AN: requested by KataraUchiha. sorry it's so short and it took so long to get out. it's been hard trying to find time to work on my stories lately but i'll try hard and get this one updated soon for you.
The cries of two newly born babies cry out into the night. One will live a normal life the other's fate will be twisted for life. A demon, the dragon demon Chusi (chu'si "snake flower"), attacked the Uchiha clan. A member of the royal branch sacrificed himself to seal away the beast inside one of the newly born twins. A baby girl's screams echo through the house a special seal etched on her belly.
"Do not hate me, little one; this was for the sake of out clan. I must go now, but I leave to you the responsibly of the royal branch," the elderly man said, laying the baby girl next to her twin brother before passing on.
'13 years ago my grandfather sealed the dragon demon Chusi inside of me to save our clan. That's one of the jobs of the royal family, to protect the secrets of the Uchiha clan,' thought the black haired girl, 'I, Katara Uchiha, am now the only living heiress of the royal branch of the Uchiha clan.'
The dark haired girl walked down the road, her ivory skin contrasts against the long black hair that was braided out of the way. She use to wear it down where it flowed down her back to mid-waist, but since the Uchiha massacre she's always tied it up out of her way. Navy orbs reflect hurt and sadness to those who are close; others would never notice them. The black ninja dress cascaded down her body, the sleeve only reaching the tops of her shoulder, the collar reaching mid-neck, at the waist it split into two panel looking cloth that reached mid-thigh, black shorts were worn under the dress, the Uchiha fan was centered on her back right between her shoulder blades, and a red dragon was embroidered on the bottom front panel. Black ninja shoes clothed her feet as she walked along the dirt road. The basic black shuriken poach clung to her right thigh and a leaf headband clothed her forehead.
'I'm only 13 and I'm already an ANBU Black Opps member. I could be a captain, but I'll wait on that for now at least till after this one mission,' Katara thought, 'this is a very special mission needing a higher ninja to lead.'
"Lord Hokage," Katara said as she bowed respectfully at the third Hokage.
"Oh Katara, I'm glad you could make it. Your team is already assembled and waiting at the front gates. I assume that you already know what the mission is," the Third stated.
"Yes, Lord Hokage, my squad is to accompany a sand village squad to the Moon village, who are on the brink of war as we speak."
"Good, now you must leave at once."
"Hai, Lord Hokage." With a bow Katara disappeared.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sasuke, Shikamaru, Naruto, and Kiba sat by the village gate waiting on their squad leader to appear at any second.
"Hello, boys," a sweet voice suddenly said, scaring the four boys.
"Katara, don't do that! You're going to give us a heart attack one of these days," Kiba yelled after he jumped into the air five feet.
"Gomen nii," Katara softly said, looking down at the ground.
"It's okay," the four boys said in unison.
"So all of you know what our mission's about right?" Katara asked.
"Yeah," came the chorus of boys.
"Good then let's go."
The small group advanced down the path heading towards Suna.
"We should be getting very close and hopefully we don't get caught in a sandstorm," Katara commented as she ran in front of the small group.
'We've gotten here soon than expected hopefully that won't mess up any plans or anything,' Katara thought.