Chapter 1: Return of a traitor

'I have to get to the village soon' thought Katara as she raced though the forest towards the Hidden Leaf village. She looked down at the once handsome face of her brother. A long deep gash ran down his back and a the bones of his left arm was shattered. Plus he had used up so much chakra he passed out after he won the battle. 'At least he achieved his dream.' Katara put on an extra burst of speed. Suddenly she felt a small movement behind her. The mist chunnin looked back at the boy on her back. His onyx eyes opened.

"Katara...", he said in a weak voice.

"Shh, it's ok."

He smiled slightly and closed his eyes once more. Then she sensed it. A strong chakra coming closer and closer. Katara stopped on a tree limb. A few moments later a ninja in a wolf mask(A.N. I know only ANBU ninjas were masks but I changed that) landed a branch a few meters away. The ninja drew a kunai and held it in front of her.

"Who are you", the ninja asked.

Katara knew she could kill the Leaf chunnin in a matter of seconds but she didn't. She had one good reason for not attacking, the quickly dying ninja on her back. She felt her brother shift again. Katara glanced at him.

"Sakura Haruno", he said quietly.

Katara quickly drew 3 shurikin and sent them spinning toward Sakura. The wolf mask clattered toward the earth. Now instead of the hollowed eyes of a wolf there were two wide emerald green eyes. Katara made a mind link with the boy next to her.

'Will you be ok for a few minutes?' Katara asked mentally.

'Yeah I'll be fine, but promise me you won't kill her', he replied.

'Fine.'

Katara broke the mind link and set her brother down so he wouldn't get in the way. Sakura reached the radio on her ear and sent out two short tones. Katara's eyes narrowed. 'She's making this harder than this needs to be.' Just then, a ninja in an orange jacket and pants appeared and shouted,

"Prepare to be defeated by the future Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki!"

The boy behind Katara laughed softly. Katara, Sakura and Naruto looked at him

"Idiot.."

Naruto and Sakura's eyes went wide. They knew that voice. Sakura was the first to find her voice.

"Sas-Sasuke..."