Sasuke had to wonder at the utter ridiculousness of what Jiraiya was saying. Was this man or wasn't he a famous shinobi -- one of the Sannin, renowned not just for their strength but for the fact of their age, the fact that they had survived well beyond the years an average ninja could expect out of life?
"Whatever differences there are between me and Orochimaru, we are both traitors to Konoha," Sasuke said coolly, enunciating clearly, almost as if explaining to a child. "Surely you are old enough to know that your enemy need not be evil to be your enemy. Such assumptions are for children."
Even Orochimaru, for all his experiments and the way he played with the lives of others, had ultimately been no more than human. That a Sannin could lose sight of such a simple fact was nothing more than sheer idiocy. Then again, proximity to Naruto did seem to cause that problem.
As for the night Naruto had been taken for the experiments -- Jiraiya had to think Sasuke was an idiot if he expected him to state his true intentions to the rest of them. Sasuke's opinion on that supposed 'fact' was more than clear when he paused just long enough between sets to raise an incredulous eyebrow at Jiraiya, pointedly not bothering to dignify such foolishness with an answer.
"I was a Sound-nin at the time," he said in response to Jiraiya's last piece of 'evidence,' actually allowing a hint of exasperation to creep into his voice. "It was only natural for me to ensure that intruders, particularly intruders sworn to capture me, were scared away from our territory. Nonetheless, they were of insufficient significance to be worth killing; deterrence was good enough for shinobi of that level."
Without giving pause for Jiraiya to respond, Sasuke continued, voice shifting to something more plainly serious again: "I am not sure whom you are trying to convince here, Jiraiya. Either way, you would do better to remember that I am not someone you want to teach your student to depend on. If you are trying to take care of Naruto, there are things a good deal more useful than wasting your time trying whatever it is you are here."
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"Whatever differences there are between me and Orochimaru, we are both traitors to Konoha," Sasuke said coolly, enunciating clearly, almost as if explaining to a child. "Surely you are old enough to know that your enemy need not be evil to be your enemy. Such assumptions are for children."
Even Orochimaru, for all his experiments and the way he played with the lives of others, had ultimately been no more than human. That a Sannin could lose sight of such a simple fact was nothing more than sheer idiocy. Then again, proximity to Naruto did seem to cause that problem.
As for the night Naruto had been taken for the experiments -- Jiraiya had to think Sasuke was an idiot if he expected him to state his true intentions to the rest of them. Sasuke's opinion on that supposed 'fact' was more than clear when he paused just long enough between sets to raise an incredulous eyebrow at Jiraiya, pointedly not bothering to dignify such foolishness with an answer.
"I was a Sound-nin at the time," he said in response to Jiraiya's last piece of 'evidence,' actually allowing a hint of exasperation to creep into his voice. "It was only natural for me to ensure that intruders, particularly intruders sworn to capture me, were scared away from our territory. Nonetheless, they were of insufficient significance to be worth killing; deterrence was good enough for shinobi of that level."
Without giving pause for Jiraiya to respond, Sasuke continued, voice shifting to something more plainly serious again: "I am not sure whom you are trying to convince here, Jiraiya. Either way, you would do better to remember that I am not someone you want to teach your student to depend on. If you are trying to take care of Naruto, there are things a good deal more useful than wasting your time trying whatever it is you are here."