Orochimaru huffed slightly as Kadaj came at him again. The brat really was determined to get his point across, in both the literal and the figurative sense.

He parried Kadaj's attempt, and quirked an eyebrow at the fact he'd used sparkstrike. "Using your intelligence," he commented, "it's about time." He swung as Kadaj pulled back again, but failed to make contact. He always had been a speedy little thing.