Several days passed as the trio wearily trekked towards the shinobi village, Suna. There had been no enemy attacks and Kate was slightly disappointed. They could just see the village emerging from the horizon. They were only a couple of hours away now. Kate was getting more excited with every step she took closer to the village. Both Naruto and Sakura noticed her sudden increase in chakra. Naruto wondered if she had any idea about what was going on. Kate looked up at the sky, it was cloudless and a beautiful glittering blue. A single bird flew in the sky, its cries echoing in the canyons that defined this landscape. The bright blazing sun dazzled Kate's eyes and she directed her gaze once again to the village before her.

They arrived at the gate in good time and were greeted by the guards warmly. They smiled happily at Naruto and Sakura but when it came to Kate they stared at her wearily. Sakura showed them their papers allowing them into the village. The gates opened and they entered quietly. They then headed directly to the Kazekage's office. Naruto seemed to be in a rush to finish the mission and go home. Kate couldn't figure out why as everything seemed normal. As they climbed the stairs they came across Tamari and Kankuro discussing something to do with the upgrades for the villages defences. When they saw them approach they smiled and greeted the team.

"Sup' Naruto, Sakura and... who are you?" Kankuro asked bluntly. Tamari swiftly batted him on the back of his head with her hand as she told him to be more polite. Tamari looked at her warmly.

"Sorry about that. So what's your name?" Kate was a little taken back. Tamari was now twenty years old, her hair was still in four pig tails but they were long and smooth, only spiking at the bottom. Kankuro looked pretty much the same but his make-up was a little different and he was alot taller than Kate.

"My name is Kate."She said whilst standing behind Sakura. As a character Kate never really liked Kankuro. He was a bit weird for her tastes, he wore strange make-up and his puppets Kate also found a bit bizarre for her liking. She didn't really seem to mind Tamari so much, sure she was a little over confident but sometimes that was a good thing. The siblings could see that Naruto was becoming inpatient so they finished with the pleasantries and let the group they watched Naruto, Sakura and Kate leave Tamari leaned over to Kankuro and whispered.

"Hey, Kankuro. All the times that we visit the leaf, did you ever see her? She looks roughly the same age as those two and wears a headband but..."

"But something seems out of place?." Tamari nodded. "I know what you mean, there is just something we don't know."

Soon they arrived at the Kazekage's office. Sakura knocked gently on the door and she heard a firm 'enter' from the one inside. Slowly Sakura opened the door. Naruto entered first, then Kate and lastly Sakura closing the door behind her. The stood in a row in front of a large desk piled high with important documentation, a little like Kakashi's but more organised. Behind the desk the Kazekage sat wearing his hat, his face was covered as his head was tilted down while finishing something that he had been writing. He then placed the brush down and looked up at them. A smile crossed his face when he saw Naruto stood before him. His first friend, as Kate recalled, apart from his Uncle but that didn't count because he was lying to Gaara. He then noticed the new face and looked at her with intrigue in his calm emerald eyes. Sakura then quickly elbowed Kate in the side prompting her to inroduce herself to him. This however didn't help as she just turned and demanded to know why Sakura had just elbowed her. Sakura's palm clasped her forehead as she then grasped the back of Kate's head and forced her into a bow.

"I apologise for her rudeness Kazekage-sama-" Kate relinguished herself from Sakura's clutches and stood with her arms folded.

"My rudeness! You are the one that elbowed me! Besides what is the point in me introducing myself is all you need to know about me is in the scroll." She said pointing at Naruto's backpack. They all stared at her. Then finally Sakura spoke.

"Kate, did you read it?" Kate rolled her eyes.

"No, I didn't, but it's easy enough to guess. I mean come on. I know more than I should and I have learned faster than any other shinobi. So what else would Kakashi want to talk to Gaara about? Seriously." If Gaara had eyebrows, at that moment they would have raised. As it was the change in his facial expression wasn't barely noticeable. He then stood and walked over to Kate. He was only a little taller than her, maybe a couple of inches, as he stood he looked at her up and down wondering what was so spacial about her. Gaara then turned sharply to Naruto and put out his pale hand expectantly. After slipping off his backpack Naruto quickly fumbled around inside locating the scroll Kakashi had given him. Once he found it Naruto handed it over to Gaara. He quickly returned to his desk and opened the sealed scroll. As his eyes scanned the content he seemed to be surprised by what it was telling him. Finally he looked up, his eyes locked onto Kate, burning into her. Then he spoke.

"Tell me Kate, what do you know of tailed beasts?"

"What?" Her voice was so small, she even surprised herself.