His partner only gave a nod as an answer and looked after the Uchiha before he turned back to his brother, who was lying on the ground.
Shayla was still running. She didn't even really know why she ran away in the first place, nor why the two were fighting each other. They were brothers ... their brothers.
After a while she stopped in a clearing. She went to a tree and sat down under it. Then pulled her knees up and put her arms around them. She buried her head behind it and closed her eyes.
Then she finally found her brothers, about whom she did not know anything until recently, then this ... Was Itachi right about what he said that it was Sasuke who wiped out her clan? Or had he lied, as Sasuke claimed? But what reason would he have ...
"Why ..." she then whispered softly.
"Why, what?", She heard a cold but familiar voice. Shayla looked up and met two red eyes.// Itachi ... but where is Sasuke ?! //, she thought and looked at him suspiciously at the thought. "Is it true that you lied. That Sasuke wasn't the culprit?" "What reason would I have to lie to you?" He asked the counter-question and looked at her waiting. He was right ... why should he do that.
"I don't know," she gave him quietly in response. "What about Sasuke?", She remembered. "He's fine ..." // Still ... //, he added in his mind. Shayla looked a little relieved now. She still couldn't believe Sasuke should have done it either ...
What should she do now anyway? Now that she has found her brothers. Thoughtfully she stared at the floor in front of her, which Itachi did not miss of course. "What are you going to do now?" He asked her then.
The addressed shrugged her shoulders slightly. "I don't know ..." // Maybe go back home ... No ... //, she sighed inwardly. Finally the older one spoke again."Have you ever heard of the Akatsuki?"
The black-haired one looked up. "No ... I don't know. What is that?"
"It's kind of an organization. You can come with me if you want."
"And what exactly?" She asked interestedly. "I can explain that to you there. So, do you want to?" She seemed to think about it for a moment, but then finally nodded and got up. Itachi said nothing more and just started walking. Shayla then followed him in silence.

~~~~ Meanwhile with Sasuke ~~~~
He slowly came to. When he opened his eyes, he realized that he was no longer in the forest. He sat up with a jerk and looked around. He was in a room at the Konoha hospital. But how did he get here? And where were Itachi and Shayla ??
A knock on the door then pulled him out of his thoughts. A pink-haired girl came in and immediately went to him. "Sasuke!", She just called. Sasuke looked at her, but didn't say a word. He looked at the bedspread and seemed to be in thought."What's the matter with you?", The girl asked him a little more quietly and partly worried.
"How did I get here?" He asked without looking at her.
"A couple of guards found you near the gates of the village.", She was silent for a moment, "what happened anyway ..?"
At first he showed no signs of wanting to answer her, but then looked at her. "I have a sister ..." was all he said. Sakura looked at him rather surprised. "A sister? But how ..." "I don't know .." he interrupted her. "I don't know where she is either. And what Itachi may have done to her ..." "Itachi?", She looked at him in disbelief, "Was he there too ?!"
He nodded. "He apparently wanted to make her know that it was me who wiped out the Uchiha clan." "Hm, but what would he get out of it?"
"I have no idea..."

~~~~ While with Itachi and Shayla ~~~~
The two were still out and about. And while Shayla had asked a few times how far it was still.But she rarely got an answer to that. The black-haired sighed. // We must have been on our way forever ... // She folded her arms behind her head and stared bored at the sky. Itachi suddenly stopped and she almost ran into him. But then she went next to him.
"We're here," he said curtly.