Sasuke teamed up with his brother Itachi to stop Kabuto's Reanimation. Seeing that talking will not get him further, Kabuto transformed into his snake-like stage. The snakes perceive the heat and know where the prey lies. Their tongues can smell, even if their eyes don't see. Sasuke learned about the snakes when he took down Orochimaru long ago. Let's see how Sasuke and Itachi tag along to fight this Kabuto monster in the next Naruto episode entitled "Sibling Tag Team". Watch with us Naruto Shippuden 334 on Thursday, October 10th right here on TailedFox. See us in Naruto forum to share your opinions and predictions.
The best way to counter Genjutsu is to never look into your opponent's eyes. Kabuto lowered his hood over his eyes. Snakes kept on sensing the body heat of Sasuke and Itachi to pinpoint their locations. Itachi wonders about the surroundings. Being on Kabuto's grounds it is conceivable that traps would be setup to deflect intruders.
Suddenly, Kabuto's snakes grew in size and sprung towards their new prey. Itachi quickly signed his Susano'o and grabbed onto four snakes at the same time. Two heads closer to Sasuke's purple Susano'o get slashed. Despite Itachi's warning to keep Kabuto alive, Sasuke leaps forward to attack the hood. Kabuto has hidden his body and Itachi saw numerous chakra spots all over.
Kabuto mastered Orochimaru's skills and added Suigetsu's Flesh Transforming technique of melting his hard bodily substance into a liquid state and simply poured away. Next he needed to repair his wounds. Kabuto is capable of brisk repair of his otherwise mortal cuts. He learned this technique from Karin Uzumaki.Sasuke gathered that Kabuto must have Jugo's abilities as well. Curse Mark had been obtained from Orochimaru, but perfected in Ryuchi Cave under guidance of White Snake Sage. Kabuto now possesses Nature Energy and using it he easily dodged Sasuke's arrows.
In the midst of explaining how Orochimaru couldn't acquire Jugo's skills because he didn't posses the body that could tolerate it, Kabuto slowly withdrew from one of the snakes in his Sage Mode.
"You're much like Orochimaru", stated Sasuke, "disgusting snake!" He was of course wrong as Kabuto transformed into a dragon. His first Sage Art was White Extreme Attack. The dragon spewed out some kind of ball, but instead of charging it against Itachi and Sasuke, Kabuto used it to produce bone-crushing, ear-busting sound and eye-popping light. Snakes aren't hurt by these light frequencies as their cornea can block out the light. Sound doesn't harm Kabuto as he transforms into liquid and thus absorbs the vibrations. In effect the only one that can move in these conditions is Kabuto.
The dragon snake moves to his first prey. Sasuke, helplessly holding on to his ears with his eyes shut, is a perfect target. Just before Kabuto hit him however, red hand of Susano'o wrapped around Sasuke's purple Susano'o. Itachi managed to save his brother.
Kabuto stepped back a bit. Unsure whether Itachi could sense his chakra, he started asking how it came to be that Itachi ever found his hideout. Whether Itachi knew or didn't know, he simply protected that, which he knew must be on Kabuto's hit list.
Remembering time from childhood, when Sasuke helped his brother fight a wild boar, Itachi attacked and Sasuke used his bow to shoot arrow right at one of Kabuto's snakes. Kabuto got hit bad and Itachi went for it. Sasuke yelled to warn Itachi that his blade is nearby and Kabuto could reach it, but to no avail. In slow motion, Kabuto snatches the sword stuck on a tree and runs it right trough Itachi's undead body.
Then cloud of black crows infected the area. Itachi unplugs the sword from his middle and slashes one of Kabuto's horns off. None of them are hurt fatally. In next Naruto episode Kabuto will try to convince Itachi that they both have disgrace and dishonor from Hidden Leaf and that they should be on the same side. "No matter what contradictions lie in Konoha, I am still Itachi of the Leaf!" says Itachi as he attacks Kabuto. Watch Naruto Shippuden 335 with us next Thursday, October 17th right here on TailedFox. The title of next Naruto episode is "To each their own Leaf".