*Sasori's POV*
"Yakiko?" Kasumi whispered. "Please, no!" She dropped to her knees. "Why the hell were you here in the first place, God damnit!" Her frustration was taken out by slamming her fists to the ground.
"Yakiko?" I asked. "I..." I stopped, not wanting to continue. I felt as if something was returning to me, something important, so important that it could change things.
"Sasori-San. Please remember." The pale female pleaded, as her eyes slowly closed. "Aishiteru."
"Huh?" I said aloud, confusion taking over as I remembered the word being spoken to me, by only one person. I could not, for the life of me, remember who that person was. "No!" I shouted as I began to feel my knees weaken. Before I could fall and cause more harm to the poor girl in my arms, I lowered myself to the ground. It had hit me, like a ton of bricks. This girl, in my lap, was my life, my saviour, and my love. Tears started to fall unnaturally from my eyes, I pulled the blade from her torso and stared at her blood soaked, white top. I pulled my hand up and stroked her cheek, before losing myself. I grabbed her and pulled her in tight for an everlasting embrace. Not once letting go.
I closed my eyes as tight as I could, concentrating on Yakiko's heartbeat, as I poured some healing chakra into her body. The sound was soothing, just knowing that she's still alive was a relief. "Arghhh." I groaned, as something snapped in my head. Pain shot through my body. That's when it all immediately came rushing back. My memory started to show me the past.
"Who's that?" Asked a bewildered child as a strange girl walked the streets of Suna. I looked at her, amazed by her beautiful red hair, almost the same shade as mine. She was talking to herself, earning glares from the civilians of the village. I looked away for a moment to calm my heartbeat.
"Uhhm, konichiwa." She said shyly as she approached my grandmother. "Could you point me to the Kazekage's building please?" Her cheeks were the same colour as her hair. She looked very nervous to be here.
"Why is that?" Granny Chiyo asked. Her face was adorned by a stern look, which she wears when she means business. Was the Kage in trouble? Not that I would care, I've long since given up on caring about people.
"I was sent a messenger bird with a letter, requesting my presence." She started to look shifty, eyes darting everywhere. Everyone who was under Grannies stare got nervous. She nodded her head and pointed towards the tower which stood the tallest.
"What's your name?" Granny asked her as she started to walk towards the tower to meet with the Kazekage. She stopped and turned around, facing me. Her cheeks flushed even more, before her eyes darted straight to Chiyo Obaa-sama.
"Yukiko." She smiled at us both, then turned and vanished.
I didn't see her for a while, I had presumed that she left the village after completing whatever task was set by the Kage.
A few weeks later I saw her again, walking through the streets with a blonde haired child. I stared at her, why was she still here? 'Surely she doesn't belong here, she should go back.' I thought as I shoved my nose into the air at my thoughts.
"Temari-chan, don't run off." I heard her shout, it was definitely her, as I remembered her voice. Not completely angelic, but with a hint of betrayal. I looked over to see her panic. The light haired child had ran off and she started to frantically run after her.
After seeing her run round in circles three times, no luck at finding or catching the brat, she stopped and fell to her knees. I slowly walked over to her, I crouched steadily beside her and placed my hand on her shoulder. Feeling a little bit sorry for her.
"Yukiko-San, what's the matter?" I asked, actually concerned for once. I don't know why, as I don't normally care for people. 'Could it be...?' I thought, as she shifted under the weight of my hand. I shook the thought away.
"Oh, hey." She replied, pulling her hand up to wipe away the tears that were staining her face. "Uhh, you are that boy from that time when I asked for directions, right?" She asked, a look of confusion on her face.
I simply nodded my head and began to talk. "What's the matter?" I repeated, wondering if she had heard me the first time. She inhaled and exhaled a large amount of air, sighing as she did so.
"Temari-Chan has ran away, I'm supposed to look after her for the Kazekage and take her to the festival." Her face had worry written all over it, as she explained what had happened.
"What? The Kages only daughter?" I asked a little overwhelmed by it. 'I know he has a daughter and two sons. They all looked completely different to one another.' I thought. "I could help you find her." I offered out of good will.
"Yes!" She almost shouted. Startling both of us. "Would you really? Thank you... Uhhh...?" She raised an eyebrow waiting for an answer.
"Sasori. That's my name." A hint of emotion must have shown on my face as she smiled at me.
"Thank you Sasori-kun." I helped her up and we both started to walk towards the busy carnival streets.
The streets were barely accessible. People crowded around street performers. We passed three of them and then ended up stuck in a crowd around a specific one. The sign behind him said: Poi. He was flinging balls of fire on chains around, making a beautiful pattern. I have to admit, this was the first thing I've found interesting in a while, apart from my puppets and the poison they carry.
"Look," Yukiko shouted above the crowd to me. I looked at her and followed the direction she was pointing in. There Sat the little girl from earlier, in front of a different street act. Yukiko grabbed my hand and pulled me through the crowd, to where the girl was. We stood behind her silently watching the act as well. The woman wasn't popular, maybe had two people watching apart from us. She swung two brightly coloured fans around, causing the wind to create magnificent patterns around her. Yukiko took a seat next to the girl and whispered in her ear. Then the two stood up and walked to me.
"Would you like to join us?" She asked as the little blonde child stood proudly beside her. 'Definitely the Kages child.' My face remained the same as I nodded my head in approval.
I followed the two females down the streets and to the huge fun fair. I stared at the different obstacles, as if they would jump at me. I had never seen such a huge celebration before. Probably because I spent my time working on building puppets to control, and my new project. I was pulled from my thoughts when Yukiko grabbed my hand and pulled me to a specific contraption.
"Horsey, horsey!" The child jumped up and down with joy as the carousel came to a stand still, letting people get off and new people get on. Yukiko carried Temari up the steps and to a large, pretty horse. She clung to the reigns, pretending it was a real horse. Beside her, Yukiko jumped onto another horse, which was painted blue. She looked at me and motioned for me to climb aboard also. I slowly moved forward, taking each of the three steps, one a time time. I looked beside the red haired female and there was a magnificent horse. I jumped onto it. 'Might as well pretend to enjoy it.' I thought as the horse started to go up and down in a galloping motion. The circular plate started to move round in circles. We were off.
"Yay!" Screamed the little child as she slapped the reigns down, willing the horse to go faster.
"So beautiful." I heard Yukiko say, I turned to look at her. She was looking at me. "Why do you not smile often?" She asked, I was stunned at her question. I put my head down to think then looked back up to her.
"I don't really enjoy many things." I replied. "Huh?" I asked, just realising that she had called me beautiful. My cheeks flushed and I looked down to the large plastic horse I was sitting on.
"Hmm, ok. Then, I promise." She mentioned as the ride began to slow down. I had no idea what she was on about. 'She promises?' I asked myself, 'What does that mean?' I shook my head, trying to shake away the suspicious feeling I got with the word: promise.
I jumped off of the ride, Yukiko and Temari following suit.
"Papa?" Temari questioned as she looked at a tall male with auburn hair. He had a huge pram with him. Another boy was standing next to the pram. She grabbed Yukiko's hand and pulled her towards them.
"Sir?" She asked, he nodded his head, dismissing her. She bowed out of respect and came back to join me.
"So?" She asked, I remained silent. I followed her as she started to walk towards a food stand.
"Two bowls of ramen please." She asked the man at the stall. "With a Naruto fish cake in each." She smiled at the man. I couldn't stop staring at her, her smile was amazing.
A few minutes later the old man returned, two bowls in his hands. He placed them on the counter and waved goodbye to us, before retreating to do more food.
"Itatakimasu." Yukiko mentioned at the same time as splitting some chopsticks and digging in. I watched her eat the ramen and savour the taste of it. I looked at mine and slowly began to eat. 'How strange.' I thought, normally people wouldn't buy me anything.
"Hello, Yukiko-San." I was just starting to enjoy the taste of the noodles soaked in soup, when I was interrupted, by a brunette haired little girl. She must have been about five. Yukiko turned and smiled at her. I stared, completely confused.
"Konichiwa Tsukiko-Chan. Daijoubu?." Yukiko asked the little girl.
The little girl squeezed her eyes shut. "Hai, Yukiko-sama." She said excitedly, shoving her hand in the air and making a peace sign with two of her fingers.
"Tsuki-chan. I told you to call me Yuki. It's much simpler." She replied to the little girl's answer. The girl smiled and nodded her head.
"Come on Tsukiko." An older woman called, as the girl turned and ran towards her. "Hello Yukiko-Sama." The long, Brown haired woman greeted the female sitting in front of me. Yukiko nodded and let them be on their way.
"Hmm, is she pregnant?" She asked. The woman's belly was slightly rounded, not natural for her usually slim body.
"I guess." I replied, "so can I call you Yuki-Sama too?" I asked curiously.
She nodded. I looked at her bowl, she had finished, then I looked at mine. 'I guess I ate faster than I thought.' I said to myself. I realised that my bowl was now empty. I stood up and bowed to the female.
"Haha, please don't bow down to me, I'm not that special." She quickly said, a blush rising in her cheeks. She jumped up. "Arigato Ojii-san." Then she started to walk off.
It was getting late and all of the rides were shutting down. I followed her to a little garden, where one last show was being performed. The garden was peppered with Sakura trees and cute little tatami mats were laid out. She took a mat nearest the back of the garden, directly under the smallest cherry blossom.
"Sit down, Sasori-kun." She patted the mat next to her, indicating that I should sit. I nodded my head before perching my bum down on it. She grabbed my hand and laced our fingers together as the show continued. The show wasn't that interesting, I kept watching Yukiko. She seemed to enjoy the love story, she also looked although she were getting tired. I wasn't sure what to do, so I slowly pulled my hand away and reached my arm across her shoulders to pull her closer to me.
"Sasori-kun." She sighed. She leaned on my shoulder, then turned her face to mine, smiling at me. 'No one's ever smiled like that at me before.' I thought, as I leaned in closer to her face. My lips joined with hers, my eyes slowly closing as I began to kiss the beautiful girl in my arms. The Sakura petals were falling all around us, making a perfect scene. Her lips were so soft and warm, this moment made me realise something. That I can't let go of her. I pulled away and looked into her amazing eyes. They were almost glowing, like the stars in their beauty.
"Aishiteru Sasori-kun." I heard her say, my mouth dropped open, then closed. I smiled at her, the first time in a while I have smiled. I opened my eyes from smiling and looked at her. She had fallen asleep.
I picked her up and carried her across rooftops, until I reached the Kage's mansion. I took her inside and handed her to the guard to take care of her. I took of for home to go to bed myself. I felt so light and happy, it was unbelievable. Little did I know.
The next morning I awoke to the sun shining in my window. I jumped up and rushed around like a headless chicken, trying to get ready, so I could meet her again.
I ran outside and down the street to the Kazekage's building. I entered, accidentally bumping into the guard from last night.
"Yukiko-sama?" I rudely asked. He shook his head, grabbed my wrist and dragged me down the corridor, up some steps and into the Kage's office.
"Ahh, Sasori." He greeted me. I remained silent, not wanting to anger him. I'd be buried in his gold dust if I did. "Yukiko has ran away. You are not to go after her. Her love could destroy us all." He said in a monotoned voice. My face dropped and I stood up a little too quick for his liking. Something hit me in the back of my head and my vision went blurry before I passed out. When I came too, I didn't remember what had happened, just that I was in the hospital. Granny Chiyo was sitting beside me, her face was showing me that she was upset. 'Why is she upset?' I thought, as I drifted into sleep once again.
Okey, strange chapter but I couldn't help it. I actually went to a fun fair two nights ago, that's where I got the idea from. It was the Lord mayor's celebration. It was magnificent, with a huge fun fair and people parading the streets. I had so much fun.
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