"Why do you hate the Akatsuki?" Sasuke asked. My hands balled into a fist and my teeth clenched as the horrible memories started to flow back. How I hated to remember them.

"You really want to know," I asked letting a bitter smile appear on my face. He stayed silent so I took it as a yes.

"An Akatsuki member... and my older brother Kikkimaru killed off my whole clan..." All of my teammate’s eyes widened. I on the other hand had an emotionless look on my face as if I didn't care that my family was slaughtered. Really, I did care I just couldn't show it. I’ve always thought crying made me look weak.

It was silent. The only thing that could be heard was the sound of my teammates breathing and the beating of their hearts. With nothing more to say I started to walk towards the Tsukimaru Compound. The sounds of my footsteps echoed throughout the air.

"Wait. Who was it from the Akatsuki exactly?" Sasuke asked curiously. I didn't bother to answer him, and continued towards my destination until I was out of sight. I didn't bother to answer him because I was remembering that day, that horrible memory that will torture me my whole life.

Flashback (Continuing from the dream)

Our eyes widen as we saw...our brother, drenched in blood, not his though. I could tell by the blood's scent. It didn’t take me long to realize it was my father's blood.

"Big brother, where's mother, and father," I asked my older brother Kikkimaru. My voice was shaky and it almost not understandable.

Yuki stood up and glared at Kikkimaru who still had that evil smirk upon his face. My body started to shake uncontrollably from the smile he gave.

"What is the meaning for this Kikkimaru," Yuki demanded harshly. Kikkimaru didn't answer. Instead he turned to the 2 figures walking down the stairs. They stepped out in the light and that's when I saw...Itachi with our mother in a chokehold. Her face was bruised from being punched and her body was covered in bloody cuts from kunai. She was barely breathing and her eyes were filled with tears. Our eyes widen even more and more of my tears started to fall non-stop.

"MOTHER!" I cried. Yuki teeth grinded and his eyes lit up with anger.

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF HER YOU BASTARD!" Yuki screamed and charged toward Itachi. But Kikkimaru came right when Yuki was about to hit Itachi and kicked Yuki dead in the face making him fly backwards.

"YUKI!" I screamed as more rivers of tears came from my eyes. Kikkimaru came behind him in his w/f (Wolf form) while Yuki was still down and pinned him down his paw. Kikkimaru bared his fangs and dug his jaws into Yuki's right shoulder. Yuki screamed a pitiful cry making me grabbed my head and shut my eyes tightly, trying not to look at what was happening. I tried to convince myself that this was just some nightmare I would soon wake up from.

Kikkimaru got off the now wounded and heavily bleeding Yuki and looked at me. His muzzle dripped of blood and his eyes were colder then stone. He looked at Itachi and nodded. Itachi nodded back and threw my barely living mother down, and flashed stepped to me. With one hand he then put me in a chokehold and pinned me on the wall. I opened my eyes and saw bright red eyes staring right into my blue frightened ones. I froze and looked in the man eyes.

"Itachi...why are you doing this?" I managed to get out. Itachi just looked at me with no expression what so ever and leaned in and whispered in my ear.

"We are testing our skill," I let out a gasp as my hands tighten around his.

"Now watch as your precious mother is slaughtered," he said as he turned to my mother.

Kikkimaru walked to mother and grabbed her by his jaws and dragged her where I could see them both.

"Don't do it! Please!" I pleaded as I tried to get out of Itachi's tight grip but he just tightened it even more, barely giving any air.

Kikkimaru had a wolf grin crawl upon his face. He began to bite down on my mother's neck. My mother turned to me and said with whatever breath she had to say last word to my.

"Grow strong Reika, Yuki...Good-bye..." she said as her tears fell. My tears fell harder than before as I screamed thrashed under Itachi’s grasp.

“No! No! MOM!!!” Then her scream filled the air as Kikkimaru crushed her neck and tore out her throat.

"Mother..." I sobbed, and more tears fell down. My brother threw our lifeless mother's body at the ground.

"Mother...Mother..." I cried a couple of more times, but then my eyes suddenly filled with anger and a thirst for killing. I could feel dark but powerful strength and chakra building up. My canine teeth grew into fangs and my nails started to grow longer and sharper. I grabbed Itachi's arm that pinned me down and dug my claws into his arm. My sharp nails pierced his skin making him groan and quickly retracted his arm. He grabbed it and took a couple steps back making me slide back on the ground.

"Dammit," He growled and tried to kick me but I caught the kick glared at him. My eyes were no longer beautiful blue eyes. They were yellow, black and had a serious blood lust. I threw him to the other side of the room and stood up. No longer shaking and no longer crying.

"I'M GONNA KILL YOU! BOTH OF YOU BASTARDS!" I screamed in a demonic like voice as I went into my wolf form.

My eyes stayed golden and blood thirsty. I snarled at them and ran at Itachi. He activated his sharingan but it was already too late, I had cut his shoulder with my fangs. I didn’t bother on waiting when I turned to Kikkimaru. I crouched down and jumped in the air and pounced on top of him and tried to bite him but he dodges the attack by a strand of hair. I growled and quickly turned around and sliced his eye leaving him 2 cuts. He howled of pain, quickly turned into his human form, and grabbed his bloody eye.

"Dammit! You son of a bitch!" he screamed and did a couple of hand signs.

"Shadow Prison No Jutsu!" He yelled. I attempted to take a step towards him be couldn’t, I was unable to move. It was almost as if I became paralyzed, but then I to notice of something. He had caught my shadow. I growled loudly and bared my fangs. Soon enough I felt something hit my neck making me groggy. I could feel the strong chakra and strength slip away. My eyes had changed back into the blue eyes I once had, my fangs shrank back only by 2 inches, and my nails became human nails again.

"Kikkimaru lets go, hurry and finish them off," Itachi said. Kikkimaru looked at me and released the Jutsu. I fell on to the ground unable to get up or even talk, I just laid there. I saw Kikkimaru say something to Itachi though it was hard to understand because I was losing consciousness fast.

"You’re pathetic Reika, You couldn't even save your mother," Itachi said then left the room. Kikkimaru bent down to my level and whispered in my ears,

"Your two are so pathetic it would be worthless to kill you. I'm going to let you live, so you can get your revenge, so train hard because when we met again...I'll kill you...no mercy," he smirked. I finally gave up and blacked out.

*End of Flashback*

I arrived home and sighed. 'You alright?' Haya asked concerned. 'Yeah, just tired that’s all’ I replied. I went upstairs, took a shower, brushed my teeth and lay down on my bed. I slowly closed my eyes and fell into a dreamless dream.