Path Not Taken 39

Tayuya

This is fucking humiliating. Why am I still alive anyway?

Tayuya

(Could break these restraints with my curse seal... but that fire bitch would just make things worse.)

Azula

The Senjutsu chakra in your curse seal is quite fascinating. Consider yourself fortunate I found you worthy of study rather than disposal.

Azula

That loud blonde boy who defeated you during the Sasuke retrieval mission is now training under my supervision, by the way.

Tayuya

That orange-wearing idiot? Naruto?! What the hell would someone like you want with that weakling loser?

Azula

Oh, how deliciously uninformed you are. That 'weakling' was holding back significantly during your encounter.

Azula

Even with your second-stage curse mark activated, he could have ended your miserable existence without breaking a sweat.

Tayuya

Bullshit! I'd have crushed that moron if those other ninja hadn't interfered!

Azula

Your delusions are amusing, but irrelevant. Your curse seal is providing valuable research data on Senjutsu manipulation.

Azula

So I suggest you continue being cooperative. After all, there are many ways to extract chakra - some considerably more painful than others.

Tayuya

Fine. Do whatever you want. Not like I have anywhere to go since Orochimaru abandoned us.

Tayuya

(That kid... really was holding back? What the hell kind of monster is he?)