The Uzumaki Brigade

Naruto and Hinata landed on top of the Hokage tower. They silently opened the door to the 2nd floor, and tip-toed inside. They nodded to each other and proceeded down the hall towards the location of the scroll storage area. It would be in a location where no one could get to it without risking life and limb. It WAS the Forbidden Scroll they were after.

Naruto had a strange feeling. Not the 'haha" kind, but the very unpleasant kind. It felt like his chakra was being removed from his body. It must be a security measure taken by Old Man Sarutobi. Naruto feared there may be other traps nearby. He signaled to Hinata to turn back, but she only shook her head. She felt the draining as well, but with Minato supplying her with excess chakra, she would be able to maintain stability for another half hour before Minato would stop sending her chakra. Naruto simply placed his head in his hands. What was he going to do with her? But regardless, he loved the devotion she showed to their relationship.

Naruto decided now was the time to put his guard up and take the cautious way in. He channeled chakra through his body, then made the hand seals for bunshin. His chakra molded inside him, and he released fifteen clones that spawned behind the couple. He stared at his look-alikes, and nodded to them. One stepped forward and began to lead the group. Not even ten steps into the hallway, spears shot out of the wall, piercing the illusion, which 'poofed'. Another took the lead, and they continued.

They reached the end of the hallway and stood before the door that lead to the scroll storage area. The original opened the door, quickly jumping back. The clone stayed where he was, and three kunai sliced through his head. He vanished with a 'poof'.

Naruto signaled to the other clones to spread out and search for the scroll. They silently advanced, leaving Naruto and Hinata to proceed at their leisure. Holding hands, they observed each shelf not checked by the clones. After fifteen minutes went by, a clone stepped over to the pair, and signaled that the scroll was found. They quickly moved to where the clone was waiting, and observed the plague in front of them. It said 'FORBIDDEN SCROLL OF KONOHA', and Naruto smirked. They had found the scroll, and it only took twenty minutes.

Naruto grabbed the scroll slowly, careful of another trap. When nothing happened, Hinata smirked as well, and they turned around to leave. They made their way back to the roof with all the stealth and speed that befitted their titles. Naruto called Ryu quietly, and they made their escape.

The duo stood in the field behind the Hokage monument, waiting for Gimmy to wake up. They were very impatient, well Naruto was, and everything about him was beginning to rub off on Hinata. Naruto slipped his thumb under the seal, and pulled the parchment from the wooden tube. He could barely contain himself as he noticed rare jutsu after rare jutsu. He looked at Hinata, and she looked at him. They nodded and began to memorize the content.

The first jutsu was one they were slightly familiar with. Naruto ran his eyes over every word, making sure that he understood all the details. If his theory was correct, then this jutsu could make him infinitely more powerful.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu? Shadow clones?" asked Hinata.

"From the description, anyone who uses this jutsu can learn other jutsus faster, retain any memories that the clone maintained, and actually has a physical form, making it a useful battle technique. It also says they can be used for recon. Downside is it takes a much larger amount of chakra to use."

"Lets try it. I think that this could help us in the long run."

They both got up, and took ten steps backwards. They crossed their hands with their index and middle fingers out. The chakra they summoned left them extremely tired, but they pressed on, willing the energy to mold for the jutsu. When the two felt that it was ready, they released all the energy.

"KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" they cried out.

Naruto felt like a bomb was going off inside his head. He saw stars, planets, and galaxies themselves. Was this the universe? Was this what Gimmy said he'd be a part of? Naruto could barely contain himself at the immenseness of it all. Yet, fear gripped him like an iron claw. He would be protecting all of this, and each opponent would become significantly more harder than the last. Naruto accepted this, and was ready to lay down his life for this cause.

Hinata was having a different vision, she was at a wedding. Not hers unfortunately, but that of some blue-haired boy that looked to be about Gimmy's age. She was in a crowd of strangers, some were young, other were old. Then she noticed Gimmy and Darry among these people. The only thing was that this Gimmy looked to be a few years younger than the one she knew. And hadn't Darry died? What happened to Hinata?

It was like she was taken back in time, or something like that. She walked over to Gimmy. But when she tried to talk to him, she was ignored, like she wasn't there. This baffled the purple-haired girl. Then the music played, and she looked down the isle, to see the most beautiful girl ever. She was wearing a bright white gown carrying the most amzing bouquet of flowers Hinata had ever seen. The girl's hair was a bright blue, which contrasted the groom's dark blue hair quite well. The ritual went on like any other wedding, and the two newly-wed couple kissed.

Hinata then saw something unexpected. The girl was beginning to vanish and everyone in the crowd gasped. Her body was dissipating, and the groom just looked on, holding her like he knew this would happen. She had the feeling he did know, and accepted the inevitable.

When the bride had comepletly vanished, her ring, the only thing left, fell to the ground and rolled over to the feet of a red-headed woman in a suit. Why a suit, Hinata only guessed she was the tom-boy type of girl. She picked it up, and the dream ended. She wanted to find out the truth, but she knew that Gimmy would tell her…in time. Hinata woke up in the field, right beside Naruto, who also looked like he woke from a dream.

The area around them was covered in smoke, and niether of the two could see. They waited for a few moments for the smoke to clear, and they gasped. Standing in front of Hinata was about ten clones that looked exactly like her, but had an actual form. She looked over to Naruto, who had only…thirty clones? WTF? Each one of his clones bowed to him, showing true respect. Hinata looked at her clones to see the same thing from them.

Naruto was unsure what happened, but he gathered that he succeeded in making shadow clones. In front of him stood thirty clones with an actual body. They bowed to him, and a wide grin spread across his face. He succeeded, and so had Hinata he saw. He walked over to her, and gave her a giant kiss, tasting her salty lips once more.

Fireworks danced in his head, and Hinata looked like she was in Heaven. He felt the same way, and he knew that now, they would become unstoppable. He put his arm around her shoulders, and gestured over to the scroll. They walked over to it, the clones already beginning to study the works listed within.

Naruto noted a technique called 'shunshin' that teleported the user and other people in close proximity to the user towards a location within a three mile radius of their current position. This must be the technique used by the cougar. He began to note the requirements, and instructed his clones to begin training this jutsu. Ten rushed off to perform this task, while the others waited for commands to be relayed to them.

Hinata was looking for the resurrection jutsu that the couple had originally intended to use. This was the whole reason they stole the damn scroll. She memerized the details and had her ten clones also memerize them, just to be safe. She didn't want them to use the jutsu yet, to risky. Naruto apparently decided to take a few other techniques from the parchment as ten of his clones ran off into the forest nearby. She also noticed a ninjutsu about deflecting projectiles within the paper. It was apparently for Hyuugas only. She decided to make that her top priority now.

She looked over the details, and was amazed at what the unusual ability did. It looked like the user simply spun their body in a 360* degree and released chakra from their body creating a wall that halted the progression of all weapons that came within a few feet of the user. The only flaw was if the attack came from below, as the chakra only went to where the ground was. She still decided that it was worth knowing and studied every detail.

After about twenty minutes went by, Gimmy came out of the forest, followed by five Naruto clones. Everyone halted what they were doing, and rushed over to the six arrivals.

"It might be just me, but I think I'm seeing multiples of Naruto and Hinata."

Naruto (the original) walked over to Gimmy. "Chill dude, we just learned a new jutsu that clones us…to a degree."

Gimmy still looked confused, but he just nodded and decided to drop the subject. " So can you really bring Darry back? Please say yes! I don't think I can live without her! She was my life, and without her…I feel like a shell…"

Hinata understood that feeling, when Naruto went away to take his test, she felt the same loss. She knew that it was the right thing to do, bringing Darry back to life. Hinata also felt partially responsible for what happened to her anyways, being it was a Hyuuga that killed her. She nodded and grabbed his hand.

"Gimmy, I need a fond memory of Darry, this is the basis of the technique. Now think hard, and I will perform the jutsu."

Hinata began to run through the handsigns, with a lightning pace. Dog, dragon, rat, snake, rooster, tiger, ox, tiger, dragon, snake, dog. She finished molding her remaining chakra, exahstion looming over her. She felt Gimmy's memory, but couldn't see it. She released the chakra, and executed her jutsu.

The ground began to shake, and suddenly, a coffin erupted from the ground in front of Hinata. She had a feeling she knew what was inside. Gimmy had the same idea too. The wooden door opened, and out stepped Darry, looking like she did just yesterday.

"Wh-What happened, I was talking with Kamina for a moment, and next thing I know, I'm right here…Gimmy, is that you? B-But…That girl killed me! I felt it, and the cold embrace of death…wait…Hinata?…NO!…YOU DIDN'T…"

"Darry, I couldn't live without you. I just had to do this. Nothing in the world was the same without you. Please Darry, you have to understand!"

She walked up to Gimmy, and just stood there, looking at him. Then without warning, she slapped him across the face, a blush apparent on hers. Gimmy looked like he would cry, but then, Darry hugged him. It was the romantic reunion Hinata knew it would be. She walked over to Naruto, who placed his arm around her. They walked away, dispelling their clones, and receiving the knowledge that each had gained.

It was a happy ending for everyone, Hinata thought. She got to be with Naruto, Gimmy got to be with Darry, and the two ninjas learned a few jutsus. But Hinata just abandoned her family tonight, so a new problem arised. She could no longer return home to her disowned family. There was only one logical solution to this, and Hinata began to blush when it crossed her mind.

"Ummm, Naruto, since I no longer have a family or a home to return to, c-can I live at y-your h-house? I promise to help pay rent and such. I swear I won't be a burden."

Five thoughts ran through the head of the boy, three of them were perverse, two of those didn't even belong to him. Naruto felt his conscious shouting at him, but he couldn't hear it over Ryu's incessant laughter and goading.

I can't believe what I'm hearing! Hinata, wants to stay at my house! Oh god, what do I do? I can't turn her down, she has no where to live! But if she stays with me…

He suddenly got a nose bleed, and he fell to the ground unconscious, his face a deep red.

"N-Naruto-kun?"