Disclaimer: Not mine, won't ever be. It belongs to Kishimoto ^.^

A/N: I originally had no intentions of publishing this, but then I did anyway. So please R&R and let me know if I should continue this.

Different World Same Heart

She could barely sleep with the way she was feeling at the moment. This guilt. It was eating her from the inside out. The way her heart clenched every time she thought of doing this special S-rank mission.

The mission required her to strip away her affiliation to Konoha and join the ranks of the Akatsuki. They approached her a few days ago and told her that she had a week to either abandon the village and join them or they would find a way to eliminate her. Off course she told Lady Hokage, Tsunade, about what the Akatsuki told her.

Tsunade thought about it for a while before calling Hinata back a day later to tell her about the conclusion she came to. The conclusion that was this mission.

"This mission can change everything, Hinata. It can save Naruto's life, save the village and gather information on the Akatsuki for Konoha's purpose. If you accept this mission, you will be required to be known as a rogue ninja. I won't file any direct mission to capture you, but nobody must know of this mission. Not Naruto, Neji, or your father, nobody at all. Do you accept, Hinata?" Tsunade asked her and Hinata accepted.

This was the day she would leave and meet up with Kisame Hoshigaki and Itachi Uchiha on the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind. That was what they told her.

"Hinata Hyuga. You have heard now what the terms are. You have one week to meet us on the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind. Do not fail to fail show up or we will find you and eliminate you. We do not know the reason behind why Leader-sama decided to make you join our ranks, but he asked it of us so we shall see it through." Itachi said to Hinata, his partner just standing there, grinning in an eerie way. She just nodded and accepted the terms. Her father always told her to stay calm and so she will. Even when she was shaking to death inside.

She sighed softly and climbed out of her window. It was night time when she left the Hyuga estate, the moon was full and held an odd red glow to it. It was almost as if it knew.

She swiftly jumped from roof to roof, not trusting herself to think too much. She mustn't back out now. Hinata after all, learnt her ninja way from the number one knuckle-head ninja who she admired and loved all at the same time and that ninja was the one and only, Uzumaki Naruto.

She hated herself for doing this. What would Naruto think of me when he finds out? She thought, but quickly shook her head as she jumped down at the gate that lead out of the village.

"Hinata?" a voice called out from behind her. "What are you doing?" she turned around and came face to face with Kiba.

"K-Kiba.. A-ano, I can't t-tell you." She said tapping her fingers together. She may have gotten to elite Jonin rank, but Hinata will always stay Hinata. The one who always stuttered, tapped her fingers together and stayed in the shadows.

"You're leaving aren't you? I thought you weren't stupid enough to join them, Hinata!"He said, his voice getting louder. She flinched almost at every word. Her heart clenched painfully in her chest. She gathered all her strength in herself and spoke without any stutter.

"I'm not sorry, Kiba. You don't know the pain of being alone, you don't know the pain of never being good enough for your own family. You were loved. Do you know the feeling? No. You never will." She said bitterly. The look in his eyes almost made her stop and run back and saying all this was just a joke and everything can go back to normal, but she can't turn back. Anything for Naruto-kun.

"I couldn't sleep and decided to take a walk. Good thing I did, though. Hinata, I'll get sense into you even if I have to beat it into you." He growled out.

She shook her head and appeared behind him with a quick burst of chakra. It happened so fast that even when he tried to turn around to block her, he couldn't. She hit him in the base of the neck, but before he could fall unconscious, she muttered a soft 'I'm sorry'.

With a soft plop, his unconscious body fell in a heap to the ground. She shook her head to clear her head. It was official. She now hated herself for doing this to him and the rest of the village.

With that last thought, she jumped onto the nearest branch and further into the woods. Disappearing into the shadows, leaving Konoha for the last time known as a Konoha Konoichi.

&&Break&&

His eyes felt heavy as he opened them. He briefly wondered what happened before it all came rushing back to him. Hinata.. No.. Kiba thought as he sat up straight. He was in an all white room, the sun was streaming in through the small crack left open by the blue curtrains that hung limply in the window. He figured he was probably in the Hospital.

He still remember two days ago when Hinata told him about the Akatsuki asking her to join them.

"You won't do it will you?" Kiba asked carefully. It wasn't that he didn't trust Hinata, he was just making sure, or that was what he was telling himself. He just wasn't getting a good feeling about them asking Hinata of all people to join them. There has to be another reason to it other than just her talents and bloodline ability. He wasn't as smart as Shikamaru, he couldn't figure out the mind of their leader or how they worked. All he knew was that they wanted Hinata for themselves and own selfish purposes.

"W-what? N-no, off c-course not." Hinata said with a shake of her head and Kiba gave a sigh of relief.

"Well that's a relief! Don't you worry, Hinata, I won't let anything happen to you" He said and turned to her, giving her his famous wolfish grin. Akamaru, who was busy laying idly watching his master talking, gave a bark to say he will also protect her.

"See Hinata? Akamaru says so too" He said, laughing. She just smiled.

A whimper brought him back to reality, he looked next to his bed and came face to face with Akamaru. Akamaru barked out almost in relief for seeing his master awake and alright.

"Ah, I see your awake. Good morning, Kiba" A voice sounded from the door. Kiba's attention immediately reverted to Lady Tsunade, who had just came in at the sound of Akamaru's barking.

"Lady Tsunade?" Kiba said. Tsunade nodded and walked over to stand at his bedside. \

"How are you feeling? You took a nasty bump to your head ." She said.

"I'm feeling fine, Lady Tsunade. What about Hinata?" He asked seriously. Akamaru whimpered from next to him, not liking the tone of his voice.

"What about her? Kiba, what happened?" Tsunade demanded. Kiba turned his head to stare out the window. His eyes held deep sadness for what transpired the previous night. He sighed and told Lady Tsunade what happened.

She almost looked guilty, but nonetheless shocked at what happened.

"I see.. We will have to give the news of Hinata's betrayal this afternoon to the rest of Rookie 9."Tsunade said solemnly. "You may leave when you feel rested enough" she nodded to him and left him alone once again. Her heels clicking in the way she walked.

Akamaru nudged his leg from where he sat next to Kiba's bed. Kiba looked at him and smiled softly at his ninja partner.

"Yeah, Akamaru. I hope she'll be fine too" Kiba said.

&&Break&&

In every nation, people feared the Akatsuki. They were ruthless killers and were known as such. Did they care? Probably not. The organization's name were feared world wide, it didn't matter if the people fearing tha Akatsuki were shinobi.

The bingo book was full of the names of the Akatsuki's names. One Hinata was very familiar with was Itachi Uchiha., the known traitor of Konohagakure. She will soon be joining him, however, in the bingo book. Her father hated her surely by now for leaving. It was better off with them hating her, she thought. They shouldn't know the truth or they'll come searching for her, most likely to try and drag her back to the Hidden Leaf village. Her mission required her to be free of all the ties she holds to the village. She will be back one day, that was a promise.

Kiba's words to her was etched into her mind. It hurt her to think of how he felt. Betrayed by his own team mate, just like what Sasuke did to team 7. She just hoped he wouldn't hurt himself the way Sakura and Naruto do by just thinking of Sasuke. What Shino would do, she didn't know. He always were a bit on the secretive side, but he was her friend nonetheless.

She cleared her mind as soon as her feet touched grass. She scanned the area with her Byakugan to see if Itachi and Kisame were here yet. Luckily not, she thought as she sighed in relief. They were probably still on their way, she was after all still a few hours too early.

Hinata jumped back into the nearest tree that stood next to the river bank. She sat down and laid against the tree, just watching the birds fly over the river. The river was shining brightly because of the setting sun that shone over it. Hinata closed her eyes while Naruto's words took over her mind.

"I'm not gonna run away and I never go back on my word, that is my nindō! My ninja way!"

"To become Hokage is my dream!"

"How can I call myself Hokage, if I can't even save one friend?!"

"I am strong because I have people to protect."

A sudden noise brought her back to reality. Her ninja reflexes immediately activated, she threw a kunai at where she heard the noise.

"Tch. Feisty aren't ya?" A voice said as he walked out of the woods into the clearing. She immediately saw it was Itachi and Kisame. Hinata straightened up and cleared the echoing voice of Naruto in her head. She sighed and jumped down from the tree.

The sun had already set and the moon was now visible in the night sky.

"What is your decision?" Itachi asked, his face remaining stoic.

"I-I have left Konoha." She silently chided herself for stuttering in front of S-ranked criminals. Itachi nodded.

"Wise decision. Are any ninja pursuing you? " He asked. Hinata shook her head, but thought of Kiba. She was sure he wouldn't cause any trouble to them. Sure, he may have told Tsunade about it by now, but they wouldn't take any action yet. By the time that they take action, she and the other two Akatsuki members would be long gone.

"There is only o-one ninja who knows I left, but I'm positive that they will not follow me" Hinata said. Kisame grinned. She inwardly grimaced at the sight. He truly was a sight to behold. Someone who was terrifying just by grinning.

"Good. We leave at day break." Hinata nodded. Itachi on the other hand, looked calm and collected, but she knew better. He was the murderer of the entire Uchiha clan, that was enough to tell her that he was very powerful.

"Hai" She muttered, softly. Itachi turned around and calmly walked to a huge rock that was next to the river bank, beside the tree that she was sitting on a moment ago. He sat down on top of it, a leg propped up lazily near his chest wile the other hung limply from the rock side.

Kisame smirked at her and went to sit cross legged on the ground in front of the rock, Itachi, sat on. Hinata nodded at them and jumped back on the tree. She looked up to the sky while she resumed the position that she was in a while ago before the two partners interrupted her.

She looked up to the sky to the moon. The moon made her miss Konoha, her home, the place where she belonged. She sighed softly and closed her eyes, letting unconsciousness take her.

&&Break&&

"Nani?! Hinata did what?!" Naruto Uzumaki yelled out. Tsunade sighed and rubbed her temples, tiredly. She just relayed the news of Hinata's betrayal to the rest of Rookie 9. She should have known Naruto was going to take the news the worst.

The rest of rookie 9 stared at Tsunade in shock. All thinking of how Hinata could have done that. The Hinata they knew, stuttered and blushed too easily. How could she become a ruthless killer like the Akatsuki members are.

"You heard me Naruto. She left Konoha to join the Akatsuki. Her reasons for doing that, I don't know, but all I do know is that she is now a traitor to Konoha." Tsunade said, solemnly.

His normally happy face, was grim and pale at the news. His shoulders was slumped and his eyes were downcast, his hair was shielding his eyes, making them appear darker. "No.." He mumbled, his voice barely a whisper.

"L-Lady Tsunade-"Sakura began, eyes also wide "-, how did this happen?" She asked. Tsunade shook her head. Kiba and Shino were both in the corner, both choosing not to participate in the conversation since Hinata was their team mate. Akamaru was making soft whimpering sounds at the tension in the room.

The weather seemed fitting enough. The rain was pouring down as thunder shot down in the distance. "A week ago, Hinata came to me to tell me about the Akatsuki, who approached her while she was on a mission to request her to join the ranks. I ordered her to stay low, since we do not know their intention. She told me she had till the end of the week, which was yesterday, to make a decision. They are probably long gone by now" Tsunade said.

Neji, who was silent the whole while, decided to pipe up, "Lady Hinata would never make such a brash decision." He said angrily.

"You all thought Sasuke Uchiha would never traitor Konoha, but look where he is now!" Tsunade yelled. Naruto and Sakura flinching at the harshness of the tone in which she said it. Tsunade took a deep breath to calm herself. All of the Rookie 9 was shocked speechless.

"I'm sorry for this, but it would be best if you forget about Hinata Hyuga" said Tsunade. Naruto snapped his gaze up to her, his eyes furious.

"Never! She's our friend! We all should go to find her, not forget about her!" He yelled. Kiba and Shino's head snapped up at the sudden volume of Naruto's voice. Sakura's eyes widened a bit, but nodded her head in a vigorous manner. All of rookie 9 seemed to agree with Naruto.

Tsunade slammed her hands on the table, standing up. Shizune visibly flinched from her position at the window. "Now you listen to me. Any ninja who goes after Hinata will be violating Konoha's rules and will be named as a traitor, got it? If you go after her, I will have no choice, but to relieve you of your ninja ranks!" she yelled.

Naruto's brow furrowed at the thought of getting relieved of his Ninja duties. He definetely didn't like the sound of that. Not any of the Ninja's liked the sound of that, judging by their shocked faces and furrowed brows.

"This isn't over, Baa-chan. I will get Hinata back to the village some day, maybe not today, but like I once said, how can I one day call myself Hokage, if I can't even save my friends." He said, determination visible in his eyes.

Lee piped up, "The fire of youth burns inside of you Naruto-kun! We shall be one hundred percent at your side!" He yelled, fire visible in his eyes.

Tsunade sighed and rubbed her temples. She sat down. Shizune, with TonTon in her arms, calmed down. "Naruto-baka. You'll get your chance one day, but as you said, its not today. You may all leave now, but remember my words to you" She warned. Rookie 9 nodded and left reluctantly. Naruto and Neji being the last ones out, both held a silent agreement to one day bring Hinata back to Konoha.

"Those baka's.." Tsunade muttered. She silently hoped that Hinata would be fine with the Akatsuki. It's for the best, she kept telling herself.

&&Break&&

Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki, stood in the highest tower that resided in the Rain village known as Amagakure. With Konan, his childhood friend, beside him. His calm gaze was watching the village intently.

"She will only be arriving in a week, Pain. It's useless to think about it now" Konan said from beside him. She clearly knew him best, since she knew how he thought.

He nodded, "Yes, I know. We must hope she will be a good enough member since she has a valuable Kekkei Genkai, the Byakugan." He said. Konan seemed to agree with him.

"I believe that she will. She is one of the best Konoichi's in her village."

TBC

A/N: Please review and tell me what you thought about this and if I should continue this. I don't know what pairing there will be if I continue this story, but I think I have an idea. I'm still open to suggestions, though.