Path Not Taken 90

Uchiha Itachi

So Pain has ordered us to hunt for the Nine-Tails jinchūriki in the Land of the Sky?

Konan

Yes. Your partner Kisame is needed elsewhere, so the two of us will temporarily team up.

Konan

Pain believes our skills complement each other for this particular mission.

Uchiha Itachi

And intel that just happened to fall into our lap tells us Naruto is on a mission to kill the Sky Village leader?

Konan

Our leader is very much aware this could be a trap. Another one of Azula's mind games.

Konan

But we cannot pass up the opportunity to capture the Nine-Tails.

Uchiha Itachi

(What is Azula playing at? This information came too easily.)

Konan

We should reach the Sky Village by nightfall. My scouts will survey ahead.

Uchiha Itachi

If Naruto is truly there, the Nine-Tails will soon be ours.

Uchiha Itachi

(And perhaps I can finally see how much my foolish little brother has grown...)