Wasted effort.
This should have been so simple! Take the kid, incapacitate him, and make a break for it. Just our luck that Itachi's obnoxious little oversight brother showed up. Rumor has it the entire Uchiha clan was wiped out. Why didn't you finish what you started in the first place, Itachi-san? Do you like having this little pest dogging your heels?
Sasuke, as Itachi and the Kyuubi refer to him, insisted on "killing" Itachi, but the only thing the brat killed was our precious time. Itachi was kind enough to give him a much-needed reality check and we were free to turn our attention back to the kyuubi. If we had any doubts about the blond-haired brat being the correct target, they were dispelled by the impressive chakra he was emanating. Samehada was more than happy to have a helping of that; it's not every day she has the pleasure of nibbling on chakra straight from one of the legendary Youma. The kyuubi kid had to be dealt with, we didn't need him attempting any jutsus, no matter how slow; just so long as he's alive long enough to extract the demon.
Much to our displeasure, the Uchiha family reunion had bought Jiraiya-sama enough time to see through our plot and scurry back to the hotel. He made his tastelessly flamboyant entrance in time to save the Kyuubi from parting with a limb. (You won't be so lucky next time, kid.) Jiraiya-sama also revealed that he's the bastard that's been spreading word of our organization as well as our goals. Shit...Well, it was bound to get out at some point. Not like operations have been as clean as they should be, especially with this recent kyuubi mess.
Keeping with the trend of obnoxious interruptions, Sasuke found his feet again, but obviously learned nothing about his own weakness. I hardly anticipated that Itachi-san would resort to giving the pest a taste of Tsukiyomi, but then again, he's just full of surprises.
I made certain that Jiraiya-sama didn't rush to the rescue, but the kyuubi kid managed to slip by. All the better, since it removed him from the sannin's protection -- just catch him before the sannin could try anything and we'd be on our way. Jiraiya-sama, unfortunately, was swift to take action and had Itachi and I snared in one of the more bizarre (and disgusting) jutsus I've ever been subjected to. Trapped in the bowels of a gigantic toad? I'll mark that off the list of "things to experience before I die."
Demolishing one of the walls of the hallway-turned-toad-stomach was easy enough with the use of Itachi's Amaterasu. I was happy to stay and continue the fight, but Itachi didn't even spare a backwards glance before retreating. I admit, it was the first time I'd actually seen him break a sweat after a battle. He explained that he was drained from repeated use of the Sharingan at such high levels. You shouldn't have wasted your chakra on that cockroach of a little brother, Itachi-san. Taijutsu would have done just as well.
Itachi insists that there's no rush to acquire the Kyuubi, but it's still indescribably annoying having not succeeded the first time. Drawing this out any longer will just give them more time to regroup and prepare for our next attempt. Hopefully our higher-ups will think twice about only sending a two-man team if they're serious about collecting these Youma.
Sasuke, as Itachi and the Kyuubi refer to him, insisted on "killing" Itachi, but the only thing the brat killed was our precious time. Itachi was kind enough to give him a much-needed reality check and we were free to turn our attention back to the kyuubi. If we had any doubts about the blond-haired brat being the correct target, they were dispelled by the impressive chakra he was emanating. Samehada was more than happy to have a helping of that; it's not every day she has the pleasure of nibbling on chakra straight from one of the legendary Youma. The kyuubi kid had to be dealt with, we didn't need him attempting any jutsus, no matter how slow; just so long as he's alive long enough to extract the demon.
Much to our displeasure, the Uchiha family reunion had bought Jiraiya-sama enough time to see through our plot and scurry back to the hotel. He made his tastelessly flamboyant entrance in time to save the Kyuubi from parting with a limb. (You won't be so lucky next time, kid.) Jiraiya-sama also revealed that he's the bastard that's been spreading word of our organization as well as our goals. Shit...Well, it was bound to get out at some point. Not like operations have been as clean as they should be, especially with this recent kyuubi mess.
Keeping with the trend of obnoxious interruptions, Sasuke found his feet again, but obviously learned nothing about his own weakness. I hardly anticipated that Itachi-san would resort to giving the pest a taste of Tsukiyomi, but then again, he's just full of surprises.
I made certain that Jiraiya-sama didn't rush to the rescue, but the kyuubi kid managed to slip by. All the better, since it removed him from the sannin's protection -- just catch him before the sannin could try anything and we'd be on our way. Jiraiya-sama, unfortunately, was swift to take action and had Itachi and I snared in one of the more bizarre (and disgusting) jutsus I've ever been subjected to. Trapped in the bowels of a gigantic toad? I'll mark that off the list of "things to experience before I die."
Demolishing one of the walls of the hallway-turned-toad-stomach was easy enough with the use of Itachi's Amaterasu. I was happy to stay and continue the fight, but Itachi didn't even spare a backwards glance before retreating. I admit, it was the first time I'd actually seen him break a sweat after a battle. He explained that he was drained from repeated use of the Sharingan at such high levels. You shouldn't have wasted your chakra on that cockroach of a little brother, Itachi-san. Taijutsu would have done just as well.
Itachi insists that there's no rush to acquire the Kyuubi, but it's still indescribably annoying having not succeeded the first time. Drawing this out any longer will just give them more time to regroup and prepare for our next attempt. Hopefully our higher-ups will think twice about only sending a two-man team if they're serious about collecting these Youma.