Originally posted by: metrite
Still I'm really hoping for
Orichimaru's death, even though you're right about a Jiraiya vs.
Oro fight being logical. But I don't really see why you would still need
Orichimaru in the story, other than him having cool snake jutsus. For me
Ori has served his purpose, which was pretty much taking Sasuke away from Konoha and that's it. Yeah we don't know Sasuke's current strenght and even if it's lower than Naruto-4tails, Sasuke won't necessarily need
Orichimaru to improve.