PLEASE READ: I published this story here on before but due to a busy schedule, I had to delete it because I simply had no time to publish new chapters. To those who are reading this and were following this story before it got deleted, don't worry. I'm the original author.

Anyways, the story I've written here is similar to RTN but has been altered in some ways. I guess you can say the story is au 0.0 As the story progresses, I'll explain to you readers out there the parts that are the same and the ones that got changed. For now, here's some things you might need to know for this chapter:

1) Naruto and Sakura (the actual characters) go into the RTN World still.

2) Sakura (RTN) is already in the actual Naruto world (remember that episode "Road to Sakura").

3) One thing I changed - When Tobi does Tsukiyomi, nothing 'flashy' like a vortex appears.

Other things you should know:

- This story is based off a roleplay I did with a friend a long time ago. The posts can be found on tumblr under my url, hyuga-hinata.

- This story has a POV involving Sasuke and Hinata (so I guess you can say it's an omniscient but I don't give the thoughts and feelings of any other characters besides Sasuke and Hinata sooo)

Well, I hope you enjoy the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

`tsuginomai

How to capture the jinchuuriki…

There has to be a way to attain him…

I wonder…

…

…

…

…That's it.

But first, I need to get him.

In order to do that, I need to find a way that will persuade him to walk right into my trap…

Yet he won't realize that it's a trap.

Hmmm…

Let's see…

...

...

...

Using his closest comrades…

It might work.

I've already got Sakura Haruno.

All I need is Sasuke Uchiha…

Good.

That might lead him out.

Out and into my grasp.

We'll just have to see.

Prepare yourself…

…Menma.

~x~

It was late at night and Sasuke was aimlessly wandering around the village of Konoha so that he could kill some time. As he was doing so, he took the time to admire his 'beautiful' playboy features. Perfect, he thought. Despite how he didn't want to head back home just yet, Sasuke was exhausted for no particular reason. It was a weird feeling but he decided to ignore it. Continuing to stroll along down the section of the village he was in, Sasuke abruptly heard a loud screeching sound echo from afar.

Wh-What was that? A bit frightened, the raven haired playboy quickened his pace. Sasuke was glad it was night time because if anyone saw him like this, it would highly tarnish his reputation as the strong willed playboy he was known for. Looking in all different directions besides face front, he wasn't actually surprised when he felt himself collide into another person. The thing that surprised him though was how there was someone else besides him walking around the village during this time. After the sudden collision, both Sasuke and the person he plowed into fell down to the ground.

Ugh…

He took a moment to let the shock that ran through his body subside. For some reason, the collision hurt. After bringing himself back up, he began to rub his ass. Yup. It was bruised alright. At that point, he didn't care whether or not this incident was his fault. Sasuke wanted an apology.

"Whoever you are, you better say sor-"

Before he was able to complete his sentence, he didn't expect to see the person he was looking at right now. A small smirk smeared across his face as he walked up to this person, completely forgetting about the pain he was feeling a few seconds ago. "Hinata, babe. I surely didn't expect to find you here. How are you? And how come you're walking around the streets at night? Alone especially?"

Tch. Sasuke Uchiha. The least person I'd want to see, Hinata mused. "Uchiha. Who would've thought." As she brought herself off the ground, she began to dust off the dirt that got onto her clothes. "Just great. You know, you better watch where you're going next time or else…"

Sasuke watched as Hinata stood up from the ground and began dusting off her clothes. While she was doing that, Sasuke couldn't help but admire her physical attributes. If he were to rate Hinata on a scale of one to ten, he would give her an eight. Maybe even a nine… He just thought she was that attractive. But no matter. There were plenty of attractive women he could pick out there.

"Hey now. Don't be like that. Here. How about I walk you home. It's my way of saying sorry. Besides… it's dangerous for a girl like you to be walking alone at night. You know what I'm saying?" he winked. Walking over to Hinata's side, he put an arm over her shoulder. He couldn't help it. It was one of those playboy urges he had.

Hinata was just about ready to punch the Uchiha in the face but she kept her cool. She let out a sigh in annoyance. "Still acting like a playboy as always. Geez. I thought you already quit acting like a playboy because you were in love with Sakura and shit." She shook Sasuke's arm off her shoulder. "Look, I can walk home by myself alright. I don't need anyone to walk me home. Especially if that person is you. Don't take it personally… but just go back to wherever you came from and get lost or something. Mkay'?" Without waiting for his response, Hinata turned around and began to depart.

Sasuke sighed in disbelief. He was losing his cool. No one ever rejects him, Sasuke Uchiha. "Hinata. Babe. Please don't be like that. Come on... Let me walk you home…" Right when he was about to go after her, a strong wind suddenly blew out of nowhere. He knew it was strong because as soon as it hit him, he almost fell in the direction that the wind was hitting him in. "What the hell…" After blinking simultaneously, he was surprised to find a masked man stand right before him. The Uchiha gave a good look at the masked stranger before letting any words come out from his mouth.

"Wh-Who the hell are you?"

"Sasuke Uchiha…"

"...Yes?"

"You will be put in a dojutsu of reality."

"...Wait, what? Wh-What are you saying? The fuck… Tell me, who are you? What are you doing here? Wh-" Before Sasuke could finish, he was struck with surprise when he saw Hinata come out from nowhere and plant herself right in front of him.

"Hinata."

"Heh. I had feeling you were in trouble Uchiha. Who would've thought that you'd be such a weakling," she teased. Realigning herself, Hinata took a moment to stand ground. With her byakugan activated, she was just about ready to defend herself and Sasuke from any attack the masked man might unleash. Maybe she was going a bit too overboard with the defense... but really, they can't afford to get too relaxed about this. Especially since the man standing before them was someone they've never seen before and that he appeared from thin air.

"Hinata. Hinata Hyuga…"

The Hyuga gave a strange look to the masked man. "Hey. Who are you? What brings you here?"

"…"

Hearing no response from the masked stranger, Hinata was just about ready to charge until the man started to make what it looked like hand jutsu signs. The man was also mumbling some phrases to himself as well. None of them sounded familiar whatsoever. One of the phrases Hinata was able to catch however was 'Tsukiyomi'. Before they knew it, the man fled and the both of them weren't able to catch him do so. It was almost as if it happened in a blink of an eye. Taking some to envelop what just happened, they couldn't help but have perplexed looks appear on their faces.

"…Hinata, what just happened?" Sasuke questioned.

Getting out of her defense, she let out a slight 'tch' noise before responding. "How the hell am I supposed to know? Can't you see that I look just as confused as you do?"

Still unable to not fully comprehend what happened just yet, the two began to look around when they noticed the sun start to arise in the distant horizon.

The confused look on Hinata's face became more apparent. "It's morning already?"

"It is? Wait. If it's morning, then that means… that means I've been walking around the village all of last night?" Sasuke realized, clapping his hands to his face.

Before things could get any more complicated, both ninjas looked back when they heard the sound of footsteps approaching them.

Awww man. Who could this be now? Sasuke thought as he waited to see who the person was. With the morning sunlight in their way, it was difficult to tell.

When the person finally stopped a few feet away from them, Hinata was glad yet disgusted to find that it was just her perverted cousin Neji. "Oh. Neji-nii. What a surprise…" Not really, she rolled her eyes, "So, what brings you out here this early in the morning?"

"Hinata-sama! This is where you've been all night?! Good grief! And what… J-Just what do you think you're wearing?"

Hinata noticed Neji's face turn a bright red color right when he asked that. "This is what I usually wear," she responded, quite baffled at why he was acting so surprised. She always wore her jacket, crop top (I don't know c:), shorts, and boots so Hinata wasn't exactly sure why her cousin asked that.

What caught both Sasuke and Hinata's attention was how the bright red color on Neji's face immediately faded away and that in an instant, he got into some sort of fighting stance. The thing that shocked the both of them the most though was that the direction Neji was facing was in Sasuke's direction. With the way he was posed and all, he was basically saying that he wanted to attack the Uchiha.

Hinata put her hands up in air in a staggered notion. "Ey, Neji-nii. Don't worry. Sasuke didn't do anything to harass me in any way. Really. So there's no need for you to-"

If the situation wasn't where it was right now, a smile could've appeared on Sasuke's face right then and there. Finally… after a long period of waiting, Hinata called him by his actual name and not 'Uchiha'.

"Hinata-sama, please! Stand back! Don't get too close to him!"

Hinata's eyes widened. "What? Come on. Listen to me! Sasuke didn't do anything wrong. Seriously!"

"Why are you acting like this? You're not acting like yourself… Whatever. Anyways, have you already forgotten? Sasuke Uchiha here has been classified as a highly wanted rogue ninja. "

Sasuke was confused as fuck. He didn't know what exactly was going on… but one thing's for sure. The atmosphere of the village had changed. For some reason, it was different than usual. He only just realized this feeling after Neji called him a Rogue ninja. Wait…

"R-Rogue ninja?!" Sasuke repeated. The phrase lingered on the tip of his tounge. Being called a 'Rogue ninja' felt a lot worse than the time those girls rejected him. That, for Sasuke, wasn't a good thing at all.

"Neji-nii, what are you talking about? Just because you don't like Sasuke as much doesn't give you the right to say all this bull about him."

"Seriously Hinata-sama. You're acting very different than usual… Honestly… What's gotten into you?"

"Are you in your right state of mind right now? Like, I should be the one asking you that! You're the one who's been acting different! You usually act like a fucking pervert."

"W-Watch you're language! Tch. I don't have time for this... Sasuke. If you don't want to create a hassle, just silently turn yourself in."

Sasuke sweatdropped. Then why does it still look as if you're about ready to attack me? If you wanted it to turn out that way all along, then I suggest you drop it. "I'm curious though. What did I do to make you think I'm some sort of rogue ninja?"

Hearing no response, the two watched as Neji heaved a big sigh before activated his byakugan. "Sorry Sasuke. Since you won't hand yourself over… I guess I have no choice."

A gut instinct sputtered in Sasuke's stomach so he made sure to jump back right before Neji was able to launch on attack on him. The Uchiha was glad to have dodged the attack… but he was still scared as hell.

"H-Hey now Neji. It's me… Sasuke. I'm not a rogue ninja. I never even left the village so I can't be," he told him, "I thought you were my homie! Er… I thought we were homedawgs for life!" Sasuke took the opportunity to take another step backward away from Neji.

Oh no, this is bad, Hinata thought as she watched her cousin ignore what Sasuke had said and deliberately continue to attack him, If it continues to go on like this, Sasuke might be in real trouble. Before Neji could deliver what it looked like his final blow, Hinata quickly pushed Neji to the side as hard as she could, grabbed Sasuke by the hand, and began running in the direction that lead them to where she thought the outskirts of the village was. She apparently did not think that through but on a situation like that, she didn't need to.

'Hinata-sama!…' Was the last thing they heard from Neji before they completely lost sight of him.

~x~

Hinata Hyuga…

Who would've thought I'd have to drag her into this other world as well...

But no matter.

As long as Sasuke Uchiha is in…

Then it doesn't matter who else comes in.

Menma…

Jinchuuriki…

Be prepared.

The worst is yet to come.

~x~

"I don't think the person back there was actually Neji. I mean come on. The Neji we know is a pervert!" Sasuke stated, still clearly baffled by Neji's actions. With luck, the two were able to get away from the chaos that occurred which was Neji and hide themselves in a place full of tall trees located right next to the walls that surrounded Konoha.

"Well thanks for pointing that out captain obvious," Hinata noted, a sarcastic tone in her voice.

"But seriously though. What are we going to do now?" Sasuke wondered. Leaning himself against a tree's trunks, he used the precious time he had to think about their next moves.

"I don't know," Hinata admitted. What was going on? Why was Neji acting so weird? She wasn't so sure if that could've been another Neji. After all, the Neji back there… looked like Neji, the perverted cousin she knew and hated. The only thing different about the Neji back there was his facial expressions but other than that, who else could it have been? So many questions continued to pop up in her mind. It all gave her a headache.

"Seriously. What the actual fuck is going on? Even when we were making our way down the village to come here, people kept looking at me as if… as if I'm some sort of outsider! Really! What have I done wrong? What have I done wrong?…"

Hinata leaned herself next to him. To be honest, Hinata felt kind of sorry for the Uchiha at the moment. She had a strong urge to try and comfort him but she decided to not let herself get to that point. "…We have to find Menma."

Standing back upright, Sasuke turned his direction so that he was able to face her properly. "Look. I know how much you want him and all Hinata, but really. We don't have time to be thinking about stuff like that."

"T-That's not what I meant!" Hinata stuttered, "Listen! We need to find Menma and ask him what the fuck is going on. He might have some knowledge on this situation."

Sasuke raised a brow at her. For some reason, the Uchiha felt a little jealous by how Hinata brought Menma up as the first person they should ask for help. He really shouldn't but for some reason, he did. But one thing's certain… she's right about asking him for help. If anything out of the ordinary happens, the best person to ask is Menma.

"…Fine. If that's one of the only ways to figure out why everyone is acting so strange, then let's do it."

Well I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter! Please stay tuned for the next chapters to come (:

`tsuginomai