"Not the greatest, no. She's got some problems."

"I think we shouldn't let anyone hurt our team."

"...We'll have to fight half the village. More or less. It's a systemic problem. Not that this is a reason not to, just so you're aware of the scale."

"We'll have to work Sasuke and Naruto around to not pouting at me over that fight, then."

"We can just point Naruto at her and let him make friends."

"That sounds mean. Let's do it."

"We can make that the post-test celebration."

She laughs.

"Hopefully Naruto and Sasuke will do as well on their test as we're gonna."

"They'll be fine. As long as that Haruno girl can unstick her eyes from Sasuke for five minutes in a row."

"Maybe I should tell her what happens if she breaks his heart."

"Or that he hasn't noticed girls yet."

"She might decide that means she needs to make him notice her."

"That would be undesirable. Best not, then."

"Especially since I might have to stab her if she bothers him too much, and that'd get messy."

"Harder to make it look like a training accident when she's on a different team."

"Exactly! Far more work than just threatening her."

"It's terrible how that sort of work creeps up on you. Nothing's allowed to just be easy."

"Quite the tragedy."

"Please excuse me while I shed a single tear for our plight."

"We'd be quite the dramatic soap opera!"

"Better than As the Shuriken Spins, for sure."

"Anything's better than that."

"I'm pretty sure the writers have never even seen a kunai in their lives."

"Seems likely."

"I don't think I'd want to live in a soap opera, though. Naruto would probably turn out to be my secret twin or something."