They finally did it, Kurenai ran over to Katana in front of Tazuna as she fell to her knees breathing heavily.

"This isn't good,"

"I'm fine, forget it," Katana said standing up and fell back against a tree. "Damn it!" she clinched her fists and slammed them against the tree.

"Katana..."

"No, I won't. I won't give up," Katana muttered and picked her Kunai up and lifted it above her hand and stabbed herself with it. Hinata flinched and closed her eyes.

"What are you doing?" Shino asked, "Idiot."

"Don't think you can count me out. I never run away, I don't give up and I won't hide... that's my nindo... my ninja way!" she said with a small growl in her voice as she looked up at her squad. "Cause I have the same dream as friend of mine, one day I will become Hokage and until that day I won't die or loss to anyone." she said and looked at Kurenai, she had the most amazed look on her face ever. She is so much like Naruto and she won't give up. Kurenai thought. She must have had a hard life as a kid if she is so much like him in every way; she has even given Kiba hope in things. How does she do it and still stay strong? She sighed and started walking again.

"We must get going," Kurenai said and turned to her squad and smiled as they turned and looked at each other with a surprising spirit.

"Let's get going." Katana said turning to her squad leader and nodded. Kurenai nodded and they started walking. I'll never lose and I'll never give up, not until the day Orochimaru is gone! Katana thought and looked at her squad. Her eyes landed on Kiba and she went into deep thought. Just like then, that feeling just grows but what is it that it is? But I still don't get it, and just thinking if anything happened to any of them it would kill me inside. I guess it's true; you can't live forever if you don't have a reason to live the life you want. If anything were to happen to the leaf village I couldn't stand it. I lost my clan and the village that took me in, I don't think I could handle loosing them all, not again, never again, will I let anyone die even if I have to take their place! Katana shook it off and when she looked at Kiba again he was looking right at her with sadness in his eyes. What the? Why is he looking like that? Katana looked over to Hinata and she fell over her own feet. Hinata! Katana bolted to Hinata and caught her before Hinata could hit the ground and held her, Katana knelt on the ground and lay Hinata's head on her lap.

"Hay Hinata, Hinata?" Katana said laying a hand on Hinata's head. "Are you okay?" Kiba and Shino stopped and looked down.

"Hinata!" Kiba said and ran over, Shino ran over as well and that got Kurenai's and Tazuna's attention.

"What's wrong?" Kurenai asked quickly running over to Katana and Hinata.

"I don't know, she just collapsed. What should we do?" Katana said grabbing Hinata's hand and held it feeling her pulse. It's normal but what could have happened?

"I don't think we could go any feather tonight if Hinata can't walk,"

"I'll carry her, we have to get Tazuna back to the land of waves and that could take a while. I'll carry Hinata until we have to stop, I don't care how long or far it is, we have to get there and she could be really hurt." Katana said moving and lay Hinata on the ground then picked her up and put Hinata on her back and started walking again. When did she get so determined and strong? Kurenai thought as Kiba, Shino, Tazuna and her started walking after Katana. As night started to fall they we're getting tired but Katana was still carrying on with Hinata on her back nearly tripping over her own feet at least ten times. Kurenai sighed. They need to rest so we can keep going and Hinata needs the rest, as do the others.

"Ok, we'll stop here for the night so Katana you can put Hinata down now," Kurenai said and sat down.

"Alright," Katana said and slowly put Hinata down up against a tree.

"Thank-you, Katana," Hinata said and Katana nodded.

"It's alright." Katana walked off to find somewhere to sleep and found a river. It's so peaceful around here, it's like I never left my home. Katana sighed and sat down. Home, my clan, Now that's one thing I miss with all I have, I mean the leaf village has been so kind and taken me in but I don't even remember my own clan let alone my mother, father and younger sister or anyone else from there! It's pathetic! Katana mentally kicked herself in the head but it didn't hurt. She looked up at the moon in the sky. It shines so bright all the time and yet knows what's going on. She sighed and closed her eyes lying back on the grass with her hands behind her head.

Kiba was walking around the area they had stopped at and was looking for Katana cause she went missing around 20 minutes ago and decide to go a look for her while Shino, Hinata, Kurenai and Tazuna slept but were still alert for danger. Kiba walked to an open area with a river and walked over to it and onto the dock that was there looking down into the water. Where the hell did Katana go? Kiba thought and looked behind him onto the grass and saw something there. He got up and walked over and smiled when he noticed it was Katana lying there in silence. Katana opened her eyes and blinked a couple of times before opening them and jumped when she saw Kiba standing over her.

"Ep... When did you get here?" Katana squealed and jumped up.

"Sheesh... you squeal loud," Kiba said covering his ears and Akamaru whined.

"Sorry, but when did you get here?"
"Just now, where you asleep?" Kiba smiled trying not to laugh

"Might have been, what's it to you?"

"Just asking cause you didn't come back to everyone,"
"Opps... haha... must have fallen asleep then... oh well I'm defiantly awake now." Katana laughed nervously rubbing the back of her neck. Kiba and Katana sat down and just sat there looking at the water.

"How can it be so peaceful? I mean, it's always so calm and peaceful even though so much happens," Katana said out loud. Kiba smiled.

"I honestly don't know," Kiba said. Shuriken flow out of the trees and at Kiba and Katana, Kiba jumped up and threw Kunai deflecting them, Katana shivered and jumped up and turned around facing the trees taking a Kunai out. Her eyes flicked from one spot to another looking for anyone, her eyes went over something and went back to it when a Kunai came flying out of there spot. She moved in front of Kiba with her back to the Kunai and took the blow to her spine, as there wasn't enough time to deflect it. Kiba stiffened looking right at Katana standing there strong even threw the pain.

"Katana?" Kiba said grabbing her and pulled her to him and grabbed her sword pulling it out. "Who's there!?" he growled, Akamaru jumped out in front of Kiba and started growling. A man walked out of the trees and into the light, Katana slowly opened her eyes to see who it was and jumped when she knew who it was.

"Kabuto!!" Katana growled standing up and went in front of Kiba still holding her balance.

"So you remember me do you, Katana?"

"You barsted! What do you want!?"

"I have simply come to get you,"

"For what!?"

"Orochimaru,"

"No."

"Come with me now, Katana,"

"NO!"

"Do it or I'll kill your little friend here," he said and dragged Tazuna in front of him.

"Don't you dare!" Katana growled reaching for her sword from Kiba, and he handed it to her.

"I dare," he said and pulled his hand back holding a Kunai and brought it down.

"You Barsted!" she yelled running at him with all the speed she had. What is with this girl, one moment she's yelling and screaming at me then the next she's protecting me. What is going on with her? Tazuna thought as Katana disappeared out of site before he fell to the ground. Katana was holding Kabuto back with her sword at his throat and arms stuck to his side with her legs wrapped around him.

"How did you?"

"None of your concern now what do you want with me cause if you didn't notice I don't need you around right now and I thought I got rid of you!"

"For a while but you don't need to know why I'm here but I do have to go so I'll see you again." he said and transformed into a log.

"Damn it I hate that guy!" Katana hissed and landed in a crouch on the ground. Tazuna got up and walked over to her.

"Thank-you," he said and held a hand out. Katana looked at his hand and shook her head standing up.

"Don't worry about it, it's what I'm here to do and what I have to do. If I just let you get killed then I shouldn't even be hear. If you ever heard: in the ninja world, those who brake the rules are skum, but those who abandon their friends are worse then skum... and I would never do anything to hurt my friends or my village." Katana said and walked over to the river and onto the dock. "You should get back to the others before you get caught again." Katana said not looking back. Tazuna nodded and ran off. Kiba blinked and walked over to Katana and stood next to her.

"You change mood really fast,"

"Yeah, I know but I don't see a problem with that cause it just makes everyone wonders what I'm thinking and wonder who I am cause they don't know a thing about me. They just think of me as nothing and that's why I'm so much like Naruto." she said and turned to Kiba. "Kabuto is right about me though, about what he said all that time ago,"

"About what?"

"That I don't understand anything about what ever he was talking about but I don't see how it would matter anyway cause I never learnt anything about it. The most pathetic thing is I don't even remember my family and friends from my clan or the village." Katana said and sighed. Kiba thought for a moment then turned and stepped toward her and hugged her. Katana stiffened when Kiba hugged her and was quite shocked but she ignored it and hugged him back laying her forehead on his shoulder while hugging him as much as she could. She started shaking from the cold braze and Kiba pulled her to him making her worm instead of let her freeze. When Katana stopped shaking and let go of him, Kiba was still hugging her but she didn't seem to really care. She looked up at him and stood up straight. Kiba loosened his grip of his hug on Katana and looked down at her. She was looking up at him with somewhat happy eyes. Kiba sighed. What was I thinking back then she...- he started to think leaning down and hugged her to him again in a rather tight grip but not tight enough to hurt her, he rested his forehead on hers and looked into her eyes and she was beyond shocked at the moment. What is it about Katana that makes me like her so much? I don't know but I won't let anything happen to her on my life if it comes down to it. Kiba thought and leaned in and kissed her. Katana was now completely and utterly stand. What the? When did he ever...? She thought. There was a small bark from next to them and Kiba pulled away and looked down at Akamaru still hugging Katana. Kiba looked at what Akamaru was looking at and so did Katana and she went stiff, as did Kiba. Shino!? They thought at the same time jumping away from each other and Katana slipped on the dock falling into the river and just stayed in there with her head under the water and swam under the dock and came up getting air and Shino walked over to Kiba and they looked over the edge but couldn't see her.

"Kiba, what are you doing?" Shino asked turning back to Kiba.

"What do you mean, Shino?" Kiba asked looking away from him.

"You know what I'm talking about, Kiba, so what are you doing?"

"Nothing,"

"You just kissed her, how is that nothing?"

"Okay, so maybe I did, what's the big deal?"

"Why did you, Kiba?" Shino asked broadly having fun while doing this.

"Because..."

"Why?"

"You don't need to know."

"Kiba, I'm stuck with you and her on this squad so why?"

"That's not my fault,"

"Just tell me will you,"

"Because... I... well... I... might... kind... uh... umm..."

"Kiba, what the hell's gotten into you all of a sudden? Your a blabbering idiot, now,"

"You really want to know, Shino?"

"Yeah, so what was that about?"

"I really like Katana,"

"Okay, since when?"

"Since the first time I meet her and she started up at the Academy with us,"

Shino blinked, he was getting a headache from knowing what Kiba was talking about.

"And you know something?"

"What?"

"She isn't that much different from that knucklehead, Naruto."

"Really, how is that?"

"You'd have to find that out yourself but she isn't that different from any of us in the leaf village." Kiba said and Shino rubbed the back of his neck and nodded. He had a major headache now but decided to leave and think about it before he started asking any other questions and really knocked himself out. He really likes me? Ever since I came to the village? And started at the Academy? Katana thought about it and looked up at the moon from where she was. So that's what it is and what Kabuto was talking about. Well even though I might not know much about this stuff I know that what Kiba feels isn't pathetic or pointless. It takes a lot of guts to do that to anyone and talk about it, I know that much. She sighed and looked back at the water. But why me? Akamaru jumped into the river and started looking for Katana but couldn't find her and wend under the dock and found her there. He pounted and got Katana's stanchion, she smiled and swam over to him and patted him, he barked and got out of the water. Katana sighed and swam from under the dock and into the open air and looked up at Kiba standing on the dock. She smiled and swam to shore and Kiba helped her out. When Katana put her foot on the ledge it slipped and she lost her grip on his hand and started to fall back in but Kiba grabbed her arm and pulled her up knocking them both to the ground.

"Owchy's," was the first thing to come out of Katana's mouth but she opened her eyes and looked at Kiba and quickly jumped off him. "Sorry and thank-you." she said standing up and helped him up. She shook her head and water went everywhere and fell backwards onto the ground holding her head ready for an incoming migraine. After a few minutes Kiba helped her up and they walked back to the others and Shino was still awake sitting near a tree.

"Hay, Shino," Katana said and sat near Hinata and was a bit drier from the walk back but was still soaked.

"Did you have a nice swim?" he said a bit amused.

"Yeah, it was great," Katana rolled her eyes and glared at him. "Maybe you should go in next time!" she growled at him and sat back, closed her eyes and fell asleep. Shino and Kiba followed not long after.

"Katana, wake up. Katana!" Kurenai-sensei called right in Katana's face but she didn't seem like she was going to wake up.

"What else can we try-" Kurenai-sensei jumped out of the way when Tazuna threw a stick at Katana. "What are you doing, Tazuna?" Kurenai-sensei looked at Katana and she was holding the stick between her index and pointer finger in front of her face. Her eye's slowly opened as she yarned and dropped the stick on the ground.

"What was that for, Tazuna?" Katana mumbled looking up at him and rubbed her eyes and stood up, stretching. "Are we continuing now?"

"Yes but we couldn't wake you up,"

"Well I'm up so let's go." Katana said and Hinata smiled walking off with Katana as they talked and played around while Kiba, Shino, Tazuna and Kurenai trailed behind them.