SasoriXReader Strings of Time Part 4

You bit down on your bottom lip.What could you do now?Sasori had just completely annihilated all your puppets hadn't fallen for any of your genjutsus or ninjutsus.On top of that,you were running low on chakra already and he had barely used any.What were you going to do now?

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"Lets find out!"you say,opening your scroll.You bit down on your thumb and slid it down the scroll,leaving a line of blood as you went.The scroll puffed into a cloud of smoke and out of it came a wooden Marionette.

"Ah..you still haven't given up puppetry,I see.I cant wait to see your skills.."Sasori says.

"Well,they're better than last time,I can assure you!"you say.

"Well...I guess I'll show you my special puppet then.You'll be the first to witness him in action!"Sasori says,pulling out a scroll that was marked with the number 3."

"Three?"you question.

"Yes..My favorite puppet..If you've really served the Sunagakure village after we parted then you should know him~"Sasori's scroll turned into a cloud of smoke and out of it came his wooden Marionette that sent chills down your spine at just the sight of it.

"That's...the..umm..."you stammer.Sasori tilts his head and chuckles.

"Then again..you never really had a great attention span when it came down to Kazekages.."he says.

"You got that right!Wait..That's the third Kazekage who went missing mysteriously.."You say."Sasori..You..kidnapped the third Kazekage?!"Sasori chuckles.

"Yeah..I did...and now he's my very own human puppet,You know what that means,don't you?"he says.

"Um..you had a thing for older men?"you say.

"No you idiot!I killed him!"Sasori snaps.You shrug.

"Hey..no need to get all defensive about it.If you're into older men there's nothing wrong with that.."you say.Sasori facepalms and glares at you.

"You're still as childish as ever ______.I'll make this quick!"Sasori says,sending his puppet at you.You quickly move your hands in front of you and block the attack.And Thus your battle began but...it was one you lost miserably..

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Sasori loomed over you,staring down at you as if to say,"What next?"What was next?You're out of puppets,Chakra and wits while Sasori barely had a scratch on him.

"What now,______?"Sasori asks.You look up at him and try your bst to stand,despite your soar body.

"I..can still..fight.."you say.Sasori sighed.

"You're still pushing yourself over your limit.Just accept it ______.You're finished."Sasori says.

"No I'm not!"you yell."I can still.."Sasori watched as you stood in front of him,trembling,but standing.You never knew it but he did always admire your determination and undying spirit.How even in the grimmest situation,you never gave up and seeing you do it again made him feel a little guilty that he was the one that put you in that state to begin with.

"______...I'm sorry for this.."Sasori says,charging his Kazekage puppet at you and knocking you unconscious instantly.The last thing you heard was Sasori whisper faint words of hope into your ear."Mitskuni..isn't dead..yet.."

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You were a little surprised when you woke up again.You were extremely surprised that you were actually still alive and out of the cavern you were in.You were in a hospital room now,bandaged and sore.You look up at the white ceiling.

"Did..Sasori bring me here?"you wonder.

"Miss _____.You're awake!"a voice says.You sit up fast and see Mitskuni standing by the door.Bandaids on his cheeks across his nose,bandages wrapped around both his arms and his upper torso.He was wearing his goofy smile,even though he was clearly in pain.

"Mitskuni!"you say,jumping out of bed and rushing over to him."You're alive!"

"For now.."Mitskuni says.You look at him.

"What do you mean,for now?You're fine!"you say,embracing him.Mitskuni was silent as he returned the embrace but eventually regained his voice.

"Sensei...I.."Mitskuni didn't get to finish due to sudden violent coughing and falling to his knees.

"Mitskuni!What's wrong?!"you ask.Mitskuni grips your arm tightly and looks up at you.

"S-Sensei..I..."Mitskuni tried to speak but suddenly threw up blood all over the floor."You panicked and yelled for help.Soon,medic nijas dressed in white rushed into the room and over to you.

"Miss ______!Are you alright?What's wrong?"they all ask.

"Mitskuni!Save him!"you plead but the medics just give you sympathetic looks and lay you back down in the bed.

"She's hallucinating!Get more IV!"

"Is it from the poison?!"

"Get Tsunadae in here stat!"You were laid back down and immediately hooked up to more IV before a woman with long blonde hair,wearing a leaf shinobi uniform rushed in and over to you.

"______,just relax.I'm Tsunadae of the hidden leaf village.I'm a medic ninja and I'm here to help you!"the woman said.You stare at her.

"Help me?No!Help Mitskuni!He's over there on the floor dying!"you scream at her.Tsunadae looks over her shoulder to where you were pointing but saw nothing then turned back to you giving you a look of sympathy.

"_____,there's nobody there...Mitskuni isn't there....You're hallucinating from being poisoned most likely!I'll heal you as best as I can!"Tsunadae says,starting a healing jutsu on you.You look over to where Mitskuni was but saw nothing just like Tsunadae said..

"But..where is he..?"you ask.

"Never mind that just lay back and calm down.."Tsunadae says.You do as your told and lay back against the bed pillow and drift to sleep as the healing jutsu sets in.

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"Miss ______,wake up.."A former comrade says,shaking you gently.Your eyes open slowly and you look at him.

"Yes?"you say.

"Miss Tsunadae...needs to speak with you.."he says.You nod and sit up just as Tsunadae walks into the room.She looks at the other ninja,nods her head and he takes his leave,leaving you and Tsunadae alone.

"Miss...______.."she says softly,sitting on the side of your bed.You found it a little funny how she was older than you but called you miss.

"Yes..Lady Tsunadae?"you say back.

"It's about your friend...Mitskuni.."she says.

"W-what about him?Is he alright?Did you treat him?"you ask.Tsunadae went silent for a moment making you a little nervous.

"He..W-We did everything we could...but...he was badly poisoned and it was untreatable..Mitskuni...died...yesterday...I'm so sorry.."Tsunadae says.Your eyes widen and fill with tears.

"N-no!He cant be dead!He's Mitskuni!Nothing can kill him!I just saw him!He was right here with me!"you say.

"That was a hallucination ______.Mitskuni was not here...It was just your imagination.."Tsunadae says.

"But I was poisoned too wasn't I?How am I still here?"you ask.Tsunadae sighed and looked at you.

"______...You weren't poisoned..It appears that you were just badly wounded..It appears that..the enemy..didn't want to poison you."she says.You look at her in shock for a moment.

"Sasori...didn't...want to poison me..?But he said he could finish me off!"you say.

"That doesn't matter!He didn't and you should be thankfull for that.."Tsunadae says.

"Thankful?Thankful that all my comrades were killed again!Thankful that my friend is dead and I'm not!Thankful that my long time best friend has degraded himself to becoming a criminal!Thankful that he is the one who did this!Thankful that he killed them but left me to live with the burden of their deaths on my shoulders!!"you yell.

"That's enough _____!I don't know why the enemy spared you but he did.I know loosing your friend is difficult for you but you are still here!And that's something to be thankful for!Now I want you to stop feeling sorry for yourself and get back in your own two feet and keep on living just like Mitskuni wanted you to!"Tsunadae shouts back.You went quiet and looked away.

"Whatever..please...just go.."you say.Feeling there was nothing else she could say,Tsunadae stood up and left the room.You were finally alone now and free to cry but you didn't.Instead..you climbed out of bed and walked over to the window,grabbing your clothes that were on the side.You quickly got dressed and hopped onto the windowsill.

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"Miss ______.I have food for you if you're hungry.."a medic said,entering the room,but there was nothing but silence.He opened the door wider and looked around."Miss ______?Miss Tsunadae!______ is gone!"Tsunadae rushed into the room at the call.

"What do you mean gone?!"she says.

"Look!The window is open!"the ninja said.All of the rushed over and looked down but saw nothing.

"She's gone.."Tsunadae says.

"But where could she have gone?"

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You smirked as you ran deep into the night.Despite your wounds still healing,you pushed yourself to run as fast as you could.You had to find him.You had to for some reason.He was all you could think about..Even after what he has done you're still going to track him down.Because...you need him..