A/N: Omigosh! Thank you sooo much for those who reviewed! I'm glad that new people reviewed and not just the usual people. No offence I still love you guys. Ok, well on with the story!

All most forgot disclaimer…again…

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I only own the plot, Katsuo and his newest companion.

Flashback

Sasuke hands the guard a piece of paper signed by the Hokage.

"Alright, you may pass." The guard says.

As soon as the gates were wide enough for a body to squeeze through Sakura and Sasuke sprinted through.

"Um… Sasuke-kun? Why do you care so much that my brother comes home and why are we alone on this mission?" Sakura asks.

Chapter 7: Katsuo's New Companion

Sasuke sighs, We don't have time for explaining.

"I'll tell you later, right now we have to pick up our pace." Sasuke yells behind him so his voice could be heard past the wind rushing by their ears.

Faster? Aren't we going fast enough already? Sakura thinks.

After a few minutes Sakura begins to wonder. " Sasuke-kun? Where are we going?" She asks.

Sasuke stayed silent. Honestly, he didn't know exactly where he was going himself. He was just trying to look for signs of an 8 year old kid.

"You have no idea where you're going do you?" Sakura says looking at the slight hint of confusion on Sasuke's face.

Sasuke just glared at her while she giggled for a moment before activating his Sharingan and resuming his "looking for lost kid" mode.

Katsuo POV while the night Sakura was asleep…

(A/N: Katsuo thinks…a lot… o.o)

Hm…, Katsuo thinks, I'm getting tired and it's getting kind of dark. I should rest…

After about a minute Katsuo comes by a little clearing.

Might as well make camp here.

Walking to the center of the clearing I made a list of things I would need for the night.

Wood… food…stone…

I spied a squirrel climbing up the side of the tree.

"Moriko!" I yell, making the squirrel turn its head to glance at me. Even though it was just a glance, it was enough for me to get into its mind.

My eyes turned jet black as I activated my Moriko Eye. Go get fire wood. My eyes flashed red as I sent this command into the squirrels head.

Shoom------

The squirrel ran off to do its job.

With my blood limit still activated (to insure my control over the squirrel) I took out the thin pipes and joints from my bag and began putting together the skeleton of my tent.

Just when I got the front of my tent put together the squirrel came back with a bundle of firewood.

"Very good…" I say before releasing it from my Moriko.

"Cha-ep. Cha-ep!" the squirrel says (A/N: or however it is you write the way a squirrel sounds)

"Here." I say, rewarding the squirrel with a bag of rare assorted nuts. I wasn't planning on eating them anyways. I had a few other bags in my bag since one of Sakura's patients gave her a whole crate of them after she saved her son.

"Now, go find your friends. I have work here."

"Cha-ep. Cha-ep!" the squirrel shook its head.

It can understand me?

"What? Don't have any friends?"

The squirrel looked down.

"You are one intelligent animal." I say under my breathe.

"I'll be your friend then. But you have to help me make camp."

The squirrel started jumping up and down happily. "Cha-ep. Cha-ep!" Then it jumped up and hugged me.

"That's not really helping." The squirrel then jumped off of me and headed to the stack of wood it had gathered earlier. I watched it in interest as it began to set up a camp fire.

This squirrel is as smart as a human I conclude.

As the squirrel continued to work on the fire set-up as I finished up with the tent. Once I got the fire started I took out a pan and some bacon and put it over the fire. My squirrel friend began eating its nuts when I said, "You need a name."

The squirrel looked up from its food and nodded.

"How about Kyo?" I asked.

"Cha-ep!" the squirrel shook its head.

"Yuki?" I suggested.

The squirrel shook its head.

"Shenji?"

The squirrel was starting to look irritated.

"Ok, then what name do you want to be called?" I said impatiently. The squirrel ran into my bag and started rummaging around in it.

"Hey! What are you doing in there?" I yell scrambling towards my bag. Just then the squirrel came out with a pad of paper and a pencil.

"Whoa. You can write?"

The squirrel ignored me and started writing on the paper then handed it to me. I took it and read what looked like "Uz ur I on me."

"Oh… I get it; you want me to enter your mind…ok then. Moriko!" My eyes turned black once again as I entered the squirrels mind.

Inside I found myself in a field of flowers and a couple yards in front of me was a cute girl around my age with shoulder length long brown hair and blue eyes. Her hair was put up in half pigtails high on the sides of her head. You could see the shape of her petite body through her yukata. Overall she was very cute, I almost blushed. (A/N: psh…yeah, he blushed. He just won't admit it. P)

"Who are you?" I asked in a soft way.

The girl giggled. Wow, I love her laugh. And look at her smile. Wait, what am I thinking? Am I even old enough to think like this?

"I'm your friend… the squirrel." Her smile faltered a bit when she said the last part, "I wasn't always a squirrel. I was once a human… until" the girl started to cry.

I placed a hand on her shoulder. When she looked up at me I asked, "What happened?" I knew asking that would be making her relieve memories, and that some memories she didn't even want to be reminded of but I was curious. I wanted to know if I could help in some way (see how he's related to Sakura?).

The girl smiled a bit and sat down, "Sit and I'll tell you."

I sat down and waited for her to begin. She took a few breathes before she started, "Well, most of my life I was an orphan. My parents abandoned me when I was just a baby. Then this nice lady adopted me. She became me mother."

"What happened to her?"

"I don't know" she started to cry again "One night this woman broke into the house and was demanding some kind of information. I think it was a jutsu that would keep her looking young for a long period of time. My mom wouldn't tell her. She said it was a secret only her master, Tsunade, knew."

"W-wait…Ts-Tsunade-sama? That means you mother…was her name…Shizune?"

The girl jumped on me pushing me, making me fall back on the ground.

"You know my mom! Where is she?" the girl's eyes were filled with desperation.

"Yes…she's in my home village helping Tsunade with her job as Hokage. I never knew she had a daughter." The girl sat up.

"That's because she didn't keep me for a while. Once mother fought off the intruder she threatened that she would never see me again. After that mom used a jutsu and blasted her through the door. Mother kept a close eye on me since then, but one day when mom and I were playing catch we lost the ball. When we went looking for it the same intruder came and turned me into a squirrel and trapped me in a hallow tree. I don't know what happened to my mom after that. I found a way out of the tree but I didn't know where my mom was. I couldn't find her so I ran into the forest. I've been living here ever since."

"Oh…what's your name? I forgot to ask you that earlier." I say.

The girl smiled, "Sana, what's yours?"

"Haruno, Katsuo" I reply "Sana, do you know a way to get you back to human?"

"I think so… but it takes up a lot of charka. And there is a potion required for me to drink. I read it in a book I stole from a traveler." Sana says.

"How about this, I help you find someone to get you turned back into a human while you travel with me as I find a brother. Finding one is why I'm out here in the first place."

Sana's smile turned into a grin "Yeah!"

"Cool. But let's get some sleep. I'm getting really tired now." I yawned.

"Alright!" Sana helped me up then hugged me. My eyes widened in surprise.

"Thank you Katsuo-kun."

"Uh…um…sure, no problem." I say as I hesitantly hugged her back (A/N: XP he blushed again!)

She broke the hug, "Well, good night Katsuo-kun!" she said cheerfully.

"Um…good night Sana…chan." He had never used that suffix on anyone before. He either called then by "san", they're last name or in his sisters case, their first name.

I released her from my Moriko. Once I got the fire out and the pans packed Sana and I headed to the tent where we both slept dreaming of that one thing we want most.

For her, to see her mom.

For me, to have a brother.

A/N: Yay! Chapter 7 done! New couple, ne? Yell me if you like KatsuxSana pairing. I feel like I rushed a bit in some parts of this chapter... I'm so sorry I didn't' update in like a month. The first week I had no inspiration. The second I started writing but I went on vacation. The third I was visiting my grandparents because my grandpa is sick. The fourth…well that's when I just kept writing cause the way I write is a little every night when I get really inspired. So yeah… R&R people! And thanks to my best friend and now co-author/editor! Hannah! I luv uz!

Sakura: Will the next chapter have more Sasuxme fluff?

Azngirls3: maybe…

Sasuke: Don't make too much fluff.

Azngirls3: -gasp!- You want the fluff Sasuke?

Sasuke: What? No…it's just

Azngirls3: Whatever, I know you want it… you panicked XP

Well, until the next chapter! Ja ne!

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