It had been nearly a month since the camping trip, and all seemed to be going fairly well. There hadn't been a single day where Hinata had actually stayed at home like her father had requested, instead.... she was always running around with Madara. Not that the fact unnerved Hiashi, but sometimes a father worries when he rarely sees his daughter and it ends up she's running around with the town's most notorious Uchiha. Alone with him...

Some things just make you worry....

Hiashi glanced around the room at all the people that had crowded in his living room to await the birthday girl, although it was not even remotely close to her real birthday. He sighed and rubbed the back of his hand, his daughter was going to be the death of him. "So, we will be headed for the beach shortly, but we need just a little longer for preparations..." He said and Tsume burst out laughing. "Preparations, Hiashi I think at least half of us here know exactly what's taking so long." Tsume said and He sighed. "Of course..." Hiashi muttered. "She's already been swept from her windowsill once more, am I right?" Tajima asked with a chuckle but a glare hit Tajima and he Sheepishly grinned.

"It's your eldest that always swipes her whenever I need her." He snapped and Aurora laughed. "That's just Madara dearie, He's impulsive and annoying at times, but we still love him even through his struggles and brattiness." She said and Hiashi pinched the bridge of his nose. "Your eldest is a nice guy... but it is hard for me to be nice when from the moment she awoke he's been stealing her away..." Hiashi sighed and Tsume snorted. "I think he was stealing her away before that too." Tsume said and Hiashi rubbed his face. "You're not helping." He grumbled, and Tsume laughed even louder.

"Ok Mr. high and mighty, Don't tell me you never did any of the things he's doing, to attract the attention of your wife." Tajima said and Hiashi frowned , but a small chuckle escaped his lips. "I did... and I supposed that even though I wish I could spend more time with my daughter, I should let her go... but not yet..." He said and they shrugged, at least he admitted it. The front door opened and Hinata blinked at the sheer amount of people in her living room. "Whoa... everyone and their parents are here." Madara said when he walked in after her. "So what took you two so long? Nothing to do with the creation of babies I hope?" Tsume said and everyone's eyes hit her, who had a smug grin on her lips as the thought settled in Hinata's mind.

With an 'eep' Her face turned red and she hit the floor.

"Great... You killed her." Hanabi sighed as she helped Madara lift her off the floor. "Dammit woman!" Hiashi yelled from across the room, while Tsume shot up and grinned at him. "Hey! Not my fault she actually thinks about it!" She said as she dodged the random things Hiashi was throwing at her. "I do not want to know what my daughter thinks about with that young man! Especially not something that inappropriate." He snapped and Tsume laughed as she jumped over Tajima and landed behind the couch.

"Madara rolled his eyes and looked at Hinata's father. "Are we going to head over to the beach now? I think the majority of them have waited too long to leave." He said and Hiashi glared at him. "Now listen here, we would have left over an hour and a half ago, had the two of you not been out messing around." He snapped and Madara grinned. "But we are here now, aren't we?" He asked and Hiashi gave him a look. "Listen here... don't you start with me..." He said and Madara smiled at him. "I'm playing sir, I understand. Sorry we were late. She was helping us set up the band's stuff." Madara said and Hiashi Blinked. "Oh... well I guess that's fine..." He sighed as everyone began filling out of his house and into their cars.

"Although, you do have some nerve grinning at me like that." He grumbled and Madara blinked. "Just go get in the car, I don't have time for this." Hiashi sighed and Madara shrugged before he made his way out to Neji's car and hopped inside. He gently patted Hinata's cheeks and when her eyes began to flutter he smirked. "Wakey-wakey sleepy head." he said and she blushed and jolted up in her seat. "What happened?" She asked and he rolled his eyes playfully. "Tsume-chan revealed your deepest dirtiest thoughts, love." He said and she blushed darkly. "Not in her life." Hinata whispered and he quirked a brow. "Oh? So sleeping with me isn't one of the dirtiest thoughts roaming your mind?" He asked and she choked on her air and attempted to give a snarky reply, but nothing came out.

He laughed and ruffled her hair. "I think it's every girls dream to sleep with a hot guy, but I'm glad you chose me." He said and she huffed. "Ah, don't sweat it... I'm just glad you find something else other than my snarky attitude and appearance attractive." He said and she looked over at him. "It was hard to find, because there's not much else other than snark and appearance." she whispered snarkily. "Oh, the burn on that one, good one though Hinata." Neji said as he slipped into the front seat. "But apparently the snark is contagious." Neji said and Madara smiled. "Good." he said and Hinata looked at him oddly. "Why is it good?" Neji questioned. A grin crossed his lips and he hugged Hinata to him tightly and rubbed her hair. "I will have a damn fine little mini me!" he chirped with a grin and Neji just stared at him for a moment, then he turned around and faced the windshield.

"The idiocy of Naruto's has also begun to spread." He muttered and Madara snorted with an eye roll. "Come on, chill. I'm just trying to have some fun." He said and Hinata looked over at him. "You've only been having fun lately, why is that?" She asked and he blinked but then shrugged. "I ran into a few issues, but it's nothing you should be worried about. I just wanted to spend my time with you and have fun, is all." He said and she smiled at him lightly. "Well I hope those issues go away soon." She said and he smiled at her. "Don't worry, I will fix all my problems soon enough. These are just superficial issues." He said with the wave of his hand, but Neji released a sigh upon sight of a somewhat irate Izuna once more.

They made it to the beach and Obito yanked Hinata from the car and hugged her tightly. "Yes! The day is finally here!" he chirped excitedly and she smiled at him. "So what are you guy going to sing for me?" She asked and Obito blushed and scratched his cheek. "Oh uh... I dunno. You would have to ask Madara about that." He said and she furrowed her brows at him then huffed and spun to face Madara who leaned down and grinned at her. "It's a secret, Doll." He said and she puffed out her cheeks. "Don't worry doll, it's a good one." He said as he leaned even closer to her and planted a soft kiss on her forehead before he walked away. The deep blush on her face didn't even dissipate even after he was halfway across the beach.

"Hey, so are you two actually a thing now?" Obito asked as he blinked, his gaze drifting from her to the dark haired man across the beach. "I... I uh..." She stammered and he sighed. "Guess that was too much to hope for. He's still being a flirt then? Damn... I wish he would grow out of his games already." Obito sighed as he ran a hand through his hair. "Obito... It isn't what you think...." Hinata began and he looked over at her confused. "We um... haven't really done anything as a boyfriend/ girlfriend couple yet... we have just been hanging out. I really like him, I really do... but I..." she began but her eyes landed on the sand at her feet. "I'm scared he's going to change and nothing will be the same." She said and Obito watched her for a moment, then he burst out laughing.

"I'm serious... you see how he is towards Izuna... and he has snapped at me before." She whispered and he laughed even louder. "Oh, dearest child.... That... is only when he is being judged, is panicked, or is defending someone he cares for. When he snapped at you he didn't mean to... he was just... mad because Izuna called him a man whore and was saying that the only thing he was going to do was hurt you." Obito said and Hinata looked up at him in surprise. "He was scared. He thought that he would hurt you, because he thinks the only thing he has done all his life, is hurt you." Obito said and her eyes went wide.

"Madara tried so many times to talk to you when you two were younger, but you always hid behind your mother's legs, hid from him, or just didn't show up at the shop." Obito said and her eyes hit the ground once more. "Now, I am most definitely not saying that you made him this way, because you didn't. He thought the only way to get you to look at him as a child was to be mean to you, but it seems it only pushed you away. He honestly regrets every minute of it and would take it all back if he could." Obito said and she nodded. "Do you finally remember your graduation?" Izuna asked, butting into their conversation. Hinata shook her head and Izuna smiled.

"You have the picture still don't you?" He asked and she nodded. "That is what you make of him. That grin, I would kill to see him that happy for the rest of his life." Izuna said and Hinata smiled softly as she thought of the picture. "So you're saying that I make him this happy and I don't even have to do anything?" she asked and they both nodded. "But... I want to do something. I want to make him Happy... I was just scared that he wasn't as he seems." She whispered and Izuna smiled a saddened smile. "I don't mean to worry you, but... he has neglected quite a bit of things to make you happier. His only focus is you, I don't think that will ever change unless you make him forget about you." Izuna said and Obito sighed.

"You are his priority, is what I'm trying to say. You always have been." Obito said and she blushed. "But..." she began and they grabbed her by her arms and lifted her off the ground. "Come with us." They sighed in unison and she blushed deeper. "Put me down, my swimsuit is a skirt." She squealed and they let her down but didn't let her go. They laughed at her dark red blush and urged her towards Madara, who gave the three of them an odd look. "Ok, Get to chatting." they said as they walked off. Hinata blushed as she fumbled over her words. "They umm... told me I should um... ask you..." she began, fumbling with her fingers as the dark blush continued to darken on her cheeks.

"Of course!" he said and she blinked and fumbled over her words once more. "But you don't even know... what I was going to ask." She stammered and he grinned and ruffled her hair. "If it is those two... the question was obvious." He said and she looked up at him in surprise. "I was just going to wait to see if you actually wanted me or if you were going to push me away. I don't want to force you to like me, you know..." He said and scratched the back of his neck with an embarrassed look on his face. She looked him in the eyes and a smile crossed her lips, her embarrassment for being forced into this conversation gone momentarily. His phone began to ring and he looked at it oddly.

"How are you calling me when you're right here?" he asked trying to silence his ringtone and failing. The blush on his cheeks made Hinata giggle behind her hand. "Aw, he even has an adorable ringtone for you." Deidara, Kisame, Obito, and Izuna laughed as they began to sing along to 'Cheerleader' by Omi. His blush became even darker as they teased him. "Listen here you bastards!" he snapped and they froze in place, watching the enraged man carefully. "At least I have someone!" he snapped and Hinata blushed and stared at him in shock. "But... seeing as yet I haven't actually said yes to her question yet... you guys will have to wait a moment." He said and turned to Hinata, who blinked at him owlishly.

He grabbed her by the hands and pulled her to him with a grin. "Mine." He said as he kissed her softly then released her and lunged at his brother and friends. "Shit!" Kisame yelled as he tripped. "Hinata blinked for a moment, her fingers touching her lips lightly, but then she burst out into bell-like laughter, causing Madara to turn to her. He still had Deidara by the ponytail, and had his foot on Kisame, holding him to the ground. Her joyous laughter made his heart race and he loved it. He released Deidara and Kisame and walked over to her, while she tried to recover from her laughter she looked up at him with eyes filled with mirth. "What?" He asked and she smiled up at him.

"You were so embarrassed." She said and he blushed. "Uh... yeah... I didn't think they would actually do that..." he said under his breath as he handed her phone back to her. His face was red and he was looking away from her sheepishly. She reached up and placed her hand on his cheek to get him to look down at her. "Don't worry about what they think. I like it. I'm happier knowing you thought so highly of me when I thought so low of myself." She said and he rolled his eyes as he ruffled her hair. The look in his eyes was the same as the one that was in the eyes of the Madara in her comatose dream when he had blatantly stated that no one could ever love her like he did. But now she wasn't offended by it, now she thinks she knows what it means...

"Go sing your little song while I eat my lunch." She said and he grinned. She said and he grinned widely, gave her a salute and took off towards the makeshift stage they had set up. Pein tossed Madara a guitar and he strung off a couple of notes which caught everyone's attention. "Hey everyone! We are here today to celebrate the fact that one very special lady has come back to us!" Madara said and the crowd split to reveal Hinata, who blushed deeply and waved at everyone with a smile. "Ok, so do you guys have any suggestions for songs?" he asked and they all cheered out different names, but his gaze never left her. He winked once more and strung off another set of notes, this set Samui and Izuna recognized swiftly.

"So you are going with this song." Izuna mused as he strung off a couple of notes as well, Obito popping down on the drums. "Have faith in me, Cause there are things that I've seen I don't believe. So cling to what you know and never let go. You should know things aren't always what they seem." Madara began to sing, his voice soft at first, but coming out stronger on the second sentence. "I said I'd never let you go, and I never did. I said I'd never let you fall and I always meant it. If you didn't have this chance then I never did. You'll always find me right there, again." He sang and the crowd was jumping and cheering as they listened to him sing.

"I'm going crazy, cause there are things in the streets I don't believe. So we'll pretend it's alright, pretend it's alright. And stay in for the night. Oh what a world. I'll keep you safe here with me... with me." he and Izuna sang together perfectly. In the midst of their singing, both Madara and Izuna grinned at Hinata. They seemed to be having so much fun and Hinata was happy that they were, they deserved to let loose and enjoy themselves like this sometimes. "I said I'd never let you go, and I never did. I said I'd never let you fall and I always meant it. If you didn't have this chance then I never did. You'll always find me right there, again." Madara sang, then spun to his left and tossed Pein the mic.

"I said I'd never let you go, and I never did. I said I'd never let you fall and I always meant it. If you didn't have this chance then I never did. You'll always find me right there, again." Pein sang as he dropped his bass guitar and grabbed the mic with both hands. "They've got me on the outside, looking in, but I can't see at all. With the weight of the world on my shoulders, they just wanna see me fall." He sang, then tossed the mic to Izuna, who began to sing with a smirk. "They've got me on the outside, looking in, on the outside, but I can't see at all. With the weight of the world on my shoulders, they just wanna see me fall."

"Have faith in me." the three of them sang in unison as they all crowded around the mic. As Pein and Izuna dropped back away from Madara, their strumming quieted just the slightest bit so everyone could hear exactly what he was saying. "I said I'd never let you go, and I never did... I said I'd never let you fall and I always meant it... If you didn't have this chance then I never did... You'll always find me right there, again." He sang and they started to really slow down on their playing. "I said I'd never let you go, and I never did... I said I'd never let you fall and I always meant it... If you didn't have this chance then I never did... You'll always find me right there, again." He sang and the music completely stopped as he said the last line and bowed to the crowd. "I said I'd never let you go, and I never did."

The guys stepped off stage and her father's hired help began working on taking their instruments off stage and putting the sound system up so they could play music without exhausting Madara and the guys. Madara ran over to her and scooped her off her feet despite her protests. "Hey, now. You do have to share lover boy." Kiba yelled and tackled Madara, sending all three of them sprawling into the sand. "Wanna play volleyball? I mean... since you are already under the net." Naruto said with an amused snort.

Ino was balancing the ball on her hip with a smile. "Uh... no thanks I didn't get to eat because someone snatched me up." Hinata said and Madara grinned. "Fine I will take you over to the food, my dearest. I would hate to have you leave me because you starved." he laughed and she sighed. Izuna sighed with a roll of his eyes as he watched his brother run off with Hinata.

"So that's why I haven't seen her since... well seems like the day she woke up." Konan said with a smile and they all nodded. "Well, good I'm glad they are both happy." Konan said then smirked. "Good thing you guys didn't tell her this was not volleyball, but hardcore sand dodge ball." Konan snorted as they all got back into their positions.

"Hm? Dodgeball you say?" Izuna asked and then kisame burst out laughing evilly. "Mine." Kisame said and threw Izuna onto his side of the net. Temari, Ino, Sakura, Tsume, Hana, and Konan all grinned devilishly at the guys across from them. Naruto gulped, seeing as this party may very well be his last. That thought was brought about by all the bikini clad women with fire in their eyes. "Well, At least we will die a wonderful death." Deidara laughed, seeing the horrified look on Naruto's face.

That was... until the ball smashed right into his face, sending him flying backwards; only to land face down and eat a mouthful of sand. "Man down! Man down!" Kisame yelled and grabbed Deidara and drug him off the sand court. Kisame began feeling for a pulse on Deidara, and then started wailing dramatically as Deidara lifted a hand to the sky and coughed. "Avenge me, Brothers..." He said dramatically, coughed, and then let his arm fall limp against his chest as his head tilted to the side.

"You Whores!" Kisame yelled as he pointed at the women. "You killed Deidara!" Kisame sobbed loudly; right before a second volleyball dodge ball came out of nowhere, hit him in the face, and sent him sprawling to the ground. "No Kisame!" Naruto yelled as he crouched next to his larger friend. "They got me man... they got me..." He whispered and Naruto sobbed into his arm. "Tell Deidara... I'm sorry I couldn't save him." He said and coughed, only to let his face drop back into the sand.

"Deidara! Kisame! NO!" Pein yelled as he grabbed a volleyball and threw it, hitting both Ino and Sakura at the same time by reverberating between the two girls heads. They both collapsed to their knees, released a pained grunt and fell to the ground side by side. "Ino! Sakura! Damn you Pein!" Konan snarled and motioned for the Inuzuka women to grab their ball. Hana and Tsume grinned sinisterly as they approached the net.

Kiba knew their gaze was on him. "M-mom...." he stammered and she snarked out a laugh. "I love you mom..." he stammered and she smiled at him. "I love you too, ya runt." She said and the first impact hit him in the stomach, the impact of Hana's ball hit him in the face; causing him to fall straight backwards and clutch his face. He released a pained yell once he had regained enough air to breathe.

"Dammit mom!" he yelled and a third volley ball hit him in the stomach from nowhere. He gasped for air, only to roll over and go face down in the sand. Naruto, Sasuke, Izuna, and Pein now remained on the guys side, while Temari, Konan, Hana, and Tsume remained on the ladies side. "So... How is this going to go ya runts?" Tsume asked with a smirk. "Izuna tossed up a ball, then spun and kicked it in mid-air. The ball went right under the net and hit Tsume in the stomach; she released a pained gasp and hit the ground. "Mother!" Hana yelled, and this started the all-out blur of the volleyballs being thrown from each side of the net.

By the time they had run out of volleyballs, there were only two people left standing. Izuna and Konan. Pein was on the ground behind Izuna with a deflated ball stuck to his face, the man was obviously not going to wake up anytime soon. When Hana had hit him, she had spat a 'Metal faced asshole' remark, just as his ball hit her right beneath the chin and had sent her falling over backwards. Temari had taken out both Naruto and Sasuke with their own balls, she had thrown hers right at the moment they were about to throw theirs, causing both of theirs to bounce off her ball and hit each of them in the face. Izuna had taken out Temari not long after that. Now it was the final two.

"Avenge me... Ko-chan...." the girls all managed and Konan nodded fiercely. "I will!" she said and prepared to throw the ball that had rolled over to her. Izuna stood there with a smirk as he dropped into a position to dodge. She reared back to throw, and someone called her name just as her fingers let go of the ball, causing it to go straight up into the air. Her eyes went wide as she looked back at Izuna, only for a ball to smash her in the face. Izuna released a victorious whoop and began dancing. Only for Konan's ball to hit him in the face as it had fallen straight down on him.

Madara's laughter echoed around them and Hinata was trying her best not to laugh, but this was great. Kisame and The other guys now had Izuna by the shoulders, shaking him back and forth yelling "You failed us! You failed us!" except for Pein of course, who, was obviously out cold from the hit he had taken to the face. The women were all cheering, but they were yelling out "Postmortem kill!" "Guys are you hungry?" Hinata called out and they shook their heads, but Naruto's stomach roared loudly, causing them all to look at him. "Ok, we need to feed that thing before it sprouts nine tails, some vicious teeth, and eats us all." Madara mused and they all nodded. They figured they should all get something to eat just in case they wanted to do something as a group right after.

"Wait guys... aren't you forgetting something?" Hinata called as she stood over Pein's lifeless body. "Oh yeah... The idiot who popped my ball." Hana said and Hinata repressed her smile. "I would suppose so..." Hana sighed as she poked Pein with the tip of her flip flop. "Hey, metal head, wake up..." she said as she poked him once more with her foot. he didn't even make a noise so she shrugged and waddled away.

Hinata sighed, checked for a pulse, her nurse in training nature coming into play, and breathed a sigh of relief when she found one. "Naruto, Kiba, could you make sure he gets some sunscreen if we are going to leave him here?" Hinata asked and the two nodded. She took off to follow Madara and the rest of the group, leaving Naruto and Kiba with Pein. they grabbed the bottle of sunscreen that Hinata had left and grinned.

"So... he was an ass in high school, right?" Kiba asked and Naruto nodded as he squirted the sunscreen into the palm of his hand. "So what should we draw on him?" Naruto asked and Kiba thought for a minute then grinned. "I was going to draw a cool design, but that would be being slightly nice to him. So we are going to draw..." Kiba drifted off then leaned over and whispered it into Naruto's ears.

Naruto began to laugh and they set to work on their drawing. Hinata started back over to the area they were and she sighed as she saw them laughing as they doodled on him. "What are you drawing? I would hope it was nothing Phallic." She sighed and they stared at her for a moment.

"Did you draw a penis on him?" She asked with an exasperated sigh. Kiba grinned sheepishly at her and she rubbed her face. "No... we didn't draw a penis on him." Naruto said and she sighed as she walked away.

"You'll see later!" they yelled after her and she shook her head as she strolled up the bank and sat back down at the table with her friends. "So what are they drawing on him?" Madara asked and she shook her head. "Something remotely phallic I'm going to guess." she said and everyone at the table snickered. "Not a penis though, they were adamant on that." she said and Madara smirked. "What if they drew two..." he offered and she sighed.

"They are goofs." she said and he nodded. "So... after we all eat, who wants to go jump off that huge rock over there when we go swimming?" Obito asked and Hinata looked at him. "What is it with you and jumping off of things?" Konan asked and he grinned. "It's fun." He said and she sighed. "I think it would be fun." Madara said and Izuna gave him a look, as if asking him why he always has to agree with Obito's craziness.

Madara stood from the table and made his way down the beach, Hinata not far behind him. they stumbled across Gaara and a magnificent sand castle that he was just finishing up on. "Alright children, be careful, but have fun." He said and the small children squealed in delight as they ran around within the sand castle.

"Wow Gaara, that's awesome." Hinata said and he smiled over at her. "Thank you. The children were upset because they couldn't build one, so I helped make one for them." He said as he stood and dusted himself off.

"So what are you guys going to do?" He asked and Hinata shrugged, there's just so much to do... I can't choose." Hinata said and Gaara nodded in agreement. "Kankuro and I were going to join the little volley ddodgeball contest earlier, but we valued our lives and decided not to." He said and Hinata laughed lightly. 'Yeah, I valued mine as well." She said and madara smirked.

"I value yours too, I would have protected you fiercely." Madara butted in but hinata snorted. "Until Hana or Tsume would have turned on you as well, even if you were on the same team." Hinata said and he held up a finger to give a rebuttal, but then dropped said finger and nodded. "Yes... I think they would have decimated my face." He said and Hinata laughed.

They all went and sat at the edge of the beach where the sand met the water. "Such a beautiful sunset..." Hinata said with a smile as she stared up at the horizon. "Well, it is going to get so much better after dark." Madaara said and she stared at him questioningly as her father jogged over in his swimming trunks. "Dad?" She called and he waved at her. "Just who I was looking for." he said and she stood.

"Hinata, I have never seen your dad in anything casual, so this is weird." Gaara said and Hinata giggled. "I suppose this would be awkward.... Knowing a forty year old is physically fit when all you've ever seen him do is sit in a chair, worry, stress, and worry some more." Hiashi said in amusement. "Quite." Gaara said and followed them up to the picnic area.

Gifts sat along the table that they had just been at, not a lot, but just enough to make her smile either way. "You all really didn't have to buy me anything..." Hinata said as she approached the table. "I believe we did..." Her father said and she blinked up at him in confusion. "Why?" she asked as she sat down. "Because we could have lost you." Tsume said and Hinata frowned. "But you didn't." she said and Tsume grinned.

"What the hell do you think we are celebrating?" She asked with a laugh and Hinata smiled. "Fine, but no one better spent a lot of money on me." She said and her father sighed. "A bit late to drop that bomb, don't you think?" He asked and she stared at him for a moment. "Ha... ha..." she laughed sarcastically and he laughed as well.

Tsume grabbed Hinata's hand and set a small box in her grasp. "Mine first little lady." She said and Hinata smiled at her and nodded. Hinata opened the small lift away lidded box and a small amber colored collar with her cat's name engraved on the silver tag lay within. "Yukine." Hinata said with a smile as she thought of her tannish-yellow colored cat with his amber eyes. "Thank you." she said as she flicked the bell and smiled at the tinkling noise it made.

"See, it's the simple things that count Hiashi!" Tsume taunted and Hinata laughed. "Alright, here." Madara and Izuna said at the same time and she raised a brow as they glared at each other. "Thank you." She said and they both grinned. Madara's box held a series of ps4 games and when she lifted those out, there was another cat headband, but this one had blue ears instead of ebony ones. she grinned at him and put hers on.

She opened Izuna's box and he had given her a bunch of cook books, having fully known she loved cooking all sorts of different things. "Thank you both of you." She said and Madara grinned. "I have all of those games too. That's why I bought them for you." He said and she smiled and held out a hand. "Battle buddy." She said and he offered her a salute. Everyone else was giving her gifts, some supernatural themed, some Noragami themed, devil may cry themed, and even Okami themed things. She loved every bit of it. Except... Hidan had given her a set of furry handcuffs and had ended up getting waylaid by Madara long before her father could reach him. Konan had given her a nice lavender colored sundress and she loved it.

Her father plopped a tiny little box on the table in front of her and she stared at it oddly. the box was hardly big enough to put a dog tag in. she looked at her father then back at the box. "Dad?" She began and he pointed at the box, not saying a word. She sighed and lifted the tiny lid off the box, it was about the same size as a ring box, but a little longer than it was wide. She pulled the little colored paper off of the item and her breath hitched.

"Dad, no..." She began and he offered a smirk. "No." she breathed as she clicked the button on the key and a honking noise echoed around them. "You didn't." She began and he chuckled. "I did." he said and she fisted her hands around the key. "It looks like my bug key..." She whispered and he shook his head. "Not even close." He said and her blurry eyes snapped up to him. "I will not be buying another bug; I thought it would be too painful of a memory, for not only us Hyuuga, but some others as well." Hiashi said and Madara looked over at him in surprise, upon seeing him send him a small understanding smile.

"Click the key again." He said and she did, causing lights to flicker from not too far away. "Now, it's nothing fancy, but it is a nice car. I knew you wouldn't want anything extremely expensive like mine or Neji's or your friend Konan's Chevelle. But I got you what I thought you would like." He said and he pulled the white cover off of the small cerulean blue Hyundai Elantra. "I'm scared." She whispered and he looked at her in surprise. "I'm sorry dear, I didn't mean to upset you..." He said and she smiled up at him. "It's not you... I'm just... worried about having another wreck. But... I did drive Madara home that one time... so I think I can do it. I think I can drive." She whispered and Madara tossed an arm around her shoulder. "You're strong, you can do it. I promise. Now, since all gifts have been given..." He began and she looked up at him with a small smile.

"Deidara, do your thing." Madara said and Deidara tossed him a salute. Small tiki torches burst into flames all over the section of the beach they were on, illuminating the sand from when it had been dark. Obito released a victorious whoop as he did a backflip off the large stone near the deeper part of the beach. Madara grabbed Hinata's hand and pulled her swiftly over to a set of beach chairs set upon a towel with sodas and various little snack items on it. He plopped her in the purple chair as he sat in the blue one and kicked up his feet. Pein and Konan had done the same thing a few feet away. Deidara appeared in front of the water with a wicked grin on his lips. "Hey Hinata! I saved the best just for you!" he said as he tossed a match at the sand then threw his arms into the air with a victorious laugh as flames erupted from the ground leaving each side of him. The flames were in various colors and spread about twenty feet in each direction.

A shrill whistling noise was heard and a series of rockets set of from within the flames. They went high into the sky and exploded into beautiful shapes and varieties of colors. He grinned as the little tubes sticking up from the ground released explosion after explosion of brilliant reds, oranges, blues, pinks, purples and yellows. His setup lasted about fifteen minutes, and awed everyone there. "And now! For the finale!" He yelled, setting a large box on the ground. Hinata leaned forwards in her seat to see that within the box was one of Deidara's famous fireworks, the c-4 dragon. She had never actually seen it detonate, but she had seen what it looked like in great detail in her mind's eye.

He lit the tail of the dragon on fire and stepped backwards, allowing the dragon to ignite and shoot off over the ocean, but not into it. It swirled straight up into the sky, trailing a variety of smaller explosions of multiple colors behind it. You could tell when it was about to end, because the dragon did a quick spin and began breathing fire. Everyone began to stand up when the hull of the dragon fell, but the sinister grin kept Hinata seated. The entire thing exploded into a beautiful show of colors and had lit up the entire sky like it was daylight. Three last missile type projectiles flew from the hull and exploded in blue red and purple. Everyone cheered and Deidara slipped into a prideful bow.

"Awesome huh?" Madara asked and she nodded. "Beautiful. Absolutely so!" she said and he grinned. Her eyes went wide and she ducked as a water balloon came flying right at her, she had managed to see it from the corner of her eye, but it still smacked Madara in the face. She turned back to him and repressed a giggle from his unamused look. His blaring red eyes landed on the culprit, and with a scream of fear, Hanabi took off running. He grabbed her hand and Hinata looked up at him in surprise as he stole a bucket of water balloons from her father. "Izuna!" Madara yelled out, seeing that he was in on Hanabi's ploy. Madara lifted Hinata onto his shoulders and Izuna raised a brow and flashed Hanabi a grin, who blushed darkly as he took her hand and lifted her onto his shoulders.

"Water balloon couples war!" Pein yelled as he swooped Konan up and did the same. Izuna made his way over to Madara's side and bumped fists with his brother. Sasuke and Sakura did the same, just as well as Tobirama and Hana, and Choji and Karui. "Free for all!" Madara yelled and pelted Izuna and Hanabi with water balloons, much to their instantaneous surprise. "If you drop your girlfriend you lose!" Izuna yelled and Hiashi nailed Izuna in the face with a water balloon causing him and Hanabi to go tumbling to the ground. "She's sixteen Izuna!" He yelled, only for Tsume to swing herself up onto his shoulders. "What mom no!" Kiba yelled and She nailed him in the face with a water balloon.

"Shut up brat, we are both capable adults and I can damn well date Hinata's dad if I want to!" she snapped and Hiashi choked on his air, a light blush adorning his cheeks. "Damn you Tsume." He muttered, but was pelted with water balloons by Tajima and Aurora who laughed merrily. "Mom!" Kiba wailed and she nailed him in the face once more. "When are you going to man up and get a girlfriend anyways you little shit?" she asked and he pouted at her. "What, you weren't going to take a Hyuuga so I jumped right in and decided I would." She said causally as both she and Hiashi dodged water balloons. "Mom!" "Tsume." She heard from both Kiba, Hana, and Hiashi.

"What, I'm telling the truth." She said and shrugged, only to get nailed in the face with a water balloon and tumble over backwards, taking Hiashi with her. She laughed and he sighed from under her. "Now, since we are out, lets be distractions like Kiba!" she laughed and helped him up. In the end it had come down to Hana and Tobirama, Mito and Hashirama, Pein and Konan, and Madara and Hinata. "Hinata." Madara called and she looked down at him. She gave him an odd look as he told her what to do. She nodded and smiled at everyone else around her.

"We are gonna win!" she laughed and they looked at her oddly. The guys all readjusted their footing, only to realize the sand was heavy on their feet, and that Madara had just burst the majority of their water balloons and poured the water to where it would circle around their feet. "Don't lean to far." He said with a smirk, but Hana gave a devilish grin as she nailed everyone else then faced Madara and Hinata. "The final two." She said with a smirk and Madara cringed. He did not like the look one bit.

"Don't jump to conclusions if you don't have a secret weapon." She said and Tobirama chuckled from beneath her. Hinata's eyes went wide as they pulled a huge water balloon from their bucket. She hefted it over her head and Madara snorted as he caught the look of fear that had entered her eyes as the balloon began weighting them down backwards. "Tobirama lean forwards!" she squealed and he did, only for her to drop the water balloon on his head. He began laughing and she released a snort as he shook the water from his hair. "Truce." Madara asked and Tobirama nodded with a laugh. "Tonight has been so much fun." Hinata said with an elated smile. Madara grinned at her as he set her down. "Definitely." He said as he planted a kiss on her forehead.

"I also learned that Kiba's mom has had the hots for my dad for who knows how long. That's definitely different." Hinata heard Hanabi sputter to Izuna, who laughed. "I ship it." she said and Madara quirked a brow at her. "What? And you don't. Look how cute they are." She squealed, but blushed a dark red when Madara leaned really close to her. "Oh, you ship them... but do you ship us?" he asked and she beamed at him, the smile reaching her eyes as she grabbed him by the cheeks, gave him a gentle kiss and replied with a laugh, "Of course I do."

Hinata heard a sputter and looked over to see Tsume slapping her father on the back. "The audacity!" Tsume snorted and Hinata laughed when it clicked that her father had seen her force the kiss on Madara. "Don't give pops a heart attack, you know he still thinks you will faint whenever it comes to babies." Tsume snorted and Hinata blushed. "But I do." She said and Tsume snorted loudly. "That's the point chicky." She said and Hinata smiled at her. "Hey Madara come on! We are going to do flips over here!" Obito and Deidara yelled and Madara looked over at Hinata with a questioning glance and she smiled at him. "I won't stop you, go have fun." She said and he grinned and took off running.

Ino and Sakura linked arms with her and they trotted off towards the shallow water. "So are you excited?" Sakura asked and Hinata nodded. "You don't even know what I'm asking about." Sakura laughed and Hinata blinked. "You have a guy that literally cares more for you, than he does for himself. You have a really nice car..." Sakura began and then Ino butted in. "An entire college fund to help you through school. You have everything you need." Ino chirped and Hinata blinked at her.

"A college fund?" she asked and they nodded. "Yeah... Tsume donated a huge sum of money so that when you came out of your coma, you could afford to go to school." Sakura said and Hinata became bleary eyed. "She said that she wanted the best for you, seeing as you were always like her daughter... and then there was the fact daddy couldn't keep your account open because he had to pull the money to pay for hospital bills. You have no idea how sad he was to have to take that away from you..." Hanabi said and Hinata rubbed at her eyes. "I had no idea. I don't need it! I'm not going to go to school! I've done enough. If I go to college I will earn the money myself." Hinata said and Hanabi smiled.

"Well, the rule on the account is that the money can only come out of the account if you pull it out in person." Hanabi said and Hinata teared up. "But." She began and Sakura rolled her eyes and slapped a hand over her mouth. "Stop your crying and have fun. This is about you, not your tears, ok?" Sakura asked and Hinata nodded. The sound of a pained yell and the guys all yelling something caught their attention. Hinata noticed they were all surrounding Madara and Izuna.

Hinata jumped up and ran over, when she got there, there was blood all down the side of Madara's face. "Son of a bitch, Madara! What the hell were you thinking?!" Izuna yelled and Madara looked up at him with wild eyes. "I thought I would make it." he slurred, with a pained look on his face. Hinata ran over and dropped to her knees. "Are you alright?" she asked as she moved him to lay propped against the rock. "No this damn idiot slipped while trying to jump and hit his head on the rock." Izuna snapped and Hinata looked at him in surprise. "I told you to be careful you damn fool." Izuna said as he ripped the hair tie from his hair and sloppily pulled all of Madara's hair into the hair tie.

Hinata grabbed her towel and began pressing it to his open wound on the back side of his head. "Can you tell me your name?" she asked and his unfocused eyes tried to find her but couldn't. "Madara Uchiha." He slurred and she nodded. "Alright... your birthday?" she asked and he opened his mouth to speak, then with a small smile he spoke. "Christmas Eve." He said and she nodded. "Do you know who I am?" she asked as she saw the color begin to return to his eyes. "Of course." He said as his eyes focused on her. "You're my beautiful girlfriend." He whispered and she breathed a sigh of relief as she pulled the towel away from his head and saw that the majority of the bleeding had stopped.

"You damn fool... I was so worried." Izuna said as their parents skid to a stop. "What happened? Tajima asked and Aurora crouched next to her eldest son. "He slipped and busted his head like an idiot." Izuna snapped and they stared at Madara as he began trying to sit up. "Guys I'm fine, really." He said, his voice no longer slurred. "I really am." He said and Hinata frowned. "You need to be careful." She whispered and he nodded, no smile crossing his lips this time. "Alright, I think we are going to head on in and get him some rest, see you tomorrow Hinata." Izuna said as he helped Madara to his feet.

Everyone began cleaning everything up and getting ready to motivate on home, but Hinata was still sitting in the same spot with the bloody towel in her grasp. She couldn't help but worry about Madara. He had seemed fine when he had left, but there was a lot of blood staining the towel. It didn't help that she was also tired. She sighed and forced herself to stand. Her phone buzzed in her grasp and she looked at it, only to see Madara's name flash on screen. She breathed a sigh of relief as she opened the message and it was a text message saying that he was fine and she didn't need to worry. He said he had taken some Motrin and grabbed an ice pack, which seemed to help.

She breathed another relieved sigh as she jogged over to her father. "He's not the brightest is he?" her dad sighed and she shook her head. "I think he and Naruto have been hanging around each other too much, if you ask me." Neji butted in and Hinata sighed. "I hope he's actually alright and not just trying to console me." Hinata muttered and they glanced at her. "He's fine." Her father promised as she slipped into Neji's car, handing her father her keys. "I will see you at home." He said and they waved.

When they got home, they all went straight to bed as soon as they changed. It was one in the morning when her phone rang. At the same time there was a knocking at the door. When she rushed downstairs her father was already at the door with a grim look on his face. Her eyes drifted to the person in the doorway and her heart felt like it was going to stop. Izuna looked like absolute hell. His long hair was all over the place and his eyes were bloodshot red. His lip was bleeding from where he had been biting it so fiercely.

"I don't know what to do..." he sobbed and her eyes went wide, tears filling them as she feared for the worst.

"Please... please no... don't say it..." Hinata sobbed, not wanting to hear anything else.