I DON'T OWN NARUTO! AUTHOR'S NOTE: KAKUZU DIES SHORTLY BEFORE SHIPPUDEN, MEANING ASUMA DIES BEFORE SHIPPUDEN. GETS AU FROM HERE ON OUT!
MISSION ONE: SHIRA'S WRATH: THE FALL OF SASORI-SAMA
14-year-old Shira ran towards the training grounds, waiting for Hidan no danna. He showed up, late as usual. "Hi, Hidan no danna!"
Grunt.
"Still grunting? You need to get that fixed. Aren't you excited?"
"About what?"
"Today's our first mission together! Aren't you excited even a little bit?"
"No. In fact, I want to kill somebody." He looked over at the bitch he had been forced to tolerate for the past two years. She had sprouted up like a weed, but showed no signs of womanhood yet. This didn't stop Sasori from teasingly calling him a pedophile. (He went missing for a month after that.) She kept her black hair pulled back in a high ponytail. She was never seen without her cloak, which had been renewed twice this month already. He called her a weed because no matter how many times he tried to kill her, she kept coming back. She thought it to be a term of endearment, and nobody had thought to tell her otherwise. Her face lit up as she spotted Deidara and Sasori. "DEIDARA-SAMA! SASORI-SAMA!" She tackled the two men, laughing.
"Get off, Shira-chan! Hidan, here's your pet. You didn't train her very well." Shira made a beeline for Itachi. "ITACHI-SAMA! KISAME-SAMA!" Pein walked up, and she flinched. After two years, he still scared her. "Beat it, both of you."
"Okay, let's go, Hidan no danna!" She threw her hood over her face, and followed him out of the base.
"Hidan no danna, sing a song with me!"
"...No."
"Aw, come on, please?"
"No!"
"Come on, Hidan no danna!" He whirled on her, his face twisted with rage and annoyance. "I SAID NO! NOW SHUT THE FUCK UP! JASHIN, WHY CURSE ME WITH SUCH AN ANNOYING LITTLE BITCH!" Shira flinched at every word he screamed at her, her wide eyes filling with tears. Her lower lip began quivering and she let out a choked sob, running off. "Brat." He sighed, and went about the mission.
When he got back to base, Deidara, Sasori, Kisame and Itachi were all glaring at him. Pein was shaking his head piteously. "What the fuck did I do now?" Kisame spoke. "Mom's mad."
He'd never seen Konan this pissed, except for the time when Deidara had destroyed her room. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!? SHE'S JUST A CHILD! HOW COULD YOU TREAT HER THAT WAY! YOU KNOW SHE'S SENSITIVE AS IS-" Hidan scoffed, "It's not like she's that Hyuuga wimp."
"DON'T INTERRUPT ME! NOW, THANKS TO YOU, SHIRA-CHAN'S LOCKED HERSELF IN HER ROOM AND HASN'T COME OUT FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS! HOW MUCH OF AN ASSHOLE ARE YOU, YELLING AT A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT WAY!?" It went on like this for almost 12 hours. Her voice gave out about then, and Konan glared at him in disgust, then turned on her heel and stalked out of the room.
Sasori found Shira at the training grounds, throwing her kunai at a nearby tree. "Kid." She didn't look up, just nodded. "Look, you know Hidan didn't mean what he said." Nod. "And, well...I'm not very good at sharing my feelings."
"That seems to be the major consensus around here." The 35-year-old chuckled. "My point is, you need to forgive him. He's got a quick temper."
"So do you."
"I know. Kid, look-" She cut him off. "Sasori-sama?"
"Yeah, kid?"
"I'm bleeding."
"Huh? I don't see a cut..."
"Not that kind of bleeding." His eyes widened as she tried to stand and fell down.
Sasori ran through the base with Shira in his arms. Itachi and Kisame rose. "Sasori-san, what-Is that blood?"
"Get Konan-sama."
Konan stepped out of Shira's room. "She'll be fine. She's just a little scared. Since she's started her period, she might be a bit moody once a month." Hidan smirked, "You mean like you, Konan?" She threw a vase at his head. "Shut up, baka! She may have forgiven you, but I haven't." She glared at all of them. "Now, first off, I don't want to hear any explicit jokes-" Her eyes fell on Kisame, Sasori and Deidara. "-or anyone making her upset during these times." She glared at Hidan. "If I hear that any of you, even Pein, have been giving her a hard time, you will have to face my wrath, and nobody will ever find your bodies."
Five weeks later, Shira awoke to the all-too-familiar sounds of screaming and fighting. She glanced out the window, and saw Sasori fighting an old woman and some girl with red or pink hair, she couldn't be sure from this distance. "Sasori-sama?" She was unable to utter a sound after that, watching him battle. He moved fluidly, his puppets fighting the old woman's. Come on, Sasori-sama! You can beat them! He seemed to be gaining the advantage, and Shira cheered. Then everything horribly wrong. She saw a glint of silver stab Sasori-sama. No. No...No, not Sasori-sama. Please, don't take Sasori-sama! It felt like the world had stopped. Sasori, who had been like her funny uncle, was hurt. She had to help him, but...something held her back for a moment. What if I am discovered? I am not ready to go home yet! I can't go back yet, I'm needed here! Those shinobi are hurting Sasori-sama! He needs me! The girl struck Sasori-sama, and Shira snapped. She threw up her hood, and lept out the window, despite Konan's screams to come back.
She landed on a branch, watching the conversation. Tears burned her eyes, and she screamed in rage and grief as Sasori fell to the ground. "UNCLE SASORI-SAMA!"
Chiyo and Sakura heard the screams, and looked up, seeing a teenage girl with long black hair glaring at them as tears rolled down her face. "NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOO!" She lept at Sakura, eyes blazing with hatred. "YOU-KILLED-SASORI-SAMA!" With every word, she took a swing at Sakura with her kunai. "YOU-EVIL-BITCH! I-WILL-KILL-YOU!" She ran over to Sasori's immobile form. "No. Sasori-sama." She clutched him, rocking back and forth as she sobbed. "Uncle Sasori-sama...." Chiyo died, and the girl choked out words. "Haruno Sakura-san. I will make you pay for hurting Sasori-sama." She looked up at the sky. "Cousin Deidara...what am I supposed to say to him?" Something's wrong....Deidara-sama! She gently laid Sasori's body down. "I'll be back, Sasori-sama." With that, Shira lept out of sight.
Sakura sighed, and radioed Kakashi. "We have a problem."
Deidara looked up as Team Guy appeared, and a smirk came over his face as he saw a shadow in the trees. He began laughing. "ART IS A BANG!" Neji screamed for them to run. Naruto spotted the girl in the trees, and made a grab for her. The next thing he knew, he was pinned to the tree. "You are teammates with that killer bitch Haruno Sakura-san, correct?"
"Don't call her that!"
"I thought so." She smirked, and whispered in his ear. What she said made his face pale. "I'm going to string her up, and gut her like a fish." He stared at the child. This was sickening. They had brainwashed this girl into hating the world. She released him, and he made it out just in time to see the girl explode. Neji turned to him. "What just happened?"
"Some girl...she threatened Sakura, and then she just stood there as she blew up. Why didn't she run? Why didn't she save herself?"
Shira landed beside Sasori's body, and drew her sword. "This might hurt, Sasori-sama. I've never actually performed this ritual on a human before...I hope this works!" She slashed the sword on his wounds, and his eyes flew open as he began choking. "SASORI-SAMA! IT WORKED!" She embraced Sasori, crying. "S-Shira-chan?"
"I-I saw you d-die, b-but I-I couldn't let you-" He sighed. "Man, you're a pain!" She began laughing. "What? What'd I say?"
"Y-You reminded me of my brother, or Hidan-sama. They're always annoyed or bored." She laughed. "I think it's just an act, and Hidan-sama is just a sweet man who needs a hug every now and then!" Sasori smirked. "He's right behind me, isn't he?" Sasori nodded.
Hidan chased Shira around. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'A SWEET MAN WHO NEEDS A HUG'!? LIKE HELL! I'M GONNA DECAPITATE YOU, AND THEN-Oh, hey, Konan."
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