Tobirama eyed his father, who seemed angrier than usual. Hashirama had been avoiding their father for the past week, ever since the clash with the Uchiha and Hinata. Tobirama was glad his friend was safe; it was obvious Hinata was only ever going to be his friend. She clearly had feelings for the Uchiha boy, that much was obvious. You don't throw yourself in front of a jutsu as deadly as the flying Raijin slash without truly caring for the person deeply.

He sighed and gently touched his bruised eye, his father went into an all-out rage when he had seen the damage he had done to Hinata, it was an accident, but Hinata had risked her own life for Izuna and that was something admirable in a shinobi. It wasn't very smart, but it was admirable; but… sadly his father didn't agree with him on that. His father wanted the Uchiha boys dead at any cost, but that of Hinata Hyuuga. Tobirama looked out the window to see a group of Senju crouched before his father, that couldn't be good.

He watched his father closely, his anger vanished and a haughty smirk crossed his lips; it was more of a victory sneer than a smirk. Tobirama saw his father look towards him. Tree roots encased his room and soon after he felt his chakra draining. He hit one knee and looked up with a glare; he could sense the chakra draining tags that his father had placed within the roots. Hashirama melded through the wall connecting his room to Tobirama's. "He encased your room too?" Hashirama asked; panting as he attempted to stand up straight.

The chakra stealing tags were heavy duty if they had Hashirama on his knees; Tobirama noticed with a frown. "What is father planning? Whatever it is it can't be good…" Hashirama panted and looked at his younger brother. Tobirama shook his head. "I have no idea…" he managed; he collapsed against the wall with his older brother. His father's laughter echoed through the trees that encased them within the room. "I have to end the Uchiha clan's existence… but I thought… why not hit two birds with one stone?" Their father chuckled and the brothers exchanged glances. They knew exactly what their father meant by that.

Tobirama grit his teeth and glared at the floor.

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This was a dangerous game they were playing. The rain beat down on her as she attempted to listen for his footsteps. 'splash.' His foot hit one particularly deep puddle and she sent a barrage of kunai flying at him. None of them could see, they had all temporarily sealed their eyes. This was a training technique the brothers had thought up when they realized they couldn't always rely on sight to protect them. But they could hear… oh they could hear everything. They had to be able to do so, because if not… well you would end up like Izuna. He was already hit with a kunai because he hadn't heard Hinata move and she had heard him.

This deadly game was what was going to keep them all alive if they ever had something go wrong with their eyes. It was like playing hide and seek in the dark, with no light to guide you. She whirled around and jumped, Madara's foot missing her by a few inches. He had heard her breathing or something because she hadn't moved once since she threw the kunai at Izuna. Hinata did a backflip and missed the fist that cut through the air at her. Madara was relentless and she suspected he was cheating somehow.

She deflected his hand with her own and they became engaged in a straight forwards taijutsu duel without sight. He swept his leg at her and she jumped and spun, sending multiple kicks at him; every one of which he deflected with precise swipes of the hands. Hinata furrowed her brow when she heard Izuna's movements cease. She swatted away Madara's fist and fell backwards into the splits just in time for Izuna to lunge at where she had been, his fist being caught in Madara's hands.

"Ah… Izuna…" Madara said as he tightened his grip on Izuna's fist and Hinata rolled to her feet. She could hear the smirk in his voice. "Oh shh-" Izuna started but he was sent flying elsewhere. Hinata heard the curses that echoed from behind her as Izuna got back up. She managed a sweep kick on Madara, but Izuna's fist went right past her head and she jumped back a bit. The rain affected her hearing and she almost missed the fist that had come back for her. She grabbed a hold of Izuna's fist and used it to propel herself over his head and she dropped behind him and spun to the side, aiming a kick for his side which he caught and flipped her backwards.

She landed softly and lunged for him in a barrage of swift jabs and kicks, which he managed to avoid most of but she somersaulted over Madara and the two managed to run right into each other. Her eyes went wide, despite her not being able to see as they both charged at her, forcing her into the defensive. "Tag teaming is not fair." She complained as she leaned back to avoid Izuna's kick, but ended up having to throw her feet back into a flip to avoid the sweeping of Madara's leg. "It will only make you a better fighter." Izuna said, she was surprised at how swiftly he had gotten behind her. He hooked his arms through hers and lifted her, as if giving Madara a chance to strike.

Hinata had other plans though. She tossed her legs up and locked her ankles together behind Madara's head. She jerked her head back and knocked the sense right out of Izuna with the back of her head. He let her go and she twisted, not once releasing Madara's neck. Her hands touched the ground and she used all the force she could muster to throw him with her legs. He landed a few feet away in a crouched position whilst she hit the ground on her back really hard and winded herself.

She brought her knees to her face and then used the momentum from that to roll herself into a crouch. Rapid footsteps came from both sides and she dove onto her hands and sent both of her feet straight into one of their faces. She realized it was Izuna when the string of curses came out loud. "Your face seems to be an easy target, Izuna…" Madara chuckled and Hinata ran at him. She spun into a kick and he smirked, she heard him smirk. That was never a good sign. He caught her leg and the urge to curse went through her mind, but she wouldn't dare say such filthy words as Izuna said quite a bit, so instead, she resorted to screaming at the top of her lungs.

"Oh… no…" she squeaked and he chuckled. "Oh… yes… this is so happening." He chuckled and he dug his heel into the mud beneath his feet. "No! no no no no no!" she squealed as he spun swiftly and let her leg go. Izuna unsealed his eyes and he watched Hinata struggle to get her footing before she landed, but she couldn't see and she didn't know which way was up or down apparently. Madara turned to his brother, Madara had unsealed his eyes the moment he had caught Hinata's leg. "Who knew…" Izuna began as Hinata landed and skidded back about ten to fifteen feet. "She can fly…" he chuckled and Hinata's head shot up.

She glared at Madara and he smiled innocently. The seal was gone from her eyes now and she was angry, it was an accomplishment if you could anger the usually peaceful woman. Madara turned to Izuna, his smirk never once leaving his face. "I'll race you home." He said and Izuna looked from Hinata to Madara. Both of them knew about Hinata and her fear of being thrown, well it was more of a fear of being unable to land on her feet right and injuring herself.

"Last one home is going to get a beat down, you realize this, yes?" Madara asked and Izuna looked at Hinata then lunged into a run, not even giving Madara a reply. Madara blinked then looked at Hinata. She was not the sweet loving woman they knew right now… he had sent her flying and now she was so far beyond talking it out with. She really hated it when she was thrown; it made her madder than anything. But you know Madara, he had to agitate people. Madara smirked at her then spun into a run, Hinata was swift on his heels before he even hit the tree line.

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Izuna shot into the doorway of the Uchiha compound and he slammed the door shut behind him. Madara managed to squeeze in behind him and their parents looked at the two teens in wonder. "Before you ask… is there anywhere to hide here?" Aurora pointed towards the cellar door and they nodded. They dove downstairs faster than they even had time to think of. Tajima sighed and sipped his drink. "They do realize that she can see through walls right…? Right?" he asked, not quite sure if his sons had thought their hiding plan through. Aurora smiled and unlocked the door, revealing a sweetly smiling Hinata, covered in mud. She walked over and knocked on the cellar door.

"Hey, Izuna, Madara, She went looking for you two elsewhere." Aurora called and Hinata smiled and mouthed a thank you. Madara was the first up the stairs; which was a mistake on his part when he saw Hinata. He turned to run back down the stairs but Izuna had slammed the cellar door shut and told him he was on his own. "We can talk this out right? We were just… training." He said and scratched the back of his head. Hinata raised a brow, no matter how cute he looked when nervous; he deserved what she did next. Hinata smiled sweetly, grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and sent him flying through the door. "I'm going to bathe now…" she said sweetly and bowed and walked down the hallway.

Izuna opened the cellar door and sighed in relief. "Rule number one… Hinata does not get thrown, not even in training." He sighed and looked out the doorway for his older brother. He was not expecting the roundhouse kick to the face. "After all I do for you, this is how you repay me?!" Madara growled, standing over his brother. Izuna laughed lightly as he stood. "Sorry bro… I was so not going to get thrown. That looked like it hurt." Izuna laughed and Madara smirked at him and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "It didn't hurt as much as this will." He growled with a vicious smirk.

He raised his fist to hit his brother when he saw Hinata walking down the hallway, she had showered quick… Madara dropped Izuna the moment he realized whose clothes she was wearing. "Hey… who said you could wear my clothes." He asked, chasing her down the hallway. She squeaked and took off running. "You got mine all nasty!" she squealed as she pushed on her door trying to close it with all her might, but the fact that he was taller and stronger than her was not helping her any.

"But those are my clothes… I thought you had more…" he said as he shoved her door again. "My other outfits seem to always get shredded when we fight off the Senju…" she squealed and her feet began sliding against the floor despite how hard she pushed at the door to keep I'm out. "I see… but why not steal Izuna's?" he asked and she huffed, her face going red in embarrassment. She muttered something unintelligible and he blinked, confused. "What?" he asked and she mumbled it a bit louder but she was still unintelligible.

"I can't understand you…" he said and stopped shoving her door. She huffed and said it louder. He still couldn't understand her. "Still have no idea-" he began. "I said I can't wear his shirts because my chest is too big for them!" she said loudly and then squeaked in embarrassment and hid her face in the baggy sleeves of his shirt. Madara had a slight blush on his face as it very swiftly clicked in his mind what she had said. He could hear Izuna laughing all the way down the hallway.

His mother was blushing and his father looked about to choke on his drink, he was currently coughing all over the place, holding his throat. He coughed lightly and looked away from the door. "Ok… that's fine Hinata…" he said softly and she cracked open the door and looked at him through the crack of the door. "Sorry I took your clothes without asking…" she said and he shrugged. "It's ok, we will go get you some more clothes tomorrow, as long as you don't throw me anymore." He said with a smirk and she blushed.

"Alright, if you promise not to throw me…" she said and stood; opening the door. He nodded and ruffled her slightly damp hair. She smiled at him brightly and he turned to walk away but her arms wrapped around his waist and her forehead buried itself in his back. He blinked and looked at her. "Goodnight, Madara-kun." She said and turned and disappeared into her room. He ran a hand through his hair and looked to his mother and father. Izuna was laughing, no surprises there. His mother was squealing in joy and his father was… giving him a thumbs up. He rolled his eyes and went into his own room. His family was weirder than he had thought, but they were his family and that was all that mattered, he still had them. All thanks to the dark haired woman in the room across the hall… he smiled slightly as he shut his door behind him.

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Hinata and Madara strolled through the merchant village looking at everything they had. She was like a child in a toy store, he noticed with a small glint of amusement in his eyes. Everyone smiled and waved at her, calling her by her name, but they saw him and their happy smiles dimmed a bit. He frowned and Hinata looked up at him with curious eyes. She looped her arm into his and nudged him with her elbow gently. "You alright?" she asked softly, he saw the concern in her eyes. He nodded with a slight smile, but she frowned and looked from him to the merchants. She could tell what was bothering him…

"Hey…Tazuna-san…" she called to the merchant, who broke his weary gaze from Madara to smile at her. "Yes, Hinata-chan?" he asked, smiling at her. "Why are you so fearful of Madara? He isn't like Butsuma… he is different… he is just quiet at times, but he isn't mean…" she said and Tazuna looked from her to him and sighed. "I'm sorry Hinata-chan. Forgive me, Madara-sama-" the man began but Madara shook his head and managed a small smile. "Just Madara please… I don't care much for formalities." He said and the older man looked surprised.

"Forgive us then, Madara. We are weary of ninja, but if Hinata says you aren't bad, we have to believe her." He said and smiled at Madara. Madara nodded politely and they strolled along. The merchants seemed less fearful of him now; he nudged Hinata, who blinked up at him. "Thank you." He said quietly and she smiled that bright smile of hers. "It was nothing, I could tell you felt out of place…" she said and Madara kissed her nose lightly. She blushed bright red and the young merchant woman hooted and wolf whistled. "Haha, what a catch Hinata-chan!" she laughed loudly and Hinata blushed a deeper red. Madara smirked slightly at the redness of her face.

He absolutely loved making her flush in embarrassment; she was so easily pushed into doing so. He led her over to a merchant with silk kimonos and she marveled at the beauty of them. She didn't want one, but she enjoyed looking at them. He had walked away from her for a moment; he had seen a blade that reminded him of the one she had used before she was forced to shatter it in saving Izuna. He looked to see where Hinata had gone and sighed in relief seeing she was in his sight, talking to a vendor animatedly. He turned back to the blade and the merchant walked over to him.

"It is a nice katana isn't it?" he asked, seeing Madara admiring the yin-yang symbol that was burned into the end of the hilt. He unsheathed the blade and his eyes took in every detail of the dragon that was etched lightly into the upper body of the blade. "Hand crafted and beautifully designed." Madara noted with an approving nod. "Very good choice in weaponry; seems you have an amazing eye for detail and exquisite items." The man said and Madara nodded. "I prefer to pay attention to detail, rather than buy things blindly." Madara said and held the katana in front of him in one hand. He swiftly fell into a kenjutsu stance and moved flawlessly with the blade, his skills with the blade aweing the merchant. Madara swiftly sheathed the blade and nodded. He reached into his Uchiha crested overcoat to pull out the money, when a loud crash and the sound of cracking wood resounded through the area.

Madara turned faster than they had thought possible. The moment Hinata screamed was the moment his eyes pulsed. "Madara!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. He turned to her to see the tree roots engulfing her completely. "Hinata!" he yelled and ran at the roots and just before he could land a hit on them they vanished underground and a Senju clansman attempted to land a hit on him. His eyes pulsed again as he saw Butsuma walk out. With one hand sign, Madara was entrapped in roots as well, which he swiftly broke free of. "Why do you stubborn Uchiha never get the point? You realize you won't be seeing her again unless you can come save her." Butsuma chuckled as he too, vanished underground. "You dumb bastard! You will get what you deserve when I get a hold of you!" Madara yelled as he punched the ground.

The Senju Butsuma left behind attempted to enclose on Madara, but he shot to his feet and his eyes scanned over them and his face held all his rage. The men stepped back in fear at seeing Madara's eyes. "D-demon!" one of them yelled and Madara sneered at the man. The change in his chakra had been frightening enough… but his eyes struck fear deep within their hearts as he stalked forwards. "You will give her back!" Madara yelled as he lunged forward. "I, Madara Uchiha, will not take no as an answer!" he roared as he lunged at them.

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Hinata hit the ground and rolled to her feet when Butsuma's roots released her. He scowled at the roots she had broken free from. He seemed to have thought they would hold. 'And the Butsuma- Hyuuga skirmish continues in this time too… poor pitiful girl… you don't stand a chance against the wood style… and you know it'Hinata hated the echo of the taunting voice that reminded her so much of her inner's voice. "It isn't over yet… Okami." Hinata whispered softly.

Hinata fell into her taijutsu stance and Butsuma seemed overly amused with her attempts at fighting back. Hinata pulled a kunai from her hip pouch and Butsuma chuckled darkly as he pulled his tanto from his sheath. He rushed at her and she held his blade off with her kunai in one hand. Hinata's hand became engulfed in chakra and she aimed a lion fist at Butsuma's side, who managed to jump out of the way just in time. 'You'll never beat him like this…'

The voice said with an obvious eye roll and Hinata grit her teeth and flew into hand signs. Chakra coated her hands completely then all the way up her shoulders. Her flattened palms curled into fists and Hinata held both fists out in front of her in a defensive yet still offensive manner. One fist was higher than the other, so she could strike swiftly, while the fist on the low could block just as fast. She had been training with Mabui to use a different fighting style other than the strict Hyuuga gentle fist style, and this training seemed to have paid off; but Hinata had never used it because this style was more physically destructive than the gentle fist.

She could strike a multitude of tenketsu with a single blow, she could also break bones at the swiftest of hits. It was a combination style of the gentle fist and actually using a fist instead of a flattened palm. If enough chakra was focused into a hit, the hit could cause damage to the environment in a similar manner to that of Tsunade and Sakura's attacks. Butsuma raised a brow, but laughed anyways. She rushed at him and he dodged each of her hits swiftly.

She had almost landed a hit on him when he began summoning more tree roots to attempt to capture her once more. Hinata spun in mid air and propelled herself off of one of the roots and down right into the area where the roots bunched, in a movement similar to Tsunade's heavenly kick of pain she flipped and clasped her hands together, shattering the roots into shards of wood. She tossed her head up to see Butsuma right over her and swinging his blade down at her.

She flung herself to the side and pushed herself off the ground at him, her twin lion fists bursting with extra chakra and just as she was about to bring her fists down on Butsuma, something solid hit her in the abdomen, knocking the breath from her lungs and causing black spots to litter her vision. She struggled to catch her breath before a clone of Butsuma sent her flying downwards with a swift kick to her back. She struggled to her feet and tears pricked at her eyes as the voice within the jewel laughed at her misfortune.

Butsuma grabbed her by the hair and placed a foot in the center of her back, forcing her back to her knees. "Hold still while I seal your chakra… you've caused enough trouble for me already today, Uchiha whore…" he spat and the roots wrapped around her tightly and he placed chakra stealing tags all over the roots. He then proceeded to drag her across the ground and throw her into a dark room, where the roots encasing her fell away, revealing roots that had consumed the entire room with sealing tags grown into the roots.

'Hmm… this is different… well… as usual you're a fool and he is going to get what he wants…' the voice spat uncaringly. Hinata was just about sick of souls being sealed within items about now… this woman had made her understand that souls within objects are annoying and hard to deal with… especially in the most worrisome and dire of situations…

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Hinata hit the floor beside Tobirama; who managed to look at her despite his incredibly weakened state. "Tobirama… Hashirama…" she managed to say seeing them both leaned against the wall greatly weakened. She crawled over to them and nudged them roughly. "Why are you in here?" she asked, the chakra drain wearing down on her. "Father didn't want us to interfere… He is going to kill Madara…" Hashirama managed to rasp as he looked over at her. Hinata's shoulders began to shake. "No… no… not after all this… I can't let him die…" she sobbed, her shoulders shaking violently.

Tobirama managed to weakly ruffle her hair. "I… won't let… anything happen to you…" he said and Hinata sniffed and looked at him. He was so weak… Hashirama chuckled despite his own weakness. "Madara won't die so easily… I believe… he could take out father… if he weren't filled with rage. But… it seems Madara is attached to you…" Hashirama said and Tobirama frowned. "Madara? I thought she was with Izuna…" he said and Hinata shook her head, she understood where Tobirama was coming from, but he was wrong. "I had to save him for Madara…" she said wiping at her tears.

" I guess we wait for Madara to save us now…huh?" Hashirama asked and Hinata looked at him weakly; her eyes widened in fear as Butsuma appeared and kicked Hashirama roughly. "You have hope that he will save you? Pathetic… he is on his way… but he is not in his right mind. He is beyond enraged; your savior is running right to his death…" Butsuma chuckled and walked outside. Butsuma awaited Madara's arrival with a greedy smirk on his lips. So far none of his men had returned, so he figured they were giving him a run for his money.

"Butsuma!" his angry enraged voice echoed from the forest around him, but Butsuma was not smirking anymore. Darkness seeped into the sky and something was glowing within the forest. It was bright, and it actually struck fear within the Senju head. Members of his clan came running past, knocking into him. Butsuma watched as trees were thrown from the path of the light. His men had been chased back to the Senju compound. They screamed demon as they ran past.

Butsuma's eyes widened as he looked behind him to see that all of his clan members were on their knees crying, praying, and some were doing both. The light only got brighter as the forest had begun to dwindle in size. "Butsuma!" Madara's voice rang out loudly. "Where is she!?" Madara's voice echoed throughout the forest. Butsuma fell to his knees, his eyes wide in fear as the creature reached the compound. "Holy mother of kami…" Butsuma managed to speak. The bright blue light became even brighter as what appeared to be six swords swung all around the beast and took out everything within range.

The light vanished when Madara saw Butsuma. The vicious sneer that crossed his lips sent chills down Butsuma's spine. The Senju around Butsuma backed away in fear as Madara neared the clan head. "What are you doing!? Protect me!" Butsuma yelled and backed away from Madara. Butsuma's men steeled their nerves and ran at Madara. They were hardly a hindrance to the 19- year old. His movements were swift and he disposed of each and every one of them without breaking a sweat. He didn't kill any of them, they weren't his targets.

He lunged for Butsuma, who pulled his tanto to try to protect himself. Madara grabbed Butsuma by the collar of his shirt and looked him directly in the eyes. "Where… is… Hinata?" he growled out. Butsuma pointed to the mass of trees that encased the buildings that were once half of the Senju compound. Madara made a move to set Butsuma down, which comforted the man. But a wicked smirk crossed Madara's lips and he threw Butsuma through the trees hard. The trees shattered and the roots fell away, revealing the massive amount of chakra tags. Butsuma lay on the floor across from his sons; he wasn't dead, but it was near impossible for him to move. He deactivated his eyes and landed softly in the remains of the compound.

Hinata stood as quickly as she could and ran to him. He hugged her tightly and he looked to see Tobirama and Hashirama unconscious against the wall. He set Hinata down outside the compound and he walked over to Hashirama and Tobirama. He lifted Hashirama to his feet and carried him out of the wreckage. He handed the teen to Hinata, who helped set him on the ground lightly. Madara then carried Tobirama out of the wreckage as well. Hinata placed her hands on their foreheads and transferred some of her chakra to them. She began to feel dizzy, but another flow of chakra flowing into her made her look at Madara. He nodded as she continued to pump chakra into the two until their eyes opened.

"Madara…" Hashirama managed to say, sitting up slowly. Mito, who had been out of the compound and had just returned, ran over to them. "What happened, where is Butsuma?" Mito asked frantically. Madara pointed to the broken man staring at the group in shock. "I didn't kill him if that is what you are asking. He just got what he deserved for being an asshole." Madara bit out and Hinata managed a weak glare at him. Tobirama laughed and Madara glanced at him.

"Finally someone has the gall to say it…" he chuckled and Madara helped him sit up. Hashirama looked around him and then looked at Madara. "What the hell did you do to this place?" he asked in utter shock. Madara smirked. "If you wish to know, then we must spar." Madara said and Hashirama chuckled and shook his head as Madara held a hand out to him. "Not this time… not at this moment…" Hashirama chuckled as he took the hand Madara held out to him.

Hinata helped Tobirama stand and she smiled at the two teens. "So… Madara… would you agree to a truce with the Senju this time? I am in charge now… since it looks like he won't be hurting anyone anytime soon…" Hashirama said, a dark look sent at his father. Hashirama held out a hand and Madara took his hand. The shook hands and Hinata couldn't help the sadness and despair that filled her as she walked over to Madara. He turned to her and hugged her tightly. He placed a hand on her cheek and grinned crookedly. "I'm glad you're ok." He said and she smiled. "I'm glad that you are ok as well…" she said and he frowned as he recognized the sadness in her voice. He furrowed his brow and looked her in the eyes.

"Hinata… are you alright?" he asked and tears filled her eyes. The rest of the Uchiha chose that moment to make their presence known. "No, Madara, she is not… she has to go now…" his mother said sadly. Madara looked at Hinata in shock and noticed she had begun to fade away. He placed his hands on her cheeks as the tears rolled down them. "Hinata…" he said and she pressed her lips to his before she vanished from sight completely.

Madara's hands fisted at his sides as he grit his teeth. "Madara…" Hizashi's voice caught his attention. He looked at the old Hyuuga who frowned at him. "Don't be angry… she may just as well return. There is something she has to do first." He said and Madara furrowed his brows. "What do you mean?" he asked and Hizashi smiled slightly. "Hinata isn't from this time, but this is where she belongs. She is from a time where you… are trying to force the world into peace using a devastating jutsu. She has gone back to her time to make sure that the version of you that is consumed with hate, does not make that happen because every life she saved here, saved hundreds of thousands of lives there. Hinata may have well brought peace to the shinobi world by righting the wrong done to you." Hizashi said and Madara looked to his parents, who nodded.

"She saved our lives, Madara. If she hadn't, me, your mother… Izuna… we would all be dead, and you would be filled with rage. Now all we can do for her here, is pray for the best. I know there is something you have been meaning to discuss with her, and when she returns. That will be the perfect time to do so." Aurora said and Madara nodded. He then turned to Hashirama. "So, while we wait on Hinata…." He started with a smirk, the anger he had begun to feel was diffused, but he still wanted a rematch.