We split into teams, each team going off to fight a Madara clone or the 10 tails and its little monsters. Hashirama and Tobirama joined us with Team 7, Team Gai, to team up to save the tailed beasts, destroy the 10 tails husk, and stop the real Madara.

"HASHIRAMA you've finally come, let's dance!" Madara grins like a (sexy) madman at the love of his life.

"Not now Madara. I'm here to save the tailed beats and destroy the 10 tails." Hashihama blows him off. The grin drops from Madara's face and sits back down with a pout. Well, at least until Naruto starts yelling and Madara notices who else has come to fight him and the incomplete 10 tails.

"I appreciate you saving me the effort of coming to track each of you down. I will make your death painless since you are so eager to die for my perfect new world."

"Madara you bastard, I won't let you destroy the world. We'll stop you 'ttebayo!"

"Destroy the world? I am doing no such thing. The life of shinobi has destroyed this world, there is nothing left on this planet but death and hate. I will rebuild the world, I will make a perfect world where nobody hates, where nobody loses their loved ones. I will create true peace!"

"MAKING EVERYONE SLAVES IS NOT TRUE PEACE!"

"Naruto, I too am angry but we cannot get distracted from our role." Gaara grabs Naruto with his sand, dragging him over to me.

"He's right Naru, don't worry, we'll get a good one in for you before I rejoin you." I caress his cheek.

"Dammit." Gaara flies them both towards the 10 tails and away from Madara. I jump towards Madara, planning on blocking him from going after the Jinchuriki. They are needed to help generate enough firepower to get the tailed beasts out of the husk so we can save them from their hold.

Madara doesn't even move to dodge my punch, staring at me with a bored, unimpressed frown. Instead of his face, my fist crashes against the glowing shell of his susanoo. I'd never seen one form so quick. Cracks fissure out from where my fist made contact. A cloud of dust erupts from the broken ground, the lower half of his susanoo slammed into the earth below.

"You wield impressive strength, woman." He praises me and it takes everything to not smile in awe at being praised by the woman hater. "However you are still much too weak to face me." Faster than I could physically defend, he had his hand around my throat and a glowing blue blade through my chest. His hand loosens, he wanted to waste no time in fighting me. "Pitiful."

"Damn, that stings..." I grin, miserably failing to hide my wince as my body heals around the blade. He eyes me now with vague interest, I should be slumped over dead, not healing with black marks painted across my skin. "You're even stronger than I thought." He squeezes my throat tighter, ready to try to kill me once again. I can practically feel Kakashi-sensei groan at my words to get out of his grip. "Marry me?" Madara stops, just barely, but enough for me to utilize.

I grab his forearm, sending a push of my chakra into his tenketsu points, blocking them and rendering everything below his wrist momentarily numb. He drops me to the ground and I slide the sword from my ribcage.

"HA killing you will be more fun than I originally believed." He bellows. His hand is already ready to use once more, my gentle fist taking even less time to stall than I wanted. "Tell me, Hyuga, how do you heal with no hand-signs?"

"I thought with the Sharingan and Rinnegan you'd know how it works already, Madara." I tease; sadly it garners little reaction. Madara readies himself to attack, but stops when the 10 tails roars and bijuu chakra overwhelms any and all sensory abilities. "Well, that's my cue." I press my forehead against Madara's, making eye contact showing him I'm not afraid. "You will lose, everything you have done is worthless, Use your Sharingan on me, look into my past, I'll let you see everything."

In a disorienting blur, Madara took control and jumped into my mind, seeing what I allowed him to...hopefully. It was like my mind was reaching out to his, grasping hold of his mind's eye and locking on. Memory transfer, even with the sharingan, is extremely difficult and without Ino's direct permission and help, this wouldn't even be possible. Madara saw everything, becoming the fourth person to truly know the truth of a past I once lived.

"Ha....ha.....ha....Ha..Ha..Ha..HA.HA.HAHAHAHA." The low rumble that built in fish chest turned into a mad, psychotic, dangerous laugh. It made the hairs raise on my arms and for the first time in a while I was truly, absolutely terrified. Then he stopped, the only evidence of his outburst was the crazed expression in his eyes. H "If this is true. Everything I have fought for is not real. My mission is meaningless. I can't, I won't let it be meaningless. Your memories, Hyuga woman, are perfect. You have earned my respect. I will create an even better Infinite Tsukuyomi now that I know the extent of its true powers. I will create perfection and destroy this world, the only hate that exists is humanity."

"Are you fucking kidding me. After all of that and you decide continuing with your bullshit destruction is the only path to peace? This is why you'll never be as great as Hashirama." Wasn't Madara supposed to be some sort of Genius? Then why is he such a blockheaded, dense, idiotic, son of a bitch. I was hoping seeing the truth would make him change his mind, but I guess thinking the best of crazed, manipulated, immortal, jealous, brother obsessed, mass murdering man isn't gonna make the right decision. "Sad, our marriage would have been great."

I dropped from the palm of his Susanoo right as a glowing Gai landed a punch on Madara, almost knocking the man off Balance. If Madara wouldn't concede, our new job was to let Gai deal with the real Madara and I will join with Naruto's squad to help release the Tailed Beasts from their prison with the 10 tails.

***

Isobu was throwing Kakashi around like he was a rag doll. He could do nothing but dodge the barrage of attacks and tails the giant turtle was using. No counterattacks were working and no matter how fast Kakashi was, getting close enough to remove the control bars from Isobu's body was becoming increasingly more difficult.

The closer I got to Kakashi and Isobu, the more I could feel the thrum of Isobu's water and chakra. It was like it was calling me, pulling me, urging me to complete my technique. This must be his gift, enough of his chakra to control the water he produces alongside my own. It was perfect.

"Hey Kakashi-sensei, did it rain or something, you're soaked?" I teased loudly, thoroughly enjoying the sight of a dripping Kakashi. His clothes clung nicely, leaving little of his toned body to the imagination. If it weren't a life or death situation, I'd ogle him much more. I could feel my cheeks flush, something I'm glad he was too occupied to notice.

"Maa, ve-ry funny." He dryly grunted, dodging another sweep from one of Isobu's hardened tails. I landed near him and raised a water wall, giving Kakashi enough time to come to me.

"Hey Isobu, thanks for the gift. I'm going to use it to save you now ok?" I yelled to the enraged Chakra turtle. His mouth did nothing but roar, but I could feel the tingle of a thank you from within the small bit of chakra he had given me.

"Gift?"
"His chakra. I think it should be enough that I can do it and not pass out from depletion."

"Hinata, you are not going to put yourself at risk, let me deal with getting close, you just provide me an entry."

"Sorry Sensei, I can't hear you. Must be the water in my ears. Thanks for protecting me while I get ready!" I closed my eyes, feeling Kakashi grab me around the middle and run. I trust Kakashi with my life, I know he'll protect me as I prepare and he knows I can't succeed without him so he'll be forced to not get any stupid ideas like sacrificing himself so soon.

I reached out to the water around us, my Chakra merging with it. Once I had a hold, I began to lay Isobu's flowing chakra into it. I lost my hold a few times, his chakra threatening to overpower my control, but I held on. I had to save him. I raised the water up, up spinning it, smashing it together until it became as destructive as a hurricane. I shaped it, controlling the outside, forcing it to stay together as it began to encapsulate us, taking the shape of a lion equally as ferocious as Muramasa.

My eyes glowed when I opened them, I could see every bit of chakra in me, around me, I could see it flow in the water and my chakra control the flow, the shape. As the water ripped at my skin, cutting into me, Kakashi continued to hold on. Baring the pain. I released the seal completely, allowing myself to heal and stand against the raging whirlpool around me. I extended it onto Kakashi, protecting him too from the pain of the waves.

Kakashi knew what to do, without delay, he and I began to release streams of lightning from our bodies, the electricity being picked up by the current and sparking my water monster to life, creating a truly deadly weapon.

I'd had the idea to create my own version of a Susanoo or Kyuubi cloak because I didn't want to be left behind by Naruto and Sasuke. In this battle, I could not free a tailed beast without something equally as large and difficult to break. With some tinkering by Kakashi, Zabuza, and Shikamaru the lion fortress was created. A raging hurricane of water controlled by me to take hits and deal them harder to survive in a contact battle of beasts.

The addition of lightning was great, it being my second element made it perfect for me to combine...however every attempt to successfully create one ended with failure. At first it was the control of such a massive, spinning torrent of water, then it was keeping its shape and moving, then the addition of lightning made me black out completely and my chakra was depleted to dangerous levels. I haven't gotten the hang of adding my own lightning while healing myself without passing out. However, with the addition of Kakashi's lightning control, I only have to focus on keeping it together, healing, and fighting. No biggie...

I barreled down on Isobu, his water attacks becoming nothing but detrimental to as they all became electric. My claws dug into his shell, gripping hold as we grappled. Despite the intense electrocution, Isobu did not fall. He was too strong. I had not but a moment to free his mind before he'd release more powerful attacks. We couldn't hold this form up up in an endurance fight.

Being the Copy ninja and everything, Kakashi would tap either to my left or right depending on the way I needed to move for an attack. We exchanged blow after blow until finally I pinned Isobu onto his back and got a good grip on the bar jutting out from the softer flesh of his exposed neck. With the intense amount of lightning going into him and my form continuously causing attacks to him, he was subdued enough for me to keep pulling even as he thrashed around. With all the force I could muster, and the protection of my glowing beast from Madara's jutsu on the iron, I pulled it out and Isobu immediately relaxed.

We let him hp and I released the jutsu. A chakra depleted, exhausted kakashi and I dropped onto his head, Kakashi Holding me to him, taking the brunt of the impact. Still, my body groaned in discomfort. It feels like my blood is lead; moving is not the move.

"Thank you Hinata-hime. I am glad my faith in you and your comrades was not misplaced. You have freed me." He spoke softly, the sound still booming at his size. I gave him a weak pat, a truly delighted smile on my face as Isobu was finally his sweet self. I could never forgive myself if I let him get captured and then never managed to save him.

"I promised didn't I." Kakashi cracked a smile at that too, looking relieved that the giant monster was not trying to crush him anymore and proud that we'd saved such a surprisingly sweet creature. "I used up all I've got. Would you mind helping save your siblings so Naruto and Sasuke can destroy the 10 tails husk and this can all be over?" What I would give to have stupid reserves like them. Kabuto draining my chakra for his fetish wasn't helpful either, with Isobu's help I should have been able to bounce back, but I think I'm done or I'd definitely black out or die. What garbage, no wonder Kakashi has a complex, I feel so useless at the climax of this dammed war.

"Of course, you and your friend can just rest here and I will do the rest." I nuzzled into Isobu and the more alert Kakashi. Considering I probably looked even worse than I felt, he didn't push me away.

"Thank you my giant impenetrable cutie." I cooed. Isobu bubbled with happiness, a tail came down to lightly cover me, giving me a hug. If he could purr he would be. Kakashi rolled his eyes, only his students would become true friends with tailed beasts.

I'd love to say that I had a great hand in finishing the war, or even a story to tell you of how it ended, but I passed out. Gai defeated Madara so his clones were also destroyed. He was officially dubbed strongest in the leaf. The tailed beasts were all freed by Isobu, Fu, Killer B and them. Naruto with some aid from Gaara and Sasuke destroyed the 10 tails husk and it is gone for good. There were many casualties but overall, other than Madara being a shithead, this outcome is better than I could have Imagined. I'd saved so many who had died before. I built a family and a home and for the first time, the pressure I had put on myself to become like Naruto, to save those behind the scenes while he saves the world, was finally, truly gone and I could return home free.

A/N: Heyyyy I'm backkkk peeps. This is not the last chapter, There will be a return from the war fluff friend chapter that leads into the endings. I have many different romantic endings planned out and I have so much excitement about writing them I won't take 10 years to publish them.

Sorry for taking so long to update but life has been a bitch and I have had a lot going on. If you want to know just ask I guess...Also, I had lost motivation for a while but I promised to myself and to you guys that I'd finish writing this and I will. please do not give up on me.

I hope you are safe and healthy in these times! thank you all for continuing to read this far and I love all of you!