[It's a joke that maybe only the two of them could ever really appreciate. Two boys using one another as yardsticks, measuring growth and progress and strength and power- trying to beat the fates they were born into and trying to beat one another.

Sasuke's admission and the lax way that his body tells Naruto everything he could need to know. They're okay. This thing between them, the history past and present- it really is okay. It's the first time in years that he's seen such a look on Sasuke's face. To see him at peace.

Naruto's mouth quirks into a thoughtful frown. The feathers, from those birds with the crazy arms.]

I guess I don't really know yet'attebayo. I've heard that stuff like that can help you with magic and stuff, but I don't know anybody who knows how to use it.

Do you?