— Akatsuki member Syota Haruno -
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Info about him under cut
Background information: Syota was originally Sakura’s older brother but I decided to change it. He’s instead a distant cousin. He was abandoned as a kid leaving him to be raised by women working in the red light district. He will later be picked up by Orochimaru while on a mission with his partner at the time, Sasori. Well, not really picked up. Syota follows them hoping they can raise him to be a shinobi. Sasori immediately objects and tells the kid to go back while Orochimaru sees an opportunity. Pain decides to let them keep the kid but states it’s their responsibility.
Sasori pretty much ignores Syota while Orochimaru begins testing on him to make another “Tenzo.” Syota has both water and earth release making a great candidate for wood release, the only issue is that he isn’t from a senju lineage. Orochimaru begins injecting him with senju cells while on the other hand, sasori is slowly growing on the kid. Sasori begins teaching the kid basic medical techniques. Eventually, Orochimaru’s work eventually pays off and Syota begins showing immense progress faster than Tenzo. There’s a little issue though, every-time Syota performs Mokuton, he begins bleeding. Orochimaru eventually leaves, leaving Syota with Sasori who teaches him how to stabilize his chakra so he won’t bleed so much along with how to heal himself. By now, Syota’s body is covered in scars from performing Mokuton and then repeatedly healing himself.
Seeing that Syota refuses to leave and that he can potentially be very vital in the future, Pein decides to let Syota become an official. He’s given the ring, 安定 meaning stability. Syota becomes the child of the Akatsuki. Most members are surprised to see Sasori be rather patient with this kid but after a while it becomes a normal occurrence to see this pink haired boy covered in bandages following Sasori along. His gift for becoming an official member is also getting piercings like pain-sama (he begged Sasori for days).
All is great for a while until…fucking Deidara comes along. Another brat is introduced to the group and Syota immediately feels pushed aside. Deidara becomes the center of attention as he becomes a threat to group and himself with his odd behavior. Jealousy begins to brew while Deidara gives zero shits about him and is more worried about running away. Syota has never had father figure and Sasori is the closest that he has to that. His hatred for Deidara comes from a fear of being abandoned again. Sasori gives Syota the job to keep a close eye on Deidara. Several times, Deidara is able to escape with Syota always catching him. Syota is also made to make sure Deidara isn’t harming himself…which he is. Deidara begins to refuse to eat out of retaliation. Syota doesn’t say anything hoping that he dies (😭?) but after the fourth day, Syota gets worried and tells Sasori. He watches in jealousy as Sasori nurses Deidara back to health. After that, Syota decides to be the mature one…kinda.
Over time, they slowly get closer with the occasional bickering. Now sasori is taking care of two teenagers who don’t stop screaming “Sasori Danna.” Deidara talks to Syota about his hatred for Itachi and syota talks about his love for women. Match made in heaven.
Timeskip to after Sasori’s death. Both Deidara and Syota are now partnered with Tobi. Deidara is angry about Sasori’s death and takes it out on Tobi. Syota is also mourning but there’s also an understanding. I think Syota always knew Sasori was unhappy. He believes Sasori is finally at peace and actually begins to like Tobi.
Timeskip^2 all of their edo tensei forms meet again and they reunite 🥺 sasori is back with his kids 🗣️🗣️
Other information:
5’9
He doesn’t have an official age. Not even he knows so we’re just going to say 20.
He loves women mainly because he was raised by them but he also just finds them pretty. He dies to mei and is happy 💀 when he’s resurrected, all he does his obsess over women. He’s pretty much like sanji. He spends his free time in brothels because of course. Women do no wrong in his eyes.
Personality is pretty laidback. He goes with the flow with most things. He loves sleeping along with star gazing. He has a deep love for circuses. When he was with Sasori and Orochimaru, they came across someone they were hunting down who happened to run a circus. They killed the man after but syota got to see a performance of a life time and it always stuck with him,
Some old designs of him
