Porcelain [Sasori]

Puppet #8

Porcelain

Puppet #8

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A knock sounded the front door to Eirin's family home. Eirin awoke from her sleep, having heard the loud knock. She heard footsteps and the door unlock, before discreet voices were heard. Being a little curious as to who it was at this hour (it was past midnight), she got up and sneaked to the door, where she peered at the main door from the cracks.

Hana was talking to someone who she could barely see the features of. Judging from the voice, the other was male. Hana looked a little angry, but she didn't raise her voice much.

Who is that man...? Eirin wondered. She watched with a hitched breath – she knew how sharp ninja ears were and didn't want to get caught.

Eirin couldn't hear a single word from the man.

"Fine." Hana had replied. It was the only word Eirin had heard.

Not long after, Hana had gone out of the house, closing the door behind her.

Mother?! Where are you going?! Eirin was a little worried. It was because of how her mother acted around this person. It was awkward and it wasn't Hana at all.

Silently, Eirin tip toed out of the room after getting her Sasori puppet and made her way towards the front door, where she looked into the eyehole, seeing where they were going. Once they were out of sight, Eirin opened the door as quietly as she could, before trailing after them, hiding behind things if necessary.

It was dark but the 11 year old could see that they weren't going towards the city, but rather to the outskirts of the town.

Why are they going to the out of the village? Eirin questioned with a raised brow. Something doesn't seem right here.

Casting her eyes down to where she held the red haired puppet to her chest, she squeezed her eyes shut, I hope nothing bad happens to Mother!

When the young girl noticed movement, she followed. She was a little far from the trio of people – Hana and two men were there. She was a fair distance away only because she knew that she would get spotted easily if she was closer. Sasori taught her that.

They had taken an alternate route out of the village. Where ever they went, Eirin followed. She had a strange feeling at the pit of her stomach and it wasn't something that she could just ignore. When the trio stopped in the forest, they talked for a while. Eirin couldn't hear anything that was exchanged verbally between them, but she knew it was serious. Their expressions told it all. Hana was frowning and she was tapping her toe impatiently.

What are they talking about...? Eirin wondered. She was hiding behind a bush, crouched down in the darkness where no one could spot her.

Suddenly, one of the two men started to attack Hana. Eirin gasped, but slapped a hand over her mouth to prevent from getting found out. Hana had blocked the assault, sending a kick their way. But she was too slow, as the man had jumped and sent a kick to her face, whilst the other one swept his leg on the ground to force her to lose balance.

Hana ground her molars at the difficult situation and bent her head back, jumping just slightly so that both kicks missed. She grabbed one of their legs and threw him against the other one, but that proved the worst decision, as his partner caught him by the arm, enabling him to spin around and send a heel kick into Hana's jaw. Hana let out a gasp and she hit the tree.

"Be a good girl and just fall asleep now. You shouldn't have run away; he doesn't let people get away from him." One of the men took out something from his pocket, but it was too hard for Eirin to see what it was.