"Neat! Does he get less annoying?"

"He's friends with Sasuke."

"Aw, that's cute! I should shove them together next time we see him."

"I'm sure he'd appreciate it." At least one of the hes, anyway.

"Naruto might."

Heh.

"You guys do realize I'm standing right here, right."

"Yes?"

She reaches up to pat his head. "We'll wait for you to leave the room before plotting against you next time."

He swats at her.

"Does it really count as against if it's to his ultimate benefit, though?"

"Is Naruto actually a good friend, though?"

"Yes. He's loyal, and funny, and cares about people." And he's a jinchuuriki like me, she doesn't say. That's his secret to tell.

"Huh. I guess it might work."

"And you need more friends anyways."

"That too."

"Is there anyone else Sasuke becomes friends with?"

"There was an ANBU girl on his team but I don't know if we'll be able to find her."

"Can't be too many ANBU that age. We should try to track her down."

"I don't think they would like that. In a 'kill you to get you to stop' sort of way."

"Awwwwwww... That'd make friendship hard..."

"Just a bit."

"Maybe once I'm a super awesome shinobi, then! Or I can bug Itachi. He's not in ANBU but people sometimes think he should be."

"Itachi might be able to find out," she allows.

"He's annoyingly fond of rules, though."