Quote Originally Posted by boilerph
Seems Oro wasn't done for. Sounds like the poison that his white snake form releases is what did in Itachi. Now we're going to some long explanation about how whatever Itachi's sword seals away is actually sealed inside him or something along those lines.
Either that or some other explanation that says that Sasuke didn't win this fight completely on his own merit. I'd be immensely annoyed otherwise.