Hinata sat in the group circle with the rest of her teammates, Minato stared at them with a weird look, obviously he wasn't very sure he could deal with the four of them. Minato looked from one kid to the other. His eyes landed on Hinata and he furrowed his brows, he had been given the full intel on who she was, where she was from, and supposedly how she had gotten here. "I'm curious about you all, I have no idea who you are personally, I just know what your names are and that's it. I'm going to ask a few things of you and then I have something else for us to do." Minato said, an unsure smile crossing his lips.

Hinata watched him intently; she figured that he knew; seeing as he spoke to Lord third. "First off, I want to know all about you. I will start... My favorite things are... My wife, Kushina. Ramen, Jiraiya-sensei, and the color red. My dislikes are... Bamboo shoots in my ramen." He said this with a disgusted look on his face and Hinata and Rin giggled. Kakashi rolled his eyes and Obito grinned. "My dreams are to have a happy life with Kushina and make her the happiest woman alive." He said with a grin and Hinata smiled softly, but inside her heart dropped in sadness, he wouldn't get that for very long... "I would tell you about my jutsu, but then I would be ruining the fun." He said with a grin, scratching the back of his neck; a habit she knew would pass on to Naruto.

"You Hinata, I want to know about you." He said and she blinked, why did she have to go first? She fiddled with her fingers slightly and glared at her fiddling fingers, she thought she had rid herself of that habit. "Um, I like cinnamon rolls and sweet things... I dislike bean paste and bitter things... I also dislike people who endanger my friends..." she said and Minato nodded a smile crossing his lips. "My goals are to protect a certain person... he is my friend and I would never want anything t-to happen to him..." she said and Minato must have caught her glance at Obito because he blinked and a grin broke out over his lips.

"I possess jutsu that no one my age can use... and I have experience in medical skills and elemental..." she tried to keep her abilities as vague as possible, it would be questioned as to how she had trained with Tsunade when Tsunade doesn't even know she exists yet... Minato already knew that she possessed such unknown jutsu, but didn't pry much onto it. she listened to Rin, who claimed to like someone in the group and Obito grinned like a fool; Hinata sighed and Obito looked at her and grinned and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.

"Don't be so down Hinata-chan! We all got grouped up together!" he said with a grin and she smiled, despite the blush of embarrassment on her face. Kakashi shook his head and she frowned at him, apparently he didn't think much of Obito... she listened as Rin said she had medical skills too, Hinata wondered just how good she was with her medical skills... she was admittedly jealous of the brunette. Kakashi started speaking and everything he said was vague, so Minato gave him an exasperated look.

"So basically the only thing we learned about you is that you can't stand Obito..." he sighed and Obito glared at Kakashi. They got all in each other's personal space and were about to start arguing when Rin grabbed Kakashi and Hinata pulled Obito back by his goggles ( which had been the only thing she could grab as he had lunged for Kakashi), which... when she let go of them, they snapped back and smacked him in the face. He held his face whimpering in pain. Hinata jumped over and began apologizing profusely. "Sorry Obito-kun!" she squealed and he rubbed his face with both hands rapidly. Kakashi was laughing which was a bit of a surprise, Minato had his face in his hands trying not to either laugh or pull his hair out because of his rowdy group, and Rin sighed and let go of Kakashi.

Hinata managed to get Obito's hands away from his face and she pushed the goggles up and noticed a bruise already starting to form around his eyes. Her hand began to glow green and she placed her hand over his eye and the bruise began to fade. "Sorry..." she said when she removed her hand he blinked a few times and looked at her. "Whoa!" he exclaimed and touched his face. "It doesn't even hurt anymore!" he exclaimed and Kakashi's eyes narrowed, there went his fun...

Rin stared at her in awe. "Whoa Hinata-chan! I can't even heal like that yet! Neither can my mom, and she is a medic!" she said and Hinata blushed. Minato nodded. "That is a highly valuable skill, very few medics have actually perfected it, but since you Hyuuga seem to have such incredible chakra control; it must be easy for you to heal so easily." Minato said and she shook her head. "It is actually very hard to learn... Shishou was brutal... unforgiving..." Hinata cringed as she said that and Minato blinked. "You mean-" he was asking and she nodded. Even Minato cringed then. The other three students were curious, but if they weren't going to elaborate, then it would be rude to ask.

"Alright, since I know a little more about everyone... Ahem... except Kakashi..." Minato said with a friendly smile, but Kakashi only raised a brow at him. "I want you all to henge into what you think you will look like when you get older, about my age per say..." he said with a shrug and Hinata looked at him oddly, which he just grinned about. "Hinata, you first." He said and she sighed... again...

Shen henged into what she looked like during the shinobi war. The green vest and the standard jonin attire. Kakashi scoffed and she frowned at him. "How do you think you know what you will look like. You won't even know what rank you will be, its useless to show something that won't be a reality." He said and she frowned at him as she released the henge. "I know more than you do..." she whispered and he rolled his eyes.

Minato was sure of something now, she could see it in his eyes. She watched as Obito did the same as she did, but he was donning Hokage robes, and looked just like himself with a grin on his lips, goggles pushed up onto his forehead. Hinata smiled sadly and looked at her hands. He changed back and Rin followed suit. She had the same shoulder length brown hair and facial markings, but she looked like a brown haired Sakura, the same type of outfit, just different colors.

"Alright, now for the final test, since Kakashi refuses to cooperate." Minato sighed and pulled out three bells. Hinata had seen this before, Naruto had told her about Kakashi giving him the same test. She grinned and Minato watched her oddly. "You all have until lunch to get one of these bells, or you don't eat." He said and she nodded. "Teamwork is key!" he said and they all nodded as he vanished. Kakashi just stood there, waiting.

Hinata wondered what the others were going to do, none of them had moved yet. She sighed and activated Byakugan. She scanned the area and when she found him, she placed her hands behind her back and performed the shadow clone jutsu. Her clone teleported away and she clapped her hands together. "Obito, use fire style!" she said and took a deep breath. Obito did so as well, without hesitation. He was going to work with her since it appeared that no one else was going to do anything. He released the massive fireball and he watched to see what she was going to do. She blew wind in a straight visible line towards the fireball and it burst and engulfed a large area of the forest.

A yellow blur shot past them out of the burning trees, that was the moment when Hinata saw the odd kunai in the ground. She nodded towards Obito, Kakashi, and Rin, and they took off towards the kunai from all directions. Minato appeared there and Kakashi was the first to strike, Rin and Hinata tag teamed and aimed punches at both sides. Minato jumped to avoid their hits and Obito and Kakashi appeared above him and both attempted to kick him back down but he back flipped out of the way and he landed on the ground, but something brushed past his side and Hinata tossed the bells to the group.

He was admittedly impressed with the amount of cooperation between his bickering disciples. "Great job everyone! You passed my expectations!" he cheered and they all grinned, except Kakashi of course; who instead rolled his eyes as if he knew he was going to succeed in the first place. An Anbu appeared before Minato and he blinked. "Gomen... sorry to interrupt your training, but Hokage wants to see you and the Hyuuga girl." The Anbu said and Minato nodded. Hinata followed after Minato as they walked away.

"What do you think they are hiding?" Rin asked and Kakashi shrugged, he didn't care. "Maybe they are trying to figure out where Hinata came from... she doesn't have parents...." Obito said with a frown and Rin looked at him and frowned. "Hopefully they can help her..." she whispered and Obito smiled at her, she always worried about others before herself. "Well while we wait on Hinata-chan to come back, why don't we go talk to the rest of our age group?" she asked and Obito shrugged, he didn't really like the idea, but if Rin was going, so was he.

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Hinata followed Minato right up the steps to the Hokage's office and she sighed. "Am I in trouble again?" she asked and Minato looked at her oddly. "Why would you be in trouble?" he asked and she fiddled with her fingers. "I'm always getting in trouble now... I am different... I can use jutsu people of my age group have never seen, nor heard of..." she said and he smiled. "Not different, unique and strong." He corrected and she looked at him oddly. "I don't understand why you would say that... you don't even know the full story of what happened..." she whispered and he laughed.

"I don't need to. That's the thing, if I see strength I'm going to acknowledge it. I'm not going to look over that strength and get angry with the person for proving they truly have someone to protect." He said and she smiled lightly. "I had no way to protect him before... he... he was almost lost when I found him..." she said and he eyed her curiously. "This person you are trying to protect... who is he?" Minato asked and she smiled softly. "Everyone. I'm trying to protect everyone, in my current age group, in your age group, in the children who aren't even born yet age group. Everyone." She said and he smiled at her.

"We are in war... it will be very hard to do that you know..." he said and she smiled sadly. "I know..." she said and she looked at him. "I've already fought in a war, and I lost everyone that ever meant anything to me. My cousin, my best friend who I considered a brother, I lost the one I loved... I know it sounds odd coming from a twelve year old, but the Hokage already knows my story and I am guessing you know some of it as well." She said and Minato nodded. "I may be blonde but I am not a dumb one." He chuckled and she smiled.

He opened the door to the Hokage office and she henged into her real form she felt more at ease when she looked like she really did, it kept her reminded that she was in fact as strong as she was. She wore the same outfit, and it felt comfortable. She crossed her arms and smiled. It felt good to be tall again, even if she was twelve again. "Hinata-san. Minato-san." The Hokage greeted and they bowed respectfully.

He sat at his desk, Jiraiya sat to his left curiously taking in the young Hyuuga woman. "She strikes an amazing resemblance to Hiashi and Hinori..." Jiraiya said and Hinata smiled, which only made Jiraiya grin. "Yes! That's who she looks like, that smile gives it all away. "She is my mother..." Hinata said and the room froze. Jiraiya furrowed his brow and studied her closely. "That's impossible, they just got married..." he said and she giggled. "Hinata Hyuuga, at your service." She said and the third smiled.

"Hinata, this is-" "Jiraiya-sensei." She said with a smile and the white haired sannin stared at her in surprise. "Extreme pervert extraordinaire." She giggled and Jiraiya was about to say something but Minato and the third laughed. "So Hinata... what can you tell us about your time?" the third asked and she looked down to her feet. "I have nightmares... every night... I-I... we... we lost everything..." she said, her voice trembling. She fisted her hands at her sides and tears filled her eyes. "Everyone... everyone... there was so much blood... so much death... I can't..." she said and turned and ran, her henge dropping in the process.

"Minato, follow her, make sure she's alright." The third ordered and he ran after her. "That's what the future holds? More war?" Jiraiya asked, his eyes downcast. "I'm not sure, but I would most definitely hope that things may differ this time around..." he sighed as Orochimaru walked in. "What did you say to the kid?" he asked, a slight humored tone to his voice. "Ah... it was an accident. We brought up bad memories..." the third sighed and Orochimaru shrugged as he left the room, the third was not going to inform the sneaky snake of the entire truth.

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Hinata couldn't keep the images out of her mind, they scarred her memory and the fact that everyone she know that dies is alive now, kills her inside because she can't tell them what to avoid without the possibility of changing the future differently than it should be. She wanted to make sure no one died, but at the same time she wanted to make sure Obito would be safe... that is extremely selfish... she hit her knees in an alleyway and couldn't go any further. She broke down and cried her heart out.

Her sobs echoed through the alley and she placed her hands over her ears. She continued to cry as the images flashed through her mind. 'Why...? Naruto-kun didn't deserve that... Obito-kun was trying to change... Neji-nii... Sasuke-san didn't deserve death either... no one did...' she thought as she sobbed into her knees, her hair fell around her like a curtain shielding her from the world. Her chest hurt and the images of Sasuke face down, his blood staining the war stained ground even worse than it already had been. She hadn't seen Sasuke fall, but she knew it had something to do with Madara.

Obito looked half dead standing there, the black creature controlling him. He looked like he had given in. she had seen all the pain, all the traces of anything just fell away like they had never been there. she had wanted to reach out to him, embrace him, tell him it was all going to be ok and that she was going to help him... 'can you love me... even like this?' that had been the most important question he had ever asked her. She wanted to hear him speak to her once more, even if it had to be that question, or even in that loving voice he had used when he had accidentally called her Rin. He had realized his mistake, but she still loved the way his voice sounded and it made her heart swell even if it hadn't been directed at her at first.

She wanted to feel his embrace one last time, once more... just so she would know he was still alive and there. She wanted to see Naruto's smile, she wanted to hear him talk again too, even if he had the mannerisms his mother had hoped he didn't end up getting. 'I'm going to be Hokage! Dattebayo!' he would have yelled that out with the brightest of smiles. He had been like a brother to her. He treated her like the best friend she had never had, and that he had never had.

'Because... because you called me a genius...' her lip trembled and another pained wail ripped from her throat. She understood that family had to protect each other, but if he hadn't sacrificed himself for her, she would have never had to see them all die. Not Sasuke, not him, not Naruto, not Obito... but she wasn't sure if Obito were actually dead, she could have sworn he had yelled for her when he had called for her when Madara had sent her through the vortex, but she wasn't sure.

She missed them, all of them. She even missed Sasuke, even if he had never been the nicest to her, she understood his pain to an extent when her mother had been killed on a mission. She could never compare her pain to his, but she knew how it felt to lose a parent. Someone's arms wrapped around her and she froze. The woman's voice sounded familiar and it struck something deep within her as her lips trembled once more.

"I remember tears streaming down your face when I said I'd never let you go. When all the shadows almost killed your light... I remember you said don't leave me here alone, but all that's dead and gone and in the past tonight. Just close your eyes, the sun is going down you'll be alright, no one can hurt you now come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound." she sand and ran her fingers through Hinata's hair. 'M-mother...' her tears started up all over again, but no longer was she wailing like an injured cat, he sobs were silent as she embraced the woman who didn't know that in all reality, she was her mother.

She heard rapid footsteps and Minato rounded the corner. Hinata broke away from her mother, who let her go with a sad smile. Hinata then embraced her new sensei, who hit his knee and patted her on the back telling her it was going to be alright. "Thank you, Hinori-chan..." Minato said as Hinata's tears stopped and her crying stopped as well. He lifted Hinata up and carried her piggyback style. "It's no problem, Minato-kun. She looked like she needed someone... my mother used to sing to me when I would cry." Hinori said and brushed dark purple locks behind her ears with a small smile.

"Is she your new student?" she asked and he nodded. "The third placed her with me because he sees some talent in her and Kakashi. He believes they will do great things." Minato said and she smiled. "She appears to have gone through hell and back, well... goodnight, Minato-kun." She said and waved as she walked away to meet with her husband who was walking down the alleyway. Minato sighed as he looked at the tear stained girl on his back. "Kushina is going to have my head..." he sighed as he carried her to his home.

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Obito ran down the alleyway, he could have sworn he heard Hinata crying. He searched all over the place but he couldn't find her. He ran right into a couple who were walking out of an alleyway. "Watch out kid." The man said and he rubbed his head as he stood. "Sorry... have you seen my friend?" he asked and the woman blinked. "I don't think so... sorry." She said and he sighed. "I could have sworn she was crying... she isn't at home..." he muttered and the woman blinked once more and tapped him on the shoulder.

"You mean Minato's blue haired student?" she asked and he nodded rapidly. "Yeah! That was Hinata!" he said and the woman smiled sadly. "The poor girl needs all the friends she can get, the heartbroken child..." she said and he looked at her in shock. "Where did Hinata-chan go?" he asked and the woman smiled. "Minato-kun took her to his home. I'm sure Kushina wouldn't mind another plate at the table tonight." The woman said and Obito bowed in thanks then took off running towards Minato's home.

He made it to the door and he knocked. Minato opened the door and was wearing an apron, flour all over him. "Oh! Obito! Is there something you need?" he asked and Obito tried not to laugh at his teacher, he looked so girly at the moment. Kushina had put a headband on him to keep his hair out of the food. Obito laughed and Minato went cross eyed looking at what Obito was laughing at. Minato blushed then swiped the headband off. "You never saw that." He said simply and Obito grinned. "Sure thing sensei." He laughed.

Minato moved to let the young Uchiha in and when he saw Hinata he bolted to her. His hands found their way to her face and he was looking at her closely. "You were crying... why?" he asked and she sniffled. "a lot of things..." she whispered and he got all in her face. "Don't push me away! We're friends remember?" he asked and she blushed lightly. "Yeah..." she said softly and he grinned and made a move to move away from her but Kushina bumped into him on accident and he fell forwards.

"Oh dearie me! sorry Obito!" she said and rubbed her neck, but giggled when she saw Minato's students. Obito had never let go of Hinata's cheeks and had fallen forward and ended up almost kissing her, his arms going right past her head they had been a little more than nose to nose. They could feel each others breath and then they shot apart. He pulled away and turned around in a crouched position on the floor with his hands over his face. Hinata's face had gone blood red and then her eyes rolled up, and with a thump she had fallen out in the floor. "Look what you did... you made him pout and her faint..." Minato sighed rubbing his eyes.

"I said I was sorry!" she snapped and Minato flinched away from her slightly with a fearful expression. "Sorry dear!" he managed and she hmphed and went back into the kitchen. He sighed in relief then stared at his pouting student and the other one on the floor. "Sometimes I wonder why I even chose to be a teacher..." he sighed and Obito looked up at him. "But others I am always reminded of how amazing of a teacher I had and I want to be that way for you all, even if you are annoying as all get out." He said and Obito grinned. "I make life fun." He laughed and Minato smiled at him. "You made Hinata faint. I wonder why... maybe you have bad breath." Minato shrugged with a smile as he walked into the kitchen where his spitfire wife was waiting on him.

"Obito-kun..." Hinata whimpered and he furrowed his brows as he walked over to her to help her off the floor. He realized she was still out, so he lifted her off the floor and placed her on Minato and Kushina's couch. She snuggled herself deeper into the couch and sighed in relief. "Arigato..." she whispered and he blushed lightly as he folded his hands behind his head and walked back over to the table. He looked over at her and sighed, he could see the tear stains all down her cheeks and he frowned. He knew all too well what it felt like to be all alone.

"Oyasumi, Hinata-chan..." he said and pulled a blanket from the open closet and covered her with it. "Are you staying for dinner Obito?" Minato asked and Obito shrugged. "I guess, but then I will have to go. I still have a curfew." He said then looked at the floor beneath his feet. "Although no one cares... they won't wait up for me..." he said and rubbed his eyes from under his mask. "They never waited up..." he whispered and shoved his hands into his pockets after he shoved his goggles onto his forehead.