The news of Madara and Hinata with an infant child, spread faster than that of the fearsome five and the defeat of the Kyuubi; which was quite the surprise. The thing about it…how the news had spread so swiftly; no one knew. They had just visited another village and everyone seemed to have already known. This unnerved Madara greatly; he had this twitch in his right eye that said that whoever had spread the news of them and Kami had an ulterior motive.

He looked over at Hinata, who clutched the tiny infant close to her chest, as if to keep as much of him out of sight as possible. He knew she felt the same way he did; that someone was after their son. Very few knew the truth behind where Kami had come from, but that didn't matter to anyone seeking the Hyuuga Uchiha combination children; they would take Kami and kill him once they realized he wasn't the clan hybrid. They pulled their cloaks close around them and followed Hashirama; they were his kage aides. They went wherever he went and they refused to leave Kami with anyone that they didn't trust of felt could get hurt if someone truly came after Kami.

He was a silent infant, and that was good because they could take him on ambassador missions with them and wouldn't have to leave him with…with Izuna…. Hinata held Kami closer and he giggled and snuggled closer to her wrapping his tiny hand in her hair, she looked down at him with loving eyes. "Little Kami-kun…" she said softly and Madara looked over at her. "Kami-kun…" he chuckled and she smiled over at him and removed the child from her bosom and handed him to Madara.

Madara gladly took little Kami and held him close to his chest; Madara wasn't wearing his armor at the moment, since they were trying to make a friendly impression on the Kazekage. Hinata really…really…really hated sand; especially since it got everywhere. She stood by Hashirama; her eyes confused as to why he had stopped. "Hokage-sama." A deep voice greeted and Madara hid Kami inside Hinata's cloak, which she wrapped around herself to keep Kami from view.

The man was covered from head to toe in cloth, as if to keep the sand out. "Allow me to show you to your lodgings." He said and Madara stayed close to Hashirama and Hinata. Tobirama was standing in as kage while they were gone, Izuna being his right hand man. Those two got along relatively well, seeing as at one time they had blades at each-other's throats every other day. Hinata gripped her cloak tightly around her as they walked into the kazekage manor.

Hashirama was led to one room, while Madara was led to another and they attempted to take her to another. "I'm staying with him." Hinata said and attempted to walk over to Madara but the man stepped in her way. "I'm sorry miss; we have strict orders on men and women sleeping in the same room." He said and she narrowed her eyes at him. "I said I am sleeping in the same room as my husband." She hissed and he looked surprised. "Oh…forgive me lady Uchiha…I had no idea…I thought you were the Hyuuga woman, forgive me." He said and bowed, allowing her to pass.

Hinata stood beside Madara and sighed. "I was lady Hyuuga, but I am now the matriarch of the Uchiha, please do not forget this." She whispered and the man looked at Madara in shock. "So…you two are of the fearsome five?" he asked and Madara sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "If you must call us that, then yes…my wife, my brother, the Hokage, his brother, and I; we are the fearsome five as the civilians called us…the name itself seems demeaning in a way." Madara said simply and the man hit his knees in a bow.

"Forgive me, sir…I am just a humble fan of you all…you took down the strongest of the tailed beasts alone, whilst our entire village barely managed to seal the Shukaku away…" he said and Hashirama cleared his throat. "The kazekage asked for us, did he not? We should be headed that way then shouldn't we?" Hashirama asked, saving Hinata and Madara from yet another groveling fan. Madara and Hinata nodded his way in thanks and he smiled lightly.

They reached the kage's meeting room and Hinata and Madara stood behind Hashirama across the room of the kazekage, who had red hair and deep brown eyes. His aides stood by his side as well. Hinata made a move to readjust Kami and one of them lunged at her with a kunai, preparing to strike her down, but Madara's katana swung into his path and sent him flying. "Do not attack my wife." Madara growled and the man scoffed at him. "I wouldn't have to if your wife didn't look so shifty over there." the blonde said with a jerk of the head towards Hinata, who stared at him with a frail deer look.

"She was not acting shifty." Madara growled and he and the blonde were about to go at it when the two kage silenced them. "If she isn't an assassin, show us what you have there, woman." The kage said his raspy voice grating on her ears. "I have a name, it is Hinata." She said coolly and she tightened her grip on Kami. "Hinata…Hyuuga, no doubt…" he said and she shook her head. "Uchiha." She said simply, she was really getting on this man's nerves now. "Show us what you have then, Hinata." He said her name as if it were like acid on her tongue.

Hinata pulled open her cloak and removed her arms one at a time and she shrugged back the cloak all while holding Kami tightly. "I have my son, and that is all." She hissed and they all seemed shocked, except for Madara and Hashirama. "This is no place for a child, Hinata." The kazekage said and Hinata glared at him. "No place is safe for my child, not when I have this feeling someone is going to attempt to take him from me." She snapped and Madara raised a brow at her sudden bravado.

"I see…even if he was not sprung from your loin, they still seek to take him." The kazekage said in conclusion and her eyes went wide. "How did you know that?" she hissed, holding Kami tightly. "He looks somewhat like Madara, but there is no striking resemblance between you two and him, whatsoever. The only thing linking him to you both, are the dark eyes and blue-black hair." The kazekage said and Hinata held Kami close to her, with a look on her face that was unreadable. "It doesn't matter, my son is my son whether I birthed him or not…he is my little Kami, and I will not let anyone take that from him." She said softly, a smile crossed the kazekage's face.

"If all your Kunoichi are as brave and compassionate as this one, I'd say you have built up quite the village, Hashirama-san." The kazekage said and Hashirama nodded. "My wife is the same way, and our child is not even born yet." Hashirama chuckled and the kazekage chuckled. The kazekage's aide returned to his side of the room and Hinata relaxed a bit as the two kage began talking about their treaty. Hashirama had been chatting amiably with the kazekage when he felt a tug on his hair. He looked back to see little Kami with his fingers entwined in his long hair. Madara chuckled, but did nothing as Hinata frantically tried to untangle the child's fingers from his hair. Hashirama chuckled and swiped the child from his mother and held him.

The kazekage raised a brow when he saw this. "I see…it sort of makes sense now…the fearsome five…you are all a family now huh?" he asked once the treaty was signed. Hashirama thought it over for a moment. "I guess you could say that…but…family is a big jump, we were fighting each other in a battle to the death not even seven months ago…" Hashirama said and kazekage raised a brow. "Interesting…" he said and Hashirama smiled.

"But…I guess family is what we are. We would have never came to this, being a family…had Hinata not shown up." Hashirama said and Hinata blushed. "H-Hashirama…" she complained. "Please don't over-glorify me…" she said with a deep blush. "He's right." Madara said as they strode out of the room and towards their rooms. "If I had never met you, I would have either had to kill my best friend, or die by his hand, and most likely it would have been the latter." Madara said and Hashirama handed him Kami. Hinata looked down at her hands and smiled softly.

"I had no idea what to do…I had no idea why I did it…I could have died myself…but…I wanted to save you; both of you. I wanted to save your friendship. I have seen two of my best friends fight, until both of them were near death and out of chakra…from the time they were kids…up until they became adults. When they got older, they got stronger, the weapons sharper…the jutsu more devastating and deadly…and…if they had gone on to continue fighting….both of them would have died together fighting one another on the battlefield. But…by helping you…I saved them. Now they can be the brothers they always claimed to be…and now they have their families with them…" Hinata said and the tears threatened to fall.

"Hinata…you can still jump, correct?" Madara asked and she nodded. "Would you like to go visit them all soon?" he asked and she beamed at him. "Yes! We could take Izuna and Ino with us!" Hinata exclaimed but her bell-like laugh echoed in the hall. "Yeah…no I think Ino is perfectly fine where she is." Hinata laughed lightly. Madara and Hashirama chuckled and looked at her. "I cannot go, because I have Hokage things to do, but I would hope you would return safely." Hashirama said and Hinata could see the slight sadness in his eyes.

"Don't worry! I will bring you your Madara back, I can't always hog him to myself!" she laughed and Hashirama blushed. "That is not what I meant!" he said and Madara laughed and patted him on the back. "She knows, Hashirama. She knows. She is just comparing you and me to her two friends. Sasuke and Naruto was it?" he asked and Hinata nodded. "Naruto?" Hashirama questioned, the name sounding suspiciously like food. Hinata giggled. "According to what I heard from Jiraiya-sensei…his father wanted to name him ramen, but his mother fought tooth and nail for a name that was less…stupid." Hinata giggled and Hashirama chuckled.

"Maybe I should try that, just to see what Mito would say." He chuckled and Madara shook his head. "Knowing you, the kid would be named tree or wood. Or even forest." Madara chuckled and Hashirama's face lit up. "That's it! I will name him forest!" Hashirama laughed and walked into his room. Madara shook his head, a humored smile on his face. "Well at least you aren't going to name him tree with the last name of stump." Madara chuckled and Hinata rolled her eyes. "Mito will kill you if you try to name her son tree…or forest." Hinata laughed and Hashirama smirked from the doorway. "She loves me, she would never hurt me." He laughed and Hinata smiled.

"If she is anything like Kushina, her fist will hurt….bad." she said offhandedly and carried Kami into Madara's room. Madara didn't come into the room until later; he had been up speaking with Hashirama about the new things about to happen in the village and upping the village protection. Hashirama had agreed on the security issue because he knew all about their suspicions of someone eyeing their son. He had figured that it was not only Kami they wanted, Hashirama had told Madara his thoughts of someone not only wanting Kami, but Hinata as well.

Madara had been unsettled by this and had gone into his room. It had felt off; it didn't have the usual cheery feel it had whenever Hinata was around. He flicked the lights on and he resisted the yell of shock, three dead shinobi lay on the floor. That's when he saw the tags all over the room; silencing tags…he wouldn't have been able to hear the scuffle even if he had been outside the door. He hit his knees as he picked up the whimpering Kami. The child had blood spattered all over him, suggesting Hinata had fought with everything she had. He assumed that not all of the blood was hers.

"H…Hashi…Hashirama!" he managed, his throat dry his chest aching as his friend ran into the room. Hashirama grit his teeth and fisted his hands as he looked over the room. "He was hidden under the bed…she knew they were here…she hid him before the got to her." Madara said, his voice shaking slightly. "m-mom." The tiny infant muttered then began screaming. Madara held him close and stroked his hair lightly. "Don't worry…Kami…I will find mom. I will find her." He told the one year old, who sniffled and gripped Madara's hair tightly.

Hashirama had begun notifying every shinobi he saw that would help. The kazekage had come running and had sent his shinobi to assist the Hokage in his efforts to find the Uchiha matriarch. They searched all night and late into the next day…but no one could find her. Hashirama summoned Mito, Ino, Tobirama, and Izuna. Mito came and gently removed little Kami from his father's grasp. "Find her…I will take care of him." She said lightly, and Ino crouched beside Madara the best she could. "We will take care of little Kami, you go…find her…save your family, then you will need to go back to our time for a while. I think it would be for the best until Kami was a bit older. They will protect you there, nothing like this will ever happen again if you do, I promise. We have really good friends, who will stop at nothing to keep Hinata safe." Ino said to the unresponsive Madara.

His eyes went up to meet hers. "I promise you…you and Hinata, would be much happier in a place where you could live without fear. Hinata has an entire shinobi army behind her in our time. She saved us all…when she saved you." Ino said and Madara stood slowly. "And you would not be returning?" he asked and she shook her head. "I don't think Hinata would allow me to travel while pregnant, that's why we had to take the horse carriages." Ino said and Madara nodded.

"I assume you won't be leaving without me though, am I right? I'm curious to see what her time is like." Izuna said and Madara nodded. "You will be coming with me, Tobirama and Hashirama will have to stay until someone else takes over as Hokage. Then Hinata could come get them." He said and the brothers nodded. Ino and Mito took Kami and got in the carriage. Madara watched them go from the window. "What can you tell from the ones she managed to get her hands on?" Madara asked and Hashirama frowned. "They are from both the cloud and the stone…I guess we will just have to pay them both a visit, ne?" Hashirama asked and Madara nodded, his knuckles cracking as he clenched his fists.

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Ohnoki hadn't been expecting this, not one bit. He looked from the two Uchiha, to the two Senju with worried eyes. He was currently in the middle of a lesson with lord Mu when they had shown up; while lord Mu was training him, the Tsuchikage was training lord Mu to take his place as second Tsuchikage. The four men stood there two of them had barely concealed rage behind their eyes. "What is the meaning of this?" Lord Mu asked and Madara tossed the blood stained Stone headband at him. "That is the meaning of this." Madara growled.

"We signed a treaty, why did you kill them?" Ohnoki asked, confused. "I didn't kill them! They took my wife! If I get my hands on them, they will wish they were dead." Madara snapped and Ohnoki furrowed his brows. "Madara…please stop…we need to try to be civil, or no one will help us." Izuna said, the same rage was behind his eyes, but he didn't say anything with it. Hashirama nodded at Madara, who grit his teeth and crossed his arms.

"We don't know why a stone nin would go after her…" Lord Mu said and Madara frowned. "I have a son, and…I had a wife. A week ago…I left my wife and son in our room for about thirty minutes, I return to find three men dead on my floor. One of them wearing the stone hitai-ate, the other two wearing cloud's. My wife is nowhere to be found, she hid my son under our bed beforehand so her attackers didn't find him. When he came to me…he cried out for his mother. I will stop at nothing to find her, even if it means destroying anything that gets in my way." Madara said sternly and the two stone nin grit their teeth.

"Are you declaring war on us, Uchiha?" Ohnoki growled. "If I were, there would be nothing left of you." Madara said simply and the two nin attempted to advance on him but the Tsuchikage entered the room and stopped them. "Stop this nonsense now! I know where the woman is! The cloud has her, for what reason I do not know; but what I do know, she still hasn't stopped fighting. If you hurry, you could save her before her jutsu wears off. I just came from the cloud, I wanted to see why two cloud nin had come running past our gates after dropping off an injured stone nin. What I found when I got there, was an entirely different story. That woman certainly takes her title as the bond of the fearsome five seriously." The man said and Hashirama nodded.

"She cannot last much longer, I fear she may have already fallen." He said as the four of them turned to leave. The Tsuchikage then whacked both of his subordinates over the head. "You two need to stop trying to start wars every time I leave the room."

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The four hit the ground as they saw the glow of the white Susanoo. "She is still holding up!" Izuna said and they ran in. Currently the Raikage was using his lightning lariat to attack her Susanoo. Her Susanoo didn't move, didn't defend, didn't attack…it just sat there hunched over. Madara looked around, many of the cloud nin had worn themselves out trying to break through her Susanoo. "Wake up!" the Raikage had yelled, which made Madara look up in shock. He wasn't trying to break through…he was trying to wake her up… A fearsome roar ripped through the air and now Madara knew why they had taken her. The eight tails…

All of a sudden the white Susanoo sprouted two more arms and each held a blade. Within the Susanoo, she stood her body weak and worn. Visible wear showed all over her body. She slowly trudged forwards, but he beast took one good punch and broke right through her Susanoo and grabbed her. Her scream caused something in Madara to snap. "Hinata!" he yelled and the cloud Nin looked his way. Hinata was then thrown to the ground, dust rose all around her and Madara's eyes went wide and they began to hurt.

He yelled her name once more then ran at the beast, Hashirama and Tobirama ran to her; Madara ran at the eight tails, his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan flaring. He had gained the Mangekyo when Hinata had been taken the first time, he had gained Eternal Mangekyo when Kami's real mother had passed and handed her Mangekyo over to him. His eyes hurt worse, but he didn't relent upon the eight tails. Madara had no idea if Hinata was ok or not, she had been thrown hard and that set something off in him that raised an anger within him that was unrivalled.

Hashirama and Tobirama watched as Madara and his Susanoo continued to land punches on the eight tails. Tobirama held Hinata as she coughed up blood. "Are you alright?" he asked frantically. All she did was smile up at him. Hashirama smiled lightly and placed a hand on her forehead and the green glow encased her entire body. She still couldn't stand, but she knew she was going to be just fine. "Thank you, Hashirama, Tobirama… I have been fighting Gyuki for three days now…those men…they are dead aren't they?" she asked, tears in her eyes. "Yes...but you didn't know…you were protecting Kami-kun." Hashirama said and she frowned. "What if they had a Kami-kun…what if they had someone like me waiting…what if their wife was pregnant…their children will grow up never knowing their father…and will hate the world because someone took that away from them…I took that away from them…" she sobbed and Hashirama and Tobirama exchanged glances.

"The one from Iwa…he was a criminal…he had run after killing his family…" Tobirama said and Hashirama looked at him in shock. "I had overheard the men who took the bodies away talking about him; apparently they had been searching for him for a while. The other two, they were the only family the other had; and their mission had been to retrieve the Uchiha woman, or die trying…" he said, but even if that was true…it didn't make her feel any better.

She turned to look at Madara, who had forced the Gyuki out of the village. His Susanoo wavered for a moment then exploded with power and her eyes went wide as the clouds overhead burst apart, a huge meteor falling from the sky. She forced herself to her feet. "Madara! No!" she yelled and stumbled forth. All the cloud nin watched in shock, fear, and awe as the first meteor came down on Gyuki, who grabbed it to try to stop it. Tears filled her eyes as she realized what he was doing; he thought she had died when Gyuki had thrown her.

The second meteor came quick, and she had to think fast. "Hashirama! Use your forest emergence!" she said and turned to see Hashirama and Tobirama frozen in shock. She grit her teeth tears in her eyes as she looked from them to Madara. "Summoning jutsu!" she screamed and slammed her hand against the ground a poof of smoke and a large raven appeared and she used the last bit of her energy to get on it. It took off in a gust of wind.

She flew straight at Madara and her raven grabbed him through his Susanoo and flew off with him. "What the!" he seemed shocked. The bird hit the ground after it had dropped him in front of the Hokage and his brother. The bird and Hinata hit the ground head first the bird poofing away and letting Hinata hit the ground and roll off to the side. "Hinata!" Tobirama exclaimed snapping out of his trance once the second meteor had taken Gyuki down; Hinata having saved Madara only seconds before impact.

She lay there crumpled against the ground, all feeling in her body gone; she felt no pain, not even from her arm that stuck up at an odd angle, she felt nothing…nothing but relief as she saw Madara rush over to her. He crouched next to her and pulled her into his arms gently. Hashirama reset her arm and she didn't even flinch. She just smiled up at Madara. "Don't you ever do something that stupid again. I know what heaven concealed does. It takes you out with it." She said and reached up to run her fingers over his cheeks weakly. "I won't…I promise…and I could say the same for you…don't you ever do anything this stupid alone." He said and hugged her tightly.

Once Gyuki was sealed and Hinata had enough strength to move, they had talked the incident over with the Raikage. He had apologized for his brash way of seeking help. "Thank you for helping us seal the eight tails." The Raikage said and Hinata frowned. "Gyuki…" she said and he furrowed his brow. "What was that?" he asked and Hinata smiled. "Gyuki… his name is Gyuki. The nine tails is Kurama. The seven tails is Chomei. The six tails is Saiken. Five tails is Kokuo. The four tails is Son Goku. Three tails is Isobu. Two tails is Matatabi. And one tails is Shukaku. They have names too, just like us. They think human have forsaken them and choose to attack those who have forsaken them, tell them you know their names…and they see you in a whole new light." Hinata said weakly and the Raikage nodded.

"Gyuki huh?" he asked and she smiled. "Gyuki will be one of the easiest to befriend, it just takes the right jinchuriki, and his name is killer bee. It will be quite a while before he will surface though, but the future kage will have their own way of doing thing, so they will do them as they please. But please remember those names. I know they may be a bit tricky to remember them all, but all of them are in my heart. If you befriend what you fear, there is nothing left to fear." Hinata said and leaned against Madara.

The Raikage smiled and bowed politely to both the Uchiha. "Please, you can rest here if you wish. You do have a long journey ahead of you after all." He said and Hinata shook her head. "Thank you, but no thank you. When your men came for me, I had my infant son with me. I would like to go home to see him." She said and the Raikage seemed surprised. "A child, forgive me my lady. I can offer you transportation home, I know you are tired." He said and motioned for his men to gather a carriage. Izuna was first in the carriage, and first to pass out, despite having done nothing. Tobirama and Hashirama sat beside Izuna whilst Madara and Hinata sat on the other side, Hinata stretching out and using Madara as a pillow.

Madara looked at her, his eyes showed his relief; he had truly thought he had lost her this time. "Thank you, Hashirama…" Madara said and Hashirama smiled slightly. "I couldn't just let her die you know, I have that super healing factor you always say you want, and I helped her. I never expected you to go suicidal and try and smash yourself with Gyuki." Hashirama said a scolding look in his eyes. Madara frowned as he thought over what Ino had said. "You should tell her that you need to do this you know." Tobirama said, reading his expression clearly.

Madara looked from the brothers to Hinata. "I know she wants to go home, but if we can help out here, she won't." he said and Hashirama grinned. "I can talk her into it. Easy as pie." Hashirama said and Madara chuckled.

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"No." Hinata said and Hashirama gave up. He had tried for days to get her to agree to go back to her time, even if it were just for a little while. They didn't want someone to actually show up looking for Kami. But she wouldn't listen, she just kept refusing. That was where Ino and Mito came in, the pregnant monsters. Hinata feared the hormonal women. "Hinata!" the two women hissed angrily; apparently they were in the midst of one of their mood swings now…wonderful.

Hashirama left the room as fast as he could. He saw Kai hiding out in the kitchen atop the fridge. "So…she tells you off too?" he asked from his place atop the fridge. "Uh…no. I just had to escape before those two tried to kill me. They are in there trying to get Hinata to go home now. It is for the best at the moment…" Hashirama said and Hinata strolled right past him, a bag in her arm and Madara being drug behind her; who was dragging Izuna as well. Ino and Mito skipped out smiling. "Have fun!" they chirped then glared at their respective husbands, Tobirama managing to sneak out the back.