Jiraiya winced as he felt the nails dig into his skin, but his training kept on running. He wanted distance between them and that thing as quickly as possible. When they were safe, he tried not to look too relieved.

Speaking of childish, however, Jiraiya abruptly came to a halt and dropped Sasuke to the ground. Sasuke was lucky that Naruto liked him, or Jiraiya might have decided to do more than that. As it was, Jiraiya kept silent now fuming himself, and reached over to pull the nails out with a low sound.