Musings, Puppets (Sasori)
"Man seeks intelligent conversation so that he may better himself" or something like that. So why can't I get any? Our glorious leader decided to pair me up with the brat. "You skills show great synergy together." I've been a ninja longer than he has, and He thinks I can't tell bullshit when I hear it? Now it's very pretty bullshit I'll grant, much better than the Kazekages, but it's still bullshit. I'm here on this stupid trip for one reason, to keep a lease on McBoom over there.
Two scientists! Bah. One we're ninjas, not scientists, and even if I wasn't I'd be an engineer, not some fancy ass in a coat who hasn't worked a day in his life. And Deidara! My stuff takes a ton of work, metallurgy, chakra distribution, gear ratios, electromagnetic fields, hydrolics, and a ton of things they don't even have names for. Deidara's stuff does one thing, GOES BOOM! Unfortunatly (for me) it turns out going boom is a really good thing to be good at in a world of ninja. So I'm stuff babysitting him while leader gets us out of his precious city before Deidara blows up another building. "Weapon observation" trip my shiny metal ass.
So here I am, writing a diary. See I can't get any good conversation out of the boy. He's all "pastoral lifestyle vs small communal industrial" or "force against force" or other philosophy garbage he gets from those books of his. Oh and he modified his board so that it floats now, lying back on it and reading his book as we go along. Nut.
Anyhow I need some conversation, and he looks at me funny when I bring out the puppets, so here I am. Where the hell should I start? Guess I should start with how I got here. There I was Sasori of the red sand out fighting for country, and honor and desert peach pie like a good little puppet. You see what I did there? I made I funny, God I crack myself up. So anyways I was making the sand all red with the blood of rock nin, and all that. So one day I stumble upon someone doing a bit o burning on the old sand wall. I look closer to see which poor bastard bit it this week. So I look at the names and I realize somethings wrong, some of those guys are still alive. I just talked to the genin not five minutes ago, he was bugging me, nother wide eyed wide wanting to talk with the hero of the village. Had I know why he wanted to talk to me I wouldn't of blow him of. Course had I known why things would have been a lot different.
So I tell the guy their still alive. And he tells me it the Kages orders. Now I'm figuring I'll go up there and explain. But when I get there the Kages informs me it's no mistake he sent them on a suicide mission, for one of my puppets! I'd lost one a week before, and he sent that team out to destroy it, apparently it had been captured by Rock and he didn't want to risk them figuring out my tech. HA! As if any lame brain could figure it out, they don't even know how to do wooden puppets. So I'm pissed he's sending them out because of my mistake, I tell him I'll do it, and it won't be a suidcide mission to me. He tells me that I have to defend one of the passes, so I can't. He tells me not to worry, they'll be immortalized as heroes.
I… I'm not quite sure what happened next. Next thing I know my dagger was in his throat. Probably the only way it could happen. If he had sense hostility his iron control power could have crushed my technique easily, but since neither of us knew what was going on till I did it, he didn't have time to sense an attack. So I panic, put his body in a ninja scroll and sneak out of the tower to hide it. Then I realize they'll be an investigation, and I was the last person seen with him, and I've seen Winds 'justice' before. So I run, don't even take my puppets with me, stupid thing.
They say the Kage puppet was my first. Well, actually, they don't, cause know one knows I'm even alive. But after this is all over, win or lose, they'll say the Kage was the start of my puppets. It wasn't, not really. Yeah I made puppet in the image of the Kage, yeah it was the first one made after someone I killed. But it wasn't my first people puppet, that was mom and dad. Nor was it the same as the others.
After I ran I started thinking, and I got angry. People were going to die, for a stupid puppet. My puppets were worth more than their lives, some joke that was. What was worse was that the 'honor' they got. Their names blazed in glass and engraved on a stupid wall. I could pick up something like that for $10 at any glass blower. So I started thinking, Kaze-san liked my puppets so much, and though a memorial was so great, how about I show him? So I made a puppet, not the sophisticated on you see now, didn't have the tool, let alone the technique. It was crude, designed more to mock him than represent.
No the reason start was some rock nin, don't even know his name. I was wandering around the border area, trying to figure out what to do when I stumble upon him. He panics, realizing who I am and attacks, so I kill him. Once I finish I look at his face, he was just some kid, and now he's dead. Won't even get a memorial, cause they don't know he died a hero. I half consider leaving a not 'hey Sasori here, I killed this guy, so put his name up on whatever thing you guys do that on." And I keep looking, thinking about how inadequate that is. That's when I get the idea, if they won't do a proper tribute, I will. So I make another puppet, and this time I make it right, trying to capture every detail as well as I can on metal. Couldn't do much, as I didn't see his moves, so the puppets basic, but it was the start.
I've evolved since then. Really managed to capture likenesses. I can imitate jutsu's now, and have some unique contraptions among my opponents for special foes I fought. Now I even try to extend the battles, to get them to show me something special so I can make a proper tribute.
So how'd I end up here? I was going near Rain, just a little missing-nin going through rain. When this nin approaches me. Claims he's from Rain, and his headband backs him up. Says his leader sent him out to find me and he wants to offer me a position. I tell him sorry, but I'm done with leaders and villages, then I kill him.
Yeah, I know heartless, right? Well look at it from my perspective, if he'd gone back his leader would have been pretty angry, and told wind where I was. Last thing I needed was hundred of hunter nins. So I run, because they're going to figure out he's not reporting back pretty soon. I'm feeling kinda crappy, don't even know how to give the poor bastard a proper tribute. Then he comes back about a week later! Only now he's got these freaky metal things in him, and is busting out Jutsu's that are a match for me. I thought I was going crazy at first. Then his friend gets me in chains and he drains my chakra.
So then I get dragged to leader. Only he wasn't leader to me at the time, of course. And I find out about the multi-dead body thing. He's all pissed cause I killed his messenger, and wants to know why he doesn't kill me then and there. So I beg for my life, pledge eternal service and whatnot. Now here I am. Under the great plan to wipe out the villages, HAH! Leaders such and idealist, as if you could do it. But it's a job I guesse.
You know I thought things would get better after Orochimaru (I still wish leader would let us find him, I could think of some great place for Deidara explosives). But our new medical expert is that asshole Kakuzu, and I'm stuck with explosion the boy wonder.
Gah, lifes a bitch.