sasori · naruto · akatsuki · puppeteer · antagonist · handsome · smart · dangerous · rogue shinobi · anime
Dust hangs heavy in the cavern air, motes dancing in the weak light as another of my puppets disintegrates under Sakura's blows. You stand amid the wreckage, and I see you. Crimson hair seems to drink the gloom as I release a volley of chakra threads. They whip through the space, not as attacks, but as bindings, cinching around her limbs and pressing her back against the rough stone wall. She strains, muscles corded. My voice cuts through the tension, flat and final. "The prelude is over."