SasoSaku

SasoSaku
GENERAL
Naruto
Character	Sasori
Character	Sakura Haruno
Status of Relationship	Former Enemies; Acquaintances; Sasori is dead
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Het
Tropes	• Enemies to Lovers

SasoSaku is the het ship between Sasori and Sakura Haruno from the Naruto fandom.

Canon

Kazakage Rescue Arc

Before meeting in person for the first time, Sakura ha come in contact with Sasori's skills through Kankuro, who had been poisoned by him. Sakura then proceeds to study the poisons and creates the antidote that would save his life. This antidote would later prove to be useful in the battle against him. Sasori and Sakura first meet during the Kazekage Rescue Arc in Part II, where Sakura and Sasori's grandmother, Chiyo, have to team up to battle him.

Throughout the battle, Sasori finds himself impressed with Sakura's abilities, both as a fighter and a poison specialist. He even offers to build a puppet body for her and asks her if she would like to try an everlasting body like his, only if she wants to. Sakura's attitude through the battle is anger, at Sasori's cruelty and lack of humanity but she doesn't treat him like an ordinary enemy. As Sasori is also Chiyo's grandson, at some point she tries to reason with him and she gets upset after learning about his loneliness through childhood and how he ended up. She wishes everything would have turned out better for them both. Despite being a pursuer of eternity, eventually Sasori decides not to dodge their attacks and his core is impaled by Mother and Father puppets. After being defeated, Sasori says that he wouldn't have cared if his grandmother had died, that she was just another human life he would have taken. Enraged, Sakura punches him in the face and asks him what he thinks human life and blood ties are, and why he can't think of another way.

Later, he rewards Sakura for defeating him by telling her of a spy he has working for Orochimaru, dying just as he tells her about their planned rendezvous.

Fourth Shinobi War Arc

When Sasori is revived by the Edo Tensei Jutsuu he encounters Kankuro, who tells him that Sakura took him to their battle place where he got his puppet form. Sasori remembers her with no hate or anger, just from memories and the abilities that impressed him.

Fanon

SasoSaku is a fairly popular pairing among fans. It is the most popular het Sasori pairing and has a fair amount of popularity among Sakura pairings. Fans support it due to the interesting relationship they had during their battle as well as Sakura's last words to him. The ship is considered controversial due to the age gap between both characters.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

Sasori/Sakura Haruno tag on AO3

Sasori/Sakura Haruno tag on FanFiction.net

Trivia

• Sasori was impressed with Sakura's abilities.
• It's believed that Sakura's last words to Sasori had an effect on him emotionally.
• Before his soul was released from Edo Tensei, one of Sasori's last thoughts was Sakura. And what's interesting was that he was simply remembering her, without any spite or anger.