Hinata and Ino strolled into the Uchiha compound, confused as to why they had been called upon. Hinata held pride, even if she had only done as she thought was right; as Ino spoke of Hinata's exploits. "It was nothing…I'm glad you think I really did something useful though…" Hinata said fiddling with her fingers. Ino gave her an appalled look. "Think you did something useful?! You are the reason the akatsuki was never formed, meaning that Jiraiya-sama never died and everyone knows him and Tsunade had a thing going, Asuma-sensei never died and can live a live with Kurenai, Naruto has his parents and from what I understand Naruto will be getting the younger brother he wanted. Trust me…Naruto was pleading with his parents for a baby brother or sister…" Ino said the last part with a roll of the eyes, typical Ino.

But Ino grinned at her. "You saved us all, Hinata. You and Naruto both; I know latching onto you at the last possible moment of your jutsu was dangerous, but where would I be without my best friend?" Ino asked and Hinata smiled. "A chunnin…" Hinata giggled and Ino deadpanned at her. "I am a chunnin…I just would have been one faster had you not won." Ino sighed, but she held no ill will towards her friend; not like she did Sakura. "Why did you do it Hinata…? Knowing you could have died when facing him the first time…knowing that you could have died by coming here…and…I heard that…the edge of his blade had been at your neck but you had managed to pull your blade up in very last moment to stop him…Why?" Ino asked and Hinata smiled at Ino softly. Ino was staring at her feet now, tears threatening to fall.

"Ino…"Hinata said and her blonde friend looked at her; the tears in her eyes making Hinata's chest ache. "The first time…he wouldn't hurt me…" Hinata said confidently. "How do you know…he threatened to kill you if anyone came close…" Ino said and she wiped at her eyes. "I could see it in his eyes, he was curious as to who I was. Ohnoki-sama thought I was someone else as well, so I figured out that something was up. He seemed too interested in me to kill me. When I came here…I was scared. At one point, I had even tried to go back to the war. I figured I would much rather die at war with my friends…than in a place where no one knew me, and no one cared…" Hinata said and Ino frowned at her.

"Why did you fight him the second time…why not let Sasuke or Itachi fight him?" Ino asked, this one, she was truly interested in; and it wasn't just because she was worried for her friend. She had been close to tears when she found out Hinata had made the first move against him. She thought her friend was going to die. She truly wanted to know what had been going through her friends mind when she decided to fight him. Hinata smiled lightly. "It was a simple choice. That was not their battle, it was mine. If I had let Naruto, Sasuke, and Itachi fight him…then everything I had done to prove to Madara that there are people in the world who may not be strong enough to make a difference, but have the determination and will to force the change; even if they are near death and completely out of chakra; would have been for nothing. He claimed strength was not the will to try to make something happen, but was the ability to actually make it happen." Hinata said and Ino began to understand.

"But that was not the only reason I wanted to be the one to end him…if it were me…he would have had no choice but to realize that everything I did; was for him and him alone. He gave me purpose; he…he made me feel strong, even though I really wasn't, not before I met him. He taught me everything he knew, him and Izuna both. They put me before themselves, even though they could have just left me in the dust. I had actually thought about bringing Madara to our time to live…I just didn't know if it would have been possible, but now I know it is." Hinata said and Ino smiled, but one more question was bothering her.

"Then why would you come back, why not just ask Madara to come with you back to konoha?" she asked and Hinata smiled brightly, her smile reaching her eyes. She opened her mouth to speak but another voice interrupted her. "It's because Hinata-chan loves me!" Izuna's voice rang out and he draped his arms over her shoulders. "I-Izuna-kun!" Hinata exclaimed in surprise, her face tinged pink in her embarrassment. "Aww, don't worry Hina-chan! I won't tell nii-san! I could be your dirty little secret!" Izuna chuckled.

Hinata's face went red for a moment as she realized what Izuna had meant. Hinata shook her head once she willed away her blush. "No…Izuna, I adore you. You are like the best friend anyone could ask for…but if I had asked Madara to come home with me…he would never agree…I don't know how many people I can transport at a time…" Hinata said and Izuna grinned. "He would never leave you behind…never. He wouldn't even leave Hashirama or Tobirama. I could never ask him to…" Hinata said and she grinned at Ino. "Maybe someday we will go home to see our families, but I would have to figure out a way to bring a few more people with us." Hinata said and that brightened Ino's mood.

"I would never ask you to leave the ones you care about, Hinata." A familiar deep, silky smooth voice said quietly from behind her. Izuna instantly jumped from where he had been draped over Hinata. He stood beside his brother with a nervous grin on his face. Izuna hardly registered in Madara's line of sight at that moment; and for once, Izuna was glad. Ino saw the hesitant look in his eyes, she knew that Hinata was important to him. "If it is what you wish…you can go home…" he said and Hinata's eyes went wide.

"But…" she began but he shook his head. "Hinata…if you wish to be with your family, I will not stop you. I do not have, nor do I want, the power to force you to leave your family. If you want to be with Hyuuga, you can go home." He said and Hinata looked him in the eyes. And with her voice confident and without the usual hesitance that Hinata was known for, she spoke. "Take a good long look at me Madara, my eyes are not Hyuuga. My clothes are not Hyuuga. My heart is no longer Hyuuga. I will proudly adorn the Uchiha crest for the rest of my natural life, because despite my upbringing…I will be more of an Uchiha than I ever will be a Hyuuga. As a Hyuuga, I was weak, but as an Uchiha, I have the potential to be amazing; to be someone incredible and strong. I could be someone like you, a legend whose name strikes fear into the hearts of his enemies; but at the same time, I could be the person everyone relies on to ask for help…as an Uchiha…I could be like you…because I could be with you…" Hinata said proudly.

Madara had closed his eyes right before she had started to speak, he hadn't wanted to see the reaction of his words in her eyes. He hadn't wanted to see her leave. But as she spoke…he could feel the power her words held, he could feel how easy it was for her to say this, when everything else was such a trouble to say; she had already made up her mind. She was absolutely positively sure of everything she was saying, and he felt his heart skip as she said the last bit of that. He felt his lips twitch up at the at thought of her proudly adorning the Uchiha fan and name.

"I thought that you had only returned because you would have felt guilty…in all reality, I was angry when you had gone. But when I learned why you had no choice but to go…I understood…and no matter how long I would have had to wait, I would have." He said and Hinata's face flushed pink, her momentary boldness gone. Madara took her hand gently. "Let us go in, shall we? Mother and father wish to speak with us." He said softly. Izuna sighed in relief as Madara and Hinata walked into the gates of the compound. Ino giggled and followed behind, saying something along the lines of those two would make the perfect romance novel.

Izuna ran to catch up but noticed Madara had stopped walking. Hinata and Ino had already made their way further along. "Touch her again and I will break you, I won't kill you because you are my brother..." Madara said simply, his eyes flashing at Izuna. Izuna nodded rapidly and Madara smirked as he walked away. "Hey man! You still have to teach me that Susanoo thing!" he called and ran after Madara. "Oh…so you still haven't figured it out?" Madara asked condescendingly. Izuna frowned and shook his head. Madara sighed, but a smirk crossed his lips. "Then I guess we need to train with Hinata, she has achieved Mangekyo as well. Maybe we can activate both of your Susanoo at the same time." He said and Izuna grinned. "heheh! More blind training?" he asked and Madara shook his head. "Not completely, just a blindfold." He said as they entered his mother's home.

Ino stood in the living room, a grin on her face and she was rocking back and forth on her tippy toes. She saw Izuna and Madara walk in and she pointed down the hall, where they then heard their father knocking on the door to their mother's room complaining that she wouldn't let him in. Madara and Izuna hurried down the hallway and Ino followed them. They all stood outside the door and pressed their ears to the door. They heard their mother talking, but no one could actually tell what she was saying.

"Get away from the door!" Aurora screeched and they all jumped away from the door. "Go sit in the dining room! We are having dinner with the Senju to discuss the new village tonight! And their will be other clans there as well! I want our dear girls to be as lovely as possible and you are distracting me!" Aurora hissed and Ino vanished in a swirl with a 'come on blondie.' Sounding from the other side of the door. The guys walked back down the hallway. Their mother could teleport people anywhere she wanted with her eyes alone. They didn't want to be sent to that one women only village again. Those people were savages….

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The clans sat at the large table Hashirama had constructed, it was huge and despite the fact it was a table the nineteen year old took pride in the table, Madara noticed with a chuckle. Izuna was staring around at all the people he saw all around. There was a woman with a butterfly sitting on the table in front of her. She would hold her finger out and the butterfly would crawl onto it, he could see that she was a bug tamer because he could hear the humming from the insects within her, and the man next to her. They both wore sunglasses and the man wore a hoodie, while she had her hair down and wore a collared jacket. There was a young man beside them; he hid within both a collared jacket and a hoodie.

There was a man with a large dog beside him the dog was truly a fearsome beast, it didn't help that there were two of them in the room. There was a woman beside him and a sixteen year old girl with a smaller version of the two fearsome beasts, atop her head. They all had unruly brown hair, the man had brown eyes while the woman and teen had emerald green eyes, they all had inversed red triangles on their cheeks. He could tell that they were the clan who claimed to be man-beast hybrids and used jutsu with their nin hounds to utter devastating destruction upon their foes. The man sent him a feral smile and a curt nod, which Izuna returned with a polite smile and a nod.

The next clan only had one person sitting there, he was a blonde and had sky blue eyes; much like a certain loud mouthed flirty blonde Hinata had brought back. He didn't know much of him or what his clan was supposed to do, but if he reminded him of Ino…dear lord please help the meeting tonight. The blonde saw him and nodded silently, now that was a surprise. His eyes held a seriousness that reminded him of Madara. Izuna nodded curtly at the man, who returned the nod with a small smile.

Izuna turned his attention to a white haired man who had his face covered. His hair seemed to defy gravity and his onyx eyes confused him. He had heard that the clan with the onyx eyes and white hair were supposedly great with blades and outstanding at taijutsu. He assumed this man was of the rumored clan. He seemed serious enough, but held a book in his hand that said differently…smut…he had heard Hinata talking about her friend's sensei who read books like that all the time. He assumed that the man she spoke of was a direct descendant of that one…

He turned his gaze to the Brown haired Hyuuga and his wife Mabui. He nodded politely at Hizashi and Mabui, who nodded back. They had a Brown haired male beside them who had the same eyes as his father, but the look the twelve year old gave him…definitely an Uzumaki, he noted with a small chuckle.

He then saw Tobirama and Hashirama sitting beside one another. He already knew those two were going to be there, that was a dead giveaway. Hashirama raised a brow in question then motioned to the empty Uchiha seats. Izuna shrugged and Madara chuckled and mouthed a single word. 'mother.' And Hashirama chuckled. Tobirama only smirked but then turned to Hashirama and pointed to the empty place beside him. Hashirama's head dropped a bit before he raised a hand and pointed to the empty seats and muttered she suffered the same fate as those two, which Madara chuckled to.

Another man and woman walked in with their son, this clan was a bit on the heavy side; but that was not without reason, because their best friend clan followed them in. Izuna could tell those two clans had been well acquainted because their sons grinned at each other before sitting down beside one another. The larger male sat to the left of the lazier male, their respective wives sitting on either side of their husbands; their sons in the middle of the two families. The first clan had a huskier build and he knew they were the family with the body mass jutsu. They had light brown hair and colorful markings on their faces. The other clan had dark hair and dark brown eyes. The man had a scar across his nose, but it only brought character to his otherwise plain face. His hair was up in a spiky ponytail while his wife's hair was in a low ponytail. His son donned the same hairstyle as his father.

That was the last set of families they had been waiting on and yet Ino, Mito, and Hinata hadn't returned with their mother. "It is nice seeing so many new faces here today, thank you for agreeing to meet with us." Hashirama said, he had grown weary of waiting, because he feared the other clans would leave. The clans each greeted each other in their own way. "It was odd when I heard the rumor…I never thought something of this sort would ever occur." The woman with the butterfly said quietly. "Me either, I thought it was a load of-" the woman with the dog began and her husband cleared his throat. "Language dear, we don't need to make too much of a bad impression." He said the woman grinned and scratched her cheek with a single finger. "Sorry. But anyways…where is the Hyuuga woman? The jumper?" the wolfish woman asked bluntly, the entire room breaking out into interested whispers.

The door opened and Mito rushed over to Hashirama and sat beside him. Hashirama hadn't been expecting Mito to actually put her hair up or makeup on. he blinked and cleared his throat which had become dry once he had seen her. "Allow me to introduce my fiancée, Lady Mito Uzumaki." He said and Mito bowed politely. They all greeted her. "Quite the lovely fiancée you have there…" the white haired man said and Hashirama smiled. "Thank you." He said politely and the crinkle of the man's eye signed his smile. "Lady Hinata and Lady Ino will be here shortly…we had an incident on the way here." Mito said and Madara jumped to his feet.

"Oh, Madara, it was nothing Hinata couldn't handle…she just became quite flustered and refused to leave the compound…" Mito reassured him and Madara sat down with a relieved look on his face. "So the mighty Madara was it?" the dog woman asked with a feral smirk. "Yes, my lady. I am Madara Uchiha, this is Izuna Uchiha." He said and motioned towards Izuna. Tobirama chuckled. "Well, at least he didn't refer to you as that one…" he taunted and Izuna sent a glare at Tobirama.

"Interesting, the two prodigies right before my eyes…" she said and the door opened once more. Ino walked in and sat by Izuna, who took in her dolled up appearance with a raised brow. "Your mother….she is a vicious one, refused to let me leave without getting the entire work up." Ino grumbled and then looked in front of her. Her eyes locked with the blonde male who chuckled at her complaining. Ino blushed and laughed nervously. "Forgive me for voicing my thoughts…" she said lightly. He chuckled and shook his head. "My name is Kai of the Naka clan, pleased to meet you lady Uchiha." He said and raised a brow. "I have never heard of a blonde Uchiha." He said and she blushed once more.

"Well I really am not an Uchiha…" she started and Izuna draped an arm over her shoulder with a grin. "She was adopted, we can scoot some people around the table if you wanna sit and chat with Blondie." He said and Kai chuckled. "I would be endeared to speak with the lady." He said and Hashirama chuckled lightly as he did a single hand sign and the chair and Ino appeared beside Kai. Ino blushed and glared at Izuna who only winked. The door opened once more, but no one entered. Aurora entered after a moment, with an irritated look crossing her face.

"Madara…she refuses to come in are you going to come carry her or-" Aurora started but Hinata squeaked and slipped silently in the door. "Alright, I guess I will let you all go at it. Pleased to meet everyone here, but I have to go find Tajima Uchiha and…well…he has angered me, goodbye!" she chirped and vanished. Madara and Izuna both sighed and pinched the bridge of their noses at hearing the chuckles of the other families. Hinata quietly made her way around to Madara, who then looked up and the air left his lungs when he saw her.

She was dressed in a black silk kimono with a white obi and white lace tracing the hems of the sleeves and the bottom of the short kimono; it was slightly form fitting and open near the bottom. She wore tight black leggings beneath it and white silk wrapping her legs to below her knees. The Uchiha fan was shown boldly on the right side of her chest. She turned to face everyone and bowed, he then noticed that the Uchiha fan was larger on her back, the red and white clashing with the black brilliantly. Her hair was in a loose bun with her bangs framing her face delicately, his mother's favorite hair ornaments dangling from both sides of her hair. The makeup on her face was barely there, just a little lip gloss and eyeliner was all his mother had put on her.

She noticed him staring and blushed, he caught himself and he felt the heat rise in his face. He stood and bowed to her and took her hand. He moved out of her way and allowed her to have his seat. He then turned and took the seat to her right, placing her in between him and Izuna. "So this is the lovely Hyuuga woman. I'm curious as to why she dons the Uchiha attire." The man whose wife entertained herself with the blue and black butterfly, said.

"Aburame-sama." She greeted and the man looked taken aback, his wife looking up in surprise as well. She turned to the husky male and his wife. "Akamichi-sama." She greeted and they smiled and nodded. She turned to the dark haired man and woman. "Nara-sama." She said and the woman smiled, while her husband raised a brow. Hinata looked to the white haired man and the amusement in her eyes was noticeable. "Hatake-sama." She greeted and he smiled at her. She turned to the woman with the huge dog and her eyes lit up. "Inuzuka-sama." She greeted and the woman offered a wolfish grin, her daughter's dog hopped of her head and trotted towards Hinata, who rubbed the puppy behind its ears. "I'm glad everyone could make it." Hinata said as she stopped scratching the puppy's ears and it ran back to the Inuzuka girl.

"How do you know the names of our clans?" the aburame woman asked. "I am Hinata, the jumper. I come from a time where war had plagued us. But I came here, and stopped the wars from occurring. We still have threats to deal with, but…if we work together, the threats will mean nothing. I was friends with all of your great grand-children. My uncle is the leader of the Hyuuga. I am no longer Hyuuga, I may have special eyes, but they are no longer Byakugan. My eyes are Sharingan, and my heart lies with the clan where my eyes were born, the Uchiha." She said softly and the whispers grew louder.

"I see, but, lady Hinata, do you realize the danger you are putting yourself in by announcing this to the world?" Toshiro Hatake asked looking directly at her. Madara and Izuna crossed their arms over their chest and Hinata's smile reached her eyes. "Yes, Toshiro-san, I understand the danger of saying that, but even if I have Madara and Izuna looking after me…it is not only them the person trying to harm me will have to worry about." Hinata said softly, there was no arrogance in her voice, just sincerity. "As utterly frightening those two are, what if they are defeated? What will you do then?" Michi Aburame asked.

"She has us here to back her up." Hashirama said and Tobirama nodded. "We have to watch after her, she is like a little sister after all." Hashirama chuckled and Tobirama's lips twitched. "But…we are not the main worries…Madara took out the entire Senju clan because our father kidnapped Hinata and locked us away. Butsuma Senju is no longer a threat to the safety of your clan's because of Madara." Hashirama said and the approving whispers heard from all over the room made them smile.

"It seems you are well cared for lady Hinata. I would like to see the power you hold. If we are to be a village, I believe we should have a spar. In a village of trust, there are very few secrets. If it could destroy one's Kekkei Genkai, it should not be uttered. But if it were common knowledge, it shouldn't matter. Who agrees?" Michi aburame asked and the room erupted in smirks and grins of approval. "After we have eaten and decided a name for our village, we will go outside and everyone can have a friendly spar if they wish." Hashirama said as the chef's brought in the food.

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Hinata had removed her beautiful kimono and hair ornaments; she placed them in a pile atop the table. She wore a white tunic style shirt and her leggings. Madara strolled effortlessly over to her. Hinata sat on the table as she pulled her hair into a ponytail. She noticed him and smiled. "Madara-kun." She greeted with a smile and she patted the table beside her. Apparently they were having a tournament outside to see who would face Hinata.

"I'm proud of you, Hinata-chan." He said softly and she blushed, he had never called her anything but her name. she looked at him, he looked like he was hiding something. She frowned and gently grasped his hand. "Madara, you know…if you have something you wish to ask me or tell me, I will listen…" she said and he nodded. "I know, and I enjoy just talking. I enjoy being around you. I enjoy everything about you. You don't judge me, you don't try to push me to be something I'm not, and you look at me like I am perfect; like there is not a single imperfection about me…" he said and Hinata smiled.

"There are no imperfections about you in my eyes, because every imperfection you think you have…they are the most perfect things I have ever seen…" Hinata said softly and his lips twitched at that. "There is just something about you…" he said with a light chuckle and she looked at him oddly. "There is just something about you that takes my breath away. I can't tell what exactly it is, but every time I see you, I feel this way. You are the perfection in my world, great flame failure." He chuckled and placed something in her hand.

Hinata furrowed her brow at the coldness within her grasp. "I want for you…" he said and she looked over at him confused as he made a movement for her to look at the item in her hand. She did and tears welled up in her eyes. "To be the matriarch of the Uchiha, the woman who stands beside me." He said and she couldn't tear her eyes away from the ring in her hand. It was made of a black metal and had the Uchiha fan inlaid with what appeared to be tiny rubies and diamonds. She smiled as the tears flowed freely.

"I told the other version of you, that even though he were filled with hatred and anger…that if things had turned out that way…I would have always been by his side…and I want you to know, that I will always be by your side. If you were filled with hate or are how you are now…I would die for you." She said and hugged him tightly. He smiled and captured her lips in a small kiss, then he pulled her off the table. "come on, you can't keep your adoring fans waiting my dear, they wish to witness the power of my fiancée." He said and led her through the door. At that moment, she didn't care that she was about to go into a head on collision with the Inuzuka, the Aburame, or the Akamichi. She knew the Nara would prefer to sit and observe, she wasn't sure of the Hatake, because Kakashi was lazy; if he wasn't fighting for his life…he wasn't fighting, plain and simple.

She didn't even care that Ino had run off with Kai Naka. She figured they were going to go discuss terms of creating the Yamanaka clan. She didn't even care that Tobirama and Hashirama had decided to sit out of the fight. At this point in time, she just didn't care. Well that was until she had to care and her reflexes kicked in and she grabbed the foot of one Hatake Toshiro. "Interesting, even though you seemed to be off in dream land, you snapped out fast enough to stop me." He said and her eye twitched, now she cared.

Chakra burned at her fingertips and she quickly struck the tenketsu behind his knees and she tossed him back. His feet touched the ground, but his legs gave out underneath him and he hit the ground. "Very interesting, lady Hinata…" he said as he attempted to move his legs but couldn't. "You're out." Mito laughed lightly and he sighed. Hinata freed his tenketsu but he could feel the angry bruises forming there. she stood and walked out. The Inuzuka and Aburame looked as if they were waiting on something.

Hinata searched the area and smiled as the Akamichi made their move. Hinata fell into her Hyuuga stance and she began her version of the defensive rotation. Her hands moved swiftly and sewed the net of chakra around her, Hizashi look surprised; having never seen a form of Hyuuga clan jutsu like that. The Akamichi hit her barrier and were deflected, their chakra steadily depleting at a rapid pace, Hinata's jutsu had gotten advanced over the years.

The Akamichi clan admitted defeat and the Inuzuka and Aburame stepped forth. Hinata activated her Mangekyo Sharingan and watched them closely. These two clans were not one to work together without motive. Distraction and decimation. That's how the Inuzuka/ Aburame alliance worked. The insects flowed forth blacking out everything around her. Madara watched in interest in what Hinata was going to do. Three aburame sending out every insect they had was a very good distraction…

Every clan that was there was interested in what was going to happen now. Some were betting against Hinata, but Madara and Izuna knew she had a plan, they just didn't know what. Three yells of fang over fang were heard and Madara furrowed his brow. Distract and decimate…he made a move to step forwards but a bright white glow broke through the wall of insects surrounding Hinata as the Inuzuka's jutsu all hit. The three dogs and people hit the ground on their feet and the Aburame pulled their Kikaichu back. Hinata stood within a barrier of white chakra, this barrier sprouted four arms and four swords and held them straight up in the air.

The smirk that crossed Madara's lips was directed towards Izuna. "Seems as if Hinata left you in the dust, Izuna." Madara taunted. Izuna stared in shock as he saw her Susanoo. The other clans stepped back in shock and surprise. "W-what is that?" Mabui asked in fear. Hizashi's expression was one of complete shock. "That is Susanoo." Madara said as his eyes flashed and his Susanoo surrounded him. "Seems the great flame failure is now on my level. This is a jutsu that started with me, it seems Hinata has the same eyes as Izuna and I so pretty soon there will be three people able to use this jutsu." He chuckled and Hinata smiled weakly.

"It took me a bit to get the amount of chakra needed…I never imagined I would be so drained from it…" she panted as his faded. Her faded as well but she had her hands on her knees. "You are quite talented, lady Hinata." The clan leaders complemented. "You, Hashirama, Tobirama, Madara, and Izuna…you are all very strong individuals and no doubt are fearsome in actual combat. We would be proud to enter the village with you." Hatake said and the other clans nodded in agreement. "All of us have also chosen the leader of this village…we couldn't decide between you four at first. Madara, Hashirama, Tobirama, Hinata…we couldn't decide. You are all brilliant shinobi...but we wish for Hashirama to lead." Hatake said and Madara and the others nodded.

"I understand fully. Hashirama is stronger than I am, and I would proudly stand by his side." Madara said and Hinata smiled and nodded, linking her arm with Madara. Tobirama nodded. "My brother is also a bit more mature than the rest of us. Madara incites fights over food just so we can spar, Izuna is a bit of a pervert, I really just don't want to do anything at the moment, and Hinata…well…I don't really know…she is wicked with a jar, don't make her mad." Tobirama chuckled and the other clan leaders laughed lightly.