The sound of the river played in the background with the whisper from the foliage in the isolated place around the border of river land where stood two contradictory figures but also acquired some similarity between them. One has copper red hair while another petite figure has vibrating pink hair. Both have soft feminine contours of facial structure as well as the glitch of knowledge in the eyes while the red haired shinobi is much taller and has broader shoulders but hers is small compared to him.
The wind fans pink hair to cover her face so Sakura uses her hand to push it all back, blinking her eyes as she almost stumbles on the rock. After resuming her stance, Sakura looks up and meets with the boring gaze of the man whom she called 'nii-san'.
She could feel the faint hint of his smirk when she eventually uttered this word.
On the other hand, the said man felt totally upper hand and the winner was this girl who used to challenge him in the fight with her true strength and pride but now politely called onto him.
"Hah? What do you say?"
Sakura's brow knitted together "What do you mean?"
"What did you say to me earlier? speak louder. I don't hear what you said" Sasori pretended to put his hand around his right ear and tiled his head innocently while showing the smudging smirk to her. Clearly, he wants to tease her.
Sakura puffed the air out of her lung to concentrate her anger down.
"I said N-I-I-S-A-N now you hear it?" Sakura spoke each syllabus slowly but loudly to him straightly and the heat rushed to her face when seeing him trying to swallow down the laughter.
"Damn! Stop it Sasori! forgot what I said cuz it's nonsense and sometimes it's my exhaustion that forces me to say this bullshit!" She gritted her teeth in anger "I'm gonna call you Bakaniiki!"
Sasori tried hard to stop the giggle and feel the cuteness over her angry facade. This little girl is always mesmerizing him in a strange way since she was the one to find a heal over his fatal poison and also the one to be able to fight him head on in which he also didn't back down too.
"Um, I think I prefer only nii-san. It suited you well when you said it..like you are obedient little girl when we were young to me"
This highlined her cheek bright red after the mention to her childhood.
"Hell no and don't mention it again Bakaniiki"
"Nah I like it and love seeing your embarrassing face" the corner of his mouth lift up in glee when the little one fumed clearly.
"You! you are real jer.."
Before she said the last word, in the blink of an eye, Sasori appeared beside her - she never imagined he could have that fast pace like this - he always appeared as back-row fighter who controlled the puppet and set the trap, moreover before she can counter but she fell the world turning upside-down.
"Shh… you should behave like a good little girl…" the baritone voice echoed in her ear as his mouth was beside her ear closely "Who taught you to say something rude like that hmm? Sakura?" The hot air from his mouth showered over her cheek. Sasori flash-stepped beside her, seated on the boulder and held her body down into his lap, laying her head on his right knee like he tried to sing her some lullaby or some sort. "That blond nine tail? or any friend of yours in Konoha? "
Sasori can sense her body rigid after the mention. Yeah he could have something to bargain with her again. This girl is like the open book of him and her emotions are all over which could be seen and interpreted from her face.
"Please no.. not them please Sasori" Sakura finally gave in and said in a pleasing tone to please him. She didn't want him to touch any of her precious friends and everyone in Konoha at any cost. Plus, Sasori knew what to bargain with her, by picking up the topic about Konoha, he could see the soft line over her face that indicates she's willing to desert her facade and willing to talk obediently.
"Alright so we can talk now?" Sasori gestured his hand out that they will make a truce a little tiny war between them.
She nodded but still on his lap - his lean but strong arm draping across her body and pin her down at the same place, eyeing up to his handsome but stoic face structure. It's really bothering her because she could not read any expressions from his face or body language at all.
Sasori sings "You punched me so hard, Sakura in the afternoon. Who could have thought you would be this strong. And Akatsuki has no report about you too so that's why I didn't know it" Sasori signed like a pretending one from her eyes and it irked her, rolling her eyes in a response.
Sakura replied "Serve your right"
"Ouch" He pretended to be hurted and it's really annoying in her eyes. "You hurt feeling of this big brother so bad"
Sakura gritted her teeth for his dramatic action that seemed really unrealistic in her eyes but it can't helped to correct this matter as he eventually is her long lost big brother. After this thought popped up in her mind, she suddenly swallowed her anger.
"Cut the crap and say it aniki, what do you want from me again? after our plan to kill you"
Sakura could feel his grip and hand tightened suddenly like a tiger's claws so she tried to calm her breath to look normal as much as she could. Even though he's her big brother, she could not imagine what's in his head or his real potential of ninja's way - like everyone saw in the afternoon and heard from the report about the battle of Sasori vs her and grandma Chiyo. They finally defeated him and destroyed his so-called fake puppet body but judging from the fight, he could pull the battle into three part : in Hiruko's puppet, fight with third Kazekega's magnetic sand and the last one with his real puppet body, which ultimately his fake body and he just controlled everything from far away. This scheme was under his plan and she had to play along.
"I have another plan" Sasori could sense her body went rigid, so he tries to sooth her by patting her back in rhyme. "It's not the large one like this one" Sakura signed again because how her life would turn again when she had to cooperate with his scheme.
"Listen Sakura and stop thinking for a damn second" Sakura's startled as he could read her like a book and is a bit terrified by his commanding tone in which she heard it last time when she had to fake fighting him in the previous afternoon. She nods to him.
"Now my existence has vanished in the history of shinobi. Thanks to you, i can make it finally however I still cannot achieve my ultimate goal" Sasori takes a breath before continuing "and don't worry about it because it's not about taking over any nations, tail beasts or anyone life around you my sister"
"So what's it you want aniki?" Sakura asked in a confusing tone. With her level, she can't be of any help to him at all. The legendary puppet master and the notorious Akatsuki member, he's a walking one man army while she's simply a medics
"My goal is to kill my archenemy. It's Orochimaru" This name gave her goosebumps. "I believe you have already known him. He's like an obstacle to my resolve and perspective on art. Sorry, i will put it simply for my sister, it's about the revenge and I set my mind since he first joint in Akatsuki many years ago"
Sakura turned to face him, meeting the reddish gray eyes of him "You just threw your existence because of this goal? You're totally bakaaniki!"
Sasori exhaled and tried to overlook her fiery nature that just scold him in the face - he's long live his life as a criminal shinobi with Akatsuki and no one ever dare to question or spat in front of his face with the red cloud pattern on the coat has been enough to frighten anyone but except this little sister of him.
"I know it sounds stupid for you but listen, Sakura. I calculated it very well. I can't do it when I'm with Akatsuki because it will go against the rules of the organization. You know what, every action in Akatsuki has to be voted for the agreement by every member and my request always has been rejected. To this point of life, I asked myself why i can't do this and when I turned 25, I have a thought that I have to do it to fulfill the promise of myself so that's why I decide to do it"
Sasori cleared his throat to ask for her attention "First, I want you to live normally and pretend I'm dead..Oh don't forget to tell mum and dad about this scheme and I will visit them sometimes okay?"
Sakura nods to him. It felt strangely warm that he never forgets about their parent and will someday visit them… yeah she used to draw an imaginary picture that they could have been together one day.
"Second one, I want you to be on my team"