-Kankuro-

Kiyomi had almost fully healed, only the cuts on her arms refused to heal. We'd been following Fayre's scent for about four days. We finally reached the mountains in the East when we stopped for the night. I walked over to Temari who was watching Gaara sitting up in a tree.

"Four days. Do you think she'll be okay?"

Temari asked and I sighed.

"I don't know, but we can't give up. You know Gaara never will."

I said and she nodded before looking at me.

"How's Kiyomi?"

She asked and I smiled at her.

"She's fine. Only the cuts on her arms refused to heal."

I said and she nodded. We all settled down for the night. We'd checked everywhere and at one point we thought we'd lost their trail until Akamaru and Kiba picked up on a larger portion of Fayre's scent. We were only a half day's travel from the base of the mountain, we were pretty sure that was where they were hiding. Now all we had to do was find out where they were keeping Fayre.

"You should get some rest. We'll get there by tomorrow."

Neji said from beside me and I nodded as I snuggled closer to Kiyomi and closed my eyes. I hope he was right, because I don't think Gaara or anyone else could stand it much longer if we didn't find her soon.

-Pein-

"Well?"

I asked as Kisame came into the cavern my bed was in.

"She can take pretty much anything. She's one tough bitch."

He said and I frowned at him.

"But….?"

I prompted, hoping he found something that would make that bitch scream.

"It seems that impaling her is the only thing that gets her to make a scream."

He said and I smirked at him.

"Good. Bring her to me, I think it's about time we ended this."

I said and Kisame nodded before he took off to go get her. I'd finally get my revenge on that bitch for killing Konan.

"Pein!"

Deydara yelled as he ran into the cavern.

"What is it?"

I asked, slightly surprised by the frightened look in his eyes.

"There are Sand and Leaf Shinobi coming our way. I think they're coming after her."

He said and I smiled at him.

"Good. Deydara, you, Itachi, and Kisame are to keep them distracted. Keep them from getting to her until I'm finished with her."

I said and he nodded before taking off. I smiled to myself as I slowly headed towards the cave that that bitch was in. Today she'd pay, I'd make sure of it.

-Fayre-

"Itachi, you're needed outside."

Deydara said as he ran into the cavern.

"But Pein said to bring her to him."

Itachi said and Deydara sighed.

"Forget that! He said to get outside, now!"

Deydara yelled and Itachi nodded before they both left. I looked around surprised when I noticed Itachi, Deydara, and Kisame's chakra's left the mountain completely. I tried searching for Pein's chakra, but I couldn't. It was then that I noticed Tobi.

"Tobi, come here."

I said and he looked up at me surprised that I had spoken to him before walking over to me. He was so child-like that it was almost a crime to think he was involved with someone like Pein.

"Tobi, get me down."

I said and he shook his head.

"Tobi can't do that. Pein said not to let you go and Tobi is a good boy."

He said and I sighed to myself.

"Tobi is a good boy, but I hurt. Won't you please let me down?"

I asked and saw indecision in his eyes before he started to let me down, but he stilled and looked towards the entrance of the cavern before disappearing.

"Fuck."

I said as I struggled to get down.

"That's no use."

Pein's voice said from the entrance of the cavern and I looked up to see him smirking at me. He surprised me by letting me down and stepping away from me.

"I thought you wanted to kill me."

I said as I stood up and rubbed my sore wrists.

"I do, but I want you to beg for your life."

He said as he pulled a kunai from his cloak.

"Not likely to happen."

I said as I crouched down, preparing for anything.

"We shall see."

He said before he charged at me.

-Gaara-

"She's definitely inside. I can sense her chakra, but something's off about it."

Hinata said, but I ignored the rest of what she said. All I needed to hear was that she was alive.

"Alright. Move!"

I yelled and everyone jumped from the trees and headed towards the mountain. Kankuro, Kiyomi, Ino, Neji, and Hinata got stopped by Deydara. Naruto, Lee, Kiba, TenTen, Sakura, Temari and Shikimaru got stopped by Itachi. And I got stopped by Kisame.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here? A bunch of Shinobi brats come to save a single girl?"

He said and I growled at him. He smirked at me and drew the sword from his back.

"Where is she?"

I demanded and he laughed at me.

"Inside facing off against Pein. I'd hurry if I were you, she won't last long in the state I left her in."

He said and I charged at him.

-Fayre-

I coughed as I held a hand to my side. Pein was stronger than I'd thought.

'I shouldn't have been so careless.'

I thought as I watched Pein smirk at me as he slowly walked towards me. I tried to step away from him, but he reached out and grabbed me and threw me to the ground. The wounds Kisame had inflicted on me earlier were still fresh and were making me weak, then to top it all off Pein wasn't holding anything back.

"I think it's about time we ended this, don't you?"

He asked me as he signed above me. I looked up to see him smirking evilly down at me before a searing pain shot through my hand and I screamed.

"Yes, that's it. Scream."

Pein said before pain shot through my other hand. I turned my eyes to see what was happening to me to see my hands were pinned to the floor of the cave by two, huge black pillars charged with Pein's chakra. I tried to move, but stopped when I was shocked with his chakra. I heard him laugh and looked up at him as he got up off me and continued to sign. Two more pillars materialized out of nowhere and rammed through both of my legs. I screamed and felt tears in my eyes as I realized there was nothing I could do to get out of this.

I watched as pillar after pillar appeared out of nowhere and drove into different parts of my body and I couldn't help but scream as it did so. I watched as a pillar headed straight for my stomach, but was stopped by a wall of sand that I hadn't controlled.

"What the…?"

Pein asked, voicing the same thing going through my mind. I hadn't done that. Pein got closer to me and drew a kunai from his cloak. He raised his hand and drove it towards my stomach, only to have it stopped by a wall of sand again and thrown across the cavern.

"You're pregnant with his child?"

Pein asked surprised and my eyes widened as I felt a miniature chakra flare from within me. He was right, I could feel the chakra of my unborn child inside me. It gave me a new will to live and I struggled against the pillars pinning me down to the ground, but it was no use.

"Hahaha, now I have even more of a reason to kill you."

Pein said as he signed for another pillar to appear. My eyes widened as I saw more than one pillar materialize in the air above me. When I realized he was going to try to kill my child before killing me I closed my eyes and screamed at the top of my lungs.

-Gaara-

I froze when I heard Fayre's scream from within the mountain.

"Hahaha, looks like Pein's finally gotten to her."

Kisame said and I glared at him.

"Move."

I said and he just smirked at me before charging at me with his sword. I dodged him and headed for the mountain, only to be blocked by Kisame.

"We'll have none of that."

He said and I growled before punching him and sending him flying into the trees. I stilled when I heard Fayre scream again, but this time it was different. It wasn't from pain, it was out of fear.

'Fayre!'

I screamed in my mind as I ran towards the mountain, but Kisame stopped me again.

"Enough of this!"

I yelled as I used my sand to surround him. I tightened its hold around him until I could feel his blood soak into the grains of my sand and I heard his bones snap and my sand muffle his cry of agony. I called my sand back to me and let Kisame's dead body fall to the ground. I ignored it and ran towards the mountain as Fayre's scream got cut off suddenly.

"Fayre!"

I screamed and ran into the mountain.

A/N: Will he get to Fayre in time? Or will he be too late? Review to find out.