Uzumaki Tower.

Pain speaks to the Akuzura members "Okay now as you know the incoming war is coming soon and we must prepare, we currently have the forces of several villages on our side therefore we should split up and rid the opponent of any more powerful members and complete bounties to fund our reconstruction project."

"Okay we shall operate in pairs and they shall be this." Pain takes out a list.

"Deidara & Sasori, Hidan & Kakuzu you will remain teammates."

"Ah man, why?" Hidan says hoping for another teammate.

"Are you saying I'm a bad teammate?" Kakuzu asks.

"Well you just care too much about money, what do you think the world revolves around money?" Hidan mentions.

Kakuzu gets slightly humorous. "Yes."

"Ugh, I'm not going to argue." Hidan just realized that what he said was a truth that Kakuzu liked to say quite a lot, it was nowhere near insulting.

"Well my man, we're still partners." Deidara says to his man.

"Don't get cocky with me Deidara." Sasori says already annoyed.

"Hehe, take it easy my man." Deidara says assuring his partner.

"Now if I may continue." Pain says then continuing his list.

"Naruto you shall be with Hinata, I'm assuming that's fine."

"Yes." Naruto says.

"It's fine." Hinata adds.

They give each other a kind simile gesturing they were happy to be with the other.

"Sidra, you and Hikari will be a pair."

Both Sidra and Hikari nod and don't give any sound.

"Orochimaru and Yukiko you two will be together, I think that will work."

"Okay." Yukiko says.

"Very well." Orochimaru saying it like he was going to kill his partner.

'She will be interesting as a partner indeed.' The Sannin thinks to himself.

"Karin and Suigetsu and Daku will be a trio."

"Finally Konan and myself will operate."

"Now then, allow me to assign your missions."

While Pain assigns each of the Akuzura missions they each leave instantly.

XXXXXX

"So Hinata our first mission together, are you excited?" Naruto asks.

Hinata similes and gives her response. "Yes, I am."

Naruto and Hinata were assigned to go to the Northern Konoha Anbu Outpost to get detailed plans of the entire Anbu system and get an advantage over Danzo's forces.

"You know Hinata, you've changed a lot these past weeks."

Hinata looked at Naruto wondering what he meant.

"I mean, you used to be shy and timid, but now look you're fighting without fear, and I'm sure your a lot stronger then before."

Hinata hadn't noticed much, Naruto was right she had changed.

"It's thanks to you Naruto, I've always looked on to you."

"Thanks Hinata."

"Freeze!" 5 Anbu jumped out of nowhere and surrounded the 2.

"You're both under arrest!" The Anbu said.

"Hinata now's the time to fight, but are you ready we might have to kill here."

Hinata pauses for a moment. "I'm ready."

"If you're done talking." The Anbu interrupts.

"We're not going down." Hinata said.

"Without a fight." Naruto finished.

"Attack!" The Anbu said.

The 5 Anbu charged at the 2 standing back to back.

Naruto nods to Hinata then he jumps high above the Anbu.

"Eight-Trigrams Defense 64 Palms." Rotating her palms at a high speed Hinata repels at 5 Anbu with superior force.

"Giant Rasengan!" Naruto comes down on one of the Anbu with Rasengan, an enormous explosion occurs, sending him in the blue vortex flying into the rocks behind him, the Anbu after the blast, his skin was torn, muscles damaged, his mouth spewed blood, a large tear in his stomach where Naruto strikes him. He was dead and with one shot no less.

Hinata looks over and sees Naruto's power, she nods and looks to another Anbu.

Hinata was gone instantly in a shadow, the Anbu gasps, but it didn't last long, Hinata's palm had struck him in the back hard immobilizing him. Next a kunai struck the Anbu in the neck killing at the instant of touch.

The remaining 3 Anbu did the hand signs for fire, and they all breathed fireballs they were nothing compared to Itachi's or Sidra's power nor size so it was easy to dodge, but neither Naruto or Hinata moved.

Both held our their palms and called out a move.

"Almighty Push."

"Eight-Trigrams Vacuum Palm."

The 2 repelling attacks make the fire completely disappear in smoke and dispel.

"AHHH!" The 3 Anbu are sent flying into the ground smoke emitted from their bodies. They couldn't move they were dead already.

"Good job, Hinata."

"It was nothing." Neither Naruto or Hinata had used close to full power in this battle it wasn't even a challenge.

Naruto and Hinata left the scene not seeing that Neji and Hiashi were tailing them looking on in shock and anger.

XXXXXX

Northern Anbu Black Ops Outpost

"This is it." Naruto says looking at the heavily guarded outpost.

"This won't be easy."

"Naruto, keep them distracted, I'll go in." Hinata says.

"What?" Naruto was surprised she wanted to go alone.

"But shadow jutsu will hide me from them."

"Okay I trust you."

"I'll get you an opening."

Hinata disappears in a shadow.

Naruto jumps high from the bush the 2 were hiding in, and faces both his palms at the Outpost.

"ALMIGHTY PUSH!" Naruto's red blast wave went right to the outpost with the Kyuubi's chakra ready and powerful.

The blast completely devastated the outpost the walls fell the roof smashed the Anbu in the outpost either went flying or were killed by the blast or the crumbling walls.

Hinata watched, since she was a shadow the walls simply went through her.

Hinata looked through the wreckage and found the files in a vault, though the vault's door was open from Naruto's blast, it was too easy this way.

Hinata picks up and the files and goes back outside to meet Naruto the mission was successful.

Naruto and Hinata shared a small kiss for their first mission success.

"I wouldn't kiss if I were you." Someone says. "Step away from that demon fox daughter." Another voice adds.

"Huh." Hinata knew this voice.

Neji and Hiashi stood right in front of them.

"Father and brother." Hinata says the first time she was very unhappy to see them.

"Now Hinata, I'll say this once, surrender now, you know you can't win." Neji says to Hinata.

"You're wrong, I can win, I have Naruto's support on my side and I've grown a lot stronger since you last saw me."

"And after all branch family members can't win against the main family." Hinata did this just to add in the drama, Neji turned angry from the moment she said it.

"Why you, you're really pushing your luck now Hinata." Neji had his Byakugan ready it didn't take the veins to show he was enraged.

"Though I may be a branch family member, I'm enough to defeat you, I did it once before."

Hinata and Naruto both clenched at this mention. Neji and Hinata fought once before during the Chunin exams and in that match Neji won without even going full out, also in the match Naruto tried to stand up for Hinata, but Neji made that even worse by taunting them both.

"It's different here, Hinata's going to kick your butt!" Naruto yells at Neji.

"Enough." Hiashi interferes. "Let me talk with you Hinata, just listen to my words."

Hinata deactivates Byakugan and listens "Okay father."

"Listen Hinata, you've done some horrible things, and going up to killing is the biggest disgrace of the Hyuga I've seen since Hikari abandoned us, but I offer you a peace treaty."

"What is it?" Hinata was curious, but she didn't let down her guard.

"If you surrender now I will make sure you don't have any charges against you, you will only serve the clan in the branch, that is all I can offer."

"So you plan to make me another caged bird?" Hinata says angrily.

"Your actions cannot go unpunished." Hiashi reacts.

Hinata took her arms out of the Akatsuki cloak and wore the cloak more like a cape to signal she was getting ready for battle.

"Hinata, you are stronger than before, much stronger and I congratulate you on learning the Shadow movement jutsu, however if you choose to be a criminal for that demon fox brat you can either be brought to justice or killed, it's your choice."

"I won't chose, the option is that Naruto and I will restore the Uzumaki clan together, maybe I'll leave the Hyuga for good."

"You dare betray the clan for that pathetic excuse for a ninja?"

"Watch your tongue or I'll tear it off old man!" Naruto got angry, he was still insulted no matter who's side he was on.

"We love each other, and I think he's a great ninja." Hinata replied.

"He is strong correct, but he is criminal too." Hiashi debated.

"So what?" Hinata replied back, these words were like swords to the heart.

"Hinata cease this foolishness or else!" Neji took his fighting stance.

Hinata didn't feel intimidated nor scared, she was angry and confident now "Or else what, you're nothing compared to me, you may have beaten me before, but not now."

"You asked for it." Hinata and Neji took the gentle fist stance ready for attack or defense. Naruto and Hiashi stood back to let the 2 Hyuga fight.

Hinata and Neji charged at each other and threw 2 palms at each other both charged with focused chakra, they collided palm vs palm sending them both back.

Neji attacked again, but his palm never reached it's target, Hinata was gone the moment he strikes.

Hinata appeared behind Neji and struck him in the back shutting off the chakra and sending Neji falling face first.

'Impressive.' Hiashi thinks to himself, though he shouldn't vote for the enemy he was impressed.

"Ugh." 'That shadow jutsu, she really has mastered it.' Neji thinks.

'Alright, I have to move faster than she can dodge.'

"Eight-Trigrams, 2 Palms!" Neji unleashes his attack, the attack seems to make contact so Neji continues.

"4 Palms!"

"8 Palms!"

"16 Palms!"

"32 Palms!" At this hit Neji stood and looked that his attacks were hits, but Hinata didn't seem fazed.

"64 Palms!"

When Neji was done with the attack, Hinata still stood in fact it didn't look like she took a single amount of damage.

"How could this be?!" Neji asks.

Hinata closes her eyes and smirks the same way Neji did when he thought he had already won the battle.

"Isn't it obvious brother?"

"Even though a shadow is visible to the eye, you can't hit what's not there." Hinata states letting Neji figure it out.

"A shadow?, not there?" 'What does that all mean?" Neji thinks to himself, normally he was a genius and could figure it out easily, but not now.

"Okay a shadow, I can't hit what's not there?"

"Too late!" Hinata rushes in and hits Neji right in the chest sending him flying backwards and down on his back.

"How do you like being on the other end of that attack?" Hinata mentions this because Neji had done the same move to her during the Chunin exam battle.

"I like it very much thank you." Neji jumps back and throws his palm at Hinata, but the wounds he had were too much and Hinata could easily avoid it, Hinata side-steps enough to avoid the attack and slams down on Neji's arm, in a similar way Neji did once again at the chunin exams.

Neji steps back in retreat knowing Hinata hit his chakra points hard.

"You've grown Hinata, but I refuse to lose to you here." Neji says.

'Foolish brother.' Hinata thinks to herself, she knew Neji was nothing compared to her now.

"Gentle Fist, Twin Lion Flamethrower!" Hinata unleashes her massive blue fire attack from the roaring lions on her fists.

'Oh no' Neji spins to try and deflect the attack. "Rotation."

The blast and Neji's rotation collide, the blast made Neji's palm feel like they were on fire, as the fire attack though made only a few days ago was already very powerful.

Neji's rotation explodes sending both Neji and Hinata backwards from the impact and recoil.

'I've seen enough.' Hiashi thinks knowing the battle is over.

Suddenly Neji falls down his hands had flame blisters and his arm's and back's chakra was stopped, he couldn't move even if he wanted to.

"Sorry brother, I win." Hinata moves in only walking with her roaring lion fist for the final attack.

Just as Hinata strikes down, Hiashi stops the attack at the last minute catching Hinata's arm restraining all but an inch of movement. The fire burned Hiashi's palm badly, but he refused to let go.

"Let me go father, I won this match."

"No, I won't let you, I know you only want the branch family to be free, but this is not the way to do it." "Ugh." He grunts as the flames grew bigger.

"Look at Hikari she's like this because of the curse mark you put on her, and Neji those years ago you saw how ruthless he was because of it."

"I know, I feel pity for you and them, but it's the Hyuga way and no one can stop it, not even me."

"But I will." Hinata's lion fist becomes an inferno forcing Hiashi to let go.

"We'll settle this sometime soon." Hinata disappears into a shadow and reappears beside Naruto.

"Listen up Hyuga and all other clans of Konoha, we're coming, believe it." This "believe it" was not cheerful, it was serious and dark, the only believe it that Naruto has said in his life that had that tone, the 2 Hyuga knew it meant something bad was coming.

Naruto and Hinata disappeared in smoke.

Neji struggled but he got his words out "She's not the same, I may have lost here, but I won't lose again, remember that Hinata."

Naruto and Hinata have never really overpowered their friends in battles, so it's nice to see them being the overpowered ones this time.