"Thank you."

He nods. "I'm gonna get my sister now."

"Okay. I will wait here."

He nods and leaves. He's gone for at least a few minutes.

This is going absolutely swimmingly. She really should have maybe made some contingency plans. Or any plans at all. But she just- couldn't stay in Suna. Hopefully Kankurou understands the note she left well enough to keep things confused until the situation here shakes out one way or another.

She has value though. A cooperative jinchuuriki. People will want her. She can use that.

He comes back, seeming a bit put-upon.

And a girl their same age - approximately five - bounces back into the room with him.

"Hello!" she says, quietly. "I'm Hisame!"

"Elieyha."

"That's a pretty name!"

"It's the only one I've ever had."

"I haven't had any other than 'Hisame,' really, unless unflattering nicknames count."

"Sometimes people call me Elieyha of the Desert. That mostly hasn't happened yet."

"My brother didn't explain much about you! What do you mean, hasn't happened yet?"

"I'm from the future. And maybe another world, as well."

"Neat! Why do you think another world?"

"The Sasuke I knew didn't have a sister. Just an older brother."

"Aw, just Itachi? How boring. He's a pacifist, I think. Horrible influence on Sasuke."

Sasuke has his eyes closed and appears to be counting to a large number in his head.

"He gets pretty good at killing people for a pacifist."

"Hm! It's boring if he's forced to - people shouldn't be what they're not - but I guess it'd be nice if he unwound a bit."

She shrugs. "I don't know him that well."

She nods, bouncing. "But you know Sasuke? What's he like when he's grown up?"

"Focused. Protective. Serious."

To her brother: "Sounds like you stay pretty boring."

To Elieyha: "Does he stay so shy?"

"He's... introverted."