A Crow and a Shark

From the moment they entered the village, Jiraiya was perving out. It didn't help that there were a lot of gorgeous women in the immediate area. Though as Jiraiya pointed out after an hour of wandering, that most of the girls they came across were more interested in Asher. This aggravated Jiraiya to no end. He even tried sending Asher away in the off chance it hot him noticed, but without Asher, the girls didn't even come close to him.

After a few more hours of being passed over for Asher, Jiraiya decided to find a room, before heading out for some "research" at the women's bathhouse. He offered to teach Asher the best methods for collecting data. Of course he declined before throwing Jiraiya halfway across the town.

Asher wandered the town for hours. He found some street games and took part, but they moment they found out he was a ninja, they asked him to leave. The town was quite large. He wanted to find his bearings, so he jumped up onto a large building and looked over the town. He spotted the bathhouse and knew Jiraiya was there. He kept searching and finally spotted something interesting. Two people walking towards his direction. They were wearing large black robes with red cloud designs on them. One of them had something strapped to his back. It was wrapped in bandages. He had grey skin but he couldn't see any facial features. The other one he did know. He had a forehead protector with the Leaf emblem though there was a scratch through the emblem. He had black hair and red eyes. It was the traitor, Itachi Uchiha, Sasuke's brother. The moment he spotted them, Asher jumped from the castle and ran to the bathhouse.

He arrived at the bathhouse and found Jiraiya peeking through the wall with his pervy smile. He walks up and smashes Jiraiya's face into the wall. The girls on the other side realised Jiraiya was there and ran from the spring. Jiraiya jumped up and glared at Asher intensely. The moment he saw his expression, Jiraiya's glare was gone, replaced with worry.

"What's wrong?" asks Jiraiya.

"Itachi Uchiha is in this town," Asher states.

"Are you sure?" Asher nods, "Come on. We can't let him escape. Was he alone?"

Asher shakes a negative and gives a description of the man with Itachi.

"Be on your guard. We have no idea of their powers. Let's go."

They take of and search for Itachi and his partner.