dangerous. The child's parents are not ninja, they would probably not even be able to reach the child." The four looked at the silver-haired man, startled."Ha, that won't be a problem for us. We'll be able to bring the child safely back to his parents tonight!" Said Naruto. "Well, I'm curious about that," said Kakashi. "You can count on it!" Said Naruto with a grin. So they set off. Selene went next to Sakura and kept looking at Sasuke. But she ignored them. 'Oh Sasuke, why can't we talk normally again? I know it's my fault that the Uchiha clan was destroyed. I would make it all up to you somehow. I'm so sorry ´, Selene thought dejectedly. Sakura looked at Selene and realized that she was sad. She felt sorry for Selene. But Sakura was wondering why Sasuke suddenly hated her so much. It occurred to her that she had never seen Selene at the ninja academy. What does that mean? Or is there anything else I don't know, ´ she thought.

After walking for two hours, they reached the forest. He looked kind of creepy. "I ... is that the forest where we should go in?", Sakura asked a little fearfully. "Sakura, don't be afraid, I'll protect you!" Said Naruto. "I'm not afraid, you idiot !!", Sakura shouted angrily and cooked Naruto one over. "But ... I ... just wanted ...", Naruto said embarrassed, but he was interrupted by Kakashi. "That's over now. Yes, we're going into this forest.", Said the Sensei and went ahead. The others followed in silence. It was quiet in this forest, almost too quiet. Selene was scared, but she tried not to show it. Sasuke looked at Selene unnoticed. 'Pah, she's already trembling with fear. And she is one of the Uchiha clan. What a waste ´, Sasuke thought grimly. Itachi and Deidara also followed Team 7. Deidara was watching Selene. “She's shaking really, un. That's not good, un.” “Yes, but we can't do anything.” ´Selene´, thought the Uchiha worried.Suddenly there was a loud bang near Team 7 and smoke suddenly appeared all around them. "Sakura, Selene, Sasuke, Naruto, come here! We have to stay together." So they went to the silver-haired man. But as soon as they were with him, they couldn't see anything anymore. After a while the smoke subsided. The sensei looked around. what was that? But not about ... you? he thought. "Are you okay?" He asked the others. But he only got one answer from Naruto. He looked around, and so did Naruto. "Ah, Sakura and Selene are gone!" Said Naruto. "And what about Sasuke? Where is he?" Asked the sensei.

Selene got up worried. Something had pulled her so that she fell. Further ahead she saw Sakura, who was also just getting up. Selene went to her. "Are you okay?" She asked. "Yes, of course. And with you?" "Also. Where are we?" The two looked around. "Oh no, it looks like we got separated from Sasuke and the others," said Sakura. "Don't worry, we'll help you!" Suddenly a voice said and Itachi and Deidara appeared in front of them. Sakura first got a screaming fit when she saw Itachi and ran behind Selene. Itachi looked at Sakura. "I assume you know who Selene's brother is. Don't say anything about it!" Said the Uchiha. "Don't worry, I'm only here to protect Selene." Sakura stared at Itachi in amazement. What? He wants to protect Selene? I wouldn't have expected that from him. Well, shouldn't I say anything about this Deidara? she thought. "What happened anyway?" Asked Selene. She looked at her brother to see that he had a wound on his right shoulder. She ran to him. "Itachi, are you okay?" She asked worriedly. Itachi looked at his wound. "Don't worry. It's just a small scratch. I'll stay with you until we have found Kakashi again. I have to talk to him about something anyway," said the black-haired man seriously."Hello Selene, I hope nothing happened to you, or did it?", Deidara asked the young Uchiha. "That one again," Selene mumbled softly. Itachi couldn't help but grin. "Deidara is actually quite okay. He will help us." Selene looked at her brother inquiringly. “Why help?” “If we should meet him, which I strongly suspect.” Sakura looked at Itachi and watched him closely. She had to smile slightly. 'Actually, Itachi is really nice. Maybe he's not as angry as he always is. In any case, he would never hurt his sister, that's for sure. In fact, he's kind of cute when he takes care of his sister like that. 'But she was already wondering who the black-haired man was talking about. "Um, Itachi? Who do you mean by" him "?" She looked at him questioningly. The addressee was silent for a long time. Then he said: "Well, better, you will find out soon. My partner, Kisame, had seen Orochimaru in this forest earlier this morning." "WHAT? BUT NOT THE OROCHIMARU?" "Unfortunately ..." replied the Uchiha. Selene thought about it. ´Hmm, Orochimaru. I've heard the name somewhere, but where? ´ "Um, who is Orochimaru?" She asked hesitantly. "What, you really don't know who Orochimaru is? Are you kidding me?", Sakura asked the black-haired woman, amazed. "I really don't know," Selene replied.
"It's enough if you know that Orochimaru is very dangerous. He wants to learn all the Jutsu there is and he also goes over corpses ...", Itachi explained. "That's exactly how it is, Itachi Uchiha."

Itachi turned and saw Orochimaru. Sakura went into a screaming fit again when she saw Orochimaru. Damn it. I would not have thought that he would show up so early, ´ thought the Uchiha. "Are you still after me?" Asked Itachi. "Yes, I am. But today I'm here for a different reason. Give me Selene. On the spot!", Orochimaru said seriously.The Uchiha was frightened and went behind her brother. 'He's scary,' she thought. there is no other way. I have to fight him, ´ thought Itachi. He went into fighting position. "First you have to get past me. Deidara, bring Selene and ... Sakura to safety. I'll take care of this." "No, I'll stay with you, Itachi!" Selene said seriously, although she was afraid. "No talking back, Selene. Get away from here with Deidara. I'll be there soon!" "No, I'm staying here!" "Selene!" believe me! ", said Sakura to Selene. "But ..." said Selene. Itachi looked briefly at Deidara and nodded to him. "Well, I understand!" Said Deidara. He went to Selene, picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. "Don't worry, Itachi. I'll bring you to safety, un." "Huh?" Said Selene when she suddenly found herself on Deidara's shoulder. "It's probably not ticking right for you! Let me down immediately!" She yelled at Deidara. "So, we're going now, un. Good luck, Itachi, un." Sakura had to laugh at the stunned Selene. "I don't think that's funny at all, Sakura!" Said Selene. Sakura just grinned, then they started walking. Itachi turned to Orochimaru.

"What do you want from Selene?" Asked Itachi. Orochimaru grinned. "I want to borrow your body to get a much better one!" He took out his sword and attacked Itachi. “And you won't stop me, Itachi Uchiha!” While he was saying this, he attacked the Uchiha. He also drew his sword and fended off Orochimaru's attack. In doing so, he activated his Mangekyou Sharingan. Orochimaru quickly made several finger signs. 'Jutsu of the flying swords,' he thought. He made several large and small swords appear and hurled them at the Uchiha. "Is that all you can?" Asked Itachi. He created a doppelganger of himself who intercepted the swords.This then hurled the swords back at Orochimaru. But this dodged the swords with ease. Itachi's doppelganger was now fighting a sword fight with Orochimaru. what now? I actually wanted to stay with Selene and protect her. I am still too much weakened by the jutsu of the hidden worlds to hold out against Orochimaru for long. And then there's Sasuke's doppelganger, who hangs around here. ´ Itachi quickly made a few finger marks and then hurled several small fireballs at Orochimaru. He also made finger signals, but instead of fireballs he shot water balls at the balls. When the different spheres touched, a lot of smoke appeared. Itachi looked around. 'Damn it, I can never do it with this jutsu. So there remains only the Amaterasu. ´ But just when the Uchiha wanted to make finger signs again, he noticed how something pierced his shoulder. “Arh!” He then noticed Orochimaru behind him. He had thrust his sword through the black-haired man's shoulder. "It's not good to be in thought for a long time, isn't it, Itachi?"

"Let me down now, Deidara!" Said Selene. "I'm sorry, un. But Itachi said I should get you to safety, un", Deidara replied. "Besides, you'd just run back to Itachi anyway, Selene," said Sakura. "But, I'm worried about him," said Selene worried. "Do you really think Itachi-san is that weak, un? Then he wouldn't be a member of the Akatsuki, believe me, un." "He's much stronger than Sasuke, although I don't like to say that," said Sakura, embarrassed . "What do you know, Sakura?" The addressed woman was startled and turned around, just like Deidara. "Sasuke! I'm so glad you're here," said Sakura when she saw the black-haired man from a distance. She ran to him. "Sakura, stay here!" Deidara advised her, but she didn't hear. "Women!" He muttered. He put Selene back on earth."You'd better wait here, that's safer!" Said Deidara. He saw Sasuke throw a kunai at Sakura. This stopped in shock and could no longer evade. "A ... but Sasuke. What's going on?", She asked confused. Deidara appeared in front of her and fended off the kunai. "That's not Sasuke. I'll explain later. Listen, I'll fight him and you'll bring Selene to safety." "But you can tell that it's Sasuke." "You might think so. But Itachi had seen something yesterday This is a doppelganger that Orochimaru created. As I said, I'll explain it later. "Then he ran up to Sasuke and attacked him. However, the young Uchiha evaded the attack without any problems. He disappeared briefly and reappeared in front of Selene. She was startled and backed away. 'Brother, I don't want to fight you. ´ The Uchiha grinned angrily at her. "My stupid,