Porcelain [Sasori]

Puppet #4

Porcelain

Puppet #4

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"Granny Chiyo!" Eirin waved at the woman frantically. "Sasori!"

"Eirin?" Chiyo squinted and grinned, giving the child a small wave.

Beside her, Sasori stood in his Genin gear. He had an impassive expression on, as always, and nodded his head in a greeting. "Eirin."

Out of breath, the young female grinned when she ran up to the two of them. Hana was behind Eirin, watching the whole scene unfold.

"Hana." Chiyo nodded once at the Jonin. Hana bowed her head in respect.

"Chiyo-sama."

Chiyo patted Eirin on the shoulder, "Eirin, I have something to discuss with your mother about. Talk to Sasori, won't you?" She smiled and headed to Hana's direction.

The volume of their voice was a lot quieter. Hana spoke first, "You wanted to speak with me, Chiyo-sama?"

"Yes. I wanted to say that they've been dispatched. Don't worry, Eirin will be safe. Suna nin are quite capable." The older woman laughed merrily.

Hana wasn't sure of what to say. She nodded once, but almost reluctantly. "Thank you, Chiyo-sama. I trust they're able to do their job."

"...the only thing we can do is get them away from this village." Chiyo spoke these words quietly. "We can't leave Eirin unsupervised. She isn't even a shinobi."

There was an undecipherable expression on Hana's face as she stared at the woman.

"...understood, Chiyo-sama." Hana bowed her head yet again and went off to tend to her duties.

Chiyo focused her attention back to her grandchild and Eirin. She wanted to laugh when she saw Eirin staring at the puppet Sasori had taken out, with the biggest, shiniest eyes. She looked like she had sparkles around her. Sasori was controlling the puppet to entertain her, but once he caught wind of what her expression was, his normally impassive expression changed to one that looked a little disturbed.

How can somebody be this happy seeing puppets? He tried to ignore the look that Eirin was giving him and the puppet. It made him feel somewhat awkward.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Chiyo smiled. She hid a snicker by clenching her teeth.

Inwardly, Sasori breathed a sigh of relief. Eirin's attention had averted to Chiyo's and he was able to return the puppet into the scroll. His tense body relaxed.

That was suffocating.

"Granny Chiyo!" Eirin grinned. "Are we going to look at puppets today?"

Chiyo thought for a moment. "Ah, I could show you how to make a puppet!" She grinned.

"Make a puppet?" Instantly, the spark in the young female's eyes was relit and she excitedly jumped up and down, forcing the red head to stare at her with the same slightly disturbed expression as before. "Yes! How do you make one, how do you make one?!" The enthusiasm made Chiyo feel young again, but she found that Eirin's brightness was too bright. She could probably light up a city if the lights were powered by happiness.

Sasori honestly didn't know what to say. Her happiness was scary. He had never seen somebody this happy before.

As they went off to Chiyo's 'secret location' to make puppets, the Jonin that had helped Eirin before; his name was Yuno, was on lookout duty to watch for any suspicious behaviour in the city.