"its been a whole week! They couldn't be possibly doing it for that long!" amiko complained to suki.

"they are newlyweds amiko…their supposed to have sex." Suki told her

"yes! But she's also our leader and he's hogging her." amiko whined

Suki laughed as she sharpened the blades of her kunai. Before lady tora she had only heard of them and then lady tora entered their lives and everything changed. She trained them to defend themselves in the art of weapons and jutsu's. While lady tora was the only one who could bend water, the rest of the village was able to use special jutsu's most of them applied to healing and self-defense. And they were just one tiger short of restoring the great white tiger clan. It was all thanks to lady tora. Suki smiled as she thought of her. lady tora was patient, kind and yet strong. However, she frowned when she thought of lord Uchiha. He was now her husband but other than that she didn't know too much about him. he was quiet, strong and worked hard even if he only had one arm.

"...i heard he has to leave again soon...i would hate to have my husband leave me right after we got married." Amiko told her

Suki didn't get to reply because a commotion outside caught their attention.

Hinata smiled as she water bended a small well right in front of her office. She was preventing the villagers from having to walk all the way to the river.

Of course, they still would visit the river to fish and maintain crops, but the well was for drinking and bathing.

Thoughts of bathing made hinata blush….her wedding night or more like wedding week had been the most painful, uncomfortable and yet most pleasurable experience she had ever had

Flashback:

"hinata…this is going to hurt…" sasuke said as he hovered over her

"Hai...I know…just…don't go too fast…" she replied nervously. The newly wed couple had been in their love shack for three days and they were just now consuming their marriage.

The first night sasuke spent time exploring her body and making hinata feel things she had never felt before.

The second night she had spent making him feel pleasure. She asked him to release the scar jutsu. She wanted to see him for who he was and that he should not be ashamed.

She knew that it was a new experience for him. to have someone want to take care of him. someone who didn't want to hurt him, someone who didn't want to use him for her prestige or who his clan was. That night she showed him just how much she loved him and finally on the third day…they knew it was time.

That night sasuke did something that no Uchiha had done since his great great grandparents. He sealed his wife. This special seal was the symbol of the Uchiha clan and anytime hinata touch it she could communicate with sasuke no matter where he was.

After their night of lovemaking sasuke took them to a hidden hot spring…and of course…they began round two.

End flashback

They didn't have indoor plumbing quite yet, but they would get to it.

"lady tora!"

Hinata turned to see the village children running toward her. she smiled. One day she and sasuke would have children of her own but for now, she was happy with the small children at her feet. However, hinata's smile became even wider when the children ran past her and right too sasuke. He looked down awkwardly.

"teach us how to fight… lord Uchiha!" they asked

Sasuke looked at hinata.

"go on, sasuke…" she encouraged

Sasuke nodded.

"alright…come on to the dojo."

Hinata sighed in content and went to her office to finish up the paperwork that had accumulated over her absence. As she shifted through the paperwork, her heart dropped as she saw a scroll from the land of snow.

What could the daimyo want with them already?

It read:

Dear lady tora and lord Uchiha,

Like I promised I did not report lord Uchiha's presence until a few days after you both left. However, the leaf village is determined. Not long after you left, team seven came to my village and I must warn you they are serious about the Uchiha's return. There are currently leaf ninja's in the land of stone investigating the masked women as I have dubbed you. Once again I have not broken my promise. however, I advise you to report yourself to the tsuchikage as fast as you can. I will keep my word to you both and I look forward to our partnership in the future.

Your friend,

Lady daimyo

Hinata reread the letter as anger consumed her. why couldn't they just leave him alone. He had served his time...what was the point…power? Control…fear?

Hinata walked unto her porch to see her village hustling and bustling…the daimyo did have a point though…. They couldn't single themselves out forever…but her people were not shinobi…they would not fall into a world of violence… but a world of protection and defense...their world of protection and defense.

With her mind made up she decided she needed to see the tsuchikage. With a pen and a scroll, she began to write.

Sasuke looked down at the five-year old's. They were eager to learn, and he had to smirk at their excitement.

The little rascals actually knew what they were doing. He only taught them the basic's, how to throw a shuriken, and how to put their chakra in their feet. It was small but they appreciated it. after a few hours, he dismissed them. They complained but he assured them that he would teach them again and that a good…well hinata didn't want them to be ninja….so he told them that good warriors always made sure to get food and rest.

The children nodded in excitement and ran to tell their parents.

"…They've really taking a liking to you…"

Sasuke turned around to see his wife. His wife. Dressed in her combat gear and her mask covering her face.

"yes, they have…its surprising but I like it…now where do you think your going." He asked her

"..i have to meet with the leader of the land of stone. I got a message from the land of snow and they gave me an idea. Ninja from the leaf are looking for the both of us. If I get to the tsuchikage first…and make my presence known to him. make our village known to him...without actually making it known.. does that make sense?"

She never received a reply because Sasuke suddenly appeared behind her.

"too slow…you should always pay attention" he said coldly. He then proceed to strike her with a kunai, hinata however was able to doge the attack.

And then to her confusion and yet her excitement she and her husband began the three hour long sparring session.

Lady Omashu sat on her granddaughter's office porch and watched the fight in satisfaction. It wasn't everyday you saw a husband fighting his wife and on the outside, it looked like he was being cold and harsh but Omashu knew why. He was doing it to protect her and to strengthen her.

As a village leader hinata would have to face many things without sasuke by her side, and he wanted her to be prepared.

Besides…omashu knew she wouldn't be here forever, and neither would ji but knowing her clan was being restored and the village was being protected...it put peace in her heart.

Hinata paced her breathes as her chest began to burn. Her husband wasn't holding back at all and she was glad…but…she had one last move.

Sasuke was getting ready to use his sword when he suddenly felt frozen to where he was. The bottom of his feet where frozen to the ground.

Normally he would just use his fire jutsu, but this was no ordinary ice. It was brown and chakra fused.

"...alright …I surrender…what is this gunk?" he asked

"it's mud…well frozen mud mixed with clay and chakra. It freezes you to where you are." hinata said as she began to bend the gunk off of him. before he could congratulate her, the village burst into cheers.

"wow! Did you see lady tora!" someone said

"yeah but did you see lord Uchiha!" someone else said

Sasuke grinned and scooped his wife up.

"..if your going to leave then I need to give you a goodbye present."

Hinata blushed.

Meanwhile, asuma and the group that shikamaru sent were being yelled at.

"once again! I have no idea what your talking about!" onoki shouted at asuma. "I have never known a woman who wears a mask with the word mountain on it! now I am done with this. How dare you try to suggest that I don't know what goes on with my own people! Now get out of my office!"

Asuma sighed, as he, neji ino and shikamaru left the office. no one spoke until they made it outside the gates of the village hidden in stone.

Right on time a leaf anbu appeared in front of him.

"anything?" shikamaru asked

"nothing. No one's spotted the companion, and no one can remember where they saw the Uchiha."

"crap!" shikamaru hissed "...what about team seven?"

"even with the daimyo's info, they still have not found anything."

Shikamaru sighed. It was time to let tsunade know.

Sasuke Uchiha was not coming home and did not want to be found.

That same night, onoki, his granddaughter and his guard were about ready to Call it a day. The leaf ninja being present made him angry. The shinobi world was still rebuilding as they recovered from the after math of the shinobi war. And they had the nerve to interrogate him about sasuke Uchiha's whereabouts! A man that once wanted to kill him and the other kages. How dare they! Just as onoki was about to close his office door.

A woman dressed in a blue kimono with kanji for mountains engraved on it, wearing a white tiger mask appeared.

"lord...onoki...we have much to talk about."

His guard was about to speak but her voice stopped him.

"Please...my lord…hear me out..."

It was so…gentle and non-confrontational…something about her made him…want to listen.

"stand down everyone…I want to hear her out."

His granddaughter and guard looked at him in shock. This was not his normal behavior.

"thank you...sir. now, I am going to take my mask off and reveal to you my identity and I pray it will stay within this office?"

"..i won't make any promises until I know who you are" he told her.

She nodded "fair enough."