Hinata felt his breath on her neck and she grit her teeth, she was really struggling with the blush on her cheeks. She was one of those who had personal space issues, and obviously Madara didn't have them, nor did he care for hers. He was really close now... "Madara..." she grumbled glaring at him. Not only did he have to choose all the same classes as her; he had to sit next to her in every one of them! Right now he was snoozing on her shoulder, oh how she couldn't stand him at the moment. Konan was trying her best not to laugh at her, but that didn't stop her from taking pictures... Konan was not shy when it came to getting all up in Madara's personal space to take the pictures either.

Hinata had no idea how it had come to be that he had chosen her as his pillow, but it didn't make his fan girls happy. Their glares burned on the back of Hinata's neck. The funniest part of this, despite the embarrassment it had caused; was when Karin had tapped him on the shoulder two things happened. Hinata had given her a weary look, and then Madara blinked his eyes a few times as if to focus on her from his nap and he looked at her with a disgusted look. "Damn! That's one ugly whore..." He yawned/ mumbled in surprise and turned back to lean against Hinata's shoulder once more. That was when Konan and Hinata had tried their hardest not to laugh. But...you know Konan...she snorted and burst into laughed at the shocked look on Karin's face.

But as Konan was snapping away at pictures Orochimaru sensei was glaring at her. Hinata blinked and tried not to cringe, he was really creepy and she had a feeling the geezer was glaring at her because of the male leaning all over her. Konan snorted and rolled her eyes. "Damn...so he even has a fan boy?" she snorted and Hinata frowned, Orochimaru's glare causing her to cringe again. "I would much rather not have him glaring at me..." she whined and Madara looked at her. "I don't want him staring at me like a piece of meat either, so if he is glaring at you...I don't care....he ain't giving me no damn rape face, shit." He complained and Konan snorted. Hinata gave him a glare and scoffed. "And I could also stop being your pillow as well, so stuff it and deal. This guy has tormented me since before I met you. You sir, are a noob compared to this guy." Hinata snapped and Madara laughed.

Hinata couldn't even manage a glare because his laughter shook throughout her and it felt odd to her; her heart began to race, she felt the heat rise to her face and she looked away. She knew her face was getting really red. 'dang it...why is it him that makes me feel this way?' she whined inside her head as she glanced over at his humored eyes and genuine smile. She had no idea why this jerk made her feel the way she did, but she couldn't control how she felt, even if he was an egotistical jerk.

Konan was grinning at her with a knowing look. The jealous fan girls in the back of the classroom were digging their nails into their desks and she frowned. She never asked for the attention she was getting...never. As class ended Hinata stood, surprising Madara and causing his face to hit the table. Konan snorted and burst into laughter while his fan girls screeched in horror. "Madara-kun! Madara-kun! Are you ok? Are you ok?!" that was going to get old fast...

Madara grimaced and turned to Hinata who gave him a humored glance before turning and walking out. He hurried to catch up to her, an annoyed look on his own face. "You really hate me don't you?" he asked with a grumble. "Oh I had quite the opposite in mind...I had actually thought of being nice to you then you...being you...put raccoons and a huge spider in Winchester!" she snapped and he blinked. A grin spread over his lips and he put an arm around her shoulders, ignoring the glare she gave him. "Ah...well...about that...I'll-" he began but she sighed and looked at him. "How did you manage that without getting your face messed up worse than it already is?" she asked and she could hear the air rushing from his deflated ego.

"Damn...you can get under my skin too..." he grumbled and she laughed lightly, until another weight launched itself on their shoulders. "Ah! So you two are a couple now? Shame, shame. She was a cute little thing." Hashirama's chuckles came from behind them. Hinata watched the change in his emotions with a curious glance. He seemed jealous. "So you were chasing after bunny-chan?" he asked, his voice sharp and Hinata jumped slightly due to surprise. The two were now in a severe glaring contest until she squeaked in surprise and they both turned to her.

"Hinata-chan?" Hashirama asked, his voice was curious; about what, Hinata couldn't tell. Hinata jerked away from the two and stepped back. "I...I won't be in the middle of this. I refuse to be the reason you two fight. Leave me be." She said and turned and quickly made her way off to find Konan. Madara glared at Hashirama, who just watched her leave with a curious expression on his face. "Are you serious? I mean really serious about this girl?" Hashirama asked and Madara didn't give him an answer just yet. He sighed and tried to stifle both the anger and jealousy that had reared their ugly heads. Once Madara was settled enough to where one word wouldn't end up in the death and or mutilation of his childhood friend, he spoke.

"So help me...if you touch her...You will not see the light of day." Madara growled and Hashirama grinned. "So little bunny is a sore topic huh? Why is that?" Hashirama asked and Madara crossed his arms over his chest and sighed. The swift change of emotion in the dark haired male's eyes had Hashirama's mind reeling in his confusion. "She was in the accident that took my younger brothers from me...it took her mother as well. And..." he began and Hashirama's features became sorrowful as he had begun to understand. "It almost took her." Hashirama finished and Madara's eyes were the only thing to confirm his suspicions. "You didn't even know her at the time..." Hashirama said and Madara shook his head and Hashirama blinked. Madara frowned and reached to pull out his wallet.

"I have known her all my life, back when I was actually a part of the Uchiha, we played together as children." Madara said and Hashirama frowned. Madara searched through his wallet and pulled out the photo he had held all this time. He showed it to Hashirama who smiled. "So, the girl is a childhood friend. Then...why do you two seem to have so many differences? If you grew up together I figured you two would be joined at the hip instead of you tormenting her and her screwing up your face." Hashirama said and Madara rolled his eyes.

"You know me, I'm complicated and sentimental...I still can't let her go. Not even the fact that she hates my guts and doesn't remember me; will make me let her go. I really wish she wouldn't hit so hard though...it does hurt. " Madara said as he crammed his hands in his pockets and started to walk off. "And here I thought you were a selfish bastard hell-bent on tormenting her." Hashirama chuckled and Madara grinned. Madara shook his head, the grin still plastered on his face.

"Nah...I've had a plan since before the accident. My plan was always to get her to remember me...and of course to be a bad influence on her just like I was when we were kids. Man didn't her father love it when we acted up...we also gave him a mustache once when he had fell asleep watching TV." Madara said with a grin. Hashirama sighed. "Same old Madara, always looking to make trouble in the simplest of places..." he sighed and Madara grinned at him. "Same old Hashirama, trying to steal the best friend's girl, ya dirty dog." He snorted and Hashirama scratched the back of his neck with a laugh. "Let's attempt to forget about that, shall we?" he asked and Madara chuckled. "Not a chance."

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Hinata sighed and held her books closer to her chest. Why did college have to be this way? Why did everyone have to either be cruel to her or fight each other to be cruel to her? This was most definitely a cruel and unusual punishment. She sighed and set her books down on the table for the break room. It wasn't very big, but it could hold about twenty people and seven of the large snack and drink machines. It had plugs around the room for those technology inclined students who couldn't live without their phone or laptop. Hinata, like the majority of teenagers, loved her music and couldn't live without it. Her phone was her music player, since everyone had become accustomed to iPhones, or iPods for their music, she just used her old phone for her music.

She put in her earphones and turned her music on random. She had over a thousand songs and loved each and every one of them. She was currently listening to 'reprobate romance' by blacklisted me, she loved the feeling the song gave her, it made her feel like singing. She slid her phone into her back pocket and pulled her wallet from her coat pocket. She pulled out her debit card, seeing as these snack machines were the ones that not only took cash, but cards as well. Movement flickered in her peripheral and she knew it was the Madara fan girls, because any fan girl would wait until you are alone to either rip you to shreds or just kill you. Hinata refrained from rolling her eyes, first she had dealt with the Sasuke fan girls, then the Itachi fan girls, then the Izuna fan girls, and now the Madara fan girls. That was too many Uchiha fangirls to deal with in her short time being alive...

Hinata removed her headphones, put her card back in her wallet and had just enough time to put both of those back in her pocket before her nose hit the glass of the machine roughly and blood trickled from her nose. Hinata bit her lip and wiped at the blood trickling from her nose when she had managed to get her face from being continuously shoved into the glass. "Stupid bitch." The leader of the group spat, which was none other than Tayuya. Hinata held her nose with her hand on her hip. "Seriously? You think he wants you?" Karin sneered and smashed the back of Hinata's head into the machine once she had turned to face them. Hinata was dizzy and yet she still refused to fight back, if she did, then she realized she would be no better than the Skanks in front of her.

"So...you honestly think I ask for this? For him to want me? For him to torture me? You think I want this?" Hinata asked; her voice was shaky and soon enough yet another fist connected with her jaw, sending her to the floor. She struggled to her feet and stood on shaky legs. "Why don't you just give up?" Tayuya laughed and her fist connected with Hinata's jaw once more, sending her back to the floor. And yet again, Hinata stood back up. She knew she was about to severely piss them off, but she knew the truth would come out one day even if it equated to another fist to the face. She sighed and steeled her nerves. "I refuse to give in to those who are beneath me. I do not give in to those...those who belittle others. I will not bow to anyone who has nothing better to do than beat other people down for fun." Hinata said pushing her back against the snack machine and forcing herself to stand once more by using said snack machine. "People like that are far below someone like me." Hinata spat and she could feel their anger.

She knew they were going to hit her again, so she steeled her nerves once more, and closed her eyes to await the inevitable. Karin and Tayuya fisted their hands and prepared to hit her again, but a hand encircled each of their fisted hands and they jumped in surprise. "If you touch her again...I will see to it that...well...that you never make it out of this school, or any other for that matter, with any sort of degree." His voice rumbled harshly through the room and Hinata looked up at him in surprise, her swollen eye foggy and barely seeing. Her abused nose and busted lips stung. They yanked their wrists from his grasp and stormed out of the room. "Bunny, Are you alright?" he asked and watched her as she tried to stand.

He lunged forward and caught her as she started to fall. She collapsed into him like a tower falling over. He helped her to a chair along the side of the room. "Stay here, bunny. I will be right back, don't touch your face or you will just cause yourself more pain." He said and she tried to look up at him. She could tell he was worried, that was a first; she noticed with a pained snort. "Don't think that you helping me makes anything different." She sighed and he chuckled. "Don't I know it, it's going to be hard to get you to even remotely care what I think." He chuckled as he walked from the room.

He walked back in not long after with a small white box in his hands, from what she knew it was probably a Medical-kit. He clicked it open and pulled out some sort of sanitizing wipes. He gently began dabbing them at her lips to keep them from getting infected. He handed her an ice pack and gently placed it over her swollen eye, which she jumped at the coldness of. "Are you alright?" he asked and she nodded simply. "Yeah...I've dealt with worse than this, it's been a lot worse than this before; usually I'm the one tending to myself." She said and he frowned.

"It wasn't always you..." he whispered quietly as he walked away to get a drink from the machine. Hinata furrowed her brows, having just barely heard him say that. She didn't have any idea what he meant by that, but she wasn't going to ask either; if he had said it like that then most likely it was none of her business. He handed her a Dr. Pepper cherry and she raised a brow. "How did you know what my favorite soda was?" she asked and he smirked. "It is my favorite too, must be a coincidence." He chuckled sarcastically. "Why are you so mean to me donkey?" she asked and she saw him visibly cringe when she called him donkey. She couldn't help but laugh lightly at this.

"Why must you be so fun to torment, bunny." He quipped, adding emphasis onto bunny. She blinked. "Does me calling you donkey really bother you that much? Because if it does...maybe I should say it louder." She laughed and he smirked. "I can make you say things loud if you want me too, trust me...it'll be fun." He said with a thick sultry tone to his voice. He jumped back just in time to avoid her fist. "Ah...sorry little bunny, I'm afraid I cannot allow you to hit me. I did you a kindness, so I would ask for kindness, but you know me; so you don't trust me and will not grant me such kindness." He chuckled and ruffled her hair. She glared at him halfheartedly, and then she sighed.

"Don't worry; most of the swelling should go down by the time we have to go to class. Shizune-sempai should understand. He said and Hinata frowned. "That's good, thank you Madara." She said and he furrowed his brows. "You know what, I think Shizune-sempai will be just fine. Come with me." He said and Hinata blinked in confusion. "But I can't." she said and he raised a brow. "Can't...or won't?" he asked with a smirk and she contemplated it for a bit. "Come on bunny, I'll go tell Shizune I'm taking you home. She will take one look at you then we can get out of here, I mean seriously...you just got your adorable little face just about smashed in by some ugly skanks, I think you deserve to rebel a bit." He chuckled and she sighed.

"I have conditions." She said simply and he grinned. "Name em' bunny!" he said, he was clearly excited. Hinata couldn't help but smile at his antics; she hadn't seen anyone this excited to be around since she was a little kid and hung out with Mada. She wondered where he was and what he was doing, but you know...childhood friends are bound to move away and forget you. Hinata's mood was dulled by that thought, but Madara's excitement helped her push her sadness away. He walked over to her and held out a hand to her with a slight bow.

"My lady, your conditions?" he asked and she couldn't help but snort. "Ok...one: no illegal substances." She said and he quirked a brow. "Hmph...what kind of guy do you take me for? A stoner like Sasuke?" he asked with a smirk and Hinata rolled her eyes. "Ok. Two: I want something for my birthday from you!" she exclaimed and he grinned. "Of what sort, can't I be your present? I mean I can show up in this huge box. I'll wear a ribbon." He said with a smirk and she blushed lightly. "No! not a chance, do you want me to die of a heart attack? A ribbon won't cover anything!" she squealed and he grinned. "That's the point." He said and she managed to punch him in the shoulder.

"No...no nude Madara's are allowed at my party. I want something simple." She said and he raised a brow. "But I am simple...I won't have to spend any money, but I would be well worth the shock." He said with a smirk and she gave him a sharp look. "Ok...now I'm quite sure your attitude is compensating for something." She quipped and he clutched his chest and gave her a surprised look. "Ouch! That one...I felt it...right to the ego..." he said and collapsed in the chair. Hinata rolled her eyes. "Oh dearie me! I hurt the massive ego that's consumed the campus and turned relatively awful people into Rabid beasts, oh no!" she feigned fear and sorrow and collapsed into a seat as well.

He began to laugh and she was laughing with him. He grinned at her and leaned over the table. "Any more conditions, my lady?" he asked and she smirked. "Yes. I want cinnamon rolls!" she chirped and he grinned. "Well, I can make that happen..." he said and he saw she was itching to say something else, but was trying not to say it. "Bunny, anything else?" he asked and she frowned and looked away. "Umm...could you show me how you broke into my car and managed to get the raccoons?" she asked sheepishly and he grinned. "So even the little bunny can stoop to my level." He chuckled and helped her back up. She scoffed audibly and looked him in the eyes. "I'm not stooping to your level, I've always been like this." She said and he raised a brow. "Is that so? Then how about we go stoop down another level, my car is out back." He said with a grin, too bad Hinata didn't take his meaning the right way.

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Konan sighed and laid her head on her hand in boredom. Madara and Hinata were supposed to be here, but she hadn't seen him since the Orochimaru stare down, and she hadn't seen Hinata since she left her in the break room. Shizune eyed her wearily; apparently the brunette could tell when she was on verge of walking out. Konan went through her ringtones and played her favorite ringtone out loud, it was 'evil angel' by breaking Benjamin. Konan knew how to escape successfully.

"Shizune-sempai, it is an emergency, may I go?" she asked and Shizune nodded as Konan stood silently and rushed out of the room with her things in tow. Temari ran up to her and Konan smirked lightly. "So you noticed too?" she asked and Temari nodded. "Little miss goody two shoes just doesn't vanish." Temari said with a sigh. "So...who do you think it was?" Konan asked and looked around the hall for their dark haired friend. Temari raised a brow. "Trust me, it's one of my brothers or Kiba. She most definitely wouldn't run off with Madara, at the moment she can't stand him." Temari laughed and Konan nodded. "The guy has good intentions though..." she sighed and Temari laughed.

"The path to hell is paved in good intentions." Temari snorted and Konan laughed lightly. "Don't I know it." They strolled through the hallways occasionally passing by a fellow student. They reached the break room and Konan furrowed her brow, it smelled heavily of cleaners. "What happened in here?" Konan asked as the janitor walked out. "A dark haired girl just about had her face smashed in...but that wasn't it...the girl had enough spunk left in her to pour a soda on her savior. Talk about ungrateful." The old man sneered.

Konan grit her teeth. "So the fan girl stalker squad hurt Hinata...and Madara helped her? What?" Temari was just as confused as Temari was at the moment, but a soft smile crossed her lips. "Maybe they are warming up to each other?" Konan offered and Temari snorted. "Maybe, but soda doesn't seem like something Madara would want poured on him." Temari and Konan walked outside and saw Tayuya and Karin trying to get in their vehicles. The moment Karin opened the passenger side door a flurry of furred feet attacked her face. The cat seemed none too happy to see the fangirl. Tayuya was busy laughing at her supposed friend when another cat began mauling her face as well.

"Hm. Where have I seen this before?" the two asked out loud ten they exchanged confused glances. "You have seen this before too?" Temari asked and Konan nodded. "Ah! That's it!" Konan exclaimed and Temari blinked. "Madara likes putting evil rabid animals in people's cars..." Konan sighed and Temari gave her an odd look combined with a raised brow. "Well...if I remember right, Hinata filled Kankuro's shoes with scorpions once, the little red devils ugh... and there was another time where she put a snake in Sakura's backpack and a rat in Ino's. something tells me this is a combination of their efforts." Temari sighed, she could already feel the aggravated headache that was rising.

Konan smirked, much to Temari's dismay. "Good, that means those two are getting along." Konan said and Temari frowned. "Well, if those two are actually getting along, then Hinata has him by the-" "Hidan, if you dare try to elaborate that statement, I will kill you. The Uchiha do not get ruled by women." Itachi scoffed and Sasuke jogged over to them. "Che...look what those two did to my poor precious kittens..." he growled and Konan looked at him as he glared at the two fangirls. "Who?" Pein asked and Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Hinata and Madara of course, they asked to see my kittens and they go and throw them at the skanks." He snapped and Konan laughed.

"Kittens? Those are not kittens little brother, Maleficent and Violet are savage beasts." Itachi scoffed and the two solid black cats stopped mauling the fangirls and ran over to Sasuke. The two screamed and got in their car and sped off. The two cats were happily purring and rubbing their bodies against Sasuke's legs. He rubbed their ears and the group watched him with odd looks. "Savage beasts." Kakuzu growled, having dealt with those particular cats before.

"So the Madara and Hinata situation, most likely they are off-" Hidan began but Temari and Konan glared at him. "No one wants you to speak, much less breathe...so shut your trap." Konan snapped and Kisame snorted as Deidara and Sasori walked up. "Madara, Izuna, and Hinata are at Izuna's coffee shop. It's obvious the girls are trying to see if they will get together." Deidara sighed and Konan glared at him. "It seems that those two have some sort of connection that even I couldn't get in between, and usually I can steal anyone's girl." Sasuke said and Itachi scoffed.

"I can do anything you could do, much better. Being as why I have-" Itachi started but glares from the females cut him short. "All of you are going to shut up and find a gift for my little bunny!" Konan ordered and the guys rolled their eyes. "Kiba already has a gift for her and same for Gaara and Kankuro. So yall are going to get her something or Kiba's mom won't open the bar." Temari said and the guys exchanged looks. "Bar, you say? I'm in." Kisame chuckled and Hidan grinned. "Oh we are so going to regret telling them about that, aren't we?" Temari asked and Konan raised a brow. "Us regret it? You told them, not me, and I will be the designated driver, obviously unless Tsume-san lets us stay the night." Konan sighed with a roll of the eyes and Temari grinned.

"Well, let's go find our little runaways." Temari said with a grin and Konan smirked. "Shall we, my car is around the corner." She said and Temari nodded. They strolled around the corner to see a dark blue 1967 chevelle. Temari's eye twitched. "How does everyone afford to buy gas for these old cars?!" she asked incredulously. Konan smirked. "My adoptive dad had lots of money, all of it left to me of course because he never married. The car was his too, he had it painted red...but I more so prefer blue." She said simply and opened the door.

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Hinata had been having fun; this had actually been the most fun she has had in a long time. The only slight downside was that it was Madara she was having this much fun with. After he had taken a shower, they had gone to Izuna's. Izuna eyed the oddly. "So...am I to guess that Madara made you mad?" he asked and she blinked. "Why would you ask that? He hasn't made me mad since we left campus." She said and he motioned towards Madara's soaked hair.

"Oh...that was a misunderstanding...I thought he was being dirty minded." Hinata said with a blush and Izuna nodded in understanding. Madara was grinning and Izuna sighed. "So, you two want the usual?" he asked and they nodded lightly. "Obviously..." he mumbled and Madara rested his head on his hand and looked at his brother oddly. "So, father won the bet on who mom would say was better looking huh?" Madara asked with a smirk and Hinata giggled lightly.

"Damn...how did you find out about that?" he asked and Madara raised a brow. Did Izuna really have to ask? "I live with you...it's kinda obvious that something happened when you came home from mom and dad's and you were broke...I'm actually surprised dad didn't swindle you out of more money..." Madara said and Izuna gave him a glare. "I'm surprised Hinata-chan hasn't messed up your face any worse than it had been!" Izuna snapped and Hinata giggled. "Touchy, touchy." Madara scoffed with a smirk.

"Yes I am, because you know...you'd think mom would love me more than she let on as she was saying that." He grumbled and Madara laughed loudly. "Ever think that she loves money more and she knows both of us run the most successful coffee and sweets shops in the area?" Madara asked and Izuna glared at him. "Aurora loves her money and you two, but you two are just bickering idiots. So I believe she would much rather deal with the silence of money rather than the ignorance of her bickering brats." A familiar chuckle came from across the shop. "Ah, Butsuma-san." Madara greeted.

Butsuma nodded in greeting and offered Hinata a small smile, and a look of recognition. "You are Hashirama's and Tobirama's dad!" she exclaimed with a smile. He nodded and smiled at her lightly. "Yes, those two are mine. Who might you be miss?" he asked and she smiled. "Hinata Hyuuga." She said and he blinked. "Ah, so the friendship has lasted this long." He muttered with a nod and Hinata furrowed her brow. Madara refrained from asking Hinata if she wanted to go, I wanted to be the one to make her realize it was him that was her long lost friend, not Hashirama's dad...

"Anyways, miss Hyuuga. Nice seeing you again after so long, but I must bid you adieu." He said and she smiled. "Bye, Senju-san." She said and he waved as he paid Izuna and left. Izuna eyed his two dark haired siblings. He considered Hinata a younger sister because he knew that's how she saw him. His eyes drifted from Madara to Hinata. "Hey, bunny, wanna head over to my shop? I owe you those rolls." He said and her eyes lit up like fireworks. She nodded and grabbed her coffee and skipped over to the door. She turned and looked at Madara, only to see he and Izuna were eyeing each other warily. "Madara?" she called and he looked at her.

"I will be out there in a minute, go on and get in the corvette." He said and she nodded, albeit hesitantly. The door chimed as she skipped out of the shop. "What are you planning?" Izuna asked and Madara frowned. "It is part of my plan, Izuna." He said and Izuna frowned. "I have no idea what the hell this plan you speak of is, but so help me if you hurt her-" Izuna snapped but Madara smiled, it was a real smile; not the usual smirk that portrayed on his lips. "I want her to remember me...I want her to know me as I am, and remember me as I was." He said and Izuna's eyes went wide. "You mean Hinata is Nana?" Izuna asked and Madara nodded. "It was obvious, so I don't know how you didn't notice it too. But I guess it was just the fact that you two were almost the same age. You both forgot I guess." He said with a shrug.

"so Nana is Hinata...that's just...whoa...heheh. I'm such an idiot. I probably should have figured it out from her eyes alone but you know...there are so many Hyuuga running around." Izuna chuckled and Madara rolled his eyes. "That and you are not as smart as me, duh." Madara quipped and Izuna held up a condescending finger. "Now you're pushing your luck. Go have fun with bunny-chan." He said and Madara grinned. "Obviously I'm more fun than you know, she hasn't stopped grinning once." He laughed as he strolled out as well.

He slid into the driver's seat and blinked. He hadn't really realized that it had been rolling further into the evening. The sky was dotted with stripes of reds, yellows, blues, and oranges. The sky was mainly red and orange, but the blues and yellows were still visible in the distance. Hinata had dozed off waiting on him. She looked serene. Her skin was pale, but not sickly pale, and though with a few bruised here and there; she still looked peaceful. Her lips were turned up in a small smile and her breathing steady.

He started his car and he drove off towards his shop. He silently got out and grabbed her some of the leftover cinnamon rolls that the register worker had obviously been trying to eat, they were fresh and he knew he was going to have to find another worker if she kept going on her hungry hippo benges. He walked out and saw that the lights clicked off as she was coming from the back. He smirked when she began freaking out over the lost cinnamon rolls. He slid into the vehicle and saw Hinata stretch and look his way sleepily.

"Good morning, bunny." He chuckled and she jumped in surprise. "I fell asleep?" she squeaked and he rolled his eyes. "I didn't do anything to you, sheesh. Here." He chuckled and handed her the bag of rolls. She smiled at him and he rolled his eyes. "Overly Happy much?" He asked and she rolled her eyes this time. "Overly cocky much?" she asked within a yawn. "I'm taking you home, bunny." He said and she frowned. "I had fun today...thank you, Madara." She said and smiled at him. He grinned and shrugged. "Well, what I'm curious about is if locking those rat looking things in Orochimaru's car was even worth our time." He said and she nearly choked as she began laughing.

"You mean the opossums?" she asked and he blinked. "Yeah...those things..." he said and she grinned. "Oh yeah, he squeals even if one is on TV. They make the guy squeamish." She laughed and he grinned. "Good, cause the snake bastard makes me squeamish." He said and she smiled. "Thanks for showing me how much fun this is. I haven't had this much fun in a long time. Seems like I was just a little squirt the last time I had this much fun, but it's always with friends when I do have this much fun." She said and he blinked for a moment. The real smile crossed his lips and she caught it.

"You know...I like it when you smile." She said absently and he looked at her with a grin. Her face flushed dark red when she realized what she had said. "Sorry!" she squeaked and he grinned. "Oh, if you like my smile then how about I make you smile?" he asked and she glared at him through a blush. "Don't touch me!" she growled and he shrugged. "Your loss." He said and eyed her as she crossed her arms over her chest and pouted. "I'm just kidding you know, I won't tickle you...not while I'm driving anyways." He said and she glared at him more. "Madara, if you tickle me I will not let you into my party." She mumbled and he grinned.

"Ah, you know ya adore me, the amazing neighborhood asshole." He chuckled and she couldn't help the smile that twitched at her lips. "Yeah yeah, everyone knows who the donkey is." She sighed as they pulled up to her house. It was a large house, but it wasn't as big as Kiba's house. Madara stepped out and opened her door for her. She hopped out and grabbed for her books but he bumped her away with his hip. "I got your books bunny, grab your rolls." He said with an eye roll. She huffed but grabbed the rolls anyways. He closed the door behind her and they began up the path to the front door.

The family guards eyed him warily but he brushed off their stares. They reached the door and he handed her the books once the door was open a bit. "See ya later bunny." He said and she turned to him with a frown. "You're leaving?" she asked and he nodded. "Yeah, unless you wanna invite me in for the after party." He said with a smirk. She glared at him with a dark red blush on her cheeks which were puffed out. He used two fingers to poke her puffed out cheeks. "Don't pout bunny, I'm only kidding." He chuckled and she rolled her eyes. "It seems the jokes never stop with you." She sighed and he grinned and ruffled her hair. He thought for a moment then opened his arms to her. "Can I get a hug?" he asked and she narrowed her eyes at him.

He smirked. "It's either a hug or I kiss you bunny-chan." He chuckled and she glared at him. "You are most definitely not going to kiss me, stupid donkey." She grumbled but hugged him nonetheless. He grinned as she stepped away from him. "See ya at the party bunny." He chuckled and Hinata's eyes went wide, she had apparently forgotten they were having her birthday party tomorrow since they were not going to have it in December and this week was the start of fall break. He shoved his hands in his pockets with a satisfied smirk.

"DADDY! Hinata-nee has a boyfriend!" a young girl's voice echoed from within the large house. He heard what sounded to be choking then stampeding feet. He turned to see a red faced Hinata on her steps. "Hanabi!" she squealed in embarrassment. "He is not my boyfriend!" she squealed and he chuckled at her embarrassment. He grinned as he saw her cousin shaking his head as he tried to help her into the house. He also looked back to see a man who looked like an older version of Neji staring straight at him.

"I want to meet this boy, Hinata." He heard her father say. He also heard Hinata squeak out an embarrassed 'yes sir'. He grinned as the man walked back inside and he closed the door to his corvette. He backed out of her driveway and then he grinned. "Family dinner with the Hyuuga, just like old times." He chuckled, but his humor was short lived. "Actually...no...not like old times...Layla-chan won't be there...and my brothers...they...they won't be there..." he whispered and his eyes lost their simplistic joy. It wasn't long before he pulled into his parent's driveway, they lived about ten minutes from Hinata, being as why he had pretty much grown up with her.

"I wish she would just wake up and see..." he muttered before he exited his car.

He walked up to the door and held a hand over the door. He was hesitant to knock...he hadn't visited his parents in five years, the other day at Izuna's...that was the first time he had seen his father in five years. He hadn't seen his mother in just as long. He sighed and right when he was about to knock, the door opened slowly. "Madara..." his mother's voice hit his ears and he could tell she was upset. Her eyes were filled with tears as she lunged to hug him. He hesitantly hugged her back and he felt the familiar pang of guilt and regret quake through him. "I'm sorry, mother." He said softly and she shook her head.

"No...I'm sorry, I should have been more gentle about it..." she whispered and he watched as she readjusted her prosthetic leg. His eyes closed in his sadness, his mother has lost her leg in the wreck that had taken his little brothers and Hinata's mother. Hinata and his mother had been the only survivors, and he had left his mother behind because he had blamed her for their deaths, when in fact it had been the fault of the semi that had smashed into their rear end, which smashed his mother's car into Hinata's mothers pushing her car out into the oncoming traffic...

"Forgive me, I was the one who had blamed you mother." He said and she stepped away from him and smiled through her tears. "It doesn't matter who blames who...I'm just happy you decided to visit." She said and lead him into her tiny house. His father was sitting in a recliner staring at whatever game was on TV hooting and hollering angrily if the other team scored. Madara rolled his eyes and plopped on the couch. "Mother...would you have happened to have kept Mada?" He asked and his mother's eyes went wide. "I have both Mada and Zuna. I'm afraid Nana isn't with us anymore..." she said and stood to go shuffle through boxes in his old room.

She brought Mada and Zuna out and set them in a small box in front of Madara. "This is why you came, right?" she asked sadly and he frowned. "I also came to see you mother, Izuna tells me you have been putting him down in the dumps." Madara said and she smirked, the fire was back in her eyes. "Oh, and what are you going to do about it brat?" she asked ad he grinned and gave her two thumbs up. "I won't do anything, keepit up, you're killing his ego." He chuckled and Aurora looked at him oddly. "Well, don't you need some ego control too." She scoffed and shook her head. "Nah, Aurora, there's a girl who can get under his skin just as much as Hashirama can." Tajima said from his seat and Aurora smirked.

"Ah, so you do look at girls?" she asked and he smirked as he grabbed the box and hugged his mother. He then made his way to the front door. "Mother...you should be ashamed! I've never looked at any other girl." He said from the doorway. His mother's eyes went wide as he strolled out. "Ya little shit! Ya can't tell your momma these things!?" she snapped from the doorway and he grinned as he got into his car. "Nah, but apparently I'm having dinner with her dad some time, he saw me drop her off at her house not too long ago." He chuckled and she threw her flip flop at him as he ducked into his car.

"I'm your mother! I like to know things like these! I would like to have grandkids some time!" she yelled and he rolled his eyes. "Well that obviously won't be happening for a while Ma!" he chuckled and backed up to avoid a box to his hood. "Bye mom! See ya later!" he laughed as he drove off. His mother fumed from the doorway. "Damn that boy Tajima!" she snapped and Tajima scoffed. "He is just like you, so what does it matter." Tajima said, but got a shoe to the forehead. "Dammit woman!"