The voice caught his attention and he jumped away from Ace, a hand instinctively going to his weapons' pouch as he felt tangible heat approaching. That was larger than any fireball he'd ever seen though... How the hell?

"... I'm not letting it fizzle out," Sasuke said the words stiffly, his hand twitching as he tried to figure out just what to do from there. Not that he had enough chakra... Bending energy... Whatever it was, to use a substitution, but he wasn't going to go down that easily.