Author's Notes: Alrighty people, one more chapter after this and it all comes to an end.
LB Cat: Thank you for your support and reviews, it makes me happy knowing you enjoyed it.
Unknown Person and Everyone who is Confused: I'm sorry if the story came out to your displeasure. I didn't exactly mean for Hinata to act like she loved Gaara, I kind of wanted them to have some sort of relationship. More like Hinata felt a great deal of remorse knowing Gaara sacrificed his life for hers despite the way she treated him. So when she says she's "wronged" him and got so upset by his death, she was simply feeling regretful she hadn't treated him more friendlier? So now, Hinata wants to protect his people as thanks for the life he gave. As for the netherworld, the only reason why she was so nice to him was because of how Gaara had imagined her. He only wanted her to be that carefree, sweet, innocent Hinata that would smile everyday and be happy. Also, reason why she jumped in to save Gaara in the first place was because she didn't want Sasuke's hand to be stained with more blood and if it was her life in exchange, she hopes he would stop and listen to her final wish. I'm sorry if the story was bad for you, but I am really appreciative of your comments. I'll do better in my next stories and I hope you can still support me despite my poor writing.
To Everyone Else: I know the story is coming to an end and honestly this is probably my first completed work that I took the time and effort to think it through. I'm really grateful to all of you that read the story and I also apologize to those who find the story not as great as you had hoped it to be. I honestly would have given up if no one had read this story, so...I'm really grateful to you all. Thank You!
"Hinata, promise me. Come back for me." he smiled, holding her hands as he looked into her determined eyes.
"Stay alive." she retorted, smiling back at him.
"SECOND DIVISION FOLLOW ME!" Hinata yelled, leading her division to the front lines to face off with the White Zetsu army. "Give me strength Gaara, Itachi-nii."
Upon its formation, the Second Division was mobilised in the front lines. When the Intelligence Division detects the White Zetsu Army moving underground, the Second Division is ordered to intercept them. The Division, with some reinforcements from the Fifth Division, sets up position and waits for the enemy forces to come near. Once the Zetsu are in range, Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi unearth thousands of Zetsu, which the Allies then barrage with attacks. Suddenly Neji and Hinata sensed an immense amount of Chakra as a figure walked between the army of Zetsus.
At the same time Sasuke leads his own division, mobilising them to the rocky and barren terrains. Sasuke stood above on a rock, using his sharingan to sense the surrounding area. A whip of sand rushing to him as he quickly dodged it.
"I..Itachi?" Hinata questioned, seeing the man's red eyes. "It can't be.."
"Hinata…" he looked at her with his sharingan.
"Itachi-nii!" she yelled, using the new sand abilities to levitate her to the man and into his arms. "Nii-chan...you're alive. You're alive!" He placed a hand on her head and frowned.
"No, Hina." he backed away from her and began his attacks with a Kunai. Hinata's sand blocked the attack and in defense, attacked Itachi.
"Sand?" he questioned, looking at Hinata's forehead as the tattoo on her forehead revealed itself. "Gaara…"
Hinata tried running to Itachi once again. "What's happening? Why are you…" the male put out an arm in front stopping her approaches.
"Hinata...I'm just a puppet. Attack me with all you've got. You have no choice." he yelled. Hinata shook her head. "I lost you twice Itachi...I don't..."
"Hinata you must!" he called as he sent a fireball at her. "I'm already dead. If you don't kill me, I'll kill you."
'He's right, Hina-chan. He'll kill everyone here if you don't attack.'
Hinata looked into Itachi's odd looking eyes, nodding to Shukaku as she stood in her battle stance. "I'll protect them, Itachi." she shouted to which he smiled proudly.
"That's my Hinata." he chuckled, using Amateratsu on her as the sand quickly shielded her from the fire. Hinata led Itachi away from her division so there wouldn't be any casualties if Itachi were to attack them out of his will.
"Smart, leading me away from your team." Itachi chuckled, following her as he continued attacking.
"I learn from the best."
"So Gaara gave it to you, huh?" he questioned, the sand that growled back angrily at him, attacking the Uchiha. Hinata charged at him with a gentle fist style before switching over to Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms as both a defense and attack.
"Not going to use the Shukaku?"
Hinata shook her head, continuing her attacks close combat. Itachi clearly had the upper hand as he saw through all of Hinata's attack, dodging them out of his own will.
"Use Eight Trigrams Air Palm." Itachi ordered to which she complied, sending a blast towards the male and knocking him back.
"Use Gaara's sand to capture me." he guided to which Hinata followed. She sent the sand to try and grasp for Itachi, but not being able to control it properly, it was slower than they expected it to be.
"Faster Hina!" he yelled, sending attacks to her as she tried dodging them. Trying to push herself, she sent another wave of sand towards the male to which he easily dodged.
"FASTER!"
Both her Byakugan and sand were draining her chakra faster than she expected it to. "Hinata!" he yelled out before sending a water dragon towards her. Hinata's eyes widened as she saw the dragon flying towards her at lightning speed, not knowing what to do.
Suddenly a wall of sand protected Hinata as it took the form of Gaara, Hinata looked up as "Gaara" arm moved away.
'Pfft, even in death he protects you.'
'Hina-Chan. I'll lend it. I'll lend you the power.'
'No. I won't let you out.'
'Hinata our pact still stands. I'll give you power. I sense Gaara's presence. I won't be able to do anything without your consent.'
Hinata looked at her ring and smiled, nodding her head as her entire body glowed a bright red, feeling an immense amount of chakra flow through her body. She roared out with excitement as her one clear white eyes changed to that of Shukaku's.
"Protect her Shukaku." Itachi smiled, to which "Hinata" nodded her head. "Bring it on, Uchiha."
"Gaara." Sasuke smirked, seeing the figure walk up to him. Sasuke held his hand out to stop his division and back away.
"Sasuke." Gaara looked at the male and chuckled. "So, we meet again."
"I thought you were dead." Sasuke asked.
"I was. I am." Gaara looked at his arm. "I'm just a puppet." He looked around, scanning the area for Hinata.
"Hinata isn't here. She's on the front lines." Sasuke stated, making Gaara narrow his eyes.
"Front lines? You let her go to the front lines?!" Gaara sent a shower of sand towards the Uchiha, causing him to jump down from his position.
"She's doing it for you." Sasuke replied. "She wants to protect Suna, the people you love."
Gaara smiled, "How is she?" Sasuke reciprocated with his own hail of lightning needles. "She's well."
Narrowing his eyes, he motioned for Sasuke to attack him. "Give me all you got, Sasuke."
With that the two battled it out, one using fire and lightning while the other used sand.
"You've gotten slower, Gaara." Sasuke mocked, easily dodging the male's sand.
"You're not bad yourself." Gaara smiled.
Sasuke sent a lightning cage to Gaara with his Susanno, trapping him inside as the sand roared, trying to break free.
"I'll protect her from now on."
Sasuke walked up to Gaara and placed a seal on his chest, smirking at the male as if saying his thanks.
The battle ended with Gaara being sealed away, him smiling at Sasuke one last time.
"Take care...Sasuke."
Hinata and Itachi battled away blast after blast, knocking down tree after tree.
"Is that all you've got." Itachi glanced as the blast through his chest reformed back to normal. Shukaku chuckled, seeing how interesting this was getting.
"Hina-chan, what would you like me to do," Shukaku asked.
'Take him down.'
"With pleasure." he howled, Hinata unlocking more of the percentage they had agreed on, translucent purple bubbles of chakra cloaking Hinata's entire body. Using her Byakuan, she sensed each and every motion Itachi made, with Shukaku's power, aiding her in speed and attack. Itachi involuntarily toys with Hinata, binding her movements to the point that she cannot use her hands to break his attacks. Thinking Hinata is defeated by this, he unwillingly inches closer to finish her off. Hinata takes that opportunity to release chakra from her entire body, pushing all the attacks back at Itachi with a blast and giving her an opening to use Sand Coffin. Itachi, predicting this, allows himself to be captured, slowing his movement just so slightly, just enough to be captured. He starts attacking Hinata with Amateratsu from afar, the sand protecting her once again from the black flames.
"You've done well Hinata." Itachi smiled. Shukaku allows Hinata to seal him back up into his cage, letting the female speak to Itachi one last time. "You and Shukaku have done well."
Hinata walked up to the male, placing a finger on his forehead as it slowly covers in sand.
"Thank you, Itachi." she smiled.
"Itachi-nii-chan." he corrected, smiling as he closed his eyes.
"Thank you, Ita-nii-chan." Hearing this Itachi chuckled as he was sealed away by his beloved.
Months after the war, Sasuke was pardoned for his crimes on the good word of Naruto and Hinata. Hinata returned back to the Hidden Leaf Village and revoked her title as Heiress, leaving the clan to her beloved little sister Hanabi. She also came to terms with the Sand siblings as Temari took office after the death of Gaara, telling them that she would always be there if they ever needed her help in the future. Temari and Kankuro accepted her offer as they believed their brother Gaara wouldn't want the two to hate his ex-wife.
"Nee-chan! Nee-chan!" Hanabi called out, smiling at her sister. "Okay, there's this one. Or this one?!" she questioned, holding out two different head pieces to her sister.
"Or...this one?" Sasuke stood by the door and held out a crown to his sister-in-law.
"The Uchiha crown…" Hanabi whispered to which Hinata tilted her head.
"The what?"
Sasuke walked up to the beautiful woman dressed in her wedding gown and situated the three circles on her bun before taking the second part of the crown out of his sash.
"Itachi gave you the rings…" Hanabi gasped, gaining a slight glare from Sasuke. The male placed the Uchiha fan in the center of the crown and smiled.
"It's complete." he chuckled and looked at the two siblings.
"Sasuke-nii-san." Hanabi smiled and held out something in her hand. It was Itachi's necklace. Sasuke gratefully took it in his hand, taking his leave as the two siblings got ready.
"Itachi...I'm sorry and...Thank You."