"Well, no," Kuzuryuu admitted somewhat reluctantly. "But I'd feel like kind of an asshole if I let you go down there and then made a run for it." That was more than a tad cowardly. Besides, Sasuke had come to help him when he hadn't needed to.

Unfortunately, clever ideas were not forthcoming. "Whatever. Do what you're planning on doing, then. If anything happens I'll... try to figure something out at least." Master of strategy he was not.