Obito's POV

Standing in a tall tree, I stared at the snowflakes that fell upon the pitch-black woods.

"Are you thinking about her?" Zetsu asked appearing out of nowhere.

He's asking if I'm thinking about Rin.

"Why are you here? You should be observing the other members," I said trying to not sound annoyed.

"I decided to call you over because something happened."

Something.

"On their way to Konoha, Kisame and Itachi kidnapped and brought a girl to the lair."

Okay.

"She's about eleven I think."

"Why did they kidnap her?" I asked him.
Why would the Akatsuki waste their time kidnapping a little girl?

"I overheard Kisame telling Hidan that it was because Itachi sensed a powerful amount of chakra radiating from her."

I teleported back to the lair to see what was so interesting about the girl.

Valentina's POV

(Picture: Itachi, Konan, Leader/Pein )

The tall, handsome, dark-haired man with bright crimson eyes exited the room without saying a word.
He closed the door behind him leaving me alone with two figures standing in the shadows of the dark, cold room.

The man took a step forward, and the moon's light revealed him to me.

I made eye contact with his bright-purple hypnotizing eyes with spiral pattern.

"How old are you?" He asked me. His voice free of any emotion.

"Thirteen," I said unsure of whether I should lie about my age or not.

There was a long pause. I looked away because I felt uncomfortable keeping eye contact with him.
I also felt like it was rude to stare at his face full of piercings.

The blue haired woman didn't make things any better. She stood in the corner of the room in silence just looking at the floor, as if she was thinking. Or crying.

"Why did they bring me here?" I asked looking around the cold, dark, silent room.
The room was completely empty from  any furniture, the walls were painted completely black and free from any picture frames, calendars, or clocks.

I wanted to leave already. I really needed to use the restroom due to how scared I felt being at the presence of these strangers. I was also afraid that my classmates would tell the senseis that I sneaked out again.

Sneaking out at night to go to the woods was a bad habit of mine that has gotten me in big trouble with many senseis before.
It's become so common for me to sneak out of Konoha at night that I was even warned by the hokage, which is lady Tsunade, that if I sneaked out again during the night, I would get expelled from the Konoha Ninja Academy.

For a second I thought I saw a glimpse of sadness in the face of the woman. Like if she felt sorry for me. But I'm not sure because as soon as I made eye contact with her bright hazel, sad eyes, she looked away.

"You are not going back," the pierced man spoke.

"Why not?" I asked.

"Because there's a powerful demon inside of you," the woman's soft voice tried to explain.

"We need the demon," he told me coldly, interrupting the sad woman.

"Who is we?" I asked.

"The Akatsuki."

As soon as I heard that name, I felt my stomach turned.
I've heard stories in Konoha about the Akatsuki, and how the only way to escape an encounter with them is by dying.