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Chapter 7: Sasori's Answers

s"I still don't understand what we're doing. Is this some kind of…?" I never got to finish my sentence. The puppets that Sasori had in his hands were now flying straight at me. I was frozen in place. Fear took over my body and eyes. As the puppets got closer I dove to my side barely escaping them. Both puppets stopped and blades dipped in some purple liquid were now coming out of their arms. I could only assume that is was poison. They puppets came at me again, but in a downward way, like they were aiming for me and the ground. To get away I did three back handsprings. My landing was ungraceful and I tripped over my own feet.

When I turned around the puppets had slowed down.

One of the two puppets was right next to Sasori, while the other was closer to me.

I looked at Sasori and he made a hand sign. I heard him mumble something under his breath. It sounded like he said Iron Sand. Whatever he said caused the puppet that was closer to me to react. Its mouth opened and black sand, I guess, came out of its mouth. It created a cloud of it above itself. The cloud came toward me. When the sand hit my skin in burned. It felt like I was getting stabbed repeatedly.

I felt like I was on fire.

Blood was starting to come out of the puncture wounds created. I let out a glass shattering, blood curdling scream. The sand stopped coming toward me. I collapsed to the ground, my voice was silenced. I sat up on my knees and stared at the ground, tears were streaming down the side of my face.

"Why Sasori?" I said just above a whisper. "Why?" I yelled. I looked directly at his face and blank eyes stared back at me. There was no emotion. Sasori sent the other puppet that was next to him at me. Instead of feeling scared I felt searing hot anger. I stood up straight, the puppet was coming at me with full force. I ran toward the puppet and held up my hand. My fist smashed right into the puppet. It shattered into pieces. I didn't stop there and I kept running, this time my target was Sasori.

My fist smashed right into his cheek. His face was a lot harder than what I anticipated. My hand recoiled as a sharp pain went through it. When I looked up at Sasori's face it was cracked and small bits and pieces were falling from it. Suddenly I felt light headed and I fell backward.

After that everything went black.

*Later at night around 11:00 p.m.*

I woke up, but I kept my eyes shut. I was shaking. The memories of what happened between Sasori and I startled me, I quickly sat up straight and my eyes were now wide open.

My eyes scanned the room and I found Sasori sitting in the corner. He stood up and walked toward me. I backed up into the wall as far as I could. Sasori tilted his head to right and he just stared at me. I could feel him asking me if I was scared. I took a big breath and tears started coming out of my eyes again, but not because I was scared.

I wrapped my arms around Sasori's neck and I sobbed into his shoulder. I felt like such a baby, despite what has happened to me in the past, this is kind of a traumatic experience for me. I haven't' been attacked in…well I can't remember. My tears stopped and I just sat there.

Sasori pulled me off of him.

He placed his hands under my arms and picked me up. He carried me into the room that Konan brought me into earlier. Sasori tried to set me down on the bed but I refused to let go of him.

"Can you stay here till I fall asleep?" I asked groggily trying to rub the sleep out of my eyes. He sat on the side of my bed and leaned against the wall. He held me there for a while and the next thing I knew I was asleep.

*Sasori's P.O.V*

After Natalie fell asleep I tucked her into bed and I walked very slowly to Pein's office. There was no way that a girl as small as she is could have broken my puppet or ever make a small scratch on my cheek. Yet, she was able to shatter both. I need to report this to Pein. I am almost certain that Natalie is hiding something from us.

I knocked on the door to Pein's office.

"Enter." He said. I opened the door as quietly as I could. When he saw me he gave me a serious look. "I'm guessing you have all the information I need, correct?" I nodded. Pein motioned for me to sit down in front of his desk. I complied with his request. "Tell me everything you learned about her and what happened in your fight."

I nodded once more. "Earlier she had told me that she did have a full family. The family consisted of a mother, a father, and a younger sister. She stresses that she does not remember their names, and that if she were to see their faces she would know who they were in an instant. Natalie also said she most likely lived somewhere else before, but has no recollection of it. I am believed to think that she has lived in the forest for as long as she could remember.

Honestly I think she may be hiding something. Her heartbeat increased very quickly as I began asking her those questions." Pein shook his head in understanding as I told the other half of the story.

"Natalie did better in the fight than what I expected her to. She dodged most of my attacks, and is very quick. Natalie is much stronger than what she appears to be. She shattered one of my, believed to be, indestructible puppets and she cracked one side of my face with just one punch." I held up my finger and showed him the damage done to my face.

Pein looked astonished, yet excited that a young girl like Natalie could do that. He knew he had some more questioning to do.

"Good job on collection the information. You may leave." I did what I was told and left the room. As I was shutting the door Konan came out from behind the shadows and she didn't seem very happy.

*The following morning* Natalie's P.O.V

When I woke up I was tucked into my bed and Sasori was not there. It then occurred to me that Pein had told the Akatsuki members that a new person would be my guardian today. If my memory serves me right I remember him saying that Deidara would be watching me, then a little into the afternoon, Itachi, and then late that evening, it would be Kakuzu.

I slid my legs over the side of the bed and yawned. When I stood up I ran my fingers through my tangled hair. I yawned again and popped my back. I walked over to the small dresser, on top of it there was a good sized brush. I took my hair tie out and quickly brushed through my hair. It was still frizzy, but at least it wasn't tangled. I walked out of my room. I turned to my left and ran into Itachi. He had a plate in one hand and tea in the other.

"Good morning Mr. Itachi." I said with a small smile. He closed his eyes and opened his door. Before he shut it he said something in a small whisper.

"Deidara is waiting for you in the kitchen with your breakfast. Go straight, go through your first right and then go straight from there. The kitchen and connected living room should be to your following right."

I mumbled thanks and started walking. When I reached the kitchen Deidara was sitting at the bar next to Sasori. When they saw me I smiled. Deidara smiled back and Sasori closed his eyes without any expression, either way I felt acknowledged. I jumped up to an empty bar seat next to Deidara. He got up and handed me a plate with a small bagel on it. I think it might have had cream cheese on it. I took a small bit out of it and savored the taste. As I chewed Deidara started asking me questions.

"So what do you think of art Natalie, yeah?" he asked anxiously. I looked at Sasori and he had a small smirk on his face. "I think art is eter…" He stopped me mid word. "How could you think art is like that? Sasori obviously must have brainwashed you into thinking that, but don't worry I'll help you see that true art is fleeting, there one second and gone the next, hm." Deidara seemed proud of his little speech, Sasori scoffed while I just giggled.

I took the last bit of my bagel and stood up to put my plate in the sink.

When I turned around Deidara was standing up and he had a weird smile on his face. He grabbed my wrist and dragged me somewhere. "I need to show you true art, and then maybe you'll change your mind about art being eternal, hm." We reached Pein's office and Deidara knocked slightly loud on the door.

"Enter" we heard an irritated voice say.

When we walked in Pein looked as if he sighed a little on the inside. "What is the problem Deidara?" He smiled and began talking.

"Can I take Natalie outside, hm?" Before Pein answered no Deidara gave another saying. "It'll just be outside the base so I can show her my art, yeah." Pein shut his eyes.

"Ok Deidara but If you are gone longer than 15 minutes bad things will happen to you. It this understood?" He nodded. "Not a second longer Deidara. You know Konoha ninja are after us. If you see any suspicious activities bring Natalie inside as quickly as you can and try to resolve the problem."

"You have my word, Leader-Sama." He flashed a quick smile and dragged me out of the base in my pajamas.