Chapter 2 - Tobi and Sasori

It was an off moment for the whole Akatsuki. The wandering spirit who showed up last week was very relaxed around them. S Rank Criminals. It could have been to the fact that she was dead and no one could touch her. But the fact they have someone they had no information about was just gliding around the base and randomly appearing in front of them for kicks was slowly irritating them. It was at the dinner table when they saw her next. She was floating in front of the stove. "Woman you better not break anything over there." Kakuzu stated, he had no idea on if she could possesses something and break it.

Slowly she looked at him, and they each watched silently to see if she would try to answer. They had learned at some of them she had a kinder nature towards while the unlucky few had to be a little more careful about. She smiled and turned back to the stove. "You know being dead is boring. I can't cook, do anything with my favorite art tools, or feel warmth…"

She said as she touched the flame from the stove with a sad expression. Kakuzu frowned, her emotions were always all over the place. And they had yet to learn anything about her. Tobi seeing his new angel friend upset frowned, he didn't know if her mental state was so injured from her own death. "How did Pretty Angel die?"

It got silent at the table. Hidan had stopped his cursing at the mad bomber who in turn had also became quiet. While all turned to Angel who remained quiet. "I died because my friends used me as a shield. I refused the drug lord his money because it wasn't my problem and my so called friends used me as a human shield, as the killer unloaded a round into my chest." She said after a while. "And after a while the police came and killed everyone in the area...my death was uneventful, really nothing special. Just collateral." She shrugged.

"Angel, have you tried to touch anything lately?" Konan spoke from her place at the table. Angel turned to her and then looked at her hand. Slowly she walked to Konan and raised a hand to her. In which Konan looked to Pein who nodded. When she raised her hand to Angels to try and touch it, she felt cold nothingness but after Angel had a look of concentration. At first nothing happened and she frowned. After another few seconds Konan felt something solid for a moment before nothing again.

"You can do it but it looks like it takes a lot of mental strength for make yourself solid again." Konan stated. Angel looked at her shocked. It was shocking to Pein and Tobi as well. If their Guiding Angel could feel again then she could be the best spy they ever had. Konan looked from Pein to Angel and she as well as the rest saw the tears. It shocked a lot of them. She could curse like no tomorrow, matching Hidan and go head to head in stubbornness with the artist duo on ideals. She took insults and such from some of the members and glares from her just being in the room. And nothing caused her to break. But now she was right in front of them with tears over feeling the warmth.

"Warm...you felt warm…" Slowly she looked at her hand and held it with the other. As if it was percious. "You never know what you have until it's no longer there…" She smiled. "I'll practice some more in order to be of better help to organization. Thank you Konan."

"So the bitch could feel again." Hidan stated with very little ire. Though it meant it with no ill will at the moment, she turned at gave a sharp stare at him.

"Hidan, what's your favorite food?" She asked.

"H-huh?" he stated confused.

"What if you could never eat it again? Fine. What's your favorite activity?"

"My rituals to Lord Jashin." He stated confused.

"With a body like mine, you could never do it again. I can never pick up my paintbrush, count my own money from back home cause I can't touch it, never see my past love ones because of where I am, never experience joyful activities like gardening or cooking. While I plan to make sure none of you die I can not do much in a way since I can not touch anything. Though now that I know I can touch something if I focus hard enough I plan to become an even better asset to your group. Pein, permission to use an area for practice?" She stated to the leader.

"If you can get yourself solid then I see no issue with it."

The light on her face was bright as she immediately left via flying out to find one of the training grounds in order to try and become solid. Her face became so much lighter and younger at her own thoughts of being able to feel again. No one saw her for the next few days. It was slightly darker in the base since she never came out of the training room.

In the living room, Kisame and Itachi were sitting on the couch reading or watching TV while the artist duo worked on their own artwork. Hidan was flipping through the channels and his partner was counting his money. Zetsu wasn't in the base at the moment and Tobi was wandering around the base in hopes to find something to do. Konan and Pein were in his office doing paperwork.

Tobi wanted to find Angel simply for the sole purpose of finding out if she was even needed in his plan. Walking into the room he last saw her in, he and the group had found out that some of the group she wasn't that kind in keeping them in as she worked. Tobi didn't know if she knew about him or not but she gave the information that she knew everything in the beginning… He had no idea if she could be trusted yet, though as a dead wandering spirit he could only watch and wait. Walking in he saw her standing there in front of a kunai that was on the floor in front of her. A look of frustration was on her angelic face. Shaking his head and entered and made himself known.

"Pretty Angel! Tobi is here to play!" He mentally cringed when he spoke, after a while of talking like a child, he was slowly growing tired of it. She looked up shocked that someone had come in and smile at him.

"Hello my Lovely Lollipop. I am afraid I have some bad news for you. I might disappear soon." She spoke as she looked at her hand. Tobi/Madara/Obito was confused as she said that until he looked at her hand himself and saw it was disappearing from sight. "I don't know if I should stop trying to become solid or if I should try to stop myself from disappearing."

Needless to say he didn't know what to tell her. It was shocking really, plus he knew he couldn't let her go until he found out about what she knew about his plan. If she disappeared then it would also interrupt the plans he was forming with her in them. It would irritated him a lot if she vanished from their world because of this set back.

"Tobi doesn't want the Pretty Angel to leave…" He stated while pouting, and it was true in a way. "Maybe Pretty Angel should take a break." Tobi noticed that on the floor was a lot of black feathers lined up around the floor where she was working. Slowly he picked one up shocked at the softness it held. And the fact that he could hold it.

"Tobi...I might need to rest for a bit. I'm really tired...I'll come back and play as soon as I can." and right in front of him she disappeared into feathers.

-POV Change: Angel's-

I was getting tired and was falling asleep. Closing my eyes I saw I was looking around the base from a ceiling point of view. It was like I was watching over them while my form slept. How long was I here? About a week and a half? So 7 to 14 days of staying somewhat solid is what I could do before I disappear to rest. Though I don't know if I could reform after this. I'll just have to wait and see. It's not like I'll lose something if I don't. I can't fear death since I've already died.

-POV CHANGE: Akatsuki-

Most members were in the Living room still when Tobi came barreling in. Screaming and crying. "Pretty Angel is gone!"

Kisame was falling asleep on the couch fell off. Deidara who was still working on a small prototype blew up in his face. Sasori was simply reading when he looked up. Kakuzu cursed saying he lost count. Hidan cursed at the sudden screaming mental member. Itachi simply looked up. Zetsu who arrive just in time to see his partner throwing a crying fit. Pein and Konan came out to see what all the commotion was all about. "What was that Tobi?" Pein asked.

"Pretty Angel said she was really tired and then vanished into feathers…" He held out the feathers she left on the floor. "Pein-sama, is there a place after death?" Tobi asked.

"A place after death?" Kisame repeated.

"It would be better for her and all of us if the woman stayed where she belonged in the afterlife." Sasori stated while looking at his book. "It states that spirits who wander and are exposed to human life tend to become demons of the uncontrollable kind."

"Tobi doesn't want Pretty Angel to become an Uncontrollable Demon! Tobi wants Pretty Angel to just come back!" Tobi said as he had a breakdown in front of everyone. The group felt their eardrums suffer from the sheer level of volume. Even Hidan didn't want to get near the mental breakdown in front of them. Sighing, Konan walked over.

"Tobi, did Angel say if she would be back?" Konan could only hope to get a positive answer in order to stop the crying S Rank member. Otherwise they might have a more mental leader than what they really need. Though Tobi nodded his head.

"She said she was tired but she would be back to play soon."

"There you go Tobi, as Angel ever left you for long?" Konan asked. Like with most members when she was stating a promise like she had, she always came through whether it was a prank or otherwise. "Just give her time to rest."

The Tobi part of felt better with that mindset while the Obito part was looking forward to seeing his little Angel again. But he had no idea how long it would take her to regain her strength. He was rather fond of her even though she was an enigma. He still didn't get the answers he wanted but she was the only gone for a short time, at least he would hope so.

-Time Skip a Week-

For the rest of the member it was slightly unbearable. Tobi would be appearing randomly to see if his Pretty Angel was back and while Deidara was glad that he was no longer bothering them, he felt a little bit worried over the fact that the Mental member's attachment to an angel of death as he called her. At the moment Sasori was wondering the halls, he was stuck thinking about what the angel was talking about before, about how she misses being able to feel and the want for desires. He couldn't understand it, she was eternal. She had gained a similar eternal beauty like himself in his puppet form. Though she died to get it, if anything the talks they had when everyone wasn't around showed that she was glad she was dead but she would love a chance to experience more things like touch like he could. In a way he could understand. She had no physical form meaning she was just a aspiration. He couldn't see himself being happy never to make his puppets again.

He saw that they both had different versions of eternal beauty. While he had no religious beliefs, and as he understood she didn't really care for them either, she clearly would have been better off with his version of eternal beauty. Nodding to himself as he came to the conclusion, he passed the training room his eternal partner had taken to before she disappeared, now he would have walked on if it wasn't for seeing something on the floor. Turning into the room he saw she was back but something was different about her, she looked different, her colorless eyes were looking at nothing and her wings, all 6 of them were holding her like a blanket.

"Your late brat."

He was slightly confused about why she was back and not causing a scene. Sure they had learned that her personality was similar to a prankster, so if she was to show back up, they all assumed she would make a very loud entrance. Slowly Angel turned to him before really looking at him she smiled softly. He had to reminding himself that she knew all about them, from her own world and while it was strange to have someone watch him with understanding eyes, he had no knowledge about her. If her emotions were anything but wavering he knew it was unstable waters. She had a lot of emotional issues. Such an Emotional Eternal Partner I have. Sasori thought as he walked over carefully.

He wasn't expecting her to attack him or give a sudden prank. As they all learn some she left completely alone in that regards. Not that he believed that anyone could hurt her anyways. She was already dead. And you can't hurt a wandering spirit. They could only hurt themselves by being in the area of humans before they turn malicious. And that's why he was wary, not all of the researching he did could tell him if there was a time period for that. Or how to fight it if she ever became an 'Uncontrollable Demon'.

"I saw my family at my funeral…" She stated at him without much emotion he thought she would have.

"And?"

She then chuckled a little. "After some pretty words, in the after party I heard that they thought my death was my own fault, for my own stupidity. My fault I was used as a human shield...my fault huh…" she slowly became silent as her 6 wings wrapped tighter around her. Ah, I see. Sasori walked a little closer.

"Someone you trusted?"

She smiled at Sasori when he got her attention again. As she shrugged, he saw her looking for an answer to a question he wasn't sure how to answer. So he sighed, a little irked. His Eternal Partner was too impressionable and careless. He knew he had to choose his words carefully. If she was angered, he would suffer like Hidan did when he went too far in his foul language. At times he wondering why he even cared about her. "Did you actually try and go and kill yourself?"

"No."

"Did you throw yourself in the way to protect your friends?"

"No."

"Then you were not at fault. Just at the wrong place and the wrong time. You were minding your own business when it happened correct?"

"Yes…"

"Then again, you are not at fault for it. It's your own families issue that they are stupid enough to know you had no part. Don't let it get to you." Sasori sighed. He really didn't understand the lengths he was going to, to make her smile at him again. Maybe it was because she was at true Eternal Beauty when she smiled and was happy? He would have to figure this out later.

"Sasori…"

He looked up to see her holding out her hand with a smiled that stopped his breath. He wasn't comfortable with others touching his body but this was his Eternal Partner so he guess he could allow it. Hold back out his palm, not moving from where he stood. In doing so he hoped to get her out of the blanket of wings she still was wrapped up in. Her smile became a little bigger and she floated out of it. She stayed off the ground and inflight, landing only in front of his palm. He saw her look at her hand and his before she reached out to tap his wooden body. She smiled brighter.

He was confused. He only had a few place he could feel on his body but his hands weren't one of them. Slowly she wrapped her hands around his one hand.

"Warm...and soft…" she mumbled as he saw her become physical better.

Why though. He wondered. Was it because it gave her a focus or that it was someone who wanted to accept her touch. Again he had no idea. But the look she was giving him made his mind go blank. Moving his hand away, he saw her physical form waver before becoming her aspirational form again.

"The others should be getting back soon. Tobi was upset when you left so suddenly." and that didn't sit right with him. And he had no idea why.

"Then I guess I should find my Lovely Lollipop." She took to flying again, but she stayed in front of him again, in fact he saw she was wearing something new. A pure light grey dress and black tights. It was opened in the back for her wings. It confused him on how she changed. And he wanted to know so why wait to ask her when she was still flying right in front of him ...in fact now that he was paying attention she was hovering over him with a smile.

"How'd you change?"

"I woke up in new clothes, they are more comfortable than the ones from before." She smiled as she answered. He had to look up a little to see her. It was oddly hypnotic watching how her wings move. "I'll see you later okay, Sasori of the Red Sand." And with that she flew gracefully out to find her lollipop.

"And not a second later…" Sasori stated before he realize it. "I don't like to be kept waiting…"

-POV CHANGE: Angel-

I was feeling a little better after my talk with Sasori that I was smiling when I came near the main living room. I could hear my Lollipop whining. Hovering over the door close to the ceiling I listened closely in hopes to find out what was wrong. "My Pretty Angel still hasn't come back…" Tobi sounded sad. And I was not okay with that. My Lollipop was meant to be a ball of sugar! Not a sour puss. Flying in, I land a little near Tobi, giving Zetsu and silent motion as I wrap him in a hug. My wings folding around him a little.

"My Lollipop is not to become sour and salty." I stated slightly playfully. I was able to focus enough to give him a hug before I lost it. He gasped and spun around.

"Pretty Angel! You're back!? Pretty Angel hugged Tobi!"

"Of course you are my Lollipop. And I don't want my candy getting sour." I said playfully. I could literally feel the joy rolling off him, and he made to tackle me with a hug. Only for him to land on the couch behind me.

"The idiot would not stop moping the whole time you were gone." Zetsu informed me. I smiled at the duo personality.

"How bout we go and play so you could take care of your garden?" I stated and before answering he left without being told twice. Tobi was sitting impatiently as I turned to him.

"So my Lollipop, how were things in the base?"

"Boring without Pretty Angel!"

"Hmm, was my Lovely Lollipop lonely?"

Tobi didn't answer but played with the hem of his cloak. "Tobi missed Pretty Angel."

"Come on, let's go prank some members. Like your sempai!" He seemed to perk up as he ran out and I flew after him. Things would start to change soon, I knew it deep inside as I watched over the Akatsuki.

A/N: This might become a reverse harem or something similar. I'm still deciding. Also this might not follow canon! But I hope you all enjoy this. I'm also starting a Akatsuki Kittens story! If any are interested in it, let me know and I'll have it posted for all to see! Bye for now