Hinata knew something was wrong, the air didn't feel right. Hinata stood on the balcony of the Hokage tower, her eyes scanning over the entire village. She was captain of the Anbu, while Madara was her boss and captain of the Elite Anbu. Izuna was captain of the Root Anbu division; Tobirama was his boss; that really irked the younger Uchiha both Hinata and Tobirama were his bosses.

The three Anbu captains wore wolf masks, Madara's had three stripes on the cheeks, Hinata's had two stripes on the cheeks, and Izuna's had one stripe on the cheeks and one over each eye. Madara's Anbu wore straight black armor, her Anbu wore white; Izuna's wore grey. She furrowed her brows as she felt the shock of fear again, it wasn't normal…she was stronger now than she had ever been…what made her feel so off and fearful? Her eyes scanned over the village once more then she sent her chakra pulse out to her Anbu.

They hated the fact Madara had place her in charge of them; they had no idea who she was, and she figured if they found out she was a woman then they would be even angrier that she were in charge of them. Her Anbu name was Okami, Madara had dubbed her so because her team wouldn't fair well if he had allowed her to use her real name. Madara used his own name, Hinata rolled her eyes at this; his name alone made his men respect and fear him. Izuna was Izuna, and yet his men still respected him; Hinata believed that it was because they knew Madara was his older brother.

Her entire force of Anbu crouched before her, she could feel their glares. None of them liked her, even though they didn't truly know who she was. Her mask muffled her voice and she sounded like a soft-spoken male, which annoyed her to no end. "What do you want now, Okami." The Cat masked Anbu asked with an obvious distaste in his voice. Hinata hated being mean to them, but if she were to be taken seriously she had to tell them how it was, or else they would walk all over her. "There is a foreboding aura in the air tonight, Cat. It would do you well to treat your captain with respect, or else I will have to put you in your place." She snapped and he scoffed and shoved her.

That was it…that was the final straw she had had with this particular Anbu, he always shoved her around; spoke nastily to her. He treated her like she was just a nuisance in his path. She gripped her fist and ripped her mask from her face, her Sharingan flaring dangerously. "Lay your hands on me one more time…" she hissed and he looked at her. "Great! Madara put a WOMAN in control of us! That's why she is so easy to shove around!" Cat said and shoved Hinata again.

The moment his hand was a centimeter away from her chest she grabbed his arm and her palm struck upwards on his elbow, a resounding crack echoing from his elbow being shoved backwards. She shoved him to his knees and grabbed his other arm, putting the ball of her heel in his spine and pulling back on his arm. "I am your Captain! I was chosen for a reason! I said it would do you well to respect me." She snapped harshly as footsteps came closer.

"Hinata-chan, you may release him now." His deep soothing voice was recognized by all. Hinata let his arm go and kicked him to the ground. "Hinata?" Izuna's voice rang out as he and his root Anbu dropped atop the top of the Hokage tower as well. "Izuna…I told you not to call her that when her Anbu was near…but obviously that doesn't matter now. All of the Anbu, Root, Elite and the Basic Anbu seemed shocked that Hinata was actually a woman. "How dare you disrespect Okami-sama that way; You made her remove her mask and get pissed." Izuna scolded with a grin. Madara chuckled.

"If I hadn't shown up…there would be no more Cat." He said and Hinata turned to say something to him but her face went blank and her heart skipped a beat. "K...k…" she began and Madara furrowed his brows. "Hinata…what are you…" "Kyuubi! Hashirama! Tobirama!" Hinata yelled and the Anbu froze in fear; they had never seen the beast before but it was headed straight for the village. Tobirama and Hashirama hit the floor beside them. Hinata grit her teeth as all the Anbu had made a run for it.

"So much for the strongest." She grumbled and jumped down to run straight at the beast; Madara, Izuna, Tobirama, and Hashirama following the brash woman. The roar of the beast shook the very foundations of Konoha. "Hinata what do you think you're doing?!" Madara yelled and she looked back at him. "We have to fight it! If we don't, we will lose our home!" Hinata yelled and Madara hit the ground beside her. "Then we fight together." He said and she smiled, despite the fear that gripped her heart.

Roots burst up from the ground and wrapped around the Kyuubi's legs, Hinata and Madara gave a grateful nod at Hashirama who continued to wrap around the beast as he broke free from the ones that had previously captured him. The beast was currently fighting with the roots. Mito watched from the Hokage tower as her husband and friends risked their lives for the village. The five of them were fighting together; it had become common for the tailed beasts to attack the villages as of late. The one tails had attacked the village with sand, but due to bad negotiations, the leaf village offered no assistance because the sand village had threatened war upon the leaf.

She fisted her hands and walked out, Ino and Kai tried to stop her but Mito said she had to help, and she knew exactly how she could do so. They let her go, Ino knowing exactly what Mito had planned. Mito ran out and landed beside her husband. "Hashirama, give them the order. I'm going to seal away the beast." She said and he looked to her with a frown but nodded. "Izuna! Madara! Hinata! Go!" he said and the three nodded. Madara and Izuna flew into the same hand signs, Hinata however did different hand signs; but all of them took a huge breath.

Fire ripped from the mouths of both Izuna and Madara, Hinata released a gust of wind that lit fire as well and made the flames quadruple in size and engulf the nine tails, who howled in pain. They then proceeded to activate all three Susanoo. The white Susanoo grabbed the Kyuubi's head and neck; trying to cut off some of its air and force it to the ground. Madara and the blue one shoved the Kyuubi, but it refused to fall and swung its tails at the three. Its voice echoed in their minds. "Wretched humans!" it growled as it sent the three flying. As Kyuubi prepared the tailed beast bomb, the three Susanoo built up a wall of protective chakra. The tailed beast bomb ripped through the air and the three Susanoo hit the wall of chakra the moment the beast bomb hit it; sending the devastating chakra back at the beast.

The beast seemed surprised as it was hit with its own attack. The beast roared in pain and Mito began preparing her sealing jutsu. "Tobirama! Go!" the four others yelled in unison. Tobirama used the flying Raijin strike to implant a chakra chain within the beast's jaw. He planted another chakra chain in each of the beast's feet. He looked to the three Uchiha and nodded, they nodded back and he jumped away, he couldn't do much more with the beast at the moment, not while it was still standing. The three Uchiha rushed the beast, their Susanoo preparing to attack.

Izuna's Susanoo punched the beast, knocking him over. Madara rammed him, keeping him down. Hinata grabbed the beast by its tails and slung it. Hashirama's roots encased the beast and continued to make the roots close in tightly. Tobirama used the flying Raijin strike to continuously thread chakra chains through the beast from the points he had created before. Each of the chains had one single meeting point, a single chain. Mito finished her jutsu and Tobirama handed her the end of the chakra chain. Kyuubi's eyes went wide, his angered roar ripping through the air as she sucked the massive beast within her using the chakra chains.

Hashirama released his wood style, the trees and roots falling away to nothing. The air still whipped around them from the massive tailed beast bomb that the Kyuubi had released. Mito collapsed against the ground, unconscious, the physical and mental drain from sealing the beast within her had been too much. Hashirama lifted her off the ground, bridal style. Hinata, Izuna, and Madara released their Susanoo, and limped into the gates of the village.

Tobirama followed them into the village gates, each of them were feeling their chakra depletion. The applause that erupted from the once fearful village reached their ears, the clans they had accepted into their village stood at the gates, ready to help anyone who looked about to fall. Because of those five, the Kyuubi hadn't been able to reach the village. Hinata tripped and both Madara and Izuna caught one of her arms to help her back up.

Hinata looked at her brother and her husband and smiled brightly. "We did it…" she managed to say as they helped her to her feet. Izuna and Madara nodded, small weary smiles crossing their lips as well. Izuna's right arm hung limply by his side, it had been broken when the Kyuubi had sent them flying; Madara had twisted his ankle on his landing, thus he was limping as well. Hinata looked at the two men and frowned. "You are both hurt, please don't strain yourselves trying to keep me standing…" she said softly and they shook their heads. They managed to get to the Uchiha compound, where they all hit the steps and collapsed in exhaustion, each laughing lightly at where they had landed.

Their mother rushed out and yelled for Tajima to come help her. Tajima and a few other Uchiha helped their clan leaders into the house. Hinata laughed lightly at her frantic mother. "Okaa-san…" she whispered with a smile. "What did you three do?" she asked frantically. "We, and the Senju…we took down the nine tailed fox." Madara said as his mother began wrapping his foot. "Fools! All five of you! Fools!" she chastised them with a glare. "The beast is sealed within Mito-chan…we weakened him enough for her to do so. Tobirama and Hashirama held him down as she did so…it was awesome…" Izuna laughed. Just before his mother set the bone and he cried out in surprise at the sudden pain.

"Fools!" she screeched as she walked out angrily. Hinata made her way to sit beside Madara. "Don't listen to her…you just scared the daylights out of her, she thought you were dead when you hit the steps. How are the Hokage and his family?" he asked. "They are better off than we are…" Madara chuckled. "Mito is out cold from taking in the Kyuubi. Tobirama is just a bit tired. Hashirama is the same." Izuna chuckled and soft snores reached their ears. Each of them turned to see Hinata asleep her head on Madara's shoulder. "You should rest as well. I will return with some blankets in a bit." Tajima chuckled.

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Hinata strolled through the village, Madara and Izuna were up to something…but what it was she didn't know. The sky had become white and she smiled. The snow had begun to fall not too long ago. She loved the snow, she loved the way it coated the land and buildings with its beautiful white. It had been two, nearly three months since the Kyuubi had been sealed within Mito, everyone respected her; even if the beast was inside her. The village had been established five months ago…and already Ino was three months pregnant. Hinata laughed lightly to herself, that didn't take long; turns out the Naka kid was in fact newly recognized as a clan leader and couldn't find a name for his clan. Ino swooped in and sweet talked the guy and the Yamanaka clan was born.

Hinata smiled and eyed the ring on her left ring finger, her heart jumped every time she saw the ring, her heart raced every time she looked Madara in the eyes, and every time he spoke…his voice alone took her breath away. At first she had just figured it was her excitement of him admitting he felt the same for her as she did him, but…these feelings only grew stronger after they had gotten married. Aurora had told her she was just fine, saying she had felt the same when she married Tajima.

Hinata was heading for the hospital, Tajima and Aurora forced her to go; saying she looked pale and in need of medical attention. Hinata felt fine, they were just worrying over nothing. She had looked in the mirror, she looked fine too. It was December twenty-fourth, she knew what today was, it was much more than Christmas Eve. But she wondered if Madara knew that she knew…Hinata smiled and decided to forget about going to the medics. She turned and her Uchiha cloak fluttered behind her. She pulled it closer around her to keep her warm; she smiled as she did so. The cloak was actually Madara's and it was too big for her, but it was his and that was what mattered to her.

She walked by the vendors looking the stuff they had for sale, she couldn't find anything that really called out to her to get for him. Two familiar faces greeted her. "Kai...Ino…hey…" Hinata greeted, the two blondes smiled at her; Kai's smile was a small one whist his wife's smile was huge. Hinata smiled at Ino. "How is the baby?" she asked and Ino rubbed her belly which now showed her baby bump. "she's just fine." Ino said with a smile. "He's…He's just fine." Kai said and Hinata raised a brow, obviously the couple was arguing over the gender of their baby. "I could tell you whether the baby will be a boy or girl in a few months…if that would halt your disagreements…" Hinata said softly, as not to turn their argument onto her.

Ino grinned and nodded, and Kai smiled softly. There was a massive difference between the personalities of those two…she was bright sunshiny and loud whilst he was quiet and soft spoken, and most of all serious. Those two were exact opposites, but they really seemed to care for one another; that was all that mattered "Would you two like to help me find something for Madara?" Hinata asked and the two shrugged with smiles. "Sure, we were just wandering around." Ino said and Kai nodded.

"Did you say for Madara?" a familiar voice asked and Hinata turned to see Hashirama and Mito bundled in furry coats, Tobirama standing beside them in his usual attire but this time it had a furry thing around his neck. Hinata smiled and nodded, it was no secret Mito was pregnant as well, being as why she looked like a super furry bear at the moment. Mito was not pleased, but if it made Hashirama happy, she was going to deal with the over-abundance of fur coats threatening to smother her...

"Yes…I was searching for something he would like…but I can't find anything…would you like to help me?" she asked and Hashirama nodded and Mito smiled. "Thank you!" Hinata chirped and hugged each and every one of them, Tobirama clearing his throat with a slight blush when she hugged him. She jumped away from them and they all walked the streets of konoha together. Hinata had no idea what Madara would want…Hashirama had some sort of clue what he would like, but there was absolutely no way he was going to tell her that…she could quite possibly faint and then someone would have to carry her home.

They turned the corner and they heard children giggling loudly. Hinata was curious so she went to go see, her friends following close behind her. She peered inside the orphanage Hashirama had built, there were children giggling and playing happily, dog-piling on someone. Hinata saw a flash of familiar red and she turned to see Izuna smiling slightly at the lump that was buried under little kids. Hinata walked in and crouched beside the pile of children and deep resounding chuckles echoed from within and all of a sudden, a few kids were tossed into the air.

"You know, Madara…you are really good with kids for being a fearsome warrior from the fearsome five…" Hinata said with a giggle, he turned to her and smiled lightly. The kids glomped all over him when he turned to look at her. "Is this the Great flame failure Madara?" one little boy asked and Madara chuckled. "Yes Ryuu, this is the great flame failure, my wife Hinata." He chuckled and Ryuu's face contorted in disgust. "ewww! So you kiss her? She is pretty but kissing is gross!" the little blonde boy behind Ryuu said with a scrunch of his nose. "Dante…that wasn't very nice little dude." Izuna said and Dante grinned. "I said she was pretty…it being gross is her kissing him!" the kid said and Madara raised a brow as Hinata laughed behind her hand.

"Well…we see who you favor now!" Madara growled and lunged for the little blonde and began tickling him; causing the kid to laugh himself to tears. "You gonna give in? huh? Huh?" Madara asked with a grin as he tickled the child. "I give! Give!" the child giggled and Madara released the boy with a smirk. "She's still pretty!" the boy said sticking out his tongue. Madara chuckled. "Oh I know…and she's all mine!" Madara said and lunged at Hinata, causing the kids to scream loudly as Madara grabbed her and began tickling her. The children all ran over and dog piled on the two of them, erupting in giggles.

Hashirama cleared his throat and they all looked up. "Hokage-sama!" the children all squealed in delight and ran over to Hashirama. They hopped up and down around him and Mito as Madara and Hinata stood. Hinata looped her arm through Madara's and she smiled up at him. "I think I know what you really want…" Hinata said and Madara looked at her with a raised brow. "And what would that be great flame failure?" he asked with a smirk. "Something only I can give you…a baby…" she said and he blushed lightly. "You could tell just from me hanging around the kids here?" he asked the embarrassment flooded his eyes.

Hinata giggled and nodded. "It seemed so natural for you…you enjoyed having fun with them…we could adopt first, then have our own…if you want to take one of the children from the orphanage with us…" Hinata said and he looked at her in shock. "You would care for a child other than your own?" he asked lightly and she nodded. "I used to take things to the orphaned children from my time too. They don't get as much love and adoration as they do with you around…the orphans of my time were seen as a nuisance…it was sad...but I can see you don't care where the child comes from…you care about them either way." She said and he smiled and kissed her. "you know me so well." He chuckled and a series of ewwws echoed behind them.

"You kissed my Hinata!" Dante squealed and feigned fainting. Hinata laughed lightly, she looked around at all the children. They all seemed Happy that Madara was around a lot so they pretty much had adopted him as their father already, but not only him, Mito had always hung around here and so had Hashirama, so they had parental figures who really cared for them. Hinata looked at the woman in charge of the nursery and the woman waved her over. Hinata grabbed Madara's hand and he followed her to the woman.

"They are all loved here…they grew up alone and the past three months have been the best of their lives. They don't usually get the attention of adults, but if you leave them here then Hokage-sama and lady Mito can visit them all the time instead of asking permission to see them. We have younger children…you will just have to be quiet if you wish to see them. Those children refuse to leave, so we have to find homes for the little ones. The children said if the babies don't go home first, then they won't go anywhere. Dedicated little ones…" she said and stared lovingly at the four, five, and six year olds surrounding the Hokage.

Hinata smiled and followed the woman, Madara close behind. "We could start out this way, so we could see how it is to raise a baby from the start…that would be alright, right Madara?" she asked and he smiled and nodded. The woman led them into the nursery where the younger children were. There were children from one to three, they were so tiny…so fragile. Hinata's eyes landed on one baby in particular, he had dark raven hair and had this draw to him that made her walk over to him.

She ran her fingers over his cheeks and he opened his eyes, they were the same color as hers and Madara's; Her eyes softened when it sank in that he was abandoned. "Little Uchiha…" she whispered and he reached for her as Madara walked over. "Yes…he is one of us…" Madara said with a furrow of the brows. They looked up at the woman who frowned. "No one can fool your eyes can they, Madara-sama?" the lady asked and he shook his head.

"Who brought him in?" Madara asked and the woman frowned. "She was tall, she looked ill, as if she were on her last few minutes. I heard she passed away not soon after she gave him to me." She said and Madara lifted the one year old from his bed. He looked him over and the baby giggled, making Madara's eyes soften. "Yuki Uchiha…you could have left him with me…" Madara said and Hinata frowned. "Yuki? You mean the woman whose husband I had in my Anbu squad? The one whose arm I broke?" she asked and he nodded. "She was sick, and so was her husband, they had gotten ill on a mission…I'm guessing they left him here before their deaths…" he said and she frowned and took the infant into her arms and ran her fingers over his cheeks, the baby making giddy bubble popping noises; much to Hinata's excitement.

"What were they going to name him?" she asked and looked at Madara. "His name is Kami Uchiha, he is my cousin's." he said and Hinata smiled. "Well, now he is ours. Our little Kami." Hinata said nuzzling the child; Madara smiled and walked over to her. "As always…you have left me breathless." He said and she smiled. "Happy birthday, Madara-kun." She said and he stared at her wide eyed. "How did you know?" he asked and she smiled. "My birthday is in three days…I had read somewhere that your birthday was on the 24th, mine is the 27th." She said and he smiled. "Thank you Hinata…" he said and wrapped little Kami in his coat, leaving himself to face the cold.