"I don't think I can wait any longer. I'm getting bored." I said to Kabuto as I leaned against the wall with my arms folded over my chest. "Just give it some more time, Reika." He said as he continued to watch the match between Sasuke and Gaara.

I rolled my eyes and sighed. "How much longer?" I complained. "Here, have some catnip while you wait." He said, tossing me the bag. I caught it with one hand as I frowned at him. I opened the bag and began to eat.

After a while, Kabuto finally went on with the plan. "Do it, Reika." He ordered. "Finally." I said before heading to the roof of the Hokage House. I bit my thumb so it drew blood, then slammed my hand onto the surface. "Summoning Jutsu!"

I summoned a few of my own cats, letting them roam free in the village while causing destruction. "Yami, Konton, Hakai, Zanji. Leave no one alive. Kill everyone." I ordered. They all gave a nod, but I stopped Zanji.

"Zanji. Stick around for a bit. I want you by my side as we watch the Leaf fall." I said. "Yes, Miss Takema." He obliged, giving a small bow. Zanji was my favorite out of all the summonings. Well, that's not true. I love all my summonings.

I looked towards the village as I saw giant snakes crashing into everything. This is vengeance. I will not let any one of you filthy humans live. "Wow. This is a lot of destruction here," My eyes moved to the side, looking behind me.

"Hime, shouldn't you be hiding?" I asked emotionlessly as I stroked Zoey's fur. "Nah. I'd thought I stick around and see how it's going." She said as she walked over to me.

"I'm surprised Lord Orochimaru is letting you live." I said, amused. "Well, what can I say? I'm an excellent source of material." She bragged. I rolled my eyes. "Oh, please. You can't even go one day without someone pleasuring you." I said bluntly.

"Well, maybe when this is over," I flinched when she ran a hand through my hair from behind. "You could pleasure me." Hime suggested with a smirk. "I don't like being touched." I mentioned as I took two steps away from her.

"Hmph. Very well. I'm going to take a walk around town. Maybe kill a few men." Hime said. I rolled my eyes again. Man, she really hates men. I continued to watch the destruction of the Leaf Village as Zanji stayed by my side.

After a while, I heard a gigantic roar. I looked over and saw the One-Tails in its fullest form. "Huh, I didn't expect one of the tailed beast to be part of the plan." I said. Man, it's so boring here. What can I do until this is all over?

"You should help them." I looked down at Zoey. "You can talk?" I asked. "I've always been able to talk. I just decided not to talk to you for a bit. But you really should help them." Zoey said. "Pardon?" I asked, gazing down at her.

"The Naruto boy. You should help him defeat Gaara." Zoey said. "And why would I do that?" I asked coldly. "Because you like him, don't you?" She asked. "Well, yeah. As a friend, of course. But he's a human." I replied.

"So what if he's a human? That doesn't mean you have to hate him."

"It does. They-"

"Exactly. They, as in the humans, killed your brother. Naruto had nothing to do with it. Shouldn't you be taking your anger out on the people who hurt you?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Reika-san, you've forgotten."

"Forgotten? Zoey, what are you talking about? I don't understand."

"You've forgotten. The people who killed your brother... are already dead." 

I gasped when Zoey jumped out of my arms and slowly morphed into a girl with black hair and dark orange eyes, wearing a school uniform.

"Wait a minute. I know you. I saw you with my brother on the day he was murdered." I said in realization. "Yes. I am Aimi. I was with your brother the day he passed." She said calmly. "Why didn't you save him if you were with him?" I demanded in a cold tone.

Aimi sighed softly as she closed her eyes before looking at me. "Reika-san, I have something to show you. It's time you learned the truth." Aimi said. I looked around when everything around us began to change.

"What the...?" Aimi and I were no longer standing on the roof of a building. We were back at my home. "Why are we here?" I asked. "This is the past... Just a few hours before your brother was killed." Aimi explained as she walked forward.

I followed behind her. When we got to my house, I opened the door and saw my younger, much smaller self, on her knees as she cried. "You're a stupid kid! Why can't you follow one, simple rule?! How hard is it to understand?!" Takeru yelled at her.

"Takeru!" I said in shock, can't believing that he was alive. "He can't hear you. This is the past, Reika-san. Everything you touch will go right threw you." Aimi explained. "I-I'm sorry, Big brother. It was an accident." My younger self said in a small voice, still crying.

"That's no excuse for your behavior!" I cringed when he kicked my younger self in the head, making her head hit the ground harshly with a hard thud. "Go to your room! You're grounded!" Takeru shouted. My younger self quickly ran to her room and shut the door.

"Tch. Damn kid." Takeru mumbled. A cat showed up near the kitchen window and jumped inside the room, transforming into Aimi. "Don't you think you were a bit hard on her? She is still just a child." She said.

"Reika needs to learn to follow my rules." Takeru said coldly as he sat in a chair, near the table. "Regardless, Reika is still a child," Aimi looked towards the window, looking at the sunset. "Takeru, do you love Reika?" She asked as she looked at him.

"What kind of question is that?! Of course, I love her!" He snapped. "Then, why do you abuse her? If you truly loved Reika, you wouldn't be doing the things you do to her now." Aimi said. I looked at Takeru as he sighed.

"Okay, you're right. I shouldn't be treating her this way. But Reika's going to be the ultimate weapon of the Takuma Clan. She needs to learn that life isn't always going to be easy." Takeru said. "And beating the hell out of her is going to help?" Aimi asked.

Takeru glared at her. "I'm helping her become strong." He said coldly. "Takeru, Reika's not going to be a little girl forever. Instead of acting like her teacher, be her big brother. Be there for her before you start to push her away." Aimi advised before vanishing.

"Reika, do you remember now? Do you remember what happened after your brother's death?" The present Aimi asked me. Actually, I don't. I don't know what happened to me after Takeru was killed. "Takeru!"

I blinked, realizing we were in a different memory. "Takeru! Takeru, where are you?" My younger self called. She ran through the woods, looking for him. I remember this. I saw Takeru leave the house one night, so I went out to look for him.

"Takeru? Takeru!" My younger self continued to call for him until she came to a clear spot in the woods. She stopped in her tracks when she found Takeru, but he was lying on the ground, bleeding out as spears stuck out of his back.

With him, were three Leaf Village ninja standing over him. "That's one down." One of them said. "Big brother..." My younger self whispered as tears ran down her cheeks. "Rei... ka..." Takeru weakly looked at her as he reached for her.

"I'm... so... rry..." Takeru said weakly before dying. My younger self fell to her knees as she stared at Takeru's corpse. "You monsters... How dare you... I'll kill you!" My younger self completely lost it.

She lunged herself at the three men and began attacking them mercilessly. She clawed them alive and used one of the spears to stab them. Blood splattering everywhere. Intestines ripped from the humans as they begged for mercy.

But she wasn't letting them have mercy. Not after what they did to my brother. By the time she was done killing them, their bodies were completely dismembered.

"Big brother... You will be avenged. I swear to you. I won't hold back. I won't show mercy. I'm going to kill them all." My younger self vowed. She took the spears out of Takeru's body and gently held his head in her lap as he laid there, on his back.

"My brother..." She whispered. A tear escaped her eye, landing on Takeru's cheek. She gently set his head on the ground and walked off. She went back to the clan and saw the whole thing on fire.

"How... How could this happen? I've lost everything." My younger self whispered. Yeah, how did this happen? I don't remember my clan being on fire. My clan was slaughtered by the Leaf. What the hell is going on?

My younger self fell to her knees and gazed at the flames in disbelief. "It's a shame, isn't it." My younger self turned around, spotting Orochimaru behind her. "You've lost everything and now, there's nothing you can do. Or perhaps... maybe there is." He spoke.

She stared at him, wondering what he was talking about. "Join me, Reika. I will make sure you get your revenge. The choice is yours." Orochimaru said before walking towards the woods. As if she was in a trance, she got up and began to follow him.

"I don't understand. This isn't what happened. I don't remember this at all." I said to Aimi. "Reika-san... The reason why you don't remember is because your memories were erased. Altered, in fact." She explained.

"Altered? Impossible. I remember everything clearly. The Leaf slaughtered my people, they murdered my brother, and I wandered the woods until I found Orochimaru. None of this happened. Those images never happened." I said to her.

"Reika-san, let me show you something." Aimi said. She made a hand sign, using her left hand, and suddenly, we were at Orochimaru's hideout. "Why are we here?" I asked her, confused. "To recover the reason why you've forgotten what happened." Aimi said, walking inside the hideout.

I followed behind her as she lead me to Kabuto's lab. There, I saw my younger self strapped down to a metal table with tubes sticking to her body. Orochimaru was by her side while Kabuto was near some machine.

"Are you ready to let go of your pain, Reika?" Orochimaru asked her with a smirk.

"The machine will only change her memories. Instead of you burning her clan, she'll see the Leaf Village killing her clan, and she'll have the memory of meeting her meeting you rather than you meeting her. However, she'll still have the memory of her brother being murdered." Kabuto explained.

Orochimaru turned his attention back to my younger self as she stared blankly at the ceiling. But her expression read pain and sorrow. "My... brother... Big brother... My... brother..." She murmured. My ears went down in sadness when I noticed tears trailing down her cheeks.

"Do it, Kabuto." Orochimaru ordered. Kabuto obliged and flipped the switch. I watched as blue liquid went inside the tubes, going down to my younger self's body. When it entered her body, she jerked once before her eyes went wide.

She grunted and twitched, trying to shake the tubes off of her as her nail grew sharp and clawed at the metal table. The blue liquid kept filling her veins until they became empty. My younger self froze on the table before reaching up and yanking the tubes off.  

"How are you feeling, Reika?" Orochimaru asked her, smirking. She glanced at him with a frown before looking at the floor. "I want to crush the Leaf. I want them to pay for what they did to my brother and people." She said.

"Good." Orochimaru said before petting her head. "My sweet Reika."

"Take me back." I said to Aimi. "Hmm?" She asked. "Take me back! Get me out of this memory, Aimi!" I demanded, shouting at her. Aimi did as I said, taking us back to the present. "Are you all right?" Aimi asked me.

I fell to my knees and began to cry. "Shh. It's all right, Reika-san. It's all right." Aimi said as embraced me, gently stroking my hair. "I'm sorry I had to show you this. But it was time you learned your truth." Aimi said.

"Aimi, how could I let this happen? How could I let him do this to me?" I said through small sobs. "The moment you left with him, you were completely under his control. I'm sorry, Reika. It's my fault for letting you leave with him. I'm sorry I let him control you." Aimi apologized, hugging me tighter.

I sniffed as she held me. "Orochimaru..." I growled. I let go of Aimi and stood to my feet. "Reika-san?" Aimi asked. "Thank you, Aimi... for showing me the truth. I know what I must do." I said. "Reika-san..." I heard her whisper.

"Zanji." I commanded. He kneeled down, allowing me to climb on top of him and sit on his back. "Let's go." I said coldly. "Where are we going?" He asked. "To Naruto. We mustn't waste time. Move!" I ordered. He turned around and ran towards the woods.

Orochimaru... I won't let you make a fool out of me. This is the last time I let anyone trick me. You've gone too far. 'I'm coming for you, Orochimaru' I thought angrily.