Halo sat on her bed in her room, with her back to her bedboard, her legs drawn up to her chest, her arms wrapped around them, and her chin resting on her knees. Her door was open, but despite that it was still relatively dark in her room. She couldn't believe that she'd done what she had. She'd made it so she could never regain entry to Heaven. She'd made it so that she couldn't even begin to redeem herself. She sighed and looked at her door. Well, she was here now and there was nothing she could do about it. The only thing she could do was try to make the best of it.

Pheonix made his way down the hall. There were alo of new recruits coming in lately. Talcer, Halo, and Deita. The Akatsuki were starting to grow. That meant only one thing. They would soon be sent out on assignments. As he got to the end of the hall he stopped when he saw someone's door was open. Most of the time room doors were closed. He walked over to the door. It was dark inside, but he could see the faint outline of someone. "Hello?"

Halo looked towards the door only to see a man standing in it. "Yes?" Halo asked meekly. She wasn't really in the mood to deal with anyone, but she couldn't avoid the people in the akatsuki forever, right? She hoped that this one hadn't come to pick on her or anything, as childish as it sounded.

"Welcome to the Akatsuki," he said taking a bow and removing his hat on the way down, bring it across his stomach. As he stood back up straight he gave a smile and flipped his hat back on. "I'm Pheonix." He said. "Seeing as though you are a new face may I ask your name." Pheonix wasn't like the other Akatsuki. He kept himself most of the time, but when around people he knew weren't a threat to him he showed his playful side.

Halo couldn't help but look a little shocked at his demeanor. He didn't seem mean at all. "Uhm, thank you," she said, sounding a little surprised as he welcomed her to the akatsuki. "I'm Halo," she said, a small smile coming over her. "Nice to meet you." All of the sudden she kinda wanted to turn the light on. Hopping off her bed, she pulled the string to the light and it clicked on. She went back to her bed and sat on it again, her legs hanging off this time.

Pheonix smiled. He then saw the figure move to the lights. "And so your named fits your pretty little face," he said. "And it a pleasure to meet you too my dear." Though his appearance was carefree, Pheonix was questioning why Deidara had started to recruit children. Surely the leader was up to no good. Pheonix was too smart to speak the words aloud though. The last time he'd questioned Deidara's motives he'd ended up getting a lesson. The memory continued to haunt him. If that was how Deidara kept the Akatsuki in check, he'd done well on the behalf of Pheonix.

Halo blushed a little as he complimented her. She may've only looked 7 but 7 in angel years was several decades in human years. "Excuse my asking, but how did someone nice like you come to have joined the akatsuki?" she asked. She didn't want to seem rude, but she was incredibly curious. She thought that most of those who came to the akatsuki were cruel. It seemed that was just one more misconception she'd come across after she'd been sent to earth.

Pheonix didn't mind answering questions about how he came to be an Akatsuki. His story was quite simple actually. "Before coming here I was a ninja in the Magma. After our Kage left and joined I decided to join as well," he explained. "The Magma Kage was a good friend of mines, still is. If you ever want to meet him his name is Kadaj." Pheonix tipped his hat forward and gave a mischevious grin. Aside from that he'd lost his younger brother so he didn't have much to lose. But those were memories he'd rather not share.

Halo smiled as she heard his story. She didn't think that there were many people out there like him. "Oh I get it," she said with a smile. "Is Kadaj someone you admired?" She figured that was also a reason Pheonix would've followed him besides the fact that he was his friend. She was glad she was getting a chance to talk to someone while Bat wasn't around. She couldn't act herself around him, or else he'd think that she couldn't make it in the akatsuki, and that was far from true.

Pheonix kept his grin glued to his face as she asked if he admired Kadaj. Back in the Magma they'd been good friends and about the same age. They'd never had any quarrels and they both possessed demons in a way. So he could say that he admired Kadaj. Even as genin they were close. Their friendship went way back and he hadn't even realized it. Pheonix gave a barely audible laugh. "You can say that," he finally answered. He'd noticed that she hadn't told him about how she came into the Akatsuki. Well, it didn't matter. He wouldn't bother her about it. Besides he liked the idea of Don't Ask Don't Tell.

She smiled as he said that she could say that. "So how long have you been here for?" she asked curiously. She found this man to be very interesting. And if he had been here for a while, perhaps he could help her fit in just a little bit better. She hoped that he wouldn't mind her asking all these questions, but to have finally found a friend in the akatsuki was something she'd hoped she'd find.

Pheonix had to think for a moment on that one. He'd joined so long ago. He'd joined about the time he was twenty five. Caculating he found the answer. "About a total of nine years, give or take," he said with a tiny continious nod. And out of all those years he'd only gotten a beating once. How lucky he was. Most people ended up with three or four beatings, like Suri and Kadaj. So far those two were holding the record. But Suri was past Kadaj since he'd gotten exiled first. Compared to them, he was real lucky. He flicked his wrist and a card appeared in his hand. Looked like he was an ace.

Halo blinked at his answer. "That's a long time," she said. It really was, she'd only expected him to have been here for five years at the most. "I was wondering if...." she stopped when she saw the card appear in his hand and immediately her eyes glowed with excitement. "You do magic?" she asked, looking at him half curiously half excitedly.

Pheonix merely shrug and gave a smile. "It doesn't seem that long," he said. He then gave a formal bow. "Yes ma'am I do," he said. He then straightened up and flicked his wrist again. A whole deck of cards appeared in his hand. "Usually I use it when I'm fighting," he said. "Behind this smiling face lies the side that fits alongside the Akatsuki." He shrugged. "Though I prefer it when I can be carefree. Now you were saying something before I so rudely interrupted with my childish tricks," he said.

Halo's eyes glowed even brighter when a whole deck of cards appeared in his hand. That was amazing! Angel, Demon, or otherwise, Halo had always loved magic. That wasn't going to change anytime soon. She wanted to ask him to show her a magic trick, but he'd gotten back to what she was about to ask before and it made her look down a little shyly. "Well, uhm...you've been here for a while and I figured that must mean you know alot about the akatsuki...I was wondering if you would mind, uhm, helping me fit in a little better," she said, looking down shyly. She never thought she'd have to ask someones help in order to fit in, but in a group like this, she desperately needed it.