Pain immediately senses Itachi's return to the main Akatsuki hideout and goes to meet him. "What is this foreign chakra I'm sensing?" he asks himself as he heads for the entrance of the base. He gets there just in time to see Itachi coming inside with a small orange haired girl in his arms. "I send you out to gather intelligence from Orochimaru's base and instead you bring this child here?"
"She may be able to provide us with valuable information in regards to some of Orochimaru's work," Itachi tells him.
"You may have a good point, however, why didn't you just get the information there. It should have been an easy feat for you and Sasori," Pain says and crosses his arm.
"That may be true, however she possesses the Sharingan and is capable of using the Mangekyo Sharingan. I want to know if the eyes are her's," Itachi explains. "There's only one place they could have come from if she wasn't born with them," he adds with a sullen expression on his face.
"Well whatever the case, this is no place for a child," Pain says.
"Well at least let Sasori treat her when he comes back. For all we know she could be an asset to this organization," Itachi says.
Pain watches him closely. "What are your intentions here Itachi? There's something you're not telling me."
"I have no ill intentions. I just need to ask her some questions.," he replies.
"Fine. She can stay here for the amount of time it takes her to recover." Pain says
"Understood," Itachi says.
"I'll have Konan meet you in the infirmary. She can perform basic first aid for the girl until Sasori gets back," Pain says and then turns to leave. However he stops when he sees Konan standing there. It's obvious that she heard everything.
"I'll take her from here," she says and walks over to Itachi. Itachi hands the girl off to Konan, who takes her gently in her arms and then carries her to the infirmary. Itachi follows her there.
When they get there, Konan gently lays the girl down on one of the cots and then goes around the room, grabbing the things she'll need. "Itachi can you fill up this bowl with water?" she asks, holding a metal bowl out to the other.
Itachi takes the bowl from her and goes over to the nearby sink and fills it up as asked.
Konan then goes over to the girl and pulls a chair up next to the cot. Once she's seated she starts by removing the tattered the remains of the small girls' clothing so she assess the external damages that's been done. Itachi then comes over with the bowl of water and sets it down on the table right next to her. "Is there anything else you need me to do?" the Uchiha asks.
Konan shakes her head, "No, that will be all." She then begins to work on cleaning and treating the cuts and scratches that litter the girls' body. "This poor girl," she murmurs to herself as she takes cares of her.
Itachi watches her work for a couple seconds before going to wait for Sasori to return.
Sasori arrives back at the base hours later and is surprised when he sees that Itachi is waiting for him. "Where's the girl?" he asks.
"Konan is with her. She's preformed basic first aid on her. We've just been waiting for you to return," Itachi replies.
"I have to get this information to Pain first. I can take a look at her after that though," he says, holding up the scrolls he brought back with him
Suddenly something begins to come up through the floor behind Sasori. "Hello Zetsu, I assume Pain sent you?" Itachi asks the plant man coming up through the floor.
"Looks like you've caught me again Itachi," the white half says and smiles a little. "I'm just here for the information you gathered Sasori."
Sasori tosses the scrolls over to Zetsu, "Tell him that's all I could find. He cleared out his hideout quickly and efficiently. There were only a few things left that I could find that would be of any use to us," he explains.
Zetsu catches the scrolls. "I'll be sure to tell him that," the black half says. "See ya!" the white half exclaims and then he goes back down through the floor, leaving Itachi and Sasori alone again.
"She's in the infirmary," Itachi says and then begins to walk in the direction of the infirmary.
Sasori follows after him in his puppet. "Did you release the Genjutsu you used on her?" he asks as they walk down the hall.
"No, not yet. I didn't want her to wake up while Konan was working," Itachi explains.
"Alright, well I need you to release it. If she wakes up I'll sedate her," the ex-sand ninja says as they enter the infirmary.
Konan is still there, however, she is no longer treating the girl. "That was faster than I expected," she says and gets up. "I did what I could, cleaned her up a bit and treated the cuts and bruises on her body. There wasn't much I could do for her arm though with the condition it's in. I managed to stop the bleeding for the most part though."
Sasori approaches the cot and looks at Konan and Itachi. "Itachi, release the Genjutsu. After that I need both of you to leave," he orders.
Konan leaves the room leaving just Itachi and Sasori. Itachi then releases the Genjutsu before leaving as well. The girl doesn't wake.
Once the two are gone Sasori shuts the door and locks it so no one will walk in on him. After that's done he gets out of Hiruko and takes a seat in the chair next to the cot. He looks over the girl in front of him. He starts with her arm seeing that's the most physically damaged part of her. "This is going to be awhile," he says to himself before getting to work.
Itachi waits outside the infirmary, only leaving his spot for food and bathroom breaks. Sasori of course never comes out of the infirmary seeing as food and bathroom breaks are unnecessary for him.
Finally after what seems like days when really it's only been about 15 hours Sasori exits the infirmary. He is once again hidden inside his puppet.
Itachi stands up from where he was sitting. "Well? How is she doing?" he asks the other.
"She's stable but, whether or not she wakes up is a whole different story," Sasori begins.
"What do you mean?" the raven haired ninja asks.
"Well her body sustained severe injuries and she was experimented on numerous times. It would appear that Orochimaru forcefully awakened both her Sharingan and Mangekyo Sharingan," Sasori explains.
"So the eyes are hers," Itachi muses.
"Yes they are. I also discovered that it would appear she doesn't have much control over when the Sharingan activates. While I was examining her eyes the Sharingan suddenly activated. That alone caused damage to her eyes. I had to cut off the flow of chakra to her eyes so that she won't go fully blind."
"Just the Sharingan caused damage to her eyes? I've never seen that happen. Then again, you did say it didn't awaken naturally so I would suppose that would have something to do with it," Itachi comments
"That and there's the fact that Orochimaru used something on her that caused her to age quickly. Believe it or not she's only three years old. Whatever he used made her grow to around where most kids would be at 6. Her chakra is also much stronger than an average child. It's about twice what it should be. I managed to remove any remaining drugs in her system so all of the things Orochimaru did should stop. She'll start aging at a normal rate and her chakra will only increase when it's supposed to," the red haired missing nin explains. "Now onto her arm. I'm not quite sure what exactly Orochimaru did but it's obvious the limb was pushed to its limit. I have a theory as to what Orochimaru might have been testing but why and how I'm not sure," Sasori says.
"And what is this theory?" Itachi asks.
"I believe he may have been testing the limits of her kekkei genkai. Her ability to alter and regrow her bones. He may have also been trying to see if there was a way to stop it. Obviously he found something because some of her bones were missing while others had tried to regrow but failed," Sasori explains. "There was nothing I could do to reverse the damage so I had no choice but to amputate it. Anyways all that's left to be done is wait and see if she wakes up."
"What are the chances of that?" Itachi questions him.
"At this point it's a 50/50 chance. It all depends on if she can recover from this," Sasori replies. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have things to do," he says and then walks away.
Itachi watches him go before going into the infirmary and taking over watching the girl.
Alright guys so I've decided that I'm going to update this story every Sunday. If I get far enough ahead in writing this I may even start doing two updates a week. As of right now I've got chapters 1 through 3 fully written and I'm currently working on chapter 4 and should have it done soon so yeah. Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Leave a review and let me know what you think :) I hope you'll continue to read and enjoy this story cause I know I love it. Thanks for reading. Chapter three will be posted sometimes next Sunday.