Everything returned to normal… or at least that was what the Avengers team wished. The first thing to go missing was some kind of ray weapon that was developed with the Tesseract´s energy. The next were some important prototypes of weapons Shield was developing using some basics of Stark Industries former works (Tony nearly ripped Fury´s eye off when he was informed) from a lot of facilities on a same night and the third… well, there wasn´t going to be a third time. The Avengers were stationed outside the high security facilities to avoid this to happen again.

"Everything calm here" yawned Stark, being his usual irresponsible self, floating in the air around Steve, that was sincerely annoyed. Why did Fury put him with Iron man again? Yes, because the man needed a babysitter to be somewhat helpful.

"Can you pay attention?" the captain said, the millionaire finally got into his nerves. "Don´t you see that we are in the middle of a mission and you should stay on guard? As I scold you there could be many people entering the facility"

"Come on, capsicles, you are being paranoid again" the red and yellow armored man said, being a little negligent. "My sensors are up and thanks to the shinobi´s invasion they are better than before" he clapped a bit exited. "You have to see those damn assholes, they are masters of silent assassination and surprise techniques. It took me forever to finally be…" suddenly his suit´s alarm went off. "Someone is trying to get in… no way, I think it´s shinobi"

"Shinobi?"

"A low level one" they ran to where the presence was felt and found a blond man with a mini mustache yelling at some kid for giving their position away. The genin was in tears.

"Gengetsu-sama" said a sensor that was on the team too.

"Yes, I know" he bit a finger and made some hand signs. Captain America and Iron Man prepared for whatever he was going to do. They couldn´t believe they were going to fight against shinobi again. "Oohamaruhi, get out!"

"That´s a giant oyster!" exclaimed Stark when he saw the invocation. "And I bet it will be delicious once cooked"

"Keep your mind on this one, Stark"

"Yes, keep your minds on me" smiled the Hozuki and some vapor started getting out from the oyster, but nothing changed. Steve tried to hit him with his shield, but it passed right through the ninja. His figure disappeared and reappeared in another place instantly. The man prepared a Suiton, but Tony intercepted his attack with a ray. The man disappeared again. "Keep seeing me"

"Damn, he is an illusion´s user!"

"Stay close to me and don´t uncover your back or he might use water to kill us both" ordered the older man. "You cover my back and I cover yours"

"Okay" he repelled another attack. "Just hope the others are doing better than us"

-With Natasha and Clint-

"What the hell is this?!" yelled Hawkeye, running from a big barrier of sand that only one man was manipulating. His partner and friend wasn´t in a better situation, since the sand protected the user as if it had it´s own will.

"I don´t know, but I don´t like this"

"Shamon-sama…"

"Don´t lose time and go get the weapons" ordered the mission captain, a bit tired. Those two were seasoned warriors like himself, he recognized that because of their style. They could be dangerous if he let himself get tired. "Now!"

"Yes, sir" the other members of the mission did as they were told and entered the facility. Black Widow tried to follow them, but was intercepted by the technique. Her friend tried to use a heat arrow to get rid of the sand, but unfortunately for them Shamon knew how to extract sand from the ground. Soil suddenly became more sand and they were almost crushed.

"Damn it, Nat"

"I know"

"Why do we always have to face the strongest enemies? Why couldn´t they go for Tony or Steve or even Banner?"

"We are the veterans… and I hardly think this is the strongest they have. In fact, that Hashirama guy was stronger. This one could hardly be considered a full weight in the shinobi world"

"You are right" another arrow was shot. "Let´s show this mister how good we are" his friend smiled and held her pistols. This was going to be a very difficult fight.

-With Banner-

The Hulk was trying to smash a very fast person that covered in what seemed like lightning. The second A, as they called him, wasn´t even sweating, but was amazed by the power of this warrior. It seemed to be animalistic, very primitive in mind… and strong. Strong enough to probably cause him a great damage even with his shield of chakra.

"Damn it!" screamed him when the green beast nearly knocked the air out of him. He frowned. Knowing full well that his superior speed just saved him from a few broken ribs. "The Raikage have to know about this thing"

"A-sama, ready!"

"Okay, let´s leave!" they flee, being persecuted by the roaring monster. Finally they crossed their portal and were able to escape from the thing. "I need a meeting with the Raikage-sama instantly!"

"Yes, A-sama"

-The next day-

"They escaped with a lot of weaponry" was Fury´s report after the sound beating most of the Avengers got from those unknown shinobi. "I don´t know why they came back after we cleared the misunderstanding but…"

"With all due respect, director" begin Natasha. "I don´t think they are the same shinobi that attacked us" they all stare at her in confusion. "Our world has different countries, why couldn´t theirs have the same system? The first time we were attacked by a land, the others got the voice and prepared to take advantage of that"

"Why do you think they are from a different land?"

"Because when I mentioned Hashirama the man unconsciously flinched. It was nearly imperceptible, but it was there."

"Have you another proof?"

"Maybe I might have" intervened Stark. "I have some footages of tour little war with the shinobi and some other from last night. I found a very clear difference" he showed the pictures in the screen. "Do you see this symbol?" he signaled the forehead protector. "All of those that participated in the war had it. And this" another symbol was sown. "was the one that the attackers had in their foreheads"

"Different symbols, different flags, different countries" thought Fury.

"Maybe we should ask the source" said the Black Widow. "Is there a machine that could transport us back to the dimension they live in?"

-Some hours after-

"Here we are" Clint, Natasha and Sky (they were agents trained for situations like this, so Fury deemed it prudent to send them instead of the usual Avengers team). Once they stepped out they were surrounded by a troop of shinobi that were guarding that zone of the forest. They all raised their hands and Natasha told them in Japanese that they were only there to talk.

"Well, well, what do we have here?" asked a Hyuuga that was the leader of the team. His Byakugan was activated. He extended a hand. "Weapons"

"Clint, your arrows and bow, Sky, your pistols" traduced the Russian spy. They handed them over and the ninjas started walking, forming some kind of barrier between them and the others. Finally they entered into the village they have only seen through a dron. It seemed to have recovered very quickly from the attack SHIELD made a few months ago. "We need to…"

"You are going to be taken to Hokage-sama, he will deal with you" said the byakugan eyed man, not even bothering to hear them. The woman didn´t answer, it was okay. He was the person they wanted to see anyway. In their journey through the village, they saw many people stopping to look at them with distrust. It was obvious that there strangers were not welcomed. Then someone familiar appeared.

"Sky!" Nozomi happily waved at her, running towards the woman. He was wearing a kimono with the Senju symbol in the back. The mentioned agent wanted to hug him too, but another person got in the middle.

"Nozomi-sama, you shouldn´t be here and talking to foreigners" said an older kid, probably a thirteen years old. He was wearing glasses and a stern expression that didn´t match with his age, probably a consequence of his upbringing. He grabbed the child by the hand. "Come with me, I will take you to your house"

"But, Homura-nii…"

"Please follow me" he took the kid away, who could only watch as his surrogate elder sister disappeared from his view.

"What´s he doing? He shouldn´t threat a child like that, specially if he has done nothing wrong!" Sky yelled at the leader of her guards. This one didn´t answer. "Are you listening to me? There should be nothing wrong with a…"

"A shinobi can´t be so open with strangers, in this land being like that will only get you killed and we are trying to make him understand just how much dangerous it is to openly trust a person outside your comrades" a younger member explained, earning a glare from his captain. "Sorry, sir"

"Come" they were guided to the tower and then to the top, where a brunette man was waiting for them… along with a white haired one and the person Sky met that day she tried to attack the village. "Hokage-sama, we found this intruders…"

"We are only here to request an audience with your leader, not to attack or threaten your people now that the war is over" said Natasha.

"Foolish woman, you will speak with respect to…"

"Let her explain why they are here. And leave us alone, please" said Hashirama as he sat down on his chair, looking a bit more official than a few seconds before. The warriors bowed and left the room… except for the dark haired one and the albino. "You too"

"No, whatever they have to say, they can do it in front of your principal councilors, aniya" said the leader´s sibling.

"Madara…"

"I´m staying. You are my husband and I will stay right by your side" were the only words the raven uttered. The Hokage sighed in defeat and turned his head towards them. Sky looked at the person in amazement, realizing that this must be Fay´s… Nozomi´s mother. The first though she had was that she was really pretty, even with her fierce look. Well, she was a warrior too after all, it would be a wonder if she didn´t have an attribute like that.

"Right…" he then turned to them. "What do you have to say?"

"Some days ago, some of facilities were attacked by shinobi…"

"My people doesn´t have anything to do with it"

"We are aware" Natasha pulled out some photos, showing them to the ninja leaders. "It was obvious nearly since the beginning that they were not one of yours. They had different symbols in their headbands…"

"Indeed, they are from other countries" Hashirama sighed. "It´s just their style… the other Kages must have heard about our little misunderstanding with you and decided to take a peek at your world. Then they were tempted by your warring machines, sending their own teams to infiltrate and snatch them" he passed the photo. "Yes, this is Gengetsu Hozuki, the apparent Second Mizukage from Kirigakure"

"Mizukage? Kirigakure?" Sky blinked a little bit confused.

"A Kage is the leader of a village…" then Tobirama started giving them a lecture about how their politic structure was, giving as many details about the villages as he could. Then he picked up by himself another of the photos. "It seem that they are really interested"

"You can say… but I don´t really blame them. Since the Hyuuga started experimenting with the weapons we got in the war, there is no village that feels safe. We already have the most powerful clans and kekkei genkai, this of the weapons probably makes them nervous."

"Well, they should spend more time training their men than trying to steal ours" Madara frowned at the pictures. "They will never learn"

"I…" Hashirama´s eyes suddenly went wide as he picked a photo where there was apparently nothing more than an empty room. "Ahhh… Madara"

"What?"

"You should take a look at this" the raven did and his reaction was immediate. The others were confused, specially Tobirama. They, the most powerful people in that world, were scared of an empty room.

"Aniya?"

"That… everybody out" ordered the former Uchiha, feeling that he was going to faint at any moment. His husband seconded him, shooing everyone, his brother too. The albino wanted to fight, but was taken out too. "God…"

"Yes, we are in a deep shit" the brunette pointed at a part of the room, where a very known black figure was slithering, seemly dragging something with it. "He… Black Zetsu traveled to their world and, after all our experiences in there, we can be sure of what he is looking for… a shortcut to bring his mother back to life without having to battle us both"

"Do you think…?"

"With that creature we can´t give anything for impossible" he bit his lip. "We need to talk with the Hyuugas" he ran a hand through his hair. "The Ootsutsuki of the moon only listen to them because of their similar doujutsu and we have to warn them."

"And those assholes of Kages"

"Yes, them too. Kaguya is a problem that concerns everybody and we all need to cooperate in order to keep her trapped, otherwise we are screwed"

"Yes" they stayed in silence for a moment. "Hashirama…"

"What?"

"Do you have… any regrets? I mean, accepting this bet brought a lot of pain and bad things to us after we finally managed to find our peace…"

"Regretting having a second chance? And to be able to spend it with you and our beautiful children? Of course not!" he practically yelled, getting up and hugging the other, reassuring him. "It was the best decision in my life and I won´t change it for anything" he kissed his lips. "I know there have been a lot of painful things we were forced to endure, but…"

"Losing Nozomi was not painful, it was agonizing…"

"I know" they stayed like that, enjoying being in each other´s arms. "Madara, don´t leave me again. That world may be peaceful, but it wasn´t complete without you. If you were to leave me again I would kill myself or…"

"You are a fool" smiled the other. "Of course I won´t leave! Not now or never!" he picked up the photo. "And whatever that this goo has in store for us, we will be fine…"