Madara's eyed narrowed the moment the familiar glow appeared before him. The kage stared in shock as Hinata appeared, her hair was longer, her features more defined and strong instead of soft like they had been the morning before. Hinata stood up straight, her posture determined despite the horrid laughter of the woman within the red jewel around her neck. 'You're such a fool… I suppose I would have done the same if I had made it longer than I did… despite being a fool… so far… you have fixed my mistakes… I guess you are the better version then.' Her voice echoed in Hinata's mind, but Hinata barely listened to the half hearted taunt the woman threw at her.

"What is this?" the kage asked looking at Tsunade with shock on their features. Hinata turned and smiled at them softly. "This is the power gifted to the Hyuuga every fifty years, I am the jumper." Hinata said, her voice determined as she turned to face Madara. He watched her with angry eyes, but Hinata didn't move, didn't shake or tremble in fear… she didn't even open her eyes to glare right back at the angry Uchiha behind her. She just plotted on what she was going to do to ensure her survival. Hinata didn't even bother with listening to the confused bunch before her.

Hinata finally opened her eyes, which she had kept closed while facing the kage. Mangekyo Sharingan flashed in her eyes as she reached for what was left of Tsubaki; the part of Madara's soul that had been within the blade having shot into her moments before, causing the change in her eyes. He grit his teeth and jumped back away from her a bit. The allied shinobi stared at Hinata in awe. "A Hyuuga… with Sharingan?" she heard them whisper. Her hand gripped Tsubaki tightly, the moment her hand touched the blade it began to glow. The glow dulled a bit but Hinata only frowned; she knew what she had to do to make sure that everything she had done wasn't reversed.

'You have to kill him.' The smirk in her voice was audible to Hinata. The woman was annoying even in death…

"You will all need to get back." She said softly as Madara flew into a series of hand signs which she cut off by a poorly-aimed kunai. "Madara…" she whispered and his glare cut her off. Her eyes were too kind towards him and it angered him to no end. "If you are going to go into someone's past, and save the ones that they failed to save, you are going to prove that you can save them all." He sneered and she dropped her eyes to look at Tsubaki with a frown. "I know… and I will save you. Even if you don't want me to, I want to save you…" she said and gripped the deconstructed blade tightly, a fierce look in her eyes.

He smirked and stood straight up, his eyes taunting to her. "You know you can't fight when you are angry, you will lose." He said and Hinata smiled at him, making him narrow his eyes. "I know I can't fight when I am angry, but the truth is… I'm not angry. Even if I die here fighting you… I can still go back and be with you using the last resort of the veil of time. So even if you kill me here… I can still go back to be with you." She said and he lunged. She sheathed Tsubaki and flipped backwards out of his reach.

"What would I care if you went back to that me?" he asked with a smirk as she ducked and dodged around his fists. She smiled softly. "Because I got to know you, the real you; the you that had Izuna beside him all the time." She said and caught his fist and catapulted herself over him with ease. He scoffed audibly. "You think you know so much… but… that was me when I had a brother, and not a stone standing there with his name on it." he scoffed at her and she frowned. He lunged at her once more and she laughed as she aimed a sweep kick for his legs but he hopped and avoided her leg. While she was down he grabbed a random sword and tried to stab her with it but she rolled out of its way and to her feet. She swiftly retrieved Tsubaki and they locked blades.

"This fight is futile on your part, Hinata." He said and Hinata grinned brightly. "Oh… look, you do know my name. I figured you had forgotten." She said softly and he scoffed again. She dove backwards as the familiar blue glow surrounded him. She frowned. "Already with Susano'o…" the allied shinobi began chattering loudly as they backed up further. He crossed his arms over his chest and smirked at her. "What are you going to do now, little Hyuuga." He taunted and she flashed her eyes at him with a smile.

She scanned the crowd and saw two familiar faces, she grinned at them and they got the hint. A red glow and a Purple glow emanated from beside her as she nodded to each of the brothers, who held blades manifested from what appeared to be their Susano'o chakra. They motioned for her to place her hands on each of the blades and she complied. She felt chakra rush into her system and she coughed as the rush of chakra surprised her.

She looked back at Madara, who shook his head with a sigh. "Hm… I see, you're going to steal their chakra and take it in as your own… this will still be of little help to you." Madara chuckled, but even his eyes went wide as the white chakra surrounded Hinata. 'you've accomplished everything that I failed to do… congratulations. You surprised the almighty Madara…' the woman's voice echoed in Hinata's mind. But her thoughts of dwelling on the woman's words was short lived. Hinata began looking around her in shock as a Susano'o formed around her. "How…?" she whispered and Itachi chuckled beside her. "You have part of Madara's soul, so it would only suffice you should gain power from it, yours just needed a bit of help." He said and Hinata watched in awe as her Susanoo reached for Madara's who swung at hers with the six blades.

Itachi and Sasuke hit their knees and Hinata looked at them in shock. "Are you two alright?" she asked frantically and Sasuke chuckled. "Your Susanoo took too much of our chakra to activate…" he managed and he jumped away from her, Itachi doing the same their Susanoo chakra no longer visible. Hinata's continued to grapple with Madara's; albeit clumsily. "You can't even control it right…" he sighed. Hinata laughed lightly. "I could figure it out if you would teach me, but I would more so like to play a game." She said and his eyes went wide as her Susanoo pulled him from his own and ran its finger over his eyes, sealing them.

He chuckled as her Susanoo dropped and she was panting as she stumbled backwards. His eyes watched her and he was outright amused. "Nice attempt, but your seal will not work on my eyes, they return to their normal state if you try to harm them. I am a reanimation, if you haven't noticed." He chuckled with an eye roll, and she lunged at him. They swatted at each other's hands every time they attempted to strike an open area on their body. He chuckled as she swung her leg up at him and he caught it. He was about to throw her but she threw the other leg up and it struck him across the face, causing him to release her leg.

She held Tsubaki out in front of her and his brow furrowed as she fell into an all too familiar stance. He swiftly grabbed two blades, one in each hand. "This won't end this…" he snapped and she nodded. "I know, but it is a start." She whispered and her image flickered before his eyes and he had to swiftly swing both blades down and he hit his back on the ground, the flying Raijin strike caught his armor and it exploded into tiny fragments. She appeared behind him and hit her knees, panting.

She turned to look at him with one eye cracked open. "You trained with Tobirama…" he commended lightly as he stood, that was when he noticed his armor didn't reform. She laughed, despite trying to catch her breath. He looked at her sharply. "Why else would I go to the Senju woods all those times without you?" she said with a slight smile, but then a thought hit her and she looked at him once more. "You didn't realize it, did you? The reanimation may fix you if my jutsu harm you… but if Tsubaki hits you… you will die…" she coughed and looked up at him. He smirked. "This just makes the fight worth fighting now." he chuckled and she hopped to her feet. She pulled her hair into a ponytail and brushed her bangs behind her ears.

Hinata watched as they circled each other, waiting on the others next move. Just as she had hoped, he attacked first. He flew into hand signs and smirked at her. "Grand forest emergence!" he said and trees sprouted up from the ground and rushed at her. She felt the ground rumble as the trees rushed at her. She spun and she yelled out the name of the jutsu. "Grand wind rotation!" she said and the trees were ripped to shreds by the wind that spun around her.

Hinata ran at him and he ran at her. Her eyes searched for any movement that would reveal his next move, but he gave none. His palm flew past her face and she dropped into the Hyuuga stance. She felt her body go light and her chakra become light as well. She struck swiftly, her hands hitting every tenketsu she could get to without him swatting her hand away, which was rather difficult since he almost got her hands every time they came near. He reared his head back and head butted her once he managed to get his hands on her shoulders.

The flash of white Hinata had seen didn't do anything to warn her of the pain that followed his forehead colliding with hers. Madara spun and sent her flying with a power filled palm to the stomach. She hit the ground and coughed, trying to regain her breath. Blood trickled down her chin and she wiped it away and looked up at him still determined and she reached for Tsubaki. He stepped on her hand and she winced. He removed his foot from her hand and crouched next to her. He pulled her up by her hair and sighed.

"Pitiful…" he said and yanked Tsubaki from her grasp and shoved it into her back. She smirked at him and then exploded. The real Hinata sent a foot into his back. He turned and grabbed the other leg that had come flying at him. He tossed her a few feet back and they both looked straight at each other. She fell into the same stance she had when she had been fighting Butsuma.

She frowned and he scoffed. "This is so much harder than training with you… you aren't trying to truly kill me when we train." She laughed lightly and he frowned. "Well, I think it is time to end this, Great flame failure." He chuckled and Hinata smiled at him as he held his hands in front of him. "Majestic flame destroyer…" he said and blew the grand flame at her. "Water style: Grand water wall!" Hinata said and spat a wall of water that was just as large as his flame. "I may be the great flame failure, but I am the water warrior." She said with a laugh from in between breaths as he chuckled and walked around in the dense steam.

"This is where this ends, you know." Madara said and Hinata frowned. "I know…" she whispered and the glint of his blade caught her attention; she turned towards him with wide eyes. She saw the red glow of his eyes before she even saw the end of his blade. Her breath hitched and her muscles moved on instinct…

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The onlookers heard nothing more as the dense steam had begun to clear. Tsunade and Gaara looked into the steam, but they couldn't see nor hear anything. "Wind users! Blow this steam away!" Tsunade ordered and they complied, it took all of them to do so, but when the steam cleared, they saw Madara crouched on one knee and Hinata below him, her sword right through his abdomen. Madara hit his other knee and fell to lay on his back, blood trickling down his chin; which was surprising considering he was a reanimation. He looked at the blade protruding from him and chuckled as he looked to her. "Pure… luck…" he chuckled and placed a hand on her cheek.

"I know… you almost had me…" she whispered, tears rolling down her cheeks as she fisted her hand in the sand beside him. "I guess my theory was correct…" she added and looked him in the eyes. His eyes widened a fraction as she looked at him. "You didn't know if the blade truly would kill me?" he asked and she shook her head. "Not at all… I just made a guess based on the fact the blade obliterated your armor and it didn't reform." She said, running her fingers through his hair, occasionally running her fingers across his cheek.

He looked at her confused and used his thumb to wipe away her tears. "I am not the Madara you care so deeply for… yet, you shed tears for me… you caress me as if I am the only person you have ever loved…" he said then added, "You are such a confusing woman…" he chuckled and she smiled brokenly at him. "You are Madara… I care deeply for Madara Uchiha. Whether you are filled with hate or with happiness… I would still be here by your side, just to be near you." She whispered and grasped his hand within both of her own. Hinata laughed and sobbed at the same time and Madara glanced at her curiously. "What is it?" he asked as she reached to remove Tsubaki.

"So much for making a solemn swear that I wouldn't give my heart to someone in the past…" she sobbed as she placed her hands on the ground beside him. Madara chuckled despite his newfound pain. He hadn't expected for himself to feel pain, reanimations couldn't feel pain. "So you truly are her… You had just failed the first time… You failed my family the first time… But, you never failed me… Never. You never failed me… I never expected you to save them the first time, nor this time… it had come as quite a shock…" he said and she sobbed, her shoulders shaking. Her tears fell on his shirt as he spoke. He managed to sit up a bit and his lips twitched upwards in a slight smile. "I was beyond lucky to have ever met you… in the past and even now." He said and he kissed her softly as he saw the blade glow one last time.

"Goodbye, Hinata…" he said as he grasped the red jewel around her neck and ran his fingers over the surface of the jewel. "And… goodbye… Okami-chan… I hope you heard me, my dear…" he said with a wistful smile as he blew away into a golden dust that was floated away with the wind, Tsubaki became the golden dust as well. "Goodbye Madara… I will return to you soon." She whispered and her hands dropped from the air in front of her. 'the moment my soul is released… I will return to you my love… forgive me for ever doubting how you felt for me…' the voice echoed around in Hinata's mind and she frowned. The pain she felt in her chest as she waited for the veil of time to recuperate and send her back drove her to tears all over again. She had plenty of chakra to do so; her eyes just wouldn't allow her that.

She looked up to see the entire shinobi alliance running towards her. The real Naruto was there, the masked man tied up. She stood to smile at them, but soon after fell to her knees once more holding her stomach. Hinata winced as a pulse emanated from her body. She screamed as a giant wave of chakra shot from her body. She collapsed against the ground and coughed. The reanimated Itachi was no longer reanimated, none of the reanimations were dead anymore. All the wounded and dead shinobi came back to full health as the chakra wave washed over them. Everything was returning to how it had been before the shinobi wars.

The akatsuki stood in the crowd now, but Yahiko was no longer Pein. He was himself again, just as Nagato was not connected to the contraption anymore. Deidara stood by the Tsuchikage and stared at his arms; they were his own and were not sewn on. Everyone who hadn't died a natural death stood before the allied shinobi. Naruto was the first to break into tears as Minato and Kushina rushed from the crowd. He ran to them and they embraced him tightly. Hinata strolled through the crowd, her eyes downcast and her chest heavy.

"Uchiha-sensei?" Minato called out, confused. Hinata turned and blinked when she saw him. Minato and Kushina ran over to her with Naruto in tow. "Minato-sama." Hinata started but he gave her a weird look. "Hinata sensei… I thought you were going to be really old…" he said and Hinata deadpanned at him. "Hinata sensei? Better yet, Uchiha-sensei? What are you talking about dad?" Naruto asked and Hinata's eyes went wide as she realized what this meant. "I thought I wouldn't be able to go back, since I hadn't gone back already…"She whispered with tears in her eyes.

Minato stared at her in wonder, a single finger scratching at his cheek. "How are you here…" he began as Ino and Shikamaru searched for the crowd with Choji for Asuma. "The yamanaka clan founder? What? This is getting weirder by the second…" he muttered scratching his head in a similar manner of Naruto, who looked just as confused as his father. Hinata smiled and began laughing lightly. "I fixed it… the cycle of hatred… it's done with…" she laughed to herself, tears streaking down her face as her father and Neji ran over to her. Everyone surrounded her and Naruto. They picked them both up and began tossing them into the air claiming they were the heroes of the shinobi world.

"I wouldn't have been able to do anything without you, Naruto. You kept me going when I had lost all faith." Hinata said and Naruto grinned. "I wouldn't have been able to do it without you either Hinata… you encouraged me when no one else would. I relied on you just as much as you relied on me." He said were set down. They hugged and she frowned. "You still have nine tails, don't you?" she asked and he nodded. "I wonder why… I stopped Madara…" she said and Naruto shrugged. "Who cares, I can still save him from his hatred now…" Naruto said with a bright smile. Hinata bumped her fist with his as her father finally made his way back to her.

"So you are going back?" he asked and she nodded. "I'm not sure how, but something tells me there is something I still need to say." Hinata said and he raised a brow. "Hizashi says hello, he is with lady Mabui Uzumaki." Hinata said and hiashi chuckled. "He would have chased after Kushina had she not been with Namikaze. He had a thing for the Uzumaki girls." Hiashi chuckled and Hinata turned to Neji. "As heiress of the Hyuuga, you are now heir of the clan, seeing as now I cannot be known as such." Hinata said with a smile and she turned around. She spun on her heel and pointed at the emblem she proudly donned on her back, the Uchiha fan. She turned to her father once more and a smirk crossed her normally shy lips.

"Tell the Hyuuga elders the jumper says hello and that they can no longer keep the secrets of the clan hidden." She said and her father chuckled. "I will do, lady Uchiha." He said and she smiled. She turned and felt the familiar pulse in her eyes. Her heart leapt with joy. "I can go back now… my eyes are allowing me to do so." She squealed happily and her father nodded. "You have brought great pride to the Hyuuga; now go find your lover, my daughter." He said and she nodded. The veil of time had begun to wrap around her when someone clung to her. "You didn't think you were going to leave me behind this time, did you? A familiar voice asked tauntingly. "But you have everyone here…" she said and the person shrugged. "I said my good-byes already." They said as the veil wrapped around her the rest of the way.

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Hinata appeared in a bright flash of light and her eyes narrowed at the scene before her. Her friend let her go and began laughing. "Ino…" Hinata whined as she eyed the four teens in front of them. Tobirama had Izuna in a headlock on top of Hashirama who was held in a headlock by Izuna, but he was was struggling beneath the weight of the males on him and trying to breathe all the same. Madara sat on top of the pile with a victorious smirk. Hashirama got free from the headlock and Tobirama yanked Izuna away from Hashirama, who in turn crawled from the bottom of the pile and was then tackled by Madara.

Hinata deadpanned at the four. "These guys are the mighty Uchiha and Senju?" Ino asked with a laugh. The four teens looked up and saw the two girls. "Hinata!" they all exclaimed, except Hashirama of course, who got free from Madara and sent him flying with a roundhouse kick. He tossed his hands up in the air and nodded childishly. "I am the victorious Hashirama! Hear me roar!" he said and thunked his fist against his chest loudly.

"Yes… these guys are the fear inducing kage and Uchiha…" Hinata sighed and walked over to Madara and crouched beside him where he was sitting on the ground. "Hey Hinata…." He said, his voice silky smooth. She sighed and rubbed her eyes. "Is this what you all have been doing since I left?" she asked. He grinned crookedly. "This is quite possibly the only thing we have been doing. Clan relations have never been better." He chuckled and she smiled.

"I see, that's why you were king of the choke pile." She laughed lightly and he nodded. "Precisely! And besides… I can actually explain how that had come to be this time." he exclaimed and she stood, bringing him to his feet as well. Hinata smiled at him. "Oh… please do, I'm eager to hear how this came to happen." She said with a small laugh. He really looked happier than she had ever seen him; she guessed having his best friend back helped. Hinata stopped Madara in his story telling when he said it was all because Izuna had stolen the bento. "That makes absolutely no sense… it seems to me that you just looked for a reason to incite a spar and handed the bento to Izuna, whom you know would eat every last one of them." Hinata sighed and Madara smirked. She rubbed her eyes and looked from Hashirama to Madara, who still tossed childish looks the way of the other.

"Anyways, this is Ino." Hinata said and they turned to her. She decided that introductions would be better than dealing with the teens' childishness at the moment. The teens had all stopped fighting and now stood beside each other with lopsided grins. Tobirama faked a stretch and punched Izuna, sending him sprawling to the ground. Hinata rubbed her eyes as Ino giggled. "Ino, Tobirama Senju." Hinata said pointing at Tobirama who waved with a smirk. "That one on the ground is Izuna Uchiha; Madara's younger brother." Hinata said and Ino nudged Izuna with her foot, but he offered no response. "And he is Hashirama Senju, Tobirama's older brother and Mito Uzumaki's boyfriend." Hinata stated and she waved at Hashirama. "Fiancé now, Hinata-chan." Mito said with a smile. "I get it, no touchy…" Ino laughed and Mito smiled.

Ino looked beside Hinata and her eyes had a mischievous glint in them. "Ooh Hinata… he looks so much better than he did in reanimation…" she said with a wiggle of her eyebrows. "He looks happy instead of a cocky bastard." Ino said and the shock that crossed the guys' faces was priceless. "I forgot to mention she is a bit… uncensored…" Hinata laughed lightly and Madara raised a brow. "She called me a cocky bastard…" he said and Hinata smiled at him. "You were… but I fixed that. You weren't just cocky… you tried to kill me, you know." Hinata said and Ino nodded. "You did! But it was so sad! She got you and she cried! It was like a really sad romance novel!" Ino exclaimed and Madara raised a brow.

"You took me down?" he asked and she nodded. "It was pure luck then, wasn't it?" he chuckled but the look in her eyes killed his amusement. "So it was just pure luck? I'm sorry Hinata…" he said and she shook her head. "You almost had me then I pulled my katana up to protect myself… and you fell on it. it's more embarrassing for you than it is for me…" She said and Madara rubbed his face. "That was pure luck… for heaven's sake… I fell on your sword?" he asked and Izuna began laughing loudly. "Oh man… that's priceless! The 'you' that was so much stronger than you are now, fell on her sword and died! That's absolutely hilarious." He laughed and Hinata glared at him.

"It isn't when it's the one you care for, filled with hate or not, it still hurts." Hinata said and threw a rock at him, which hit him in the head and he hit the ground. Hashirama raised a brow at Hinata. "If you were this good at throwing kunai, we would have all the ninja we need. Seems you have deadly accuracy with blunt objects and not blades…" Hashirama chuckled and Tobirama laughed as well. "She knocked me right out of a tree with a jar of poisonous berries…" Tobirama said and Madara chuckled. Hinata pouted at the males and made a move to grab more rocks but Madara stopped her by encasing her in his arms. She relaxed but with a wicked grin he scooped her up and tossed her over his shoulder and took off running.

"Wait I still have something to do!" Hinata said and with a huff Madara put her down once he had stopped. She performed a few hand signs and the two scrolls appeared before her, one beneath each hand. Hashirama and Madara stopped playing around at that moment the scrolls appeared. Hinata hefted the heavy scroll off the ground and held it delicately in both hands, the crow scroll slung over her shoulders. "Hashirama Senju. I present you with the slug summoning scroll of lady katsuyu herself. She requested that I present you with her scroll the moment the opportunity became available." Hinata said and held out the scroll for him to grab.

He took the scroll from her and was surprised by the weight of the object since Hinata had held it so easily. "This is the scroll you hit father with that day…" he said and she smiled and nodded. "Now lady katsuyu had chosen you." Hinata said then turned to Madara and Izuna. "This is the scroll of karui, the crow. This scroll was to be delivered to the both of you. Please, treat her with care." Hinata said as she handed over the scroll to Izuna, who, over estimated the weight and swooped his hands up to grab it too swiftly and almost sent it flying. "the scroll is a bird scroll Izuna, its natural it would be light weight and not heavy, as karui told me when I did that as well." Hinata laughed and then she blinked.

"Madara, I have a request." Hinata said and Madara nodded. "Yes?" he asked and she held the red jewel out to him. "Release my soul… please…" she pleaded and his eyes went wide. "What do you mean?" he asked taking the jewel from her grasp. "Within the jewel, my soul resides… this part of my soul was once me, but from another time… she was the version of me that had forsaken herself to attempt to keep you alive. Your other soul, the hatred filled soul… he is waiting on her in the other side…" Hinata said and Madara's eyes widened and he snatched up the jewel and crushed it into a fine dust. The chakra from within the jewel flowed into Hinata like the wind brushing over the trees.

"Thank you… thank you so much… I can never thank you enough… for releasing my from my sealed fate… thank you Hinata… for actually reading my written records… I hadn't done so when I had gone to his time… so I failed… but you did… and I am forever grateful. I must be off… my lover awaits me…" Okami's voice echoed around all of them and Madara allowed a smile to cross his lips. "It was no problem… I can understand what you must have felt… being so close, yet so far away from the one who you were trying to protect… it is a horrifying pain… you fear for them as if they were never going to return…" Madara said and Okami's ghostly wolf mask began to crack and fall off in pieces.

Her image faded from sight not long after, but that was enough time for everyone to see that the woman had actually been Hinata, although a more sharp tongued, confident version of her. Hinata released a small laugh and they watched her oddly. "I just proved all of the elder jumpers wrong! When you die, it does not make it to where you can't go back that time… you just don't remember it… you have to do it all by instinct… but the previous you has information still written!" she said and Madara smiled at her, then he hefted her up onto his shoulder once more and took off running, this time nothing she could say would stop him.

Ino took off after them, not quite trusting Madara with her friend yet, which then in turn set off a chain of events where everyone else followed Ino, curious as to what was going to happen. They reached the Uchiha compound, where a group of people were standing. Hinata was looking around at them. Ino trotted up beside her and tapped her shoulder. "what's happening?" Ino asked and Hinata smiled. "These are the builders, they are building konoha as we speak." Hinata said and Ino looked surprised. "Building it… as in it was destroyed?" she asked and Hinata shook her head. "This is when it was first being built Ino…" she said and Ino looked even more surprised. "Wow…" Ino said and Tobirama jogged up behind them. "Hinata, Ino. The Uchiha clan wish to see you two." He said and Hinata nodded.