awkward moments between the uchihas are always ten times more hilarious somehow, mostly because they always seem so cool and poised. pfff.

I'm kind of worried about that last move Kabuto pulled, mostly because he had that zombie-control tag thing that he was trying to insert into Itachi. He could've just done that.
yes this is a very good point oh god *FRETS* nooo he had the tag in his other hand at the start of the chapter right???? aaaauugh.

re: trying to impress itachi, yeah, most definitely! i could see that too. he was all "look what i did wasnt it badass" and itachi was all "... nnnot really dude =/__\="