in for the kill
note1: He's human now, okay? Very, very human.
note2:Blah. Blah blah blah. I dislike my writing :/
arc one: dawning
chapter: tingle
Sakura hovered behind Konan in the doorway, preparing herself for almost certain doom. There was no way this could end well. She was just too short-tempered and angry and they had been enemies for far too long and had killed too many people that she knew. Blood was going to be spilt. Preferably not hers.
She had been prepared to spend another century behind her Konan, but someone was approaching behind them. She could feel their chakra, a dry heat, sliding against her skin like grains of sand. It made her tingle in an altogether not unpleasant way. Wait. She knew this tingling feeling. Knew the way it made her want to shiver as it slid over her skin. Knew the way it stung when he was angry, as biting as a sandstorm in the hottest desert days. She knewwho was coming up behind her, seemingly unaware of her presence.
So she did the only logical thing when approached by a man who would more than likely try to kill her on sight. She fled. Straight into a room filled with more men who were less likely to murder her savagely (it was still a possibility though. She wasn't sure how the rest of the Akatsuki felt about her new membership.), then turn her corpse into a puppet. She ignored the raised eyebrow Konan gave her as she passed and quickly scanned the room. Seeing the safest option, she jumped on it. Or, well, him.
"Hey there Pinky, can I help you out with something?" The shark-man grinned, amused. He had been relaxing in his favorite recliner (Who ever said criminals didn't enjoy relaxing or comfortable furniture?) when Sakura had pounced on him. (Not that he was complaining. Who didn't want a pretty girl on their lap?)
Sakura looked at Kisame with panicked eyes. She reallydid not want to see that man again. So she did the only logical thing she could.
"Kisame! Hide me! Now!" she forcefully whispered, trying to burrow into his cloak to hide. Not very brave and kunoichi like, she knew, but hey! She still had nightmares about all of those puppets! Who cared if the other members in the room were all staring at her!
"Huh?" He focused on everyone's chakra, trying to sense what had the kunoichi so desperate to hide. Nothing was out of the ordinary. Almost everybody was just sitting around, except for oh. That's who it was. He chuckled. Really, he wouldn't kill her. Or, well, Kisame didn't think he would. Anyways, he was just going to let this one play out as it may.
Sakura felt his chakra flare, not angry, more like... confused. She cautiously peeked out of Kisame's cloak (which was quite nice, actually. These things were surprisingly comfy.) and met a pair of chocolate eyes.
He tilted his head, trying to remember where he had seen this girl before, and then it hit him. It was Her. Oh. He had notbeen expecting that. He knew Pein had mentioned bringing in a Konoha shinobi to make a stronger alliance, but he hadn't been expecting it to be her. He should probably hate her for beating him, he mused, but he didn't really seem to care. Except about how he lost his puppets. That collection had taken years, and he was beyond pissed that he had lost them all. He should probably say something, common courtesy and all. She was looking a little concerned.
"Kunoichi" he tilted his head in acknowledgement.
Sakura raised a brow. (She had been expecting more rage and killing intent.)
"Sasori."
note3: oh wow I haven't posted anything in, like, two days. Bad me.
note4: I always liked Sasori. kappy-and-tea on lunaescence has the greatest Sasori/OC stories ever (Coin Operated Boy and Pinocchio) and they got me addicted.