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Hinata rolled her eyes as she was now pretty much dragging Tobirama back to the village. He was watching her the entire time and it was making her nervous. "What?" she snapped, a pink blush dusting over her cheeks. He sighed. "Damn... I figured that maybe dying would scare a bit of that attitude out of you." He grumbled and she snorted arrogantly. "Look at you, you have died and yet you're still a grumpy ass dinosaur. Nothing changed about you, so why should it change me?" she asked and he watched her look away from him with an agitated look on her face.

"Actually, you're wrong, being dead did change me..." he said and she didn't even look at him. "How so?" she asked, staring at the stars in the night sky, like beacons in the dark to guide the lost. The moon was brighter in the sky tonight, as if proud that the best side had won the feud. "I became... slightly fearful of being alone." He said and she looked at him. "I see... forgive me..." she said and he looked at her oddly but she grinned. "I promise you will never be alone again." She said and he huffed and looked away from her.

"If you think you are going to be staying by my side forever, I have something else for you. Not... Going to happen... ever." He grumbled and she glared at him. "You're such an ass." She snapped and he raised a brow at her. "And you're just learning of this now?" he asked and her brow twitched. "No... no I knew... but I thought you would be a little more grateful to me." she hissed and he smirked at her. "And what would I ever be grateful for you for?" he asked, genuinely curious.

He watched as her eyebrow twitched and her right hand twitched as well. He decided that he had rested on her enough to start walking on his own again. "Can I have my armor back?" he asked as he reached for the hitai-ate and his armor, but a blade slashed down at his hand. "No. I rather like your armor." She said and Tobirama glared at her. "Listen here little girl...I want my armor back." He ground out and she smirked wickedly.

"Well, if you truly want it back, take it from me ya damn dinosaur!" she laughed as Izumo and Kotetsu had run out to welcome them back, but then they turned tail and ran back to the Hokage tower. They obviously knew that the two were going to be having one of their famous...well infamous, spats right outside the village again. "Do they ever stop arguing?" Kotetsu yelled and Izumo grinned. "Nah, its called tough love! They're gonna have to show it somehow!" he laughed as they ran.

Hinata grinned as Tobirama jolted forth, you couldn't quite call it running, but it was still fast even if he were slightly hindered by the injury to his side. Hinata twisted to the side to avoid his fist and he grabbed her ankle as she twisted and he threw her back towards a tree, but she didn't hit it like he had wanted her to instead she landed on it with her feet and propelled herself off of it to go flying right back at him. She flipped forwards and her leg came over her head and collided hard with Tobirama's arms.

He tossed her backwards and appeared behind her and grabbed her in a headlock, which she turned on him in and her knee came flying upwards and he flipped backwards to avoid the knee that was aimed for his groin. He sighed in relief when he hit the ground. "You are very accustomed to playing dirty, aren't you?" he asked with a relieved look. She laughed loudly and nodded as she appeared behind him and he hit the ground face first and she did a dual knee drop on his back.

The air rushed from his lungs and he grumbled into the dirt. "Damn it woman... are you trying to break me?" he ground out and she clasped her hands behind her back and she leaned down to look at him with an adorable look of innocence on her face. A soft smile broke out on her lips and she giggled. He sat cross legged and he blinked, he hadn't noticed how loose his armor was on her and when she bent over like that, there was a large amount of cleavage shown. Other than the whole cleavage thing, she was adorable as a whole in his armor.

A smirk crossed his lips and he closed his eyes and turned his face the other direction, the smirk ever present. She looked down to see what he had been staring at and a dark red blush broke out over her cheeks. "You're such a dirty old pervert, Tobirama!" she squealed and he wasn't expecting the chakra enhanced foot to collide with his side as he was attempting to get up. He was sent flying through the gates and he hit the ground a few feet past the guard booth.

He quickly stood and broke into a run with a chuckle. "I knew the hot spring thing was on purpose!" she yelled and chased after him. He was dodging items in the street while she was jumping over rooftops. "I can assure you, that one was not on purpose. And neither was the armor." He said and ran through the door to the Hokage tower. He burst up the stairs and when he was only a few feet away from the door, her feet collided with his back and sent him barreling through the door.

He stumbled in and his eyes went wide as Hinata stomped up behind him. "What...the..."

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Izumo and Kotetsu had whispered in his ear what was going on and he told them stay quiet. "It will be alright." He told them and they looked at each other oddly but shrugged and leaned against a wall. Naruto heard the running and he put his face in his hands. "What the hell is that?" Neji asked quizzically and Sasuke, Sakura, Ino, Izumo, Kotetsu, and Naruto laughed. "That Neji, is hell reigning down on us." Sasuke snorted and Itachi chuckled, it was nice seeing his younger brother in a better mood.

"Naruto... you never told us who the other revived person was... would you be so kind as to tell us?" Hashirama asked and Naruto grinned at him. "You will see soon enough. Why would I want to spoil the surprise?" he asked and Hashirama frowned lightly. "Alright I guess..." he sighed and Neji chuckled and shook his head. Hashirama glared at him and Neji just smirked. "I already know who it is, but as Naruto said, why would I spoil a surprise?" Neji asked and Hashirama pouted lightly.

"You are evil people..." he whined and Naruto rolled his eyes. "Here comes trouble." He sighed as loud thumps were heard then someone broke through the door. "Damn you!" a vicious female voice yelled and the person in the floor laughed as he stood and dusted himself off. "No! You can't make a mess in here dammit!" Naruto yelled as the dust began to clear from the room and Hashirama's arms fell limp at his sides.

The other person's arms went limp as well. "What the... hell?" he asked and Hashirama ran forward and hugged the person tightly. "Tobirama!" Hashirama said excitedly and the white haired male patted his brother's back awkwardly. Then Tobirama was lifted off the ground, which in turn lifted Hashirama off the ground. Hashirama blinked as the dust cleared completely and Hinata was now in view. "You filthy pervert..." she growled and Hashirama grinned. "Hello!" he said and Hinata dropped Tobirama in surprise. "Hashirama-san, forgive me!" she squealed and Tobirama glared at her.

"Oh so you will apologize to him but you won't apologize to me?!" Tobirama snapped and Hinata shoved him backwards with an accusing finger to the chest. "No I will not apologize to you! You're a pervert!" she snapped and they continued yelling in each other's faces until Tsunade walked up and smacked their heads together and they both glared at her. "What is your problem?" Tsunade growled and Hinata huffed. "I was dead not even an hour ago! I died for him and he was going to go and be a damn pervert as soon as we get back here!" Hinata snapped and Tobirama smirked.

"Its not called being a pervert if those things are practically shoved in my face." He said simply and she lunged for him, but Tsunade grabbed her by the armor and held her as she struggled to swipe at him. Tobirama was moving ever so slightly to get out of the way of her swinging hands. "So you were dead?" Naruto asked and Hinata stopped struggling to smack Tobirama long enough to nod then she started it all up again.

"I think she loves you brother..." Hashirama whispered loudly and Hinata glared at him with a deep red blush on her face. "I do not!" she squealed and Hashirama laughed. "Lucky lucky Tobirama!" Hashirama said with a hard hit to his younger brother's back. His brother glared at him, but only had enough time to glare at him before feet hit the ground and Tsunade smirked. "Sick em." She said and Hinata dove at Tobirama. The two went flying out the window of the Hokage tower and onto the roof outside. They looked out the window to see her pulling his hair with a dark red blush on her face.

"Yup... she's going to be a much more violent version of Mito..." Hashirama said with a sweat drop. Itachi watched as a scroll fell from Hinata's pocket. Hinata shoved Tobirama away to dive after the scroll. She held it close to her chest and looked at it with saddened eyes. She made her way back through the window and Tobirama followed with a disgruntled look. "I want you to keep these safe for me..." she said and handed the scroll to Tsunade.

"What is in this?" she asked and Tobirama frowned. "Hanabi's eyes." She said and the room's atmosphere suddenly became sorrowful. Hashirama and Itachi looked around the room and saw that each had a saddened look on their face. "I'm no longer the last Hyuuga though... and Sasuke is no longer the last Uchiha...and Tobirama is not alone... he will never be alone again. None of us will ever be alone again..." Hinata said with a sad smile and two of the three looked at her with wide eyes. "You... you brought us back?" Hashirama asked and Hinata nodded. "I gave up... all my elements... all of them but water and air... and hopefully lightning." She said and rolled up her sleeves, there were slight burns where each of the elemental tattoos had resided, but she had never gotten a tattoo for lightning.

"But Hinata... you prided yourself on your elemental strength..." Ino said and Hinata beamed at her. "Brothers... Brothers are far more important than power. Family is far more important than strength. And I couldn't have my friends being alone. I thought over what Neji-nii told me, and then of what the goddess asked me...and the only thing I could think of...was seeing genuine smiles on their faces...Sasuke-kun and Tobirama-kun... they needed to smile again..." she said while smiling down at her clasped hands and Tobirama shoved her.

"Sap." He said and the fire in her eyes returned and she attempted to slap him but he caught that hand and her other hand came at him and he grabbed it as well. A smirk crossed over his lips and he smiled. "Thank you." He said and her arms dropped and she turned away from him with a slight blush. "Whatever!" she snapped and Neji laughed. Hinata's eyes watered and she lunged at Neji. She hugged him tightly and he hugged her back. "Tobirama called me a genius earlier, Neji-nii...did you hear him?" she asked from his shoulder and he nodded.

"I heard, and I saw you die for him. I guess you take after me a bit..." Neji sighed and she hugged him tighter. "I missed you so much, Neji..." she said and someone appeared in the doorway and two gasps were heard. "This is... impossible..." a familiar voice trembled and Neji looked towards the doorway. "Tenten... Lee..." Neji spoke and Hinata wiped her eyes and backed away from him as his former teammates rushed at him and embraced him as well.

"Mother, father, and Hanabi-chan can all be together... I knew I wasn't the only one who needed you...I couldn't let the opportunity pass..." Hinata said and the group looked at her as she bowed politely and walked out of the room, but not before sending a dirty look in Tobirama's direction. "Pervert... I chased you here for a reason, as you now see." She said with a wink as she walked out of the room. Her feet made very little noise as she hopped down the stairs of the Hokage tower.

She wasn't used to this drain of chakra... all her other elements were gone now, and despite the pain they had caused her... she was definitely going to miss them. Her hands were clasped behind her back in an innocent manner, a soft smile on her lips. "Thank you... Kami-sama... for giving me this chance... for allowing me to give them the chance they deserve..." she whispered and beamed as four stars shot across the sky in a synchronized manner.

Her heart jumped in excitement. It felt nice, she had reclaimed the glory of her lost clan... and she had even gotten something from it. Her cousin... sure... she could have been selfish and brought back her family, but then she would be happy again and then she would always have to watch Sasuke put up a front because he was suffering in solitude. Sasuke wasn't one to open up and share, but if you knew him well enough, like she and Naruto did; then you would see that behind his sometimes uncaring nature and angry façade there was a man suffering in there. Hinata had seen it and that was the original reason she had moved in with him... he had been all alone and no one really liked him since he had come back...

No one really wanted to associate with the ex-traitor... he wasn't all that bad; he had just been manipulated and misled. Hinata had seen this, and after month after month of fighting until both of them were tired of beating one another up, they came to a truce and he let her move in with him. Tobirama on the other hand... he was a different story... she thinks that he does some of the things he does, to annoy her and get a reaction. Even though she knows this... she gives in and gives him a reaction.

Hinata sighed and her fingers unclasped from behind her back and she let them fall from behind her to land at her sides. Her right hand gripped at the place in the armor that was right over her heart. It hurt to know that the only place their relationship would be going... was a friendship type relationship... her eyes stung and her lower lip trembled. There was no denying that when he had called her a genius; that it had been the best damn thing that had ever happened to her.

Her thoughts drifted back to when she had started waking up from after she had spoken with the goddess. She knew at that moment... Tobirama Senju, was her savior. He had pulled her from the dark without even having to try hard. He had treated her like he had any other, with a gruff attitude and harsh words. Somehow, she had gotten over the fact he was an ass and had decided that he was everything she could have ever wished for.

She owed him her life, and would gladly give it for him again. She felt something brush up against the stolen armor and before they could move, there was a blade at their necks and a chakra enhanced hand forming a chakra blade pointing at what could possibly be a kidney shot. "Holy hell woman!" Sasuke snapped and before he could even blink, the offending weapon and hand were gone. She laughed nervously and scratched her head with a smile.

"Sorry, Sasuke; you surprised me." she said and he deadpanned at her. "No shit..." he grumbled and she rolled her eyes. Naruto laughed from his place behind Sasuke. "Hehe...I think Sasuke just shit himself." Naruto laughed and Hinata pinched the bridge of his nose. "Naruto...the only one who would have shit themselves from that... would be you." Sasuke growled and Naruto smirked and patted his friend on the back. "Nah..." he said and Hinata smiled.

Itachi took care not to surprise her like Sasuke had; he truly didn't feel like finding himself back six feet under because he startled the young woman. "Hinata-san." Itachi said and Hinata looked at him and smiled. "Itachi-san." She greeted and he eyed her wearily. This was not the same woman from in the Hokage's office that had attacked the second Hokage like a rabid animal... there was no way... Itachi pondered that a bit, but then Sasuke made a very bad perverted joke ( much to his surprise) at Hinata and she whirled on him and she sent him flying.

Yes... this was the same woman... she just had a few calmer moments. She then turned on her heel and a smile was directed towards him. He repressed a grimace as he watched her. He had seen behavior like this before, she reminded him of his mother. His mother had been a kind caring woman, but if she didn't like something directed at her... she became vicious. "Thank you for bringing us back, Hinata-san he said and she smiled.

"As I said, I couldn't let Sasuke be alone... I had been the only one other than Naruto to keep him company. He used to be an ass... but after hanging out with Naruto, Sakura, and I he began opening up and every once and a while, you will see this rare thing called a smile on him. Isn't that great? But then there are other times... where every word that comes out of his mouth, are filthy and directed towards me." she grumbled and Itachi chuckled.

"Good, I'm glad someone was watching after him for me." Itachi said and a smile crossed his lips. It was a real smile, and he seemed truly humored. Hinata blushed lightly. "That's what family does, isn't it? they take care of each other?" she asked and he blinked at her. "Family?" he asked and she smiled lightly. "Sasuke is like my annoying unwanted cousin. I can't call him a brother because that would be degrading towards me, but I can call him the unwanted cousin." She laughed lightly and Itachi chuckled.

"I claim you though, you seem to be a smart one... You will be an amazing older brother. You always have, even if not everyone knew of your sacrifice for your brother and home." Hinata said as she walked around him and waved as she left. Itachi watched her leave, his chest felt light and a smile crossed his lips once more. "Maybe I misjudged you miss Hyuuga..." he said and turned to Sasuke, who walked up to him. An arm found its way around Sasuke's shoulder and Sasuke stared at his older brother in confusion.

"Now that I am back, I can be a real older brother for you." He chuckled and Sasuke blinked. "And you weren't a real one before?" Sasuke asked with a snort and a roll of the eyes. "Nope, I was distanced before, but... now there is nothing stopping me." he said and Sasuke eyes him accusingly. "Stopping you from what?" he asked and Itachi smirked. He tightened his arm around Sasuke's neck and his knuckles found their way to Sasuke's head. "Knuckle sandwiches..." he chuckled and Sasuke struggled to get away from his older brother who was abusing his head with his fist.

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Hinata woke up the next morning to shrill squeals of excitement ringing throughout the village. Hinata grit her teeth and threw on her clothes. She stopped and eyed Tobirama's armor. She was tempted to put it back on, but her short shorts and fishnets revealed a lot under that armor and he liked to stare. She cracked a smile and set a trap around her newly claimed armor. Her eyes landed on the calendar and she smirked. "So it's that day, is it?" she asked and a smiled broke out over her lips as she ran out of her house, the sound of her footsteps no longer echoed behind her, instead footsteps of another person echoed behind her.

She wasn't alone anymore. She grinned back at Neji as he rushed out of her house to follow her. A soft smile rested on his lips as he watched her, she hadn't been this happy in a very long time; to see her this happy was a relief for him, and the villagers as well as she rushed through the village and they actually waved at her like they used to. They all knew where she was headed, it was no surprise to any of them, they all saw how she looked at the second Hokage.

Sasuke landed beside her along with Itachi as she skidded to a stop right in front of the Hokage tower, Tobirama sat on the roof with a frown on his lips, Naruto and Tsunade singing horribly beside him while Hashirama laughed himself to tears. "Happy birthday Tobirama!" Hinata called and the squealing fan girls turned on her, then they realized who she was and scooted to part the river of fan girls that surrounded the Hokage tower, gifts in the grasp of every single woman there. Tobirama actually took his head off of his fist which was propped on his knee, to look at her; a slight relief in his eyes as he saw her.

The three men behind her laughed lightly at how scary Hinata appeared to be to the sea of women chasing after Tobirama. "You thought it would be hard to find someone who likes you? In our time? Pssh! Even Naruto has a fan club." Sasuke chuckled at the annoyed look on Tobirama's face. Naruto glared at him and flipped him the middle finger. "I'm not guys, idiot." Sasuke sighed and Naruto was going to launch a fist at him but a hand grabbed him and he smiled and rubbed his neck nervously, the firey eyed woman behind him scaring him into submission. "Naruto-baka..." she growled and placed baby Menma in his grasp. "You obviously need something to do with yourself." Ino snapped and he stared at the child who stared back at him with the mirrored fear that was in Naruto's eyes as well.

"Tobirama..." Hinata called and she crouched in front of him. He looked different without his hitai-ate, his hair fell all over the place like Naruto's did, but Tobirama's hair was longer. "What?" he asked gruffly and her cheerful mood vanished. A dark look entered her eyes. He stared at her boredly and she crossed her arms over her chest and stood. "What did I do now?" he complained in the same gruff tone and she walked around out of his sight.

He sighed and propped his head up on his fist once more. He stared at all the piranha like fan girls that crowded around the tower, just because they wanted to wish him a happy birthday. The grimace didn't leave his lips as he stared at them. Perhaps it was better being unliked, than liked in this village. But... then again... he turned a bit to see a fuming Hinata standing behind him. Perhaps if certain people liked you, that's all you would ever need.

She caught him staring at her and she turned and face away from him, but he could see the blush that dusted her cheeks. A smirk crossed his lips as he stared back over the girls that stared up at him like creepy stalkers. "Get on with ya creepy selves! Can't you see he's taken?!" Hashirama yelled and the 'Awws' that echoed around him made his sigh. "Damn... who did you pair me up with now?" he sighed and Hashirama shrugged. "Booze." He said simply and he chuckled. He saw Hinata trying really hard not to break her angry face and he smirked.

"Hey Hinata, Sasuke, Itachi, Naruto, Neji, Hashi... I'm going drinking tonight, care to join?" he asked and a wicked grin broke over Hinata's lips as she crouched next to him and began whispering something to him. Tobirama nodded a few times and Hinata giggled. "I think... there is a possibility we may be in trouble..." Naruto said as he pouted. Hashirama, Neji, and Itachi looked at him curiously. "What do you mean by that?" Itachi asked and Naruto and Sasuke gave each other comforting pats on the back. "We will be ok... I promise man... we will be ok..." Naruto said and Neji raised a brow.

"You will see later... you will see..." Sasuke sighed and Tsunade burst out laughing. "This is going to be so much fun!" she laughed and Tobirama smirked as he saw Hinata smile as well. He rather like this Hinata, her really liked her smiles. He guessed that if you have a certain person like you... then that is truly all you will ever need, but he never said it would be easy for her. He was going to torment some of the people there tonight and he was going to enjoy himself.