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The snow came down heavy on the the young pink-haired girl laying unconscious face down and the tall dark figure that found her. Checking her pulse he found that she was still alive, but barely. Flipping her over he found no forehead protector which would make it a little more difficult to determine which village she was from if not for the uniform that indicated she was from Konoha. Whether she survived or not she could prove useful so the twenty-year-old Uchiha gathered her near-dead body and took her back to Akatsuki headquarters in an attempt to save her or gather information from her dead corpse.

"Pity. It seems that your team is either dead or has left you. To bad for you that you weren't of enough use, perhaps you can be of use to us," Itachi Uchiha said coldly as he jumped from tree branch to tree branch carrying her icy cold body in his arms.

Once back at Akatsuki headquarters Itachi set the girl on the bed in his room and started a fire in the fireplace proceeded to get her out of her wet clothes and get her circulation flowing. Since her clothes were already tattered he opted to cut them off with a kunai knife, if she died she wouldn't need clothes, if she survived she could wear one of his shirts. It's not like she was gonna be going on any missions. Closer up he saw that she had a bad bump on her head, which could be a problem. She was young, around the age of his younger brother, and if his memory was correct she was the female member of his brother's team. One could only hope that maybe his weaker younger brother might come looking for her and then they could have their fight. Itachi couldn't help but notice that she had no scars which meant she must be a pretty good healer. If she could be turned to Akatsuki she could be of use to them. As he went he rubbed her arms and legs to get her blood circulating. After some time her skin began to get warmer so Itachi wrapped her in a blanket and went to see if any of the other members of Akatsuki were around.

Later when he returned to his room he found the girl beginning to wake. Since he had already hidden anything the girl could use as a weapon he only tensed a little.

"Mm," the girl moaned as she turned towards him and seemed to go back to sleep. Moving closer he checked her pulse before adding more wood to the fire. Turning back to the bed she was gone. Looking around and trying to find her she attacked him so fast he was caught off guard.

"Who the hell are you?!" she screamed trying to strike him only for him only for him to stop her fist and foot and pin her down on the ground with his body on top of her and her arms pinned above her head with his left hand. The girl continued to struggle beneath him.

"I think it would be best if you would just stop and answer a few questions. Starting with your name," Itachi said calmly in his usual cold voice.

"My name?"

"Yes, your name," Itachi answered. The girl started to calm and the look of panic on her face soon became one of confusion.

"My name," she repeated and she looked like she was trying to think, no trying to remember.

"What, are you saying that you can't remember?" Itachi asked looking down at her. Carefully he scanned the girl's face looking for a tell as she spoke.

"No. I can't remember," she said looking up into his face with a mix of panic and confusion. There was no lie in her face or her voice. Just great, it would seem that bump to her head would be a problem, for her at least. Though it did mean that they may not need to kill her for a while.

"Could you please get off of me? And why am I naked?" the girl asked blushing.

"Long as you don't try anything stupid," Itachi answered the first question. After the girl nodded he got off of her and went over to a dresser and pulled out a button-down shirt and handing it to her.

"Your clothes were too torn-up to salvage, you can wear this for now. I'll see about getting you something else to wear later," Itachi said.

"Thank you," the girl said accepting the shirt and putting it on. "Where am I? What happened?" the girl asked as she buttoned the shirt.

"Don't worry about where you are, that's not important right now. I found you near death in the snow, no sign of anyone nearby such as a team. Though it was snowing heavily. As such I can't tell you where you were coming from nor where you were going. So don't ask me anything about who you are or if there is anyone out there looking for you. It appears that you received a bump on the head so you may not remember much of anything for a while judging by your reactions and obvious confusion," Itachi answered the girl.

"What are you going to do with me?" the girl asked Itachi looking up at him a little frightened.

"Nothing for now, you may stay here until further notice. Stay out of trouble, don't snoop, and don't cause any trouble and you may live long enough to recover your memories. Should you decide to make yourself of some use I won't object unless you get in the way or prove useless." Itachi warned.

"Yes sir," the girl answered.

"For now I wouldn't suggest you try and leave, since it's snowing and I doubt you will find your way to safety in this weather. If you recover your memories and try to contact your village and they aren't on good terms with my people you most likely won't live long enough to hear back from them. In which you have only a few choices: you can either defect, kill yourself, or allow yourself to be used as bait or leverage. Either way you may be better off with no memory of who you are." Itachi explained coldly.

The girl kept on as much of a brave face but was still starting to look a little terrified.

"Any questions?" Itachi asked.

"Not really sir, except for your name." the girl answered.

"Koenko, just call me sir," Itachi answered dubbing the girl with her new name.