-Fayre-

I managed to cover a lot of ground in a very short amount of time. The moon was still high in the sky, illuminating the desert stretched out before me. I knew where Orochimaru's cave was and I wasn't far from it. They'd had four years to gloat about what they did to me, but now it was time for them to pay.

I smiled when I saw the cave. There were two Akatsuki members guarding it from the inside, I could feel their chakras. I hid mine and pulled up my collar to cover the bottom half of my face like a mask. I stalked up to the cave and went around the side. I pulled my dagger out of it's sheath and quickly killed the two guards.

'Two down, eight to go.'

I thought to myself as I crept further into the cave, keeping to the shadows. I heard voices as I went deeper in. I recognized the voice of the onyx haired boy and Orochimaru.

"Now the only one left is Naruto and the nine tailed spirit within him."

The onyx haired boy said and I peeked around the rock face to see where they were. The onyx haired boy was standing to the left of Orochimaru, the boy with the glasses was standing to his right.

"Good."

Orochimaru said and the boy with the glasses turned to him.

"With the Kazekage of Suna dead from the extraction process and Konoha busy trying to help them out, getting a hold of Naruto should be easy."

He said and Orochimaru smiled.

"Then I leave it to you Kabuto."

He said and I growled. I looked around and saw the other six Akatsuki members all standing around the machine that was situated in the middle of the cave.

'So they're doing what they did to me to others. That's just one more reason to kill them.'

I thought as I traveled along the wall until I was behind one of the Akatsuki members.

'They're about to face their worst nightmare.'

I thought before stepping out of the shadows and killing the Akatsuki member before me.

The others shouted in surprise when they saw me, then tried to attack me. I threw my sai at the two closest, they sank into their chests and killed them instantly. I drew my dagger from the sheath on my boot again and looked at the remaining five. Three of them charged at me and I dodged their attacks. I jumped out of their reach and landed in a crouch ontop of the machine. They laughed at me and Kabuto moved to press the button to start the machine and I threw my dagger at him. I smiled when it sank into his hand, pinning it to the cave wall. The others weren't so happy.

They tried attacking me, but I avoided their attacks. Instead, they wound up hitting the machine and destroying it for me.

"You fools!"

Orochimaru called out and I smiled at them all before jumping over them and drawing my katana. They surrounded me and I crouched low, waiting. when the three of them advanced on me I spun and decapitated them all in one swift motion. Their heads fell to the floor, followed by their bodies. I smiled as their blood soaked into the sand. I spun my katana before looking over at Orochimaru, Kabuto, and the onyx haired boy. The only three remaining.

"Who do you think you are!"

Kabuto yelled as he pulled my dagger out of the wall, freeing his hand. I glared at him before jumping and appearing behind him. He turned in surprise and I knocked him to the ground and took my dagger back from him only to ram it through his chest, straight into his heart. His eyes widened behind his glasses and I smiled down at him as his eyes rolled back in his head.

I heard a noise behind me and jumped out of the way just in time to avoid being run through with the onyx haired boy's kunai knife.

"Sasuke, be careful. This one is skilled."

Orochimaru said and I narrowed my eyes at him. With my dagger still embedded in Kabuto's chest, I resorted to using my katana again. Sasuke charged at me and I blocked his attack. I pushed away from him before disappearing form his view and appearing behind him. I pushed him against the wall with my katana against his throat. I felt fear spike in his chakra and saw it in his onyx eyes before I sliced his throat. He was around my age, but he'd picked the wrong person to mess with.

I flicked the blood from my katana and turned to look at Orochimaru who was surveying the damage I'd just caused. I walked towards him only to have a kunai thrown at me. I stopped and it landed a few feet away from me.

"Just who are you?"

He asked glaring at me. I tightened my grip on my katana before charging at him. How dare he. He and his group of followers kidnapped me, took away the one person I cared about in the world, and he doesn't even recognize me!

He knocked me back and I dropped my katana as my head hit the cave wall.

'Fuck.'

I thought as Orochimaru advanced on me. I had no more weapons, and no means of defense.

"Hahaha, seems like your little game is over. You will pay for killing my men."

He said before plucking my dagger from Kabuto's chest and throwing it at me. I didn't even have time to raise my arms to try and protect myself. I closed my eyes and waited for the pain to come, but it never did. I opened my eyes to see a wall of sand protecting me from the dagger.

"What is this? You have a tailed beast within you?"

Orochimaru yelled in disbelief, but I ignored him as I stared at the sand hovering in the air a few inches away from me. I couldn't believe it. I could still control sand, just like Raja had taught me. He may be gone, but I still have a piece of him with me.

I felt tears in my eyes as I remembered the urgency in Raja's voice on that night. And his apology. I glared up at Orochimaru who was looking at me in shock. I used the sand still holding the dagger and threw it at him. He didn't have time to block it and it landed in his throat, cutting off his airway. I stood up and walked over to him as he fell to his knees. I grabbed the hilt of the dagger and twisted it, causing him to try and cry out, but he only managed to cough up blood. He fell to the ground and I smiled down at him.

"W-Who are you?"

He managed to croak out as blood seeped from his neck. I reached up with one of my hands and pulled down my collar to reveal my face. I saw Orochimaru's yellow eyes widen in recognition.

"I'm the one you took everything from. I'm the one you should have killed, not Raja, because I'm more of a demon than he was."

I said before yanking the dagger out of his throat and slashing it across his exposed neck, killing the last of the people who made me suffer.

I stood up and let the dagger fall from my hand. I picked up my katana and my sai, then left the cave. I'd gotten my revenge, but why did I still feel so empty inside? I wandered through the desert till the sun peaked over the horizon. I made my way to an overhang of rocks and rested for a bit. I used my sand to clean the blood from my weapons, but didn't bother with the blood covering my body. I rested for a bit, then started walking again. I didn't know where I was going, all I knew was that I couldn't stay where I was. I had to keep going, I had to live.