The Red Sting
Sasori's Redemption
Chapter 2
Tension rose in the quiet underground room as Kankuro was putting the finishing touches on Sasori's body. Repairing its quirks and flaws yet making sure not to differ from the master's style he created it in. The number one priority was shielding his core so that Sasori may not relive the death he had already experienced. Finally after hours of work Kankuro pulled out a scroll from his side and forced his thumb to bleed with his teeth. After activating the scroll out came the still beating core of Sasori. Without any moments to spare Kankuro attached the core into the puppet body and hooked it up properly as its previous owner did. "Okay I attached it, any minute now." He whispered to himself letting the silence sink in and the tension rise.
Seconds passed, then moments, a full minute had finally went by before the puppet body bolted its eyes open and made a single gasp for air. Its head spun rapidly twice before it stopped facing Kankuro, its expression lessened to a calmer face then. "That was outstanding work, Kankuro." Sasori thanked the man. He tinkered with his body parts as Kankuro then began badgering him with questions. "What do we do now? How do I get this power you promised? When are you going to teach me to use you? Will you permanently be my puppet?" After that last question Sasori shot a glare at him. "Know this right now; I am not your puppet." Sasori put so much emphasis on those two words to make sure Kankuro would never forget them, "not" and "your".
It brought an awkward silence between them and a lock down of two cold and confused stares. Kankuro's being the confused one. The severity of Sasori's look and words actually shot fear into Kankuro, he was already being intimidated. This sudden change of dominance could have come from multiple things. Maybe because Sasori was now more powerful than he was before, possibly because they were in such a tight room together and tension was rising. Or the more obvious look that Kankuro was never the dominant party and the only reason he had a hint of power was because Sasori had let him. The psychological tables were beginning to turn and instead of Sasori's life being held in Kankuro's hands, it was beginning to be the other way around.
Kankuro shook his head downward chuckling. "He-he you know I'm beginning to feel a change in attitude with you, don't forget Sasori, we had a deal." He looked back up to the man only to see his cold stare still locked on him, the puppet body completely motionless. Kankuro looked at him with more seriousness in his expression. Sasori suddenly turned his back to Kankuro and began talking. "Precisely Kankuro, we had, a deal." This time the emphasis was on the word "had" and he had paused after saying it. Kankuro kept his eyes locked on the back of the puppet "What is that supposed to mean?" He questioned Sasori. Another pause came before the small room.
He slightly moved his head to the side looking at Kankuro out of the corner of his eye while still having his back turned. A smirk came over his face. "Had." He whispered within a split second after that word the thick poison covered cable zapped from Sasori's stomach and impaled Kankuro in the chest. The impact was so powerful it pinned him to the wall and sent all the papers and puppets in the room flying around. Kankuro's jaw and eyes wide he was speechless from not only the impalement but the situation its self that just happened. Slowly Sasori turned around facing Kankuro as he walked to him gradually retracting his cable but not removing it from inside of Kankuro.
"Let me tell you a story friend, there once was a frog and a scorpion stuck on one side of a pond. The scorpion asked the frog if he could assist him on getting to the other side by letting him ride the frogs back. The frog declined insisting that the scorpion would betray him and sting him once they got to the other side. The scorpion pleaded that he would do no such thing and that they would get to the other side together." Sasori paused as he stopped right in front of Kankuro. "Just as the frog said, the scorpion stung him before they even got to the other side. In other words there are two lessons to this tale, do not trust just anyone and two, scorpions sting. I just thought maybe you should know that."
Sasori retracted the cable pulling it out of Kankuro and letting him drop limp to the ground with the other broken puppets. It didn't take long for blood to begin oozing out of him. "We…we had a deal." He managed to speak though it sounded muffled and tattered. Sasori looked down to him "We had no such thing. I lied to you clearly, now you're paying the price." Turning his back once more he began leaving the underground room. "I would turn you into a human puppet but I feel you weren't worth the honor of becoming one of my creations even in death." He held his palm out about to shoot a jet stream of water to open up his way out of the hideout again. Being discretely underground one had to either summon their way into there or blow their way.
Just as Sasori opened the water scroll to activate his powerful jet streams he was interrupted by the yell of a dying man. "We had a deal!" Kankuro yelled as he flung his arm upward revealing five chakra strings attached to items all around the room. Five sharp broad blades scattered from Sasori's sudden movement earlier now quickly pulled together stabbing into his puppet body from multiple sides. All of the blades stopped halfway through stabbed inside of the Sasori puppet. His eyes remained calm and an evil smirk still planted on his face. His appearance now was quite fearful. One blade in his waste, one in his left arm, one in his right shoulder, one stabbed into his back and the last lodged halfway into his forehead only made him more intimidating. "I must applaud you Kankuro, normally those blades would have sliced me into pieces but thanks to your upgrades my body will not be destroyed by such basic weaponry."
Sasori turned to face him again the yanked the blade out of his forehead. "Though I am grateful for you allowing me to have a second sting on your worthless body." He said as he though the blade like a kunai sending it flying into Kankuro's neck, splatting blood around the room and killing him instantly. Sasori watched the body bleed ensuring his death this time. He bent to the floor to pick up the old tattered piece of clothing Kankuro used to wrap his puppet body in. He opened the red cloth and placed it over his head in a hood like fashion that lengthen to his shoulders. "Now to finally due away with those pathetic pests once in for all." He said out loud as he turned and blasted his way out of the hideout heading to the location of Sakura Haruno.