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[myninjainfocard]

No.

I don't care how many times you think about it, how many times you try to spin it, how many times you try and tell me I'll get to do something.

No.

Putting me in a place that is... disgustingly peaceful other than the fighting of creatures, where nothing seems to die, where even the "bad guys" are nothing more than annoyances, where a twelve-year-old kid can defeat them using a rat seems like an awful idea. You know what I want to do.

You know what you want to do with me.

You know that something like that would not allow me to continue on the path of medical and scientific advancement, to where I have subjects that I am allowed to use in my studies and experiments.

As much as I would love to "teach" that little Uchiha brat without interference, this won't do. Put me somewhere else and bring one of your happier and "saner", as you put it, characters out to go there instead.

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[beforethedarkness]

[He saw that strike-out buddy and he's giving you a look.]

Teach me? What are you talking about?

[myninjainfocard]

[He figured you might, Sasuke. Even though he's going to just shrug it off and deny it was ever there.]

Well, I'm sure there's a few things I could possibly teach you about without interferences from that blond idiot teammate of your's. Could also be because I happen to know things from a later time that just may be of some interest to you.

Mind you, this is a maybe, depending upon if you would care and if the mood strikes me. Not everything that can be taught is jutsus and techniques, you know.

[beforethedarkness]

What do you know? [Of course he means what Kabuto knows of the future, and not what Kabuto has to offer in terms of teachings. He might look into that if it'll help him with his goal, but right now he's more curious about the future. Namely, if he managed to get his revenge or not.]

[myninjainfocard]

[A slow bit of a smirk crosses his lips at that, exactly what he wants. He merely shrugs, regarding the younger with a bit of a curious look.]

I know quite a bit, actually. From your age I'm probably, at least, about two years ahead of you if not more. Does that answer your question?

[beforethedarkness]

No. What specifically do you know about me then?

[myninjainfocard]

It depends. What do you want to know? There's quite a lot I know about you, Sasuke. We could be here all day if you wanted to know every little piece and bit of it, so for your sake, you may want to be specific.

[beforethedarkness]

[You're really annoying, you know that Kabuto? He broods for a moment before looking at him critically.]

Do you know anything about a missing-nin named Itachi?

[myninjainfocard]

[Oh, he knows. But the fact that he annoys him amuses Kabuto all the more.]

Think of who you're speaking to, for just a moment. Missing-nin Uchiha Itachi, your older brother, if I recall correctly? A traitor to Konoha and the cause of the Uchiha massacre, disappeared and is considered a S-rank missing-nin. That Itachi?

[beforethedarkness]

He is no longer part of the Uchiha Clan. [Yes, that Itachi.]

[myninjainfocard]

[This is all too fun, to him. Well~]

Other than the information I provided, all I know is that he is a member of a criminal organization that goes by the name Akatsuki. Which also, interestingly, contains another missing-nin from Konoha. Not that that would peak your interests, I'm sure. [Nah, he knows far more than what he's saying, but why give the information away for free?]

[beforethedarkness]

... Maybe. [But he's frowning more darkly as he leans back, crossing his arms over his chest. Two years later and Itachi still isn't dead... Would it even be possible for him to catch up?]

[myninjainfocard]

Only maybe? A pity, maybe they had a connection. [How to phrase this, how to phrase this...] I seem to also recall you speaking of some ridiculous brand of revenge? I may know something about that, too.

[beforethedarkness]

[Consider his attention caught. It almost hurts for him to snap his head back up to look at Kabuto so quickly, but he doesn't really care.]

What do you know about that?

[myninjainfocard]

Perhaps I know if you managed to get your revenge or not. Perhaps I know the outcome of it. Perhaps, Sasuke, I know the consequences of it.

[A mere shrug.] But what purpose would that serve?

[beforethedarkness]

Did I or did I not kill him? Tell me.

[myninjainfocard]

Think of it this way. If you knew you killed him, would you stop your training? If you knew you didn't kill him, would that make everything pointless and make you stop?

[beforethedarkness]

I won't stop pursuing him until he's dead. And I have to restore the Uchiha Clan once I'm done that.

[myninjainfocard]

Mmn. Let me put it this way, since it is an... interesting bit of information.

You do but don't succeed in your endeavor to kill him. In all honesty I'm not even trying to sound confusing, but that is essentially what happens.

[beforethedarkness]

[This face. He leans in and eyes him critically. This isn't another one of those 'find the hidden meanings within the hidden meanings' things was it?

Kabuto was a skilled Genin, after all. From what he could tell, he just stayed at that rank by choice...]

Explain.

[myninjainfocard]

[If only he knew. If only the poor kid knew.]

You do fight, this is true. But you aren't the one to kill him, rather something within him does. Disease is such an unfeeling mistress.

[beforethedarkness]

[Very, very slightly, he stiffens at that statement.]

He's sick?

[myninjainfocard]

Something like that, yes. Not that we have or had a clue what it was.

[beforethedarkness]

... I see. [He clearly doesn't know how to feel about this, because Itachi's dead but...

[myninjainfocard]

Makes your revenge plan rather insignificant, doesn't it? [Hey, he'll steer him in the right wrong direction.]

[beforethedarkness]

[He shoots Kabuto a glare for that, but the lack of answer probably says a lot more than the look ever could.]