Hinata was practically floating when she returned. The younger woman's date had apparently gone quite well and everyone was very excited for her.

Apparently, Naruto was cleared to know about us, given that we would be aiding him in the fight against Madara.

Well, hopefully, the fight against Madara. Jiraya has just gotten access to the Edo Tensei from the Scroll of Seals, so In a week, we would be making contact with Nagato and attempt to remove the Akatsuki as a whole from this situation.

Or at least, remove him and Konan from the playing field.

And maybe to dredge up a few big guns from history.

With the Uzumaki Mask Shrine known to us, we could even break the hold that the Shinigami had on the past four Hokage, allowing them to be raised with a combination of the Rinnegan and the Edo Tensei.

I sort of feel bad about doing this to the rest of the elemental nations, honestly. By the end of our meddling, we may accidentally end the repeated cycles of war by sheer dint of turning Konoha into an unparalleled superpower.

Eh, Hinata lived there, so I don't really care.

Still, with her mission over, she had a little time off.

Angela had wanted to see the world Hinata came from, and I had to discuss a few things with Tsunade if only to keep up my deal with Strange.

And since I was headed in that direction anyway, I could drop Hinata back in Konoha.

I picked myself off my chair and got dressed.

After I slid my battle-coat over my shoulders I headed out to catch up with Angela. As I was headed there, I was ambushed by Hinata, who tackled me with a hug.

She hung off my shoulders and buried her face in the base of my neck as I reached up to support her.

I patted he head. "Had fun today?"

"It was great! And he promised to never take off the pendant too! I saw it n him when I was leaving!" She told me with a wide grin.

I smiled, "Good, I thought I might have to go there and make sure Naruto knew how to treat you right. He did treat you right, right? The pendant will make sure that he won't die if I have to properly punish him."

"No! Naruto was great! He even remembered that I used to go to get cinnamon buns with Kunerai after the academy and bought me some." She smiled broadly.

I laughed and ruffled her hair, "Don't worry, I won't hurt Naruto. Well, not unless he makes you sad. Then I'll make sure that he will never do it again."

I put Hinata down, walking slow enough for her to excitedly hop along next to me, telling me about the picnic that he had with Naruto. I smiled and nodded and when I came to Angela's room, I heard a camera shutter.

Spinning around, I saw Elizabeth with a DSLR looking at the photo she took of the both of us, "Aww you look so cute!"

She spun the camera around and showed the two of us the picture he took.

The two of us were walking, with the much shorter Hinata handing onto my sleeve as she excitedly babbled about her date.

It was, indeed, quite adorable.

I looked at her, "It looks amazing! Have you been taking a lot of photos?"

"Huh? Oh! Um... I've been taking a lot of photos on my travels." she said shyly, "I have more pictures in my room."

I nodded, "Well, this looks great, and I'm sure the rest look great as well."

She beamed at me, "Do you think I can take pictures of everyone?"

I shrugged, "You can take pictures of me as much as you want, but you should probably ask the others if they are fine with it."

She nodded, "Oh! Where's Raven, by the way? I've gotten permission from Angela and Gwen, but I haven't been able to meet her."

"She's in Jump City," I informed her, "You probably want to get there soon, her patrols are going to be in about three-ish hours?"

Elizabeth nodded and then scampered off, running towards the portal room.

I knocked on the door and and was quickly greeted with a vision of beauty.

Angela had a pure-white dress wrapped around her, a golden belt holding it closed. Her feet clad in a pair of strappy golden heels over a sheer hose that disappeared into her skirts. Her wing poked out of the back of her dress, fitted to a less armoured version of her outfit.

My eyes finally moved up to her face, framed with loose golden curls, her face blushing as I stood there speechless, "My angel, you look… Divine."

I lent down a little and started kissing her, the brilliant, beautiful woman in front of me melting into my front as I ravaged her mouth. As I released her she leaned into my side cuddling close to me.

"Um… Jon?" Hinata sked.

I turned in surprise, I'd forgotten that the other girl was with us.

She poked her fingers together, "Can we go now?"

I scratched the back of my head in embarrassment as Angela buried her face into my side. "Haha, sure thing."

POV SHIFT: HINATA HYUUGA

The opening of the portal was always a little scary.

The sound it made was quiet but powerful, and I felt it shake my bones every time it opened, and I had to close my eyes not to be overwhelmed by the light. I didn't dare look at it again with the Byakugan.

But at least it was over quickly, and we soon had a way back to Konoha.

We stepped through the gateway and appeared deep in the forests. I turned around and let Jon pick me up as he took to the skies.

Flying with Jon was different from flying with Angela or Raven, It felt like we were just standing there and Jon was moving the entire orld around us so that we could get to where we wanted to go.

It might not be as exciting as flying with the others, but it felt safe.

I fiddled with my bow as we touched down outside the gates to Konoha, the two guards bowing deeply to Jon.

We were escorted immediately to the Hokage tower, the Gate guards signalling for ANBUto clear the way for our passage.

Before long, I found myself across from Tsunade, giving my report on my meeting with Jiraya and Naruto.

"Good Job, Hinata. I think that will be all for now, I expect that you will want to rest after that mission, so why don't you catch up with your team? I will need to speak with Jon and Angela now."

I nodded and after bowing to everyone, I left.

It wasn't long befoe I found myself with the remining members of the rookie nine.

"Well isn't someone happy?" Ino called out as she saw me, "What happen, did Naruto take you out on a date?"

I saw their eyes widen as my face warmed up.

I grabbed my shoulder, "Really!?"

"Um… I stumbled across him on my mission?" I squeaked out. Ahri-san wouldn't like that.

Ino's smile was scary, "What was it like! Was it a good date?"

I tried to shink back, but my new outfit didn't have a hood like my old one, and Ino wouldn't let me do that anyway, "Oh no! I've been waiting for years to find out if the two of you would get together! You aren't keeping the details from me now!"

"Ino, let her go." Shikamaru commanded.

Ino tried to wave him off, but she suddenly froze.

I nodded geatfully to Shikamaru as she walked Ino back to her seat.

"She will be troublesome if you don't tell her anything though," Shikamaru offered.

"It was great." I said, but I couldn't get the words to come out cleanly.

Choji looked at me in confusion, "What did you say?"

"IT WAS GREAT!" I forced out.

I looked around the show and saw the other customers stare at me before quickly turning back to their food.

"What did you do? Did you kiss?" Asked Sakura quietly.

I poked my fingers together, "Well, he brought me a picnic lunch in the forest and we talked while we talked for a while. It was really nice."

Ino wasn't distracted though, "You didn't asnwer my question, did you kiss?"

I just blushed and looked at my plate, unable to look at Ino who had broken free from Shikamaru's technique and was celebrating, demanding that the staff bring a round of drinks for the table.