Nighttime

As the snowstorm raged on, a small child struggled to find shelter. The child was an orphan and her name was Hizashi. She had short black hair, pale skin, one sky blue eye, one blood red eye, was thin, and very small, only about four and a half feet tall. She was only 6 years old. Though, unless she could find shelter, she feared she would not live much longer. She was beginning to give up any hope of finding someplace that could be protection from the blizzard when she ran into what appeared to be a door. She pondered for a moment between staying outside and hoping no to freeze to death or braving the unknown dangers that lurked behind the door. She went in.

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Morning: Akatsuki Base

When Tobi woke up that morning to make the rest of the Akatsuki breakfast, he didn't think that he might find anything out of the ordinary. Yet whenever he went through the living room, he was surprised to find a small girl lying on the couch. Not knowing what else to do, he gently touched the child's shoulder and discovered that she was as cold as ice. He immediately retrieved a blanket and wrapped the girl in it. That being done he went upstairs, woke up Pain-sama and Konan, and brought them downstairs to ask them what to do.

After assembling the rest of the Akatsuki in the kitchen, being careful not to wake the sleeping child, the debate about what to do with the kid began.

"Our budget is already strained as it is," said Kakuzu harshly."We don't need another mouth to feed."

"I agree, we don't need a child hanging around the base. It will only make things more difficult for us." agreed Itachi.

"I think we should keep the child, un." replied Deidara with a grin. Everyone went silent and stared at him.

Finally, Konan spoke up," I agree with Deidara that we should keep the child." Everyone looked at Pain because they all knew that, no matter how much they wanted to keep the child, everything depended on Pain's decision. "Pain, remember when we were children how much we wanted someone to care for us. We could do that for this child."

Pain considered this for a moment as Tobi, Deidara, and Konan all stared at him with pleading eyes. Finally he said, "Well, what could it harm?"