"West," Sasuke responded, and waited until they were out of sight of the guards before biting his thumb for the summoning jutsu. The enormous mother of his regular juvenile retinue appeared with a sweep of wide wings and a curve to her neck that was -- almost concerned, oddly enough, the wicked beak butting against the side of his head in what might have been irritated affection.

She turned a lurid orange eye on Obito in the next moment, tilting her head skeptically.