Hizashi had a pretty good head start on the Akatsuki, and she was counting on that to allow her to evade them. She knew they would assume that she was with Alucard and Seras, so she was heading to their place to warn them. The fact that she knew where they were staying was definite advantage that she had over them though. It was still light when she reached their door and knocked. As expected, Alucard answered. She must have just woken him up because he was just wearing a pair of pants. No shoes, no hat, no glasses, no shirt. His eyes still looked sleepy and his hair wasn't messed up in the least. He snapped awake when he realized who she was.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I ran away." replied Hizashi." I just came to warn you that the others might be coming after you."

Alucard pulled her inside immediately and shut the door.

When darkness finally fell about half an hour later, Hizashi, Alucard, and Seras bolted out the door. Hizashi and Alucard had checked to make sure that not a shred of evidence was left behind. Hizashi did not look back as they headed toward the Land of Waves, away from everything she had known and loved. She secretly wished, though, that the Akatsuki might catch them. That this wasn't their last goodbye.

2 Week Later

"Why haven't we found her yet?" shouted Pain. He was still furious that Hizashi had run away. He was pissed that a team of S-Rank rogue shinobi could not locate three people. He was secretly worried, though, that Hizashi might be hurt. That these people that she considered friends had actually stabbed her in the back, literally. When they found her(he wouldn't allow himself to say "if") and she was injured in any way, there would be hell to pay.

"She'll be found eventually," said Konan. She was starting to accept the fact that Hizashi had gone, almost like a parent whose child had merely gone to college instead of run away." Just be patient."

Pain skulked off to his office and did not come out for the rest of the day.

Meanwhile, Kisame and Itachi had just arrived in the Land of Waves, still looking for Hizashi. They were walking down the street when they were suddenly pulled into a narrow ally. They were about to yell at whoever had dragged them in there when they saw a couple of Konoha shinobi pass by. Both of the shinobi were considered powerful enough to be in their books. If the four of them had fought, it would have created a scene, which might have drawn more Konoha shinobi. Kisame and Itachi looked to see who had pulled them and saw a girl kneeling behind them. She had a fairly healthy skin tone, short black hair, a short, tight, white top, white pants, black shoes, a gray belt, and a red scarf covering the lower part of her face. They would have though she was Hizashi, save for the fact that she had two red eyes instead of one red and one blue. Before any word could come out of either of their mouths, the girl took off, leaving them behind. They did not follow.

Minutes later, in a house in the forest, the girl walked in to see Alucard sitting a dining table, reading her copy of Cirque du Freak. She closed the door behind her and took off her scarf, belt, and shoes. She walked over to the sink and pulled out a red contact before turning to Alucard.

"Guess who I saw, Alucard?" she said.

"Who did you see, Hizashi?" was his reply.

"Kisame and Itachi." She walked over to the table and sat down." Where's Seras?"

"I sent her back to England to tell my master that I will be here a little longer than expected."

"Why?"

"I have to see that you get back to your real family." he said. He must have known that she wanted to go back." The only reason you haven't gone back yet is because you were worried that Seras and I wouldn't be safe. Seras is gone, and I can take care of myself." He looked at her.

"Itachi and Kisame are here anyway." She gave a smug grin." They'll be heading back to the base starting tomorrow, at least once they discover all the various shinobi roaming around."

"Speaking of which, why are they here?"

"Itachi and Kisame?" She was feigning innocence.

"The other shinobi."

"Well," she started." Someone may have tipped them off to the possibility of a couple of Akatsuki members roaming around here." She gave a sly smile and headed to her room, locking the door behind her.

The Next Day

As Hizashi had predicted, Kisame and Itachi left almost immediately after arriving in the Land of Waves. They were on their way back to the Akatsuki base to tell Pain that they were unable to locate Hizashi. They were dreading it.

Unbeknownst to them, Pain was dealing with a crisis. He had finally decided to sit down and try to figure out the reason why Hizashi ran away. Many different theories, and images to go with said theories, were flowing through his mind. One second he was imagining Hizashi walking out of Zetsu's room followed by a cloud of smoke. One of Deidara's art classes going horribly wrong the next. One was quite vivid.

Hidan and Hizashi were in a typical classroom, Hidan at the board, Hizashi in a desk. On the board was written "Witty Comebacks."

"Okay," said Hidan," Witty comeback number 1: Fuck you! That is all."

Then the scene faded out.

Ultimately, though, he kept coming back to that argument. Konan was right. When it had come right down to it, the one time she had ever asked him to trust her, he didn't.

Thanks to powerdown who helped me come up with this chapter and to all readers.