-Fayre-

I groaned as I opened my eyes. My neck hurt, but I couldn't remember having hurt it.

"Looks like she's awake."

A voice I didn't recognize said and I looked around. I saw I was in a cave of sorts with candles here and there providing a little bit of light. I smelled clearer air and it seemed slightly colder than normal.

'Just where the heck am I?'

I wondered as I continued to look around. I spotted a black haired man wearing a black and red Akatsuki cloak and everything came back to me.

'Kiyomi! Is Kiyomi alright? So help me if they hurt her they're going to pay.'

I thought as I glared at the man that walked into the cavern I was in. He had orange colored hair cut short and had multiple piercings in his ears, around his mouth, and on both sides of his nose. His eyes were an odd shade of purple that reminded me of the Hinata and Neji's eyes.

"Good, it would have been boring to do what I have planned for you while you were asleep."

The man said and I glared at him.

"Who are you and what do you want with me?"

I asked and he laughed at me.

"Yes, I suppose I can tell you who I am since you won't be going anywhere anytime soon."

He said as he stepped closer to me. I noticed he drew a kunai from within his cloak and held the tip against my cheek.

"My name is Pein and what I want from you my dear ookami, is revenge."

He said and I grit my teeth as I felt the cold steel of his kunai dig into my skin as he dragged it across my cheek.

"I no longer have my beast, what use am I to you?"

I asked and he shocked me when he laughed.

"Oh I know all about the extraction of your…..beast. Orochimaru was a fool and I lost several good men because of his arrogance."

He said and he moved to stare me right in the eyes.

"I want revenge because the men you killed were my men."

He said before he dragged the end of his kunai across my other cheek. I felt my blood running down my face, but didn't make a sound.

"You might as well get comfortable ookami, because you're not going anywhere any time soon."

He said before stabbing his kunai into the cave wall by my head and walking out of the cavern.

Once he was out of sight I struggled against my restraints and hissed when the cold steel cut into my wrists and ankles. I tried reaching for the kunai, but growled when I got shocked by a chakra barrier around it. I sighed before hanging from my restraints.

'Looks like I'm going to be here a while.'

I thought to myself before closing my eyes and trying to keep from panicking. I gathered my chakra and used a small portion to heal the cuts on my cheeks. I heard muffled voices a few feet away, but then they disappeared leaving me in silence.

-Gaara-

I'd found traces of Fayre's blood in the sand and told Temari to send a letter to Konoha requesting the help of their finest Shinobi. I paced impatiently in my office as we waited for them to arrive.

"Calm down Gaara, Fayre can take care of herself."

Temari said and I growled at her and she shut up.

"What happened to Fayre?"

Naruto asked as he came into my office followed by Hinata, Neji, TenTen, Shikimaru, Kiba, Sakura, Ino, and Lee.

"She's been kidnapped by the Akatsuki."

I said and a silence fell over everyone.

"What do we do?"

Hinata asked, breaking the silence.

"We go after her of course."

Naruto said and I looked at my friend and smiled slightly.

"I'm not sure what they want with her, but we can't let her stay in their hands for too long."

I said and everyone nodded.

"When do we leave?"

A voice said from behind everyone and they all turned to see Kankuro standing in the doorway with a still recovering Kiyomi leaning against him.

"Kiyomi, you shouldn't be moving."

Temari said as she rushed to her side.

"I'm fine."

She said looking past Temari to look at me.

"Fayre is my friend, I'm not going to just lay around while she could be in danger."

She said and I nodded in appreciation to her.

"We leave in the next ten minutes. Prepare everything you think you'll need."

I said before turning to look at my brother.

"Make sure you don't slow us down."

I said silently telling him that we wouldn't slow down just because of Kiyomi's condition. He nodded and everyone cleared out of my office leaving only me and Temari in the room.

"It's okay Gaara, we'll get her back."

She said as she laid a hand on my shoulder.

"I hope so Temari."

I said as I moved over to the window and stared out over the desert as the sun started to set beneath the horizon.

'I hope so.'