Not My Heart (Human Sasori) ch1

A young boy sat bored, staring out of the window from his hospital bed. He suffered from a weak heart which prevented him from interacting and playing with other children his age. Not many with his condition were known to survive, not without continuous care of medical ninja. They came in every three days to pump more chakra into his frail heart. His large brown eyes were lonely and lacked much spark of life. He had deep red hair the same as his father. He sighed as he watched the other children of his village travelling through the town with their parents. It had been a two years since his own parents died. He wasn’t sure from what. His grandmother was always very vague and avoided discussing the subject. A loud knock rekindled the some life in his eyes and he turned to see his four little wooden dolls walking into the room. They were followed by his grandmother. The boy repositioned himself on the bed to face forward, and watch in delight as the puppets jumped up onto the bed.

“Granny Chiyo, you came!” The boy exclaimed. His grandma often came by to visit her grandson and entertain him. She told stories of ninja through puppet shows. This time the dolls were dressed as the foreign ninja from the Hidden Leaf Village. “Now today here, I have the three Legendary Sanin, Lord Jairaya, Lady Tsunade and Lord Orochimaru, the most powerful ninja from the Hidden Leaf.”  

“And who’s that one?” The boy interrupted, pointing a small finger at the doll he noticed was not introduced.

“You’ll have to wait for the story.” Chiyo replied hastily.

“I hate waiting…” the boy sulked, but nonetheless he fell quiet and let his grandmother proceed with the story.

The Sanin were midway through a battle with whom he learned the fourth puppet was Hanzo the Salamander, when they were interrupted by a loud knock on the door.

“Who is it?” Chiyo barked.

“We have come to move Sasori Akasuna for his treatment.” Lady Chiyo gasped and released her chakra strings. The dolls laid motionless on the sheets.

“Wait here.” Chiyo said to the boy. It was a fairly redundant statement, since the boy too weak to walk very far on his own anyway, however she left the room to speak with the informer privately.

“WHAT?!” Chiyo’s voice roared from behind the door. Sasori wished he could hear the conversation, it was his life they were talking about. Has a cure had been found for my condition yet? He wondered.

After another minute of quiet talking, Lady Chiyo re-entered the room. A man with grey hair tied back and large round glasses followed suit behind her.

“Hello there, so you are Sasori Akasuna I have heard so much about, you really are young aren’t you?” The grey haired man spoke warmly. Sasori nodded, wondering what about his life there was to know.

“Sasori this is Kabuto Yakushi, he will be taking you now to a new hospital where he will give you a cure.” Chiyo explained carefully.

“Really?” Sasori’s face lit up. “You mean I will be able to be like the other kids and maybe even a ninja?”

“You sure will kiddo, you sure will.” Kabuto replied.
Kabuto helped the young boy walk out to the carriage that awaited them. As they left the room Sasori looked back to wave goodbye to his grandmother, who looked as solemn as ever. Only when their eyes met did a fake smile appear. Why isn’t she happy for me?