"So let me get this straight," Pein rubbed his temples as he paced around the dining room table, "you're moving out and you think there is a stalker outside our house."

Kisame growled and looked out the window, "Akari said that she has seen the same guy watching this house for the last few days."

"If that is the case then I want you here until we find out what is going on. If Tobi is after the girls then I want all the help we can get."

"Then we should inform the Kages."

"Inform them about what?" Sasori questioned as he entered the room, a semi-finished wooden statue placed on the table and now the last thing on his mind.

Pein was busy writing down an explanation to the Kages, requesting their assistance, "Someone's been watching the house…or so I've been told."

"That doesn't sound good. Do you know if it's Tobi?"

"No clue," he finished his notes and passed them to Kisame, "go give these to the Kages, explain the situation and if they can we would like the assistance, and then go round up the girls, I want them back in this house and under supervision until this mess is sorted out. Sasori, go find the others and tell them what's going on, I want everyone out searching for this guy the moment I know the girls are safe."

"Yes Pein-sama."

"On it."

The two vanished without hesitation, having learnt that taking their time always seemed to lead to the girls getting hurt…badly. It was in these quiet moments, just before something was going to happen, that Pein reflected on all the decisions that he had made up to this point, what he could've done and what he can do to help prevent it from ever happening again. He needed to plan out his course of action; he needed to keep the girls under a closer eye than ever before if Tobi was coming after them again. At least he could be certain of one girl hanging around the house all day, especially if Deidara was there…

"Eek!"

"Come back un‼"

"Good, I need a distraction," Pein sighed to himself and started up the stairs, "DEIDARA‼"


One young Elle squirmed uncomfortably on Sasori's shoulder while May screamed abuse as he dragged her along behind him. Together they could be heard from all the way down the road, where Abi stood with the latest groceries in her hand a confused smile on her face.

"Hey there Sasori-san…"

"You. Come with me now."

"Fucking Sasori let me go‼"

"Put me down jerk-off‼"

"What's going on Sasori?"

Abi followed along willingly, Sasori didn't bother looking back as he marched through the village, "If I tell you three you're going to have to promise to keep your mouths shut because I'm not sure if you're meant to know or not."

"We promise."

"Fine."

"This is hurting my stomach‼"

"Kisame was meant to come get you guys but I did it so I could tell you. There is possibly a spy from Tobi in the village, he's coming after you guys again but we won't let him get you. You can be certain of that."

"Again‼ This prick doesn't give up," Elle tried to move into a more comfortable position but failed, "and don't think this means I'm going to happily get put under house arrest. I'm going to visit Gaara whenever I damned well feel like it."

"You shut up."

May stiffened slightly but hid it well from him, "Don't worry Sasori-san, I'll make sure everyone behaves."

"Thank you May-san."

"So why do you think that there's a spy?" Abi questioned, breathing slightly heavy from having to keep up with Sasori's long, quick pace, "Have you seen them? Or was there a note? What's going on?"

"Akari-san spotted someone watching the house for a while now; we're taking all precautions until this mess is sorted out once and for all," Sasori kicked the door down of their home, getting all of them inside and next to the bored looking Tay, "Pein-sama, I've brought them back."

"I thought I told Kisame to do that."

"Does it matter?"

"I like it when you follow orders;" Pein growled and pushed Tay back into her seat as she tried to leave, "Moving on, I've told Tay what's going on."

"I've told these three."

"That's good, now we just have to tell the others. Girls I don't want you leaving this house without someone with you, they have to be of my choosing or I won't allo-Tay stop trying to leave‼"

"I was in the middle of something."

"You will not do anything like that under my roof while I'm still alive."

"We've done it many times before…"

"Enough‼ You're too young as it is‼"

"I was talking about dating," Tay snapped with a smirk, "What were you thinking?"

"I… ah…"

"Speaking of dating could I get back to mine?" Elle asked the door since Sasori hadn't turned around, "I was having a wonderful time before a stupid puppet man came sprinting out of nowhere, threw me over his shoulder, and took off without an explanation."

"You stay."

"I was with the Kazekage‼ Who could possibly beat him?"

"Deidara…"

"I'm going to kill you Tay‼"

Abi looked at May with a sigh, "I thought they stopped fighting. And now we're quarantined."

"Well this is going to be fun…"

"CLAM IT FLAT CHESTED BITCH‼"

"EASY WHORE‼"

Sasori dumped the screaming girl on the ground and walked over to see Pein, "At least they're fighting like normal."

"As long as they're not stressing out over the situation," Pein put a hand over Sasori's shoulder and quickly forced him into a choke hold, "Now if you ever disobey my orders again I will make you live to regret it."

"I… I understand."


A stone cold stare was shared in the eyes of the Akatsuki who were out and about, looking for the maybe spy that was lurking around the village. It was a warning; anyone could see that, a warning to stay away unless you wanted to die. The warning was immediately picked up by Kakashi the moment he saw Hidan storming down the street, and since he couldn't catch him he turned around and caught Kakuzu as he headed towards him.

"What's going on?"

"Not now Kakashi."

"If you tell me I can help."

"There's a spy, from Tobi, somewhere in the village," Kakuzu stopped his movements but his eyes were still as cold as ice, "We're going to find the bastard, and we're going to make him squeal like a pig."

"What does he look like?"

"I'm not sure; Kisame didn't give us a description of the guy. He only got some useless assuming from his stupid girlfriend."

"So you don't even know if this guy even exists?"

"We're not taking chances."

Kakuzu left before the conversation could go any further, clearly bored with talking to Kakashi about the subject. However Kakashi had become more and more agitated as their short conversation had furthered; they had no information about a possible spy that could take the girls back to Tobi. That was the last thing he wanted. He was going to take action.

"Kakashi Sensei‼" the call from his one female student sparked an idea, his smirk growing as the team drew closer, "What the hell? You're even later than normal."

"You three made it just in time."

"Huh?"

Kakashi continued to stare after Kakuzu temporarily before turning to his team, "I've just been informed about a spy from Tobi inside the village. It's your job to go find this man and take him in, we're not sure what he looks like or what his real intentions are which only makes this mission even more vital. So I repeat, find him and take him in."

"And what are you going to do…" Sasuke asked with the slightest hint of amusement to his voice, "Kakashi Sensei?"

"I'm going to search a different part of the village. I'm not going to slack off if that is what you were implying."

"Of course not."

It wasn't a lie. He wasn't going to slack off. He glided swiftly through the heart of the village until he reached the Akatsuki house, from the sounds of the screams of abuse he assumed that all the girls were inside. Through the window he spotted Pein watching over them, that was all he needed to see.

He just wanted to know that May was safe while he was out looking for the spy.


So far the observations had gone off without a hitch.

No one had noticed him spying on the house, every day, since the attack on the village. All he was assigned to do was stand around, watch the house, write down observations then send them back to the hideout. Even as he wrote down the Akatsuki's latest activities he felt like he deserved a promotion or a reward of some kind for the extra effort he had put in.

Most of the higher ranked shinobi under Orochimaru's command knew of the desire that Tobi held for the girl named May. She was the leader of the group of the girls, that much was obvious, but no one could see the fascination about her. She fought well but was still inexperienced, she wasn't as attractive as the blonde girl (in his opinion), she was boringly logical and there was nothing particularly special about her either. It just made him even more curious about what Tobi saw in the young girl.

"Hey you."

He froze at the voice, turning around slowly with the most casual smile he could, "Me?"

"Yeah you."

"Yes?"

"That bird," Sasori jerked his head towards the sky, smirking slightly as several kunai flew out of nowhere and took it down, "where was it going?"

"I don't see how that is any of your concern, Sasori-san."

"I think it is my concern, I think that it is the concern of the entire Akatsuki. Do you really want that?" Sasori took a single step towards him, the man trying to back up only to find that Deidara was standing behind him, "Do you really want the entire Akatsuki hunting you down because you have been spying on us?"

"I-I-I haven't been spying on-on you."

Deidara put his hands on the man's shoulder, feeling him tremble as Sasuke and Naruto also came into view, "Who have you been spying on then un?"

"No-no one."

"If we find out you have been spying on someone, or somoeones," Sasori took in another step, watching the man shake in fear, "Then you are going to be in a lot of trouble."

"Me? Trouble?"

"Yes."

"Oh no, whatever will I do?" All trembling ceased, a cocky laugh replaced the high pitch voice, "You really think that I'm afraid of two brats, a man who plays with dolls, and a man you looks like a woman? You're the ones who should be afraid of me."

"Please," Sasuke scoffed at the man's arrogance but put his guard up, "Why exactly should we be afraid of you?"

"Wouldn't you like to know."

"I've had enough of this, I'm taking him in un."

Deidara's hand was steady and firm, hitting the man's weak point and rendering him unconscious altogether. He threw the lump over his shoulder and walked off without informing the others of his actions, the man was going to the torture chambers and everyone knew it.