helping me defeat my grandson. I know it's hard to see him die but it would be better to stop his schemes for causing chaos everywhere."

Sakura breathed heavily after that long fight, "But Grandma Chiyo, it was only you who have done that. I was just…"

"Manipulated?" The old woman chuckled, "Bah, without your help, we wouldn't have won this." She gave Sakura a hug.

Sakura stared at Sasori's corpse and sighed, "Does he really deserve that? After all he's your grandson and…"

Chiyo could feel the pinkette's sympathy for the dead boy. She sighed as she hands her something. "Sakura, sometimes we have to sacrifice what we love so to save others. And since then, I always believed that he's a good child. Here, take his ring as a token of my gratitude to you."

Sakura stared at it in surprise and doubted, "But, Grandma Chiyo… this should be with you!"

"Nah, I have a lot of memories to bring with. Just keep it for his sake, so he'll always remember that he was defeated by a girl." The old woman giggled. "Well, you can do whatever you want with that. And don't worry; it has no curse or his senbon." She winked.

"But Grandma Chiyo…." The old woman disappeared from her sight. She stared back at the ring and sighed.

END OF FLASHBACK

Akasuna no Sasori's ring…

Sakura couldn't believe it and until now, she could not get over with that incident. How could she ever forget that the puppet master's ring was with her all the time? The moment she held the ring, she felt a de ja vu feeling just as how she felt with the unfamiliar box. Weird isn't it?

She laughs as she remembered what Grandma Chiyo told her about Sasori being hurt by his pride of being defeated by a girl. She couldn't imagine his overly-embarrassed face if they would meet…again..? Oh, too bad, he's already dead but for sure it'll haunt him forever. She laughed even harder. She thought of playing his ring with her hands. She thought of wearing it which she guessed would hurt his pride even more! His ring, with the girl who defeated her? She snickered. And why would she worry, it was not cursed or poisoned. She slowly slipped the ring in her index finger and…

She felt electric shocks around her body that dazed her. Static electricity? Or….yeah, its nothing. She was able to recover herself from the shock and smiled. She looks at the time and….

"Three o' clock!" She exclaimed. She's going to be late for her appointment with Lady Tsunade. She scolded herself for her stupid girly thoughts again.

"It would be better to remove this ring and…" She gasped as the ring hasn't slipped or moved from her finger. It was like it is already fixed in her finger! She tries to pull it away but there's no use. Well, in the first place it was loose in her finger but now, it miraculously just tied itself to her finger?

"A curse?!" She exclaimed in fear.

But there are more things she has to worry about. If she'll be caught wearing his ring… she'll be dead for good…or thought of betraying the village. She bumps her head on the chair, wondering why she wore it in the first place.

"Curse you, Sasori… curse you!"

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